英語交流帖

eric8188

原帖由 tmm123 于 11-2-2008 01:13 AM 发表
i really glad that there's such English discussion over here.
I am going to take IELTS by this coming june.
Hopefully i can gain something over here in order to enhance my capability in commanding ...

Same as previous reply....working hours, resting hours, opening hours, visiting hours, business hours etc...

Resident is a noun which means people who live in a particular place.
1. The residents of Malaysia are very friendly.

Residence is also a noun but with different meaning, Its synonym is residency.

Reside is a verb which means to live in a particular place.
1. I reside in  JB.

edison413

原帖由 eric8188 于 23-2-2008 10:13 PM 发表


应该是这样：

Hi,now i have decided to learn english
my english is very poor.
my friends ask me to listen to english songs and learn from them.

pls help me to correct my sentences.
i wish  ...

你的母语是英文吗?
你可以提供几个方法学习英文的吗?
thx

eric8188

原帖由 edison413 于 24-2-2008 04:22 PM 发表

你的母语是英文吗?
你可以提供几个方法学习英文的吗?
thx

我受华文教育，所以英文也不是说很好，尚在学习当中。我认为若要学好英文，平时就必须多多接触英文。看英语节目和英文书报都是有效的办法，最重要是持之以恒。这样便能同时兼顾中英文。加油咯。。

edison413

原帖由 eric8188 于 24-2-2008 11:47 PM 发表


我受华文教育，所以英文也不是说很好，尚在学习当中。我认为若要学好英文，平时就必须多多接触英文。看英语节目和英文书报都是有效的办法，最重要是持之以恒。这样便能同时兼顾中英文。加油咯。。

我起初还以为你是受英文教育的
看英文节目，可是都听不懂，不是等于白看?

darksider

原帖由 tmm123 于 11-2-2008 01:13 AM 发表
i really glad that there's such English discussion over here.
I am going to take IELTS by this coming june.
Hopefully i can gain something over here in order to enhance my capability in commanding ...

Resting hour is definitely correct.
When a present participle is used as an adjective,it means when you use the hour,you are resting.
For instance,washing machine,chopping board.
When you use the machine,it is washing.When you use the board,you are chopping.

But when a past participle is used as an adj,it means it has been done to the noun itself.
Eg,broken windows,devastated widow,frustrated kid

darksider

原帖由 eric8188 于 23-2-2008 10:13 PM 发表


应该是这样：

Hi,now i have decided to learn english
my english is very poor.
my friends ask me to listen to english songs and learn from them.

pls help me to correct my sentences.
i wish  ...

Hi,i have just decided to learn english seriously.
My english is poor and my friends have asked me to listen to english songs and learn from them.

Would you mind helping me to correct my sentences?
I wish to know if there is any mistake i have made.

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Better version

Hi guys,i have just decided to learn english language as it is of pivotal importance to be able to use english language nowadays.
I realise how atrocious my english is and my friends have always advised me to listen to english songs and learn together with them.
Incidentally,i happen come across this thread.this is also a right place for me to improve my english,isn't it?

I would be grateful if someone can rectify my possibly erroneous sentences.
Thanks in advance.

eric8188

原帖由 edison413 于 25-2-2008 06:59 PM 发表

我起初还以为你是受英文教育的
看英文节目，可是都听不懂，不是等于白看?

起初也许只听到50%，但久而久之便会听得懂了。所以说也要读英文书报，那么当你有不明白的地方时便能查字典学习。

eric8188

[quote]原帖由 darksider 于 26-2-2008 09:27 AM 发表

Thank you for your further explanation.  It has helped me to brush up my eng.I can tell that your eng is good, especially your vast vocabulary from your replies and ..haha..i think even a native speaker couldn't understand every single word that you have written....erroneous,atrocious, pivotal ect. wow...you must be very committed to learning eng.

chingfong85

原帖由 darksider 于 26-2-2008 09:39 发表
Hi guys,i have just decided to learn english language as it is ofpivotal importance to be able to use english language nowadays.
I realise how atrocious my english is and my friends have alwaysadvised me to listen to english songs and learn together with them.
Incidentally,i happen come across this thread.this is also a right place for me to improve my english,isn't it?

I would be grateful if someone can rectify my possibly erroneous sentences.
Thanks in advance.

我有一些疑问，为什么不是。。。。。
1. have always been advising
2. to learn
3. to come
???

darksider

原帖由 chingfong85 于 26-2-2008 03:13 PM 发表


我有一些疑问，为什么不是。。。。。
1. have always been advising
2. to learn
3. to come
???

1.Present perfect and present perfect continuous can be used in this case.They carry the same meaning but the degree of emphasis is different.
    He has always advised me to learn english.( His friends' advice has cause him to start taking care of his english)
    He has been advising me to learn english.( (1)It is still in progress. (2)Use to emphasis the fact that his friends  have advised him very often recently or his friends has just stopped advising him.)

2.To listen to english songs and (to)learn together with them.
            Eg,I was writing and (was) playing games at the same time.
                       Those bracketed words can be omitted.

3.Typing error.(I happen to come across this thread.)

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darksider

原帖由 eric8188 于 26-2-2008 01:20 PM 发表
[quote]原帖由 darksider 于 26-2-2008 09:27 AM 发表

Thank you for your further explanation.  It has helped me to brush up my eng.I can tell ...

Thanks,but i'm not really good and there are still many words remaining unknown to me .

Actually I have done more than 200 pages(given by language centre) of vocabulary exercise but i don't manage to remember all the words i have learned.

