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English conversation ‎: ‎shopping ‎

English Conversations: Shopping Here are some useful phrases you can learn for when you go clothes shopping. (If you need vocabulary for other types of shops, see our page on shopping vocabulary.) Where you can buy clothes There are different types of clothes shops. Here are some common ones: shopping centre  = large building with lots of different shops inside (= shopping mall in American English) boutique  = small shop, often expensive, with designer label clothes charity shop  (goodwill in American English) = shop where you can buy second-hand ( = not new) clothes. The money you pay for them goes to charity factory outlet  = shop where you can buy clothes directly from the factory that makes them. Often these clothes (or shoes) are “samples”. department store  = large shop with “departments” for men’s clothes, women’s clothes, household objects, etc. chain store  = a “brand” that has shops in many different towns, such as “Zara” or “H&M...
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TRAVEL ‎CONVERSATION ‎

Conversation 1 Situation: Patrick, Andrew and Jane discuss how to travel to the city from the university campus. Jane: Good morning, Andrew.  Andrew: Good morning, Jane. Are you going somewhere? Jane:  Yes. I and Patrick are going to the city to do some shopping and have lunch. Andrew: That sounds fun. How will you get there? Patrick: I want to take the train, but Jane prefers to ride her bicycle. Andrew: Don’t you like using the train, Jane? Jane: The train station is far away and riding my bicycle does not cost anything. Patrick: Ok. Jane, why don’t we travel by bus, there is a bus stop just behind the university. Jane: It might take longer. I think we will need to take two buses to the city centre.  Andrew: Jane is right. There is not a direct bus into the city. Why don’t you use a taxi? Patrick: That will be quick, but expensive. Can you rollerblade? Jane: I hope you don’t mean we should rollerblade to the city. Andrew: Is rollerblading popular in America, Patrick? Pa...
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قواعد لفظ الحروف في اللغة الانجليزية

يبلغ عدد الأحرف الإنجليزيه ( 26 ) حرفا وتنقسم الى قسمين :  خمسة أحرف صوتيه أو علة vowels وهي ( a - e – i – o – u ) , وواحد وعشرون حرفا ساكنا consonant والتي هي بقية الأحرف . . 1 ) حرف A يلفظ حرف (a) كحرف الياء إذا انتهت الكلمة بحرف (e) أمثلة: اسم ــــــــــــــNameــــــ نيـم شهرة ــــــــــــFameــــــ فيـم تاريخ  ـــــDateـــــ ديـت يلفظ حرف (a) في الكلمات الثلاثية كالألف الممدودة في اللغة العربية وفي بعض الكلمات الرباعية والخماسية أمثلة: بعيد ــــــــــــــــــFarـــــ فار خريطة ـــــــــــــMapـــــ ماب ارض ــــــــــــLandـــــ لاند وقف,قاعدة ـــــStandـــــ ستاند إذا كان حرف (a) متبوعاً بحرف (i) مباشرة فأنه ينطق كحرف الياء أمثلة: شعرــــــHairـــــ هيـر ذيل ــــــTailـــــ تيـل إذا كان (a) متبوعاً بحرف (u) فأنه ينطق كحرف (o) أمثلة: خريف ـــــــAutumnـــــ أوتم شهر آب ــــــــــــAugustـــــ أوغست إذا كان (a) متبوعاً بحرف (w) وكان الحرف الذي بعدهما ساكناً يلفظ كحرف (o) أمثلة: مثقب,مخرزـــــAwlــــــ أول مخيف ـــــــــAwfulــــــ أوفل إذا كان حرف (a) متبوعاً بحرفي (ll) فأن...
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