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linhu

10-01-2009, 00:06

بله! در جریان صحبت های شما در اون تاپیک هستم. :31: اتفاقا" من توی چندتا انجمن دیگه دقیقا" همین پست را گذاشتم. ولی فکر نکنم تعدادمون زیاد بشه! با این حال من سعی میکنم کسایی که توی انجمن های دیگه هستن و میخوان به این گروه بپیوندن به این انجمن و به این تاپیک دعوتشون کنم. ولی من حس میکنم شما سطحتون بالاتر از کتابای اینترچنج باشه! این مشکلی برای شما ایجاد نمیکنه که با ما مبتدی ها بیاین جلو؟
:20:

از همراهیه silent assassin ممنونم. شما سطح زبانتون در چه حد هست؟
نه بابا این چه حرفیه...اگر بشه بحث آزادی راه انداخ نیازی به کتاب نیست...من یادمه دوستان در چند سال پیش که اینکارو راه انداختن طبق روال منظمی کارهاشونو پیش میبردن و الحق هم نتیجه گرفتن..مهم نظم و مدیریت قوی هستش....من هم دوست دارم تو چنین جمعهایی باشم..دوستان تو اون تاپیک خوب استقبال کردن...اگر بتونیم کسی رو پیدا کنیم که بتونه مدیریت خوبی داشته باشه مطمئنا نتیجه خوبی هم خواهیم گرفت:31:

vahid_civil

10-01-2009, 00:12

یه گروه هم تو بخش گرووههای اجتماعی زده شده . که تقریبا همین برنامه رو داره.
اونجا هم یه نگاه بندازید.
ولی در کل طرح جالبیه.من بعد از امتحانام خوشحال میشم شرکت کنم

silent-assassin

10-01-2009, 07:42

بله! در جریان صحبت های شما در اون تاپیک هستم. :31: اتفاقا" من توی چندتا انجمن دیگه دقیقا" همین پست را گذاشتم. ولی فکر نکنم تعدادمون زیاد بشه! با این حال من سعی میکنم کسایی که توی انجمن های دیگه هستن و میخوان به این گروه بپیوندن به این انجمن و به این تاپیک دعوتشون کنم. ولی من حس میکنم شما سطحتون بالاتر از کتابای اینترچنج باشه! این مشکلی برای شما ایجاد نمیکنه که با ما مبتدی ها بیاین جلو؟
:20:

از همراهیه silent assassin ممنونم. شما سطح زبانتون در چه حد هست؟

سلام

ممنون

خودت که بهتر میدونی سطح زبان منو! در حد تیم ملی! اونم بانوان!

یه چیزایی بلدم ولی مدرکی و کلاسی نیست! تجربی به در اثر برخورد با لغات مختلف به دست امده که اونم میشه ندید گرفت!

singleguy

10-01-2009, 13:29

Welcome to
A Group To Study English

brain

10-01-2009, 14:51

من میگم اگه قراره کاری کنید تو همین نت بکنید .... چون اینجوری تعدادتون هم زیاد میشه ....

در ضمن پیشنهاد من اینه که جلسه تو یه کنفرانس اینترنتی برگزار شه .... هر جلسه یه موضوع .. گرچه میدونم کسی پایه نیست :31:
در ضمن اگه p30 میتونست یه چت روم آنلاین تو انجمن زبان راه بندازه بد نمی شد .... ااونجوری هرکی سوال داشت سریع به جوابش میرسید یا مثلا بچه ها به گفتگوی انگلیسی می پرداختند .... نه ؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟ :31:

گیسو

10-01-2009, 16:50

linhu

10-01-2009, 16:50

ولی مگه بدون کتابم میشه؟ اینجور فقط روی مهارت speaking کار میشه و یکم listening . ما (من و دوستانم) تصمیم داریم کتابهای اینترچنج را بخونیم. چون به هرحال مبتدی هستیم و نمیتونیم اینجور شرو کنیم.:41: من نظرم این نبود که طبق یه سیستم اموزشی جدا پیش بریم بلکه دقیقا" با مراکز اموزشی پیش بریم. حتی من با چند نفر از دوستام که توی یکی از مراکز اموزشی معتبر اصفهان هستند هماهنگی کردم که مدام با اونا در ارتباط باشم و تمام دروس را با اونا پیش بریم (یکم جلوتر):10:
البته نا گفته نماند که من جدا از این کتاب تصمیم دارم 3 یا 4 کتاب دیگه را خودم اروم اروم بخونم که اون دیگه برای بقیه ی اعضا اختیاریه ولی بی کتاب هرگز:13:
خوب مدیریت و برنامه ریزی اینجا جوابگو خواهد بود..یعنی شما و اون دوستانی که در این سطوح میخوان کار کنن هم به این کار میرسن هم به کارهای دیگه.مثالی که خودمون اجرا کردیمو میزنم..دوستان که اکثرا همه در یک سطح بودن برای هفته بعد به سری برنامه ها رو مشخص میکردن..مثلا قرار میشد خودشونو واسه Unit های 4 و 5 کتاب آماده کنن..بخونن و بیان باهام Skill هاشو کار کنن...این مثلا 45 دقیقه تا 1 ساعت وقت میگرفا..بعدشم در مورد موضوعی که قبلا تعیین شده بود تو 1 ساعت دیگه حرف میزدن ..اینطوری هم میرسیدن حجم قابل معینی از کتابشونو بخونن و جلو ببرن و همین که توانایی صحبت کردنشونو بالا ببرن..به هر حال این ها همش تو اینجا در حد نظریه هستش:31:

singleguy

10-01-2009, 19:34

خب حالا بازم اندکی بهتر شد:31:. فقط تا 1 بهمن همه هماهنگی ها را انجام بدین که شروع کنیم. من امتحانم 6 بهمن تمام میشن ولی زبان را از 1 بهمن شرو میکنم
یه سوال: فکرش را کردین چطوری بچه های این سرزمین پهناور را دور هم جمع کنیم تا بتونیم به بحث بپردازیم؟ پیشنهادی که اون دوستمون داد بد نبود (که به صورت online با هم دیگه بحث کنیم) ولی اینجور به نظر من تمرینی هست برای writing نه speaking.
نظر بقیه دوستان در این مورد چیه؟
اگه میشه زودتر این بحث را تمام کنیم و بپردازیم به بحث اینکه هر قسمت کتاب interchenge را چطوری بخونیم(البته واسه من و دوستام که قراره این کتاب را بخونیم) و کدوم قسمتها را و چطور برای کنفرانس اماده کنیم.:27:

A r c h i

10-01-2009, 20:31

singleguy

10-01-2009, 22:12

Hi

Isn't better to continue your discussion in English???

Did you know that it's forbidden in this forum laws to write in persian????
I just let the beginners use Farsi. You want to have a group to study together, It's great, But you even continue your discussion in Farsi?????

What a group it will be:13:!!!!!l
So from now on, all the posts here should be in English, It's just for you sake to learn English much bettter

Have fun
:11:

Hi Archi-girl

we want to have a group to study together but we haven't started this group yet and there are some beginners (like me) in this group who can't speak englishs o: :27:

فعلا" تا اول بهمن فارسی بحث را ادامه میدیم و از اول بهمن به بعد Don't speak persion.
اگه خانم Archi-girl لطف میکردن و نام تاپیک را تا اول بهمن chengeنمیکردن بهتر بود. نه بچه ها؟:27:

blackrevolutioner

10-01-2009, 23:06

In my opiinion it can be good homies I go to university as a english student or in other word as a english translation student keep on it but remember you need to study so hard if you allow me I take myself in you as a plain student homiesPeace forever

singleguy

11-01-2009, 20:32

پس چی شد چرا همه رفتن:19: . ظاهرا" فقط من و silen-assassin موندیم نه؟:46:

silent-assassin

11-01-2009, 21:25

singleguy

11-01-2009, 23:18

خب به پیشنهاد Archi-Girl منم از این به بعد انگلیسی مینویسم اما تا جایی که بتونم
اینطوری
هم به نفع خودم میشه و هم اینکه پایه خنده دوستان جور میشه

البته تو یه متن اونایی را که زورم برسه انگلیسی و هر جا کم بیارم فارسی مینویسم.

در ضمن من میگم هر کی میخواد باشه رسما اعلام کنه. همچنین منابع و کتابهای خوب را هم که قرار بر مطالعش هست اعلام کنیم تا کم کم شروع کنیم.

Dear Agent_47(silent-assassin)
you always burst me into laghter by you speech:16:.
as you know we're going to study interchenge book. I'm going to start intercheng2 (the 5th term) and as I know your level, I suggest you the second half of intro(the 2nd term). I haven't practiced intro since 5 month ago so I decided to read it quickly again as I study my main book. so we can study together:10:. when you buy this book we will decide how to read and study the book.

blackrevolutioner

12-01-2009, 00:03

I am in your crew didnt i say before ???????

linhu

12-01-2009, 00:15

ok Folks..I am really all confused What youre gonna do ?I Dont think Things Will be at last looking Up If you put off doing things Until later.....Mind that thinking over and over The Details Wont doAny good..Btw..I am Looking forward to Know About your Latest Decision Blokes..:d
Ta ta For Now:D

samanajan

12-01-2009, 21:40

با سلام من می خواهم شرکت کنم کجا باید اسم را وارد کنم

منم چند تا پیشنهاد دارم

اول اینکه کلاس ها 1 روز در هفته باشه مثلا 1 بخش را در یک هفته درس بدهیم

دوم بیایم در یاهو مسنجر یک چت روم آنلاین درست کنیم و اونجا با هم آمنلاین صبحت و چت کنیم

سوم کتاب را و سی دی ها در اینجا آپلود کنیم که دوستان مشکلی پیدا نکنند

چهارم دوستان هر کدام بگویید که در کدام شهر هستند و کسانی که در هر شهر مثلا 3 نفر تو شهر اصفهان هست اینا بیاند با هم یکجای را در نظر بگیرند و بروند با ترویست ها شروع کنند

پنجم اول کار بیایم قواعد و خلاصه هر چی از الفبا را به بچه های کوچولو انگلیسی یاد می دهند فرا بگیریم ون من 20 بار نشستم پای این کانال های که مال بچه ها هست فوق العاده عالی بود می دانید برای چی 1. کلمات را با شکل و تصاویر و آهنگ و کلی تکرار می کنه تو مخ بچه 2. رنگ ها به دقت 3. سرعت صبحتن کردن پایین تا بچه بفهمه 4. خلاصه نظرم را گفتم

ششم خودمان یک دیکشنری تصویری درستم کنیم هر قسمتش را یکی از دوستان بعد دستان دیگر روش نظر بدهند

هفتم در اول هر ماه یک امتحان گرفته شود مربوط به درس یک امتحان در حد بالاتر برای تقویت

هشتم برای مثلا 4 نفر یک سرگروه و برای سر گروه یک سوپر سر گروه باشد اینطوری بهتره

نهم فشار درس ها کم باشد

بازم نظر دارم حالا اینا باشد فردا ادامه اش را می گم

sepid12ir

12-01-2009, 22:16

that's a great job, but have you considered that you guys are in different levels? then how can u all work on the same book...?l....
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singleguy

12-01-2009, 22:53

نه! ای ولا! خوشم اومد! واقعا" علی بود. تمام چیزایی که واسه گروه درنظر گرفته بودم گفتین!حتی یه چیزایی بیشتر(وبهتر). ولی بازم خوبه خلاصه نظرتون را گفتین اگه میخواستین کامل بگین دیگه چی میشد؟!:31:(شوخی کردم)
برا ثبت نام لازم نیست اسمتون را فعلا" جایی وارد کنین
در مورد کتاب هم قرار شد اونا که مثل من تازه کار هستن intrchenge کار کنن و اونایی که سطحشون بالا هست خودشون (خودتون) مشورت کنند و تصمیم بگیرن
پایه ی دیشکنری تصویری هم هستم اتفاق" به نظرم خیلی مفید هست و به ماندگاری کلمات در ذهن خیلی کمک میکنه
واما امتحان .:13:به نظر شما امتحان را کی بگیره؟
با گروه بندی هم کاملا" موافقم
بازم نظر بدین خوشحال میشیم
خب به پیشنهاد شما شروع میکنیم لطفا" هر کس میخواد باشه سطح زبان و کتابی که قصد خوندنش را داره و شهرش را به انگلسی بگه(برای شروع خوبه نه؟)
درضمن واسه تایین سطح زبانتون پیشنهاد میکنم از level های زیر استفاده کنید (اقای silent-assassin امیدوارم levelشما در موارد زیر موجود باشه:31:) :
1-beginner
2-elementary
3-pre-intermediate
4-upper intermediate
5-advanced
اول خودم شروع میکنم لطفا" همراهیم کنین

as you know my username is Single guy
My English level:elementary
the book that I want to study: intercheng2
my city: the half of the world=Esfahan city

italy2006

13-01-2009, 02:10

من هم هستم.

samanajan

13-01-2009, 11:32

واما امتحان .به نظر شما امتحان را کی بگیره؟
با گروه بندی هم کاملا" موافقم
بازم نظر بدین خوشحال میشیم
خب به پیشنهاد شما شروع میکنیم لطفا" هر کس میخواد باشه سطح زبان و کتابی که قصد خوندنش را داره و شهرش را به انگلسی بگه(برای شروع خوبه نه؟)
درضمن واسه تایین سطح زبانتون پیشنهاد میکنم از level های زیر استفاده کنید (اقای silent-assassin امیدوارم levelشما در موارد زیر موجود باشه) :
1-beginner
2-elementary
3-pre-intermediate
4-upper intermediate
5-advanced
اول خودم شروع میکنم لطفا" همراهیم کنین

با سلام

برای مشخص شدن چه کسی که کی در چه سطحی است باید یک امتحان بگیریم

خب برای امتحان باید از دوستانی که نمونه سوال دارند و یا جای را می شناسند که تعیین سطح کنه معرفی کنه

برای هر بخش به طور مثال

برای امتحان 3 نفر که تجربه دارند مسئول طرح سوال شوند

و چند نفر مسئول آموزش

و چند نفر مسئول هماهنگی کلاس ها

و چند نفر مسئول دیکشنری

و چند مسئول رفع ایراد

و یک پیشنهاد مهم
باید یکی را پیدا کنیم که مدرکی و خلاصه تجربه و زبانش در حد عالی باشد

samanajan

13-01-2009, 11:33

از مدیر انجمن باید در خواست کنیم

که چند نفر مایل هستند در اینجا شرکت کنند و تمایل دارند قسمتی را بر عهده بگیرند

brain

13-01-2009, 12:05

سلام ....
یه چیزی :
آقای mohammad.clergyman چند هفته پیش گروهی تشکیل دادند به نام
(¯`·._ دوره های آموزشی مجازی زبان انگلیسی به صورت رایگان _.·´¯)
و مهلت ثبت نام هم تا 17 دی بود . که الان 68 عضو داره (یکیش خودمم) و آزمون تعیین سطحی هم درست کرده بودند که از بچه ها گرفته شد ، حالا چند روزه که ایشون سرشون شلوغ شده ، ولی برمیگرده ، میتونید با صحبت با آقای mohammad.clergyman ، شما هم عضو شده و آزمون رو بدید. البته به نظرم چون ایشون 2 روز یه بار معمولا میان میشه یکی که زبانش قوی تره بشه همکاره ایشون ، تا در نبودش کارهارو پی گیری کنه .....
اینم لینکش : (فکر کنم باید قبلش عضو شد)

برای مشاهده محتوا ، لطفا وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید

به کار ایشون شک نداشته باشید .... طبق گفته های خودشون ، آزمون رو طوری طراحی کردند که دقیقا تعین سطح به درستی انجام شه .... میتونید از آزمونه ایشون استفاده کنید ...... الان درحاله تصحیح آزمون ها هستند ....

اگه کلاس های ایشون تشکیل نشد ، من اینجارو هستم : ( ولی اگه واقعا جدی هستید ، بریم اونجا ، چون ایشون زبانشون بیسته )

as you know my username is Brain
My English level:elementary I'm not sure
the book that I want to study:TOEFL BOrrowns 2007
my city:Graphic Land :31: Qom

linhu

13-01-2009, 12:21

singleguy

13-01-2009, 14:58

Well Folks..Theres A Qestion Sticking In My Mind..I am Just Wondering Why you All guys Are Looking To Find the Ways to have your English Knowledge Level..Here you can find Many People good In English...You can Ask them to Help you Know your Level...And Honestly It Will be Just Time Consuming if you Dont Start ..Mind that First Step Is Always the hardest..just Start Doing things..An then Things Will be looked Up...:D..

از linhu متشکرم که با زبان فارسی پست نمیذاره .منم اگه زبانم خوب بود عمرا" فارسی پست میذاشتم:27:

موافقم:14:. مگه ما قرار هست تو اموزشگاه ثبت نام کنیم و کلاس بریم که ازمون تایین سطح بذاریم؟:38: ما همه اینجا هستیم تا با علاقه زبان بخونیم. یعنی شما خودتون سطح خودتون را نمیدونین؟یا حتما" باید مثل مدرسه نمره بگیرین تا سطح خودتون را بدونین؟ به نظر من زیاد سخت نیست level خودتون را از بین اون پنج تایی که پیشنهاد کردم انتخاب کنین.مثلا" من اطمینان دارم levelم همون هست که گفتم. یا حالا اگه خیلی مشتاق هستین که یه نفر سطحتون را تایین کنه از کسایی که زبانشون خوبه کمک بگیرین(همونطور که اقای linhu گفتن). به نظر من زیاد تو این جور مسائل ریز نشین.:23:

در ضمن اقای brain بعضی ها مثل من تازه وارد هستن و p30world اجازه ی ورود به link اقای mohammadclergyman را نمیده.:44:

samanajan

13-01-2009, 18:56

مگه ما قرار هست تو اموزشگاه ثبت نام کنیم و کلاس بریم که ازمون تایین سطح بذاریم؟

شما هر جا بری تعیین سطح می گیرند تا بفهمند چقدر طرف انگلیسی بلد هست

ما همه اینجا هستیم تا با علاقه زبان بخونیم. یعنی شما خودتون سطح خودتون را نمیدونین؟یا حتما" باید مثل مدرسه نمره بگیرین تا سطح خودتون را بدونین؟ به نظر من زیاد سخت نیست level خودتون را از بین اون پنج تایی که پیشنهاد کردم انتخاب کنین.مثلا" من اطمینان دارم levelم همون هست که گفتم

اولا مدرسه را ول کن دوما شما مگی من اینقدر بلدم ولی شاید بعضی چیزها یادت بره

در ضمن اقای brain بعضی ها مثل من تازه وارد هستن و p30world اجازه ی ورود به link اقای mohammadclergyman را نمیده.

طبق گفته ایشون در این لینکی ه دوست عزیز گذاشته اند

برای مشاهده محتوا ، لطفا وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید

(¯`·._ دوره های آموزشی مجازی زبان انگلیسی به صورت رایگان _.·´¯)

تا شروع دوره ی بعدی دیگر عضو نمیپذیریم

singleguy

13-01-2009, 19:56

هرچند توی چند همین ماه قبل تو کلاس زبان interchenge1را تموم کردم و توی چندتا پست قبل گفتم علاوه بر intercheng2 میخوام intro را هم برای مرور بخونم ولی به خاطر شما باشه امتحان تایین level را هم میدهم:31:.
در ضمن شما کاربر پروفشنال هستین که میتونین وارد اون لینک بشین. اگه یه user جدید بسازین خواهید دید که نمیشه وارد اون لینک شد.
خب حالا ما چطور باید امتحان تایین level بدهیم؟:13:

.:gigolo boy:.

