Try to speak english dude!

[CarstenJoe]

Hey Guys I'm back. How was your Holidays, just tell me something about it.

I was at home all the time and celebrated the and of the year and some birthdays with my friends though i had to learn for my abitur exames.

 

[sc00ty]

welcome back! i celebrated the new year just like you; i met some friends, we drunk some beer (a little bit too much) and at 12 o'clock we let explode some cigarette automats (automaten?) ^^ it was very funny and the day after was terrible because of i had a hungover...

 

[Scheuch]

Hi guys,

I'm looking english books - could anybody recommend me a good (=easy-to-read) book to refresh my vocabulary? I bought a "heavy" one some time ago and try to read it now ... but looking to the dictionary once per paragraph is so depressing ...

 

[iceman:-)]

Harry Potter is easy to read.

 

[Albatroner]

Harry Potter is easy to read.

I really think there are much better english books which are also easy to read....

 

[Scheuch]

I really think there are much better english books which are also easy to read....

For example ... ?

 

[John Doe]

I recently read "Beyond Band of Brothers" (Link).
A very interessting read for all those of you who like the tv series "Band of Brothers" or just enjoy first hand World War II stories. It is easy to understand and tells you a lot more about the characters than the tv series did.

 

[Scheuch]

Ok, it sounds good. I think I give it a try.

 

[slow1]

south park me like

i am not sorry about english bad

 

[TnTDynamite]

I read Lord of the Flies, written by Golding. Nice Book about the psychological developments of a group, isolated from our civilisation. The main-part of the book is dominated by children, grownups apear just for a few sites, but it's no book for children, because there are some scary und brutal parts.

 

[slow1]

yeah,

another copy the lord of the flies book-information and paste it wherever story by TnTDynamite better known as the retard

 

[TnTDynamite]

O yeah? Then show me the page, where I got it from. I had to read it for the English-Abi-Prüfung, du Vogel.

Ah...you mean "the retarded"...or am I wrong? Ich bin ja keine Behinderung sondern ein Behinderter, nicht wahr?

 

[slow1]

whatever mate

both of that is right for you

i prefer the retarded retard for tnt

please keep it english

the word for vogel is "bird"

 

[Scheuch]

Calm down, guys ...

 

[TnTDynamite]

I did already calm down, so I won't comment his answer...

 

[The Low King]

@Scheuch:
Forget about the dictionary while reading english books. Just keep on reading and nevermind if you don't understand every single word.

For a bit of light reading I'd recommend Terry Pratchett's "Disc World" novels. Or (if you're looking for reading material for the next few years) take a look at Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time"

The Low King

 

[TnTDynamite]

Yes, it's just important to understand the context, if you don't understand the context without use of a dictionary, you won't have fun, while you read the book. And then it'll be net easy to learn much of it.

 

[Scheuch]

Understanding the context isn't the problem, but often there are words which are too important for the context (and sometimes they are essential for the atmosephere )

 

[Spartaner117]

I don't know whether it was said already, but english games, pariticulary online games, (BF, english WoW-Servers), are perfect to learn english. I played Halo since i was 13, and i can't say it has bad effects.
You read a little bit what the players are writing, assisted by seeing their virtual action (and, of course, assisted by the dictionary of your confidence)
and after a few hours/days, try to ask something you're interessted in.
(Try to choose a topic that fits in (to?) the game topic. )

Or, an easier way, (but less funny), search an IRC-Channel. I'm sure you find something.

But without english knowledge, you can't neither read a book nor chat in english, that means, the fundament should be etablished.

I didn't read english novels till now, so i can't approve anything, except the dict.leo.

 

[meph!sto]

good and easy books are the ones written by james patterson.
best book i read was "honeymoon".
a crazy, money-loving woman who kills almost every guy she's with

give it a try