I want to go to there/here

Wrong: I want to go to there
Wrong: “to go to here” or “to go to there”
Correct: I want to go there.

I want to…

go + there

• I want to go there.
  

visit/ go to + Proper noun

• I want to go to Japan.
• I want to go to India.
• I want to visit China.
• I want to visit Malaysia.

visit/go to + the + Proper Noun

there are about 3 places where we use “the + Proper noun”

• I want to go to the Philippines.
• I want to go to the United States.
• I want to visit the Dominican Republic.

go to + the + noun

• I want to go to the park.
• I want to go to the restaurant.
• I want to go to the beach.

 

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The Brilliant Experiment

Vocab

Cheer- a shout of encouragement
deaf- could not hear

Once there was a student who was doing his research at school. His study was about spiders.

He and his team gathered around the table and they placed the spider there. Spiders have 8 legs. They took one leg and they said, “Crawl, crawl!” and the spider crawled.

They took the other legs and did the same thing. Everytime they take one more leg, they’d cheer, “Move, Move!” The spider could move but it’s getting slower.

Until they took the 7th leg and they shouted, “Crawl, crawl!” The spider crawled but not much.

They took the last leg and they shouted, “Crawl, crawl!” But the spider did not move. They encouraged the spider again and said, “Move, Crawl! You can do it.” But the spider didn’t move.

So the student researcher said, “I conclude that when spiders lose all of their legs, they are not able to HEAR, they become deaf.”

haha..

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Those who want to be rich are in trouble

Vocab:

penny- a coin equivalent to 1 cent (USA and Canada)
a second- 1 second

There was a man who prayed to God.

M: “God, how much is a billion dollars for you?”

G: “It’s just a penny for me.”

M: “God, how long is billion years for you?”

G: “It’s just a second for me.”

M: “God can you give me your penny?”

G: “Yeah, sure. I’ll get it. Please wait a second.”

haha..

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streamline [streem-lahyn]

v. made easier, made efficient, simplified

Word form: v. streamlined, streamlining,  streamlines

• The new policy streamlined the company’s procedures.
• Streamlining data-collection will increase our productivity.

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Unlucky salesman

Vocab:

door to door
demo
sales talk
mes
everything is under control
plugging
brown out

There was a salesman who went door to door to offer their new model of vacuum cleaner. He was looking for a house where he could do his demo. He came to a house of a middle-aged woman and he started his sales talk.

S: “Madam, try our new model of vacuum cleaner. Whatever kind of dirt you may have at home, our power cleaner could fix it.”

W: OK

S: “Ok, I’ll demonstrate.”

The salesman started to take the garbage from the kitchen and place it on the floor. He also added dirt, dust and every disgusting thing that he’d find in the house.

W: “Wait! what are doing.”

S: “Don’t worry Ma’am, everything is under control.”

S: “I’m going to EAT all of this mess, if our power cleaner would fail to clean this up. I swear, promise I’m going to eat it all.”

W: “For a minute please because I’m going to get something in the kitchen.”

Then the woman came back with a spoon while the salesman was plugging the cleaner.

S: “What is that for.”

W: “Start eating all of those dirt because we didn’t have electricity since yesterday. We had a brown-out.”

haha…

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diligence [dil-i-juhns]

• n. earnest effort to reach a goal
• syn. perseverance, industrious, tireless, hard work

Word Form: diligent adj., diligently adv.

• Everyone appreciated my mother’s diligence.
• She diligently pays for her bills on time.
• A person who lacks diligence never succeeds.
• The company was saved from lawsuits because their diligent record-keeping proved otherwise.

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repugnant [ri-puhg-nuhnt]

• adj. offensive, objectionable
• syn. disgusting

• This is illegal, I find this idea as repugnant.
• The repugnant smell of the herb drives the pests away.
• I need to change my repugnant character.
• Sleeping around with boys is morally repugnant.
• Murders by Hitler was a repugnant act.

 

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tremulous [trem-yuh-luhs]

• adj. trembling because of fear,
• syn. frightened, quivering

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intersection [in-ter-sek-shuhn]

• n. where two roads meet usually in a highway
• syn. crossroads, crossing corner

• Please slow down when you reach the intersection.
• The car accident happened on this intersection.

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enquiry [en-kwahy r-ee]

n. also inquiry
investigation to seek out the truth
interrogation, a question

• The NBI is currently holding an enquiry regarding the crime.
• He was called for an enquiry to answer the allegations.
• You can enquire online for more details.
• We will be holding a Congressional inquiry to solve the case.

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