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<span class="text1"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #006699; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 27.6px;">• A Matter of Taste</span></b></span><span class="text1"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 27.6px;"> </span></b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 27.6px;"><br /><br /><span class="text1"><span style="color: #990000;">• The Most Visited Museum in the World </span></span><br /><br /><span class="text1"><span style="color: #006699;">• Andy’s Pop Art </span></span><br /><br /><span class="text1"><span style="color: #990000;">• The Popularity of Art </span></span><br /><br /><span class="text1"><span style="color: #006699;">• The Art Student’s Puzzle </span></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: maroon; font-size: 14pt;">Is graffitti art? What about crafts? </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: maroon; font-size: 14pt;">Do you enjoy taking photographs? Do you consider photography an art form?</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: maroon; font-size: 14pt;">Are movies a form of art?</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: maroon; font-size: 14pt;">Is fashion design a form of art? </span></b><b><span style="color: maroon; font-size: 14pt;">What about architecture?</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">1.During the 14th century the Louvre was a palace. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">2. Many people consider Francis I as the founder of the modern Louvre.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">3. The construction of the modern Louvre began in 1451.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">4. Catherine de Medicis was the mother of Francis' second son.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">5. The Tuileries Palace was found in In 1564. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">6. Francis I united the Tuileries with the Louvre.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">7.The Tuileries Palace was burned and destroyed during the reign of Napoleon III.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">8.In the mid 17th century the Louvre began to serve more as a museum and as a residence for artists.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">9. Louis XVI agreed to display part of the royal collection to the public.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">10. The museum opened for the public in 1793.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">11.The Louvre’s architectural style is Baroque.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">12. The museum obtained the majority of the works from donations.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">13.Looking at the outside of the Louvre you see some sculptures</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">14. The most famous piece of art is a painting.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">15.Another main feature of the Louvre is its yard.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">16.The approximate time someone needs to visit the Louvre is an afternoon.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">17. Napoleon Bonaparte was responsible for the grand renovation of the Louvre.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">18. More that 15,000 people visit the Louvre every day. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: white; font-size: 14pt;">Andy Warhol was the star of the Pop Art movement. His "Campbell's Soup Cans" and "Gold Marilyn Monroe" made him famous worldwide, and his studio, known as "The Factory," became a magnet for artists of the 60s counterculture.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">1.The Mona Lisa is the most famous painting in the world because there is something special about the painting. It deserves to be famous.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br /><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">2.Anybody who visits the Louvre Museum can easily see and appreciate the Mona Lisa.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhygh_47xyojNYmvvzXY6hmnZlSd3TRgZ59ZVufTLKTvAMpRadRFBgqGOr66vV6SoUjj2YFS1nEOtIqu_3SIMpVfZ97W4usnT-ItKofs8c188qH5X-MPfGAVxA2gYj_5HXCjjh9POSY-ohz/s1600/mona.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; color: #444444; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhygh_47xyojNYmvvzXY6hmnZlSd3TRgZ59ZVufTLKTvAMpRadRFBgqGOr66vV6SoUjj2YFS1nEOtIqu_3SIMpVfZ97W4usnT-ItKofs8c188qH5X-MPfGAVxA2gYj_5HXCjjh9POSY-ohz/s1600/mona.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="151" /></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">3.Princeton Professor Matthew Salganik developed an experiment to see how much of success should be attributed to quality.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br /><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">4.Always people’s attention attracts more attention, until many believe that something is really special, mostly because other people believed so.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br /><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">5. Mona Lisa is one of the most famous paintings in the world and it's hard to imagine that something different could have happened.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br /><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">6.In his experiment with songs Salganik created different environments online where people could choose his prefered songs out of 48.