13-01-2009, 21:04

سلااااااااااااام
خیلی پیشنهاد جالبی دادین.
منم همه جوره پایه هستم واسه یادگیری زبان از طریق تالار.
ممنون بابت طرح بی نظیرتون.

samanajan

13-01-2009, 23:04

خب حالا ما چطور باید امتحان تایین level بدهیم؟

بهتون گفتم باید یکی پیدا کنیم تو این کار تجربه داشته باشد

samanajan

13-01-2009, 23:08

مثلا این تاپیک خوبه

برای مشاهده محتوا ، لطفا وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید

برای مشاهده محتوا ، لطفا وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید

brain

13-01-2009, 23:46

سلام ....
من هنوز نظرم روی کلاس های آقای mohammadclergyman هستش ... چون زبانشون خوبه و مدیریت رو هم بر عهده دارند ، آزمون هم که آمادس، تازه عضو هم که زیادن ..... 68 تا ....
گرچه مهلت تموم شده ، ولی شاید بشه کاریش کرد .... بذارید برگرده .....

بر فرض هم اونجا نشه ، من لینکه آزمونه ایشون رو دارم ، میتونیم از اون استفاده کنیم ، منتها من اجازه ندارم لینک رو بدم ، وقتی ایشون اومدن با اجازه ی ایشون در اختیارتون میذارم .....

یه چیزی هم در کل بگم ، شما دقیقا هدفتون از تشکیل کلاس ها چیه؟ به نظرم اینجور کلاس ها تمام کننده نیست ولی مکمل خوبیه ...
به نظرم اگه تعداتون محدود باشه ولی همه در یه سطح باشن ، ولی به طور حرفه ای پیش برن بهتره .... چون اگه تعداد زیاد شه ممکنه بعضیا بعدا بنا به دلایل متعدد بزنن زیرش و کنترلش هم سخت تر میشه .... به نظرم اونایی رو که واقعا میخوان بیان و وقتشو دارن ، جمع کنید ....
من که همه جوره پایه هستم .....
ولی اگه بخواد کلاس شلوغ شه و... ممکنه که کلا قضیه منحل شه .... :31:
اول از همه هم باید یک مدیر انتخاب کنید که کار هارو رهبری کنه و حرف آخر رو اون بزنه (حالا زبانش هم خوب نبود ، اشکالی نداره ) ....چون اینجوری هرکی یه نظری میده ومیره و کار کند پیش میره .....

راستی در رابطه با ورود به اون لینک باید بگم که حتما باید دعوت نامه براتون ارسال شه تا ببینیدش (یادم رفته بود اینو بگم)

mohammad.clergyman

14-01-2009, 19:05

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم

باسلام خدمت همه ی دوستان و عرض تشکر خدمت دوست عزیز singleguy به خاطر ایجاد این تاپیک

بر حسب وظیفه لازم میدانم چند نکته خدمت شما عرض کنم :

تشکیل این گروه نشان دهنده ی ایده ی تحسین برانگیز موسس این گروه و علاقه ی وی به یادگیری زبان است

در کل تشکیل چنین گروهی میتواند نقطه ی عطفی در زمینه ی آموزش زبان در فرم آموزش زبان پی سی ورلد باشد.

اما یادگیری گروهی در سطوح ابتدایی نیازمند به یک راهنما و یا یک استاد است. که در خلال آموزش وظیفه ی مدیریت اعضای گروه

را هم عهده دار باشد. این راهنما نمیتواند از بین دانش پژوهان باشد چون تجربه میگوید احتمال ایجاد مشکلاتی از قبیل اختلاف و

عدم همکاری بعضی از عزیزان وجود دارد. همچنین ممکن است هنوز سطح اطلاعاتش به آنجا نرسیده باشد که بتواند یک گروه

گروه آموزشی را اداره کند و مطالب آموزشی به دوستان ارائه کند.

ضمنا تعیین سطح اعضای گروه کاملا ضروری است ، می بینید که هر آموزشگاه زبانی

در ابتدا از همه ی ثبت نام کنندگان آزمون تعیین سطح میگیرد . و اگر اعضای گروه هم سطح نباشند ، موانع فراوانی را پیش پای

اعضا قرار می دهد.

اگر نیاز به راهنما دارید ، از بین اعضای فعال انجمن ، بنده archi girl و sepid12ir و AABB و scythe را بتون پیشنهاد میکنم. که خوب هم اطلاعات کافی برای این کار را دارند و هم کم و بیش سابقه ی تدریس زبان رادارند

و اما گروهی که بنده تشکیل دادم- که متاسفانه به علت مشکلات فراوانم شروعش یک هفته به تعویق افتاده است و با یاری خدا هفته ی آینده شروع میشود -میتواند یک بستر مناسبی برای یادگیری شما باشد. البته مدت ثبت نام این گروه تمام شده است.
اگر قصد ثبت نام در گروه را دارید ، لطفا درخواستتون را از طریق بیام خصوصی بفرستید ،
چون تعداد اعضای فعلی زباد هستند ، در صورتی که بعضی از آن ها از شرکت در دوره انصراف دادند ،انشاءالله شما را دعوت خواهم کرد.

ضمنا از آقای brain به خاطر حسن ظنی که نسبت به بنده و دوره دارند متشکرم ، و ضمنا از بین اعضای فعلی گروه شما ، فکر میکنم آقا/خانم Linhu دارای اطلاعات و تجربه ی بیشتری نسبت به باقی اعضا باشند.

از خانم archi girl و تمامی اعضای محترم ، به علت فارسی نوشتن عذر خواهی میکنم ( ممکن بود بعضی دوستان با آن مشکل داشته باشند)

با آرزوی موفقیت

مدیر گروه و مدرس گروه اجتماعی (¯`·._ دوره های آموزشی مجازی زبان انگلیسی به صورت رایگان _.·´¯)

linhu

14-01-2009, 20:03

ضمنا از آقای brain به خاطر حسن ظنی که نسبت به بنده و دوره دارند متشکرم ، و ضمنا از بین اعضای فعلی گروه شما ، فکر میکنم آقا/خانم Linhu دارای اطلاعات و تجربه ی بیشتری نسبت به باقی اعضا باشند.

:31: You Know ..Thats A He..lol (its What My Friend In LasVegas Got used to Say While was trying to Interduce Me To Friends Of Us..In E-Club)lol..Btw ...thx for Your Words..Honestly things Are Not at last looking Up With me to be an Active Member Here....And I am Tired of being At home talking to Blokes for Hours And Hours...Thats Why i like to Join And See Other Peole talking Engish..:D it might Make me Spend My time Diffrent..I hate Twiddling thumbs:D But i always do it.:D

singleguy

14-01-2009, 22:06

از اقای mohammad clergymanممنون
با تمام چیزایی که گفتین موافقم فقط اگه میشه یکم بیشتر از جزئیات این کلاس ها بگین. مثلا ما شهرستانیها باید چکار کنیم؟

mohammad.clergyman

15-01-2009, 11:56

Dear singlegy

this is not a real class, it's a virtual course in which all English skills, including oral and written ones and sub-skills are going to be taught and further be practiced comprehensively

---
p.s
دوست عزیز این یک کلاسه مجازی هست ، من خودم هم شهرستانی هستم ! ، روش بسیار ساده است

موراد آموزشی ارائه میشود و شما متقابلا تمارین ارئه شده را حل میکنید ..

samanajan

15-01-2009, 22:03

من می خواهم در لینک شما ثبت نام کنم

پیغام شخصی هم فرستادم

BioHazard

15-01-2009, 22:45

Dear Agent_47(silent-assassin)
you always burst me into laghter by you speech:16:.
as you know we're going to study interchenge book. I'm going to start intercheng2 (the 5th term) and as I know your level, I suggest you the second half of intro(the 2nd term). I haven't practiced intro since 5 month ago so I decided to read it quickly again as I study my main book. so we can study together:10:. when you buy this book we will decide how to read and study the book.

هرچند توی چند همین ماه قبل تو کلاس زبان interchenge1را تموم کردم و توی چندتا پست قبل گفتم علاوه بر intercheng2 میخوام intro را هم برای مرور بخونم ولی به خاطر شما باشه امتحان تایین level را هم میدهم:31:.
در ضمن شما کاربر پروفشنال هستین که میتونین وارد اون لینک بشین. اگه یه user جدید بسازین خواهید دید که نمیشه وارد اون لینک شد.
خب حالا ما چطور باید امتحان تایین level بدهیم؟:13:

I'm on it but i was wondering if we could use another book instead of Interchange , Because I've been studying Interchang3 and i can say everything is as same as the old one ,except a little diffrent in Grammer and Vocab

we can focus on Vocabulary Organizer because it's so better than interchange for being good in Vocabulary.
but as you wish & i hope this group will be a place for Improving

One further , I've suggestion. Improve our listening by using part of movie and transcripting
so as you wish

singleguy

15-01-2009, 22:50

My friend and I want to join your group too( I sent a private massage for you
از دیگر دوستان هم که در این تاپیک اعلام امادگی کردند دعوت میکنم به گروه اقای mohammad clergyman بپیوندن(امیدوارم جا برا هممون باشه ):31:.
نمیدونم واقعا" این گروه واسه ما جا داره یا نه؟! منتظر پیام های اقای mohammad clergyman دراین باره هستیم.

گیسو

16-01-2009, 13:30

سلام بچه ها من 4روز yahoo messangerو اینترنتم خراب بود
دیر رسیدم ولی دوست دارم تو گروهتون باشم
کمکم کنید.

singleguy

20-01-2009, 00:27

سلام:20:
اقای mohammad clergyman لینک امتحان تایین سطح را برای من و بعضیها که قبلا" به گروهشون پیوسته بودن فرستادن ولی هنوز امتحان را ندادم
واسه شما چی؟ این لینک واسه همه فرستاده شده؟:20:

extreme2006gh

20-01-2009, 02:14

.:gigolo boy:.

20-01-2009, 13:17

سلام
لینک تعیین سطح برای من فرستاده نشده چون هنوز نمی تونم بیغام خصوصی بفرستم. کمکم کنید

singleguy

20-01-2009, 18:25

سلام
لینک تعیین سطح برای من فرستاده نشده چون هنوز نمی تونم بیغام خصوصی بفرستم. کمکم کنید

من از طرف شما پیغام خصوصی برای اقای mohammad clergyman فرستادم ولی زودترسعی کن تعداد پست ها را تو این انجمن به بیش از 30تا برسونی.منم همین 1هفته پیش تعداد پستهاو به 30 تا رسید. وگرنه کاربر فعال محسوب نمیشی و p30world اجازه ی ورود به گروه های اجتماعی را به شما نمیده و در نتیجه تو این مجموعه اموزشی هم نمیتونی شرکت کنی:41:

mohammad.clergyman

20-01-2009, 21:04

با اظهار تاسف ، مهلت تمدید شده ی ثبت نام گروه آموزش زبان انگلیسی به پایان رسید

و از این به بعد تا شروع دوره ی بعد نمیتوانیم در خدمت شما باشیم

لطفا درخواست نکنید!

unfortunately , the renewed time for registration in Free english course Group has been ended

and till the begining of the next course, we can't be at your service

please don't request anymore

singleguy

21-01-2009, 12:30

سلام
متاسفانه من و برخی از دوستان نتونستیم به گروه اقای محمد کلرجیمن بپیوندیم. بنابراین تا ثبت نام بعدی گروه ایشون تصمیم دارم خودم بخونم. من تصمیم دارم در این تاپیک بحث های درسیمون باشه. من سعی میکنم سوالاتم را در این تاپیک بنویسم و از دوستان (از جمله linhu) میخوام که اشتباهام را بگن و به سوالاتی که دارم جواب بدن.
خوشحال میشم دیگر دوستان هم که موفق به عضویت در اون گروه نشدن من را در این تاپیک همراهی کنن (از جمله silent-assassin).در ضمن لطفا" دیگه تو این تاپیک به هیچ وجه فارسی ننویسید. این هم اخرین پست فارسی من تو این تاپیک هست.
باتشکر
Single Guy

Hi
unfortunately I couldn't join Mr clergyman's group so I'll start studying my main book(interchenge 2) tomorrow with some of my friends. We are going to discuss about the lessons that we study. sometimes I'll ask my questions and write some points and... in this topic and I want other friends to do it and I want others to tell me the wrong points.
Please don't speak Persian in this topic! JUST ENGLISH:27:

singleguy

21-01-2009, 12:47

Let's start our discussion by this question: How should I read my Interchange book?
As you know this book includes these parts in each unite:
1-Snapshot
2-conversation
3-grammar focus
4-listening
5-speaking
6-word power
7-pronunciation
8-writing
9-reading
10-discussion
11-perspectives
I know the way of studying these parts taught in English classes but I want to know your idea and find better ways to study these parts.

Mitamo

22-01-2009, 02:17

singleguy

22-01-2009, 07:49

Interchange is a pretty nice book for me and by studying intro and interchange 1 I could improve my English in many cases so I want to study interchange 2 and 3

armita2007

22-01-2009, 20:37

سلام
با تشكيل جلسه به صوزت حضوري كاملا موافق هستم.من هم تحت شرايطي حاضر به همكاري هستم.اما بهتر ه كه پاي كتابي را وسط نياريم.free discussionبهتر ه.اما باز نظر جمع تا چي باشه.

seymour

22-01-2009, 21:21

In my opinion, at first you should make clear for your own that why you want to learn English?
You know, each person has a different aim for learning English,and I think Interchange book is not suitable for different aspects of English
I think English is not a matter of "want" , but a matter of "must" ... you most learn it no matter what ...at least, that's the case for those who are at the beginning of the road... you can think about your preferences at the later steps ... (which is not easly accessible for lots of people , hence the "must part!!")

Mitamo

22-01-2009, 22:30

SCYTHE

22-01-2009, 23:47

When I was beginner, I read only Interchange 1, but it didn’t satisfy me. And I continued learning by the use of other materials, not by these kinds of books. I improved myself as a beginner to an intermediate in each aspect of English by the use of its specific materials. Anyway, that was just my personal opinion. And I respect others idea, if you enjoy studying Interchange and you feel satisfaction, so … DO IT.
Good Luck with you all.

Ugh! I never liked the verbose academic methods! Try to read newspaper, stories, just and just whatever you'd like to read :)
Just an opinion

Mitamo

23-01-2009, 01:15

Ugh! I never liked the verbose academic methods! Try to read newspaper, stories, just and just whatever you'd like to read :)
Just an opinion

I'd like I could thank you twice :31:

--------------------------------------------
Dont bond yourself to these kinds of books :20: even if you are beginners. you'll be more successful

its just a piece of friendly advice, please don't misunderstand!

seymour

24-01-2009, 20:12

When I was beginner, I read only Interchange 1, but it didn’t satisfy me. And I continued learning by the use of other materials, not by these kinds of books. I improved myself as a beginner to an intermediate in each aspect of English by the use of its specific materials. Anyway, that was just my personal opinion. And I respect others idea, if you enjoy studying Interchange and you feel satisfaction, so … DO IT.

my comment was about the first line of your post , 'cause if you root for non-conventional ways , I'm your man ... [ برای مشاهده لینک ، لطفا با نام کاربری خود وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید ]

گیسو

25-01-2009, 16:27

I don' know what are you doing, but I think you'r just waste the time,I myself think free discusion is better than a book. I don't say they are not fit for learning but a book just for learning in the class. we need speaking rather than reading and so on, so I myself need to use my knowlage in Eglish and think all of us have a little knowlage of English and we just use it because English is volatile and there is no situation to use it.

singleguy

27-01-2009, 23:42

sepid12ir

27-01-2009, 23:44

hi friends
I started studying English 3 days ago. I found many thigs related to the first unite including some idioms, pictures, more information about some words in the word power and something more about the grammar.
Does any one wants me to put them in this topic?

that would be great, sharing wot u've learnt with us
but plz name the source:10:l
happy studying(as babak used to say:20:)l

M O B I N

27-01-2009, 23:45

singleguy

27-01-2009, 23:49

hi friends
I started studying English 3 days ago. I found many thigs related to the first unite including some idioms, pictures, more information about some words in the word power and something more about the grammar.
Does any one wants me to put them in this topic?
maybe we can discuss about them. or discuss about the subjects of each unite. for examlpe the subject can be about food(intro, unite 9) or about "a time to remember" (interchange2, unite 1)
by the way I'm ready to start, just if all of the friends want me to do that!

brain

28-01-2009, 00:18

discuss about the subjects of each unite
yes ill be happy when i discuss abt english subjects
we can share our information abt them
we can talk discuss and many another things but only we eant to do it
evreybody want to do it just come here
I hope we learn many things
but I have an offer
we can choos our subject from interchange and then everyone have to exband it as much as we can
so when do start this ?
now? im ready
oh god help me to do this
:31:

brain

28-01-2009, 00:20

by the way I'm ready to start, just if all of the friends want me to do that
I want to u start that ..... Im waiting for ur information...but what can we to do
which subject that we have to exband it

"a time to remember
or

about food

Mitamo

28-01-2009, 05:06

I want to u start that ..... Im waiting for ur information...but what can we to do
which subject that we have to exband it

or

I want you to...

what can we do...
ellipse (to)

we're going to expand

singleguy

28-01-2009, 07:21

related to interchange2, unite 1 word power

Comics And Comic Strips
A comic in the US means a comic strip or strip cartoon. Comic strips are a series of small drawings, called frames, with words that tell a story. Most US newspapers contain comic strips that are read by both adults and children. On weekdays they are usually four frames long, printed in black and white. On Sundays they are longer and in colour. Comic strips are also popular in British newspapers. Some can be found on the Internet.

Most comic strips make jokes about the characters in them and the things that happen to them. For instance, in the Peanuts strips (1950–2000) many of the jokes are about Charlie Brown, who has very bad luck, and his friend Lucy, who is unkind to him. In Calvin and Hobbes (1985–1995), the humour comes from the relationship between a boy and his imaginary friend, a toy tiger. Comic strips in British newspapers include Andy Capp and The Perishers. In the US, Dilbert is about life in the office while Doonesbury comments on political situations through its characters. Most newspapers also print single frames that comment humorously on politicians and other people in the news.

In Britain a comic is a picture magazine, usually for children. Comics contain short stories written as comic strips, and sometimes also competitions and articles. Some parents do not approve of comics, but others argue that they encourage children to read. Popular children’s comics include Beano, Dandy and 2000 AD, which features mainly science fiction stories. Comics for very young children are often based on popular television programmes, such as Thomas and Friends (which features Thomas the Tank Engine) and Bob the Builder. Adult comics, such as Viz, are usually very rude.

Some of the characters in Beano and Dandy have not changed much over the years and now look old-fashioned. Teachers, for instance, still wear mortarboards (= stiff black hats with a square top), though real teachers stopped wearing them long ago. Many of the most popular comics appear in the form of books, called annuals, around Christmas each year.

Comic booksare similar to comics. Each book has a set of characters who have adventures. Many of the characters, such as Spider-Man, Superman and Wonder Woman, have powers that ordinary people do not have.Pictures of the most famous characters from comic strips and comic books are used on a range of products. For instance, Gnasher and Snoopy, a character from the Peanuts strip, are printed on bed covers, T-shirts, lunch boxes and birthday cards.

