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http://www.newzealand.com/UK-Ireland/ The website of the New Zealand national tourist office, which includes attractive photographs. The text is challenging, but some excerpts could be used with pre-intermediate level. .
En el año 490 a. de C., cuando los soldados atenienses partieron hacia la llanura de Maratón para entablar batalla con los persas, sus mujeres quedaron pendientes del resultado porque los enemigos habían jurado que, después de la batalla, marcharían sobre Atenas, violarían a sus mujeres y sacrificarían a sus hijos. Al conocer esta amenaza, los griegos ordenaron a sus esposas que, si no recibían noticia de la victoria en veinticuatro horas, deberían matar a sus hijos y suicidarse enseguida. Los griegos ganaron, pero la contienda les llevó más tiempo del que habían pensado, de modo que temieron que ellas ejecutaran el plan. Para intentar evitarlo, el general griego Milcíades ordenó a su mejor corredor, el soldado y atleta Filípides, que corriera hacia Atenas, situada a cuarenta kilómetros. Filípides recorrió esa distancia tan rápidamente como pudo y al llegar, apenas logró decir «Vencimos», y cayó muerto por el esfuerzo. Sin embargo, Heródoto cuenta que, en realidad, Filípedes fue enviado antes de la batalla a Esparta para pedir ayuda, y que había tenido que correr doscientos cuarenta kilómetros en dos días. Sea como fuere, unos tres mil cuatrocientos años más tarde, en 1896, en los primeros Juegos Olímpicos de la era moderna, Filípides fue homenajeado con la creación de esta prueba cuya distancia era de cuarenta kilómetros, pero que desde 1908 está estipulada en 42,19 kilómetros.
Exercise 3 1. True. The most conservative estimate of the kangaroo population is 50 million. 2. False. Australia came in fourth place with 17 gold medals, but China was in second place (behind the USA) with 32. 3. True. 4. True. Australia’s area is 7,700,000 square kilometres, while England’s is only 130,000 square kilometres. 5. False. Australia has around 800 different bird species. 6. False. Australia has well over 100 different species of snake, many of which are poisonous.
IF I HAD A HAMMER (The Hammer Song) words and music by Lee Hays and Pete Seeger
If I had a hammer I'd hammer in the morning I'd hammer in the evening All over this land I'd hammer out danger I'd hammer out a warning I'd hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters All over this land
If I had a bell I'd ring it in the morning I'd ring it in the evening All over this land I'd ring out danger I'd ring out a warning I'd ring out love between my brothers and my sisters All over this land
If I had a song I'd sing it in the morning I'd sing it in the evening All over this land I'd sing out danger I'd sing out a warning I'd sing out love between my brothers and my sisters All over this land
Well I've got a hammer And I've got a bell And I've got a song to sing All over this land It's the hammer of justice It's the bell of freedom It's the song about love between my brothers and my sisters All over this land
Time in a bottle
If I could save time in a bottle The first thing that Id like to do Is to save every day Till eternity passes away Just to spend them with you
If I could make days last forever If words could make wishes come true Id save every day like a treasure and then, Again, I would spend them with you
But there never seems to be enough time To do the things you want to do Once you find them Ive looked around enough to know That youre the one I want to go Through time with
If I had a box just for wishes And dreams that had never come true The box would be empty Except for the memory Of how they were answered by you
But there never seems to be enough time To do the things you want to do Once you find them Ive looked around enough to know That youre the one I want to go Through time with
If I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars) I'd buy you a house (I would buy you a house) If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars) I'd buy you furniture for your house (Maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman) And if I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars) Well, I'd buy you a K-Car (A nice Reliant automobile) If I had a million dollars I'd buy your love
If I had a million dollars I'd build a tree fort in our yard If I had million dollars You could help, it wouldn't be that hard If I had million dollars Maybe we could put like a little tiny fridge in there somewhere You know, we could just go up there and hang out Like open the fridge and stuff There would already be laid out foods for us Like little pre-wrapped sausages and things
They have pre-wrapped sausages but they don't have pre-wrapped bacon Well, can you blame 'em Uh, yeah
If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars) Well, I'd buy you a fur coat (But not a real fur coat that's cruel) And if I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars) Well, I'd buy you an exotic pet (Yep, like a llama or an emu) And if I had a million dollars (If I had a a million dollars) Well, I'd buy you John Merrick's remains (Ooh, all them crazy elephant bones) And If I had a million dollars I'd buy your love
If I had a million dollars We wouldn't have to walk to the store If I had a million dollars Now, we'd take a limousine 'cause it costs more If I had a million dollars We wouldn't have to eat Kraft Dinner But we would eat Kraft Dinner Of course we would, we’d just eat more And buy really expensive ketchups with it That’s right, all the fanciest ke... dijon ketchups! Mmmmmm, Mmmm-Hmmm
