English (just like any other language) has a lot of interesting facts. Here are some of them:
Język angielski (podobnie zresztą jak każdy inny język) posiada sporo ciekawostek. Oto niektóre z nich:
1. English is one of the languages that have the most words - about 600 thousand (excluding medical and technical terminology! Without these terms would be "only" 300 000 words)
Język angielski jest jednym z języków, które posiadają najwięcej wyrazów – około 600 tysięcy (licząc terminologię medyczną i techniczną! Bez tych terminologii byłoby "jedynie" 300 tysięcy słów)
2. However, the average user of English uses about 5,000 words during the conversation, and about 10,000 words when writing
Niemniej jednak przeciętny użytkownik języka angielskiego używa około 5 tysięcy słów podczas konwersacji i około 10 tysięcy słów podczas pisania
niedziela, 30 grudnia 2012
piątek, 21 grudnia 2012
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Frost grows outside
the windowFirst kiss under the mistletoe
Bells chime inside a steeple
Open the doors hear the people sing
And when the snow is falling down, down, down
You know that Santa is back in town, town, town
That’s when it’s Christmas time again
All my Dear,
On the occasion of the most beautiful holidays of the
year – Christmas holidays,
I wish you all that is the most important to you.
Health, love, joy, fulfillment of dreams, family
warmth…
May the upcoming New Year 2013 will be a hundred times
better than passing.
Greeting, Ann
poniedziałek, 10 grudnia 2012
"to look", "to see" or "to watch"
to look to pay attention; to try to see what is there; seem
[Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary]
phrasal verbs
look back - to think about something that happened in the past
When I look back I can see where we went wrong. Kiedy patrzę wstecz, widzę co poszło źle.
look in - to visit a person for a short time, usually when you are on your way somewhere else
Can you look in on the kids before you go to bed? Możesz zerknąć na dzieci zanim pójdziesz spać?
look out - said or shouted in order to tell someone that they are in danger
Look out! There's a car coming! Uważaj! Samochód nadjeżdża!
look up - to become better
I hope things will start to look up in the new year. Mam nadzieję, że w nowym roku wszystko będzie lepsze.
COMMON MISTAKE
look at
When "look" has an object, the correct preposition to use is "at". Do not say "looking something", say "looking at something".
She looks at the photo on her desk and smiled. Ona spoglądała na zdjęcie na biurku i się uśmiechała.
look forward to
When "look forward to" is followed by a verb, that verb should be in the "-ing" form. Do not say "look forward to do something", say "look forward to doing something".
I look forward to meeting you at the conference. Z niecierpliwością czekam na spotkanie z Państwem na konferencji.
[Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary]
phrasal verbs
look back - to think about something that happened in the past
When I look back I can see where we went wrong. Kiedy patrzę wstecz, widzę co poszło źle.
look in - to visit a person for a short time, usually when you are on your way somewhere else
Can you look in on the kids before you go to bed? Możesz zerknąć na dzieci zanim pójdziesz spać?
look out - said or shouted in order to tell someone that they are in danger
Look out! There's a car coming! Uważaj! Samochód nadjeżdża!
look up - to become better
I hope things will start to look up in the new year. Mam nadzieję, że w nowym roku wszystko będzie lepsze.
COMMON MISTAKE
look at
When "look" has an object, the correct preposition to use is "at". Do not say "looking something", say "looking at something".
She looks at the photo on her desk and smiled. Ona spoglądała na zdjęcie na biurku i się uśmiechała.
look forward to
When "look forward to" is followed by a verb, that verb should be in the "-ing" form. Do not say "look forward to do something", say "look forward to doing something".
I look forward to meeting you at the conference. Z niecierpliwością czekam na spotkanie z Państwem na konferencji.
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