(source: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, cultural Guide)

singleguy

28-01-2009, 07:35

Related to interchange 2, unite 1 , the second grammar focus
used to / be used to
Do not confuse used to do sth with be used to sth.
You use used to do sth to talk about something that happened regularly or was the case in the past, but is not now: I used to smoke, but I gave up a couple of years ago.
You use be used to sth / to doing sth to talk about something that you are familiar with so that it no longer seems new or strange to you: We’re used to the noise from the traffic now.I’m used to getting up early. You can also use get used to sth: Don’t worry — you’ll soon get used to his sense of humour.I didn’t think I could ever get used to living in a big city after living in the country.

used to
Except in negatives and questions, the correct form is used to
To form questions, use did: Did she use to have long hair? Note that the correct spelling is use to, not ‘used to’.
The negative form is usually didn’t use to, but in BrE this is quite informal and is not usually used in writing.
The negative form used not to (rather formal) and the question form used you to…? (old-fashioned and very formal) are only used in BrE, usually in writing.

source: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

singleguy

28-01-2009, 07:57

Could anybody explain more about the grammar?:31:

singleguy

28-01-2009, 08:15

Idioms related to the words in interchange2, unite 1
merge into the 'background
(of a person) to behave quietly when you are with a group of people so that they do not notice you

learn your 'lesson
to learn what to do or not to do in the future because you have had a bad experience in the past

It's a deal=I agree to your term

no big 'deal
(informal) used to say that sth is not important or not a problem:
If I don’t win it’s no big deal.

big 'deal!
(ironic, informal) used to say that you are not impressed by sth:
So he earns more than me. Big deal!

what’s the 'deal?
(informal) what is happening in the present situation?:
What’s the deal? Do you want to go out or not?

deal sb/sth a 'blow | deal a 'blow to sb/sth (formal)
1to be very shocking or harmful to sb/sth:
Her sudden death dealt a blow to the whole country.2to hit sb/sth

hit / miss the 'mark
to succeed / fail in achieving or guessing sth:
He blushed furiously and Robyn knew she had hit the mark.

give sth a 'miss
(informal, especially BrE) to decide not to do sth, eat sth, etc.:
I think I’ll give badminton a miss tonight.

a miss is as good as a mile
(saying) there is no real difference between only just failing in sth and failing in it badly because the result is still the same

miss the 'boat
(informal) to be unable to take advantage of sth because you are too late:
If you don’t buy now, you may find that you’ve missed the boat.

he, she, etc. doesn’t miss a 'trick
(informal) used to say that sb notices every opportunity to gain an advantage
source: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

singleguy

28-01-2009, 08:23

Related to the words, neat & messy in interchange2 unite1 perspectives
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Source: Longman Active Study

C. Breezy

28-01-2009, 11:06

Can i Ask what's this topic for ?
Please answer in short , when i see a long English text i feel boring to read it

sepid12ir

28-01-2009, 11:26

Could anybody explain more about the grammar?:31:

u know wot, it is a very simple but sorta intangible for learners

students usually confuse 'used to' with 'simple past'

let me give an example:
Used to:
I used to play a lot when I was a child

Simple Past:
I went to Shiraz when I was a child

Usage:
we use 'used to' when we talk about an action which we used to do regular n frequently. not an event which happend just a few times so we must use 'used to' so that the audiance can feel that was my habit to play a lot

n besides, we use simple past when we talk about an event, action or whatever which happened in its specific time

some other examples:
I used to go swiming but not anymore

I used to wake up late

I used to oversleep n miss the first hour of my class: this means that it was my habit n it didn't happen just once but more than one time...In such a situation if u arrived on time, that would be shocking for other students to see u on time since u were always late, ...

But in the below example that would be shocking for yr classmates when they see u r late, since u've been always on time

I overslept and missed the first hour of my class: this means that it happenend just once
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if there was still any more question dun hesitate n ask
a great job is bein done here
good luck:11:l

singleguy

29-01-2009, 00:01

Why don't anyone start the discussion?:19: Do you want to discuss about food?
for example we can talk about the food that are good or bad for our health:13:
or we can discuss about the food pyramid:13:
we can talk about desserts that you like to eat:13:
about what people have for their breakfast in other contries:13:
about what people eat for good luck in especial days of the year:13:
let's start ...!!!maybe I put some pictures about this subject:27:
:46:

singleguy

29-01-2009, 02:23

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singleguy

29-01-2009, 02:28

singleguy

29-01-2009, 02:31

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singleguy

29-01-2009, 02:57

[ برای مشاهده لینک ، لطفا با نام کاربری خود وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید ]
[[ برای مشاهده لینک ، لطفا با نام کاربری خود وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید ]
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source: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

singleguy

29-01-2009, 02:59

singleguy

29-01-2009, 03:07

Idioms related to intro, unite9

a bite at / of the 'cherry
(BrE) an opportunity to do sth:
They were eager for a second bite of the cherry.

go 'pear-shaped
(BrE, informal) if things go pear-shaped, they go wrong

full of beans /life:
having a lot of energy

not have a 'bean:
(BrE, informal) to have no money

like a cat that’s got the cream (BrE) (US like the cat that got / ate / swallowed the canary):
very pleased with yourself

be like taking candy from a baby:
(informal) used to emphasize how easy it is to do sth

butter wouldn’t melt (in sb’s 'mouth):
(informal) used to say that sb seems to be innocent, kind, etc. when they are not really

like a knife through butter(informal):
easily; without meeting any difficulty

burn the midnight oil:
to study or work until late at night

oil the 'wheels (BrE) (NAmE grease the 'wheels):
to help sth to happen easily and without problems, especially in business or politics

a big fish (in a small pond):
an important person (in a small community)

a cold 'fish:
a person who seems unfriendly and without strong emotions

drink like a 'fish:
to drink a lot of alcohol regularly

there are plenty more fish in the 'sea:
there are many other people or things that are as good as the one sb has failed to get

( It's enough about fish :D. you can find more idioms about fish in dictionary)

make (both) ends 'meet:
to earn just enough money to be able to buy the things you need:
Many families struggle to make ends meet.
cry over spilt 'milk (BrE) (US cry over spilled 'milk):
to waste time worrying about sth that has happened that you cannot do anything about:
As the saying goes—it’s no use crying over spilt milk.

the land of milk and 'honey:
a place where life is pleasant and easy and people are very happy

say 'cheese:
used to ask sb to smile before you take their photograph

take the bread out of sb’s 'mouth(we know it in Persian too)
to take away sb’s job so that they are no longer able to earn enough money to live

Wow…I'm tired of writing these idioms. We have many idioms about food. If you check Oxford dictionary(advanced) you can find more and more idioms about food, vegetable, fruit ,etc.

once too often
used to say that sb has done sth wrong or stupid again, and this time they will suffer because of it:
You’ve tried that trick once too often.

why 'ever:
used in questions to mean ‘why’, expressing surprise:
Why ever didn’t you tell us before?

ever so / 'ever such a(informal, especially BrE) very; really:
He looks ever so smart. She’s ever such a nice woman. It’s ever so easy.

once a … , always a …:
used to say that sb cannot change:
Once an actor, always an actor.

Source: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

singleguy

29-01-2009, 03:09

I found some additional words related to intro, unite9:
Lollipop: a hard round or flat sweet / candy made of boiled sugar on a small stick

sultana: (BrE) (NAmE golden raisin) noun
a small dried grape without seeds, used in cakes, etc.

raisin: a dried grape, used in cakes, etc.

singleguy

29-01-2009, 03:26

They were all that I found about unite 9:31:
ok
It's time to start the discussion about foods
Who wants to start? I guess Brain is volunteer to start.:31:

singleguy

29-01-2009, 03:32

They were all that I found about unite 9:31:
ok
It's time to start the discussion about foods
Who wants to start? I guess Brain is volunteer to start.:31:

brain

29-01-2009, 11:44

Hi
I want to start but I have to tell you a point, my englsih is very bad, you know it. If u see "sooti" :31: in my writing
laugh and if you want tell me currect it
:31:
so I want to start discuss about food.
Foods are variant.Foods are divided into two main groups : plant or animal origin
it consists essential nutrient for our body like ,carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals
some of them are good for our health and some of them are bad for us
u shuldent eat very mcuh.i recommend regard equilibrium.
somtimes it make us grow and somtimes it make us fat.
foods make by many ways but i dont know how it maked.I only can make "nimroo" :31: my mom is professional.
ussually we served desserts after/before main food it consists of fruit, ice cream, or pastry and etc
the dessert that i like very much is jelly....mmm i like it very mcuh..I think everyone like it too
my mom creat it every week or somtimes everynight maybe we have one for tonight
so its enaugh for now
I'll comeback with other information abt other countrie's food
I think they eat strange foods espessialy Chiense
we can talk abt food much more.but i dont have enaugh time ...sorry
we can talk abt that what food we can make.thats very funny idea.we can talk abt it in here or chat room topic
for start
I cant only make nimroo that was a humor I can make these foods
cheese and chips,kotlet,shefte,rise,omlet,olovie,pizza,abgoos ht,bij bij,
I learnd them from my mom
I like to learn many foods thats very funny
:31:
see u later

brain

29-01-2009, 11:53

I read the idioms signelguy ...theyre very nice....great...dont be tired
:31:
we have to traslate them because thats too hard for understandig
and we have to use in sentences
:31:

linhu

29-01-2009, 14:34

Hey Guys..:D
Finally i caught up you Guys Here:D
I dont know Alot About foods though i know Many Cultures:D
You Might like to know About Civilization of Chinese Food:D Thats What i can let you know About for now :D
In Fact Its Not Easy to Brief the Civilization Of Diffrent Clutures Foods In A Paragraph or More:D Specially Chinese Food Which Are Just more than 56 Folk In Mainland China And Because of the Large Area There Are Many Diffrents Dining Habbits:D
I Am not gonna talk About Dining Habbits Around China ..I just think you might Like to know Some Of Special And Traditional Chinese Foods:D
Here you can Have Some Information About The Two Wellknown Chinese Foods:D

Doufu
This One Is The Most Famous Food In Chinese Society..Its also a Main Food in a Famine family The Majour Ingredients Are bean Curd And Minced Meet Usually Pork Or Beef: And Black Muchrooms :D
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Dim Sum
Its Saying That Dim Sum is the Most famous Food In the World-Wide
It is a Guangdong Style snack which served as light meal.:D
Majour Ingredients Are :Shrimps..Pork..Wheat Flour for Pastry:D
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:31:

singleguy

30-01-2009, 07:00

somtimes it make us grow and somtimes it make us fat.
foods make by many ways but i dont know how it maked

make is an irregular verb and the past tense of make is made not maked:27:

ussually we served desserts after/before main food

instead of this sentence its better to say :
we usually eat appetizer before food and dessert after food
appetizer is a food that we have befor the main meal but we have dessert after the main meal:27:

singleguy

30-01-2009, 07:03

sepid12ir

30-01-2009, 11:57

hi English lovers, how 'ya doin?
well, I think the aim of this topic is learning so that wouldn't be bad if we could correct the mistakes here...
I've corrected brain's post n I sent to him but we both have come to the concolusion that it's not bad to share it here with u since we can learn from others' mistakes

My dear Azade, if it is against the rule of the forum, let us know:11:
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I want to start but I have to tell you a point, my englsih is very bad, you know it. If u see "sooti" [ برای مشاهده لینک ، لطفا با نام کاربری خود وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید ] in my writing
laugh and if you want tell me currect it

تو با جمله های شرطی آشنایی؟ منظورم if هستش؟ خودت که میگی در سطح خیلی پایین بلدی پس چطور if را بلدی؟
به جای سوتی میتونی از Goof استفاده کنی...Goof هم اسمه و هم فعا...پس کاربردش تو جمله ها به این شکل میشه:

n: if there was any goof, laugh
v: If I have goofed, laugh

اینم اضافه کنم بیشتر به صورت فعل در بین انگلیسی زبانها کاربرد داره

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if you want tell me currect it: If u liked, u can correct it

بهت پیشنهاد میکنم توی Word این نوشته هات را بنویسی تا از نظر املایی هم قوی بشی:46:

so I want to start discuss about food.
توی اینگلیسی مثل فارسی ما فعل، اسم، صفت و قید داریم که هر کدومش کاربرد مخصوص به خودش را داره...Discuss یک فعل هست، start هم فعل هست...بعد از start تو یا باید فعل بیاری ولی به صورت ing یا میتونی یک اسم بیاری.(اسم این فعل میشه Discussion) پس اینجا باید اینطور مینوشتی:

I want to start discussing food

نکته، وقتی discuss را استفاده میکنی بعدش هیچ حرف اضافه ای نمیاد، discuss sth

ولی وقتی به شکل اسم به کار میره بعدش باید about بیاری:

I want to start a discusion about food

Foods are variant.Foods are divided into two main groups :
plant or animal origin
it consists essential nutrient for our body like ,carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals
some of them are good for our health and some of them are bad for us
u shuldent eat very mcuh.i recommend regard equilibrium.
somtimes it make us grow and somtimes it make us fat.
foods make by many ways but i dont know how it maked.I only can make "nimroo" [ برای مشاهده لینک ، لطفا با نام کاربری خود وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید ] my mom is professional.
shouldn't: املاش را مشکل داشتی

it make us grow and somtimes it make us fat

اینجا، اولا که در مورد سوم شخص داری حرف میزنی: it پس فعلت باید s بهش اضافه بشه: it makes us...

برای چاق شدن بهتره از این اصلاح استفاده کنی: put on weight/ get fat

it may cause us to put on weigth..it causes us to get fat

البته it makes us fat هم درسته ها:46:

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foods make by many ways

این جمله باید مجهول بیاد، که فکر میکنم خیلی زوده برات:

Food can be made in different ways

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راستی گذشته ی فعل make میشه made

ussually we served desserts after/before main food it consists of fruit, ice cream, or pastry and etc
the dessert that i like very much is jelly....mmm i like it very mcuh..I think everyone like it too
my mom creat it every week or somtimes everynight maybe we have one for tonight
we served: لازم نبود گذشته به کار ببری، وقتی usually را استفاده میکنی یعنی داری درمورد چیزی حرف میزنی که معمولا انجام میشه و تو جملت داری در مورد یک چیز کلی حرف میزنی که هم به حال، هم به گذشته و هم به آینده برمیگرده پس:

we usually serve

کاربرد این usually / always/ sometimes معمولا بعد از subject و قبل از فعل هستش...البته میتونه با توجه به موقعیتها تفاوت پیدا کنه ولی صحیحترین شکل گرامریش اینه.

غذا معمولا cook و یا make میشه...فکر میکنم برای دسرهایی مثل ژله بهتره از فعل make استفاده بشه تا creat

my mom makes it every night

sepid12ir

30-01-2009, 12:13

Hi Guys
Thanks to Brain for his great speech:20:
Now it's my turn. Please tell the mistakes in the passage.
I always try to eat foods containing less sugar, fat and oil although I love them and I do sport professionally.
I always try to eat food at home instead of eating at the restaurant or in fast foods.
My favorite food is Beryan. Do you know that? That’s one of the tradition foods made in Esfahan. That’s really delicious and I'm crazy about that. I can just make fry eggs and some other foods that I myself invented them…LOL…they are a little funny so it's better not to talk about them…LOL…. I'm not a good cook at all.
Dou you used to eat breakfast every morning? As you know it's very important to eat breakfast everyday because it gives you energy for your activities in the morning. I red an article about breakfast, it told if you don't eat breakfast every morning, you will get fatter.
What kind of food do you eat for breakfast? I usually eat nuts or honey, tea or milk, cheese and bread. What about you?
What's your idea about eating especial thing on especial days of a year? For example we eat watermelon on Yalda's night. Or most of Iranian families eat rice and fish on new years day.

I told u guy, yr English is pretty well. very nice it was

always try to eat food at home
just a suggestion; u can use 'home cooking' rather than the 'food at home'...yr sentence is gramatically correct but I think it can be a lit bit better: I prefer home cooking rather than eating out
eat out: to have yr meal in a restuarant

Dou you used to eat breakfast every morning?

well, I told u about the usage of 'used to' n I mentioned that we use 'used to' when we talk about sth we used to do regulary in the past n we dun do it anymore

n besisdes, we have 'be used to sth/doing sth': You use be used to sth/to doing sth to talk about something that you are familiar with so that it no longer seems new or strange to you

so here u can use : are you used to eating breakfast everymorning?

Attention: be used to doing sth; the main verb comes with 'ing' after 'be used to'
happy studying:11:l

hoseinist

30-01-2009, 17:07

Hi guys
Would you mind if I joined your group?

Brain had told me that I could chat here but I didn’t understand what he said?

extreme2006gh

30-01-2009, 23:56

Hi Guys
Thanks to Brain for his great speech:20:
Now it's my turn. Please tell the mistakes in the passage.
I always try to eat foods containing less sugar, fat and oil although I love them and I do sport professionally.
I always try to eat food at home instead of eating at the restaurant or in fast foods.
My favorite food is Beryan. Do you know that? That’s one of the tradition foods made in Esfahan. That’s really delicious and I'm crazy about that. I can just make fry eggs and some other foods that I myself invented them…LOL…they are a little funny so it's better not to talk about them…LOL…. I'm not a good cook at all.
Dou you used to eat breakfast every morning? As you know it's very important to eat breakfast everyday because it gives you energy for your activities in the morning. I red an article about breakfast, it told if you don't eat breakfast every morning, you will get fatter.
What kind of food do you eat for breakfast? I usually eat nuts or honey, tea or milk, cheese and bread. What about you?
What's your idea about eating especial thing on especial days of a year? For example we eat watermelon on Yalda's night. Or most of Iranian families eat rice and fish on new years day.

hi dear friends
I m a newbie in learning english
I like English froum a lot , it s very helpful for me because I can learn many things of you .and use your experiences.

I think read is a iregular verb and 3 its tens are the same.
past : read
pp : read
Is it right ?

sepid12ir

31-01-2009, 00:16

hi dear friends
I m a newbie in learning english
I like English froum a lot , it s very helpful for me because I can learn many things of you .and use your experiences.

I think read is a iregular verb and 3 its tens are the same.
past : read
pp : read
Is it right ?

ya,
present----> read
past------> read
past participle------> read

attention: the past n P.P of the verb 'read' is pronounced like 'red' l

singleguy

31-01-2009, 21:52

I like English froum a lot

did you mean english forum?:31:

C. Breezy

31-01-2009, 22:06

did you mean english forum?[ برای مشاهده لینک ، لطفا با نام کاربری خود وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید ]

No he meant English froum :27:

extreme2006gh

01-02-2009, 00:22

did you mean english forum?:31:

sorry
my mean was forum:20:
All of us have mistakes and this forum help us .
You will made me glad if you inform my mistakes.

brain

01-02-2009, 00:58

C. Breezy

01-02-2009, 13:22

Talk about which part of Foods ?! About healthy eating our delicious Foods ?! :31:

brain

01-02-2009, 15:10

delicious Foods

mmmm.....about this part
:31:

C. Breezy

01-02-2009, 18:49

mmmm.....about this part
[ برای مشاهده لینک ، لطفا با نام کاربری خود وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید ]
What to say ?! Maybe Archi Girl say this Subject isn't suitable to talk about here
Let her come and allow us to talk about that

brain

01-02-2009, 22:04

Maybe Archi Girl say this Subject isn't suitable to talk about here
whyyyyy
what problem it can make for us

sepid12ir

01-02-2009, 22:51

What to say ?! Maybe Archi Girl say this Subject isn't suitable to talk about here
Let her come and allow us to talk about that

be sure that she lets buddy...here guys are studying interchange books n having discussion about the subjects mentioned in the book....it is an absolutely a great idea n be sure Azadeh admires thaat...we all n specially Archi fancies useful subjects rather than spams:10:l

brain

01-02-2009, 23:20

be sure that she lets buddy...here guys are studying interchange books n having discussion about the subjects mentioned in the book....it is an absolutely a great idea n be sure Azadeh admires thaat...we all n specially Archi fancies useful subjects rather than spamsl

Hi
What did you mean about red alphabet in your post
:31:

extreme2006gh

01-02-2009, 23:29

Hi
What did you mean about red alphabet in your post
:31:

I want to know that too.
what does it mean?

sepid12ir

01-02-2009, 23:30

Hi
What did you mean about red alphabet in your post
:31:

that is 'and':46:...your=yr...wot=what....'em=them....thru =through.....and some others which have skipped my mind right now

extreme2006gh

01-02-2009, 23:37

Oh hi everybody
Why dont everyone discuss about food
dear extreme2006gh please speak about food for us...we want to use from your infortmation
thx
:31:
Maybe I'll come back with new subjects for discussion
Goodnight

If I could , I spoke but I recently start to learn english and I m not good like you.In fact I m your student.:31:
Only thing that I know about foods is eating them:31:
I quite dont have any skills for cooking.

brain

01-02-2009, 23:51

.In fact I m your student
You say wrong ...I'm student of you
:31:

C. Breezy

02-02-2009, 16:47

that is 'and'[ برای مشاهده لینک ، لطفا با نام کاربری خود وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید ] ..'em=them....thru =through.....and some others which have skipped my mind right now
I knew this ,But there is some othe words that i don't know their mining :
Ain't , lil
and some others i have already forgotten , I heard most of them in R&B and Hip Hop musics

hoseinist

02-02-2009, 16:57

hi guys.
i have a problem in blue interchange (2) page108 exercise5
. can you explain more about

correct verbs that we use this nouns.

