Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Native Speaker of English @ Darlene Junior
stereophonics @ lying in the sun
From the Album "Just Enough Education To Perform"
I wish I could lie in the sun,
The same things as anyone,
I wish I could lie down there,
With my feet high in the air,
I'd have a drink in my hand,
Read words from a newspaper stand,
I wish I could lie in the sun,
Wish I could fly like everyone,
Same things as anyone,
Same things as anyone,
But you burn me up, you paint my skin,
In bad designs, that aint even in,
My skin's crawling up the wall,
Into the ocean I'd love to fall,
I hear the sounds but they ain't the same,
As feeling them with you, two feet away,
There's always more worse off than me,
Suppose I'm lucky I can even see,
All the people that I'd like to be,
Passing me by everyday in the street,
Same things as anyone,
Same things as anyone,
But you burn me up, you paint my skin,
In bad designs, that aint even in,
I got good lungs, I've got a good heart,
My mind is fit and my feet can walk,
And here I am in the shade on the street,
Asking people for money to eat,
What did I ever do to deserve this?
Did I kill a child or something worse?
Same things as anyone,
Whats the reason, maybe make you feel,
How much more fortunate you are than me
Monday, 28 September 2009
Genetic Choice Escolha Genética
thanks dr barnes
Genetic Choice Escolha Genética
Sunday, 27 September 2009
Saturday, 26 September 2009
dr barnes saves the world
i remember a guy once said in a college "if everyone came out on the streets do u really think there would be war in iraq, people don't care about what's happening"
i realised then maybe he was right, protesting was banned from the streets also by the dictatorship and a bbc guy was murdered, so it wasn't that easy to fix
i made a joke to a kenyan politics teacher around that time was that "i'm fighting the war in iraq with my solar panal sitting on my shelf" he uncontrollably for 10 minutes
because if the war was for oil as others have been
another way to stop the war
(its not a war because a war is where 2 sides are fighting = bill hicks)
would be to totally stop using oil
how? sunflower cooking oil makes cars run perfectly when mixed with 1% white spirit
this has been on many tv programmes and its better for the car as they say
electricity is rarely produced using oil probably never.
buses use oil, and so if you can bicycle to the train station you stopped the war
where's my nobel peace prize?
Thursday, 24 September 2009
especially vs x specially
especially = extra specially
i dont like to be forced to anything.. specially when i have to part from my money
specially = just for you
especially = extra specially for u
almost the same, one of the things where only natives really feel the difference
Wednesday, 23 September 2009
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
indiaaaaaaaa
Monday, 21 September 2009
a nice meditation ©2005 Michael Neill www.geniuscatalyst.com
Sunday, 20 September 2009
donald trump is the king of quotes
is the king of quotes
every one i read from him makes me think
"a leader has the right to be beaten, but never the right to be surprised"
"there is thing stronger than all the armies in the world and that's an idea whose time has come"
"Coming together is a beginning, keeping together
is progress, working together is success"
http://www.trumpuniversity.com/blog/index.cfm
big humour
big humour
It's Sunday! How's it going?
Today I came to bring large humour for you!
Blonde Jokes: This genre is particularly popular in the United States. For some reason, blondes are considered less intelligent than everybody else. Here are a few examples:
Q:Why should blondes not be given coffe breaks?
A: It takes too long to retrain them again.
Q: How can you tell if a blonde's been using the computer?
A: There's white-out on the screen.
Q: What happened to the blonde who tried tap dancing?
A: She fell in the sink.
Q: What do you see when you look into a blonde's eyes?
A: The back of her head.
Q: How do you make a blonde laugh on Monday morning?
A: Tell her a joke on Friday night.
And finally:
Q: Why do men like blonde jokes?
A: They say because they can understand them. (Grrrr, it's not funny!).
Guys, you need to be very much aware that humour is very ambiguous. It means a lot of different things to different people. A joke that's funny to you might be offensive to somebody else. People might not get the joke, or they might perceive it completely differently than you think they are. I think... an anthropologist I know of, he said that the last test of whether you know a culture well is your ability to tell and understand jokes in that culture.
Did you like it? Hope so...
All the best and... 'Til next time!
Gustavo
Saturday, 19 September 2009
Some hints to improve your English:
My name's Gustavo, aka "Guto", I'm 22 going on 23 and Brazilian.
