Monday Morning English with Mai

Week

58

 
Travel News wire...

Sample

An award was given to the Swissôtel hotels in Bangkok, Singapore, and Shanghai. The World Travel Awards are chosen by 185,000 travel industry professionals. This year they chose Swissôtel’s The Stamford in Singapore as Asia’s Leading Luxury City Hotel, and Singapore’s Leading Business Hotel. The Leading City Hotel in Asia award went to Bangkok’s Nai Lert Park. The award for China’s Leading Business Hotel went to Swissôtel’s Grand Shanghai.

 


This week's Natural Phrase

off and on…

SampleSandra: Is Jeremy coming to the party with Kelly?

Christopher: I don’t know if Jeremy and Kelly are still together. They’ve been off and on all summer long.

Sandra: We had better call Kelly and check with her.

Explanation: “off and on” means that something is going well for a time and then not going well. It could mean that a couple broke up and then got back together again.


This week's Medical Phrase

stick to the treatment

SamplePatient: The pills you gave me make me sleepy, so sometimes I skip them when I’m at work.

Doctor: I know that the medicine can make you sleepy, but you have to stick to the treatment. Otherwise you won’t get better.

Explanation: In order to encourage the patient to follow the prescription, we can tell them to “stick to the treatment.” It means that the patient should follow the directions of the doctor and not give up.


This week's Email phrase

frankly speaking

SampleDear Chrissie:

We read over the contract that you sent. Frankly speaking, we can’t agree to it. We need to start again with the negotiations.

Explanation:

If you start a sentence with the phrase “frankly speaking” it usually means that you are going to give the reader some bad news. You are probably going to say that you are displeased and want something to be changed.


 

 

 

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