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Making Small Talk and Developing a Conversation about Travel

Travel is the movement of people between relatively distant geographical locations, and can involve travel by foot, bicycle, automobile, train, boat, airplane, or other means, with or without luggage, and can be one way or round trip. Travel can also include relatively short stays between successive movements. The origin of the word “travel” is most likely lost to history. The term “travel” may originate from the Old French word travail. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, the first know use of the word travel was in the 14th century. It also states that the word comes from Middle English traveilen, travelen (which means to torment, labor, strive, journey) and earlier from Old French travailler (which means to work strenuously, toil). In English we still accasionally use the words travail and travails, which mean struggle.   According to Simon Winchester in his book ‘The Best Travelers’ Tales (2004), the words travel and travail both share an even more ancient roo

Describing Trends

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Describe Trends In business and everyday English, you sometimes have to describe changes in trends (movement or tendency), graphs, and diagrams. In the business context, you may have to describe trends in reports, meetings, and presentations. In everyday life, you could describe changes in any subject because things change all the time! Describing changes and trends generally consists of three parts: Use a verb (or an adjective and a noun) to describe movement Describe the speed or size of the movement Explain the reason or consequence of the change You can also view it this way:  Verb + Speed or Size + Result/Reason/Consequence Handphone Trends masa kini, Oppo About OPPO OPPO is a global electronics and technology service provider that delivers the latest and most exquisite mobile electronic devices in over 20 countries, including the United States, China, Australia and many countries throughout Europe, Southeast Asia, South Asia, t

Discussing Progress

  A group discussion is a planned conversation between three to 10 people on a selected topic, with a trained discussion leader. The purpose is to express opinions and gain information on the topic and learn from the other group participants. Group discussion is an effective way to ·         Share ideas and broaden view points ·         Stimulate interest in problems ·         Help participants express their ideas ·         Identify and explore a problem ·         Create an informal atmosphere ·         Get opinions from persons who hesitate to speak. HOW TO LEAD A DISCUSSION Preparing for a Discussion Preparation is important to the success of any event. A discussion is no different. The following things encourage a good discussion to happen: ·         The preferred seating arrangement is a circle, semicircle, U,or hollow square. All these formations allow everyone in the group to see one another. ·         Make the room as comfortable as possible. Check t

Invitations and Offers

An Invitation to Offer is an act before an offer, in which one person induces another person to make an offer to him, it is known as invitation to offer. When appropriately responded by the other party, an invitation to offer results in an offer. It is made to the general public with intent to receive offers and negotiate the terms on which the contract is created. The invitation to offer is made to inform the public, the terms and conditions on which a person is interested in entering into a contract with the other party. Although the former party is not an offeror as he is not making an offer instead, he is stimulating people to offer him. Therefore, the acceptance does not amount to a contract, but an offer. When the former party accepts, the offer made by the other parties, it becomes a contract, which is binding on the parties. Example: Menu card of a restaurant showing the prices of food items. Railway timetable on which the train timings and fares are shown. Gover