We’ve seen or heard of people who can memorise lists of numbers in telephone books and the order of cards in a deck. And we most probably believe that we wouldn’t be able to do it. In this TED Talk video, Joshua Foer describes a technique, called ‘the memory palace’, showing that anyone can learn to remember things relatively easily. Go on, give it a try! 🙂
The Telegraph has collected a lot of strange signs – all to do with animals. Would you be able to do a better job? 😉
Read this article (link to www.entrepreneur.com) on how you can find out whether you use ‘ums’ and ‘ahs’ when speaking, particularly when presenting in front of an audience. And then find out how you can eliminate them. They say it’s easier than you think.
Did you know that the first word after the greeting in an email or letter always starts with a capital letter in English? Yes, it’s quite different to what we do here in Germany, isn’t it?
Something like this …
“Dear Sam
Thank you so much for writing to me … “
“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” Marcus Tullius Cicero
