Микро-урок 2.

Пепито с семьей с недавнего времени нелегально проживают в США. Он просит помочь ему исправить неправильно употребленные слова на правильные.

1. Maria likes me, but cheese fat.

2. When all my family get in the car, there's not mushroom.

3. My fren wanted to become a citizen but she didn't know how to read, so I shoulder.

4. My fren always Texas when we are not home wondering where are we.

5. Me and my fren ordered pizza. I got mine piece and she got herpes.

6. Ju told me ju were going to tha store and July to me! Julyer!

7. I had 2 cars pero my wife rectum!

8. We only have one enchilada left, but don't worry, wheelchair.

9. My wife plays the lottery so chicken wing.

10. My wife caught me in bed with another women and I told her, honey, harassment nothing to me.

11. My wife fell down the stairs, so I had to pick the bishop.

Микро-урок 3.

В моих постах за 5 и 7 мая я употребил слова chat и chit-chat в смысле "пустые разговоры". Для полного раскрытия темы, привожу другие красочные синонимы этих слов:

Chatter, chitter-chatter, bibble-babble, tittle-tattle, gibble-gabble, fiddle-faddle, talkie-talkie, yakety-yak, twittle-twattle (типа чириканье), chin-wag (виляние подбородком), flapjaw (хлопанье челюстью), blah-blah, lip-labor, lip-work, idle talk, wish-wash.

Некоторые слова имеют варианты спэлинга. С такой могучестью английского может сравниться разве что только ненормативный русский.

Для самых любопытных супер ученое словечко: Onomatopoeia = Ономатопея
Объяснение имеется в Википедии, термин частично имеет отношение к сегодняшнему уроку.

p.s. В следующем выпуске - немного на авиационную тематику.

boba
Thanks a lot for your mini lessons. I hope that sooner or later we will hear from other quiet "clickers" about the usefullnes of those. I will add soon a bit about English etiquette.

Hi to everyone!
Here are basic rules on good manners.
Children - important doS and don'tS
+ Teach your children good manners early.
+ Ask before taking your children to a friend's house
+ Take toys, clothes and food for your child with you.
- Don't let your child interrupt adult conversations.
- Don't scold other people's children if their parents are with them.
- Don't let your child ruin someone's wedding with its screaming.

World best football goalkeepers, according to Los Angeles Times. You really need to read just first paragraph:

http://www.latimes.com/sports/ ...

Well, I am not a football fan, though:- (
However the name Yashin is well known to me.The only one from the USSR, so great and famous.

Hello, everybody!:) How are you doing? I have a friend in Austria, a man in his seventies, who keeps sending me quite naughty jokes, the one I'm going to copy and paste here is the only one descent:)

An American lawyer and a Palestinian are sitting next to each other on
> a long flight. The lawyer is thinking that this Palestinian is so dumb
> that he could get one over on him easy...So the lawyer asks if the
> Palestinian would like
> to play a fun game.
>
> The Palestinian is tired and just wants to take a nap, so he politely
> declines and tries to catch a few winks. The lawyer persists, and says
> that the game is a lot of fun. I ask you a question, and if you don't
> know the answer, you pay me only $5; you ask me one, and if I don't
> know the answer, I will pay you $500, he says.
>
> This catches his attention and to keep the lawyer quiet, he agrees to
> play the game. The lawyer asks the first question. 'What's the
> distance from the Earth to the Moon?' The Palestinian doesn't say a
> word, reaches in his pocket pulls out a five-dollar bill, and hands it
> to the lawyer.
>
> Now, it's the Palestinian's turn. He asks the lawyer, 'What goes up a
> hill with three legs, and comes down with four?' The lawyer uses his
> laptop and searches all references he could find on the internet. He
> sends e-mails to all the smartest friends he knows, all to no avail.
> After one hour of searching he finally gives up. He wakes up the
> Palestinian and hands him $500. The Palestinian pockets the $500 and
> goes right back to sleep.
>
> The lawyer is going nuts not knowing the answer. He wakes the
> Palestinian up and asks, 'Well, so what goes up a hill with three legs
> and comes down with four?'
>
> The Palestinian reaches in his pocket, hands the lawyer $5 and goes
> back to sleep.
>
> Don't mess with Palestinians!
>

oops, "decent", not "descent"!

As you know Moscow Museums were open late Saturday, the famous "night at the museum" event! I put high hopes on this one, as I thought it would be a great chance to visit the Picasso exhibit at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. Sadly, the museum didn't join the event!

Hello, all!
Hello, Mila!
Trying to support today the current “no chat, lesson first” forum concept…

Inna12
SMART :))). Nothing else to say…

Decent/Descent – fine mini lesson from the “mistyping”. Let all feel the difference приличия и снижения :))

A tiny lesson from citing you:

As you know Moscow Museums were open late Saturday, the famous "night at the museum" event! I put high hopes on this one, as I thought it would be a great chance to visit the Picasso exhibit at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. Sadly, the museum didn't join the event!

