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工作学习 / 外语学习 / 天天英文全新登场！希望我们每天的一点付出能够帮助大家克服在生活和工作中的一些语言问题。 -teresashi(Curly Hair); 2009-12-7 {1605} (#5732393@0)
本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛做这件事的初衷和想法在我的“想问问大家绝的现在在日常工作生活语言交流的最大问题是什么？”的帖子中已经说了很多，主要就是想分享我的在日常生活中学习小窍门，特别是在我的本地朋友的大力支持下，我们想帮助大家走学习语言的捷径。希望大家能有所收益。

这个天天英文就是我们每天跟大家聊一个小话题，讲一些特色词，词组，句子等。我们会列一些在工作生活中的实例，而且我很高兴我的本地朋友愿意和我一起承担这一任务，所以大家绝对放心这些对话的本土性。我也会让我的朋友为大家讲一些他们的俚语。希望大家给予支持和反馈，同时如果你们有任何感兴趣的话题，说出来我们可以一起讨论。

Ok, let's start our journey together now.Since Christmas is around the corner. I want to focus our first topic on this biggest holiday of the year. The below is a simple converstaion I had with my friend and I think it's a perfect little talk you can have with your coworkers or friends.

Jason – “Hi, how are you?”
Teresa – “I’m good, how are you?”
Jason – “I'm good. Are you all ready for the holidays? Did you start Christmas shopping yet?”
Teresa – “Not really. I can’t get into the Christmas spirit yet. It’s too early”
Jason – “Well i’ve already finished my shopping. I wanted to make sure i was done before the rush.”
Teresa – “I normally wait until the last minute and get all my shopping done in one day”
Jason – “Dont wait too long, a lot of stores are running out of items.”
Teresa – “Thanks for the advice. Maybe i’ll start earlier this year. Have a good day and I’ll talk to you later.”

Well, hope you guys will like my Daily English, and only with your support and feedback, it will survive.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net

我已经把你的对话存起来了,又学了几个新的词和短句，争取每天把它读3遍才睡觉.Thank you so much！！！ -chenvivien75(Vivi + Ivy); 2009-12-7 (#5732556@0)

活学活用running out: "hi buddy, don't just learn English language. But you must use it. Otherwise the studying materials will be running out of your memory very soon." No offense :) -redjunk(toy); 2009-12-7 (#5732571@0)

Your "running out" is not quite right. -wincity(toad); 2009-12-8 (#5733296@0)

Maybe we can try You will be running out of stuffs to say only by memorizing, but not practicing? -teresashi(Curly Hair); 2009-12-8 (#5733398@0)

:-) Agree. The best way of learning language is to practice it by talking to other people. Try start a Christmas shopping conversation with one of your coworkers today and you will be surprised to see how well you use the phrases I poseted yesterday. -teresashi(Curly Hair); 2009-12-8 {118} (#5733372@0)
One day at a time and soon enough you will easily have conversations with people on all sorts of topics. Way to go!:-)

Thank YOU! And I believe with your strong willing to improve your language, you will get where you want to be soon! -teresashi(Curly Hair); 2009-12-8 (#5733358@0)

thank you so much! -doyouremeber(Cest la vie); 2009-12-7 (#5732576@0)
个人认为Normally和basically可以互换使用——Terasa(特里沙修女)“I normally wait until the last minute and get my all shopping done in one day” -redjunk(toy); 2009-12-7 {408} (#5732589@0)
特里沙修女智慧语录

最沉重的挫败---------------灰心

最好的老师------------------儿童

最优先的需要---------------沟通

最令人快乐的事-----------帮助别人

最大的缺点-----------------坏脾气

最低劣的感觉--------------怨恨

最宝贵的礼物--------------宽恕

最幸福的保单--------------微笑

最有效的解决之道--------乐观

最愉快的感觉--------------内心的平安

世上最美丽的----------------爱

不太一样. NORMALLY 指频率, BASICALLY 指道理. -wincity(toad); 2009-12-8 (#5733308@0)

U r basically right. -redjunk(toy); 2009-12-8 (#5733385@0)

I'm normally right as well. -wincity(toad); 2009-12-8 (#5733407@0)

What you've said is basically a "Bullshit"! ^_^ -redjunk(toy); 2009-12-8 (#5733998@0)

u2. -wincity(toad); 2009-12-8 (#5734121@0)