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br /><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">7.Surprisingly, everybody chose the same song in all different worlds.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br /><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">8.Not many different things have an impact on success and failure. A huge hit isn't a matter of chance.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br /><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">9.Chance plays a big role in success in our lives.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br /><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">10.SALGANIK thinks that his discoveries helps you understand people and treat them better.</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666699; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">ACROSS</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666699; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br />1. A picture of the countryside or a similar sight. 3. A person who poses for an artist. 5. A water-based paint that is translucent. 6. A tool with hair, used to apply paint. 8. A type of balance in which elements are equal in size or shape. 10. A public showing of works of art, or other objects. 11. A form of visual art that commonly uses graphite pencils. 12. A board that a painter holds and mixes pigments on. 14. Something made to enclose a picture. 16. A synthetic paint made from a resin and that dries very fast. 19. Colors that are directly opposite each other e.g., red and green, blue and orange, yellow and purple. 22. A tool for organizing colors and representing their relationships. (2 words) 26. A mixture of a pigment and liquid. 28. A technique of creating a work of art by mixing paper, fabrics, string or other materials. 29. A finished work made by a painter. 31. Name for the group of colors formed by red, yellow, and blue. 32. A color with a certain amount of black. 33. A large painting on a wall. 34. A basic drawing used later to create a more detailed work. 35. Any material used by an artist to produce a work of art. 36. The "line" at which the sky and the earth appear to meet. 37. A piece in which only one color is used.<br /><br /><b><span style="color: #666699;">DOWN</span></b><span style="color: #666699;"> </span><br />2. Art with no realistic forms from the physical world. 3. A work with great artistic value and done with extraordinary skill. 4. A sheet with a design cut into it to copy shapes. 7. The common name of a color. 9. Art created in the present day. 13. Colors with a high visual temperature like red, orange, and yellow. 14. The element or object in a work of art on which the viewer's attention is focused. (2 words) 15. A picture of someone’s face or upper body. 17. Colors with a low visual temperatures like green, blue, and violet. 18. A painting representing inanimate objects such as bottles, fruit, and flowers. (2 words) 20. An institution devoted to the study and display of objects of interest or value. 21. A painting with a view of the ocean or sea. 22. A piece of white cloth with a structure, used to paint on. 23. The part of a composition that appears to be farthest from the viewer. 24. The area of a picture that appears closest to the viewer. 25. A room or building devoted to the exhibition of works of art. 27. A color with a certain amount of white. 28. The organization of the elements in an art work, following certain principles of design. </span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">30. Burned wood used for drawing.</span></div>
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<pre style="font-size: 13.2px;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333399; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;">Across:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;"> 1.landscape 3.model 5.watercolor 6.brush 8.symmetry 10.exhibition 11.drawing 12.pallete 14.frame 16.acrylic 19.complementary 22.color wheel 26.paint 28.collage 29.painting 31.Primary 32.shade 33.mural 34.sketch 35.medium 36.horizon 37.monochromatic</span></pre>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333399; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">e.g. “the ways sound is affecting us all the time.”</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;">A fun lesson about the Legend of Santa talks about the history of Santa Claus. This lesson is linked to a YouTube video and was made specifically for building vocabulary, improving listening skills, conversation and lots more. A great way to get students into the festive holiday mood and talking about stories of mythical people.</span><br />
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Discussion<br />
Warm Up<br />
1. How is the weather in winter in your country?<br />
2. What are some fun things to do in the summer? In the winter?<br />
3. Is there any place in the world you would like to visit? Where?<br />
4. What other traditional foods are popular in your country?<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">sleigh, goddess, chimney,</span></div>
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grumpy, poem, publish, fur,</div>
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modern, actually, kind</div>
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Listening Comprehension
Watch the YouTube video and answer the following questions.
