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2008年07月29日

The best hamburger in the world

Translation

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The BEST hamburger in the WORLD!!

: Do you know where the best hamburgers in the world come from? Watch my video below to find out! 　

Watch the video below.
（下のビデオを見てください。）ボリュームUP, Please

Useful Language

They say that the best..(hamburgers).. are in..(America).. but they are wrong.

It's made of ..(rice and traditional Japanese beef)

It's ..(spicy)

Activity： Now it is YOUR turn! Tell us about where you think the best hamburgers in the world come from here:

http://askjohnenglish.com/learn/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=51

Write a description of the hamburger or make a video about it!

タグ：burger describe Moss 英語 food enlish HAMBURGER

posted by John at 22:24 | シドニー

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2008年07月16日

Listen Carefully and Speak Well!

Learning Pronunciation

When you learn pronunciation, it is important that you listen carefully!

If you cannot HEAR the sound correctly, you will not be able to SAY it correctly!

Watch this video to see what I mean! It is from the movie 'Pink Panther'

Question: How do you practice pronunciation?

タグ：pronunciation 英語 english

posted by John at 22:25 | シドニー | Comment(2) | TrackBack(0) | 発音

2008年07月14日

What would you do?

A Riddle For you!

Do you know what a riddle is?

A riddle is a question that seems easy, but has a trick to answering it! To answer, you must think carefully about the words in the question, otherwise you will get it wrong!

Here is an example riddle:

You walk into a dark room.... In the room there is a candle, a fireplace and an oil lamp. You have only 1 match. There is no electricity, and you cannot see anything.

What would you light first?

Put your answer here: http://askjohnenglish.com/learn/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=14#p226

You will see many other fun riddles here too: http://askjohnenglish.com/learn/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=14

タグ：riddle english

posted by John at 18:59 | シドニー | Comment(0) | TrackBack(0) | はじめに

2008年07月07日

A great activity - and make some new friends!

Translation

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Activity Time!

:Hi friends!
Recently one friend asked me: "How many people are there on the Ask John English site?"
Now that is a good question! Let me answer this way. We now have members from the following 46 countries:

Afghanistan
Albania
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Cambodia
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Czech Republic
Egypt
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Hong Kong

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Iran , Islamic Republic Of

Italy

Japan

Jordan

Korea , Republic Of

Latvia

Macao

Mexico

Mongolia

Nepal

Netherlands

Pakistan

Peru

Philippines

Russian Federation

Saudi Arabia

Slovakia

Spain

Sri Lanka

Thailand

Tunisia

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

United States

Viet Nam

Yemen

I am sure you will see your country in the list!
So let's get the learning and using of English going!

ACTIVITY FOR EVERYONE:
Let's start by getting to know a bit about each other.
1) GO to the forum: http://askjohnenglish.com/learn/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=5
2) WRITE or RECORD something about yourself:

Where you are from (your country and one interesting thing about your country).
Why or how you use English (is it a hobby, for work, or school?)
What you want to learn or what you wish you could do with English (maybe travel the world, pass your exam or get a job using English with better money!)
Something you would like to share with other members - maybe something about yourself or a funny story - or anything you like! (this is optional)

3) READ what other people have written and reply to them. You will meet some great people! I have already met so many friendly and helpful peoplee on my site!
Of course I will read everything you write and respond to you!

The Ask John English site is growing quickly!
Come on over and join the conversation!

タグ：Friends えいかいわ英語 activity english international

posted by John at 19:10 | シドニー | Comment(0) | TrackBack(0) | はじめに

2008年06月30日

How to learn English vocabulary

Today, let's look at learning English vocabulary.

Q: What is the best way to learn vocabulary?

A: The best way to learn vocabulary is to use it! That means you need to READ, WRITE, LISTEN and TALK!!

You will find that if you do this with NATIVE English material, you will find a lot of USEFUL words to learn. I think this way is much better than learning from a vocabulary book.

I know in my experience, when I learned a new word by EXPERIENCING it, I would REMEMBER it!

