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Anybody willing to discuss in English?

Vierailija
25.11.2005 |

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Vierailija
1/23 |
26.11.2005 |
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No I didn' t! But I' ve always loved this song - or speech - by Baz Luhrmann.



- The Sunscreen Writer

Vierailija
2/23 |
30.11.2005 |
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Vierailija:


Did you know that it actually was a real valedictory from a high school student?

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Vierailija
3/23 |
25.11.2005 |
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What´s the topic?

Vierailija
4/23 |
25.11.2005 |
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Any suggestions?

Vierailija
5/23 |
25.11.2005 |
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from where?

Vierailija
6/23 |
25.11.2005 |
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An upscale Italian place on Pohjois-Esplanadi. I' ve never dined there myself, but I' ve heard some very positive comments on their excellent food and service. If you' d prefer something a little less expensive yet tasty, how about Límon on Richardinkatu?

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Vierailija
7/23 |
25.11.2005 |
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Anything else you' d like to discuss? I really need to brush up my English and it' d be fun to do it this way. If you don' t mind me asking, are you an English-speaker or a Finn wanting to brush up their language skills as well?



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Vierailija
8/23 |
25.11.2005 |
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_A_ Finn wanting to brush up _THEIR_ English skills? lmao.

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Vierailija
9/23 |
25.11.2005 |
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Is it for a new job? School? Or just for fun? I think most Finns write pretty decent english but can' t really handle the pronunciation, so this won' t help you with that. :)

Vierailija
10/23 |
25.11.2005 |
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Obsviously not, so let me explain: since I didn' t know AP' s sex and didn' t want to use the clumsy expression his/her, I chose the politically correct term their. I know it looks grammatically incorrect to say " A Finn who wants to brush up their language skills" , but please go ahead, ask any language teacher, linguist, etc. and they' ll tell you that it' s a completely accurate and moreover, very polite expression in this context. Sorry to ruin your fun.

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Vierailija
11/23 |
25.11.2005 |
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I' ve lived in an English-speaking country and studied English at university level so I used to be really good at it but lately, due to not having to use it so much anymore (I' ve been home for almost two years with my child), my grammar and spelling are getting worse.. So whenever I have the chance, it' s great to be able to practice a bit! =)

Vierailija
12/23 |
25.11.2005 |
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Wear sunscreen.



If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they' ve faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you' ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can' t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine.

Don' t worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Sing.

Don' t be reckless with other people' s hearts. Don' t put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss.

Don' t waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you' re ahead, sometimes you' re behind. The race is long and, in the end, it' s only with yourself.

Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch.

Don' t feel guilty if you don' t know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn' t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don' t.

Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees. You' ll miss them when they' re gone.

Maybe you' ll marry, maybe you won' t. Maybe you' ll have children, maybe you won' t. Maybe you' ll divorce at 40, maybe you' ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don' t congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else' s.

Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don' t be afraid of it or of what other people think of it. It' s the greatest instrument you' ll ever own.

Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.

Read the directions, even if you don' t follow them.

Do not read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents. You never know when they' ll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings. They' re your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft. Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise. Politicians will philander. You, too, will get old. And when you do, you' ll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don' t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund. Maybe you' ll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either one might run out.

Don' t mess too much with your hair or by the time you' re 40 it will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it' s worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen.

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Vierailija
13/23 |
25.11.2005 |
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" are you a Finn wanting to brush up your language skills?"

Vierailija
14/23 |
25.11.2005 |
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I lived in the US for years and at the time my grammar and spelling was even better than my American husbands, but now that we' ve been to Finland for a year, and I don' t write as much English as I used to (I had an office job that involved a lot of writing) my spelling is getting a bit rusty. It' s weird to have to think about the word before you write it, when it use to flow even more naturally than Finnish. Not to say that I ever forgot finnish, but the grammar in it is so horrible... :)

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Vierailija
15/23 |
25.11.2005 |
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but the original sentence was: " Are you an English-speaker or a Finn wanting to brush up..." and I didn' t want to repeat the words " are you" so I ended up with this complicated sentence structure.. Plus I' m a Finn and therefore tend to use the passive voice a lot more than one should when writing in English.. =)

Vierailija
16/23 |
25.11.2005 |
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My reply didn' t make much sence now did it, of course I could' ve used " your" anyway.. I must be bit tired =) and like I said earlier, my grammar is veeery rusty. =) And the passive voice thing of course, that' s what you get for not using the language much in the real world with real people..

Vierailija
17/23 |
25.11.2005 |
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Usually I' ve seen it in this form: native English speaker. Obviously we all are English speakers but native ones being those who have English as their first language.



And I am a Finn who has started studying English when I was on 3rd grade in elementary school. I continued to upper secondary school in which we were taught in English. After I graduated from there I moved to North America where I spent a few years. Now I have been living in Finland again for five years but I use English every day. Not really in this thread to brush up anything.

Vierailija
18/23 |
25.11.2005 |
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Did you know that it actually was a real valedictory from a high school student?

Vierailija:


Wear sunscreen.

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they' ve faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you' ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can' t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine.

Don' t worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Sing.

Don' t be reckless with other people' s hearts. Don' t put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss.

Don' t waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you' re ahead, sometimes you' re behind. The race is long and, in the end, it' s only with yourself.

Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch.

Don' t feel guilty if you don' t know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn' t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don' t.

Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees. You' ll miss them when they' re gone.

Maybe you' ll marry, maybe you won' t. Maybe you' ll have children, maybe you won' t. Maybe you' ll divorce at 40, maybe you' ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don' t congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else' s.

Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don' t be afraid of it or of what other people think of it. It' s the greatest instrument you' ll ever own.

Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.

Read the directions, even if you don' t follow them.

Do not read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents. You never know when they' ll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings. They' re your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft. Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise. Politicians will philander. You, too, will get old. And when you do, you' ll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don' t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund. Maybe you' ll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either one might run out.

Don' t mess too much with your hair or by the time you' re 40 it will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it' s worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen.

Vierailija
19/23 |
25.11.2005 |
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no more comes as easily. I too used to be good at the English grammar, but nowadays I make dumb errors and oftentimes really have think how to say stuff..



Now I have to go so have a nice Friday, everyone, maybe we' ll meet here again some other time?

Vierailija
20/23 |
25.11.2005 |
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but it seems to me your English is not perfect either, so I guess we' re even (just teasing you, no hard feelings =)).

Vierailija:


Usually I' ve seen it in this form: native English speaker. Obviously we all are English speakers but native ones being those who have English as their first language.

And I am a Finn who has started studying English when I was on 3rd grade in elementary school. I continued to upper secondary school in which we were taught in English. After I graduated from there I moved to North America where I spent a few years. Now I have been living in Finland again for five years but I use English every day. Not really in this thread to brush up anything.

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