Copy and paste the following link to watch the <a href="https://youtu.be/plhtubH3cwI" target="_blank">video</a>:<br />
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1. Does everyone travel to be with their family at Christmas time?<br />
2. What do some people do at Christmas time?<br />
3. How is the weather in Australia in December?<br />
4. What can people do in Australia at Christmas time?<br />
5. What is a luau?<br />
6. Where can people go for a cold, snowy Christmas?<br />
7. What kind of animal can you see in these countries?<br />
8. What big city is a popular place to go at Christmas time?<br />
9. What can you do in this city?<br />
10. What is the most popular place to be at Christmas time?<br />
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Matching<br />
Match the words on the left with words or expressions on the right that are closest in<br />
meaning.<br />
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1. variety<br />
2. adventure<br />
3. feast<br />
4. reindeer<br />
5. popular<br />
6. suntan<br />
7. Luau<br />
8. celebrate<br />
9. vacation<br />
10. hula<br />
A. A very large meal, usually on a special occasion like a<br />
holiday or birthday.<br />
B. Liked or enjoyed by many people or a group of people.<br />
C. A traditional Hawaiian dance.<br />
D. This is a Hawaiian party with lots of food and<br />
entertainment.<br />
E. To have a fun activity such as a party on a special day.<br />
F. Many different types of something or many choices.<br />
G. Time off from work or school to relax or travel.<br />
H. An unusual, exciting, and sometimes dangerous activity or<br />
experience.<br />
I. Brown skin caused by being exposed to the sun.<br />
J. An animal that lives in cold northern countries.<br />
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More Discussion Questions<br />
1. Have you ever traveled to a foreign country?<br />
2. Do you want to have an adventure?<br />
What kind of adventure?<br />
3. Who would you like to travel with on vacation?<br />
4. What events do you celebrate in your country?<br />
5. Do you know any traditional dances? What are they?<br />
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Words in Context - Fill-in-the-blanks<br />
Use the words from the vocabulary box to complete the following<br />
sentences. You may need to modify the tense or word form.<br />
1. Most of my classmates like hamburgers but by far the most ___________ food is<br />
pizza. Everybody loves pizza!<br />
2. My soccer team won the championship game so we are going to __________ by<br />
having a school dance this Saturday.<br />
3. You can tell that Bob went to Hawaii on vacation. He has a beautiful _______<br />
because he spent a lot of time at the beach!<br />
4. At Christmas, Santa travels around the world in a sleigh pulled by eight<br />
___________.<br />
5. When we were in Hawaii my mom and sister learned how to _______ dance. Now<br />
they practice at home every day!<br />
6. Juan likes to have big _____________ when he goes on vacation. Last summer, he<br />
went mountain climbing in Nepal!<br />
7. Chen listens to a ___________ of music. Today he is listening to K-Pop but yesterday<br />
he was listening to opera and rock and roll.<br />
8. I can’t believe the ________ my grandmother made. We had turkey, roast beef, ham,<br />
and roast duck for Christmas dinner!<br />
9. Julia has been working twelve hours a day for the last three months to get the project<br />
done. She really needs a _____________!<br />
10. We enjoyed watching the singing and dancing while we ate a lot of food at the big<br />
________ on the beach. It was fantastic!<br />
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Listening Practice<br />
Fill-in-the-blanks<br />
Watch the video and complete the sentences.<br />
When you think of Santa Clause, what does he look like?<br />
Today, almost everyone would say they think of a happy man in a red suit who gives<br />
presents to children.<br />
The modern image of Santa that we have today was first made popular in the poem 'The<br />
Night Before Christmas', which was published almost 200 years ago!. In this poem, Santa<br />
Claus was a fat, jolly man dressed in a bright red suit with fur and a hat. He drove a sleigh<br />
pulled by flying reindeer and entered people's houses through their chimneys to give<br />
presents to children.<br />
However, not very long ago, people would have given many different answers to the<br />
question, “What does Santa look like?”.<br />
To people in Italy, Santa Claus was an old woman named Befana, who cleaned people's<br />
houses and left cookies.<br />
To people in the Netherlands, Santa Claus was actually called Saint Nicholas, a grumpy<br />
but kind old man, who gave presents to good children and punished bad ones.<br />
To the Germans, Santa Clause was sometimes a beautiful goddess, and other times was a<br />
cute baby angel.<br />
The Dutch brought their idea of Santa Claus to America when they built the city that<br />
became New York city. Later, when the English took over that city, they changed the Dutch<br />
name Sinterklass, to Santa Claus.<br />
All of these stories came together over time. People would write about and share their<br />
traditions with each other, and soon most people started to agree that Santa is a kind old<br />
man, flying in the sky in December to give gifts to good children.<br />
Funny how things change isn’t it? See you next time!<br />
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Hey there,<br />
When you think of Santa Clause, what does he look like?<br />
Today, almost everyone would say they think of a happy man in a red suit who gives<br />
presents to children.<br />
The modern image of Santa that we have today was first made popular in the poem 'The<br />
Night Before Christmas', which was published almost 200 years ago!. In this poem, Santa<br />
Claus was a fat, jolly man dressed in a bright red suit with fur and a hat. He drove a sleigh<br />
pulled by flying reindeer and entered people's houses through their chimneys to give<br />
presents to children.<br />
However, not very long ago, people would have given many different answers to the<br />
question, “What does Santa look like?”.<br />
To people in Italy, Santa Claus was an old woman named Befana, who cleaned people's<br />
houses and left cookies.<br />
To people in the Netherlands, Santa Claus was actually called Saint Nicholas, a grumpy<br />
but kind old man, who gave presents to good children and punished bad ones.<br />
To the Germans, Santa Clause was sometimes a beautiful goddess, and other times was a<br />
cute baby angel.<br />
