Australian Informal Greeting

Greetings

source : http://alldownunder.com/australian-slang/dictionary-greetings.htm

Ga day or G'day	: a friendly welcome, same as hello or hi. It's a shortened form of Good Day and pronounced as gidday. It can be used at night as well as during the day.
Cheerio	: goodbye. Not to be confused with Cheerios which are cocktail sausages in Australia.
Hooroo	: goodbye or see you later. Sometimes spelled "ooroo" and pronounced with and without the H
Toodle-oo	: goodbye
Ow ya goin'	: a friendly greeting, shortened from "how are you going"
Cheers	: thanks
Ta	: thank you
You right?	: do you need any help?
Crikey	: wow, used as an exclamation point in a conversation. Old slang, made famous by croc hunter Steve Irwin, but seldom used today by other Aussies.
Aussie Salute	: not actually words, but a gesture with your hand brushing flies away from your face
Tingle	: will call you as in "I'll give you a tingle this arvo". In the USA you'd say "I'll ring you this afternoon."
Cooee	: someone calling out so their voice can be heard over a distance
Ooroo	: see Hooroo (above)

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English Conversations at a Hotel

source : http://www.theenglishspace.com/useful-english/hotel/conversation.html

Arriving at the Hotel

There are a few different conversations you might have with the hotel receptionist when you arrive at a hotel.

Conversation 1

Mike: I'd like a room for two people, for three nights please.

Hotel Receptionist: Ok, I just need you to fill in this form please.

Hotel Receptionist: Do you want breakfast?

Mike: Yes, please.

Hotel Receptionist: Breakfast is from 7 to 10 each morning in the dining room. Here is your key. Your room number is 345, on the third floor. Enjoy your stay.

Mike: Thank you.

Conversation 2

Lisa: I'd like a room please.

Hotel Receptionist: Do you have a reservation?

Lisa: No, I don't.

Hotel Receptionist: How many nights?

Lisa: Two nights, please.

Hotel Receptionist: For two people?

Lisa: Yes.

Hotel Receptionist: Do you want breakfast?

Lisa: No, thank you.

Hotel Receptionist: Ok, that will be $210. Do you want to pay now, or when you check out?

Lisa: I'll pay now.

Hotel Receptionist: Can you fill this in, and sign here please.

Hotel Receptionist: Thank you. Here is your receipt and your key. You are in room 231, on the second floor.

Leaving the Hotel

Mike: I'd like to check out please.

Hotel Receptionist: What room number?

Mike: 231.

Hotel Receptionist: That's $250 please.

Mike pays the hotel receptionist.

Hotel Receptionist: Thank you. Sign here please. Have a good journey.

Mike: Thank you.

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English Conversations In a Restaurant

English Conversations In a Restaurant

these conversation help you to use English in countries which use English for their native language.

Booking

"I booked a table for two for … (8pm).
"It's under the name of …"
"A table for two please."
What the restaurant staff say:
"Of course. Please come this way."
Or…
"Your table isn't quite ready yet."
"Would you like to wait in the bar?"
"We're fully booked at the moment. Could you come back a bit later?"

Asking about the menu

These are phrases you can ask the waiter if you aren't sure of something on the menu.
"What's … exactly?"
"Is this served with … (salad)?"
"Does this have any … (seafood) in it?"
"What do you recommend?"

Ordering

What the waiter says:
"Are you ready to order?"
"Can I take your order?"
"Anything to drink?"
"Would you like … (chips) with that?"
What the customer says:
"I'll have…"
"I'd like…"
"Can I have …"
"We'd like to order …"
If there are problems with the order, the waiter can say:
"I don't think we have any more … (lobster) left. I'll check with the kitchen."
"I'm sorry, but the king prawn soup is finished."

Dealing with problems

The customer can say:
"Excuse me, but I didn't order this."
"I'm sorry, but this is cold."
"Can I change my order please?"
The waiter can say:
"I'm so sorry about that…"
"Let me take it back for you." (take it back = return it to the kitchen)
"Let me change it for you."

Getting the bill

"Can we have the bill please?"
"Could we get the bill?"
"Could we pay please?"
("bill" in British English; "check" in American English.)

source : http://www.english-at-home.com/conversations-restaurant/

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Example of Speech text

Peace

Good Morning.

    Before i begin my speech, i would like to invite you to thank with God the almighty who has given us mercy and blessing, so we can meet together in this blessing place.

the Honorable our speaking lecturer and all of my friends that i love. it be great to stand here in front of all of you to give a speech about "peace".

    According to Wikipedia peace is an occurrence of harmony characterized by lack of violence, conflict behaviors, and freedom from fear of violence. every people are created belonging and affection that is where the establishment of peace. But now, sense of affection and having each other aren't important things in this life. The important things in this world now are greed, power, and wealth that make peace will gradually disappear from the human heart. 

    Today, only strength and hardness that make they will get what they want.

Today, peace is just a fairy tale from ancestors to us.

And today, peace will be fade from the human heart.

    So, its time to us to build up the peace in our heart. Its time for us to realize that all people in this world are born to be loved not hurt. We must know that all people in this world entitled to be happy in their life through the peace. Grow our affection. like Ralph Waldo Emerson said that "peace can't be achieved through violence, it can only attained through understanding.

Ok, maybe that's all from me. I am sorry if i had mistake and thanks for your attention. Thank you.

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The Ways We Pronounce -Ed

The Ways We Pronounce -Ed

We can find -ed style in the simple past tense or past participle in the regular verb. I'm sure that all of you are confusing when you try to speak the verb which use that style.
ex : I cooked a cake for you.

we can pronounce the -ed in 3 ways:

• /ɪd/
• /t/
• /d/

If the base verb ends in one of these sounds		example base verb*	example with -ed	pronounce the -ed as	extra syllable?
/t/		want	wanted	/ɪd/	yes
/d/		end	ended
unvoiced	/p/	hope	hoped	/t/	no
	/f/	laugh	laughed
	/s/	fax	faxed
	/ʃ/	wash	washed
	/ʧ/	watch	watched
	/k/	like	liked
voiced	all other sounds, eg	play	played	/d/
		allow	allowed
		beg	begged

*Note that it is the sound that is important, not the letter or spelling. For example, fax ends in the letter x but the sound /s/; like ends in the letter e but the sound /k/.

Exceptions

The following -ed words used as adjectives are pronounced with /ɪd/:

• aged
• dogged
• ragged
• blessed
• learned
• wicked
• crooked
• naked
• wretched

So we say:

• an aged man /ɪd/
• a blessed nuisance /ɪd/
• a dogged persistence /ɪd/
• a learned professor - the professor, who was truly learned /ɪd/
• a wretched beggar - the beggar was wretched /ɪd/

But when used as real verbs (past simple and past participle), the normal rules apply and we say:

• he aged quickly /d/
• he blessed me /t/
• they dogged him /d/
• he has learned well /d/ or /t/

Source :https://www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/-ed.htm

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