C. Breezy

02-02-2009, 17:07

OH , i don't have the book , can you explain more about it ? Let me look for it in my books , I think we had the green one , maybe we have the blue one , too :27:

brain

02-02-2009, 18:36

hi guys.
i have a problem in blue interchange (2) page108 exercise5
. can you explain more about

correct verbs that we use this nouns

oh hi dear
I don't use these books....My friend Singleguy cans help you ...be sure....please wait till he caome back
:31:
or you can explain more about it and other masters can help you
:31:
as you wish
Well done !

hoseinist

02-02-2009, 18:41

it s about (collocation) that we have to use best verb before noun.
this topic there are in green book (page:19) too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sepid12ir

02-02-2009, 21:09

I knew this ,But there is some othe words that i don't know their mining :
Ain't , lil
and some others i have already forgotten , I heard most of them in R&B and Hip Hop musics

Ain't means: isn't/ aren't...
J.Lo has a very nice song which names: ain't it funny: isn't it funny...ain't you hungry?---> aren't you hungry?

hi guys.
i have a problem in blue interchange (2) page108 exercise5
. can you explain more about

correct verbs that we use this nouns.

first off, do u know wot collocation is precisely?
Oxford definition: the fact of two or more words often being used together, in a way that happens more frequently than would happen by chance

in English(even in other languages) there are some words which have to come together to make sense;...as an example : I make lots of mistakes while speaking English...if u use: I have lots of mistakes while speaking English then it would be sorta strange to native English speakers....because, 'mistake' mostly comes with 'make'
some other collocations might be: do your best/ give it a try/ make a wish
n so many other nice collocations...
here you have to match the given verbs with appropriate nouns...for example we always have: 'tell lies'...we can never say: 'say lies/ express lies'...

by the way, for finding the collocation u should go thru English-English dictionary n by just having a look at the examples u can catch them all...
n there is also some specific dictionaries for that
feel free to ask if u had more questions

brain

02-02-2009, 21:55

:10:
Let’s change the subject ….
Last subject : Food
Present subject : Sport
Next subject : ….
:31:
We can start the discussion about sport with some question that they can help us to discuss better.

The question :
1-What sports are popular in your country?
2-Do you like sports?
3-What sports do you play or watch?
4-Where do you play?
5-How often do you play or practice?
6-When do you play or practice?
7- How long do you spend exercising every day?
8-Do you play sports at all?
9-Are the sports useful for our health or not?
10-And there are many other questions that they can help you, just find them an use them in your disquisition.

Well done!
:31:
I want to start discussion. I am volunteer again in this subject.
If I have goofed,laugh and forgive me and please correct it if you have time.
:46:
Sport:

The sports are variant. Let me to difinte it for you. It is an activity that you do for keep your health good and it make you feel better after do it and you will be pleasure after them. Your body needs physical effort or skill and it doesn’t like to stop. The sports make you get many energy for your activities in a day. You have to do them if you like your healthy. It’s very important in our life. If do them in young days when you get old you won’t be like other old men / old women.
let’s me to say to you what sports I like, I only like swimming and I only like go swimming. But I’m not pro in it and I’m going to learn it soon. I like it because it can help me to feel better, when I’m depressed just the swimming cans help me. I like water much more than everything. It’s really wonderful. Of curse I like other sports like, volleyball, tennis, bike riding, hiking. But I like swimming more than other sports.
Sometimes the sports that I watch in TV is football. I don’t like very much because it waste my time. We only watch it don’t learn anything so we waste our time (This is my personal opinion). My team that I like is Esteghlal just that’s why I like blue colour. I played football with my friends in alley when I was smaller. But I don’t like it very much. Now I don’t play any sports.
I can speak about this subject much more
:11::31:

Please share your information with us
:11::31:

sepid12ir

03-02-2009, 11:26

The sports are variant. Let me to difinte it for you. It is an activity that you do for keep your health good and it make you feel better after do it and you will be pleasure after them. Your body needs physical effort or skill and it doesn’t like to stop. The sports make you get many energy for your activities in a day. You have to do them if you like your healthy. It’s very important in our life. If do them in young days when you get old you won’t be like other old men / old women.
let’s me to say to you what sports I like, I only like swimming and I only like go swimming. But I’m not pro in it and I’m going to learn it soon. I like it because it can help me to feel better, when I’m depressed just the swimming cans help me. I like water much more than everything. It’s really wonderful. Of curse I like other sports like, volleyball, tennis, bike riding, hiking. But I like swimming more than other sports.
Sometimes the sports that I watch in TV is football. I don’t like very much because it waste my time. We only watch it don’t learn anything so we waste our time (This is my personal opinion). My team that I like is Esteghlal just that’s why I like blue colour. I played football with my friends in alley when I was smaller. But I don’t like it very much. Now I don’t play any sports.
I can speak about this subject much moreThe sports are variant:
the term 'sport' doesn't need any article...so u have to omit 'the'...
variant doesn't seem to be correct...it's better to use: there are different kinds of sports...

Let me to difinte it for you:
after 'let' we dun have 'to'...
definite: define
so: Let me define it for you

It is an activity that you do for keep your health:
do sth to...so here it should be: It is an activity that you do to keep yrself healthy

after do it:
after/befor doing sth: after doing it

you will be pleasure after them:
will be (p.p): will be pleased

The sports make you get many energy:
after make in such sentences it's much better to have an adjective to describe yr feeling or whatever n the adj of 'ejergy' is 'energetic' so u can say: Doing Execrises/ sports can make you energetic

if you like your healthy:
if you like to be healty

young days:
early ages/ when you are young

the swimming cans help me:
as u know when we talk about the third person we should add 's' to the main verbs, but for Modal verbs the story is different...when we have 'should/may/can/shall/n .. ' neither the modal verbs, nor the main verbs accept the 's'...: e.g: I can swim/ she can swim...I should study hard/ She should Study hard
so here: Swimming can help me

in TV:
on t.v

brain

03-02-2009, 12:58

Oh really thanks for ur correction !!
:31:
I must to say it
:31: :26: :39: :laughing:

C. Breezy

03-02-2009, 18:24

Ain't means: isn't/ aren't...
J.Lo has a very nice song which names: ain't it funny: isn't it funny...ain't you hungry?---> aren't you hungry
I think so

what are we talking about now ? Sport ? Food ? Health ? What?

brain

03-02-2009, 20:00

Let’s change the subject ….
Last subject : Food
Present subject : Sport

hi dear ...... we are talking abt sports
:31:
plz talk abt it if u want
:31:

singleguy

03-02-2009, 22:33

I think so

what are we talking about now ? Sport ? Food ? Health ? What?

My friend Brain and I decided to change the subject after 2 or 3 days. But it mostly depends on you! For example if we see that all the members have talked about the subject we will change the subject.

singleguy

04-02-2009, 01:36

singleguy

04-02-2009, 01:44

could some body tell me the wrong points in my writing?:31:

singleguy

04-02-2009, 08:45

related to interchange2, unite2
much / a lot of / lots of
Much is used only with uncountable nouns. It is used mainly in questions and negative sentences: Do you have much free time? How much experience have you had? I don’t have much free time.
In statements a lot of or lots of (informal) is much more common: ‘How much (money) does she earn? She earns a lot of money. You can also use plenty (of). These phrases can also be used in questions and negative sentences.
A lot of / lots of is still felt to be informal, especially in BrE, so in formal writing it is better to use much, a great deal of or a large amount of.
Very much and a lot can be used as adverbs: I miss my family very much. I miss my family a lot. Thanks a lot. In negative sentences you can use much: I didn’t enjoy the film (very) much.

source: Oxford Advanaced Learner's Dictionary

singleguy

04-02-2009, 08:53

more information about interchange 2 , unite2
Tax
Duty, customs, tariff, levy,
excise
These are all words for money that you have to pay to the government .
tax
money that you have to pay to the government so that it can pay for public services: income tax, tax cuts

duty
a tax that you pay on things that you buy, especially those that you bring into a country: The company has to pay customs duties on all imports.

Customs
tax that is paid when goods are brought in from other countries

tariff
a tax that is paid on goods coming into or going out of a country: A general tariff was imposed on foreign imports.

levy
an extra amount of money that has to be paid, especially as a tax to the government: a levy on oil imports

excise
a tax that is paid on some goods made, sold or used within a country: There has been a sharp increase in vehicle excise.

duty, customs, tariff, levy or excise?
These are all words for taxes on goods. Excise is for goods sold within a country. Customs is for goods brought into a country. Tariffs are on goods going into or coming out of a country, often in order to protect industry from cheap imports. Duty is more general and can be a customs or excise tax. Levy is the most general of all and can be any sort of tax or charge.
(a) tax / duty / tariff / levy / excise on sth
(b) to pay an amount of money in tax / duty / customs / tariffs / levies / excise
(c) to pay (a) tax / duty / customs / tariff / levy / excise
(d) to collect taxes / duties
(e) to increase / raise / reduce (a) tax / duty / customs / tariff / levy / excise
(f) to impose (a) tax / duty / tariff / levy
(g) to cut taxes / duties
(h) to put (a) tax / duty / tariff on sth

hobby, game, pastime
These are all words for activities that you do for pleasure in your spare time.
Interest
an activity or subject that you do or study for pleasure in your spare time: Her main interests are music and gardening.
Hobby
an activity that you do for pleasure in your spare time: His hobbies include swimming and cooking.
Game
a children's activity when they play with toys, pretend to be sb else, etc.; an activity that you do to have fun: a game of cops and robbers He was playing games with the dog.
pastime
an activity that people do for pleasure in their spare time: Eating out is the national pastime in France.

interest, hobby or pastime?
A hobby is often more active than an interest: His main hobby is football (= he plays football). His main interest is football (= he watches and reads about football, and may or may not play it). Pastime is used when talking about people in general; when you are talking about yourself or an individual person it is more usual to use interest or hobby
a popular interest / hobby / pastime
Do you have any interests / hobbies?
to take up / pursue a(n) interest / hobby
to do sth as a hobby

singleguy

04-02-2009, 09:01

more information about interchange2, unite1, reading
Last and take are both used to talk about the length of time that something continues. Last is used to talk about the length of time that an event continues: How long do you think this storm will last? The movie lasted over two hours. Last does not always need an expression of time: His annoyance won’t last. Last is also used to say that you have enough of something: We don’t have enough money to last until next month. Take is used to talk about the amount of time you need in order to go somewhere or do something. It must be used with an expression of time: It takes (me) at least an hour to get home from work. How long will the flight take? The water took ages to boil

his / her last / dying 'breath
the last moment of a person’s life

SYNONYMS
gaze, peer , glare,
These words all mean to look at sb/sth for a long time.stare to look at sb/sth for a long time, especially with surprise or fear, or because you are thinking: I screamed and everyone stared.
gaze (rather formal) to look steadily at sb/sth for a long time, especially with surprise or love, or because you are thinking: We all gazed at Marco in amazement.
peer to look closely or carefully at sth, especially when you cannot see it clearly
glare to look angrily at sb/sth for a long time: I looked at her and she glared stonily back
to stare / gaze / peer / glare at sb/sthto
stare / gaze / peer / glare hard / intently / suspiciously
to stare / gaze / peer anxiously / nervously
to stare / gaze / glare fiercely / stonily
to stare / gaze wide-eyed / open-mouthed
to stare / gaze into space

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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
the best-known play (1962) by the US writer Edward Albee. It is about a college teacher and his wife who constantly argue and play cruel games with each other and a younger couple who visit them. In the film version (1966) the older couple were played by Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton3.

Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)
an English writer of novels. She is well known for the experimental style of many of her books. She was one of the first writers to use the ‘stream of consciousness’, a way of describing a person’s thoughts and feelings as a flow of ideas as the person would have experienced them, without using the usual methods of description. She was a member of the Bloomsbury Group and is considered an important early writer about feminism (= the idea that women should have the same rights and opportunities as men). Her best-known novels include Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927) and Orlando (1928).

Tom Cruise (1962 )
a US actor. He won Golden Globe Awards for Born on the Fourth of July (1990), Jerry Maguire (1996) and Magnolia (2000). He is probably best known for playing a US Navy pilot in Top Gun (1986). His other films have included Mission Impossible (1996) and Eyes Wide Shut (1999) in which he appeared with Nicole Kidman, to whom he was married for ten years until they separated in 2001.

Golden Globe Award n
any of several film and television awards given at a special ceremony each year since 1944 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Compare Oscar, Emmy.

Nicole Kidman (1967– ) a Hollywood actor, born in Australia. She received an Oscar for The Hours (2002) and her other films include Batman Forever (1995), Moulin Rouge (2001) and Cold Mountain (2003).
source: Oxford Cultural guide

singleguy

04-02-2009, 09:07

Idioms related to interchange2 unite 1
sort out / separate the sheep from the 'goats
to distinguish people who are good at sth, intelligent, etc. from those who are not

like 'sheep
(disapproving) if people behave like sheep, they all do what the others are doing, without thinking for themselves

a wolf in sheep’s 'clothing
a person who seems to be friendly or harmless but is really an enemy

set sth in 'train
(formal) to prepare or start sth:
That telephone call set in train a whole series of events.

bring sth in its 'train
(formal) to have sth as a result:
Unemployment brings great difficulties in its train.

(catch / throw sb) off 'balance
to make sb/sth unsteady and in danger of falling:
I was thrown off balance by the sudden gust of wind.

on 'balance
after considering all the information:
On balance, the company has had a successful year.

(be / hang) in the 'balance
if the future of sth/sb, or the result of sth is / hangs in the balance, it is uncertain:
The long-term future of the space programme hangs in the balance.

his / her last / dying 'breath
the last moment of a person’s life.

breathe your 'last
(literary) to die

famous last 'words
(saying) people sometimes say Famous last words! when they think sb is being too confident about sth that is going to happen:
‘Everything’s under control.’ ‘Famous last words!’

the last 'word (in sth)
the most recent, fashionable, advanced, etc. thing:
These apartments are the last word in luxury.

hear / see the 'last of sb/sth
to hear / see sb/sth for the last time:
That was the last I ever saw of her. Unfortunately, I don’t think we’ve heard the last of this affair.

every last …
every person or thing in a group:
We spent every last penny we had on the house.

be on your / its last 'legs
to be going to die or stop functioning very soon; to be very weak or in bad condition

last 'in, first 'out
used, for example in a situation when people are losing their jobs, to say that the last people to be employed will be the first to go

last but not 'least
used when mentioning the last person or thing of a group, in order to say that they are not less important than the others:
Last but not least, I’d like to thank all the catering staff.

he who laughs last laughs 'longest
(saying) used to tell sb not to be too proud of their present success; in the end another person may be more successful

at long last
after a long time

the last / final 'straw | the straw that breaks the camel’s 'back
the last in a series of bad events, etc. that makes it impossible for you to accept a situation any longer

throw your 'hand in
(informal) to stop doing sth or taking part in sth, especially because you are not successful

throw yourself on sb’s mercy
(formal) to put yourself in a situation where you must rely on sb to be kind to you and not harm or punish you

throw sb/sth 'overboard
to get rid of sb/sth that you think is useless

fix sb with a 'look, 'stare, 'gaze, etc.
to look directly at sb for a long time:
He fixed her with an angry stare.

look / stare / gaze into 'space
to look straight in front of you without looking at a particular thing, usually because you are thinking about sth

singleguy

04-02-2009, 09:16

Idioms related to interchange2 unite2

under the counter
goods that are bought or sold under the counter are sold secretly and sometimes illegally

over the 'counter
goods, especially medicines, for sale over the counter can be bought without a prescription

bend your 'mind / 'efforts to sth
(formal) to think very hard about or put a lot of effort into one particular thing

blow your 'mind
(informal) to produce a very strong pleasant or shocking feeling:
Wait till you hear this. It’ll blow your mind.

sth boggles the 'mind (also the mind 'boggles)
(informal) if sth boggles the mind or the mind boggles at it, it is so unusual that people find it hard to imagine or accept:
The vastness of space really boggles the mind. ‘He says he’s married to his cats!’ ‘The mind boggle

cast your mind back (to sth)
to make yourself think about sth that happened in the past:
I want you to cast your minds back to the first time you met.

cross your mind
(of thoughts, etc.) to come into your mind
SYN occur to sb:
It never crossed my mind that she might lose (= I was sure that she would win).

know your own 'mind
to have very firm ideas about what you want to do

mind / watch your 'language
to be careful about what you say in order not to upset or offend sb:
Watch your language, young man!

if you don’t mind | if you wouldn’t mind
used to check that sb does not object to sth you want to do, or to ask sb politely to do sth:
I’d like to ask you a few questions, if you don’t mind. Can you read that form carefully, if you wouldn’t mind, and then sign it.