看看学学。：） -lynnzl(西瓜&小西瓜); 2009-12-8 (#5733017@0)

Thanks. As you know the most difficult thing for Chinese to learn English is listening and speaking, can I suggest that Teresa upload the audio and the text together to Rolia? -kkry(kkry); 2009-12-8 (#5733193@0)

I agree that listening and speaking are the two tough things for language learning. I haven't used any audio stuff on here, but I will see if i can figure it out:-) At the same time we are still working on holding real face to face classes, -teresashi(Curly Hair); 2009-12-8 {218} (#5733413@0)
which I think is still the best way to interact and learn. Finding a place to hold the classes is a tough one for us. If any of you guys have good ideas, please share on here. Team efforts will make it happen sooner:-)

Toronto Public Library has meeting for rental. Non-profit groups that do not collect dues or contributions from members: $10/hr -raza(AXEMAN); 2009-12-8 {519} (#5733544@0)
I think the cost for rental could be paid evenly by each participant.

FYI:

Toronto Public Library has rooms, auditoriums and theatre facilities available for rent to the public in many of our branches. We require at least two weeks' notice for room and auditorium rentals, and at least two months' notice for theatre rentals. Check our branch profiles to see what is available at your local branch or contact Auditorium, Theatre & Meeting Room Rentals:

416-397-5969
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I talked to a club which could offer a room for $15/h. if we have 10 participants(not including teachers), everyone needs pay $1.50 each hour and $3.00 for a course of 2 hours each time. -raza(AXEMAN); 2009-12-8 (#5733809@0)

it's cheaper -janeyu332(yu); 2009-12-9 (#5735438@0)

applaud! -sailor(Mountains&Ocean); 2009-12-8 (#5733285@0)
Very practical and useful conversation! -smile2007(smile:)); 2009-12-8 (#5733726@0)
天天英文 DAY TWO! -teresashi(Curly Hair); 2009-12-8 {829} (#5734012@0)
Thanks everyone for your great support! I'm so excited to know that you think this is something helpful and I cannot wait till tonight to post our second conversation:-)...shhh, don't tell my boss that i got it done during working hour:-).

Here's a little conversation about the snow storm that's gonna hit GTA.

Peter – “Hi, how’s it going?”
Teresa – “Hey, I’m good today, just a little worried about the weather, because they are calling for snow. Im worried about driving home in this crazy snow storm.”
Peter – “Did you put snow tires on your car?”
Teresa – “Yes, I put them on the car this weekend.”
Peter – “ Oh cool, then I dont think you will have anything to worry about just take it easy on the way home and you will be ok.
Teresa – “ok, thanks a alot Pete”
Peter – “You’re welcome

"because they are calling for snow."——What is "They" referred to basically? -redjunk(toy); 2009-12-8 (#5734030@0)

they refer to the weather forecast men...since people know the forecasting is always from them...so we just say they and everybody knows -teresashi(Curly Hair); 2009-12-8 (#5734146@0)

learn a new usage" calling" .Thank you very much. -janeyu332(yu); 2009-12-8 (#5734310@0)

多谢! 提个小小的建议, 你的天天英文topic可以每天单独重新发一新贴,不要和昨天的发到一起,否则,楼搭的这么高,好多人都不知道,会错过了,希望你能坚持下去,这样我们这些fans也能坚持下去每天都能学点英语. -doyouremeber(Cest la vie); 2009-12-8 (#5734767@0)
"a little conversation' 有点语病，如果是说conversation 的量少，可以说" a little less conversation" 少一点闲聊。不过看上下文，应该是想表达“small talk"的意思-相对于big talk（长篇大论）用little 不大准确了 -lakebeyond(阳春白日); 2009-12-9 (#5737117@0)

好像太简单了。 -kittywhy(kittywhy); 2009-12-8 (#5734135@0)

Thank you for your feedback. Yes, I agree that the languages in the conversations are pretty simple, since they are meant to be some common daily conversations that you can use to start little talks with other people. -teresashi(Curly Hair); 2009-12-8 {493} (#5734840@0)
However, since this is just a start, I'm just also testing the water, it would take a little time to accomodate to everyone's different levels. What I will do is to divide the content into two main parts: conversational dialogues(like the first couple of ones) and culture related topics (everything you want to know about the people, food, entertainment, books, movies, bars, clubs...etc). Telling me what you think of my ideas and what you want to know will definately help me!:-) thanks.

