Real ESL

Hello everyone,
I’m sorry I haven’t posted for a while. I’m on vacation in Canada right now and after that, I’ll be moving with my family to New York, so just stick with me (stay with me, keep watching)! I’ll try to post once a week during this transition!

For now, I want to tell you a little bit about my trip to help you with the vocabulary of traveling. One quick note on spelling: In America, traveling is spelled with one L. In Canada and Great Britain, it’s spelled with two Ls. The original spelling is of course the British/Canadian one; however, when in Rome… (The expression “when in Rome…” means that when you are in a place, you should do things as the people do in that place.) The rule in America is if the stress of a word is on the first syllable, you don’t need to double the consonant of the last letter of the second syllable even if it contains a soft vowel sound.

Anyway, about my trip… I’m on vacation in Canada. (Note - many people have a problem with this expression. They forget to use ‘on’ and they use ‘in’ or something else.) I’m in Nanaimo, British Columbia right now. I plan to take the Clipper ferry in a couple days over to Seattle to visit the American part of our family, my husband’s dad, stepmom and brother. After that, I’ll be heading back (I’ll be returning) to LA to start packing for New York. So, I’ll do a few more posts from LA and then I’ll be posting from the Big Apple. (New York)

I will try to add more transcripts while I’m on vacation.

Kim