I wouldn’t mind sth / doing sth
used to say politely that you would very much like sth / to do sth:
I wouldn’t mind a cup of coffee, if it’s no trouble. I wouldn’t mind having his money!

come / spring to 'mind
if sth comes / springs to mind, you suddenly remember or think of it:
When discussing influential modern artists, three names immediately come to mind.

mind your own 'business
(informal) to think about your own affairs and not ask questions about or try to get involved in other people’s lives:
‘What are you reading?’ ‘Mind your own business!’ I was just sitting there, minding my own business, when a man started shouting at me.

have a good mind to do sth | have half a mind to do sth
used to say that you think you will do sth, although you are not sure:
I’ve half a mind to come with you tomorrow.

mind the 'shop (BrE) (NAmE mind the 'store)
to be in charge of sth for a short time while sb is away:
Who’s minding the shop while the boss is abroad?

mind 'you
(informal) used to add sth to what you have just said, especially sth that makes it less strong:
I’ve heard they’re getting divorced. Mind you, I’m not surprised—they were always arguing.

lose your 'mind
to become mentally ill

make up your 'mind | make your 'mind up
to decide sth
They’re both beautiful—I can’t make up my mind

your mind’s 'eyey
our imagination:
He pictured the scene in his mind’s eye.

to 'my mind
in my opinion:
It was a ridiculous thing to do, to my mind.

bring / call sb/sth to 'mind
(formal) to remember sb/sth
SYN recall:
She couldn’t call to mind where she had seen him before.

on your 'mind
if sb/sth is on your mind, you are thinking and worrying about them / it a lot:
You’ve been on my mind all day

stick in your 'mind(of a memory, an image, etc.)
to be remembered for a long time:
One of his paintings in particular sticks in my mind.

mind / watch your 'step
1to walk carefully
2to behave in a careful and sensible way

have a memory / mind like a 'sieve
(informal) to have a very bad memory; to forget things easily

open your / sb’s mind
to become or make sb aware of new ideas or experiences

it's enough for mind, isn't it?
keep / stay / steer clear (of sb/sth)
to avoid a person or thing because it may cause problems

source: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

singleguy

05-02-2009, 15:01

why don't you continue the discussion?:13: did you forget that?
why don't you read my passage about sport and don't you correct the wrong points?:19:

extreme2006gh

06-02-2009, 11:39

Why do you think in this way ?
If you look at Thank botton you can see someones who read your text.
I individually prefer to use them .they are very helpful for me.
plz continue

singleguy

06-02-2009, 12:57

Why do you think in this way ?
If you look at Thank botton you can see someones who read your text.
I individually prefer to use them .they are very helpful for me.
plz continue

no no[ برای مشاهده لینک ، لطفا با نام کاربری خود وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید ]
I meant my passage about sports. nobody didn't tell anything about that. it means that all of that was right.han?

hoseinist

06-02-2009, 18:38

Hi guys!
I wrote 1 paragraph about chess .please correct my mistakes.:46:
One of my favorite sports is chess, because it like a real war and it needs concentrating.
Whenever I play chess I feel that I’m in the battle and I’m guiding my soldiers .
You can choose infinitive game or defensive game . I prefer to play defensive policy at the first, then I decorate my members as the best way, I start play infinitive policy. I think the the best beat is horse ,
because it could have unforeseen movement in predicament:31:t .

sepid12ir

06-02-2009, 19:59

Hi folks
Thanks to Brain because of starting the new subject
I love sports and all the athletes and that’s why I do that regularly. Let me talk about my sport. I love fighting sports so I do my favorite fighting sport. I do Wushu That most of the people in the world know that by this name: Shoalin Kung fu.
I've fallen in love with this sport since I was a child and seen Jacky Chan and lee's films and I've done this sport since 3 years ago and I'm preparing myself for the competitions for next year. Wushu has many styles and my style is Shaolin Khong Quan . the master of this style is Mr. Hosseini and he is also my master. This sport divided into 2 parts: Sanshou(fighting) & Taolu(art work) That I mostly do the art work.
Let me to talk about this subject wider. I suggest all of you to do your favorite sport . because I experienced that sport is not good just for our physical health.
Try to do your favorite sport even you don't have enough ability to do that. Just try to release your extra energy. I know it's really hard at first because your muscles will become painful at first. But if you keep on trying and do that regularly you will get used to doing that, like me. I'm addicted to my sport.
Let me to tell you the truth, the most important experience that I have when I was in 3rd grade in high school. (I started this sport when I was in 2nd grade in high school). One day I got a really bad mark in one of the most important lessons and I was so sad that I wanted to go somewhere and just cry. In that day, after the school I was on my way to the gym. I went gym and that day we exercised really hard. But after the exercise I didn't feel as sad as before doing sport and the way of my thinking about my mark completely changed.
So I thought that the mental effect of sport is really great. And I suggest you that if you feel unpleasant try to do sport instead of thinking over about your problem.
Let's talk about sport and child. Child that do sport don't know much things about sport and they just want to spend their time and maybe they will become uninterested in sport, so the most thing that they need is encouragement.
When I was a child, If somebody encouraged me, I didn't abandon my sport at all and I became a master of this sport. But nobody encouraged me and I abandoned this sport until 3 years a go. So try to encourage the chide who do sports.
Wow … I'm really sorry! I talked a lot.

thank you, sorry for this delay; I was sorta busy n was not in the mood of correcting the mistakes.
As before, it was pretty nice n with the least possible mistakes, just have a look at some of them n in case there was any question ask :10:
I've done this sport since 3 years ago
First off, after since we mostly have a complete sentence; e.g: sine I was three years old...or we mention an exact time: since 1998
then, when we talk about sth which we are still doing that it's better to use Present Perfect continous: I've been doing this sport since I was (age)

Let me to talk : 'let' doesn't acept any prep; e.g: let me know
so it should be: let me talk

I experienced that sport is not good just for our physical health:
I couldn't get you precisely here but if u meant: من با توجه به تجربیات متوجه شدم که ورش تنها برای سلامت جسمی نیست; you could write in this way:
According to my experince/ Since I've experinced doing some sports I've noticed that it is not only good for our physical health

Second grade in highschool: 2nd grade of high school

time and maybe they will become: u've used 'maybe' here so it eliminates the need of using 'will'---> maybe they become

Child: 1 child; 2 children

master of this sport: in this sport

happy studying, keep goin, that is an absolutely a great job

Hi guys!
I wrote 1 paragraph about chess .please correct my mistakes.:46:
One of my favorite sports is chess, because it like a real war and it needs concentrating.
Whenever I play chess I feel that I’m in the battle and I’m guiding my soldiers .
You can choose infinitive game or defensive game . I prefer to ply defensive policy at the first, then I decorate my members as the best way, I start play infinitive policy. I think the the best beat is horse ,
because it could have unforeseen movement in predicament:31:t .

Hi buddy, thanks for joining the guys here

it like: when u r talking about the similarity of sth you have to use: it is like
like as a verb means: دوست داشتن
so it is like a real war

start play: after 'start' verbs come in infinitive or gerund form: I started to play/ I started playing

singleguy

06-02-2009, 22:58

First off, after since we mostly have a complete sentence; e.g: sine I was three years old...or we mention an exact time: since 1998
then, when we talk about sth which we are still doing that it's better to use Present Perfect continous:I've been doing this sport since I was (age)

I've lived here since last year.
"Interchange1, unite 10, grammar focus (page67)
could you explain more about that?
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it is like a real war

instead of this sentence can we say: It likes a real war

And whats you idea about that sentence in my post:

you will get used to doing that
Is it wrong again?[ برای مشاهده لینک ، لطفا با نام کاربری خود وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید ]

sepid12ir

06-02-2009, 23:37

I've lived here since last year
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"Interchange1, unite 10, grammar focus (page67)
could you explain more about that?
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well, present perfect is used when we are talking about sth which we have done but the time doesn't matter; let me explain the examples:
Have you ever eaten Moroccan food?
Possible answers:
- Yes, I have. I have eaten Moroccan food---------> Have I mentioned the time? no
- Yes, I have, I ate it once in Paris-------> I've mentioned Paris here which means that I'm talking about past n a specific time in the past so it is answered with simple past.
- Yes, I have. I ate it some years ago in paris------> that is exatly like the above example
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when u use present perfect with 'since' that makes it sorta meaningless bcuz u r mentioning an action which u are still doing; so in such cases u have to use Present Perfect Continuous...so: I've been doing this sport since 2001/ I was a child....
n sometimes when u wanna emphasize on sth u should use 'present perfect continuous' as well: e.g: I''ve been waiting for you for about an ahour----> in such a case u wanna show that u r sorta angry bcuz of yr partner's delay

instead of this sentence can we say: It likes a real warI dun think so, because like as a verb doesn't refer to similarity

And whats you idea about that sentence in my post:

Is it wrong again?
Used to refers to the past: I used to wake up late

be used to doing(I am used to/ he is used to): refers to the present; I'm used to getting up early--> right now I have no difficulty with waking up early

get used to doing refers to sth which u r getting familiar with day by day; I'm getting used to waking up early---> I may still have some difficulties with waking up early but it's getting easier n easier each day'

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By the way, present perfect is not tangable, there are so many English-learners who can never feel it, but let me tell u in both speaking n writing it is really common among native speakers

brain

07-02-2009, 16:24

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Let's discuss about sports togother
:31:
why are you quiet
:31:
:8:

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extreme2006gh

07-02-2009, 22:15

hoseinist

07-02-2009, 22:53

oh tanx dear

i think it is a fun mistake because i wanted to say :invasive game

greenday33

08-02-2009, 08:44

هنوزم میشه تو این گروه شرکت کرد؟

brain

08-02-2009, 10:35

هنوزم میشه تو این گروه شرکت کرد؟
.yes you can
Be sure
here we speak about some subjects. last subject was food and present subject is sport.Plz share your information about sport
later maybe we'll performance some other idea for improving our skills
:31:
Good luck

greenday33

08-02-2009, 10:44

thanks,but i can't speak english very well!
if i can't write right ,I will escape!

C. Breezy

08-02-2009, 14:14

thanks,but i can't speak english very well!
if i can't write right ,I will escape!
:31:
don't worry , neither i do
What should we say about sports ?
which sport do we do ?
which one do we like?
Or something else

afsane b

08-02-2009, 16:01

Please check my essay:20:

I'm one of the advocates of sport. From childhood, I was interested in fighting sports and used to do karate, I don’t know why I couldn’t tolerate some sort of mental sports such as chess, even I used to ridicule people who did it. I didn’t use to consider these kinds of sports as sport at all and thought that the sport was just physical, though I got the fact that the physical aspect of sport is supported by mental and has no value without that, Anyway, despite my interest in karate, I gave it up due to the so called more important affairs such as entrance exam, university, job and lab lab lab.

Looking back at those days of sport, I can just be sorry and blame myself for abandoning my favorite sport. :37:

sepid12ir

08-02-2009, 20:15

hoseinist

08-02-2009, 22:39

oh. you mean that people like chess are ridiculous!!!:44:

i think people are different so there are many interests and you dont allow ridicule anyone :28:

SCYTHE

08-02-2009, 23:50

:31:
wow, keep blaming yrself buddy:10:(just kidding)
From childhood: Since childhood

who did it: who used to do it

the sport: Sport
I think it doesn't need any article

keep writing n have a nice week:11:l

Hey there,
From childhood is correct, Babylon:

from childhood:
from the time one was a child, from youth, from the early days

And I think the second should be OK as well

afsane b

09-02-2009, 10:02

oh. you mean that people like chess are ridiculous!!!:44:

i think people are different so there are many interests and you dont allow ridicule anyone :28:

:41:No no no…..

I didn’t mean to insult you, I used to think in that way and now I do accept the value of mental sport particularly "chess":20:

hoseinist

09-02-2009, 10:47

ok buddy:46:

:10:
by the way ,welcome to join our group

C. Breezy

09-02-2009, 15:21

oh. you mean that people like chess are ridiculous!!![ برای مشاهده لینک ، لطفا با نام کاربری خود وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید ]

i think people are different so there are many interests and you dont allow ridicule anyone [ برای مشاهده لینک ، لطفا با نام کاربری خود وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید ]
YES ! Everyone has his own Idea ... :eh:

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I didn’t mean to insult you, I used to think in that way and now I do accept the value of mental sport particularly "chess"[ برای مشاهده لینک ، لطفا با نام کاربری خود وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید ]

YES ! Everyone has his own Idea ... :31:

ok buddy[ برای مشاهده لینک ، لطفا با نام کاربری خود وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید ]

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by the way ,welcome to join our group
YES ! Everyone has his own Idea ... :27:

OK , still talking about soprts ... let me talk now ... but not here

C. Breezy

09-02-2009, 15:37

I talk about it Here :31:
اهم .... اهم ...
Arz shavad ke ... Sorry i mean when I was very little , very little , smaller than you think , I liked football ( Soccer ) I was a famous player in my family , a little boy who came to you and you had to let him got the ball , else he would be killed under your legs :31:
So i thought I Am a great defensive player :31:
after many years and years , more than you think ,
No , not 10 years , about 5 years , i went to a basketball club and started it ... i was a newbie and funny , but i was the best there ... they thought I will be shaqil o'neal or Allen Iverson or like Kobe and maybe like Michel Jordan ...
Anyway , it's about 5-6 years I'm playing basketball ... do you know that basketball increase your height ?! if you think you know , You are Wrong ! Because i was playing basket ball and my brother was Growing :27:
it was very amazing ! many researchers from Australia , GB , US and ... came to see Us , after that it was time for tourists to Come :27:
However it looks like after 5 years I'm growing ...
I really like basketball , I've broken 3 Baskets and the last one is still in the Yard
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I wanna Continue it to be more professional , But maybe next year , because tall of The Wall of our house is destroyed , no nails will be on it more than 10 seconds :27:
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Also tell me my Problems in this text

afsane b

09-02-2009, 15:47

ok buddy:46:

:10:

by the way ,welcome to join our group

thank u so much:46:
i wish to have good time together:10:

FARA360

10-02-2009, 20:42

Hi guys,
sorry for interruption :20:
what s up here??
I wanna to join u and to share some ideas:10:
So what are u discussing about???
:11:

Hafez_7

10-02-2009, 21:49

Hi there
I wanna join this topic too. What should I do?

brain

10-02-2009, 22:30

singleguy

10-02-2009, 23:46

Hello every body:20:
why are you so sleepy?:31:
finally my friend Fara360 joined us:10:.
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we should celebrate
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WELCOME FARA360:11:

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I will explode this topic tomorrow . I have found many interesting things about intro and interchange 2:27:
I guess it's enough to talk about sports. make yourself ready for the next subject:

":40:HOLIDAYS:40:"

singleguy

11-02-2009, 07:01

More information about intro, unite 10
Racing
Horse racing has been popular as a spectator sport throughout the British Isles for hundreds of years. It was also the first sport organized in the American colonies. This was in 1664 on Long Island, New York. Four years later the first American sports trophy, a silver bowl, was presented there.
There are two main types of horse racing. In flat racing horses run against each other over a set distance. In National Hunt racing, also called steeplechasing, horses jump over fences and ditches round a course. The main flat races in Britain each year are the English Classics, five races for three-year-old horses. These are the Derby and the Oaks (both run at Epsom), the One Thousand Guineas and the Two Thousand Guineas (run at Newmarket) and the St Leger (run at Doncaster). The four-day Royal Ascot meeting is an important social occasion, attended by members of the royal family. The most famous steeplechase is the Grand National, which was first run in 1836 and which takes place each spring at Aintree. Many people who take no interest in horse racing have a bet on this race. Racing attracts people from all levels of British society but only the rich can afford to own and train a racehorse.
In the US flat racing is called thoroughbred racing or just racing; steeplechasing is not often seen. The most famous race is the Kentucky Derby, which began in 1875 and is run each year at Louisville, Kentucky. This is a big event on national television, and informal bets are made in offices and homes, even in states where gambling is illegal. Other important races are the Preakness at Baltimore, Maryland, and the Belmont Stakes at Elmont, New York. The three together are called the triple crown. Only 11 horses have won the Triple Crown since 1919, and none since 1978. The most famous was Citation.
Famous British and US jockeys have included Willie Carson, Pat Eddery, Lester Piggott, Peter Scudamore, Willie Shoemaker, Laffit Pincay, Angel Cordero and Steve Cauthen. Horses famous in Britain have included Arkle, Desert Orchid, Nijinsky, Red Rum and Shergar, and in the US Galant Fox, Secretariat, Affirmed, Man o’ War, Native Dancer and Cigar, which was chosen Horse of the Year in 1995 and 1996.
A type of race popular in America is harness racing, in which a horse pulls a small two-wheeled cart called a sulky with its driver. The most famous race is the Hambletonian, popularly called the ‘Hambo’, at the Meadowlands Racetrack in New Jersey. Harness racing’s triple crown is the Hambletonian, the Kentucky Futurity, and the Yonkers Trot.
Betting on the result of a race is for many British people an important part of the sport and contributes to the atmosphere of excitement and tension at a racecourse. Before a race starts bookmakers take bets, calculate the odds and say which horse is the favourite. People can also bet on a race on the Internet or at a bookmaker’s or betting shop. Betting shops show live television broadcasts of races.
Americans also like to play the ponies. People can bet beside the track or off-track. Telephone bets can be made in some states. Even though many Americans do not approve of betting, most have accepted horse racing as an exciting sport and a US tradition. This is reflected in popular culture. Camptown Races is one of Stephen Foster‘s most popular songs. Damon Runyon set many of his short stories at race tracks, the mystery novels of Dick Francis are set in the world of racing and Hollywood has produced popular films about racing such as National Velvet (1945) and The Black Stallion (1980). See also greyhound racing.

WOW… this passage is really hard for me...: D. actually I didn't read that completely. I just put it for some ones who like to know more about American races.
There is more information about the signed words in the passage. If you want to know the information about them, tell me to put them for you as soon as possible.

Arkansas
a state in the central southern US, sometimes called the Land of Opportunity. Its capital and largest city is Little Rock. The state’s natural features include Hot Springs National Park and Buffalo National River.Its most important industries include the production of food and wood.

the Empire State Building
an office building in Manhattan(1), New York City, which for over 40 years after it was built (in 1931) was the tallest in the world. It is 1 250 feet (381 meters) high and has 102 floors.

Mallory and Irvine
two English climbers, George Mallory (1886–1924) and Andrew Irvine (1902–1924), who died while attempting to reach the top of Mount Everest. When Mallory was asked why he wanted to climb Everest, his famous reply was ‘Because it is there’. His body was found in May 1999 after being lost on Everest for 75 years.

Georgia
a US state in the Deep South. It was named after King George II of Great Britain and was one of the 13 original American states. It later joined the Confederate States. Georgia’s popular names are the Peach State and the Empire State of the South. Its capital and largest city is Atlanta. Important products of the state include paper, textiles, cotton, tobacco and peaches.

Anchorage
the largest city in Alaska. It is on a port in the southern part of the state. An earthquake badly damaged the city in 1964 and killed 131 people.

Alaska
the largest and most northern state of the US, connected to the other states to the south by the Alaska Highway through Canada. It is sometimes called ‘the last frontier’ and produces a lot of oil. The capital city is Juneau, and the largest city is Anchorage
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Source: Oxford cultural guide

singleguy

11-02-2009, 07:11

More information about interchange2 unite1(workbook)

SYNONYMS
Mad
crazy , nuts , batty , out of your mind , (not) in your right mind
These are all informal words that describe sb who has a mind that does not work normally.
mad (informal, especially BrE)
having a mind that does not work normally: I thought I'd go mad if I stayed any longer.
NOTE
Mad is an informal word used to suggest that sb's behaviour is very strange, often because of extreme emotional pressure. It is offensive if used to describe sb suffering from a real mental illness; use mentally ill instead. Mad is not usually used in this meaning in North American English; use crazy instead.
Crazy (informal, especially NAmE)
having a mind that does not work normally: A crazy old woman rented the upstairs room.
NOTE
Like mad, crazy is offensive if used to describe sb suffering from a real mental illness.
nuts [not before noun] (informal) mad:
That noise is driving me nuts! You guys are nuts!
batty (informal, especially BrE)
slightly mad, in a harmless way: Her mum's completely batty.
out of your mind (informal)
unable to think or behave normally, especially because of extreme shock or anxiety: She was out of her mind with grief.
(not) in your right mind (informal)
(not) mentally normal: No one in their right mind would choose to work there.
to be mad / crazy / nuts / out of your mind / not in your right mind to do sth
to go mad / crazy / nuts / batty / out of your mind
to drive sb mad / crazy / nuts / batty / out of their mind
absolutely / completely mad / crazy / nuts / batty / out of your mind

Michigan
a northern US state, also called the Wolverine State and the Great Lakes State, because it is divided into two parts by Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, and also has borders with Lake Superior and Lake Erie. The largest city is Detroit, and the capital city is Lansing. Michigan became a state in 1837. Its products include iron and other minerals, cars and cereals (= grains processed as food). Tourists visit the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, and Mackinac Island. People who live in the state are called Michiganders.

Alice in Wonderland
a children’s book (1865) by Lewis Carroll. Its full title is Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Alice, a young girl, dreams that she follows a white rabbit down its hole and has a series of adventures with imaginary creatures. Some of the characters, such as the Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat, are referred to in informal English expressions.

Beverly Hills
a fashionable town in the US state of California. It is surrounded by Los Angeles but is not part of it. It is expensive and many people living there are film stars. Its most famous street for shopping is Rodeo Drive.

