Here’s a little quiz I found on the spiegel.de website. Do you know the vocabulary and grammar you need when presenting yourself?
Just follow the link to get started. Please note that you’ll need to understand German to do the quiz though.
The person who works in the kitchen of a hotel or restaurant is called a ‘chef’ and not a ‘cooker’! A ‘cooker’ is the appliance used for cooking food (ein Herd).
Oh, and by the way, remember that the German word ‘Chef’ means ‘boss’ or ‘superior’ in English!
Do you want to learn how to get on with your boss? This slideshow might be able to help you! 😉 There are lots of good tips. One of my favourites? Rule #17: “Keep your cool. Anger causes tunnelvision”. Do you have a favourite?
Do you remember that we’ve already spoken about this before? Your writing will be much clearer if you cut the wordy phrases and use just one word.
Instead of … write …
I would appreciate it if you would please
with reference / regard to for or about or concerning
with the exception of except
It’s so easy when you know how! 😉
“An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.”
Mahatma Gandhi
So who was Mahatma Gandhi? Read this short article on the BBC Learning English website to find out.
‘Queuing’ means ‘standing in line’ and it’s something that the British feel they invented. In his 1946 book ‘How to be an Alien’ George Mikes wrote that “an Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one”. I’m not sure if that’s true all the time, though!
So how does queuing work? Watch the short video to listen to what etiquette expert William Hanson and psychologist Emma Kenny have to say.
