Learning English- aim to achieve better English

astina.

原帖由 WTFAUS 于 2007-9-20 15:05 发表
for guys, thats not strong enough. usually we shall say, shut the f*** up
that is a bit too rude for gals

黑山老妖.

原帖由 astina 于 2007-9-20 15:06 发表
that is a bit too rude for gals
In high school we would say "shut your trap" instead. But that's kids stuff.
As a man you want to be macho so... the F word is used more generously.

patrickzhu.

原帖由 WTFAUS 于 2007-9-20 15:01 发表
oh yeah dats true. But i guess you would be soon worried about your daughter's Chinese then.
My wife sometimes tried to speak English at home and I was like ' r u trying to forget shanghaines ...
Yes, now we have moved to Chatswood, and my daughter is in Chatswood Primary School and luckily her chinese is being improved because of 40% chinese kids in her class. But it is true that is an issue I concerned.
For English practice/improvement, honestly speaking, I did not feel a "comprehensive" improvement on me since moving to Australia three years ago. I told my friends in Shanghai, the change on me is "I can catch up the local people more promptly than before, because I learnt lot of life/working terminologies here".
Obviously my wife doesn't agree on this, she mentioned that the most remarkable change on me is "so quick response to local "good, and yourself? when they say how are you?", second one learn the term "reckon" instead of "think" but sometimes "misuse".:)

WTFAUS.

原帖由 黑山老妖 于 2007-9-20 15:11 发表
In high school we would say "shut your trap" instead. But that's kids stuff.
As a man you want to be macho so... the F word is used more generously.  
absofcukinglutely true

astina.

I used to sit next to Helen (with a partition in between) and we chatted a lot by email. Sometimes the boss was around and refused to go which was really annoying.
Then Helen would write to me: don't you love it when your boss hangs around?
I answered: It is all John/Paul/Peter's fault (depending on who the boss was talking to at that time)
Once the boss was in our area again but instead of talking to someone, she picked up a newspapaer from a spare desk and began to read.
I got a message from Helen again: don't you love it when you boss seems to get stuck in that chair?
Me: it's all that newspaper's fault. Anything interesting happening in the world at all? another 911 or something that she feels oblighed to become part of?
Helen: I reckon she is just checking the lotto results.
Me: I thought only real human beings buy lottery tickets. Machines do not.

黑山老妖.

原帖由 patrickzhu 于 2007-9-20 15:14 发表
Yes, now we have moved to Chatswood, and my daughter is in Chatswood Primary School and luckily her chinese is being improved because of 40% chinese kids in her class. But it is true that is an i ...
I reckon you are improving there.

黑山老妖.

原帖由 astina 于 2007-9-20 15:16 发表
I used to sit next to Helen (with a partition in between) and we chatted a lot by email. Sometimes the boss was around and refused to go which was really annoying.
Then Helen would write to me: ...
That's funny.
Hope your boss was not listening.

astina.

原帖由 黑山老妖 于 2007-9-20 15:19 发表
That's funny.
Hope your boss was not listening.
we were chatting by email....

WTFAUS.

原帖由 patrickzhu 于 2007-9-20 15:14 发表
Yes, now we have moved to Chatswood, and my daughter is in Chatswood Primary School and luckily her chinese is being improved because of 40% chinese kids in her class. But it is true that is an i ...
haha same here bro.
I still remember the dialogs when we started to learn english in primary school
A: How are you?
B: I am fine. Thank you, and you?
A: I'm fine too...
I got to know 'how are you' actually means hello, how'dy, g'day, and etc and people don't really expect you to respond sometimes until I came here. Now I often respond them with hello or even how are you to that kinda greetings.
And sometimes its very interesting to notice Aussie English changes influenced by those American tv shows.

西边雨.

looks like only you guys who's got good english level talking around in this thread. Just for encouraging other guys, a brave man like me steps in to support it.
Thanks LZ for starting this thread.