ER
a US television medical series that began in 1994. ER is the abbreviation for Emergency Room, and the programme is set in a Chicago teaching hospital. It is the most popular series in the US and by 2004 had won 21 Emmy awards, including one for ‘Outstanding Drama Series’ in 1996.

The X-Files
a popular US television series that began in 1993 and is widely shown in other countries. It is about two members of the FBI, Agent Mulder (David Duchovny) and Agent Scully (Gillian Anderson), who investigate mysterious events suggesting other forms of life in space. There has also been a film, The X-Files (1998).

Mel Gibson (1956– )
a Hollywood film star. He was born in the US but grew up in Australia from the age of 12. His best-known films include the Mad Max series in the 1980s, the Lethal Weapon series in the 1980s and 1990s, Braveheart (1995), which he also directed and which won two Oscars, and The Passion of the Christ (2004), which he produced and directed

Quentin Tarantino
(1963– ) a US film director and actor who also writes films. He has been criticized for the violence in such films as Reservoir Dogs (1991) and Pulp Fiction (1994), for which he won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. It was also chosen as the best film at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. Other films written by Tarantino include True Romance (1993), Natural Born Killers (1994), Jackie Brown (1997) and Kill Bill (2003).

Oxford Advanced learner's dictionary
Oxford cultural guide

singleguy

11-02-2009, 07:18

idioms related to interchang2 unite3
what (else) do you expect?
(informal) used to tell sb not to be surprised by sth:
She swore at you? What do you expect when you treat her like that?

be sick of sth
(informal) to hate sb/sth very much

spread the word
to tell people about sth

spread your net
to consider a wide range of possibilities or cover a large area, especially to try to find sb/sth:
They have spread their net far and wide in the search for a new team coach.

spread like wildfire
(of news, etc.) to become known by more and more people very quickly

cramp sb’s style
(informal) to stop sb from behaving in the way they want to

come out of the closet
to admit sth openly that you kept secret before, especially because of shame or embarrassment

break the back of sth
to finish the largest or most important part of a task

break of 'day / dawn
(literary) the moment in the early hours of the morning when it begins to get light

Break sb’s fall
to stop sb from falling onto sth hard:
Luckily, a bush broke his fall.

break sb’s heart
to make sb feel very unhappy:
She broke his heart when she called off the engagement. It breaks my heart to see you like this.

break the ice
to say or do sth that makes people feel more relaxed, especially at the beginning of a meeting, party, etc.

break a leg!
(informal) used to wish sb good luck

break new ground
to make a new discovery or do sth that has not been done before

break the 'news (to sb)
to be the first to tell sb some bad news

be 'asking for trouble
(informal) to behave in a way that is very likely to result in trouble

give (sb) (some, no, any, etc.) trouble
to cause problems or difficulties:
My back’s been giving me a lot of trouble lately. The children didn’t give me any trouble at all when we were out.

take the trouble to do sth
to do sth even though it involves effort or difficulty
SYN: make the effort:
She didn’t even take the trouble to find out how to spell my name.

look for trouble
to behave in a way that is likely to cause an argument, violence, etc.:
Drunken youths hang around outside looking for trouble.

a waste of space
(informal) a person who is useless or no good at anything

waste not, want not
(saying) if you never waste anything, especially food or money, you will always have it when you need it

source: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictonary

singleguy

11-02-2009, 07:29

more information related to interchange2 unite3
Privacy
The British value their privacy (= having a part of their life that is not known to other people) and believe that everyone has a right to a private life. Many British people like to ‘keep themselves to themselves’ and do not discuss their private affairs. Things people like to keep private vary but may include personal relationships, family problems, how much they earn, their health, their political opinions, and sometimes what they do in their free time. It is considered rude to ask somebody about their private life, even if you know them well.

In the US the Constitution protects people’s right to privacy. A police officer has no power to stop people and ask them what they are doing unless they have committed a crime. Information about people can be shown to others only under special circumstances, and usually only with their permission. When newspapers print details about the family life of a politician or film actor they are often criticized for invasion of privacy. On the other hand, actors and politicians tell the press about their family life for publicity reasons, and ordinary Americans appear on television talk shows where they discuss their bad marriages, health problems and how they cannot control their children. The apparent contradiction in attitudes may be explained by the fact that Americans believe strongly in the right to privacy, but as long as that right is respected, they are happy to give it up. They believe it is better to be open and honest than to have secrets. The British may be less willing than Americans to talk about their own lives but they have an equally strong desire to know about the private lives of famous people. There is a constant argument, for instance, about the extent to which the media should be allowed to report the private lives of members of the royal family.

Not all Americans tell the world everything about their lives. Money and --- are rarely discussed. Husbands and wives usually know how much each other earns, but other family members do not. People may say how much they paid for something, especially if the price was low, but asking somebody else how much they paid is acceptable only for small things, not a house or a car. In general people are happier offering information than being asked for it.
Being given advice can also disturb an American’s sense of privacy. If somebody gives them advice it suggests that that person can solve their problem better than they can themselves. When offering advice, people use indirect language, and instead of saying, ‘You should do this,’ they may say, ‘I tried doing this, and it worked for me’.

SYNONYMS
Afraid
frightened , scared , alarmed , paranoid , apprehensive
All these words describe feeling or showing fear.
afraid
[not before noun] feeling fear; worried that sth bad might happen: There's nothing to be afraid of. Aren't you afraid (that) you'll fall?
frightened
feeling fear; worried that sth bad might happen: a frightened child . She was frightened that the glass would break.
scared
(rather informal) feeling fear; worried that sth bad might happen: The thieves got scared and ran away.
afraid, frightened or scared?
Scared is more informal, more common in speech, and often describes small fears. Afraid cannot come before a noun. It can only take the preposition of, not about. If you are afraid / frightened / scared of sb/sth/doing sth or afraid / frightened / scared to do sth, you think you are in danger of being hurt or suffering in some way. If you are frightened / scared about sth/doing sth, it is less a fear for your personal safety and more a worry that sth unpleasant might happen.
alarmed [not before noun] afraid that sth dangerous or unpleasant might happen: She was alarmed at the prospect of traveling alone.
paranoid (rather informal) afraid or suspicious of other people and believing that they are trying to harm you, in a way that is not reasonable: You're just being paranoid.
apprehensive (rather formal) slightly afraid that sth bad might happen: I was a little apprehensive about the effects of what I had said.
Don't be afraid / frightened / scared / alarmed.
frightened / scared / paranoid / apprehensive about …
afraid / frightened / scared / apprehensive that …
afraid / frightened / scared of spiders, etc.
to feel / look / sound afraid / frightened / scared / alarmed / apprehensive
to get frightened / scared / paranoid
afraid / frightened / scared to open the door, etc.

SYNONYMS
rest , breather , breathing space , respite , time out
These are all words for a short period of time spent relaxing.
break
a short period of time when you stop what you are doing and rest or eat: Let's take a break. NOTE In British English break is a period of time between lessons at school. The North American English word is recess.
rest
a period of relaxing, sleeping or doing nothing after a period of activity: We stopped for a well-earned rest.
Breather
(informal) a short pause in an activity to rest or relax: a five-minute breather
breathing space
a short pause in the middle of a period of mental or physical effort: This delay gives the party a breathing space in which to sort out its policies.
breather or breathing space?
You decide when to take a breather; a breathing space has to be given or won. A breather is for relaxing; a breathing space is for sorting things out.
respite
a short break from sth difficult or unpleasant: The drug brought a brief respite from the pain
.time out
(informal, especially NAmE) time for resting or relaxing away from your usual work or studies: Take time out to relax by the pool.

VOCABULARY BUILDING
words that mean ‘break’
burst The balloon hit a tree and burst.
crack The ice started to crack.
crumble Crumble the cheese into a bowl.
cut Now cut the wire in two.
fracture He fell and fractured his hip.
shatter The vase hit the floor and shattered.
smash Vandals had smashed two windows.
snap I snapped the pencil in half.
split The bag had split open on the way home.
tear She tore the letter into pieces.
All these verbs, except cut, can be used with or without an object.

Source: Oxford Edvanced Learner's Dictionary

singleguy

11-02-2009, 07:33

It's enough for now:20:.
who wants to talk about new subject:
HOLIDAYS

FARA360

11-02-2009, 11:49

oh Welcome dear Hafez_7 and dear FARA360
:31: :26:
You can join to us
here we speak abt some subjects
This subject that we're discussing abt it now is Sports
You can put ur information abt sports and some masters like dear Sepid will correct ur passeges
Maybe tomorrow I change the subject or maybe I do it in next week...I'm busy these days
I have some idea for here and maybe in near future I'll do it
:31:[/QUOTE

Hello every body:20:
why are you so sleepy?:31:
finally my friend Fara360 joined us:10:.
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we should celebrate
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WELCOME FARA360:11:

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I will explode this topic tomorrow . I have found many interesting things about intro and interchange 2:27:
I guess it's enough to talk about sports. make yourself ready for the next subject:

":40:HOLIDAYS:40:"
:11::11:Thank u so much
So .... the topic is about HOLIDAYS!!!
Before discussing i would like to know that what do we suppose to debate about holiday? I mean any special holiday or sth?????
:10:

mgvahid

11-02-2009, 15:46

سلام
راستش اینه که منم به طور تصادفی با این تصمیمتون اشنا شدم و میتونم خودم و چند نفر از دوستانم رو هم دعوت کنم البته سطح زبان خودم هم پایینه (یعنی تا اخر کتاب قرمز اینتر چنچ رو خوندم البته چند سال پیش ) ولی مایلم کارایی رو برای زبان انجام بدم البته این دوستانی رو هم که میگم یه عدشون سطحشون خیلی بالاست و مطمئنم کمکون میکنن به هر حال اگه زمانی تصمیم به شروع گرفتین یا همین حالا شروع کردین خوشحال میشم ما رو هم بپذیرین ایمیلم رو میزارم خبرم کنین.
(mgvahid@gmail.com):rambo:

C. Breezy

11-02-2009, 19:05

So speak English to improve it , you are not as bad as me :27:
OK , I have two exams tomorrow and hichi nakhoondam :31;
Bye

Thanh Nam

12-02-2009, 13:48

hi friends!
i'm Nam, from Viet Nam. I'm a new member in this room. Brain introduced me this site. And i hope i we will become goodfriends. And my English can be better than now!
Thanks and sorry for any inconvenien!. .

Thanh Nam

12-02-2009, 14:12

hi new friends!
My name's Nam, from Viet Nam. Now, im a studen.Are u surprise? hi`. Brain introduced me this site. And i hope i can learn and practise English with u here. Thanks and sorry for any inconveniece!

C. Breezy

12-02-2009, 14:47

Hi ! I'm Koorosh ... I think you are better than me , so i'm sorry for my mistakes

brain

12-02-2009, 14:58

Hi Nam
wow
Welcome here ... now I can see ur post
:31:
really good
we should celebrate
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Im so happy to see u here
plz share ur informaion abt Holidays
I ask some qu for understanding better
:31:
Are you going to do anything this weekend?
what activities you do in holidays?
go to swim?
go to a party?
or ....
what do u like to in holidays
and other qu
plz start Nam
:8::11:

Sha7ab

12-02-2009, 15:36

brain

12-02-2009, 15:46

Holidays

Hi my friends I want to speak about Holidays.Let me describe exactly this word for you.Holidays are a period of time when you have a lot free time and you don't have works to do , in fact you are unemployed.So everyone do some works for spending own free times, for example : going to the moives, going to the pool, going to the picnic, etc. We have several kind Holidays. Let me tell you about them. Public holiday is a day that most of the shops, stores, bussinesses and schools are closed in a country thats why it often events to celebrate or particualr events. I guess all of people like this Holiday especially students. Bank holidayis a public holiday for example the banks are closed in new year's day, etc. Busman's holiday is a holiday that is you sepnt doing the same thing that you do at work. Hmmm I think there are holiday camp in each city for people, like we have Alavi's park in our city and we went there each week at night for eating dinner at there and it was very funny and I like it very much because I play some sports at there, like football, tennis, etc. Let me speak about my works that I like to do in holidays. I like go to nature cuz I like plants, animals and landscapes I don't like human creations's nature. I also like go to the pool if we had sea in our city I went there everyday cuz the seas are beautiful. I like many things to do in holidays. but I don't have time to speak about all of them. I think it's enaugh for now. I want to know that what you do in holidays. Maybe I'll do them in my holidays. Oh sorry I speak a lot

:31:
Plz correct my mistakes if you have free times
Bye Bye

brain

12-02-2009, 16:05

Hi anybody
the topic's name is "A group to study English"
Really you're studing English now?!
I see this topic changed to a place for chat & anything
anyway I wanna learn the English in this topic and no anything

so please loose the English learn and try to will be better than and help me in this WAY .
Thank u guys:10:

Hi dear Legend
:31:
what do u want to learn
hmmm I think discussing about subjects is one of the better way for improving ur speaking skill and speaking is important than other skills
when u r discussing about somethins u have to search vocabularies on ur brain and make sentences and its good.
we are not teachers we are here to learn english with some activites like this
maybe we put other activities like this in near future
I learned many things from here cuz it make me to do english activites
let dear signelguy comes . he explain for u better
he has other ideas
if u have idea plz tell it
:11:

C. Breezy

12-02-2009, 16:29

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Plz correct my mistakes if you have free times
Bye Bye

OK!
you'd better say " if you have free time" Not " times" :31:

C. Breezy

12-02-2009, 16:32

let dear signelguy comes He means :
Singleguy

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Naser_helboy

12-02-2009, 16:43

hi gyus

i'm naser and i'm from tehran
i'm newbi in english

we are finished unit 1(intro book) last day

درست گفتم ؟
من ناصرم از تهران
من در انگليسي نازه كارم
ما ديروز unit 1 كتاب ايتنرو رو تموم كرديم

Sha7ab

12-02-2009, 17:10

Hi dear Legend
:31:
what do u want to learn
hmmm I think discussing about subjects is one of the better way for improving ur speaking skill and speaking is important than other skills
when u r discussing about somethins u have to search vocabularies on ur brain and make sentences and its good.
we are not teachers we are here to learn english with some activites like this
maybe we put other activities like this in near future
I learned many things from here cuz it make me to do english activites
let dear signelguy comes . he explain for u better
he has other ideas
if u have idea plz tell it
:11:

discussing is a good way to speaking , I agree with this but when I cant Write English without wrong ... you hope that I can speaking ?
well Im here now and stay with you my friends . really I wanna learn because I too need English for my job.
I wish will complete my English together and other guys :10:
thus let employ us ardor to will be better day by day
finally there is very OPINION in my head .
tnx o lot:11:

plz tell me my wrong in above text:11: ==============================================

i'm naser and i'm from tehran
i'm newbi in english

we are finished unit 1(intro book) last day in my opinion it is better that changing "newbi" with "beginner"
about your secound sentence : write like this :
We Finished unit 1 last day...
We are finished" is wrong "

sepid12ir

12-02-2009, 17:34

hey buddies, how are you doing?
well, I do appreciate the job which is being done here but I have a suggestion; it doesn't seem to be well-organized...I think it would be better if u could have sb as yr head(I think singlguy is the best, since he has started the topic) n u can put a specific time for each unit u study and then u can have a discussion about the studied units...and some other ideas which can lead u to have a better organized study
just a suggestion:46: n let me add, those who dun mind to have their writings corrected can mention it at the end of their writing so that my friends n I may feel free to correct the mistakes of yrs

Holidays

Hi my friends I want to speak about Holidays.Let me describe exactly this word for you.Holidays are a period of time when you have a lot of free time and you don't have works to do , in fact you are unemployed.So everyone do some works for spending own free times, for example : going to the moives, going to the pool, going to the picnic, etc. We have several kind Holidays. Let me tell you about them. Public holiday is a day that most of the shops, stores, bussinesses and schools are closed in a country thats why it often events to celebrate or particualr events. I guess all of people like this Holiday especially students. Bank holidayis a public holiday for example the banks are closed in new year's day, etc. Busman's holiday is a holiday that is(omit is) you(that you) sepnd doing the same thing that you do at work. Hmmm I think there are holiday camp in each city for people, like we have Alavi's park in our city and we went there each week at night for eating dinner at there and it was very funny and I like it very much because I play some sports at there, like football, tennis, etc. Let me speak about my works that I like to do in holidays. I like go to nature cuz I like plants, animals and landscapes I don't like human creations's nature. I also like go to the pool if we had sea in our city I went there everyday cuz the seas are beautiful. I like many things to do in holidays. but I don't have time to speak about all of them. I think it's enaugh for now. I want to know that what you do in holidays. Maybe I'll do them in my holidays. Oh sorry I speak a lot

:31:
Plz correct my mistakes if you have free times
Bye Bye

everyone do some works for spending own free times: everyone does some work to spend their own free times
- after everyone/everybody/someone/somebody we should use singular verbs: everybody does/everyone eats
- we use 'for' when we r talking about the usage of sth n we use 'to' when we talk about purposes

We have several kind Holidays: several kinds of holidays

thats why it often events to celebrate or particualr events: some holidays are for/because of some special events

at night for eating dinner at there: at nights to eat dinner there
there is no need to use 'at' for 'there'

sports at there: sports there

in holidays: on holidays/ during holidays

I like go to nature: I like to go to nature/ I like going to nature
after 'like' you have to choice, you can either use infinitive or gerund; it depends on what u wanna say; when u use infinitive it means that you fancy doing the action at the moment;
e.g: I like to swim---> it means that you like two swim right now

and sometimes you can have gerund which u r talking abou sth generally.
e.g: I like swimming---> it means 'swimming' is one of the sports which I like

Thanh Nam

12-02-2009, 19:08

hi friends!
i'm very glad to me u again! and thanks brain for ur interesting topic! But first, i have a question which i cant discriminate between them:
" What is difference between holiday and vacation"
Please show me if u know, my friends!
Holidays!
First: i like holidays:31:. That means u stop your work, travell and relax :20:. Oh, that sounds wonderful! hix
For me, i study at Maritime University so Occean is onlways in my heart. I love waves, beautiful beaches and , ofcourse beautiful girls on beaches:20:.hix.Imagine, u r standing on a nice beautiful with overlocking the sea ,bright sunny and fresh air... how do u feel? Dont say to me that: nothing if so, u r soulless!:20: hix
U can swim and play with waves, its very interesting
I like walking around, enjoying a view, swimming and play football with my friend on the beach!I also like to sun-bathe fully stretched out on the beach. Its a good feeling! hix
Oh, i forgot beautifull girls on the beach that why i like beaches!:31:. hix
And u, please tell me your holidays and memorable event which happened in thats holidays, my friends:46:

singleguy

12-02-2009, 19:24

Hi anybody
the topic's name is "A group to study English"
Really you're studing English now?!
I see this topic changed to a place for chat & anything
anyway I wanna learn the English in this topic and no anything

so please loose the English learn and try to will be better than and help me in this WAY .
Thank u guys:10:

Hi my friend
welcome to this group:11:.
yes you are right this topic is a little like a chat room:27:. but I put many informations about the interchange books too. if you check page 16 you can see some of them:27:.
but as my friend brain said, it's a good way to learn english by speaking.

hi friends!
i'm Nam, from Viet Nam. I'm a new member in this room. Brain introduced me this site. And i hope i we will become goodfriends. And my English can be better than now!
Thanks and sorry for any inconvenien

That's really great that we have a friend from Viet Nam.
welcome to our group Nam:11:
Could you tell us a little about your holidays?