The Dutch brought their idea of Santa Claus to America when they built the city that<br />
became New York city. Later, when the English took over that city, they changed the Dutch<br />
name Sinterklass, to Santa Claus.<br />
All of these stories came together over time. People would write about and share their<br />
traditions with each other, and soon most people started to agree that Santa is a kind old<br />
man, flying in the sky in December to give gifts to good children.<br />
Funny how things change isn’t it? See you next time!meditatiionlineconstanta@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16306767710558109229noreply@blogger.com0Constanța, Romania44.1598013 28.63481379999996143.9776053 28.312090299999962 44.341997299999996 28.957537299999959tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6149950769601973014.post-26640842077253002812018-04-09T16:47:00.000+03:002018-04-09T17:00:29.623+03:00Comparatives and Superlatives Adjectives and Adverbs<h1 style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
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Adjectives and Adverbs</h2>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;">Comparatives</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> and </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;">superlatives</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> are types of </span><a href="http://www.really-learn-english.com/english-adjectives.html" style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">adjectives</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> and </span><a href="http://www.really-learn-english.com/english-adverbs.html" style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">adverbs</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> that are used to compare two or more things or people.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #006600; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;">Comparative</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #006600; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> means to compare one thing to another</span>.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #006600; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;">Comparative adjectives and adverbs compare </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #006600; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;">two</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #006600; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"> things or people.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Comparative Adjectives: </span>Jan is <span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">taller</span> than Sally.<br />
Sally's blue uniform is <span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">more colorful</span> than Jan's pink uniform.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Comparative Adverbs: </span>Sally jumps <span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">higher</span> than Jan.<br />
Jan is cheering <span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">more quietly</span> than Sally.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;">Superlative adjectives and adverbs compare </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;">three or more</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"> things or people.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Superlative Adjectives:</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>Mrs. Smith is the <span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">shortest</span> person in the group.<br />
Kate is wearing the <span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">most colorful</span> outfit.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Superlative Adverbs: </span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>Mrs. Smith talks <span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">most quietly</span>.<br />
Bob and Sam laugh <span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">loudest</span> at Mary's joke.<br />
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In this lesson, you will learn how to form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs.</div>
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<big>Comparative and Superlative <a href="http://www.really-learn-english.com/english-adjectives.html" style="color: purple;">Adjectives</a></big></h2>
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<tr><td style="font-weight: bold;">One <a href="http://www.really-learn-english.com/english-pronunciation-lesson-02-word-stress-and-syllables.html" style="color: purple;">syllable</a>adjectives ending in "e"</td><td style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">fin<span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">e</span>wis<span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">e</span>larg<span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">e</span></td><td style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;">Add "r"</td><td style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">finer<br />
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wiser<br />
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larger</td><td style="color: #660000; font-weight: bold;">Add "st"</td><td style="color: #660000; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">finest<br />
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wisest<br />
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largest</td></tr>
<tr><td style="font-weight: bold;">One syllable adjectives ending with one <a href="http://www.really-learn-english.com/spelling-rules-add-ing-verb.html" style="color: purple;">vowel</a> and one consonant</td><td style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">b<span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">ig</span>f<span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">at</span>h<span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">ot</span></td><td style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;">Double the final consonant and add the suffix "er"</td><td style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">bigger<br />
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fatter<br />
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hotter</td><td style="color: #660000; font-weight: bold;">Double the final consonant and add the suffix "est"</td><td style="color: #660000; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">biggest<br />
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fattest<br />
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hottest</td></tr>
