”It has been a long cold winter till April in Vienna. Then every park is filled with flowers and every square is crowded with many young people and old women and men. Saying it is good to see Vienna only in this season is not correct, one of my friends who lived there said to me”. Just like the season of four years ago, I was there to present a paper for an international conference entitled ” Nuclear Safety Culture ” sponsored by both the ASME and the IAEA. It was one of the most prestigious meetings for all nuclear engineers like me and it had been my dream to do so. I needed about a month to prepare it. A native speaker had rewritten my draft for more accurate English expressions and made a tape for practicing my oral speech. I don’t remember how many times I rehearsed it. He pointed out that you should say the most important words using a strong, slow tone. Other, less important words, can be spoken with a weaker voice and at a faster pace. Actually I tried this, but it didn’t work out exactly as I had planned and I felt sweat moving on my face.
Having meals, especially a dinner with my colleagues at an outdoor restaurant on a main street, and visiting a nuclear power plant in Czechoslovakia where Madam Curie had worked were really enjoyable experiences after I had finished my presentation. Studying English has given me the opportunity to enjoy the best in life. It was not only the good view of Vienna I could see, but the sense of satisfaction I felt in doing work in a foreign country using my English skills.
O.A
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