If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars) Well, I'd buy you a green dress (But not a real green dress, that's cruel) And if I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars) Well, I'd buy you some art (A Picasso or a Garfunkel) If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars) Well, I'd buy you a monkey (Haven't you always wanted a monkey)
If I had a million dollars I’d buy your love
If I had a million dollars, If I had a million dollars If I had a million dollars, If I had a million dollars If I had a million dollars I'd be rich
Change the world
If I could reach the stars I'd pull one down for you Shine it on my heart so you could see the truth That this love I have inside is everything it seems But for now I find it's only in my dreams
CHORUS: That I can change the world I would be the sunlight in your universe You will think my love was really something good Baby if I could change the world
If I could be king even for a day I'd take you as my queen I'd have it no other way And our love will rule in this kingdom we have made Till then I'd be a fool wishin' for the day
CHORUS: That I can change the world I would be the sunlight in your universe You will think my love was really something good Baby if I could change the world Baby if I could change the world
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CHORUS: That I can change the world I would be the sunlight in your universe You will think my love was really something good Baby if I could change the world Baby if I could change the world Baby if I could change the world
I hope you dance
I hope you never lose your sense of wonder You get your fill to eat But always keep that hunger May you never take one single breath for granted God forbid love ever leave you empty handed I hope you still feel small When you stand by the ocean Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens Promise me you'll give faith a fighting chance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance I hope you dance I hope you dance
I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance Never settle for the path of least resistance Living might mean taking chances But they're worth taking Lovin' might be a mistake But it's worth making Don't let some hell bent heart Leave you bitter When you come close to selling out Reconsider Give the heavens above More than just a passing glance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance I hope you dance (Time is a real and constant motion always) I hope you dance (Rolling us along) I hope you dance (Tell me who) I hope you dance (Wants to look back on their youth and wonder) (Where those years have gone)
I hope you still feel small When you stand by the ocean Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens Promise me you'll give faith a fighting chance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance Dance I hope you dance I hope you dance (Time is a real and constant motion always) I hope you dance (Rolling us along) I hope you dance (Tell me who) (Wants to look back on their youth and wonder) I hope you dance (Where those years have gone)
(Tell me who) I hope you dance (Wants to look back on their youth and wonder) (Where those years have gone)
If I were a bell
Ask me how do I feel Ask me now that we're cosy and clinging Well sir, all I can say, is if I were a bell I'd be ringing!
From the moment we kissed tonight That's the way I've just gotta behave Boy, if I were a lamp I'd light And If I were a banner I'd wave!
Ask me how do I feel, little me with my quiet upbringing Well sir, all I can say is if gate I'd be swinging! And if I were a watch I'd start popping my springs! Or if I were a bell I'd go ding dong, ding dong ding!
Ask me how do I feel from this chemistry lesson I'm learning.
SKY (spoken) Uh, chemistry? SARAH (spoken) Yes, chemistry!
Well sir, all I can say is if I were a bridge I'd be burning!
Yes, I knew my moral would crack From the wonderful way that you looked! Boy, if I were a duck I'd quack! Or if I were a goose I'd be cooked!
Ask me how do I feel, ask me now that we're fondly caressing Well, if I were a salad I know I'd be splashing my dressing Ask me how to describe this whole beautiful thing Well, if I were a bell I'd go ding dong, ding dong ding!
If I were a rich man
"Dear God, you made many, many poor people. I realize, of course, that it's no shame to be poor. But it's no great honor either! So, what would have been so terrible if I had a small fortune?"
If I were a rich man, Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum. All day long I'd biddy biddy bum. If I were a wealthy man. I wouldn't have to work hard. Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum. If I were a biddy biddy rich, Yidle-diddle-didle-didle man.
I'd build a big tall house with rooms by the dozen, Right in the middle of the town. A fine tin roof with real wooden floors below. There would be one long staircase just going up, And one even longer coming down, And one more leading nowhere, just for show.
I'd fill my yard with chicks and turkeys and geese and ducks For the town to see and hear. (Insert)Squawking just as noisily as they can. (End Insert) And each loud "cheep" and "swaqwk" and "honk" and "quack" Would land like a trumpet on the ear, As if to say "Here lives a wealthy man."
