I miss the words we used to say I miss the sounds of yesterday.
ฉันคิดถึงคำพูดที่เราเคยพูดต่อกัน ฉันคิดถึงเสียงของวันวาน

Nobody ever made me feel this way.
ไม่เคยมีใครทำให้ฉันรู้สึกแบบนี้มาก่อน

After all, soulmates always end up together.
สุดท้ายแล้ว เนื้อคู่กัน ก็ได้เป็นเนื้อคู่กัน

Stay hungry for knowledge
จงหิวโหยความรู้อยู่เสมอ

The unhappiest people in the world are those who care most about what other people think.
คนที่เป็นทุกข์มากที่สุดคือคนที่แคร์มากที่สุดว่าคนอื่นคิดยังไง

Life is like a roller coaster.
It has its ups and downs but it's your choice to either scream or enjoy the ride.
ชีวิตก็เหมือนกับรถไฟเหาะ
มันมีทั้งขึ้นและลงแต่มันอยู่ที่คุณเลือกเองว่าคุณจะกรีดร้องหรือมีความสุขไปกับมัน

Mistakes are proof that you are trying.
ความผิดพลาดคือหลักฐานที่บอกว่าคุณได้พยายาม

"The two most important days in your life are the day you are born, and the day you find out why."
2 วันที่สำคัญที่สุดในชีวิตคือวันที่คุณเกิดมาและวันที่คุณค้นพบว่าเกิดมาทำไม

You'll be the last thing I think of before I fall asleep and the first think I think of when I wake up
คุณเป็นสิ่งสุดท้ายที่ฉันคิดถึงก่อนที่ฉันจะหลับลงและเป็นสิ่งแรกที่ฉันคิดถึงในตอนที่ฉันตื่น

You're not alone together we stand I'll be by your side you know I'll take your hand
คุณไม่ได้อยู่ตัวคนเดียว เรายืนอยู่ข้างๆกัน ฉันจะอยู่ข้างๆคุณ และจับมือคุณไว้เอง

You make my world beautiful
คุณทำให้โลกของฉันสวยงาม

If people are trying to bring you down, it only means you are above them.
ถ้ามีคนพยายามฉุดดึงคุณให้ต่ำลงนั่นก็หมายความว่าคุณอยู่เหนือพวกเขา

The most romantic love story isn't romeo and juliet who died together...
It' grandpa & grandma who grew old together
เรื่องราวความรักที่โรแมนติกที่สุด ไม่ใช่โรมีโอกับจูเลียดที่ตายไปด้วยกัน
มันคือคุณปู่คุณย่าคุณตาคุณยาย ที่แก่ไปด้วยกันต่างหาก

Whenever you are having a bad day remember this...
I LOVE YOU
เมื่อไหร่ก็ตามที่คุณมีวันแย่ๆ จำไว้ว่า
ฉันรักคุณ

My whole heart will be yours forever
ทั้งหมดของหัวใจฉัน จะเป็นของคุณตลอดไป

Don't forget to love yourself
อย่าลืมรักตัวเอง

You smile I melt
คุณยิ้ม ฉันละลาย

Legend says when you can't sleep at night, it's because you're awake in someone else's dream.
ตำนานกล่าวไว้ว่าถ้าคุณนอนไม่หลับนั่นก็เพราะว่าคุณกำลังตื่นอยู่ในความฝันของใครสักคน

The last person you think about before you fall asleep, is the one who truly owns your heart.
คนสุดท้ายที่คุณคิดถึงก่อนที่คุณจะหลับลงคือคนที่เป็นเจ้าของหัวใจคุณ

Take my hand let's see where we wake up tomorrow
จับมือฉันไว้แล้วมาดูกันว่าพรุ้งนี้เราจะตื่นขึ้นที่ไหน

start your day with a smile
เริ่มต้นวันของคุณด้วยรอยยิ้ม

Do you think about me be fore you go to sleep?
ก่อนที่คุณจะเข้านอน คุณคิดถึงฉันบ้างรึเปล่า?

Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
อยากจะนอนลงข้างๆกัน แล้วลืมโลกทั้งใบไปด้วยกันมั้ย?

