I will teach you to become a confident English speaker without schools and rules
In the summertime when the weather is hot
You can stretch right up and touch the sky
When the weather’s fine
You got women, you got women on your mind
Have a drink, have a drive
Go out and see what you can find
-from the song “In The Summertime”
lyrics by Mungo Jerry
Oh, it’s gonna be another hot one this weekend.
Or as we say here in the U.S., another scorcher.
“How many words do you know?”
That was the question I asked you yesterday.
Here are the results:
Bob Marley wrote, “No woman, no cry.”
I’m going to write a song called, “No mask, no pizza.”
Yesterday I was driving through a small town called Front Royal when suddenly I wanted a pizza.
I usually eat healthy.
I get a lot of emails these days.
It started when I put my book Master English at Home online for free.
Yesterday my inbox told me I had 1,261 unread messages.
Once, a student told me she wanted to practise phone conversation.
I told her I only had one banana, but we could try.
ME: Ring. Ring. Hello, this is Bob.
STUDENT: Hello, Bob. This is Jana from Dekonta. Send me two copies of the report you…
Did you see the movie, The King’s Speech?
There’s a scene where a woman comes home and discovers Queen Elizabeth is hanging out in her kitchen.
And she doesn’t know how to say “hello” to her.
(If you can’t read it, it says I have too many Vitamin V subscribers and I need to upgrade my account.)
The problem has been fixed.
And it’s not really a problem at all.
Prague. 2004.
iEnter Language School (No longer in business. And they still owe me money!)
I walked into my first group class.
This week in
Vitamin V…
We’re talking about what you should do in a conversation, and what you should not do.
Or as we say in English, the Dos and the Don’ts.
This week in
Vitamin V…
We’re talking about what you should do in a conversation.
And… what you should not do.