Brain Storming nyelvtanulási segédletei

1. I don’t want it.
2. What did you do?
3. Do you feel this?
4. What did you say?
5. Come here at once!
6. What did you read?
7. What did you cook?
8. What did you make?
9. What did you draw?
10. What did you hear?
11. Help me if you can.
12. What did you write?
13. What did you drink?
14. What did you order?
15. When will we arrive?
16. Do you want to kick?
17. I want you to help me.
18. Where did you find it?
19. Where do you keep ink?
20. I hope they will come.
21. What can I do for you?
22. Was their son at home?
23. We will not go farther.
24. At last I found my key!
25. Bring me water, please!
26. When is your train due?
27. What do you want to eat?
28. It’s cold. Do you agree?
29. When do you want to come?
30. Do you have enough bread?
31. I want to send him there.
32. What did you watch on TV?
33. What do you want to drink?
34. When do you want to do it?
35. How are you feeling today?
36. Ask him how much they are!
37. Wait for me at the corner.
38. The vet cured the wet dog.
39. Did you buy your medicine?
40. The future is always nice.
41. Our car is very economical.
42. Will you go to the butcher?
43. When did you last eat beef?
44. How many stamps did you buy?
45. Yesterday I made fried lamb.
46. Have you ever had influenza?
47. I don’t drink mineral water.
48. Don’t you want to work today?
49. I had a stamp, but I sold it.
50. Have you ever seen this play?
51. Please stop at the next stop.
52. When did you last go by tram?
53. Let’s park next to the house.
54. Our first lesson ends at 8:45.
55. Have you ever eaten marmalade?
56. The Browns are at the Blacks'.
57. His eldest brother is over 30.
58. Do you fancy going for a walk?
59. Hey man, there is a queue here!
60. We will not eat beef this week.
61. When will the greengrocer open?
62. Put this table into the corner.
63. I’m staying here for two weeks.
64. How do you do? – How do you do?
65. I am not standing on the chair.
66. What does he do? – He’s a baker.
67. I don’t usually jump on the bed.
68. Arrange the books on your shelf.
69. What was his address? – I forgot.
70. What do you think of the weather.
71. I haven’t had a crown on my head.
72. I can see him opposite the house.
73. What do you do in your free time?
74. I went to the committee last week.
75. What medicine do you have to take?
76. We need a loaf of bread for lunch.
77. Do you want to have lunch at noon?
78. It’s cold outside. Put on a scarf.
79. I need this dress. Can I order it?
80. I will make lamb chops for dinner.
81. I don’t like cabbage for breakfast.
82. My whole body aches. What can I do?
83. Where is your bag? – In the corner.
84. Would you be so kind as to help me?
85. The Whites visit us at the weekend.
86. These are not mine; are they yours?
87. If you feel sick, go to the doctor.
88. Send this letter by registered post.
89. I like fruit, especially watermelon.
90. I’m not feeling well. – Are you ill?
91. I’m sorry but I can’t make porridge.
92. Are you taking the luggage with you?
93. I think his car is behind the house.
94. Unfortunately I don’t have a nephew.
95. Can I borrow your book for a minute?
96. Please, give me two pieces of cheese.
97. When you go upstairs, mind the steps.
98. Have you ever travelled by aeroplane?
99. I will go to Serbia within two weeks.
100. Do you fancy a coffee? – Yes, please.
101. I want coffee and toast for breakfast.
102. Excuse me, but I didn’t get a receipt!
103. What are you going to cook for dinner?
104. Who is standing in front of the house?
105. I don’t do any important things today.
106. I got a parcel through registered post.
107. Go to the shop and buy a loaf of bread.
108. We will drink a coffee in the interval.
109. Be careful when you go down the stairs.
110. I was lucky at cards. I won every game.
111. Take this small coin with you for luck.
112. It is raining outside. Take an umbrella.
113. Can you see that bright star in the sky?
114. In my home I will need a very big study.
115. Where did you sit? – I sat in that seat.
116. What did you eat when you had toothache?
117. I have a big problem – I need an expert.
118. Are you interested in space exploration?
119. I will probably watch TV after training.
120. When I last had a disease I had the flu.
121. He’ll take the parcel, so give it to him.
122. This box is rather small. I need another.
123. We eat a lot of pork but I don’t like it.
124. Don’t pick up everything from the ground!
125. You can find your train at platform five.
126. I am tall enough to reach the top shelves.
127. When I arrived I saw them on the platform.
128. Is he ill? – No, but he has a temperature.
129. I ate veal at my brother’s birthday party.
130. Are you glad that you are in London again?
131. I bought you a piano; when can you take it?
132. Were they cheaper, too? – I can’t remember.
133. Where is the nearest train station, please?
134. There aren’t enough seats here in the room.
135. What equipment do you use in your training?
136. Do you fancy a game of cards? – No, thanks.
137. Where must we go? – Sorry, I don’t remember.
138. What do you usually do when your back aches?
139. How long will you stay here? – Until Friday.
140. What can you do when you have a big problem?
141. I will buy some bread and butter, that’s all.
142. We went to the theatre and sat in the stalls.
143. If we book some seats we will be able to sit.
144. Come on. You had a long nap in the afternoon.
145. I was sick yesterday, but I’m not sick today.
146. Polish your shoes before you go to the theatre!
147. In a modern home electricity is very important.
148. Did I give it to you? – Sorry, I don’t remember.
149. I mustn’t eat sheep because I am allergic to it.
150. Yuk! I’m not eating this! I will not eat this!
151. When is your appointment? – Certainly, not today.
152. It is windy and rainy and cold; it’s like autumn.
153. Can I sit down somewhere? – There is a seat here.
154. How did you feel yesterday? – Thanks, well enough.
155. I’m very happy that you have arrived. Do sit down!
156. Come here now! – OK, I will be there straightaway.
157. I always know where it is, but I can’t find it now.
158. Don’t send him to the shop, because he can’t count.
159. You must use this! You don’t have any other choice.
160. I have already met him at school. I know him a bit.
161. I have two nieces, but I don’t see them very often.
162. This parcel is too heavy. It will be very expensive.
163. I like this butcher because he always has fresh meat.
164. Bring me a glass of water, please. – I’m bringing it.
165. I have been working all day, I can’t go out with you.
166. My aunt is expecting a baby – so she has a big belly.
167. Did you speak to him? – Yes, I spoke to him yesterday.
168. I didn’t sleep much. – So, are you tired? – Of course.
169. When you arrive, he will wait for you on the platform.
170. He didn’t get up at seven; he got up at seven-fifteen.
171. We have two bathrooms – one downstairs and one upstairs.
172. If you want to eat beef, you have to go to the butcher’s.
173. Something is wrong with your washbasin. You must mend it.
174. Where can I put the waste paper? The rubbish bin is full.
175. When I go abroad I try to take as little luggage as I can.
176. A jealous person is angry with others when they are happy.
177. I have to answer a lot of questions in this questionnaire.
178. I saw that you fell off your bike. Are you quite all right?
179. I am happy that you can take them by car but what about me?
180. There are some tents behind that fence. Is that your garden?
181. Sometimes I go running – when the school takes me to a race.
182. When the Sun appears in the sky in winter, everyone is happy.
183. In P.E. classes we usually play a game, for example basketball.
184. I need my medicine but I don’t know where the prescription is.
185. My brother sold a lot of things when he went to the marketplace.
186. If I don’t watch TV after training, perhaps I will surf the net.
187. If you don’t follow the instructions you will break this machine.
188. What day is your birthday this year? – Look at it in the calendar.
189. I have a headache, doctor. – Take this medicine and you will be OK.
190. Did you buy that coat? - I wanted to buy that but I bought nothing.
191. Mary, this is Bob. Bob, this is Mary. Mary, meet Bob. Bob, meet Mary.
192. In my room one of my greatest treasures is a photo of my family and me.
193. My parents were born in the previous century; I was born in this century.
194. I regularly go to work-outs three or four times a week. It is a bit tiring.
195. Now I know what Alpha Centauri is. It is the nearest star outside the Solar System.
196. Your friend told me yesterday that you are ill. How are you today? – Worse and worse.
197. I feel sick. – I have a temperature, I can’t stand on my legs and I have a stomachache.
198. I am ill and I went to the doctor. He gave me a prescription and now I am going to the chemist’s.
199. Have you ever seen a piece of coal? – Yes, I have. – Where and when? – At home, long time ago, some years ago.
200. Our hall’s here and you can go to the kitchen, the toilet, the living room, the bathroom and the pantry from here.

