Making Requests

A: My car broke down. Can you help me push it?

B: I’ll be glad to.

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A: Would you mind sliding over?

B: Sure, why not?

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A: I’d like to have more time to think the plan over.

B: Okay. Think it over and let me know by this time tomorrow.

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A: Can you deliver them?

B: Yes, sir. May I have your address?

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A: Will you drop me off on your way, please?

B: No problem.

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A: Would you mail the contract to my hotel?

B:  All right.

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A: Could you spare me a few minutes?

B: With pleasure.

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A: Can you break three dimes into six nickels?

B: Just a moment. I will see if I can.

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Thank you

I want to thank you for your visits to my Blog. I have a very busy life. But your visits make me continue with this project. I will not have the best website ever. That is not my goal. I just want to share all I have and learned.

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Jonathan

Diga NO al Español cuando estudia Inglés.

¡Profesor! , ¡Tradúzcame esto al español! Por favor. Dice el estudiante. ¡Profesor! ¿Puede traducirnos esta canción al español?

El profesor le dice a toda la clase: “El próximo domingo me traen traducida esta lectura al Español”

¿Cuál es el problema? Primero, preguntémonos. ¿Estamos estudiando para ser traductores o es que queremos hablar Ingles? No podemos depender de un idioma para aprender otro. Cuando nosotros comenzamos a hablar nuestra lengua materna, verdad que no necesitábamos antes haber estudiado otro idioma, ósea no dependíamos de otro, para aprenderla.

Lo mismo pasa ahora, en muchas escuelas los profesores de Ingles yerran al dar la clase de Ingles en Español. ¿Pueden creerlo?

Yo soy de los que opinan fuertemente que para aprender un nuevo idioma, como el Ingles. No deberíamos depender todo el tiempo de nuestra lengua materna. Es un grave error. ¿Por qué?

Bueno, ¿Qué pasa si con el pasar de los años, seguimos pensando en términos de nuestra lengua materna, antes de proferir algo en Ingles?

¡Estaríamos dependiendo siempre de ella y no debe ser así!

Saludos y disculpas por escribir esto en Español. Sigamos con el Ingles.

A joke – Could have and more

This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody.

There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it.

It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

 :)