Tiền thân của CLB tiếng Anh Sài Gòn(những ngày còn "định cư " tại HCMCC)

To Quanbanh97202: thanks a lot for your praise , you're so polite. Now I 'd like to answer your interesting question. The idiom " KICK IT AROUND" means " to discuss in an informal way. Right?
To everybody : I realize that you are not interested in discussing topics so much. So now, we can post riddles that you consider it exciting(as Quanbanh97202 did). And the one who can answer will be voted a star. OK? I will vote for the winner of every riddle. At the present, we can develop our activity by this way. In the future, It will be changed in order to make our club's activities more variable and interesting.

Dirosemimi

THIS IS THE 2nd RIDDLE :
Marliê?Ts boyfriend went to Mexico six months ago, but it looks like absence is still making the heart grow fonder.
What does the idiom??? Absence makes the heart grow fonder??? mean???


Dirosemimi

ĐỈ?ợc sửa chữa bởi - dirosemimi vào 16/03/2002 12:59

Hi Di,
"Absence makes the heart grow fonder " means
"The lack of something increases the desire for it"
or
it means "the time you spend away from someone you love makes you love that person even more"
Best regards,
Saving all my kisses just for you.
Shine with love forever true
Được sửa chữa bởi - aiggno vào 16/03/2002 18:33

Yeah, Aiggno , You are the winner ! You will be voted by me.
To everybody : the person who give riddle have to be responsible for voting the winner of your question. And please remember to vote 5 stars , never vote 1 star 'cause when you vote 1 star, the scores of the person who is voted will be reduced sharply.

Dirosemimi

E'rybody, help me........plz
How can we say "chuot sa chinh gao" in English?
Thanx alot
~Everything is worse if I dun have Sushi to eat~

That's: "to land in a mint of money"
I'm not sure! Maybe....

Don't dream it's over!

THIS IS THE 3RD RIDDLE :
As soon as Morris suggested the changes , the whole committee was up in arms.
What do you understand about the idiom " to be up in arm " ???
Be careful , you may fell into my trap.

Dirosemimi

is that a riddle or just something else??
up in arms?did u mean that the commitee was holding weapons?
T I D E N B Z

What a pity ! You're wrong, Tidenbz . It's a really an idiom, but be careful with its meaning 'cause it's difficult for you to guess.

Dirosemimi

JUST SOMETHING FOR YOU TO READ. HOPE U FIND IT USEFUL.
7 SECRETS IN ENGLISH
ù,ã Secret #1: LEARN ABOUT WORD STRESS
Word Stress is golden key number one for speaking and understanding English. Word Stress is *very important*. You can try to learn about Word Stress. This is one of the *best* ways for you to understand spoken English - especially English spoken fast.
What is Word Stress?
Take 3 words: photograph, photographer and photographic, for example. Do they sound the same when spoken? No! They sound different, because *one* syllable in each word is "stressed" (stronger than the others).
PHOtograph
phoTOgrapher
photoGRAPHic
This happens in ALL words with 2 or more syllables: TEACHer, JaPAN, CHINa, aBOVE, converSAtion, INteresting, imPORtant, deMAND, etCETera.
The syllables that are not stressed are 'weak' or 'small' or 'quiet'. Native speakers of English listen for the stressed syllables, not the weak syllables. If you use Word Stress in your speech, you will instantly and automatically improve your pronunciation and your comprehension.
If you have an English teacher, ask her to help you understand Word Stress. Try to hear the stress in words each time you listen to English - on the radio, or in films for example. Your first step is to *hear* and recognise it. After that, you can *use* it!

ù,ã Secret #2: SENTENCE STRESS
Sentence Stress is golden key number two for speaking and understanding English. With Sentence Stress, some *words* in a sentence are "stressed" (loud) and other
words are weak (quiet). Look at the following sentence: We want to go.
Do we say every word with the same stress or force? No! We make the important words *big* and the unimportant words small. What are the important words in this sentence? Yes, you're right: WANT and GO.
We WANT to GO.
We WANT to GO to WORK.
We DON'T WANT to GO to WORK.
We DON'T WANT to GO to WORK at NIGHT.
It's impossible to explain everything about Sentence Stress in this email. The important thing for you is hat you know it exists and try to learn about it.
Sentence Stress is *very important*!

ù,ã Secret #3: LISTEN! LISTEN! LISTEN!
Students sometimes say: 'I don't listen to the BBC news on the radio because it's too fast for me and I can't understand it.' That's a pity! When it's too fast for
you, when you can't understand it, that is exactly when you NEED to listen to it!!!
How can you improve if you don't listen and practise?
When you were a baby, did you understand your own language? When you were 3 weeks old, or 2 months, or 1 year, did you understand everything? Of course not! But you *learned* to understand by *listening*. Think about it. You learned to understand your own language by listening, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. After that, you learned to speak. Then you learned to read. And then you learned to write. *But listening came first!*

ù,ã Secret #4: DON'T LISTEN!
Secret #3 we said LISTEN! LISTEN! LISTEN! Now we say DON'T LISTEN! What do we mean?
Do you know the difference between the verbs TO LISTEN and TO HEAR? TO LISTEN is active. TO HEAR is passive.
Sometimes you can LISTEN too hard. Sometimes you can TRY too hard. Sometimes it is better only to HEAR. Let the radio play. Let the cassette play. But DON'T listen. Just HEAR. Your subconscious will listen for you. And you will still learn. If you listen and try to understand, you may block on one word and get
frustrated. Don't worry! Just HEAR! Believe me, you will still be learning. The important thing is to let the radio or cassette or television or record PLAY. Let it
play. And you - you do nothing. Your brain will HEAR, your subconscious will LISTEN and you will LEARN!
ù,ã Secret #5: IMPROVE YOUR VOCABULARY WITH 5 WORDS A DAY
Vocabulary is easy! How many days in a year are there? 365, normally (on Earth).
If you learn only 5 new words a day, you will learn 5 x 365 = 1,825 new words in a year. ONE THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE WORDS. That is a lot of new words. And we are not counting all the other words you will learn in other ways - reading, conversation etc. Buy a notebook and write in 5 new words EACH day, EVERY day. Learn them! You will soon have an excellent vocabulary.

ù,ã Secret #6: 30 MINUTES A DAY BETTER THAN 3.5 HOURS A WEEK
In fact, 30 minutes of English study once a day isbetter than 5 *hours* once a week! Study regularly.Study often.
LITTLE + OFTEN is better than LOT + SOMETIMES.
It's easier, too. You can easily find 30 minutes each day. How? You can get up 30 minutes earlier. Or have a shorter lunch break. Fix a particular time every day -
and keep it!
ù,ã Secret #7: REVISE! REVISE! REVISE!
If you revise, you'll improve your learning by 100%.What does "to revise" mean? It means "to look again". You should be systematic about this. When you learn
something, you should note it. Then you should *look at it again*, 3 times:
- after 1 day
- after 1 week
- after 1 month
Each time you revise, test yourself.
Learn, revise, test.
Revise, test.
Revise, test.




Dirosemimi

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Dirosemimi