I will teach you to become a confident English speaker without schools and rules
CASTLETON, VIRGINIA
On a beautiful late spring afternoon, fifteen years ago, two young men graduated from the same high school. They were very much alike, these two young men.
Both were intelligent and hard-working. And both wanted to achieve success, to go places, and to provide for their families which they hoped to start soon.
Recently, these two men met each other again at a business conference.
CASTLETON, VIRGINIA – I need a new hobby.
My last hobby, swing dancing, died a very silly death.
(silly= absurd, ridiculous, comical, not serious)
Let me explain.
CASTLETON, VIRGINIA – When was the last time you saw an advertisement for broccoli?
Maybe in a magazine…?
On the side of the road…?
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – “Life is difficult.’
Don’t you agree?
That’s the first line from the classic, The Road Less Travelled, by M. Scott Peck.
Here’s how you answered:
(1=never, 5= absolutely)
So it looks like my job is safe, at least for now.
CASTLETON, VIRGINIA – Look what I found online:
It’s a new invention that translates foreign conversations into your language.
It’s not perfect.
BALTIMORE, USA – It’s a short test. Just one question.
Ready?
Imagine this…
BALTIMORE, USA – I had big plans for Sunday.
Here’s the list:
1. meet a friend for coffee.
Then she cancelled.
BALTIMORE, USA – Fools!
I really love that word.
Try shouting it the next time you open the newspaper or the next time you walk out of a meeting with your boss.
DUBLIN, IRELAND – Look what I saw yesterday:
Fools!
They traveled hundreds… maybe thousands of miles to improve their English, and what do the students at this English school do on their smoke break? Speak Spanish, speak Italian or speak Korean to their Spanish or Italian or Korean friends.
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