By experiencing it, I mean:

meeting the word in a real language situation
not knowing what it means
finding out the meaning (maybe with a dictionary or from a friend)
then using the word.

If you are always READING, WRITING, LISTENING and SPEAKING English as much as possible, your vocabulary will grow and grow and GROW!

Q: But where can I use English? I have no English speaking friends!

A: Easy! - take a look at the new Ask John English site! It is free to join!

In the site you can: chat to other people in the

DISCUSSION FORUM or the
CHAT ROOM!
You can also write your own blog - yes all members get their own blog!

And the exciting news - soon a new voice chat will be available! Meet and chat with others in English for free!

Finally there is a way to practise conversation on the Internet!

Hope to meet you in the new site soon!

Question: How do you learn vocabulary? Share your advice in the forum here: http://askjohnenglish.com/learn/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=35

タグ：英会話英語 words Vocabulary Learn english

posted by John at 21:28 | シドニー

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2008年06月23日

Test translator

Can you read this in YOUR language?

Translation

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: This weekend, I received an email. It was from a reader of my blog, asking me to: "please make all pages in English only".

There are now many people who use Ask John English, and they come from countries all over the world.

So, today I want to test the Google translator tool. Can you see it above?　

You can choose which language you see this page in.

Now, I KNOW that the translation will not be perfect. No computer translator can be perfect. But this tool (hopefully) will give you enough help.

I recommend you to:

Read the page in English.
Read the page in your language to check that you understand correctly.

Now, I do not know if this is a good idea or not! So please tell me!

PLEASE HELP!

Try the translator tool in YOUR language and then let me know your opinion in the comments!

Thank you!

タグ：translator

posted by John at 21:40 | シドニー | Comment(6) | TrackBack(0) | はじめに

2008年06月18日

Kidding, joking or teasing?

Just kidding! Or am I teasing?

Q: I would like to know about the words, 'kidding', 'teasing' and 'joking'. They are the same in meaning, right? Which one is the most polite?

A: These words are all very similar, BUT they can also be different. let's take a look:

NEW VOCABULARY　（新しい単語）:

kidding - To make fun of; mock playfully.
joking - Something said or done to make you laugh, such as a funny story.
teasing - To make fun of; mock playfully.

To joke means to laugh at something funny.
To mock (tease or kid), means to laugh at someone. Sometimes this can be friendly and sometimes not.
Which one is more polite? All of them can be rude or polite! It depends on how you use them! In a friendly way or a not friendly way! look at the examples below to see what I mean.

Examples 例:
1. A child is playing at school. The other children laugh at him and call him 'fat' and 'stupid'. The child starts to cry and says to the teacher: "They are teasing me!" - This is an example of unfriendly teasing.
2. A wife walks into the house very dirty after fixing the car. The husband looks at her and laughs "Don't you look beautiful!" She then smiles and says, "Don't tease me!" - This is an example of friendly teasing. In fact it is a way for the husband to flirt with her! ('flirt' means to tease someone you are attracted to, so that they will notice you!)

3. Two friends are at a party. Bob is late, so he says, "Sorry I'm late!"
The other friend, Michael, says, "Well the party is over now!"
Bob looks surprised, so Michael says, "I am just kidding! The party is still going! Come inside!" - This is an example of friendly kidding.

I hope this helps! Now! Let's take a look at 'joke' The best way to explain is to share a joke!

Here is a comedy sketch called "The Killer Joke"

Watch the video below. You will see a story about a person who writes a very funny joke!
（下のビデオを見てください。）ボリュームUP, Please

Click here to read the script for this video

Activity:

Do you know any good jokes?

Share your joke here: http://askjohnenglish.com/learn/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=27

(I have put one there for you to see, so take a look!)

Question: Did you tease other children when you were at school? Were you teased?
質問：

Put your answer in the comments!
コメントにあなたの答えを書き込んでみてくださいね！

タグ：英会話 teasing english vocabulary joking 英語 Kidding

posted by John at 22:35 | シドニー