Monday Morning English with Mai

Week

36

 
Travel News wire…

Sample

Myanmar's reform leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be able to hold a passport and travel for the first time in 24 years. She won a seat in parliament after being held under house arrest for years by Myanmar's military government. She plans to travel to Norway and the U.K. soon.


This week's Natural Phrase

We're good to go

 

SampleKatherine: The taxi has arrived to take us to the airport, and I've got the luggage ready by the elevator.

Bruce: Right. Well, we've got the passports and money ready, and the office files saved on USB. We're good to go.

Explanation: We're good to go is a casual way of saying that someone is ready to go, or they have completed all of the plans.


This week's Medical Phrase

We need a CBC

SampleNurse: We have a patient with liver problems complaining of fatigue and
dizziness, as well as chest pains.

Doctor: I see. Let's take a chest X-ray, and we need a CBC, right away.

Explanation:
A CBC means a Complete Blood Count test, which shows the levels of
hemoglobin, hematocrit, white blood cells, and platelets.


This week’s Email phrase

That's all for now.

SampleDear Lucas:

Our client wants 50 more chairs delivered by Friday, but they haven't sent us the money yet. I'll let you know when the payment arrives. That's all for now.

Explanation: That's all for now is a way of ending a short email, and saying that you will write again later.


 

 

 

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