<tr><td style="font-weight: bold;">One syllable adjectives with two vowels or ending with two <a href="http://www.really-learn-english.com/spelling-rules-add-ing-verb.html" style="color: purple;">consonants</a></td><td style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">ta<span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">ll</span>sma<span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">rt</span>n<span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">ea</span>t<br />
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l<span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">ou</span>d</td><td style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;">Add the suffix "er"</td><td style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">taller<br />
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smarter<br />
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neater<br />
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louder</td><td style="color: #660000; font-weight: bold;">Add the suffix "est"</td><td style="color: #660000; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">tallest<br />
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smartest<br />
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neatest<br />
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loudest</td></tr>
<tr><td style="font-weight: bold;">Two syllable adjectives ending in "y"</td><td style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">prett<span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">y</span>angr<span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">y</span>happ<span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">y</span></td><td style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;">Change the "y" to "i" and add the suffix "er"</td><td style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">prettier<br />
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angrier<br />
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happier</td><td style="color: #660000; font-weight: bold;">Change the "y" to "i" and add the suffix "est"</td><td style="color: #660000; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">prettiest<br />
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angriest<br />
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happiest</td></tr>
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important<br />
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dangerous</td><td style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;">Do not change the word<br />
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Add the word "more" before the adjective</td><td style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">more beautiful<br />
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more important<br />
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more dangerous</td><td style="color: #660000; font-weight: bold;">Do not change the word<br />
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Add the word "most" before the adjective</td><td style="color: #660000; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">most beautiful<br />
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most important<br />
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most dangerous</td></tr>
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gent<span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">le</span>holl<span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">ow</span>yell<span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">ow</span><br />
<br /></td><td style="color: #006600;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Add the suffix "er"<br /><br />(If the word ends in "e", just ad "r")</span></td><td style="color: #006600;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-weight: bold;">gentler</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">hollower<br /><br />yellower</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div>
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gentlest<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Of course there are exceptions to the rules. (Exception means that they do not follow the rules.) </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Here are just a few of the most common </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;">adjective exceptions</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;">good</td><td style="text-align: center;">better</td><td style="text-align: center;">best</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">bad</td><td style="text-align: center;">worse</td><td style="text-align: center;">worst</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">far</td><td style="text-align: center;">farther</td><td style="text-align: center;">farthest</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">far</td><td style="text-align: center;">further</td><td style="text-align: center;">furthest</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">many</td><td style="text-align: center;">more</td><td style="text-align: center;">most</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">little</td><td style="text-align: center;">less</td><td style="text-align: center;">least</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">old</td><td style="text-align: center;">elder</td><td style="text-align: center;">eldest</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Some two syllable adjectives can follow </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">two rules</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">. Both forms of these words are grammatically correct.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;">For example:</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;">friendly</td><td style="text-align: center;">friendlier<br />
more friendly</td><td style="text-align: center;">friendliest<br />
most friendly</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">quiet</td><td style="text-align: center;">quieter<br />
more quiet</td><td style="text-align: center;">quietest<br />
most quiet</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">simple</td><td style="text-align: center;">simpler<br />
more simple</td><td style="text-align: center;">simplest<br />
most simple</td></tr>
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<span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"></span>The elephants are the <span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">loudest</span> animals on the boat.<br />
The giraffes are <span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">taller</span> than the penguins.<br />