If I were a rich man, Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum. All day long I'd biddy biddy bum. If I were a wealthy man. I wouldn't have to work hard. Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum. If I were a biddy biddy rich, Yidle-diddle-didle-didle man.
I see my wife, my Golde, looking like a rich man's wife With a proper double-chin. Supervising meals to her heart's delight. I see her putting on airs and strutting like a peacock. Oy, what a happy mood she's in. Screaming at the servants, day and night.
The most important men in town would come to fawn on me! They would ask me to advise them, Like a Solomon the Wise. "If you please, Reb Tevye..." "Pardon me, Reb Tevye..." Posing problems that would cross a rabbi's eyes! And it won't make one bit of difference if i answer right or wrong. When you're rich, they think you really know!
If I were rich, I'd have the time that I lack To sit in the synagogue and pray. And maybe have a seat by the Eastern wall. And I'd discuss the holy books with the learned men, several hours every day. That would be the sweetest thing of all.
If I were a rich man, Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum. All day long I'd biddy biddy bum. If I were a wealthy man. I wouldn't have to work hard. Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum. (Delete)If I were a biddy biddy rich, Yidle-diddle-didle-didle man. (End Delete) (Insert) Lord who mad ethe lion and the lamb, You decreed I should be what I am. Would it spoil some vast eternal plan? If I were a wealthy man. (End Insert, End Song)
Mrs. Kowalski lives in an old Polish neighborhood in Chicago. She speaks a little English, but usually she speaks Polish.
She reads the Polish newspaper. She listens to Polish radio programs. She shops at the Polish grocery store around the corner from her apartment building. And every day she visits her friends and neighbors and talks about life back in "the old country."
Mrs. Kowalski is upset about her son, Michael, and his wife, Kathy. They live in a small suburb outside the city. They speak a little Polish, but usually they speak English. They read American newpapers. They listen to American radio programs. They shop at big suburban supermarkets and shopping malls. And when they visit their friends and neighbors, they always speak English.
In fact, Michael and Kathy speak Polish only when they call his mother on the telephone, or when they visit her every weekend.
Mrs. Kowalski is sad because her son and his wife speak so little Polish. She's afraid they're forgetting their language, their culture, and their country.
Exercise 3 1. True. The most conservative estimate of the kangaroo population is 50 million. 2. False. Australia came in fourth place with 17 gold medals, but China was in second place (behind the USA) with 32. 3. True. 4. True. Australia’s area is 7,700,000 square kilometres, while England’s is only 130,000 square kilometres. 5. False. Australia has around 800 different bird species. 6. False. Australia has well over 100 different species of snake, many of which are poisonous. 2.
It doesn’t mean much It doesn’t mean anything at all The life I’ve left behind me Is a cold room I’ve crossed the last line From where I can’t return Where every step I took in faith Betrayed me And led me from my home And sweet Sweet surrender Is all that I have to give You take me in No questions asked You strip away the ugliness That surrounds me Are you an angel Am I already that gone I only hope That I won’t disappoint you When I’m down here On my knees And sweet Sweet Sweet surrender Is all that I have to give Sweet Sweet Sweet surrender Is all that I have to give And I don’t understand By the touch of your hand I would be the one to fall I miss the little things I miss everything (about you) It doesn’t mean much It doesn’t mean anything at all The life I left behind me Is a cold room And sweet Sweet Sweet surrender Is all that I have to give
Cuando los cristianos hablan del Evangelio se refieren a él como la palabra de Dios y en el Evangelio Cristo siempre habla en parábolas. La parábola en Geometría es una curva pero en el Evangelio no se refiere a eso, sino a una narración que también sigue en cierta forma la trayectoria de una curva porque se describe una situación y de ahí, por similaridad, se obtiene una enseñanza. Según la Biblia, Cristo hablaba en parábolas para que la gente le entendiera y a veces ni así lo lograba, pero bueno, ése era el propósito. Lo que dijo quedó registrado y entonces vamos a suponer que la gente decía: Vamos a oír las parábolas de Cristo y poco a poco, con el tiempo el vocablo fue cambiando hasta ser “Vamos a oír las palabras de Cristo”. Todo esto es para decir que la palabra PALABRA se deriva de la palabra PARÁBOLA.
This is just a taste of "Ebaby!'s Turkrainian Wedding". You will see the full video soon right here.
Discussion
Wow! It looks like Jason arrives in Istanbul but he doesn't know where the wedding is. How do you think he found it? Who were all those people dancing on that bus? Guess we'll just have to wait and see..."
