• And this one time, at band camp, I stuck a flute in, uhm, my mouth. Как травить друзьям кулстори лайк э нейтив? Попробуйте использовать слово THIS в не совсем привычном нам значении - «такой/один». Например: «был один случай...» Подробнее: • So this past Friday night, I did something I had never done before: I organized de Sade reading for teens. •… and Jessica said listen, I know this bar in the city and the bartender is .. friends with my mother — let's go there. Указательная функция практически отсутствует. По сути, просто «я знаю ОДИН бар». THIS используется почти как артикль, но отсылает к личному опыту говорящего: • After one of the meetings Dad was followed home, uh, by this vehicle, and he came in the house and it was late, about 11:30, and he said, “Hand me my shotgun.” • Well, my mom had these big, curly bushes… About five of them on the side of our driveway. === Кроме того, THIS прекрасно заменяет SO (как и THAT): • I have never seen hooters this big before. Both were sitting on the branch of the tree. • I didn’t expect you're that predictable!