четверг, 15 декабря 2011 г.
вторник, 13 декабря 2011 г.
воскресенье, 4 декабря 2011 г.
суббота, 3 декабря 2011 г.
среда, 30 ноября 2011 г.
понедельник, 28 ноября 2011 г.
Practice your translation skills! Irwin Shaw. The Girls in Their Summer Dresses.
"First let's go see a football game. A professional football game," Frances said, because she knew Michael loved to watch them. "The Giants are playing. And it'll be nice to be outside all day today and get hungry and later we'll go down to Cavanagh's and get a steak as big as a blacksmith's apron, with a bottle of wine, and after that, there's a new French picture at the Filmarte that everybody says... Say, are you listening to me?"
"Sure," he said. He took his eyes off the hatless girl with the dark hair, cut dancer-style, like a helmet, who was walking past him with the self-conscious strength and grace dancers have. She was walking without a coat and she looked very solid and strong and her belly was flat, like a boy's, under her skirt, and her hips swung boldly because she was a dancer and also because she knew Michael was looking at her. She smiled a little to herself as she went past and Michael noticed all these things before he looked back at his wife. "Sure," he said, "we're going to watch the Giants and we're going to eat steak and we're going to see a French picture. How do you like that?"
"Sure," he said. He took his eyes off the hatless girl with the dark hair, cut dancer-style, like a helmet, who was walking past him with the self-conscious strength and grace dancers have. She was walking without a coat and she looked very solid and strong and her belly was flat, like a boy's, under her skirt, and her hips swung boldly because she was a dancer and also because she knew Michael was looking at her. She smiled a little to herself as she went past and Michael noticed all these things before he looked back at his wife. "Sure," he said, "we're going to watch the Giants and we're going to eat steak and we're going to see a French picture. How do you like that?"
четверг, 24 ноября 2011 г.
The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
Hello, my name is Chris Brown and I'd like to welcome everybody to Yellowstone National Park. Just _____ from our present location the Yellowstone River _____ the Upper Falls. At that point it flows for another 22 miles through one of the prettiest and most _____ canyons in North America. Families love Artist's Point. It gives them an _____ to view the lower falls as well as the walls of the Grand Canyon.
The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is just fantastic for families because of all that you can see in just this one spot. You're so high up and it's so _____ large and deep, it gives the kids the _____ on things. It left a great impression on me.
It's pretty _____, don't you think?
Mm, hmm, you wouldn't want to _____ there.
No, you wouldn't.
Mm, hmm, you wouldn't want to _____ there.
No, you wouldn't.
The _____ visitor's center at Canyon is a _____ place to take kids after a day of being out in the wild. There's so much information. _____ they can touch and feel. Computers that give them the information, maps, _____, just all sorts of things that they can interact with and learn, I mean that's what this is all about is learning about why _____ places like Yellowstone and having them is important.
Cardiff, Wales.
So where is Wales? First let’s ________, its not in England. This distinction is not only correct, it is ________ important to the Welch. Wales is a part of Great Britain along with Scotland and England. The UK or United Kingdom includes the countries of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland.
Isolated ________ discovery showed there were people in Wales 250 years ago. Monolithic monuments can be found along many the country road, ______ the memory of the ______ as they have for thousand of years. Around 600 BC the Celts began ______ in Wales where they ______ for 500 years until the arrival of the Romans. The ______ Celts were never really conquered; they were able to live side by side with the Romans, all the while preserving their language and traditions.
Like their ______, the Welsh today has ______ pride in their culture and on going resistance to the domination of their bigger stronger neighbors. They strive to secure their _____ and future as a separate nation to the localized government. A passion for their ______ is never afar from the surface.
A good place to start your trip in Wales is the bustling ______ capital city of Cardiff. The center piece of the city is the 12 century Cardiff castle.
Cardiff Bay ______ quietly next to contemporary hotels, the huge millennium center and the old harbor. During the industrial revolution Cardiff enjoyed tremendous _____ exporting much of the worlds iron and coal. To step back into the past, we visited the museum of Welsh life where _____ buildings from all over Wales represent various periods of history. Animals _____, shop windows display the wears of the day and rooms _____ that the iron workers will be home for dinner any minute.
Isolated ________ discovery showed there were people in Wales 250 years ago. Monolithic monuments can be found along many the country road, ______ the memory of the ______ as they have for thousand of years. Around 600 BC the Celts began ______ in Wales where they ______ for 500 years until the arrival of the Romans. The ______ Celts were never really conquered; they were able to live side by side with the Romans, all the while preserving their language and traditions.
Like their ______, the Welsh today has ______ pride in their culture and on going resistance to the domination of their bigger stronger neighbors. They strive to secure their _____ and future as a separate nation to the localized government. A passion for their ______ is never afar from the surface.
A good place to start your trip in Wales is the bustling ______ capital city of Cardiff. The center piece of the city is the 12 century Cardiff castle.
Cardiff Bay ______ quietly next to contemporary hotels, the huge millennium center and the old harbor. During the industrial revolution Cardiff enjoyed tremendous _____ exporting much of the worlds iron and coal. To step back into the past, we visited the museum of Welsh life where _____ buildings from all over Wales represent various periods of history. Animals _____, shop windows display the wears of the day and rooms _____ that the iron workers will be home for dinner any minute.
вторник, 22 ноября 2011 г.
Practice your translation skills! Mark Twain. A Dog's Tale.