Getting a good thesaurus has really helped me in knowing more words.However,you must do reading if you want to widen your range of vocabulary.

If you don't have one,i would recommend you to buy a thesaurus that is entitled "Family Words Finder" published by Reader's Digest.

chingfong85

which language centre do you go to?how frequent is the class?do you you according to your level tested?would you mine to share with us? cos i think it's pretty good..

i know it's a bit off topic, but may i ask your opinion on plain english? fancy/colourful english might be great to read and it's very useful to further improve our english (for the write/speaker as well as for readers/listeners).
but i think it's not the case in conversation as the listener might not get what you are trying to convey. what do you think?just out of curiousity..

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darksider

原帖由 chingfong85 于 26-2-2008 06:51 PM 发表
which language centre do you go to?how frequent is the class?do you you according to your level tested?would you mine to share with us? cos i think it's pretty good..

i know it's a bit off topic, b ...

Yes,i do support using plain english instead of pretentious english but it really depends on who are you talking to and where are you talking.
For educated people,use more sophisticated words would be better,i presume.

I always use plain english in informal conversation.

I have stopped attending english courses.If i were to continue,i would be sitting for CPE on this December.I stop going because i might go to study overseas.But if i believe i will take CPE one day,Cambridge english exams are exciting and challenging.

I have been attending 2 english courses since May of 2006.I still remembered that i went there in the middle of the 1-year course which mean i missed 5 months lessons there.

The language centre i have gone to is called BELL(Benny English Language Laboratory).It is a cambridge-authorized centre,providing people with examinations prepared by Cambridge Esol.

There is only a lesson once a week (for each courses).The duration for each lessons is 2 hours,but normally the teacher there will teach extra because he loves teaching english and helping Malaysian.

There is no any pre-test given when you want to enrol for courses there.So you have got to make sure that you will understand what he speaks.You know your level of english,don't you?

There are courses for KET,PET,FCE,CAE and CPE.
                                     F1,2   F3    F4    F5            F6

F-form

Normally he will arrange those students who have been studying there since they were small for the courses i stated above.
But there are adults studying there too.If you are only interested in taking the exams,attending lessons is not necessary anymore,it is up to you.

The tutors there are excellent,especially the principal(Mr Benny),whom i perceive to be the most circumspect teacher in Malaysia and the best lecturer I have seen.You will have a great advantage being taught by him,he is not only your teacher,but also a cambridge examiner(He brings cambridge to Malaysia in 1962).Moreover,he is also a very experienced teacher,he has been teaching english since 1962.Having been taught by him,i found him always motivate all of the students in every lessons.

The tuition fees there are a lot cheaper compared to British Council.
He only charges rm180 for CPE course and rm150 for CAE course.For other courses,they are relatively cheaper.
You have to pay each months.

chingfong85

huh, i have certainly no idea which level am i belong to. (how can i find out?)
i would love to further improve my english, but i guess i'm just not dedicated enough. i can understand most (if not all) of the stuff i read but when it comes to writting, i'm just not good at it. sometimes i just dream of how nice would it be to be able to write good enough (like those articles in the paper,haha..).oh well i'm just dreaming..hehhee..

oh ya, where's BELL?where can i find out more info about it?

darksider

原帖由 chingfong85 于 27-2-2008 12:31 AM 发表
huh, i have certainly no idea which level am i belong to. (how can i find out?)
i would love to further improve my english, but i guess i'm just not dedicated enough. i can understand most (if not ...

Bell is located at Farlim in Penang.
I will tell you its phone number and address later if you are interested.

If you want to learn english for education or career purposes,i would suggest you to take exams like CAE and CPE.
CAE is generally recognized by all the Universities in the world.But CPE which is harder is more widely recognized.

These exams do not only test your proficiency of english,but also skills.For instance,speaking,writing,listening and reading.

You should refer to this website. http://www.cambridgeesol.org/

A good website that provides you with information about cambridge exams and also recommendation of some books.
There is a forum for students too,you may ask for help there.
www.flo-joe.com

Always give it a second thought before writing.

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tmm123

原帖由 darksider 于 26-2-2008 09:27 AM 发表

Resting hour is definitely correct.
When a present participle is used as an adjective,it means when you use the hour,you are resting.
For instance,washing machine,chopping board.
When you use the machine,it is washing.When you use the board,you are chopping.

But when a past participle is used as an adj,it means it has been done to the noun itself.
Eg,broken windows,devastated widow,frustrated kid ...

Thank you so much, you have enlighten me about that.

By the way, I would like to share with you guys some experience regarding a way to improve your English daily, i.e. to set
http://www.3480.net/qq.htm
as your  home page.

through it, i learn new idiom or words daily .

Those who have better idea please contribute your part.
Thanks.

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ShowLim

请问那一句话是对的？
-sorry , i try my best already ...
-sorry , i already try my best ...

tmm123

原帖由 ShowLim 于 3-4-2008 10:53 AM 发表
请问那一句话是对的？
-sorry , i try my best already ...
-sorry , i already try my best ...

if I am not mistaken, it should be
" sorry, I have already tried my best "

darksider

原帖由 ShowLim 于 3-4-2008 10:53 AM 发表
请问那一句话是对的？
-sorry , i try my best already ...
-sorry , i already try my best ...

Sorry, but I have tried my best. ( if you are more concerned with the result.)
Sorry, but I have been trying my best. ( If you are more concerned with the progress and not the result.)

奇仔

Awesome! I just found here and hope to learn more from you all.