Left VS Right

Learning Phrase/Sentence:

There are two sides of my brain, the right side and the left side. There is nothing left on the right and there is nothing right on the left.         Meaning:           There are two sides of my brain, the right side and the left side. There is nothing left on the right side and there is nothing right on the left side. There are 2 meanings of right and left in this context. The first term are the location, the right side and the left side. The second term are the condition: There is nothing left on the right (side)  = there is nothing (no brain) on the right side. There is nothing right on the left (side) = there is problem with the left brain. In THAI: ผมมีสมองสองข้าง ข้างขวาและข้างซ้าย ทางด้านขวาไม่มีอะไร (เหลือ) เลย ส่วนทางด้านซ้ายก็ไม่มีอะไรดีเลย

More on right and left:

Condition:
When the time is right (suitable) and the opportunity permits, I will certainly pay you a visit.
This is not right, you have no right(n.) to talk to me that way.
There are only 2 pieces of cake left, would you like to take one and leave another one for your sister?
She left (V2 -> leave) her bag on the right place.
I am not sure if the girl on your right is the right person that I should talk to.
Nobody say it right for the first time.


Location:
When you walk through that door, you will see the tall building on your right.
On the left of the box, there is a red toy car.
She left (V2 -> leave) her bag on the table on her right.
I am not sure if the girl on your right is the right person that I should talk to.
Nobody have talked to the man on your left.

ประโยคตัวอย่างนี้เป็นการเล่นคำ โดยเอาคำว่า right  ที่แปลว่า ทางด้านขวา และ ทำงานได้ถูกต้องมาใช้ รวมทั้งคำว่า left  ที่แปลว่าทางด้ายซ้าย และ ที่แปลว่าเหลืออยู่
เหมือนกับคำภาษาไทยเราก็มี ผมนึกออกประโยคหนึ่ง

"มีเมียมากแสดงว่ามีเมียน้อย แต่ถ้ามีเมียน้อยก็แสดงว่ามีเมียมาก"
เอาคำว่ามากและน้อยมาเล่นนั้นเอง

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Successful People VS Unsuccessful People

I have come a cross the article from somewhere talking about the different things that successful people and unsuccessful people have and do. Below are what they have said. See if you agree with this.

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Learning Real English - Family Album USA

Today I'd like to introduce one of the greatest English lesson, it is Family Album USA. I have watched every episodes of the lessons and I enjoyed watching and learning from the lessons very much. To my surprise, I have watched the lessons more than 5 times. This is really one of my favourite English lesson resources.

If my memory still serves me right, these episodes were on one of Thai TV channels. Unfortunately, I could not remember which one it was. Thanks to the internet and the uploader for bringing the lessons back to us again so that we can have English class at home or anywhere we want.

There are 26 episodes of the lessons. In each lesson there are 3 acts and lesson review for every act. The people who created the lesson made the reviews on every lessons very interesting and enjoyable.

The lesson can be found at youtube.com or you can find the list of the lessons from the website learn-from-real-english.blogspot.com at Family Album USA page.

I hope you like the lesson as much I do, and I also hope you have fun learning the lessons.

- Mitty

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Nelson Howe - BKK 1st Time : ตอนโดนคนไทยด่าครั้งแรก

This is a very funny video, Nelson Howe talked about his first time being scolded in Thailand. What made me laugh to death was "You father died". This is an example of how we Thai translate Thai to English word for word. The structure of the language was correct, but the communication was not what it really was intended to.

Hope you guy like it, watching people talk in English is one of many ways to learning English.

Enjoy watching

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continual VS continuous

Continuous
happen without a break

a continuous fall of the stock market share. 
the continuous increasing of population.
I had seven continuous hours flight from Thailand to Australia.

Continual
happen repeatedly, repeatedly in a way that is harmful or annoying.

There is continual rain during these season.
I had continual arguments with my wife.

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Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, It's about learning to dance in the rain.

Quote

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...It's about learning to dance in the rain.

- Vivian Greene

Structure

preposition + Noun
preposition + Gerund (V + ing)

Example

I am looking forward to seeing you next month. (looking forward to + V ing)
It wasn't about the money, it was about you.
I dream about getting a chance to go oversea.
People talk about preventing the tiger from coming to the village.


Don't worry about going to school early tomorrow, but do worry about going to be early today.
Don't be afraid of being late tomorrow.
I am interested in reading Shakespeare's books.
Keep on working, it isn't time to stop yet.

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