Hello my friends! Have you ever tried to tell any story in English? I bet you have! When you're just talking to your friend for example, of course you want to tell him what had happened to you and what is new in your life. It's quite natural and we do that every time we speak with people.
So in this article I'd like to tell you a little story, just make something up for you. And then we'll look at some interesting points and good phrases I'm going to use.
Ok, here is the story:
«Other day I went to the cinema. I had plenty of time till the next train home. So I made up my mind to watch that new movie by Quentin Tarantino which was called „Django Unchained“. To be honest, I'm not a big fan of westerns, but I'm crazy about all the Tarantino's movies! So I just couldn't miss it! What's more, I had so much free time that I could watch even two movies!
When I came to the cinema it turned out they didn't have the tickets for „Django Unchained“. I was really upset. But it was not a surprise, because the cinema was so crowed and it was the premiere, so all the tickets had been bought away very quickly. So the only thing I could do was just to seat and wait for my train. I went to the nearest fast foodand had a bite there.
For some reason I decided to come back to the cinema and ask them one more time about tickets for „Django Unchained“. Believe it or not, but they said that they really had the last ticket! The point was somebody had just returned his ticket, because he couldn't watch the movie in that time. I was so glad! So that day I managed to watch „Django Unchained“! The movie was great, I liked that! After it finished I came back to the Railway Station and went home!
I was lucky that day for sure!»
So now let's look at some interesting vocabulary here.
1. The first one is «other day». It means «one or two days ago, recently, not so long time ago». Good phrase, I like it. So use it in your speech.
Other day I passed the exam.
Other day I went to the bank.
2. «Plenty of time». It means «a lot of time». For example:
I had plenty of time to do that.
I had plenty of opportunities.
I have plenty of books.
3. «I made up my mind». It means «I made a decision», «I decided».
to make up smb mind — to decide.
I made up my mind to go to University.
I made up my mind to stay home.
4. «To be honest». It means «to tell you the truth». For example:
To be honest, I don't like you.
To be honest, I don't know where to go.
5. «I'm crazy about».
To be crazy about something means to adore something. For example:
I'm crazy about English.
(I like English very much. I adore this language)
6. «What's more». It means «more over»:
What's more, I like swimming!
What's more, he is our friend!
7. «It turned out». This phrase meansthe fact of something:
It turned out, we are lazy.
It turned out, he was wrong.
8. «had a bite».
«To have a bite» means to have some food, to eat something very quickly.
Yesterday I had a bite at the cafe.
Let's have a bite!
9. «For some reason». It means «I don't know what the reason was». For example:
For some reason, I've done it.
For some reason, I didn't ask him about it.
For some reason, I don't like this song.
10. «Believe it or not».
Believe it or not, but I know what I saw!
11. «The point is...»:
The point is I like you!
The point is you should learn English hard!
12. «I managed to...»:
I managed to visit that museum.
I managed to buy the best seats.
That's it guys! I hope you'll use these phrases in your speech and improve your language!
Keep learning English and take care!
Немного словарного запаса для рассказа историй на английском.