English Recordings

For a Turkish woman, the kına gecesi (henna night) is much more than a “girl’s” party the night before her wedding. It is a traditional rite of passage, a clear and visible marker of her transition from one social and cultural status to another. She is leaving the bosom of the family in which she was raised and moving on to join her soon-to-be husband’s family with the intent of starting a family of their own.

The core of a henna night lies in the ceremony of anointing the bride with a henna mixture. Usually the bride’s family play host for the party, although either side can elect to hold it. The bride’s closest friends, her female family members and the women of her family-to-be gather to eat and dance. While they sing songs about the bride’s sadness at the end of her childhood, they also welcome in a new era of her life.

Henna is a green powder that turns bright red after water is added and the mix dries into a strong dye. The henna itself may be brought by the bridegroom’s family to be ground in a silver or copper vessel by the “başı bütün,” a woman of good reputation and good marriage. A red-toned chiffon or silk veil is often placed on the bride’s head before the henna is applied to her hands and shared with the guests. Traditions vary according to regional custom, but quite often a young girl of the bride’s family applies the moistened mix to one of the young woman’s hands. Also, “good luck” gold coins are given to her to hold in her reddened palms. At times henna is also applied to the bride’s feet and hair, further distinct symbols of her change in social status.

Although mournful tunes and tears begin the evening, the women then dance and eat and dance some more in celebration. Somewhere the groom, his male family members and his friends are also having a party of their own.

Je me suis mariée le 5 octobre dernier. La fête était belle.

A．November is my favorite month of the year.
B．Really? Why?
A．There's no particular reason.

A．How about this hotel?
B．Why do you wanna stay here?
A．There's no particular reason. I just like it.

So if you’re sold by now—if you’re committed to becoming a more
effective third-wave communicator—what (besides taking this course)
can you do? Here are a few suggestions:
1. Pay attention to the communication you’re part of in a typical
week. Think about how many messages you receive and send.
Consider ways you could help yourself or others by communicating
more effectively.
2. Pay special attention to the actual results of your speaking and
writing. Figure out what communication strategies work for you
and what strategies don’t. Notice when you’re understood and
when you aren’t. “There is one thing worse than not communicating,”
said educational theorist Edgar Dale. “It is thinking you
have communicated when you have not.”
3. Read and listen to communication from cultures and countries
other than your own. In Appendix B of this book you’ll learn
an approach to communicating across cultures. Meanwhile, however,
pick up occasional issues of unfamiliar magazines. Spend
a few minutes with a cable channel from another culture or subculture.
With each exposure, you’ll learn new communication
techniques.
4. Make sure that your communication process is as efficient and
effective as possible. This is what this book is about, of course—
streamlining and supercharging your writing process.
5. Start collecting tools—methods and techniques for effective communication.
You’ll find some especially powerful tools in this
book. Also start your own “steal” file of effective speaking and
writing that you receive. If you get a particularly good direct-mail
letter, save it. If you hear a particularly powerful sales presentation,
take notes about what’s making it so powerful. You’ll soon
have a useful toolbox of ideas and models.
In short, begin to realize that communication is an important part
of whatever work you do. Begin to think of yourself as a third-wave communicator.
If you do, you’ll be your own communication department.

A．There's a cake in the fridge.　　　
B．Where? I can't find it.　　　
A．That's odd.

A．How do you like your new jacket? 　　　　
B．It's not here yet. It's taking forever.　　　
A．That's too bad.

A．I'm not interested.
B．But it's very important.
A．Mom. Can we just drop this, please?

----dictionary/ Sample sentence
급히 hurriedly , urgently , hastily , in a hurry , in haste (빨리) quickly

급히 떠나다 hurry off[

hurriedly, hastily, in a hurry[flurry], in a rush, in (great) haste
허겁지겁 먹다 gobble (up/down)

허둥지둥 밖으로 뛰어나가다 hurry out

hurriedly, urgently, hastily, in a hurry, in (great) haste
황급히 달아나다 run away in a hurry

read hurriedly- 서둘러 읽다.
run hurriedly -헐레벌떡 달려가다

students hurriedly taking notes -서둘러 필기하는 학생들
look it over hurriedly -그것을 급히 훑어 읽다.

dress hurriedly-옷을 바삐 입다
write a letter hurriedly-급히 편지를 쓰다.

go out hurriedly- 허둥지둥 밖으로 뛰어나가다
behave hurriedly-바삐 서두르다

hurriedly slur over the subject-그 문제를(깊이 들어가지 않고) 후딱 버리다.
move busily[hurriedly]-바삐 움직이다

I hurriedly prepared myself for a grand day out.
서둘러 외출 준비를 했다
.
He put his coat on and went out hurriedly.
그는 코트를 입고 서둘러 나갔다.

] As the ship rolled, she hurriedly gripped the rail.
배가 흔들리자 그녀는 황급히 난간을 붙들었다

They left hurriedly, without even saying goodbye.
그들은 작별 인사도 없이 다급히 떠났다

] I'm scribbling this last entry hurriedly.
나는 이 마지막 칸에 허둥지둥 글을 썼다

(Oct 25, 2013)It suddenly turned cold. This morning, when I went out for work, I felt so cold, so I hurriedly returned home and put on one more outer clothing. Winter is comming soon.