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The way we see ourselves

We TEND to see ourselves the way we want to be seen. We THEN need to listen when someone LENDS us his/her eyes.

tend to   (verb) [เทรน ทู]  มีแนวโน้มที่จะ

lend someone something/lend something to someone (verb) [เล้นดฺ ซัมวัน ซัมธิง/เล้นดฺ ซัมธิง ทู ซัมวัน]  ให้ยืม

The way we want to be seen = S + V to be + V3 = passive voice
S = The way we want
V to be = to be
V3 = seen

What if Google Search Engine IS a Person?

Can you imagine what if Google search engine is a person? What will be the reaction to variety of question or key word that have been requested from people all over the world?  Some questions must be dump and some are funny.

Collage humor has created very funny video to show what could the person handle various questions from people all over the world.

Enjoy the show!!.

Real English - The American Dream

Hi again - I have just come across this video called The American Dream. This video is very interesting. It is an entertaining but hard hitting look at how the problems we have today and there is nothing new, and why leaders throughout our history have warned us and fought against the current type of financial system we have today.

Apart from the knowledge, as usual, there are many vocabularies that you will learn in this video. The good thing is there are English subtitles to read along in case we can't keep up with the rapid message in the video.

Good resource to learn English and also learn how the monetary system works in America nowadays. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
 
Please stay tuned. Remember more input, better output. Good-bye, until then...

- Mitty -

Real English - Google Thailand's Site Tour

When talking about English learning process, it is very important that you immerse yourself in English environment so that you can really learn real English usage.

Now technologies help a lot as there are tons of English resources on the internet that you can learn from. Let take Youtube as an example of one of the best video resources.

 I always believe that giving enough and good input will always result in good output. Reading and listening are 2 very important inputs that will enable you to produce good outputs (speaking and writing).

So, today let me give you an opportunity to expose yourself to real English environment with Talking Thailand. This video gives you a tour around Google Thailand's office. Google has a very nice place to work at indeed.

Do enjoy yourself while watching, and don't forget to expose yourself into English environment as much as possible and you would be surprised how much your English has improved. 

Thank you and please stay tune for more of English articles with ENG1001.

- Mitty -

Word Usage: Responsible

Responsible (Adjective)
There were many occasion I saw people using the word responsible incorrectly. Some didn't use it with the right preposition.
There are 2 prepositions that can come after responsible which are for and to.

หลายต่อหลายครั้งที่ผมได้รับ email จากทั้งเพื่อนร่วมงานและคนอื่นๆ ที่ใช้ภาษาอังกฤษกันทุกวัน แต่ก็มักจะใช้กันผิด คำแรกที่อยากนำเสนอก็คือคำว่า responsible

ซึ่งวิธีการใช้ที่ถูกต้องมีดังนี้
ใช้กับ preposition for โครงสร้าง คือ
be + responsible + for something
be + responsible + for doing something

ในโครงสร้างนี้มีสองความหมายคือ in charge of หรือ รับผิดชอบในส่วนที่เป็นหน้าที่ กับอีกความหมายหนึ่งคือ รับผิดชอบในกรณี guilty คือมีความผิดหรือรับผิดชอบในสิ่งที่ก่อให้เกิดความเสียหาย

ตัวอย่าง
ในความหมายที่แปลว่า In charge of

I am a security guard and I am responsible for the safety of everybody who is on board.
Airline cabin crew are responsible for the comfort, safety and welfare of passengers travelling on aircraft during flights.
They are responsible for training new employees.

คำนามของ responsible ก็คือ responsiblity

  • I am a security guard  and my responsibility is making sure everybody who is on board are safe.
  • The responsibilities of the airline cabin crew are taking care of the comfort, safety and welfare of passengers travelling on aircraft during flights. 
  • Their responsibility is training new employees.


ในความหมายที่แปลว่า Guilty

  • You are responsible for every single penny of the damage costs.
  • Who are responsible for this accident.


อีกโครงสร้างหนึ่งคือ
be + responsible + to someone

ในส่วนนี้จะหมายถึ่งว่า อยู่ภายใต้ความรับผิดชอบดูแลของใคร
ตัวอย่างเช่น



Reference: http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/responsible

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"
อาคำว่ามากและน้อยมาเล่นนั้นเอง

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.

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

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