The <span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">most gentle</span> animal is the dove.<br />
The elephant is <span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">bigger</span> than the monkey. </div>
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<big><br />Comparative and Superlative <a href="http://www.really-learn-english.com/english-adverbs.html" style="color: purple;">Adverbs</a></big></h2>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">They follow most of the same rules as adjectives.</span><br />
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<tr><td>One <a href="http://www.really-learn-english.com/english-pronunciation-lesson-02-word-stress-and-syllables.html" style="color: purple;">syllable</a>adverbs</td><td>late<br />
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sooner<br />
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faster</td><td style="color: #660000;">Add "st" or "est"</td><td style="color: #660000;">latest<br />
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Add the word "more" before the adverb</td><td style="color: #663366;">more often<br />
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more seldom</td><td style="color: #660000;">Do not change the word<br />
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Add the word "most" before the adverb</td><td style="color: #660000;">most often<br />
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most seldom</td></tr>
<tr><td>Some two syllable adverbs ending in "y"</td><td>earl<span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">y</span><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><br /></span></td><td style="color: #663366;">Change the "y" to "i" and add the suffix "er"</td><td style="color: #663366;">earlier</td><td style="color: #660000;">Change the "y" to "i" and add the suffix "est"</td><td style="color: #660000;">earliest</td></tr>
<tr><td>Adverbs that end in "ly"</td><td><br />
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wise<span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">ly</span><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><br /></span>quiet<span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">ly</span>sweet<span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">ly</span><br />
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<span style="color: #663366;">more wisely</span><span style="color: #663366;"></span><span style="color: #663366;"></span><br />
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<span style="color: #663366;">more<br /> quietly<br /><br />more sweetly </span></div>
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most quietly<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;">Most comparative and superlative adverbs use "more" and "most" because they end in "ly". Most adverbs end in "ly". </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Here are some more "ly" adverbs that would use "more" and "most":</span><br />
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<li>easily</li>
<li>boldly</li>
<li>bravely</li>
<li>fearlessly</li>
<li>kindly</li>
<li>lightly</li>
<li>openly</li>
<li>politely</li>
<li>properly</li>
<li>rudely</li>
<li>safely</li>
<li>softly</li>
<li>silently</li>
<li>tenderly</li>
<li>weakly</li>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">The bird sings <span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">more tenderly</span> than the penguin.<br />The lion roars <span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">most boldly</span> of all the animals.<br /> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Of course there are exceptions to the rules. Here are just a few of the most common </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">adverb exceptions</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;">badly</td><td style="text-align: center;">worse</td><td style="text-align: center;">worst</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">little</td><td style="text-align: center;">less</td><td style="text-align: center;">least</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">much</td><td style="text-align: center;">more</td><td style="text-align: center;">most</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">well</td><td style="text-align: center;">better</td><td style="text-align: center;">best</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">far</td><td style="text-align: center;">farther</td><td style="text-align: center;">farthest</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">far</td><td style="text-align: center;">further</td><td style="text-align: center;">furthest</td></tr>
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Farther vs Further: What is the Difference?<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">The first bear feels </span><span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: underline;">better</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> than the second bear.</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">The third bear feels the </span><span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: underline;">best</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> of all three bears!</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">The bear in the middle feels the </span><span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: underline;">worst</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">These were the rules of forming Comparatives and Superlatives. Now that you know them, it is time to practice! </span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666699; font-size: 14pt;">Look at the different types of houses below. Compare and contrast them, thinking about the advantages and disadvantages of living in each one. </span></b><b><span style="color: #666699; font-size: 14pt;">What would be your order of preference? Why?</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<b style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: maroon; font-size: 16pt;">A tiny apartment transforms into 24 rooms</span></b><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 14pt;">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">What is an intelligent house?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 14pt;">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">What characteristics will make your life easier? What could potentially complicate your life in your future house?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 14pt;">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">What issues will arise with housing in the future? Will there be housing shortages in the future?