First, it means " Don't give up!" to encourage you to continue doing something hard.
Eg: Mary: I'm fed up with this homework. It's driving me nuts. I think I can't finish it in time.
Jane: Come on, Mary. Never say die!
Sencond, it shows something that you say which means that you should not accept that you have failed while there is still a chance that you may succeed.
Eg: You still have enough time to handle this problem. Never say die!
Third, it means to refuse to stop trying to do something.
Eg: What I like the most about him is that whatever difficulty he never say die.
How many common American phrases in daily contexts do you know? Let's upgrade them every day right on this blog! Letter C (2) 13. Come again Please come back again sometime. 14. Come and get it! Dinner's ready. Come eat! (Folsky and familiar) 15. Come in and make yourself at home. Please come into my home and make yourself comfortable.
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16. Come off it! Don't act so haughty! Stop acting that way! 17. Come on. * Stop it!; Stop doing that! * Please oblige me, Eg: Mom: Sorry, you can't go! Son: Come on, let me go to the picnic!
18. Come right in. Come in, please, you're very welcome here. 19. Coming through (, please) Please let me pass through. 20. Cut it out! Stop doing that! Stop saying that!
After the very big Hit "Love the Way You Lie", Eminem and Rihanna have come back together again with a new Hit called "The Monster ". Unexpectedly, "The monster" then immediately appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and knocked out "Roar" by Katy. Currently, it occupies the position No. 2 and is threatening No.1 - Royals by "the new queen" Lorde.
Now enjoy it and take a look at some vocabulary below:
VOCABULARY:
to get along with = get on, get on with: have smooth relations
to be nuts (slang): Crazy; insane Eg: I'm nuts about pizza!
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to conk: To hit, especially on the head
to lose one's mind: to become insane, or imbecile.
In term of grammar, there are 12 tenses in English, but native speakers tend to use 4 most common tenses in everyday conversation. Let's find out what they are!
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1. Present Simple Tense
This tense is used for the following purposes:
To describe an action in the present time as routine, world truth, thoughts or feelings at present.
To tell stories or jokes
To refer an action in the future but according to a timetable or schedule.
* Positive sentence:
S + V-s/es
I/you/we/they + study Math.
He/She/It + runs well.
*Negative sentence:
(-) S + do/does not+ V
I/You/We/They + don’t study Math.
He/She/It + doesn’t run well.
*Interrogative sentence:
(?) Do/Does + S + V?
Do you/I/we/they + study Math? Yes, I/We/They do hoặc No.I …don’t
Does he/she/ it + run well? Yes,He/she/it + does hoặc No. He …doesn’t
2. Past Simple Sentence This is principally used to desbribe events occured and ended in the past. It has some other uses.
* Positive sentence:
- Regular verbs
V infinitive + "ed"
work + "-ed" = worked
live + "-d" = lived
- Irregular verbs
I/you/he/she/it/we/they saw
Irregular verbs List
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* Negative sentence:
I
you + DID + NOT + learn
he/she/it /DIDNT/
we
they
* Interrogative sentence:
I
you
DID + he/she/it + learn?
we
they
3. Future simple tense It describes actions that will happen in the future. Some adverbs are usually used in future simple tense sentences such as tomorrow, today, later today, in five minutes, in two hours, on Monday, on Saturday afternoon, next week / month, this year ....
* Positve sentence:
- I / we + shall / will + go to school tomorrow
- You
he/she/it + will + go to school tomorrow
they * Negative sentence:
I SHALL + NOT
we /SHAN’T/ + go to school
I WON’T
you WILL + NOT
he/she/it
we /WON’T/ + go to school
they
* Interrogative sentence:
WILL + I / we + run?
you
WILL + he/she/it + run?
They
4. Perfect present tense The present perfect in English is used chiefly for completed past actions or events, when no particular past time frame is specified or implied for them (it is understood that it is the present result of the events that is significant, rather than their actual occurrence). When a past time frame (a point of time in the past, or period of time which ended in the past) is specified for the event, explicitly or implicitly, the simple past is used rather than the present perfect. (wikipedia)
Voice of America (VOA) is the official external broadcast institution of the United States federal government. It is one of five civilian U.S. international broadcasters working under the umbrella of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). VOA provides a wide range of programming for broadcast on radio, TV and the internet outside of the U.S., in 43 languages. (wikipedia) How come does it help your learn American english effectively?