LESSON SIX - Technics increasing profit

- Is there any kinds of technics that would increase your profit?

- A new sales-point in N.

- What are the good points of that?

- There is N-Plaza, and the Stop-Shop Mall, and they are at good places.

- Is it a serious plan?

- It’s only an idea.

- What is the main problem?

- The main problem is the very high rental expenses.

- So, it’s only a question of money?

- Yes, but it’s not so easy because during trading it has to make enough profit.

- Do you have an idea which place is the best for trading?

- The best place is where the most people attend. They are the centres and shopping centres… like street malls. Plazas are good because there are a lot of young people, but they don’t have much money! Street malls are better, because their visitors are from the middle-class and they have more money.

- And what about online shopping and home delivery? Do you use it?

- Yes, we have three online shops.

- And how big is their sales-volume?

- Their sales-volume is much smaller than offline trading.

- What is its rate?

- It’s about 5% (five per cent).

- But how economixcal is it?

- Its maintenance or running is cheaper, but transport is much more expensive.

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Communication practices for top managers – talking about business, work and others (in easy English) - 5

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BRAIN STORMING, 2010.

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Lesson ONE – Visiting an Exhibition in Las Vegas and What Are Restaurants Like in Las Vegas

Lesson TWO – Business plans for the next year

Lesson THREE – Let’s talk about your car

Lesson FOUR - What if I offer you some money for the company?