Stay strong everyone you will get through it.
เข็มแข็งเข้าไว้คุณจะผ่านมันไปได้

I'm proud of my heart it's been played, stabbed, cheated, burned & broken 
but somehow still works
ฉันภูมิใจในหัวใจของฉัน มันถูกเล่น ถูกแทง ถูกนอกใจ ถูกเผา ถูกทำให้แตกสลาย แต่มันก็ยังหายใจได้อยู่

Love is poison. A sweet poison, yes, but it will kill you all the same.
ความรักคือยาพิษ ใช่มันเป็นยาพิษที่หอมหวาน แต่มันก็จะฆ่าคุณทุกคนให้ตายเหมือนกันหมด

what hurts you today makes you stronger tomorrow
อะไรที่ทำให้คุณเจ็บปวดในวันนี้ จะทำให้คุณแข็งแกร่งขึ้นในวันพรุ้งนี้

You're never too old to be young!
คุณไม่มีวันแก่เกินกว่าที่จะเป็นเด็ก

Play hard study harder
เล่นให้เยอะ เรียนให้เยอะกว่า

Be yourself
people don't have to like you, but you don't have to care.
จงเป็นตัวของตัวเอง
คนอื่นไม่จำเป็นต้องชอบคุณ แต่คุณก็ไม่จำเป็นต้องแคร์

Be the best version of you do the best you can
จงเป็นตัวของคุณในแบบที่ดีที่สุดและทำให้ดีที่สุด

Tell me you love me.
I just want to hear it one more time.
บอกฉันว่าคุณรักฉัน
ฉันแค่อยากจะได้ยินมันอีกสักครั้งหนึ่ง


No family is perfect.
We argue. We fight.
We even stop talking to each other at times.
But in the end, family is family...
The love will always be there.
ไม่มีครอบครัวไหนสมบูรณ์แบบ
เราถกเถียงกัน ทะเลาะกัน
บางครั้งก็ไม่พูดคุยกัน
แต่สุดท้ายแล้ว...
ครอบครัวก็คือครอบครัว
ความรักจะอยู่ตรงนั้นเสมอ

Good times + Crazy friends = Amazing memories.
ช่วงเวลาดีๆ + เพื่อนบ้าๆบอๆ = ความทรงจำที่น่าทึ่ง

ESSENTIAL WORDS FOR THE TOEIC 
Lesson 15 Promotions, Pensions, and Awards

Words to leard
1. achievement n,.
2. contribute v.,
3. dedication n,.
4. look forward to v,.
5. look to v,.
6. loyal adj.,
7. merit n.,
8. obviously adv.,
9. productive adj.,
10. promote v.,
11. promote v.,
12. value v.,





READING
Part 5 Incomplete Sentences
10. When he thought about his long career, he
realized that his biggest _____ was in
developing the new leaders of the company.
(A) achiever
(B) achieved
(C) achievement
(D) achieves

11. She has _____ so much time and
energy to the project that her name should appear
on the award.
(A) contributes
(B) contribution
(C) contributed
(D) contributor

12. Hard work and _____ will help you
move up the corporate ladder.
(A) dedicated
(B) dedicates
(C) dedication
(D) dedicated

13. There is no reason to question her _____ to our
company.
(A) loyal
(B) loyally
(C) loyalry
(D) laurels

14. These microchips are _____ faster and more
cheaply in Asia.
(A) produce
(B) produced
(C) product
(D) production

15. Because you are a valued and dedicated employee,
we are _____ you to director of the
department.
(A) promoting
(B) promote
(C) promotion
(D) promoter





Part 6 Text Completion

Dear Harry,

We are pleased to inform you of your promotion within our company. Starting the first of next month, you will begin in your new position as manager of the Fulfillment Department. During your years as a member of the Fulfillment Department staff, you have made many _____ to the productivity and

16. (A) contribute
      (B) contributes
      (C) contributors
      (D) contributions

smooth operation of the department. We have always valued your dedication to your job, and now we are pleased to be able _____ your hard work and fine skills with this promotion. We know you

17. (A) recognize
      (B) to recognize
      (C) recognizing
      (D) will recognize

will do a wonderful job. The Personnel Department will contact you soon regarding the changes in your salary and benefits. We _____ welcoming you to your new position next month.

