Study newsletter 2016, week 21 Content
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Phrase of the week – Take care!
All levels
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Mind map – Road signs 2
All levels
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Czenglish – Event vs. action
Pre-intermediate (B1-) – Advanced (C1)
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Business Writing – Tips for Taking Minutes: After the Meeting
Pre-intermediate (B1-) – Advanced (C1)
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Test – About/for/of/-
Pre-intermediate (B1-) – Advanced (C1)
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Phrase of the week Take care! We use this expression to say goodbye to someone. You can use this phrase in ………… language. Spoken Written Informal Example 1 A: See you next week! B: Right. Take care. A: And you. Example 2 A: I’m off. B: Take care.
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Mind map Learning new vocabulary in the most effective way
Vyzkoušejte si interaktivní Mindmapy zde: http://www.jazykovka.info/studujeme-jazyky/mindmap/road-signs-ii/ Klikejte na slova, uslyšíte jednotlivá slovíčka namluvená rodilým mluvčím.
Slovíčka Slovo Low bridge Don't drink and drive Level crossing Get in lane Beware of children School Bus lane Roadworks Road closed Caution
Význam slova nízký most nepijte před řízením alkohol úrovňový přejezd zařaď se pozor na děti pozor, škola pruh pro autobusy práce na silnici silnice uzavřena zákaz zastavení
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Czenglish WRONG:
I have to organise a big action at work.
RIGHT:
I have to organise a big event at work.
The word ‘akce’ does mean ‘action’ in English but we do not use it for organised events. Action is a movement like waving your hand, or the word a director shouts when the filming starts. For organised meetings, we use the word ‘event’. This can be for conferences, festivals, parties or anything organised where people come together. We also have the adjective ‘eventful’, a word we use to say that lots of things happened, often dramatic. Here’s a short conversation to demonstrate: A: How was that music event you organised last week? B: It was great but it was certainly eventful – the band arrived 2 hours late, two people had to go to hospital and the police were called after a fight!
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Business Writing Phrasal Verbs (I) My English students aren’t crazy about phrasal verbs. There are so many of them! Phrasal verbs are a useful aspect of English. They help us with the register of our writing. If we are writing something formal, for example a report, we probably wouldn’t use them. But if we want to write an email to a long-standing customer who we have known for some years, the verbs we would usually use when we write at work might seem too formal. We might accidentally offend our client who could be wondering, “Why are they being so distant with me?” Phrasal verbs work perfectly in this kind of situation. First, a definition. Michael McCarthy and Felicity O’Dell give the following definition in English Phrasal Verbs in Use: Advanced. “Phrasal verbs are verbs that consist of a verb and a particle (a preposition or adverb) or a verb and two particles (an adverb and a preposition, as in get on with or look forward to).” Maybe this made everything clear to you, or maybe it didn’t. It doesn’t really matter. What does matter is that you know that you can make your writing less formal by using phrasal verbs. Here’s a list of some phrasal verbs that are useful in business English. Phrasal Verb
Definition
Example
To ask around
To ask many people the same question
Could you ask around the office and see if there’s someone available to work this weekend?
To back someone up
To support
Thanks for backing me up when I presented the proposal.
To not care for
To not like
I don’t care for the proposed office layout. Let’s see if there’s a better way.
To chip in
To help
If everyone chips in, it’ll only take about half an hour.
To cut back on
To consume less, to reduce
It looks as though we’re heading for an overspend. We need to cut back on some of our expenses.
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To do something over
To do again I thought my report was safe, but my computer crashed and the hard drive is fried. I need to do it over.
To drop by
To visit without an appointment
I’ll be over your side of town tomorrow afternoon. Is it okay if I drop by?
To drop someone/something off
To take something/someone somewhere
My car’s broken down. Can you drop me off at the station after work?
I’ll give you some more examples in my next post. Happy writing.
DALICE TROST, původem z Austrálie, je absolventkou magisterského studia managementu lidských zdrojů na University of Canberra v Austrálii. Lektorka je držitelkou certifikátu TEFL opravňující k výuce cizích jazyků. V rámci své profesní praxe zastávala vysoké manažerské pozice jako personalistka, senior supervizorka, HR manažerka, a to mimo jiné ve společnostech v Dubaji a Austrálii. Aktivně se věnuje publikační práci v oboru vzdělávání a anglického jazyka.
Lektorka je autorkou knihy, ze které čerpáme tyto tipy: Business Writing-A Tip a Day for 30 Days
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TEST: About/for/of/I'm not going out yet. I'm waiting .......(1) the rain to stop. You're always asking me ………(2) money. Ask your father. I don't want to talk ………(3) what happened yesterday. Let's forget it. I don't want to discuss ………(4) what happened last year. I want to move on. Please let me borrow your phone. I promise I'll take good care ………(5) it. Pete and Keira are touring the US. They're in New York at the moment, but tomorrow they leave ………(6) Long Island. The roof of the house is in very bad condition. I think we ought to do something ………(7) it. Don't worry about arranging our holiday. I'll take care ………(8) that. I want to have a good trip. I don't care ………(9) how much it costs. Tomorrow evening I have to catch a plane. I'm leaving my house ………(10) airport at 5:30.
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A about
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Správné odpovědi se dozvíte ihned po dokončení on-line testu zde: http://www.jazykovka.info/studujeme-jazyky/minitest/aboutforof/ Správné odpovědi z minulého týdne (Although/ In spite of/ Because/ Because of): 1A, 2B, 3C, 4A, 5D, 6B, 7A, 8A, 9B, 10A
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