Thursday, March 06, 2008
Oral training:
This is a telephone exchange between a hotel GUEST and ROOM SERVICE at a hotel in Asia which was recorded and published in the Far East Economic Review. YOU MUST READ THIS ALOUD!!!
Speke: Are you there? Are you there?
Watt: No, I’m here.
Speke: What’s your name?
Watt: Watt.
Speke: Can’t you hear? What’s your name?
Watt: My name’s Watt.
Speke: I’m asking you.
Watt: I’m called Watt.
Speke: I don’t know.
Watt: I am Mr Tom Watt.
Speke: Oh I’m sorry. I didn’t understand.
Watt: Who are you?
Speke: Speke.
Watt: I am speaking. What’s your name?
LOL? read the nest one. dunno if you have seen this tongue twister b4...Must also read aloud.
Mr. See owned a saw.And Mr. Soar owned a seesaw.Now See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw.Before Soar saw See,Which made Soar sore.Had Soar seen See's saw.Before See sawed Soar's seesaw,See's saw would not have sawed Soar's seesaw.So See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw.But it was sad to see Soar so sore.Just because See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw!
Kinda reminds me of this Cantonese word which is pronounced as "SOR-SEE"...which basically means key.
Okay, so i damn long nvr blog le. dunno what to blog, ntg to talk abt. i wld say this yr i grow alot quieter. How? i dunno. just less shouting i guess.i tink this yr doom le. wk 9 then started paying attention in class. PAYING ATTENTION! not even studying for tests or revising. doom? yes
so anw, i officially tink my FT has a weird character and a bad role model and tcher.how? just because we never collect donations for the donation drive, he made us write a 250 essay on how to collect donations and why we never did it. is he allowed to tat? no. its suppose to be a DONATION drive. it means donating money based on free will, though luck if we are stingy. first he punish us for playing bridge in classroom by playing bridge infront of the staffroom and lecture us abt the proper rules of playing bridge. and shockingly, he have nvr given anyone anything as a present b4. not during valentine's day to his wife or any other day. none at all. tat he revealed to us on mon...