What’s in this month’s Newsletter?
In this month’s edition, we’ll learn about the verb “get” and its different usages. We’ll also talk a little about getting rich.
Let’s see how the verb “get” is used in sentences and phrases
“Get” is one of those words in English that “change” their meaning according to the context of the phrase or sentence that they’re in. “Get” is a verb, so it has a special form for the past tense-got, and also for the future-will get.
1.Get sick: David got sick last week, after walking around in the rain without a coat. {=David became sick.}
2.Get tired: Jessica always gets tired after lunch. {=Jessica becomes tired.}
3.Get upset: I get upset each time my mother yells at me. {=I become upset.}
1.Make sure you get there on time! {=arrive on time}
2.I have to get to work early tomorrow. {=arrive early}
3.Don’t forget to call me when you get home. {=arrive home}
1.I got a new car for my birthday. {=received a car}
2.You’ll get your check in the mail tomorrow. {=receive your check}
1.Get out: Please get out of my car. {=Now you are in my car, but I want you to be outside my car.}
2.Get in: Get in quickly, it’s starting to rain! {=Now you are outside, but I want you to be inside.}
3.Get up: I decided to get up from bed and go for a walk in the park. {=I was lying in bed and then I was not lying in bed.}
4.Get ready: Get ready for the party now please. I don’t want to be late. {Now you’re not ready, but I want you to be ready.}
5.Get married: I’m getting married next month. {Now I’m single, but next month I’ll be married.}
6.Get rich: Almost everybody wants to be rich, but almost nobody knows how to get rich.
“Fortune” is the name of a very popular business magazine. Every year the magazine publishes a list of the top 500 companies in America, according to their profits. In 2012 the top 3 were Exxon Mobil in first place, Wal-Mart in second place and Chevron in third place.
“Forbes” is also a very popular American business magazine. The magazine is famous for “The Forbes 400”, which is a list of the 400 richest Americans. Let’s take a look at some interesting people on the current list:
Bill Gates (Microsoft) is in the first place. He’s “worth” about 66 billion dollars. He wrote his first computer program when he was in the 8th grade and he’s considered a “dropout”, because he left university before getting his degree.
Warren Buffet is second on the list. He’s only worth 46 billion dollars. In 2006 he announced that he plans to donate most of his money to charity (more than 80 %!).
In 10th place you’ll find New-York’s mayor, Michael Bloomberg. He’s divorced; so if you’re single, attractive and in New-York, you might want to try to get his phone number and ask him out on a date.
Larry Page, Google’s 39 year old CEO is in the 13th place. But don’t feel bad for him; he’s worth more than 20 billion dollars, so he’ll be OK. He has a small family- a wife and one child, so he doesn’t have a lot of mouths to feed.
That’s it for now!
Thanks for taking the time to read this Newsletter. We hope you found it useful and interesting.
See you next time!
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