من ناصرم از تهران
من در انگليسي نازه كارم
ما ديروز unit 1 كتاب ايتنرو رو تموم كرديم
Dear naser
Welcome to our group:11:

گیسو

12-02-2009, 20:12

C. Breezy

12-02-2009, 20:26

I too need English for my job.I think you meant :
"I REALLY need English for my Job "
"too"
is n't true

finally there is very OPINION in my head .I'm not sure if "Opinion" is Countable ,
But i'm sure your sentence is false ;

if it's Countable :
Many Opinions

If it's Uncountable :
Much Opinion

sepid12ir

12-02-2009, 20:51

I think you meant :
"I REALLY need English for my Job "
"too"
is n't true

I'm not sure if "Opinion" is Countable ,
But i'm sure your sentence is false ;

if it's Countable :
Many Opinions

If it's Uncountable :
Much Opinion

Opinion is countable so many/some/lots of/ a few opinions

Sha7ab

12-02-2009, 20:54

I'm not sure if "Opinion" is Countable ,
But i'm sure your sentence is false ;

if it's Countable :
Many Opinions

If it's Uncountable :
Much Opinion
I think i had to use "idea" . Right?
I made a mistake.
thank u:46:

C. Breezy

12-02-2009, 21:01

I think i had to use "idea" . Right?
I made a mistake.
thank u
No !
I think idea is false here , too.
Actually " Very " is the problem , because it's meaning in Persian is the same As Much and Many , but "very" is for describing
But , Much and Many are for showing the size and value... i hope you Got it :31:

Sha7ab

12-02-2009, 21:17

No !
I think idea is false here , too.
Actually " Very " is the problem , because it's meaning in Persian is the same As Much and Many , but "very" is for describing
But , Much and Many are for showing the size and value... i hope you Got it
Got it ...
OK
Thank YOU K

C. Breezy

12-02-2009, 21:26

( خواهش می کنم به انگلیسی چی میشه ؟ )
what was we talking about ?

devil_ff2008

12-02-2009, 21:32

( خواهش می کنم به انگلیسی چی میشه ؟ )

your welcome

C. Breezy

12-02-2009, 21:36

your welcome
thanks a lot , that's an easy and a useful word .
I forgot it.
Sorry , what do you mean of
فاحشه مغزی
?

Thanh Nam

12-02-2009, 22:28

Hi my fiend
welcome there
nice to join us:11:

Thanks my friends for warm welcome
Before I start my essay, can I ask everyone one question? Please show me if u know: Whats difference between vacation and holiday

HOLIDAY

:20:I like holidays and doing nothing
Holiday means: stop your job and relax, go out for travelling etc…That sounds wonderfull. I like beaches with waves, gulls, brigh sunny, fresh air and especially :31:beautfull girls in bikinis
I remember when I was a boy, I used to sneak out of my house to swim, play football and take the sun with my friends…now, it seem to be memorable…
I have a german friend. He is here(Viet Nam) for his working. I asked him: Wht will u do on Tet holiday (in Viet Nam) or on furlough? He said: im going to visit ThaiLan, Singapore and some other contries…and u? I said: I’m going to come back my hometown to visit my familly, my friends and my teachers who are always in my mind! He was very surprised. Do u know why? For Viet Namese, familly is the most important. We try to work, earn a lot of money because of our familly. On Tet holiday or furlough, we usually come back home to visit our parents, relationships…especially on Tet holiday. That’s our traditional!
:31:Any way, I like nice beaches and beautifull girls in bikinis
Thanks for your attention
How about u, my friends

Thanh Nam

12-02-2009, 22:33

sorry, i dont know why but posted 2 times but...i dont know whr is my essay? hix

devil_ff2008

12-02-2009, 23:36

thanks a lot , that's an easy and a useful word .
I forgot it.
Sorry , what do you mean of
فاحشه مغزی
?

braininess harlot
:46:

singleguy

12-02-2009, 23:37

can I ask everyone one question? Please show me if u know: Whats difference between vacation and holiday?
I found something in Oxford Advaned Dictionary for you:
BRITISH / AMERICAN
holiday / vacation
You use holiday (or holidays) in BrE and vacation in NAmE to describe the regular periods of time when you are not at work or school, or time that you spend travelling or resting away from home: I get four weeks’ holiday / vacation a year.He’s on holiday / vacation this week.I like to take my holiday / vacation in the winter.the summer holidays / vacation.
In NAmE a holiday (or a public holiday) is a single day when government offices, schools, banks and businesses are closed: The school will be closed Monday because it’s a holiday. This is called a bank holiday in BrE.
The holidays is used in NAmE to refer to the time in late December and early January that includes Christmas, Hanukkah and the New Year.
Vacation in BrE is used mainly to mean one of the periods when universities are officially closed for the students.

as you know BrE: British English
NAmE:North American English

sepid12ir

12-02-2009, 23:41

Thanks my friends for warm welcome !
Before I start my essay, can I ask everyone one question? Please show me if u know: Whats difference between vacation and holiday?

well, they are somehow the same
Holiday is more common in British English n Vacation is used in American English

but consider that 'holiday' can be used as a verb which means to go on a vacation

Sha7ab

13-02-2009, 01:32

Where are you now Thanh Nam?

brain

13-02-2009, 01:35

Where are you now Thanh Nam?
Hi dear
He is sleeping right now cuz now its 3:30 at there
:31:
plz tell ur ideas to better prgoramming in here
I'm waiting for u

Sha7ab

13-02-2009, 01:56

about difrence between vacation and holiday
well , these two words are Quite different
vacation is a leave...like going to some where from work or like a permission
but holiday is a compulsory vacation...like new year days

plz tell ur ideas to better prgoramming in here
I'm waiting for uHi [ برای مشاهده لینک ، لطفا با نام کاربری خود وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید ]
well , there are many ideas
the first idea:
we can study one of the units in the interchange book once in week and then come here and speak about everything we learned. with collocation . replay : with collocation . and teaching together to level up together and same .
it is very important : teaching together
whats your opinion?

Naser_helboy

13-02-2009, 10:47

i think it's better to start from unit 1 intro book

من فكر كنم بهتره از درس 1 كتاب اينترو شروع كنيد
چون ما مبتديا هم اينجوري يه بهره اي ميبريم

مرسي

C. Breezy

13-02-2009, 11:14

Tanh Nam ,
it's better not to use some bad words in your texts , because it may cause filtering the page.

Where are you now Thanh Nam?
He Lives in Vietnam

brain

13-02-2009, 11:27

sepid12ir

13-02-2009, 12:20

about difrence between vacation and holiday
well , these two words are Quite different
vacation is a leave...like going to some where from work or like a permission
but holiday is a compulsory vacation...like new year days

Oops, no
have a look at it(Advanced Oxford):
Holiday: 1- [U] (also holidays [pl.]) (both BrE) (AmE vacation) a period of time when you are not at work or school
2 - [C] (BrE) (AmE vacation) a period of time spent travelling or resting away from home
3 - [C] a day when most people do not go to work or school, especially because of a religious or national celebration
4 - (holidays) [pl.] (AmE) the time in December and early January that includes Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year
and as you can see in the picture below u see that Holiday and Vacation are somehow the same:

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Sha7ab

13-02-2009, 12:23

sepid12ir

13-02-2009, 12:28

hmmm I think it's not good ... i have a reason ... cuz everyone is studing diffrent book
Naser goes to english class and he study interchange intro and he cant change his book
Signelguy study on other book interchange 2
I study on all books :31: im kiding
and other one is studieng other book
how can we read one book if it can be performance plz tell me
I have some other ideas and I 'll tell u in near future
:31: ....

Ya, u r somehow right; but why dun u try to come up with a book which is somehow suitable for all of you?
it can be a short story even, u can all go thru a short story beside the main book u study...then u can have a discussion about the short story; or u can even study these practical books like Grammar/Vocabulary in use; or whatever which u find useful
and u can also do sth for yr listening; someone can share a listening track of even Interchange books and give others time to write them, then after a few days u can share the transcript as well(that is wot we did for a while in Listening Workshop):
برای مشاهده محتوا ، لطفا وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید

C. Breezy

13-02-2009, 12:29

Sadegh ... where are you ?
tell us your Opinion

brain

13-02-2009, 23:21

I'm here
I told I say u in near future .. maybe tomorrow or later
:31:

Ya, u r somehow right; but why dun u try to come up with a book which is somehow suitable for all of you?
it can be a short story even, u can all go thru a short story beside the main book u study...then u can have a discussion about the short story; or u can even study these practical books like Grammar/Vocabulary in use; or whatever which u find useful
and u can also do sth for yr listening; someone can share a listening track of even Interchange books and give others time to write them, then after a few days u can share the transcript as well(that is wot we did for a while in Listening Workshop
this is a good idea ....very nice
I will think abt it surly

Thanh Nam

14-02-2009, 02:09

Thanks for explaining about Holiday and Vocation. I think I got it
I agree with Brain and Sepid12ir
I think E 4room is a good place to practise E. U can write, read, correct, learn etc. Ofcourse ur E can be better very fast. But how to maintain an E 4room? I think it’s a difficult ques. Last year, I took part in an E club, there were a lot of idea to maintain an E club. One of them is chose. They also did like us, one topic for one week. But there r some differences between our topic and their topic.
For example: with the topic Holiday, I think they will change to: Which do u prefer beautifull beaches or hight moutains? Of course they also write a essay which like Brain did.
I mean: we should give opposite points of view. And members hold opposite opinions. So I think we can discuss very ebulliently. And in that discussing, we can use all of knowledges which we studied in books, learnt on E class or from the internet etc, for example: new words, new structures, some grammar rules etc. So I think E4room will become a good place for u to practise E and help u to remember everythings which u studied

For example: one of topics
TOMATO OR WATERMELON
Dont be too hurry. I really dont want to ask you: Which do ur like Tomato or watermelon.
Which i would like to know today is that: What kind of person do you want to become:"Tomato" or "Watermelon".
As ur know that Tomato has a same red colour both in its skin and its inside while Watermelon has a green skin but red inside
If tomato is used to show those pesons who are frank or straighforward like "red skin, red inside". Then Watermelon is used to show those who always know how to make the others feel comfortable and happy by telling something which isnt as its fact
Someone said that Being Tomato is very easy. You live as you are so you needn't think how to conduct and whether you've talked something wrong or not because you always tell everything truly as you think. In brief you are quite comfortable because you're yourself.
But the others said Being Watermelon is better. Sometime you make someone hurt just because you are too frank. Why you dont try to make everybody feel happier and more comfortable.
You think which is better? please share us your ideas

Thats my idea! Hw about u

Thanh Nam

14-02-2009, 02:09

Happy valentine's day

brain

14-02-2009, 12:55

Let's face it
I read old posts of this topic
Signleguy wanted to study Interchang books with a group
Sombodies came and say their oponions and then went
Sombodies accepted and then went
and ....
Now look on the bright side : he is studing Interchange ALONE and all of them that accepted have gone
What a good group
Anyway,
so I decided to continue this way
Before u read it plz notice : it's not important that u r bad or good in english, just try to do this activities as much as u can and we help u and learn from u some points
That way is :
We will do some activities in days of a week

Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tusday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

for example

Speaking > Speak togother in Yahoo with VOICE CHAT
Listening > Put an English audio and then write its script
Reading > Read a short story and then put new words,idioms,grammer points
Writing > write an essay abt a subject
--------------------------------------------------
and signleguy put his informations abt intechange 2

plz tell ur actvites u like and then we put them in days of week
this is my idea

afsane b

14-02-2009, 15:47

Such a good topic because we are somehow approaching the New Year holidays so let me tell you about me and my family's plan for this holidays.

We are about to have a trip to north of Iran firstly, due to its good weather. I love the sea and nothing in world for me is more interesting than watching it in sunset or when it is stormy and waves are pushing one another to reach the seaside to hit the craft or sands. I love watching people swimming, playing, and chatting ……..

The second city would be Shiraz, the historic town that owns lots of monuments and tombs and is wielded by hospitable people. I love this city because not only it is my ancestor's city, but also reminds me unforgettable memories.

Holidays give people a chance to be relax, to have good time with their family and friends, to do their retard works and so on:20:

afsane b

14-02-2009, 16:19

Hi buddies,

I have a suggestion, isn’t it better to present the more limited subjects. For example: how was your last holiday, what are you going to do in holidays and something like this……

I don’t know about you but it is hard for me to write generally:41:

singleguy

14-02-2009, 21:40

I guess no body study interchange books here and the information about interchange that I put in this topic is not really important and useful for anybody. Maybe we continue studying from other books.
For example, as sepid12ir told, we can choose some reading books (like Oxford fact files) and then talk (write) about the subject, about grammar points about idioms about new words and synonyms, etc. And as Brain said we can chat with each other in a chat room about them. Or for improving our listening ability we can do something else that Sepid12ir told.
Sepid12ir and Brain have really good ideas to improve and discipline this topic by scheduling a perfect timetable.
But I worry about Mohammad Clergyman’s class. He’s class hasn’t started yet. But it will be started in near future.
We will finish our plans about improving the topic at least until Wednesday! And I will change my first post to “table of contents and the topic’s studying schedule”, if you help me. In this way new members will know what we are doing in this topic. Some thing that is happening in this topic is very far from that post that I put in the first post. So it must be changed as soon as possible.
Brain invited his friend from another country and I invited one of my friends from china to this topic and that’s really good because it can help us to know more about other people’s culture. If we don’t discipline our topic we will learn many things from them but they think that Iranians can’t manage even a simple topic:31:.
I want all of the members to help each other to do that, especially the members who told that they want to join us and then they threw their hands in and merged into the background.
Sorry I talked a lot.
Could somebody correct my mistakes in the essay? (kidding)
[ برای مشاهده لینک ، لطفا با نام کاربری خود وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید ]

extreme2006gh

14-02-2009, 22:21

do all of you study Interchange books?
I study T.T.L book in kish institute.
Did or does anybody study these books ؟

Is my last sentence right?

گیسو

14-02-2009, 22:44

do all of you study Interchange books?
I study T.T.L book in kish institute.
Did or does anybody study these books ؟

Is my last sentence right?

I learned English in ILI and we have the books of our istitute, ILI has a sutiable book for each level.:46:

C. Breezy

14-02-2009, 22:53

I learned English in ILI and we have the books of our istitute, ILI has a sutiable book for each level.[ برای مشاهده لینک ، لطفا با نام کاربری خود وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید ]
I'm studying these books now , i started last winter , and it's a year i'm learning By ILI books

sepid12ir

14-02-2009, 22:57

do all of you study Interchange books?
I study T.T.L book in kish institute.
Did or does anybody study these books ؟

Is my last sentence right?

me:27:, actually I've finished that
All the books have their own pros n cons...True To Life books were good but sorta boring; It is hard recalling any interesting topic since most of the topics were poor
Interchange is also good, but the biggest problem is the similarity of all the units which make it boring for students; all the units follow the same functions and that is one of the problems of the book which I can mention

yr last sentence is grammatically correct, but it would be much better if u had used Present Perfcet: Has anybody studied this book?

by the way, what is yr level?l

C. Breezy

14-02-2009, 23:04

Interchange is also good, but the biggest problem is the similarity of all the units which make it boring for students; all the units follow the same functions and that is one of the problems of the book which I can mention
I studied them , too .
I don't remember which color it was ... but i don't remember them :31:
I was very little then :31:

Sha7ab

15-02-2009, 01:41

good night guys
please do everything you wanna do !
I was in a Interchange class last term and for reasons cant continue ...
So its look like this place is best for learning.
thus hurry , again.
tnx

Mary_Young

15-02-2009, 06:54

brain

15-02-2009, 11:06

Hi ... Signleguy decided to doesn't put his information abt Interchange 2 and we just do some activities abt 4 important skills....I think it's better...so we are programming for scheduler...and we'll put it at least until wednesday.....we will continue this program until Mohammad clrgyman's classes start
good luck
:31:

C. Breezy

15-02-2009, 14:04

Ehem ... Ehem :31:
What should we doing now ?
I think writing is finished now...
What's the new method ?

brain

15-02-2009, 14:12

u can send SALAVAT :31: untill we put the scheduler
:31:
(kiding)
u can give us examples abt some funny activities for learning english

C. Breezy

15-02-2009, 14:23

funny ?
mmmmm...
i don't have any idea now

singleguy

16-02-2009, 02:11

Hi guys
I'm the Chinese girl Singleguy invited
I'm an English learner myself and I'm glad to join in your group
Since I know nothing about the Persian
so if I made some mistakes when posting my thoughts please tell me in English
I'll appreciate your help and hopefully we can make progress in English everyday
And i'm a little confused about your topic here
Could anybody kindly tell me what the topic is

welcome Mary:31:
:11:

hello every body
Brain ,Sepid12ir and I finished the schedule of studying. please take a look at the first post of this topic. We are going to tell you more details about the schedule in the evening.and we are going to start from tonight or maybe in the evening.

Sha7ab

16-02-2009, 11:32

hello every body
Brain ,Sepid12ir and I finished the schedule of studying. please take a look at the first post of this topic. We are going to tell you more details about the schedule in the evening.and we are going to start from tonight or maybe in the evening.

thank you. its perfect.I wish we'll prosperous in the near future.

brain

16-02-2009, 18:08

Hi everyone
Signleguy put the Schedule in first post. you can read it

we want to start first activity, today is monday and we have to practice Listening
u will do it according instruction in first post

this track is a little short it is just for starting later I put longer tracks

برای مشاهده محتوا ، لطفا وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید

:31:

devil_ff2008

16-02-2009, 18:46

hey brain
thank 4 this practice
but
please spesify lisening priod

Listening
Brain puts some links for us to download the audio file of the listening. After you listen to the file you should try to write it and send it for Brain as a private massage. At the end of the listening period, he will put all of your massages in the topic with the main essay of each listening. And then you can find out your mistakes.

Sha7ab

16-02-2009, 20:07

brain

16-02-2009, 20:30

please spesify lisening priod
listening period = each Monday and tuesday and end of period = tuesday
:31:

put the text of the track
do u mean that is easy ? wow it's a little hard for me
ok listen to it
:31:

برای مشاهده محتوا ، لطفا وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید
if u can do this I will put next one and next one is too hard and I know u cant do that hahahaha
:31:

Sha7ab

16-02-2009, 20:56

do u mean that is easy ? wow it's a little hard for me
no ... no
dont make mistake !
it was hard for me , seriously
so ... put the text if u can

brain

16-02-2009, 21:43

ow sorry
this one is a little easy but it's longer than others

برای مشاهده محتوا ، لطفا وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید
:31:
everybody can put some tracks too that he likes
but 3 trakcs for each period ... so I put 3 trakcs and u can keep ur trakcs for nest week
dear sepid told me to this ... she's right

:31:

brain

17-02-2009, 17:07

Hi every one
:31:
how is it going
Only Signleguy send to me track's script
nobody wants to send it
?
:31:
Good Luck

Sha7ab

17-02-2009, 18:09

how is it going
Only Signleguy send to me track's script
nobody wants to send it
?that was hard for me , each 3 track
i couldnt undestand it very well . but i wish can understand in next weeks completely. and right now i am in listening training.
if u can plz put the script here to i training with it and track . only this one time special.