18. (A) look forward to
      (B) look in on
      (C) look for
      (D) look to

Sincerely,

Madeline Kovacs
President





Part 7 Reading Comprehension

To : All company staff From : Claude Dubois, Personnel Manager Re : Annual Awards Ceremony It is time to startgetting ready for the company's annual awards ceremony. It will take place at the Merrimack Hotel on Friday, November 10. Up to 15 staff members will receive awards from the company president that evening. We look to you, our company staff, to help us select deserving award recipients, Please send in your nominations for colleagues who you think merit the recognition of an award. Obviously, we would like to see names of people who have contributed more than average to the company. Send me your nominations by e-mail before October 15 so that we can have the list finalized before November 5. Thank you.

To: claude_dubois@starco.com From: marilyn_freeland@starco.com Subject : nomination Hi Claude, I would like to nominate my coworker, Jant McGhee, assistant manager of the research department, for an award. Her dedication to her job is far above average. She always works long hours to make sure she gets her job done. If she is working on an important project, she will come into the office on weekends if she thinks it's necessary to completing her job on time. The rest of us in the department always look to Janet as an example of how to get a job done right. If anyone deserves the recognition of an award for loyalty and dedication, it's Janet. I hope you will consider her as an award recipient. Thank you. Marilyn

19. When

Part 7: READING COMPREHENSION

153. (A) The company type is stated in the first sentence.
Choice (B) is confused with the previous tenant of the office.
Choice (C) is confused with the type of company that owns the office building.
Choice (D) is confused with the other company that opened recently nearby.

154. (A) The article says The new Park and Smith office was open for business as of yesterday.
Choice (B) is when the stock brokerage office opened.
Choice (C) is when the company closed other branch offices.
Choice (D) is confused with how long the office space had been vacant.

155. (C) The company president says It is just the type of community where services
such as ours are needed.
Choice (A) is true but not the reason they opened an office in Salem.
Choice (B) is confused with the reason why the other branch offices were closed.
Choice (D) is associated with renting a new office but not mentioned.

156. (B) The word facilitate means to make something happen more easily.
Choices (A) , (C), and (D) don't fit the meaning of the sentence.

Questions 153-156 refer to the following article.

Part 6: TEXT COMPLETION

141. (A) We know that sales are decreasing, or going down, because fewer customers
are coming into the store.
Choice (B) is the opposite meaning.
Choice (C) means staying the same.
Choice (D) is related to sales but doesn't fit the context.

142. (B) The store has had to lay off, or fire, employees because business has been
so bad.
Choice (A) and (D) are things they might do with new employees.
Choice (C) means hire, the opposite of the correct answer.

143. (D) Unemployed people might seek benefits, or assistance, from the government.
Choice (A) refers to people who receive benefits.
Choice (B) refers to people who help others.
Choice (C) is an adjective describing things that are good or helpful.

144. (B) This is a simple past tense verb used to describe an action that was completed
in the past, two years age.
Choice (A) is simple present.
Choice (C) is present perfect.
Choice (D) is part perfect.

145. (C) We know that Mr.Richardson is reliable because the next sentence says
We could always count on him.
Choices (A) ,(B) and (D) are also good qualities for an employee but do not fit the context.

146. (D) Him refers to Mr.Richardson. It is an object pronoun after a preposition.
Choice (A) is a subject pronoun.
Choice (B) is an object pronoun, but it is first person plural.
Choice (C) refers to a woman.

147. (A) A refund is a return of money, which is what customers hope for when
they return purchases.
Choices (B),(C) and (D) look similar to the correct answer but don't fit the context.

148. (C) Their refers to the third person plural noun items.
Choices (A) and (B) refer to a third person singular noun.
Choice (D) is second person.

149. (D) The subject of the sentence, questions, receives the action(presumably it
is the customers who perform it) , so passive voice is required.
Choices (A),(B), and (C) are all active voice.

150. (C) The adverb form is used to modify the adjective located.
Choice (A) is an adjective.
Choice (B) is is a noun.
Choice (D) is an adverb but belongs to a different word family and has a completely different meaning.

