“I Love Lucy” was a popular American comedy show years ago on the television.
In this video clip Lucy asks Ricky, her Cuban husband, to read a children’s book out loud. However, he finds English very confusing and can’t understand why Lucy corrects him all the time. Surely all the words ending in “ough” should sound the same? But they don’t!
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The English language is full of commonly confused words. These words may sound the same but mean different things.
Listen to this audio clip and learn the difference between “further” and “farther”, “lose” and “loose”, and “accept” and “except”.
“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” Benjamin Franklin
Something I’ve learned by reading British etiquette expert William Hanson’s blog.
When someone speaks to you during dinner, you don’t need to put your cutlery (Besteck) down. What you do need to do, though, is to stop eating and focus on the speaker.
