The ELI Weekly
The Weekly Newsletter of
the English Language Institute
Volume 148, Issue 5
June 7, 2022
Daytona Beach
Fun and sun!
Daytona Beach Bus Trip – Saturday June 11th – 10:00am-10:30pm
See one of Florida’s famous beaches! Enjoy the views of the Florida coast, swim, get some sun, and walk around the shops and restaurants! You must buy a bus ticket to attend this event.
Tickets can be purchased form Tate in Matherly 211 for 25 dollars exact cash. Please being your Gator1ID. Tickets can be purchased for guests.
Bring your bathing suit, towel, sunscreen, and money for food or packed lunch and dinner.
Here is the schedule for the trip that all bus riders should follow on June 11th.
Daytona Beach Schedule – June 11th, 2022
This schedule may change, all times are estimated.
10 a.m.- Students arrive at Norman Garage and check in with Tate
10 a.m.- Bus arrives at Norman Garage
10:30 a.m.- Bus leaves Norman Garage, we will not wait for students past this time
12:30 p.m.- Arrive at Daytona Beach (Breakers Oceanfront Park, 13 S Atlantic Ave, Daytona Beach, FL 32118)
4:30 p.m.- Good time to prepare to eat dinner
7:30 p.m.- Head back to the bus meeting location
8 p.m.- Bus leaves, you must be at the bus before this time
10:30 p.m.- Arrive at Norman Garage, plan to be picked up or ride the RTS bus around this time.
The Weekday Activities
Monday June 6th– Cabana Beach Pool Party – 6:00 – 8:30pm
It’s pool season! Come hang out with us at the Cabana Beach pool area and swim in their spacious pool! Feel free to bring a bathing suit to swim, a towel, and your friends! If you don’t want to swim, there will be plenty of games and socializing! Take bus 20 or 21 to Cabana Beach Apartments!
Address: 1601 SW 51st Terrace, Gainesville, FL 32607
Tuesday June 7th – Volleyball – 6:30 – 9:00pm
Come play volleyball and hang out at Lexington Crossing Apartments Phase 2! No experience necessary! Take bus 34 or 35.
Address: 3900 SW 27th St, Gainesville, FL 32608
Wednesday June 8th– Soccer – 6:30 – 9:00pm
Come play Soccer on campus at Maguire Field! No experience necessary!
Address: Bledsoe Dr, Gainesville, FL 32611
Thursday June 9th – Rotating Thursdays: Museum Nights – 6:00 – 8:30pm
See the Harn Museum of Art on campus for this special event! There will be food, activities, performances, art, and more! Free to the public. Take bus 20.
Address: 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FL 32608
Friday June 10th – Café Friday – 6:30 – 9:00pm
Socialize with LAs and ELI friends at the Starbucks on Archer Road next to Burger Fi! Play games, speak English, and drink a coffee or get dinner at one of the restaurants nearby! Take bus 1.
Address: 3524 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL 32608
Notes from the Office
Summer Break: Week after next will be Summer Break. There will be no ELI classes, but you can still reach the ELI administration and office staff.
July 4th Holiday: Monday, July 4th is US Independence Day. On this day, there will be no ELI Classes, and the ELI office and the university are closed. Also, there will be reduced RTS Bus service. You can check the schedules at go-RTS.com.
People out: Victoria will be out of the office on Friday, June 10th. Daryl will be out of the office on Thursday and Friday, June 16th and 17th.
Student Voices Deadline
At the ELI, we love to read your writing! Do you want to share your writing with the ELI? The ELI Student Voices is a great opportunity!
Every semester, the ELI publishes a collection of student writing. You can send a piece of your writing to be published for everyone to read. You can send paragraphs, essays, stories, recipes, poetry, and even photos. Also, the best two pieces of writing will be recognized at the ELI Commencement ceremony at the end of the semester. For inspiration, you can find previous editions of The ELI Student Voices on the ELI website.
To submit your writing, please email Thomas Dolce at tomdolce@ufl.edu. Please include your name and class. The last day to submit a piece of writing is July 1st. We can’t wait to read your writing!
Birthdays
The following are ELI Birthdays for the weeks of June 6 to June 12:
Students:
June 8: Abdulrahman Shabib
June 9: Lee Ju Won
June 12: Gustavo Diaz Embus
Staff:
None this week!
Happy birthday everyone!
Manners and Culture
Q: Why is public transportation poor in most American cities?
A: The United States is very wide and has a lot of open space. Many of the major cities outside of the Northeast and Upper Midwest became large cities after the invention of the automobile. These two factors created a need for a strong highway system, rather than a strong public transportation system as is common in older countries. Rising oil prices, increasingly clogged traffic, and damages to our environment are forcing us to reconsider these choices. In recent years, most cities with metropolitan populations in the US over about 3 million have put in at least light rail systems and dedicated bus lanes, if not new metro systems.
Q: Why don’t the buses run at night on the weekends?
A: The bus routes are based on ridership and profits. During the week, all of the bus routes are busy and there are more bus routes. The more people that need a route, the more busses that run on that route. Not as many people ride the bus late at night on the weekends, so RTS doesn’t offer services because it would be a waste of resources.
Grammar
Q: What’s the difference between “borrow” and “lend”?
A: It’s the same as the difference between “take” and “give”. You borrow something from someone. That someone lends it to you. Interestingly, we are involved in a shift in usage. The verb “lend” is rapidly disappearing and being replaced by what used to be exclusively the noun “loan”.
- Can I borrow a pencil?
- Can you lend me a pencil?
- Can you loan me a pencil?
- Can I take a pencil?
- Can you give me a pencil?
Quote of the Week
The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.
–Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
You can find a PDF Copy of the Weekly here: SS2204