A message to a new friend
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Preparation
Hi Lucia
How are you? It was so nice to meet you last week in Sydney at the sales meeting. How was the rest of your trip? Did you see any kangaroos? I hope you got home to Mexico City OK.
Anyway, I have the documents about the new Berlin offices. We're going to be open in three months. I moved here from London just last week. They are very nice offices, and the location is perfect. There are lots of restaurants, cafés and banks in the area. There's also public transport; we are next to an U-Bahn (that is the name for the metro here). Maybe you can come and see them one day? I would love to show you Berlin, especially in the winter. You said you have never seen snow – you will see lots here!
Here's a photo of you and me at the restaurant in Sydney. That was a very fun night! Remember the singing Englishman? Crazy! Please send me any other photos you have of that night. Good memories.
Please give me your email address and I will send you the documents.
Bye for now
Mikel
Hello everyone , i'm new here , good luck for All .
for me i prefer phone call
Today, also, my first day in British Council. Wish me good luck.
me too
nice story. Today is my first day in British Council. I want to improve myself everyday.
Today is my first day for learning English
Wish me a good luck
This story about friends is very good 👌. It is very interesting for me because I am starting to learn the English language. Lucia and Mikel are very good friends.
The word U-bahn should not be preceded by "an" as the "U" is pronounced as "you" therefore needing an "a" not "an"
Hello SOS23,
That's a very good point. In this case, however, the reason Mikel says 'an U-bahn' is because he was thinking of the German pronunciation, which is 'u' (rhymes with 'do'). Since this is a vowel sound, he says 'an'.
Best wishes,
Kirk
LearnEnglish team
I make plans with my friends by phone calls