Friday, December 31, 2010

Students' Writing

Chao thay ,

Em la Truc Loan , dang dinh cu tai Belgium hon 1 nam roi .Vua qua em phai theo hoc lop " Hoa Nhap Cong Dong " .Trong lop co 20 nguoi , du moi quoc tich khap nam Chau .Dau tien ho cung phai dung truoc lop noi ve dat nuoc ho , ban than ho va tuong lai cua ho o nuoc Bi

...Mac dau tieng Anh la tieng me de cua nhieu nuoc , nhung cach ho thich gi noi nay , trinh bay khg co dau duoi .Den luot em ( thay biet ro la em thuoc loai nguoi nhut nhac ) , vay ma trong luc do em co nho lai va em ap dung nhung gi thay da day .Em trinh bay co trinh tu giong nhu thay day trong lop nhu la co mo dau , co phan giua va phan ket thuc .Khi em vua dut loi , ho vo tay lau lam , mac du tieng Anh cua em noi khg nhanh , nhung ro rang va day du + voi cach trinh bay ro rang , em duoc moi nguoi ung ho lam .Luc do em co cam giac that hanh phuc , hanh dien vi minh la nguoi VN va luc do em nho toi thay nhieu lam .Nho thay ma em hoc duoc cach tu tin dung truoc dam dong , trinh bay ro rang , cach dau nhan trong cau ...va nho nhung luc bi phat tien bo vo ong heo nua .Vui va nho mai loi bi sai .

Nhan dip nam moi em goi den Thay va gia dinh thay nhung loi chuc tot dep nhat .Va hy vong tat ca hoc tro cua Thay co gang hoc tot nhung gi Thay truyen dat , se co ngay cac ban do cung co duoc cam giac hanh phuc va hanh dien nhu em ,du o bat cu dat nuoc nao tren the gioi .

Hoc tro cu cua thay ,

Truc Loan

Saturday, December 11, 2010

SAYING GOOD-BYE

SAYING GOOD-BYE

There are many English expressions for saying good-bye, ranging from informal to formal ones.

· Simple Good-byes

o Bye.

o Good-bye.

o Bye for now.

o See you later.

Talk to you soon.

o See you around. Take care.

o See you real soon.

o See you tomorrow / next week.

o See ya. (informal)

o See you later, alligator. (slang)

· More Formal Good-byes

o (It was) nice to see you. Good-bye.

o (It was) good to see you. Good-bye.

o (It was) nice talking to you. Bye.

o Take care. See you again.

· Saying Goodbye to Someone You Have Just Met

o Nice meeting you.

o It was a pleasure meeting you. (formal)

o It's a real pleasure to have met you. (formal)

o It's been a real pleasure. (formal)

SAMPLE DIALOGS

Situation 1:

Ngan was shopping with Hng at a bookstore where she ran into Nga (met Ichiro by chance). They hadn't seen each other for a while.

Ngan: Hey! What a surprise to see you here!

Nga: Yeah! Haven't seen you in ages! How've you been?

Ngan: Fine. How about you?

Nga: Well, just plugging along.

Ngan: Oh, have you two met?

Nga: I don't think so.

Ngan: Hung, this is Nga. Nga, Hung.

Nga: Nice to meet you.

Hung: Same here.


(They chatted for a while)


Nga: Listen, I gotta go. It was nice seeing you again, Ngan.

Ngan: Nice seeing you, too. Let's get together again soon.

Nga: Yes. Let's do that. Nice talking to you, Hung. Take care.

Hung: Nice meeting you, Nga. See you.

GREETINGS


GREETINGS


There are many English expressions for greetings, ranging from informal to formal ones.  

· Informal Greetings

o Hi!

o Hello!

o What's up?

o What's new?

o How's it going?

· More Formal Greetings

o Good morning. How are you today?

o Good afternoon. How's everything?

o Good evening. How have you been?

· Greeting Someone You Haven't Seen for a while

o I haven't seen you in ages! How have you been?

o How're things going?

o How are you getting along?

o Long time no see! (Informal)

· Greeting Someone You Are Surprised to See

o Fancy meeting you here!

o Never thought I'd see you here!

o What a surprise to see you here!