This is called “frustration” (облом).

Hi to all!
Special hellos to Inna and avia-beauty fan!
I think that we can still carry on chatting-it's a forum in the end of the day... and add a bit of mini-lessons. So there is a bit of something for everyone who might be interested. Otherwise the thread will just be covered with language "dust" and could be rather boring:-)))

avia-beauty fan:

This is called “frustration” (облом).
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I was frustrated and pissed off. But I'm afraid the last one sounds very rude:)

a riddle for you to solve :

What Am I?

Pronounced as one letter but written with three,
Two different letters there are and two only in me.
I'm double, I'm single, I'm black, blue, and grey,
I'm read from both ends and the same either way.

Inna12

EYE

Must admit that the brushing up took a while till the illumination arrived. )))

Will I ever get the clue on the mysterious "12" in your nick?)))

EYE- well done:) by the way "to eye" somebody means "to fix the eyes on smb/smth"

Hi all!
Mila, you know, Alesha Dixon has the same deal. She also can't make the boy to brush up :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ...

Hello to everyone!
It looks as if I have just missed some promising activity, gearing up :- ( What a shame..
to MSL
I believe that there is some kind of similarity, however I am afraid that I'm not that much demanding: clean up, wash up etc:-)) just a bit of brushing up:-))

Микро-урок 4.

Tест. Выберете подходящее слово из приведенных ниже и заполните пропуски во фразах.

WARNING! CAUTION! NOTE:

1) ___ Hand-tighten fasteners only. The fasteners will be torqued after component is installed on the aircraft.

2) ___ Carefully align loading equipment with the aircraft door.

3) ___ Cleaning agent methyl-ethyl-ketone is flammable and toxic.


В отличие от разговорного английского, в авиадокументах по техобслуживанию эти 3 термина имеют конкретное значение.

WARNING! = ПРЕДУПРЕЖДЕНИЕ! ставится перед операцией, когда имеется угроза жизни/здоровью персонала.

CAUTION! = ОСТОРОЖНО! применяется когда при неправильных действиях есть риск поломки оборудования.

NOTE: = ПРИМЕЧАНИЕ: указывает на что уделить особое внимание или как облегчить выполнение какой-либо операции.

Не то что изготовитель шибко заботится об эксплуатантах, это важно для юридических последствий, гарантийного обслуживания и т. д. Типа, мы тебя предупредили, пеняй на себя.

I woUld also add "ADVISORY" to the list. This is the least uergent message. "Консультативное сообщение"

"urgent", sorry:)

Hi to all!
I thought that a bit of fun always works well in the thread.
Here you are:

"In the hospital the relatives gathered in the waiting room, where a family member lay gravely ill. Finally, the doctor came in looking tired and somber..

'I'm afraid I'm the bearer of bad news, ' he said as he surveyed the worried faces. 'The only hope left for your loved one at this time is a brain transplant.
It's an experimental procedure, very risky, but it is the only hope.Insurance will cover the procedure, but you will have to pay for the BRAIN.' The family members sat silent as they absorbed the news. After a time, someone asked, 'How much will a brain cost?'
The doctor quickly responded, '£5, 000 for a male brain; £200 for a female brain.' The moment turned awkward. Some of the men actually had to'try' to not smile, avoiding eye contact with the women.

A man unable to control his curiosity, finally blurted out the question everyone wanted to ask, 'Why is the male brain so much more than a female brain?'
The doctor smiled at the childish innocence and explained to the entire group, 'It's just standard pricing procedure. We have to price the female brains a lot lower because they've been used."

Hello, advancers and still invisible beginners! :)
Hello, Mila!

Inna12
I was astonished by depth of the riddle. “Pronounced as one letter” – what a trick to mislead the search :)) Whom making eye (s) at ? :) Just joking, don’t answer me! Keep a mistery of “12”.

NN
Improbable Insight!

Hostess Mila
we can still carry on chatting-it's a forum in the end of the day... and add a bit of mini-lessons.

Mission accepted :)

…they've been used."

:))))!!!!!
BTW, various translations give various senses! See:
1) Подержанные
2) Использованные
And, finally…
3) Бывшие в употреблении!!!
This one really takes the bisquit!!! :)

2 Inna12:

Term “ADVISORY” might be OK for flight operation procedures. I know nothing about that area.

But in maintenance (техобслуживание) documents it’s not allowed (at least in Western ones). Few years ago FAA had rejected one of my maintenance manuals because the word “recommend” was in it. FAA guy said if mechanics see "recommended", they dont't have to do this operation.

to boba:

Hello! Yes, you're absolutely right, Advisory is an EICAS alert message alongside with Caution and Warning.

Hi to everyone!
Well, quiet at this end, though...
I have already made a short trip to France:-)) and see that nothing has changed..
Really don't know what to say...

Hi, Mila and everyone!
France is a really nice place to visit. The only drawback I've spotted is complete inability of taxi drivers to speak English. I even asked one of them to teach me to call my desired destination in French so that I could explain it next times.