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 14pt;">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Is the housing situation, at present, similar around the world?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">1.Apartments in Hong Kong are... </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">(in residential areas - all the same - in not very high buildings)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #666699; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt;">Vocabulary activity – <span class="m_-8900167691979887038text1">Adjectives, synonyms & antonyms </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /><span class="m_-8900167691979887038text1">Do you repeat the word “OK” too often? Do you always use the words “good” or “bad” to describe everything? Look at other possibilities to expand your vocabulary:</span><br /><br /><span class="m_-8900167691979887038text1"><span style="color: #333333;">• </span><span style="color: #3333ff;">OK</span><span style="color: #333333;">: acceptable, satisfactory, accurate, adequate, all right, approved, convenient, correct, fair, fine, good, in order, permitted, so-so, surely, tolerable.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><br /><br /><span class="m_-8900167691979887038text1">• </span></span><span class="m_-8900167691979887038text1"><span style="color: purple;">Not OK</span><span style="color: #333333;">: bad, incorrect, intolerable, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, unsuitable, wrong.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span><br />TASK: Find synonyms for GOOD and BAD.<br /><span class="m_-8900167691979887038text1"><span style="color: #3333ff;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt;">Length : 6.22 minutes</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /><br /><span style="color: #3333ff;">Listen to the radio interview and say whether the following ideas are mentioned or not.</span><br /><br />1. OK is the world's most popular word.<br />2.The word appeared in a comic strip in the Boston Morning Post<br />3.In 1839 OK was used as part of a political campaign.<br />4.Other abbreviations were popular at the time.<br />5.Many thought that Martin van Buren was the person who invented the word.<br />6.President Andrew Jackson had made a spelling mistake.<br />7.The telegraph contributed to OK's popularity.<br />8.OK is at present largely used in text messages.<br />9.Mark Twain used it in his works.<br />10.The author of Little Women used it once and then changed it.<br />11.President Woodrow Wilson had a university education.<br />12.OK represents the American attitude.<br />13.The phrase "I'm OK, you're OK" represents American pragmatism.<br />14.Many people don't realize how often they say OK.<br />15.March 23rd 2012 is officially OK Day.</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 16.9px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=ro&q=http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId%3D131390650&source=gmail&ust=1504860199302000&usg=AFQjCNEJ3QX9Pieojwo6RPYvlFiyYhdQ3g" height="500" href="http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=131390650" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" width="500"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Click here for the full transcript</span></a></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt;">Mini Bio - Ingrid Michaelson was born on December 8, 1979. She is a singer and songwriter from New York. Her music has been featured in episodes of several popular television shows, movies, as well as in advertising campaigns. Her website is<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=ro&q=http://www.ingridmichaelson.com&source=gmail&ust=1504860199303000&usg=AFQjCNGqq5xN7OhDqRo5FLeM-J0KgRe-Yw" href="http://www.ingridmichaelson.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.ingridmichaelson.<wbr></wbr>com</a></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;">More than 50 languages are spoken in the state of Oklahoma. There are 55 distinct Indian tribes that make the state their home, and each of these tribes has its own language or dialect. The colorful history of the state includes Indians, cowboys, battles, oil discoveries, dust storms, settlements initiated by offers of free land, and forced resettlements of entire tribes.</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;">Oklahoma's In</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;">dian heritage is honored in its official state seal and flag. At the center of </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;">t</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=ro&q=https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKhQUkkRN95sBVRzHDNUmgATDU0idt5ITPDF1qGiOoQ6EY-uaGlxtRmFOk7CYqVciiF3gMr0NDILDU9SYUiSwfivcWhKSeCG0maRer3C-cEvSI9fbA09xVkf0aYuLSkxR2ndSKMDV6fFh7/s1600/okflag.JPG&source=gmail&ust=1504860199303000&usg=AFQjCNE45yloT_Xw2K79mI0or6roCe_Y1w" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKhQUkkRN95sBVRzHDNUmgATDU0idt5ITPDF1qGiOoQ6EY-uaGlxtRmFOk7CYqVciiF3gMr0NDILDU9SYUiSwfivcWhKSeCG0maRer3C-cEvSI9fbA09xVkf0aYuLSkxR2ndSKMDV6fFh7/s1600/okflag.JPG" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" class="CToWUd" id="m_-8900167691979887038BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717541525357531810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKhQUkkRN95sBVRzHDNUmgATDU0idt5ITPDF1qGiOoQ6EY-uaGlxtRmFOk7CYqVciiF3gMr0NDILDU9SYUiSwfivcWhKSeCG0maRer3C-cEvSI9fbA09xVkf0aYuLSkxR2ndSKMDV6fFh7/s200/okflag.JPG" style="float: right; height: 122px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial";">he seal is a star, and within each of the five arms of the star are symbols representing each of the five</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial";">tribes (the "Five Civilized Tribes") that were forcefully resettled into the territory of Oklahoma. The tribes depicted on the seal are the Creeks, the Chickasaw, the Choctaw, the Cherokee, and the Seminoles. The present Oklahoma state flag depicts an Indian war shield, stars, eagle </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial";">feathers, and an Ind</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial";">ian peace pipe, as well as a white man's symbol for peace, an olive branch.</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;">Oklahoma is a word that was made up by the native American missionary Allen Wright. He combined two Choctaw words, "ukla" meaning person and "humá" meaning red to form the word that first appears in a 1866 Choctaw treaty. Oklahoma means "red person."