To begin with, I think English is the most important language to learn at this moment, especially in the context of globalization.
I wonder, what's the most important English skill? What skill must you have to communicate well? I'd say it's fluency! What's fluency? Fluency is the ability to speak and understand a language quickly and easily, without translation. Fluency means you can talk easily with native speakers and that is our main goal here. I'm beginner like most of you and I'm here to exchange some experiences.
Luis is an excellent teacher, he's brilliant! I really like his method and his books. So, to have a good teacher like him is a good start. I'm so proud to be one of his students!
I think to be a fantastic English speaker, you must learn English with your ears, not just with your eyes, it's an ideology of a North American teacher. In other words, your ears are the key. The best listening must be understandable and repetitive, both of those words are important. You must hear a new word and new grammar many times before you'll understand them instantly.
Increase your learning time and also your listening time. Use iPod or MP3 player. Listen to movies. Guys, that way you'll learn English faster!
Another great idea is to read a good English dictionary that brings some slangs and most used expressions by natives and then your speech will sound like theirs. I do that and it really works!
Read them, make phrases, practise more and more. Your English will come along like mine.
You have tried the old ways, now it's time to try something new!
Good luck! I wish you success with your English learning!
'Til next time!
Gustavo
accurate native english phrases
my friend went from average english to amazing english in 4 months by constantly checking this dictionary
barnes says:
so you read the dictionary then you suddenly remember
or would you practise
Gustavo says:
well, I read them and then I practise and make phrases...
barnes says:
in a document
or with people
Gustavo says:
both
luis joia says:
bom
Friday, 11 September 2009
advanced english ingles advancado
Metaphors We Live By. Advanced Level English @ Metodo Barnes Inglese
Thursday, 10 September 2009
bob dylan @ she belongs to me
She's got everything she needs
She's an artist, she don't look back
She's got everything she needs
She's an artist, she don't look back
She can take the dark out of nighttime
And paint the daytime black.
You will start out standing
Proud to steal her anything she sees
You will start out standing
Proud to steal her anything she sees
But you will wind up peeking
through her keyhole
Down upon your knees.
She never stumbles
She's got no place to fall
She never stumbles
She's got no place to fall
She's nobody's child
The Law can't touch her at all.
She wears an Egyptian ring
That sparkles before she speaks
She wears an Egyptian ring
That sparkles before she speaks
She's a hypnotist collector
You are a walking antique.
Bow down to her on Sunday
Salute her when her birthday comes
Bow down to her on Sunday
Salute her when her birthday comes
For Halloween buy her a trumpet
And for Christmas, give it a drum
Friday, 4 September 2009
Prepositions Preposições Preposiciones Ingles English
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Thursday, 3 September 2009
dr barnes books at scibd.com + barnes method english
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Wednesday, 2 September 2009
mysterious misterioso video @ manuela vaz e perry barnes
http://www.1000imagens.com/manuelavaz
+ new version of you hurt my feelings by kelma dantas and Dr Barnes
Learning from a native speaker may not be easy at 1st and in the 1st class you Learn the pronunciation accurately, a foreign person teaching english may be accurate after 5 years speaking the language, the ideal situation is a native english speaker that also speaks your language
Tuesday, 1 September 2009
when the price is right @ john la valle
WHEN THE PRICE IS RIGHT
John La Valle
Just back from my business seminar in Milan, Italy, reminded me of something I include there, and then some, and thought I'd share it this month! It seems like a good time for it, especially in the current world economic situation. Some discussions recently have been centered around how much to charge for services, whether consulting, or others. This is not necessarily the place to start, as I discovered through the School of Hard Knocks, thankfully many, many years ago.
Back in the first days of my opening my consulting business, I had the opportunity to be introduced to the Vice President of a large company here in the US, who also happened to be interested in what I do with teambuilding, etc. Anyway, as I was leaving my house for the appointment, Kathleen asked me how much I was going to charge him and I replied, "I don't know." She said, "Come back in here and close the door." I did, of course, and she said, "You have to have a number in mind, you know," and I knew she was right (as she usually is). So I said, "Yes, dear. My good friend Charlie is a consultant and he gets $600 per day, so I'll charge that." In the mid 80's $600 per day was considered good as the average to good consultant goes. She said, "OK, good." And I took off for the appointment.