我觉得这种看似简单的小对话要想说好和说的地道反而不容易。非常感谢楼主这么费心，希望楼主能坚持下去，我也能坚持下去。 -bettyzyl(poohbear); 2009-12-8 (#5735052@0)
Thanks a lot Teresa for the great efforts you put! I like and benefit from what you did for us! -mihoutao(mihoutao); 2009-12-8 (#5735081@0)
论坛上的人水平和需求是多样化的，分成两部分是个好主意。谢谢。 -kittywhy(kittywhy); 2009-12-8 (#5735148@0)
我觉得非常实用,对话看似简单,但实际上想要说好不容易．希望楼主能坚持下去.另外搂主能提供一些去吃西餐点菜的技巧吗？我每次都只能点套餐,因为不懂分开要点些什么,谢谢了! -hncs(Jason); 2009-12-9 (#5735272@0)

"对话看似简单,但实际上想要说好不容易" 是的。强烈希望能配有音频！ -kkry(kkry); 2009-12-9 (#5735724@0)

而且还要免费! -wincity(toad); 2009-12-9 (#5735738@0)

Well, for this I want to say that we are sacraficing lots of our time and efforts(trust me it does take time and efforts to do this on a daily basis) so as to benefit other people, -teresashi(Curly Hair); 2009-12-9 {102} (#5736411@0)
we are not mentioning money, so I just don't appreciate the way this "request" was brought up here.

玩笑一下, 知道你不容易. 做好人难哪. 对你, 人家是得寸进尺. 对我, 人家是一顿臭骂. -wincity(toad); 2009-12-9 (#5736502@0)

申明一下，并非这位同学说的得寸进尺。实在是中国人从小到大看的英文文字太多了，看的多，但嘴巴说不出来。所以强烈希望音频。 -kkry(kkry); 2009-12-9 (#5737165@0)

鄙人言重了, 别介意. -wincity(toad); 2009-12-9 (#5737268@0)

that's ok. apology accepted:-) -teresashi(Curly Hair); 2009-12-9 (#5737370@0)

I understand what you are talking about. I will definately look into it. -teresashi(Curly Hair); 2009-12-9 (#5737372@0)

Hmmm...that's a tough one. It would be hard to do an audio demo on a daily basis, espeically my friends and I work for different companies and of course we don't get to see each other everyday:-) -teresashi(Curly Hair); 2009-12-9 {216} (#5736359@0)
However, as Raza recommended, we are looking at renting places on weekends so that we can have real face to face conversations and it would be easier for us to address any pronunciations problems you guys might have.

分为2部分这个主意很好。基本对话满足平时日常需要，然后又能在其他时间讲讲文化方面的。加油，我很想但是没空参加face to face的课程，就在这里每天看看这些就很好了。一定要坚持哦 -lynnzl(西瓜&小西瓜); 2009-12-9 (#5735463@0)
多谢楼主，费心了。分成两部分是个好主意 -ligloria(平淡); 2009-12-9 (#5735743@0)

+1 -wenwenma(妈咪宝贝); 2009-12-9 (#5736151@0)
Support! Practice everyday... -candyc(大雁南飞); 2009-12-9 (#5736797@0)
LZ 这主意真好，估计能帮到很多初来者。看了一个对话，提一点意见。 -lakebeyond(阳春白日); 2009-12-9 {312} (#5737098@0)
Teresa:" I can't get in to Xmas spirit yet."formal 了点，平时对话不常讲get into... spirit。如果是我，可能会说，"not really, not get into the holiday mode yet. / I am not in the holiday mood yet. Do you have plan for the holiday?..." " I'll catch you later"可能比“I'll talk to u later" 更常用一点。

Thanks for your comments. Those conversations were actually real conversations that either my friend or I had with our co-workers. But you are right, there are different ways of saying them. -teresashi(Curly Hair); 2009-12-9 (#5737392@0)

呵呵，是。 lz有心了，我这是有点犯职业病 -lakebeyond(阳春白日); 2009-12-9 (#5737553@0)

My support! -gradall(Life is sucks); 2009-12-9 (#5737155@0)
How about we try our best to use English in this topic? -purplesand(purplesand); 2009-12-9 (#5737340@0)

Thanks! That's my whole of point of doing these kind of conversations here, it's not to teach you the language itself, but to give you ideas to practive with other people. -teresashi(Curly Hair); 2009-12-9 (#5737406@0)

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