First, VOA Learning English just uses a vocabulary of about 1500 words which are most commonly used . The questions on VOA Learning English are also pretty short, simple and do not contain idioms, which cause a lot of trouble for people learning English.
Second, on VOA Learning English, news is read with a slow speed so that you can read the subtitles and hear every single word simultaneously. Most people usually know how to write words, but while listening they can not realize them because of the pronunciation. So, slow reading is very good beacause it helps you get familiar with the American pronunciation.
Third, VOA Learning English's videos and audio are all attached scripts, subtitiles. If you can not hear any word, review the subtitles.
By this way, you also obtain knowledge of culture and society.
1. Improving your listening and communication skills in the natural way. While watching movie, you can learn how the native speakes use their language in various situations. 2. Upgrading your english vocabulary with a lot of new words, phrases, idioms, slangs... 3. Improving your pronunciation. 4. Learning culture, tradition and customs of that country.
Some know-how to learn English through movies:
Step 1: Prepare a notebook and Choose a movies in line with your english level. Step 2: You watch that movie with mother language subtitles for the sake of understanding its content. (Optional) Step 3: Watch it again with English subtitles, note down some new words, idioms,... And pay attention to the pronunciation. You can repeat it. Step 4: Enjoy the movie without subtitles. Now, pay attention to the expressions and emotions of the characters.
Some good movies for Learning American English ( with English subtitles)
Reading english newspapers is not useful but interesting for us to learn english.
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Here are some its advantages:
A natural way of learning english helps you revise vocabulary and put words in your long-term memory.
You can learn the structures of standard english.
It helps you become familiar with the English style of writing and improve your writing skills.
It speeds your reading and translation (in many international tests such as TOEFL, IELTS Reading passages are the extracts of the famous English newspapers).
It provides a lot of useful information for you!
How to read?
Many english learners say that reading english newspapers is beyond their ability because of the difficult titles, idioms, structures or writing styles used in newspapers.
At first you should choose a favourite newspaper and read it with low frequency, for example once a week in order to get familiar with its writing style. When your english is better you can read more. Keep it as your daily or weekly habit!
Plus, you should practice some basic reading skills such as scanning, skimming, reading comprehension...and take note of new words, idioms, structures,.. while reading.
Here are top 10 English newspapers and their website for reading:
The Sun, Britain ( www.thesun.co.uk ): Information about showbiz, actors, celebrities, sport and racing, national and world news .
USA Today, U.S. ( www.usatoday.com ): updating news related to U.S. and international weather forecasts, entertainment, finance, and other content.
The Daily Mail, UK ( www.dailymail.co.uk ): The latest news, sport, showbiz, science and health .
The Mirror, UK ( www.mirror.co.uk ): News, commentary, stories around sports and celebrities .
Times of India, India ( timesofindia.indiatimes.com ): Political News, Indian diplomats and world, sports , business, news about Bollywood .
Wall Street Journal , U.S. ( online.wsj.com ): Hot news about the U.S. and the world, the story highlights and analysis .
New York Times, USA ( www.nytimes.com ): News, commentary, opinion of Washington, business , sports, movies, travel, career, education, cars ...
The Daily Telegraph, UK ( www.telegraph.co.uk ): News, commentary on business, sports, culture and lifestyle .
Daily Express, England ( www.express.co.uk ): Hot news, sports, photos, showbiz ...
Los Angeles Times, USA ( www.latimes.com ): Information on Southern California, entertainment, movies, television, music, politics, business, health, technology, travel ...
5. Always review the phrases, sentence structures, not individual words.
In particular, you should practice them in daily conversations. Remember that spoken language may be different from written language.
When you find a new word, write down the whole sentence including that word.
Take a collection of phrases.
Your english speaking and your grammar will be much better if you learn a phrase instead of an individual word.
6. Don't pay much attention to Grammar when speaking
It's very boring and makes you feel dispirited. What you need here is to speak english, not to think about english! 7. Listen, Listen and Listen!
Probably, this is the most important rule if you want to improve your pronunciation and pronounce english correctly. You should listen to english every day, but take it easy, just 5-10' minutes per day is ok. You can choose your favourite topics like entertainment, sports, fashion,...those will inspire you to keep listening.
When you're listening, pay attention to pronunciation and then the meaning of the word you don't know. Afterwards, listen to that news again and this time make sure that you can understand the whole news.
