F for fitness
You want to tell a colleague or business partner that you go to a ‘Fitnessstudio’. We’d most probably say that we’re a member of the ‘gym’ or the ‘health club’.
Smile with your eyes
How can we use eye contact in a presentation? Carl Kwan is back again to give us some good tips in his short video clip.
Look what I’ve done!
I could have written, “Look what I have done” in today’s heading, but I chose to add a contraction. In this example sentence, I formed one word (I’ve) by joining two together (I have) and dropping some letters and adding an apostrophe.
Why did I do it? To make my writing less stuffy and more natural. It’s what I would say to you if we met in person.
Here’s my list of common contractions. Do you know them all? Do you use them?
cannot can’t he/she will he’ll/she’ll
do not don’t he/she would he’d/she’d
I am I’m they are they’re
I will I’ll they will they’ll
I would I’d there is there’s
it is it’s will not won’t
it will it’ll you are you’re
he/she is he’s/she’s you will you’ll
Bring some colour in your life!
“A picture is worth a thousand words.”
This saying means that a picture can often convey a message and emotion better than a written or spoken explanation. That’s why in presentations, for example, it’s important to find good pictures. People remember about 50 per cent of what they see and hear than of only what they hear!
What do you know about your neighbours?
If you’d like to learn more about the Austrians, you might like the Kindle version of The Xenophobe’s Guide to the Austrians (link to Amazon.de). It’s free!
