1)lb -public limited company gross national product pound (weight) incorporated
limited company
2)C.E.O. -copies to Chief Executive Officer annual
general meeting
any other business approximately
3)I.O.U. -public limited company I owe you pound (weight)
incorporated limited company
4) Jr. -public limited company I owe you pound
(weight) junior limited company
5)mo. -public limited company I owe you pound
(weight) junior month
6)mth -public
limited company I owe you pound (weight) junior month
7)Inc.- gross domestic product gross national product hire
purchase
incorporated extraordinary general meeting
8)H.P.-gross
domestic product gross national
product hire purchase
cash on delivery extraordinary general meeting
9)VAT - public relations please turn over per
week value added tax paid
10)N/A-not
applicable I owe you pound (weight) junior month
11)p.w.-public
relations please turn over per week per annum paid
12)Nb-not
applicable pay attention to
this pound (weight) junior month
13)plc-public
limited company gross national
product hire purchase incorporated limited company
14)PA-not
applicable pay attention to this personal assistant junior month
15)p.a.-not
applicable pay attention to this personal assistant per annum month
16)Ltd.-gross
domestic product gross national
product hire purchase incorporated
limited company
17)pd. -not applicable pay
attention to this personal
assistant per annum paid
18)PR -public
relations pay attention to this personal assistant per annum paid
19)cc- copies to account annual
general meeting any other business approximately
20)PTO-public
relations please turn over personal assistant per annum paid
Puppies for sale
A
farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the
pups and set about Nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was
driving the last nail into the post, he Felt a tug on his overalls. He looked
down into the Eyes of a little boy.
Mister,"
he said, "I want to buy one of your puppies."
"Well,"
said the farmer, as he rubbed the sweat off the back of his neck, "these
puppies come from fine parents and cost a good deal of money."
The
boy dropped his head for a moment. Then reaching deep into his pocket, he
pulled out a handful of change and held it up to the farmer. "I've got
thirty-nine cents. Is that enough to take a look?"
"Sure,"
said the farmer.
And
with that he let out a whistle,"Here,Dolly!" he called.
Out
from the doghouse and down the ramp ran Dolly followed by four little balls of
fur. The little boy pressed his face against the chain link fence. His eyes
danced with delight.
As
the dogs made their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else
stirring inside the doghouse. Slowly another little ball appeared; this One
noticeably smaller. Down the ramp it slid. Then in a somewhat awkward manner
the little pup began hobbling toward the others, doing its best to catch up....
"I
want that one," the little boy said, pointing to the runt.
The
farmer knelt down at the boy's side and said, "Son, you don't want that
puppy. He will never be able to run and play with you like these other dogs
would."
With
that the little boy stepped back from the fence, reached down, and began
rolling up one leg of his trousers. In doing so he revealed a steel brace running
down both sides of his leg attaching itself To a specially made shoe. Looking
back up at the farmer, he said, "You see sir, I don't run too well myself,
and he will need Someone who understands."
The world
is full of people who need someone who understands.
Select
the sentence from each choice of three which you think is correct.
1)a
I live at London. b I live by
London. c I live in London.
2)a
They have been to Italy last year.
b They went to Italy last year.
c They had been to Italy last year.
3)a
The class starts on 10.30am. b
The class starts in 10.30am. c
The class starts at 10.30am.
4)a
How many times did you go to France?
b How many times have you been
to France?
c How many times go you to France?
5)a
My birthday is at March 21st. b My
birthday is March 21st. c My
birthday is on March 21st.
6)a
I got married last week. b
I did get married last week. c I
married last week.
7)a
She goes to the cinema on Wednesday.
b She is going to the
cinema on Wednesday. c
She will go to the cinema on Wednesday.
8)a
I live in Vienna since 1998. b
I am living in Vienna since 1998.
c I have lived in Vienna for 5 years.
c I have lived in Vienna for 5 years.
9)a
Her office is at the first floor.
b Her office is in the first floor.
c Her office is on the first floor.
10)a
We went to the theatre on New Year's Day. b We went to the theatre at New Year's Day. c We went to the theatre in New Year's
Day
11)a
Peter has worked here since 4 years.
b Peter has worked here for 4 years. c Peter had worked here 4 years.
12)a
Her flat is at the first floor.
b Her flat is in the first floor. c Her flat is on the first floor.
13)a
I was swimming on Saturday. b I
went swimming on Saturday. c I did
swim on Saturday.
14)a
Yesterday evening I watched television. b Yesterday evening I looked at
television. c Yesterday evening I saw television.
15)a
We went on holiday to Greece for ten years.
b We went on holiday to Greece since ten years. c
We went on holiday to Greece ten years ago.
They
say that each generation inherits from those that have gone before; if this were so there would be no
limit to man's improvements or to his
power of reaching perfection. But he is
very far from receiving
intact that storehouse of knowledge which the centuries have piled up before him; he may perfect
some inventions, but in others, he lags behind the originators, and a great
many inventions have
been lost entirely. What he gains on the one hand, he loses on
the other.
--
Eugène Delacroix
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