Do you imagine winning the native speakers abroad in a TV contest?
A natural answer is "impossible",
However an Armenian young woman who has only lived during 7 years in Valencia(Spain),Lilit Manukyan, has achieved it, besides she took 318000 euros of award.
She learnt 50 words daily and was training hard in the game of the contest. When she came to Spain she started taking care children and she says that learnt so much by helping with his homework to her pupil, Gabriel, actually she was the pupil, she says.
This contest is hard for native speakers but she knew a lot of words unusual, "ditirambo" , "oploteca" which I sincerely don't know it nor do I am interested to learn, at least in this way.
She studied economy in Russia and only received some Spanish clases before coming to Spain.
The most peculiar of her is her foreign marked accent, that actually she doesn't speak fluently and the fact that she is able to listen fast Spanish.
When the TV presenter asked her, she said that she and her current Spanish husband were unemployed and that her wish was to travel to Majorca Island.
Not even in my wildest dreams, I can imagine winning an English contest against to native speakers.
That is the name of a well known contest in Spain where(1) you listen to a VERY FAST definition and you have to find out the right word only knowing the letter that it starts WITH.
ReplyDeleteDo you imagine BEATing the native speakers abroad in a TV contest?
A natural answer is "impossible",
However a YOUNG Armenian woman who has only lived FOR 7 years in Valencia(Spain),
Lilit Manukyan, has achieved it, besides TAKING HOME 318000 euros of award(2).
She learnt 50 words daily and was training hard in the game of the contest. When she came to Spain she started taking care OF children and she says that SHE learnt so much by helping HER PUPIL GABRIEL with his homework, actually she was the pupil, she says.
This contest is hard for native speakers but she knew a lot of UNUSUAL words, "ditirambo" , "oploteca" which I sincerely don't know [] nor AM(3) I interested to learn, at least in this way.
She studied economICS in Russia and only received some Spanish clasSes before coming to Spain.
The most peculiar ASPECT of her is her foreign [] accent, that actually she doesn't speak fluently and the fact that she is able to listen TO fast Spanish.
When the TV presenter asked her, she said that she and her [] Spanish husband were unemployed and that her wish was to travel to Majorca Island.
Not even in my wildest dreams CAN I imagine winning an English contest against [] native speakers.
(1) better: in which
(2) better: prize money
(3) Another exception the to the "nor do" rule... we don't do that with "to be". But note that the verb precedes the subject.
It's really amazing. And it demonstrates that the vocabulary they use in such games is not part of being fluent.
Gabriel is a boy name.
ReplyDeleteIt you are curious:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B-7fP0L6lU