Currently, learning english online has been a popular way and prefered because of its convenience and efficiency. You just need a computer connected with the internet and then access any websites teaching english without any fee. There are a great number of learning english websites, but the following 10 websites deserve to have your attention and to be chosen to learn english. 1. Ello
ELLO specializes in listening skills. You can listen to the speech of many speakers in the world on various topics such as sports, travel, entertainment, ...Also, each video has its subtitle so it is very convenient for learning English. There are also a lot of interesting songs, video clips. 2. Fun Easy English
This site provides basic English knowledge and know-how to teach English. Website includes many skills, from pronunciation, grammar, and idioms, slang, writing skills, etc. ... Most are taught through the clip with subtitles and images. 3. Go4English.com
Go4English.com is the British Council's website which belongs to the Cultural Committee for International Relations. The site offers information about teaching and learning for students, teachers and young children. Here, you can do the test, listen to music, play games in English. 4. Lang-8
This site helps you improve your writing skills. Your texts will be checked and edited by native speakers. You can also help foreigners learn your mother language by reading their texts and editing them as well. 5. Busuu
You can choose any language you want to learn, Busuu offers writing skill courses, improve your vocabulary, comprehension skills, ... Besides you can learn English by ioining Busuu forum and then talk, communicate with members from many countries around the world. 6. Livemocha
It primarily specializes in teaching communication courses by chatting online with members coming from English-speaking countries. 7. VocabSushi
This helps you learn daily vocabulary. To learn a word, we must understand its meaning, then read a statement including that word, listen to the native speaker's sound, finally do the test and see if you learn effectively or not. It is the teaching method of VocabSushi. 8. BBC Learning English
It is a website about learning grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, teaching English tips ... In addition, you can also check your English level through online english tests. The most interesting part of this web is "6 Minute English" - you will hear a short passage with subtitles in English and you can download it to your computer as mp3 and pdf to learn offline. 9. Learn English Online Free
With 10 years of experience, Learn English Online Free is a rich resource for both students and teachers about: vocabulary, learning methods with pictures attached, the unique ways to learn English, many interesting test, etc. ... 10. Exam English
This site contains a lot of English tests such as TOEFL, CPE, PET, ... Almost the tests for English learners are on site. Moreover, you can also test your level in each specific skills such as reading, listening, grammar, vocabulary, essay writing, ... Finally, don't forget to like this post if you think it helpful ;) Next time, we will see " TOP Best sites to Learn American English", Keep following!!
Well, many members in my club and in my class asked me how I learned American English myself and how I could pronounce well. Today, i'm gonna give you guys the detailed answers ^^
1. Youtube is always a good resource.
One of my favourite places to learn english is Youtube, you can find a lot of how to learn American English videos here. But I recommend that you'd better choose one or two channels which are good enough, quite famous, reliable as well and then keep watching and learning. For me, I choose Rachel's english and American Accent Training channels. Let's have look now on these you'll get why they should be chosen ^^ . ( In my next post I'll talk more about learning on Youtube) Besides, let's take your learning english easier by watching funny videos like some famous game shows or reality TV shows. I am a crazy fan of American Idol, The Voice or Ellen Shows is not a bad choice. When watching those videos you learn english naturally and easily.
2. Keep reading
Reading everyday can help your vocabulary improved. You can read news in the Internet, books, magazines, ect. However don't read too much per day, it makes you tired and feel dispirited because of countless new words or difficult phrases. I don't have much free time so I read news in the Internet. huffingtonpost.com, cnn.com, elitedaily.com are my favourite websites. You can see many good links to learn english in the right column on my blog---->
3. Practice makes perfect
This is obviously true that you can't speak english fluently without communication in real life. Joining some English clubs near your house or going to some famous places where have many foreigners. For example, in Vietnam, Sword Lake is a very familiar place for English learners who want to communicate with foreigners. Don't be lazy! Don't be shy! Do be confident enough! or else your learning is still treading water :( Then don't forget to make friend with them, they can help you learn english at times!!
4. " There's is a will, there's a way"
Yes, patience plays a crucial role in learning. If you are not patient enough probably you can't see your result. Progress takes time. It may takes more time or less time for each person. But keep trying!! I bet that you'll see how great you are soon!
To be continued...
P/s: So what about you? Share your experience here by commenting!