151. (B) Ample means plentiful.
Choice (A) is opposite in meaning, so it isn't logical her.
Choices (C) and (D) could be used to describe parking but don't fit the context.

152. (C) This is an imperative verb form telling readers what to do.
Choice (A) could be imperative but is affirmative, so it isn't logical her.
Choice (B) is a gerund.
Choice (D) isn't imperative, so it requires mention of the subject.

Questions 141-143 refer to the following newspaper article.

The Evergreen Department Store has been hit hard by the current recession.
Sales have been_____at a rapid rate. "Fewer and fewer customers are

141. (A) decreasing
        (B) increasing
        (C) maintaining
        (D) advertising

coming into the store, " says Violet Dupree, floor manager at Evergreen. Ms.
Dupree explained that earnings during the past fiscal year were the worst
the store had ever seen since it opened for business 25 years ago. She went
on to say, "The worst part of it is that we have had to _____ a number

142. (A) train
        (B) lay off
        (C) take on
        (D) interview

of fine employees." Job loss is becoming a more widespread problem as the
recession deepens, and applications for unemployment _____ are on

143. (A) beneficiaries
        (B) benefactors
        (C) beneficial
        (D) benefits

the rise. Evergreen is just one more in a logn list of local businesses that have
been falling victim to the current economic crisis.




Questions 144-146 refer to the following letter.

April 21, 20--

Martha Dinsmore
Pet Supply Company
3774 State Street
Westminister, VA

Dear Ms.Dinsmore,

This is to serve as a letter of recommendation for Andrew Richardson, a former
employee of my company, PT, Inc. Mr.Richardson _____ for my company

144. (A) works
        (B) worked
        (C) has worked
        (D) had worked

for three years, from June of 20-- until he left to continue his university studies
two years ago. Mr.Richardson was a great asset to my company. He always
fulfilled his responsibilities in a careful and thorough manner. He was also
extremely _____. We could always count on him to do what he promised

145. (A) punctual
        (B) prepared
        (C) reliable
        (D) organized

to do. He was eager to pursue professional development opportunities and
attended a number of training workshops while employed by PT.His upbeat
personality was also a great addition to out workplace. I think everyone on the
PT staff would agree that it was indeed a pleasure to work with _____.

146. (A) he
        (B) us
        (C) her
        (D) him

I highly recommend Mr.Richardson for the position he has applied for at your
company. If you have any questions. please don't hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,

Patricia Thompson
President




Questions 147-149 refer to the following notice.

STORE POLICY REGARDING RETURNED MERCHANDISE

Customer satisfaction is our top priority. If you are dissatisfied with your
purchase for any reason, you may return it to the store for a full _____.

147. (A) refund
        (B) refusal
        (C) referral
        (D) restoration

no questions asked, providing the following conditions are met:

• The item is returned with its original packaging intact.
• The item is accompanied by the store receipt.
• The item is returned within 30 days of purchase.

Customers returning items after 30 days but within 90 days of purchase or
without _____ original packaging will receive store credit. We are

148. (A) its
        (B) his
        (C) their
        (D) your

sorry but we cannot accept returns on items after 90 days of the purchase
date or without a store receipt. Any questions about the return policy
should _____ to the Management Office.

149. (A) direct
        (B) directs
        (C) directed
        (D) be directed

Questions 150-152 refer to the following advertisement.

Misty View Office Complex has several office spaces for rent. Misty
View is _____ located near several bus lines and is just a short,

150. (A) convenient
        (B) convenience
        (C) conveniently
        (D) conventionally

five-block walk from the subway station. Your clients who drive will never
have to worry about finding a place to park. Misty View has _____

151. (A) scarce
        (B) ample
        (C) covered
        (D) underground

Visitor parking. Tenant parking is also available for an additional monthly fee.
Rents start at $2 per square foot, all utilities included. Six-month, one-year,
and five-year leases are available. _____ this opportunity to locate

152. (A) Miss
        (B) Missing
        (C) Don't miss
        (D) Shouldn't miss

your business in the city's prime office building. Call our leasing office today
to make an appointment to visit Misty View and find out why it has become
the city's most desirable business location.




Answers Explained 141-152