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A video clip of an American retired lecturer documenting his first experience of being sworn at in Thailand has attracted more than half a million views after one day after being uploaded to YouTube.
Thanachart Siripatrachai uploaded the video clip of 78-year-old Nelson Howe describing his first experience of being subjected to foul language after living in Bangkok for three years.
The incident occurred when the lecturer poached a taxi from another man who had been waiting before him.
Mr Howe was late for an appointment so decided to cut the queue, prompting the other man to approach him and shout in English: “Your father died.” He had earlier been travelling to the appointment by bus, but the driver failed to let him get off at the stop where he needed to alight.
The academic didn't understand that he was being insulted, so asked the man: “How did you know?”
He had not realised that the Thai translation of "your father died" is considered an expletive.
“It was eye opening for me,” Mr Howe said, adding that no American swear word relates to a person's father.
The lecturer said his experience of living in Thailand taught him that Thai people respect their parents to the point that school children will call each other their father's name as a form of insult, an act which would elicit little emotion in an American playground.
1) To extend a sentence to expand on something previously mentioned in the sentence (e.g., I'm looking for just one personal trait: discipline.)
Think of a colon (:) as the language version of an equals sign (=) in mathematics. The information on the left of the colon equals the information on the right.
He blamed his divorce on one thing: beer.
(one thing = beer)
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I knew 95 of them. Have never heard of top-notch, mind-boggling, splendiferous, stupendous and sterling (apart from pound sterling:)
An early bird: someone who wakes up or arrives early.
A party animal: someone who enjoys going to parties.
An eager beaver: someone who works very hard and is very eager to do things.
A couch potato: someone who sits on a sofa or couch for several hours watching TV.
1. The husband should bring most of the money in the family.
2. Women are less intelligent than men.
3. Football is for idiots.
4. Computers are very important in education.
5. Knowing English well is equivalent to a college degree.
6. The actual school system is not good.
7. Success in life means money.
8. Nationalism is a positive thing.
9. Talk shows on TV are useless and boring.
10. Husbands and wives should have the same educational level.
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Various neuroscience studies tell us that the brain is a remarkably plastic entity. A combination of listening and vocalization seems to be the most biologically advantageous method of acquiring a second language for both adults and children. Incorporating what we know about the way the brain processes language into the way languages are taught will benefit not only students who want to learn English, but also all those who wish to extend their linguistic range.
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Один из наиболее действенных способов увеличить словарный запас – это чтение неадаптированных текстов на английском языке. Конечно, занятие это более чем трудоемкое, и сначала больше напоминает поход сквозь чащу незнакомых слов. Но, по мере продвижения, за деревьями начинает просматриваться небо понимания.
Наша память лучше всего воспринимает яркие, зрелищные образы, а не символы. И в этом случае заучить отдельные слова здорово помогут картинки. Но запомнить их – это полдела. Нужно также научиться узнавать их в предложениях распознавать смысл.
Раздел Vocabulary In Context включает в себя лучшие статьи на английском языке. Перед чтением текста я предлагаю вам ознакомиться с теми словами, которые встретятся по пути. По прочтению, вы найдете упражнения для закрепления новой лексики.
I found a book entitled The Great Gatsby.
I found a book titled The Great Gatsby.
On a side note, it’s important to remember that entitled also has a different meaning, which “titled” doesn’t share: to give someone a legal right or just claim to do something:
As human beings, we are entitled to basic rights and freedoms, regardless of gender, race, or religion.
This ticket entitles you to board this ship and take a voyage you’ll never forget.
The word breath is a noun. It denotes the air that is either inhaled or exhaled during breathing. Colloquially, it can also mean a short pause (e.g., Take a breath and try again.) Breath rhymes with death.
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That's Greek to me or It's (all) Greek to me is an idiom in English, expressing that something is not understandable.
It may have been a direct translation of a similar phrase in Latin: "Graecum est; non legitur" ("it is Greek, [therefore] it cannot be read"). This phrase was increasingly used by monk scribes in the Middle Ages, as knowledge of the Greek alphabet and language was decreasing among those who were copying manuscripts in monastic libraries.
The idiom is typically used with respect to the foreign nature, complexity or imprecision of verbal or written expression or diagram, often containing excessive use of jargon, dialect, mathematics, science, symbols, or diagrams. The metaphor makes reference to Greek (either ancient or modern), as an archetypal foreign form of communication both written and spoken.
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Один из лучших способов попрактиковать speaking, виртуально попутешествовать и обзавестись англоязычными друзьями - языковой обмен. Ниже вы найдете 5 лучших сайтов, предлагающих найти языкового партнера:)
'To coin a phrase' is now rarely used with its original 'invent a new phrase' meaning but is almost always used ironically to introduce a banal or clichéd sentiment. This usage began in the mid 20th century; for example, in Francis Brett Young's novel Mr. Lucton's Freedom, 1940:
"It takes all sorts to make a world, to coin a phrase."
Shakespeare, the greatest coiner of them all, also referred to the coining of language in Coriolanus, 1607:
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