Hi there! Yesterday I finally made it to Picasso!!!!!
There was a horrendous queue, 3 hours in the sun, but it was worth it!
I am still under impression.
It was funny to hear many visitors giggling and commenting on the works like "I can see three eyes, but why the hell the nose is on the back??":)

Hi MSL
Re: taxi drivers...
It's true, though, as they "hate" English as language...and it's been like that for quite a long period of history:-)) They would be happier to speak to you in Russian, if it were not for Napoleon...
How many taxi drivers can speak Russian in Moscow? :-))

2 Mila
How many taxi drivers can speak Russian in Moscow? :-))

Ultimately we are talking about "educated" Europe rather than "wild" Russia :-)

2 Inna12
I've never understood people admiring the arts of that kind. I believe all their exaltation is complete hypocrisy.

MSL, the fact that you are unable to appreciate something doesn't mean that others unable to do it either

No, MSL, I am afraid that you are not quite right if you think that taxi drivers in "educated" Europe drive around. The category of people - "taxi drivers" is special:they are required to be sociable and friendly people. But I believe that "educated" taxi drivers could be only Russian fromer engineers, officers etc... :- ((

2 Inna12
MSL, the fact that you are unable to appreciate something doesn't mean that others unable to do it either

Yes, It sounds and works exactly in this way. Nobody just dare to say: "the king is naked in fact" (c) G. Andersen

MSL

2 Inna12
MSL, the fact that you are unable to appreciate something doesn't mean that others unable to do it either

Yes, It sounds and works exactly in this way. Nobody just dare to say: "the king is naked in fact" (c) G. Andersen
24/05/2010 [06:33:25]
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Sorry, but you got it completely wrong. I don't like Kandinsky, for example, and I dare to say it.

There seems to be a problem with my previous message...

Hi to all!
I can see that art is being discussed recently. I must say that perhaps tastes differ. I cannot admit that I like some particular artist or I do not like someone, though I would probably go for pictures.
Having said that my favourites, yet, are Monet, Aivazovski, Levitan, Korovin and Shishkin. When I was in Tretyakov gallery last summmer I quite unexpectedly discovered Grabar and his mosaic style of painting...

The UK has enjoyed the hottest spell of the year so far, with temperatures across some parts of the country outstripping recorded highs in well-known Mediterranean hotspots.
http://news.uk.msn.com/photos/ ...
I love that sort of weather :-))

I can see that art is being discussed recently.

Yes, Mila. Inna12 is teaching me the good manners :-)

Hi MSL,
Perhaps Inna is a good teacher, then, if she is kind enough to teach us good manners.

MSL

I can see that art is being discussed recently.

Yes, Mila. Inna12 is teaching me the good manners :-)
24/05/2010 [22:07:45]


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Hi, MSL!
Hi, Mila!
Are you sure that you have to be taught good manners???:)))))))

one more question- what does art have to do with good manners?

Good morning to all!
Good morning, Inna!
I beleieve that some way or another we all need to know what good manners stand for. It might be different from what we think they should be.
May I suppose, that what MSL meant by good manners and art was and is that if someone likes an artist and his/her style then it will be probably good manner to say something :"I think that S. is worth considering". However you are not agree with that. So keeping up appearances you would prefer to say what is expected rather than syaing what you think. It's the essence of British people, who read the Times, The Telegraph, etc...

Sorry to be a mentor and a bore the first thing in the morning:- (
However need to rush to work:- ((and this is sad, as it's another gorgeous day starting:-)))
"See" you later

Hi, Mila!
Have a nice day!!

Terrible!!!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new ...

Poor teachers

Yes, you are right Inna, poor teachers.
This is the result of no disipline and these type of pupils (thugs) get away with anything they do.
Unfortunately, nowdays it happens here and there, I mean cheeky pupils and teachers with no rights at all but to try and teach them something.
On the other hand, newspapers like Daily Mail, Sun, Mirror are a bit "funny" papers and oriented on average mentality, targeting mostly housewives and people opinioniated in a certain way:-)) It's better just to ignore them as they try to sound it like sensational news without serious analysis of the situation.

I read The Times as well, there was an article on the same problem recently. It was interesting to read the comments, most of them were made by teachers.

Yes, that's right. The comments were good!

I've never worked as a school teacher but heard a lot about the "rewarding job" in our schools:)

Inna, you are the expert in Moscow museums.Sorry if I ask you, if you could do me a small favour?
What will be the easiest way to get to Pushkin museum of Arts? I know I can google it but it would be interesting to know from someone who really knows all about it:-)

Volkhonka street 12 - the address I remember, there are 2 buildings actually, the one is with Impessionists and the other is bigger, the main building but I visited it only once and purely because of Picasso. Kropotkinskaya metro staton. Just go in the direction of the Храм Христа Спасителя (?) the museum is on the opposite side...I hope it will help:)