“She was in Los Angeles and I was in Albuquerque…And she broke down in tears. And I played my part and she played her part. She phoned it in.”- Actor Tommy Lee Jones jokes about doing a scene over the phone in In the Valley of Elah. (Entertainment Weekly)
Meaning to give a poor performance; not to try very hard
Use Phoning it in means pretty much the same thing only it usually has to do with a performance that has no energy. It comes from the idea that a really lazy actor or singer might try to deliver a performance over the phone rather than actually coming in to work.People use phoning it in a lot when they’re talking about concerts and movies. It can also be used to talk about other types of performances, like you’re performance at work. If you knew you were going to quit your job for months before you did, and you stopped trying very hard, you could say you were phoning it in near the end.Tommy Lee Jones and Susan Sarandon did a scene where they are talking on the phone in In the Valley of Elah. He explains that he and Sarandon were actually on the phone and in different cities when the scene was shot. He makes a joke that Sarandon phoned it in because she literally gave her performance over the phone.Normally, to say someone phoned it in is a mean thing to say. But Jones is only kidding. He actually thinks Sarandon did a very good job. It just happens that she did it over the phone!
Examples “They’re not playing well at all. This team just doesn’t care. They’re totally phoning it in.”“The show was OK. The singer was kind of phoning it in though. He seemed distracted.”
Grammar Point Sarandon knew that Jones was making a joke.
This dictation focuses on the topic of e-learning and the way in which the Internet, virtual classrooms and downloadable resources – like this one! – can be used to help language learners develop their skills. The exercises look at potentially difficult areas of English like word endings, compounding and subject-specific vocabulary. Please click on the buttons below the definition of the headword to download the Audio File, Script and Teacher's Notes, and Glossary.
Level: Upper Intermediate or above Time: The audio clip is only about one minute long, so you can just use this as language practice for your class. If you decide to complete all of the activities outlined in the Teacher's Notes, the entire exercise will take one hour. Please note, this dictation has been recorded in the style of an advert. The first few lines of the script are in Dutch, and this does not form part of the activity.
e-learning methods of learning that involve the use of computers and the Internet
It's not always easy to explain when you use a particular grammar structure instead of another - but collect these handy tips and you'll soon have a useful bank of ready-made explanations! You can also print them out and give them to your students.
If your elementary to intermediate students need some help with knowing when not to use an article (a/an or the), or the difference between like and would like, then they need these handy tips! Download
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La Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas ha declarado el 2008 como el Año Internacional del Planeta Tierra, de la Patata, del Saneamiento y de las Lenguas.
El diccionario la define como un dolor ‘recurrente e intenso localizado en un lado de la cabeza y relacionado con alteraciones vasculares intracraneanas’. La palabra proviene del árabe saqiqa, derivado del verbo saqq (cortar, dividir en dos). En castellano, la palabra evolucionó desde axaqueca en la primera mitad del siglo XV a xaqueca, en 1500. En el Lapidario de Alfonso el Sabio, se habla de la dolor que se faze en la media cabeça, a que llaman en arábico xaqueca. La idea de que se trata de un dolor que afecta sólo a la mitad de la cabeza también está presente en migraña, una deformación de hemicrania.A pesar de la semejanza fonética, jaqueca no guarda ninguna relación etimológica con el vocablo inglés headache (dolor de cabeza).
The subject of this week’s lesson is the UK Parliament. The first meeting of what is widely regarded as the first English Parliament took place on the site of the current Houses of Parliament in London on 20th January 1265.
Level
Intermediate and above (equivalent to CEF level B1 and above)
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Making friends on English, baby! is easy. Everyone's here to make friends and all you have to do is push a button.
But in real life, people can be too busy to make friends with a stranger they meet on the street. So for the final and hardest challenge, Captain Jeff sends the contestants off to make friends...and get their phone numbers!
Discussion Captain Jeff explains that each contestant has 15 minutes to "get the digits" of a person on the street. He asks Team Tiger to try to get phone numbers from women, and Team Madonna to try for men, but says he'll take either.
Li talks to people he meets and tries to get to know them a little before asking for their digits. Team Tiger has a hard time getting any phone numbers. Some people can't even understand what they're saying when they say "digits!"
Team Madonna just walks up and asks three men for their digits and they get them right away. Michelle says it's easy for them to get phone numbers because they're beautiful.
Captain Jeff calls the numbers to make sure they're real and the contestants invite their new friends to the limo. It looks like none of them are going to come. Some of the numbers don't even work! But at the last minute, one of Team Madonna's friends shows up to party.