My father was a St. Bernard, my mother was a collie, but I am a Presbyterian. This is what my mother told me; I do not know these nice distinctions myself. To me they are only fine large words meaning nothing. My mother had a fondness for such; she liked to say them, and see other dogs look surprised and envious, as wondering how she got so much education. But, indeed, it was not real education; it was only show: she got the words by listening in the dining-room and drawing-room when there was company, and by going with the children to Sunday-school and listening there; and whenever she heard a large word she said it over to herself many times, and so was able to keep it until there was a dogmatic gathering in the neighborhood, then she would get it off, and surprise and distress them all, from pocket-pup to mastiff, which rewarded her for all her trouble.
пятница, 10 июня 2011 г.
Learning Vocabulary
Dear students,
now it's good time you revised and went on working on your vocabulary. Have fun with the BBC learning proposals!
The English We Speak
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theenglishwespeak/
Keep Your English Up to Date
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/uptodate/
Face Up to Phrasals
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/faceup/
The English We Speak
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theenglishwespeak/
Keep Your English Up to Date
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/uptodate/
Face Up to Phrasals
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/faceup/
вторник, 7 июня 2011 г.
Radio Stations
Dear students,
summer has started and I hope you all are having a real nice vacation! Here I would like to propose you two online radio stations that you might enjoy.
The first one is the BBC, of course!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/
You can choose any BBC radio station you like!
And here - one more:
http://www.lbc.co.uk/duchess-shines-queen-angry-at-derby-pics-40762/album/royal_family_watch_epsom_derby/1204#18967
This is LBC 97.3 FM. Click on 'Listen Live' and enjoy the sound!
summer has started and I hope you all are having a real nice vacation! Here I would like to propose you two online radio stations that you might enjoy.
The first one is the BBC, of course!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/
You can choose any BBC radio station you like!
And here - one more:
http://www.lbc.co.uk/duchess-shines-queen-angry-at-derby-pics-40762/album/royal_family_watch_epsom_derby/1204#18967
This is LBC 97.3 FM. Click on 'Listen Live' and enjoy the sound!
суббота, 14 мая 2011 г.
четверг, 14 апреля 2011 г.
среда, 13 апреля 2011 г.
Cities: Dublin
So what do you know about Dublin? Leave your answers here. For example:
Originally founded as a Viking settlement, it evolved into the Kingdom of Dublin and became the island's primary city following the Norman invasion.
воскресенье, 10 апреля 2011 г.
Cities: Boston
What do you know about Boston? Leave your facts here. For example:
East Boston now has more Hispanic/Latino residents than white residents, according to census data recently released by the city.
Cities: Melbourne
Leave your facts about Melbourne. For example:
Melbourne's parks offer a wonderful range of opportunities to make the most of your leisure time. With a network of nearly 480 hectares of internationally acclaimed parks and gardens, there is something to suit everyone's lifestyle.
Cities: Montreal
Leave your facts about Montreal. For example:
Montreal is the second largest city in Canada.
Cities: London
Leave your facts about London. For example:
Tate Modern gallery has a Schools Programme. School groups are very welcome at all four Tate galleries, and there is discounted entry to many of Tate's exhibitions.
среда, 6 апреля 2011 г.
суббота, 2 апреля 2011 г.
More about fencing
I saw that some of you guys liked the video about
a fencing tour around Harvard University.
Here is one more link for you to enjoy this beautiful sport!
пятница, 1 апреля 2011 г.
The best movie I saw recently... ONCE
Say what movies you watched recently and share the links to their trailers!
четверг, 31 марта 2011 г.
It's Good To Be King
Please follow the lyrics and say, "What is the main idea of the song?"
Leave your comments in the comment box.
It's good to be king, if just for a while
To be there in velvet, yeah, to give 'em a smile
It's good to get high, and never come down
It's good to be king of your own little town
Yeah, the world would swing if I were king
Can I help it if I still dream time to time
It's good to be king and have your own way
Get a feeling of peace at the end of the day
And when your bulldog barks and your canary sings
You're out there with winners, yeah, it's good to be king
Yeah I'll be king when dogs get wings
Can I help it if I still dream time to time
It's good to be king and have your own world
It helps to make friends, it's good to meet girls
A sweet little queen who can't run away
It's good to be king, whatever it pays
Excuse me if I have some place in my mind
Where I go time to time
пятница, 11 марта 2011 г.
World Poetry Day - March 21, 2011
Please check these links:
Simon Armitage: 'Harmonium' (The Poetry Station)
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Simon-Armitage-Harmonium-The-Poetry-Station-6068552
The Patterns of Poetry 1-8
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/The-Patterns-of-Poetry-1-8-6071974/
Geoffrey Chaucer
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Geoffrey-Chaucer-6071976/
http://www.poets.org/
Poetry 180
http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/
Poetry Daily
http://poems.com/
пятница, 4 марта 2011 г.
четверг, 3 марта 2011 г.
среда, 2 марта 2011 г.
понедельник, 28 февраля 2011 г.
Sting - Englishman In New York
1. What main differences between the English and the American cultures are mentioned in the song? What distinguishes an ‘Englishman’?
2. What does ‘a legal alien’ mean in this context?
3. Give definitions of the following words: ignorance, modesty, notoriety, propriety, sobriety.
4. Comment on the following:
If, "Manners maketh man" as someone said
Then he's the hero of the day
It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile
Be yourself no matter what they say
Gentleness, sobriety are rare in this society
At night a candle's brighter than the sun
Takes more than combat gear to make a man
Takes more than a license for a gun
Confront your enemies, avoid them when you can
A gentleman will walk but never run
среда, 23 февраля 2011 г.
36 Funny Places to Live Around the World
Let's vote! What city would you choose to live in?
Give your reasons!
четверг, 17 февраля 2011 г.
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