To make this one a bit short, in my just less than one hour drive, I kept giving myself increases for various reasons and by the time I got to the appointment, I was up to $1,200 per day, and thought, "Wow! That was easy!" I went to the person's office, introduced myself to his secretary and she said, "I'm sorry, he got tied up in a meeting and will be a while. He wants you to wait. I said, "Yes, of course," or something pleasant and immediately thought, "$1,400 a day. I'm not waiting for free!!"
He came around about a half hour later and we went into his office and "chatted" a bit before he asked me what I charged. I said, "$1,500 per day plus expenses." His replied: "That's all?" Well, I moved fast and said, "For the first time you use me because it's like an audition." (I was a musician in another time long ago). As I calibrated him carefully, he asked, "And how much is it after that?" I said, "2,500 per day plus expenses," held my breath, watched as he smiled, let my breath out as he said, "That's better. That's what the really good consultants are charging, anyway." He hired me for a day, checked me out, paid the $2,500 on a $1,500 invoice and gave me lots of business after that.
So where did I get the $2,500 figure from? Just pulled it out of my head based on what information I had up to that point, including his nonverbal cues.
What type or kind of people do you want as customers? There's a relationship, obviously, between the price, the time span of the project and their expectations based on their perceived value afterward. While this may initially seem complicated, it really isn't. People who are willing to pay more for something are already prequalifying themselves for you regarding the price and what they expect, or not.
When Kathleen and I first started doing public seminars here in New Jersey many years ago, we played with prices for a one day introduction program, a teaser that was well packed with great information, anyway. We priced from $100 for the day all the way down to FREE! That's right: FREE! And here's what we learned:
The more we lowered the price, the more people we got to attend the intro program!! Great, right? But the less people we got to sign up for our longer, higher priced seminar, which is why we were conducting the intro's, anyway. And as we got closer to "Free", we started getting questions like, "Are you providing lunch?" and on and on. So we raised the price, got more quality and more qualified people, less attendees in our intro's and more people signing up for the longer, higher priced seminars. And no questions about free lunch.
Most people who know me know that I "work" about 6 months per year, sometimes a bit more. People want to know why? I really say, "Because I can." But that's predicated on other things I realized when I first started out. The first thing was that I didn't want to work and travel 50 weeks per year as I was, and second, I wanted to qualify my corporate customers so that I'd have quality companies to work with.
So assuming that you have a quality product or service, why should you charge more?
First, you shift your market appeal from the shoppers to the buyers. Period. Shoppers shop, buyers buy. A store that is full of shoppers with a few buyers, isn't as valuable as a store full of buyers, and just a few shoppers. Shoppers are looking for the "bargains", the "deals". They'll be sure to tell you what so-and-so is charging, as if that matters. Shoppers often don't know what they want and when they do, it's usually then just the price. Buyers often know what they want and want it. Period. They will sort through their "higher quality" expectations, too.
Second, if someone else is charging more, the buyers want to know why. If it satisfies more of their criteria than the lower priced guy, they'll go for the higher priced item.
The next part of the pricing aspect is what you think your services are worth, or what you are worth as a resource commodity. When you think about it, even with so many seminars being priced low, doesn't it raise that question in your head? What does this person really think they are worth? Why would they charge so little? How do they pay their bills? How long will they be able to stay in business? I wonder if they know how many potential customers they may have lost?
I was asked once by a very good friend and mentor the following question during a seminar for consultants when it came to pricing: "What are you worth?" Answers from around the room included, "With what I know, I gotta be worth 2 million a year," "$750,000 with my skills,", etc. etc. Joe looked at us and said, "You're worth what you're making." The silence was deafening, the heartbeats, the sighs, the shifting in seats. And he said, "Go to lunch. See you all afterward."
©2009 John La Valle
*Neuro-Hypnotic Repatterning™ - Dr. Richard Bandler & John La Valle - November 14-19, 2009 - with M.E.T.A. NLP - Edinburgh Scotland
*Altered States, Shamanic States & Basic Brain Exploration™ - Dr. Richard Bandler & John La Valle - November 21-23, 2009 with M.E.T.A. NLP in Edinburgh, Scotland
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