Inside the limo Captain Jeff announces the winner of the Culture Cruise. There shouldn't be any doubt since they won all four challenges, that Team Madonna are the winners!
Now that the contestants have learned their way around the city a little bit while getting dancing lessons and doing impersonations for people, it's time for them to try navigating on their own.
How hard is it to find a Rush cassette tape and a chicken Parm in downtown Portland? Watch and see...
Discussion Captain Jeff shows the contestants a picture of a statue and tells them to figure out where it is and race there.
But he's also feeling a little hungry, so he sends Team Tiger to get a chicken Parmesan sandwich. Team Madonna has to find a Rush cassette tape for him to listen to while he eats.
The teams ask for directions and each finds their way. But when Team Tiger gets to the sandwich shop, it's closed! They decide to bring Captain Jeff some pizza instead.
Team Tiger is lucky because Captain Jeff's favorite food is pizza. He gives them 20 bonus points. But Team Madonna reached the landmark first (winning the third straight challenge) so they got 10 points as well.
Now that they know how to dance like Americans, Captain Jeff asks each contestant to become a famous American person and see if people on the street can guess who it is. Get ready to see Hiromi pretend to be a 10-year-old boy and Ahmed pretend to be a young and troubled mother!
Discussion As soon as the contestants mention skateboarding and animation, people guess that they're talking about Bart Simpson.
When Tommy is talking about Brad Pitt, it's a wonder that the man he's talking to doesn't guess Bart Simpson again because Tommy mentions "yellow hair." Hair that looks yellow is actually called blonde.
It takes the people on the street a moment to guess the third impersonation, Britney Spears. Ahmed says he's "the stupidest girl in the USA." Harsh! But it works. The woman guesses who he is.
The teams report back to Captain Jeff. Team Madonna gets there first again. Captain Jeff adds up the points and says that Team Tiger has 43 points and Team Madonna has 66.
Ahmed says the women have an unfair advantage because people are more eager to talk to them. Captain Jeff suggests that he make himself look prettier. You'll have to stop by next week to see if Ahmed and Team Tiger do any better at the third challenge, Find the Landmark.
Dancing is the universal language, right? Well, what do the terms, Cabbage Patch, Running Man, and Sprinkler mean to you?
Watch as the contestants you met last week on the English, baby! Culture Cruise hurry to make friends, get dancing lessons, and be the first back to the home base to show their moves.
Discussion Captain Jeff hands the contestants cards with the names of dances on them that they have to learn. He tells them that they'll get one bonus point for each person they can get an English, baby! high five from.
An English, baby! high five is sort of like a regular high five. You slap hands with another person in the air and you shout, "English, baby!"
Both teams run off to make friends and get dancing lessons. The ladies, also known as Team Madonna, get back to the home base first. So far they're winning the Culture Cruise, 30 to 19.
Be sure to stop by next week to see the contestants pretend to be famous people!
If you heard that you might be selected to drive around in a limo and compete in a contest to be shown on English, baby! would you be excited?
The students in the ELS program at Concordia University in Portland, Oregon, sure were. We held a casting call there and selected six contestants for the first ever English, baby! Culture Cruise.
The contestants had to be good enough at English to complete the challenges but they couldn't be too good because we wanted the challenges to be, well, challenging.
So without further adieu, we introduce you to our six contestants and Captain Jeff, leader of the Culture Cruise!
Discussion The Ebaby! limo drives across town to pick up the contestants who each say that have come to the US to study English.
They laugh and cheer when Captain Jeff steps out of the limo and salutes them by putting his hand to his forehead and moving it forward. That's a greeting and sign of respect in the United States that's most commonly used in the military. Most countries use some variation of this gesture, which may have originated with the Romans.
Captain Jeff meets the contestants and asks Michelle if she's nervous. She starts to nod and say yes, and then she changes her mind and says no. Lee introduces himself and says that he was born in China but most recently lived in Japan. Captain Jeff explains that the purpose of the cruise is for the contestants to learn English and have fun.
The contestants are split into two teams. The women are on Team Madonna and the men are on Team Tiger. What you don't see is that the teams chose those names. Captain Jeff asked the men to name themselves after a sports star and they chose Tiger Woods. The women were asked to name themselves after a pop star and they chose Madonna.
The limo pulls up to the first challenge and Captain Jeff salutes the camera. Tune in next week to see first challenge. The contestants have to find Americans to give them dancing lessons!
Grammar Point In the first scene, two of the students said, "I am come to here to learn English." What they mean to say is either "I have come here to learn English" or "I am here to learn English."
