English Lessons
“Whoa, whoa, watch it. It's gonna tip over!”
You're fishing in a canoe with a friend. Your friend has hooked a big fish, and he's pulling it in excitedly. It's making the boat unstable, so you warn him not to move so much.
“You might be tempted to cut corners on your taxes, but when the government comes knocking on your door, you'll be sorry you did.”
You're an accountant. One of your clients is asking about ways to pay lower taxes. You warn him that he should be careful not to break any tax laws.
“I considered going into medicine, but I decided that I wanted to do something a little more creative.”
You make pottery for a living. You're at a party and you're talking to someone who's a doctor. You tell her that you almost became a doctor before you chose pottery.
“Sir, I think we have an issue.”
You're watching an action movie. A soldier on a battle ship is looking at a radar screen and sees some objects flying toward the ship. She says this to the commander.
“We need to think about this from the customers’ point of view.”
You're in a planning meeting for a product that your company is building. Other people in the meeting have been making suggestions that make the product easier to build. But you think that these suggestions will make it harder to use for customers...
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