Grammar exercise 10 – Conjunctions

This week I did an exercise with the focus on learning how to use conjunctions. I sometimes use them wrong and in this exercise I picked to learn the use of five different ones. I had to fill out the gaps and did 90%. It helped me to get a better understanding of how to use them. I think this was an important exercise because you need conjunctions all the time when you talk to people.

http://www.better-english.com/grammar/conjunctions.htm

Angels & Demons premieres in Rome

I read this article this week because I am looking forward to seeing this movie. I read the book which was amazing and because of the backround I have now it is probably easier to understand for me in English. The premiere of the movie was this week in Rome. They probably chose a city in Italy because the story takes place in the Vatican(Italy) and is generally about conspiracy according to the catholic church. The first movie, which is also based on a book by Dan Brown (The DaVinci Code) was a huge success and I hope that this is even better. The premiere in Australia is on May 14th.

http://www.thewest.com.au/aapstory.aspx?StoryName=570563

Drinking in public is expensive when they catch you

Context

It was Friday evening and a couple of friends of mine and I decided to go out in Freo. We met in the student village like always. Because I live in Leederville I took the train from there to go there. I prepared a mixed drink Vodka and RedBull and just took it with me. I know that you are not allowed to drink in public here in Australia but did not really think about that in this moment.

The conversation

I had the feeling that some people were looking at me in a strange way and just a few minutes before we arrived at Murdoch station a guy asked me what I have in the bottle. I told him that it is Vodka and RedBull and he told me that I should be more careful because you are not allowed to drink in public. I told him that I do not drink and that I just start drinking when I am in the student village.

What I learned

I learned that you can not have a drink in public and even if you are not drinking and they catch you with a bottle which is already open you have to pay a huge amount of money. It is called a fine. I was lucky that no police was on the train. Especially on the weekend there are a lot of police men around.

Reflection

Next time I am a bit more careful and make sure that I carry bottles in my bag, so that nobody can see them. I think it is $100AUD or more when they catch you. I think this is a good law that you are not allowed to drink in public. Children and younger people should not see that because it is a bad influence.