2 CLBS tasks to consider:
1. Decline an invitation to a
social event. Apologize and
give a reason for declining.
2. Call to make an appointment
with a professor or dentist.


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2 CLBS tasks to consider:
1. Decline an invitation to a
social event. Apologize and
give a reason for declining.
2. Call to make an appointment
with a professor or dentist.

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CLB6RRead and follow instructions 
and warnings on a label for a 
common chemical product 
(such as cleaning products, 
paint thinner) used at home 
or at work. 

Leave a short but adequate voicemail about the Precautions and First Aid procedures related to this product. Place the link from Audioboo or AudioPal on your blog.

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and warnings on a label for a 
common chemical product 
(such as cleaning products, 
paint thinner) used at home 
or at work. 

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                                Imperial and Metric Measurement System in Canada

                                  (Draft 3^rd, probably final, after 2^nd correction)

 

I would tell one confusing story which happened to me recently.

One day my husband and I were going to the nearest town for groceries when our neighbour asked to buy for him “two quarts of half and half cream”. As my husband and I came from Europe, where we both used metric measurement system (he is from Germany and I am from Ukraine), we guessed that one quart is 250ml, or ¼ litre. So we bought two 237ml packs of half and half cream. But what a surprise when we came back home and our neighbour came to pick up his goods. According to the imperial measurement system one quart is 0.9463 litres which is more than ¼ (one quarter) litre in the metric system. It is not hard to guess that our calculations were wrong and instead of two quarts we bought two quarter-litres.

After this strange situation, I asked myself why it happened, why there was a misunderstanding. So I went to my “best friend”, the internet, and found the answer to my questions. According to my search, only three countries in the world, namely USA, Liberia, and Burma, still officially use the archaic imperial system of weights and measures. But what about Canada? Canada adopted and has officially used the metric system since 1970s, but imperial measurements are often used as well. Also Wikipedia says: “The use of metric or imperial measurement varies by age and region. Older Canadians are sometimes more familiar with the imperial measurement, whereas younger Canadians are more familiar with metric. And many provinces and territories in Canada include the imperial system of measurement as a part of their school education.”

I am sure many immigrants have often had similar confusing situations to mine, in grocery stores, hardware stores, clothing shops, medical clinics, etc. In my opinion a better way to avoid similar situations as this is for the government to make a strict policy to have just one measurement system in Canada. Why should we make our lives more difficult if we can make them easier!

 

                                     Imperial and Metric Measurement System in Canada

                                                                CORRECTION 2nd

                               Imperial and Metric Measurement Systems in Canada

                                                       (Draft 2^nd after 1^st correction)

I would tell one confusing story which happened to me recently.

One day my husband and I were going to the nearest town for groceries when our neighbour asked to buy for him “two quarts of half and half cream”. As my husband and I came from Europe, where we both used metric measurement system (he is from Germany and I am from Ukraine), we guessed that one quart is 250ml, or ¼ litre. So we bought two 237ml packs of half and half cream. But what a surprise when we came back home and our neighbour came to pick up his goods. According to the imperial measurement system one quart is 0.9463 litres which is more than ¼ (one quarter) litre in the metric system. It is not hard to guess that our calculations were wrong and instead of two quarts we bought two quarter-litres.

After this strange situation, I asked myself why it happened, why there was a misunderstanding. So I went to my “best friend”, the internet, and found the answer to my questions. According to my search, only three countries in the world, namely USA, Liberia, and Burma, still officially use the archaic imperial system of weights and measures. But what about Canada? Canada adopted and has officially used the metric system since 1970s, but imperial measurements are often used as well. The use of metric or imperial measurement varies by age and region. Older Canadians are sometimes more familiar with the imperial measurement, whereas younger Canadians are more familiar with metric. And it seems many provinces and territories in Canada include the imperial system of measurement as a part of their school education.

I’m sure, many immigrants have often had similar confusing situations which I had: in grocery stores, hardware stores, clothing shops, medical clinics, and etc. In my opinion the better way to avoid the similar situations with this not official double measurement system is: the government should make strict decision of which one of the measurement system in Canada people have to use. Why we should make our life more difficult if we can make our life easier!