C. Breezy

17-02-2009, 18:26

Sorry , what should we do with listenings ... i know you have already said in the first post of the topic ... but tell me again ... we should tell what we heard to Sadegh ?

brain

17-02-2009, 20:06

if u can plz put the script here to i training with it and track
I will put it tonight ..... Don't worry
:31:

that was hard for me , each 3 track
we can put easy tracks on next week
Don't worry those are hard for me too
:31:

we should tell what we heard
You have to write what u heard and then send it to me as Private messege
:31:
u can send it untill tonight ... maybe I put Original script at 11 oclock

singleguy

17-02-2009, 22:33

that was hard for me , each 3 track
i couldnt undestand it very well . but i wish can understand in next weeks completely. and right now i am in listening training.
if u can plz put the script here to i training with it and track . only this one time special.

my essay that I sent for Brain is too funny:31: most of that is like:"..........." I want to try another way of listening for the next week:27:. I'm not sure about that. It's better to say maybe I try another way of listening:27:. I don't tell you now. That's a surprise

brain

17-02-2009, 22:52

The Answers of Listening Activity

برای مشاهده محتوا ، لطفا وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید
Helen: Dad, are you finished at the flat yet?
Dad: Almost. You know I've been meaning to talk to you about it.
Helen: What is it dad?
Dad: Now don't take that tone with me young lady.
Helen: Dad!
Dad: I'm warning you.
Helen: I'm sorry dad. So, what do you want to talk to me about?
Dad: Well the flat renovation was going really well.
Helen: Was?
Dad: The kitchen has been totally transformed and Khalid's bedroom has been given a great make-over.
Helen: I feel a but coming on.
Dad: Well the downturn in the economy has affected us all.
Helen: Yes, yes but what about the flat?
Dad: Well let's just say the finances did not quite stretch to the sitting room.

Signleguy
Dad!!! Have you finished the…………….?
Almost You know I’ve been …….into talk to your.......
What is it dad? Now don’t take the tongue with me on lating.
Dad!
…………………
! Sorry dad! So what do you want to talk to me about?

well the fraternization was going really well
. Was!
The kitchen have thoughtfully transformed and ……………….. has been given a great make over
I fell a but coming on.
Where the downtown in the economy has affected as all.
Yes yes. But what about the flat?
Let just say the finances did not………………… to the sitting room.

Sepid
Dad,have you finished at the flat _ _ ?
almost, you know, I've been meaning to talk to you about it.
what is it dad?
now, dun take _ _ _ tone with me young lady.
Dad!
I'm warning you
I'm Sorry dad! so, what do u want to talk to me about?
well, the fact renovation was going really well.
Was?
the kitchen has been totally transformed and Haley's bedroom has been giving a great makeover.
I feel a but(t) coming on.
well the downtown in economy has affected as all.
Yes, Yes; but what about the flat?
let's just say, the financiers did not quite stress to the city room

Brain
dad how you finish flat yet?
almost you know I've been meaning to talk to u about it
what is it dad
now dont take the town biz me on lady
dad
I'm worring you
I'm sorry dad so what do you want to talk to me about?
well the frat venolation was going weer ro well
was?
the kitchen has been tone to the transform and highless brolm has been give me great make over
I feel about coming on
we've down town in economy as effective as hole
yes yes but what abt the flat
let just say the fainenciens the not quastrat to the sitting room

Hey you can watch our mistakes
:31:

Sha7ab

17-02-2009, 23:32

my essay that I sent for Brain is too funny:31: most of that is like:"..........." I want to try another way of listening for the next week:27:. I'm not sure about that. It's better to say maybe I try another way of listening:27:. I don't tell you now. That's a surprise

your essay was good dear DUDE . its better than me that cant write somthings i hear . im sory for myself .
but i'll work more in the next projects. . :31:

The Answers of Listening Period

برای مشاهده محتوا ، لطفا وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنیدHelen: Dad, are you finished at the flat yet?
Dad: Almost. You know I've been meaning to talk to you about it.
Helen: What is it dad?
Dad: Now don't take that tone with me young lady.
Helen: Dad!
Dad: I'm warning you.
Helen: I'm sorry dad. So, what do you want to talk to me about?
Dad: Well the flat renovation was going really well.
Helen: Was?
Dad: The kitchen has been totally transformed and Khalid's bedroom has been given a great make-over.
Helen: I feel a but coming on.
Dad: Well the downturn in the economy has affected us all.
Helen: Yes, yes but what about the flat?
Dad: Well let's just say the finances did not quite stretch to the sitting room.

Signleguy
Dad!!! Have you finished the…………….?
Almost You know I’ve been …….into talk to your.......
What is it dad? Now don’t take the tongue with me on lating.
Dad!
…………………
! Sorry dad! So what do you want to talk to me about?

well the fraternization was going really well
. Was!
The kitchen have thoughtfully transformed and ……………….. has been given a great make over
I fell a but coming on.
Where the downtown in the economy has affected as all.
Yes yes. But what about the flat?
Let just say the finances did not………………… to the sitting room.

Sepid
Dad,have you finished at the flat _ _ ?
almost, you know, I've been meaning to talk to you about it.
what is it dad?
now, dun take _ _ _ tone with me young lady.
Dad!
I'm warning you
I'm Sorry dad! so, what do u want to talk to me about?
well, the fact renovation was going really well.
Was?
the kitchen has been totally transformed and Haley's bedroom has been giving a great makeover.
I feel a but(t) coming on.
well the downtown in economy has affected as all.
Yes, Yes; but what about the flat?
let's just say, the financiers did not quite stress to the city room

Brain
dad how you finish flat yet?
almost you know I've been meaning to talk to u about it
what is it dad
now dont take the town biz me on lady
dad
I'm worring you
I'm sorry dad so what do you want to talk to me about?
well the frat venolation was going weer ro well
was?
the kitchen has been tone to the transform and highless brolm has been give me great make over
I feel about coming on
we've down town in economy as effective as hole
yes yes but what abt the flat
let just say the fainenciens the not quastrat to the sitting room

Hey you can watch our mistakes
:31:

the answers (essay) was very funny. i'll join u in the next projects and next listening.

a question : tomorrow will be writing , Right?
in totally : this programming is prefect . thank you everybody for do this:11:.

brain

18-02-2009, 00:04

a question : tomorrow will be writing , Right?
thx for ur good comment
yes and We want to put a Subject
I want to know ur opinions , what subject do u recommend ?
plz tell us
If u dont tell us we put a subject at last
:31:

Sha7ab

18-02-2009, 00:53

I want to know ur opinions , what subject do u recommend ? there are very subjects. my opinion is a computer game. or a film . or a music band ...
how are they?

brain

18-02-2009, 11:29

Computer Games

This week we want to disucss abt Computer Games
I write some question abt this subject, they can help u to write better

1-What Game Set do you like much more ?
Racing
Adventure Games
First-Person Shooters
Role-Playing
Virtual Life Games
Action Adventure
And ....
2-Why do you like Computers Games?
3-What can it help you?
4-Are they harmful or useful? Why?
5-Can you tell us some Game's name that you like?
For Example : The Sims 2 , Gta IV , The Neverhood, And ...
6-What was your first cpmputer game that you play?
And many other questions ....

When you want to write an essay First you have to write some questions about the subject and then You have to answer them and then You have to put your answers consecutive and then You correct its problems

Plz Start
:8: :31: :8:
You have to put ur essay until tommorow night at 11 oclock
Good luck

devil_ff2008

18-02-2009, 14:16

Can i use your question ?
yes ?
oh thx and i use ur question and answer them !
:31:

1-What Game Set do you like much more ?

I like Racing game more than other
and the next i like Zombie Game like Resident Evil

2-Why do you like Computers Games?

who say this ?
I dont llike but for entertainment i spesify a few time for this !

3-What can it help you?
Nothing :31:

4-Are they harmful or useful? Why?

They are only harmful
becuase they are time thieves

5-Can you tell us some Game's name that you like?

Yes I can ! :31:
oh new i must tell u ?
ok ok no problem !
:31:
at the first i love Most Wanted
this is a very very nice game
and next i like Resident Evil 4 and i wistful for next verision

6-What was your first cpmputer game that you play?

i dont remember
bet i guss it was IGI or Alone In The Dark
!!!

thank u Brain
:11:
and Singleguy too
:11:

and sorry for my low level post

C. Breezy

18-02-2009, 14:54

1-What Game Set do you like much more ?
Sport , First person ( not shooting) , third person

2-Why do you like Computers Games?
Because in a world and a country that ... ( sorry , baghiash siasie! :27: )
because it's fun to do it ... also , nowadays games are like the real world ...

3-What can it help you?
Haan ? help me feel happy and entertained

4-Are they harmful or useful? Why?
everyone knows it depends on the type of the Game you play .

5-Can you tell us some Game's name that you like?
Prince of Persia 3
NBA 09 ( i haven't played it yet ... but i really want to play )
the NEVERHOOD ( the best game I have played ever ... the clayman :31:)

Sha7ab

18-02-2009, 15:12

When I was seven years old , my father bought a Nintedo(nes) (it said Micro too in Iran) console for me. Well I remember that I were happy so much . The firs game I played on the Nes was Super Mario . The StoryLine of said game was about a man that searching for his princess and in himself path he see many problem among fighting with the final boss of the levels. Genre of that game was platformer ... And now meke a nostalgic sense to me when I remember that events .
I love the FPS , action adventure and Survival horror genre in all genre and if I wanna say some my favorite games in said genre I have to say : Resident Evil series , Silent Hill series ,COD series , POP Trilogy , DMC4 , HL series , etc.
The best game in my life was/is/will be Mafia and then Fahrenheit. Every gamers knows that Mafia hase been what wonderful game ! the mafia' genre was action adventure and TPS(third persion shooter) . The mafia' story is about a guy that for his (bad&good) luck join to the gangster group and then he will be to one of the bosses group. Graphically and soundly , Mafia was a best game in itself age .
If I wanna say about myself, I must say "I am a game addict" !!! I play about three & four hours or more in day. Right now there are twelve games on my computer among : COD4 , COD5 , Fallout3 , L4D , POP , GH3(legend of rock) , GH:Aerosmith , Mirror's Edge , GTA IV and etc that I playing them parallel !
My strength love to the computer games causes I join to critic's group games and now I write for a game magazine .

tell me my wrongs

Good Luck

C. Breezy

18-02-2009, 15:16

i had a micro , too ... and also a sega ...
they were great :31:

afsane b

18-02-2009, 16:05

1-What Game Set do you like much more?
Racing&
Adventure Games

2-Why do you like Computers Games?

Honestly speaking, I don’t like them, at times; I do them just to fill my pastimes, despite knowing that there are a lot to do in the off times but I don’t know may be I do them just to have a record. It improves my self-confidence

3-What can it help you?

In my opinion they don't have any merit

4-Are they harmful or useful? Why?

They are harmful for eyes and they have bad effects on mind too if you consider the children who are interested in fighting games you can spot the affections easily

5-Can you tell us some Game's name that you like?

Sorry, I don’t know their name in English

6-What was your first computer game that you play?

As I remember, it was combad, I used to do it right after my school time till mid night. Since it weakened my lessons my dad deprived me of doing these games, I cried a lot:41:

Is there anybody to take my mistakes?

brain

18-02-2009, 18:07

Computer Games
Let me talk about my child days.
When I was 4 years old, my mom bought A Nintedo exactly like Legend-Of-Zelda for me and my brothers. I played a lot in those days.I only liked : Super mario. Ramboo and ...
After 4 years We bought a Sega. I played with it a lot too and my best game was Tiny-Toon.
Again after 7 years we bought a Computer and I entered to the World Of Computer Games. I liked it very much and I played more than 4 houres each days. I could do better works but I really addicted to it
.And days passed untill I decided to leave Computer Games.
I broked my CDs Games it was hard for me but I made up my mind and now I don't play any Computer Games forever.
Anyway let me to answer the questions.My best game set was Role-Playing cuz of I can speak to other forign people in around world and it improve my English,
anyway I liked other game set like Action Adventure, Fatastic Games and...
I have a lot of souvenirs of them. First game that I played in computer was Max Payne1 and IGI I liked them a lot. I play a lot of computer games, maybe 80% of them. Yeah I was crazy.
My favorite games were The Neverhood,Hitman, WoW , and ....
I think Computer Games didn't any help to us cuz of they waste our time and everybody can do better works instead of it.
Those games only improve a little my english and not other thing.
I recommend to you didn't play Computer Games I know you will relent
:31:
My writing is weak I have to improve it but I don't know HOW .. can somebody help me and us
I wrote scattered
Thanks for ur Essaies...they are very good especially Legend-of-Zelda
I meant u have to answer the questions and then write an essay with them, not ONLY ANSWERS
:31:

devil_ff2008

18-02-2009, 18:40

thx Brain and legend-of-zelda
Your essay is very nice
I get pleasure when read them
:11:

armita2007

18-02-2009, 18:50

سلام
پيشنهاد شما براي پيشرفت هر چهار توانايي همزمان فوق العاده هست. من با اين نظر موافقم.اما در چت آن لاين شايد نتوانم به طور مستمر همگام باشم .اما در بقيه موارد هستم.

C. Breezy

18-02-2009, 20:16

Tiny-Toon
Yeah ... i used to play it a lot ... with my friend mobin ( M.S.P 12 )
we finished both of them ... the last boss of the Tiny Toon was very easy ...

C. Breezy

18-02-2009, 20:25

Anyway let me to answer the questionsI think it doesn't need "to" ... it's better to Omit it

My best game set was Role-Playing cuz of I can speak to other forign people in around world and it improve my English,Yes ... i was playing Tribalwars ... it's a browser based game set in the middle ages and it's so fun ... you join a foreign tribe and then you have to be active and speak to others in english ... that was great ... but it needs a lot time to be successful in it ... :31:

The NeverhoodYEAH!
everyone who has played this thinks it's the best game of the world ! :31:
Me and my brother ( keiyvanfrog) finished it 5-6 times ... that was very great ... i remember ttimes that we cried for it ... when Wili and the Robot was dead ... :45:
but in the end of the game ... when they were alive again that was the best award for finishing the game :31:

not ONLY ANSWERSdo you mean me by saying this ?! :eh:

Sha7ab

18-02-2009, 21:35

First game that I played in computer was Max Payne1
Exact like me . I remember well when i played the Max Payn1 i had a Onboard VGA with 32MB Ram !!!
Then I bought a Nvidia MX4000 that allow me to play all games that released .

Those games only improve a little my english and not other thing.
really ? its ur opinion? anyway my opinion is opposite yours.
Games can helps the people in very way . for example they make us a thoughtful mind and ...
TY

brain

18-02-2009, 22:21

i was playing Tribalwars
i played it but in persian language.. I couldn't speak to anybody cuz of I played a little just for 30 min. can u eplain me more ? do I have to change Englsih language and select the Erupe for speaking english with Froign ppl?

we cried for it
me too .... It was so sadly
I wanted to play version 2 but its company didnt make version 2 and im saaaaaad

do you mean me by saying this ?!
no...I meant everyone
:31:

n i played the Max Payn1
I finished it for 3 times ... ... how days.....I played max payne 2 too ...It is not as good as version 1 .... do u know why version 3 doenst publish ?

they make us a thoughtful mind and
yeah u r right ... but it has much more problems too..... Problems > Usefuls
:31: it is my opinion

sepid12ir

18-02-2009, 22:21

hey guys, how are u doing?...good job, for a day I was totally out n a page has been added; great
thank you
but i HAVE A SUGGETION, I think it would be better if u could have a sorta writing,, complete writing better to sau; Just answering the questions may not be helpful if u long to improve yr English unless u answer them sorta completely n long but anyhow, have an organized writing will be much better...
n I think, first it's a good idea to start with these short n small writings then we can go thru it more seriously n we can learn a standard writing, hmm?...

attention: mistakes which dun need any explation will be corrected in its quoted section by GREEN color

Can i use your question ?
yes ?
oh thx and i use ur question and answer them !

2-Why do you like Computers Games?

who say(S) this ?
I dont llike but for entertainment i spesify a few time for thisspecify...well, it doesn't make sense here! u should have used: devote

When I was seven years old , my father buy a Nintedo(nes) (it said Micro too in Iran) console for me. Well I remember that I were happy so much . The first game I played on the Nes was Super Mario . The StoryLine of said game was about a man that(who is) searching for his princess and in himself(his) path he see many problem among fighting with the final boss of the levels. Genre of that game was platformer ... And now meke a nostalgic sense to me when I remember that events .
I love the FPS , action adventure and Survival horror genre in all genre and if I wanna say some my favorite games in said genre I have to say : Resident Evil series , Silent Hill series ,COD series , POP Trilogy , DMC4 , HL series , etc.
The best game in my life was/is/will be Mafia and then Fahrenheit. Every gamers knows that Mafia hase been what wonderful game ! the mafia' genre was action adventure and TPS(third persion shooter) . The mafia' story is about a guy that for his (bad&good) luck join(S) to the gangster group and then he will be to one of the bosses group. Graphically and soundly , Mafia was a best game in itself age .
If I wanna say about myself, I must say "I am a game addict" !!! I play about three & four hours or more in day. Right now there are twelve games on my computer among : COD4 , COD5 , Fallout3 , L4D , POP , GH3(legend of rock) , GH:Aerosmith , Mirror's Edge , GTA IV and etc that I playing them parallel !
My strength love to the computer games causes I join to critic's group games and now I write for a game magazine .

tell me my wrongs

Good Luck

wow! Professional! do u really write for game magazine?...great job
my father buy a Nintedo: my father bought...
u are talking about past(when u were a child so u should use past tense)

it said: it is named
it said: آن گفت!!!
it is named: نام گزاری شده/ اسمش هست

He see many problem: he faces many problems
1. when u are describing a game or whatever u should use Present tenses
2. for "Movajeh shodan ba moshkelat" u should use "face a problme"
3. u have used 'many' here so it mean more than one problem so u should make it plural

was/is/will be Mafia: Mafia is my best game (for)ever
that is the most common answer

a best: the best
best always come with "the"

good luck n happy studying:10:l

1-What Game Set do you like much more?
Racing&
Adventure Games

no mistakes buddy, great words u used, thank you:10: the only mistake:
Adventurous Games: adj+n

Computer Games
Let me talk about my child days.
When I was 4 years old, my mom bought A Nintedo exactly like Legend-Of-Zelda for me and my brothers. I played a lot in those days.I only liked : Super mario. Ramboo and ...
After 4 years We bought a Sega. I played with it a lot too and my best game was Tiny-Toon.
Again after 7 years we bought a Computer and I entered to the World Of Computer Games. I liked it very much and I played more than 4 houres each days(each day/ s should be omitted). I could do better works but I was really addicted to it
.And days passed untill I decided to leave Computer Games.
I broked my CDs Games it was hard for me but I made up my mind and now I don't play any Computer Games forever.
Anyway let me to answer the questions.My best game set was Role-Playing cuz of(omit it) I can speak to other forign people in around world and it improve my English,
anyway I liked other gameS set like Action Adventure, Fatastic Games and...
I have a lot of souvenirs of them. First game that I played in(with) computer was Max Payne1 and IGI I liked them a lot. I play a lot of computer games, maybe 80% of them. Yeah I was crazy.
My favorite games were The Neverhood,Hitman, WoW , and ....
I think Computer Games didn't any help to us cuz of they waste our time and everybody can do better works instead of it.
Those games only improve a little my english and not other thing.
I recommend to you didn't play Computer Games I know you will relent
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:31:

I entered to the World: I entered Computer World
Enter comes with out "to"---> enter a place

I broked my CDs: I broke my CDs
break ---> Broke---> Broken

I have a lot of souvenirs of them: ??? I couldn't get what u meant n I couldn't correct it

Games didn't any help to us cuz of: Games were not helpfun in any way/ Game helped us in no way/ Games were just sorta waste of time/ Games didn't help us in anyway

I recommend to you didn't play: I recommend you not to play
the correct form of Recommend: Recommend sb to do sth

My writing is weak I have to improve it but I don't know HOW .. can somebody help me and us
I wrote scattered
Thanks for ur Essaies...they are very good especially Legend-of-Zelda
I meant u have to answer the questions and then write an essay with them, not ONLY ANSWERS
well, Why are u in hurry:31:...u've just started learning n u expect a writing with no mistake:18:...if u keep going like that u can definitely improve it n be sure after a while u'll see yr imrpovement
+ let me add sth
writing, there are some rules which should be followed but it is a bit soon to talk about them right now; the only thing which we can be useful is just : keep writing for the time being