Accents

So, you already have a good level of English, you can carry on a conversation, you understand people and people understand you. However, there is something making your life harder: The Accent!
Yeah, accents are something else! I'm going to post here some videos of different English accents:

American (New York) accent

British accent

Australian accent

New Zealand accent

Irish accent

Wow! There are many other accents around the world and we can even identify differences within one country. But, what I want to know is:

Which accent seems easier for you? Do they have anything in common? Do you try to make any accent when you speak English? If so, which one? Leave your answers and your comments.

See you soon!

Expression of the Week - A.S.A.P

This week a funny thing happened, more than 2 students of mine asked me what A.S.A.P stands for. Because I don't believe in coincidences I decided to post here on the blog in case anyone else in the world was looking for the definition of this abbreviation too.
Fisrt, when you don't know what an abbreviation means, you should ask:
What does... stand for? In this case: "What does "A.S.A.P" stand for?
A.S.A.P stands for As Soon As Possible.
In case you don't know, As Soon As Possible means the earliest moment possible, as fast as you can do it.
I will use an email as an example:

Hello Paul,
how are things? I'm sending you the results of the analysis. I'd like you to write the report and send it to me A.S.A.P.
Regards,
Jack

Hope this expression has helped you in any way! Leave your comments!!!

Expression of the week- Track and Field

Dear followers of the blog,
sorry for not posting anything in more than 10 days. I was working as an interpreter in an event of Track and Field.

The track at UNIFOR-University of Fortaleza

It's the 8th year that I work. A great experience because I get to practice my English with native speakers and this year I got to use my Spanish too. There were athletes from USA, Canada, Bahamas, Jamaica, Croatia, Lithuania, Portugal, Morocco, Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Cuba,Trinidad and Tobago, Nigeria and Ethiopia .
Thanks to the team of interpreters who worked really hard, to UNIFOR (University of Fortaleza) and to CBAT (Brazilian Confederation of Track and Field)





So, the expression of the week is Track and Field. Did you already discover what it means?

If not, I will give you a definition:

DEFINITION: It is a sport of various competitive activities of running, jumping and throwing such as:

400 meters with hurdles

100 meters

High Jump

Hammer Throw

Javelin Throw

Shot put

Pole vault

And others more. Track and Field is a beautiful and old sport that has its roots in human prehistory since running, jumping and throwing are natural forms of human physical expressions.