Lesson FIVE - Founding an own enterprise

Lesson FIVE - FOUNDING AN OWN ENTERPRISE

• Have you ever thought of founding an own enterprise?
• Yes, I have. I have had one for years.
• What is it?
• I had an internet sales company. It isn’t worth doing in small.
• How long was it?
• It lasted for about 6 months.
• And then?
• Then I and my father-in-law started a bag-shop. We sell every kind of bags. It’s been runnig for a year.
• Does it go well?
• Not yet.
• When do you think it will go profitable?
• Maybe next year.
• Where is it?
• In Kecskemét.
• In the city centre?
• Yes, in Target Center.
• Where did the idea come from?
• My father-in-law had had a shop before, and he thought of me to work together with.
• How many people do you employ?
• Three.
• Are they enough?
• Yes.
• Do you have a competition nearby?
• There are some but not near.
• And what other ideas would you have?
• For the time being I don’t want to try a new business – I’d like to improve this and open some more shops. I think I have some experiences in opening shops.
• What kinds of shops wouldn’t you open?
• I don’t think I would open a shop selling electrical goods.
• What do you think a good enterprise needs?
• It needs somebody who knows a lot about goods and selling and somebody who can produce the background for this.When would you be satisfied with this bag-business?
• I would like it to be self-financialized.

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BRAIN STORMING, 2010.

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Communication practices for top managers – talking about business, work and others (in easy English) - 5

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Lesson ONE – Visiting an Exhibition in Las Vegas and What Are Restaurants Like in Las Vegas

Lesson TWO – Business plans for the next year

Lesson THREE – Let’s talk about your car

Lesson FOUR - What if I offer you some money for the company?

Lesson FOUR - What if I offer you some money for the company?

- Let’s say I am a milionaire, and I’d like to help you somehow. How can I help you with money?

- You can give us a cheaper credit.

- And how would you use it? Will you improve your office or your service?

- With a part of the sum we would improve our office…

- For example?

- At first we would change copy-machines.

- How many do you have?

- About fifty.

- OK. Go on.

- We would buy new lap-tops.

- Does everybody work on lap-tops at your office?

- Almost everybody. Mobilitiy is a basic factor of our work. In this way everybody can work almost anywhere.

- Do you have office-cars?

- Yes, we do.

- How many?

- About twenty.

- How old are they in average?

- They are about 4 years old.

- And the building itself? The rooms and the furniture?

- The north-wing is very old – our accountants work there and our transportation administratioors, too. The east-wing of the building is newer. The headquarter is OK, but our shops or sale-points needs improving.

- In what point of view?

- There are a lot of new technologies that we have started to sell, and we need room for them. Our customers should see them.

- And how can it be solved?

- With larger room at the shops.

- Are you sure it would increase trading / sales volume?

- It usually does.

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Communication practices for top managers – talking about business, work and others - 4

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BRAIN STORMING, 2010-11

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Lesson ONE – Visiting an Exhibition in Las Vegas and What Are Restaurants Like in Las Vegas

Lesson TWO – Business plans for the next year

Lesson THREE – Let’s talk about your car

Lesson THREE – Let’s talk about your car

- Let’s talk about your car. What make is it?

- It’s a Mercedes Benz.

- How old is it?

- It’s five years old.

- What colour is it?

- It’s silver.

- Do you like this colour?

- Yes, but it’s not so important.

- How many horse powers does it have?

- 254 (two hundred and fifty-four).

- What is its top speed?

- It’s 250 (two hundred and fifty) kmph (kilometres per hour).

- What was the fastest speed that you have ever driven at?

- It was a Ferrari, and about 250 kmph.

- How many people can find room in your car?

- Five people.

- How often do you use it?

- Every day. I go to work and meetings in it.

- What was the longest drive that you have ever made?

- Once we (I and my family) went to Italy by car. It was about one thousand, five hundred kilometres.

- Where do you usually go by car in Hungary?

- To Budapest.

- Where haven’t you been in Hungary by car?

- I’ve been to every seat of counties.

- How big is its boot?

- It’s about 300 litres; 4 suitcases can find room in it.

- How often do you drive your family in it?

- Almost every day.

- Do you have a GPS?

- Yes, I do, but it’s not built-in. It’s in my phone.

- Have you ever got lost by car?

- Of course.

- Which was the most serious?

- I haven’t got lost very much – I always know where I am.

- Has anybody tried to steal it?

- No, I don’t know about it.

- How is it protected?

- It’s got an average alarm-system.

- Has it ever started to alarm without cause?

- Yes, of course.

- Many times?

- Not so many.

- How often do you have to have it mended?

- Usually in every 3 months, but it is not serious – only oil-change, tyre-change and the common things.

- What was the most serious problem with it?

- Once there was a cable-problem.

- How long was it at the garage then?

- Only (for) 2 hours.

- How safe is it?

- Very.

- How comfortable is it?

- The Mercedes Benz is a very comfortable car.

- What is its best feature?

- That it is very comfortable.

- How long are you going to have it?

- A year at least… or more.

- What kind of car will you buy after it?

- I don’t know yet. It will depend on my money.

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BRAIN STORMING, 2010-11

GPSV practices for (top) managers – talking about business, work and others - 3

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Lesson ONE – Visiting an Exhibition in Las Vegas and What Are Restaurants Like in Las Vegas

Lesson TWO – Business plans for the next year