</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;">Oklahoma is the Sooner state. But what is a Sooner? The answer dates back to the Land Run of 1889. Back then, Oklahoma was still a territory. It was full of unclaimed land. President Cleveland signed an exciting new bill which allowed people to legally claim and settle on some of this land. Each interested person could claim 160 acres.</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;">On April 22, 1889, at 12:00 pm the hopeful settlers </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=ro&q=https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIX4xK0Tt-rSi8d4APpMKkdr4VCcahpV5oK4-uNJ5Fz_P-ET4wndU1wcn9doMedQHTRynfNsUnY85DRooSnkZAqF2KQY4VZucjticPbu3Mv1nzyYlVYLcQQAZq9AdAoNDQIxZ50TbMVFmw/s1600/landrun.jpg&source=gmail&ust=1504860199303000&usg=AFQjCNHoQAIHo7rtO1glVUAQYn09yelTyQ" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIX4xK0Tt-rSi8d4APpMKkdr4VCcahpV5oK4-uNJ5Fz_P-ET4wndU1wcn9doMedQHTRynfNsUnY85DRooSnkZAqF2KQY4VZucjticPbu3Mv1nzyYlVYLcQQAZq9AdAoNDQIxZ50TbMVFmw/s1600/landrun.jpg" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" class="CToWUd" id="m_-8900167691979887038BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717542247507646930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIX4xK0Tt-rSi8d4APpMKkdr4VCcahpV5oK4-uNJ5Fz_P-ET4wndU1wcn9doMedQHTRynfNsUnY85DRooSnkZAqF2KQY4VZucjticPbu3Mv1nzyYlVYLcQQAZq9AdAoNDQIxZ50TbMVFmw/s200/landrun.jpg" style="float: right; height: 114px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial";">got their chance. Men entered with their wagons and horses. The</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial";">y all hoped to find the best plots available. This became known as the "Land Run of 1889."</span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #666699; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt;">2.All tribes were forced to resettle.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #666699; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #666699; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt;">3.A peace pipe is shown on the official seal of the state.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #666699; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #666699; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt;">4.The word Oklahoma was not an original terms.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #666699; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #666699; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt;">6.By 1889 Oklahoma was already a state of the union.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #666699; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #666699; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt;">7.Women could not participate in the Land Run.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #666699; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #666699; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt;">8.The competition for lands always started at noon.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #666699; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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meditatiionlineconstanta@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16306767710558109229noreply@blogger.com0Constanța, Romania44.1598013 28.63481379999996143.9776053 28.312090299999962 44.341997299999996 28.957537299999959tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6149950769601973014.post-22834383438306958812017-05-24T14:41:00.001+03:002017-05-24T14:44:32.643+03:0011 English Idioms Based on Nature<br />
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In this article we will look at 11 English idioms that you can use to spice up your sentences.</div>
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1 - As fresh as a daisy</h2>
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Meaning</span>: The ordinary people in a society or political organization and not the leaders.<br />
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Meaning</span>: Other people's lives or situations always seem better than your own.<br />
<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Example</span>: Jill - "My job is so tedious. I wish I had my own business, like Beatrice does." Jane: "Beatrice probably wishes she had the security of her old job. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence."</div>
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4 - To hit the hay</h2>
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Meaning</span>: To go to bed.<br />
<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Example</span>: "I have to go home and hit the hay pretty soon. Let's hit the sack. We have to get an early start in the morning."</div>
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5 - To be out of the woods</h2>
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Meaning</span>: To be out of danger or difficulty.<br />
<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Example</span>: "Financially, things are looking better, but we're not out of the woods yet."</div>
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6 - To beat about the bush</h2>
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Meaning</span>: To avoid talking about what is important.<br />
<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Example</span>: "Don't beat around the bush - get to the point!"</div>
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8 - To let the grass grow under your feet</h2>
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9 - To nip something in the bud</h2>
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10 - Find a needle in a haystack</h2>
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Meaning</span>: Something extremely hard to find<br />
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Meaning</span>: The best of all<br />
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;">Much of our day is spent with devices that do things for us, tell us where to go and what to do. They are here to entertain and inform us, to feed us, track our health and manage our time. And only after just a few years of existence, they prove to be so valuable. Why does it seem impossible to think of life without them?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Posted: 06 Sep 2016 06:07 PM PDT</b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>2.Video Segment: “I Forgot My Phone”</b></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #993366; font-family: arial;">B)Little girl in a park looking at her phone instead of swinging.</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">2. Car instrument that tells you how to go from A to B.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">11. It connects a computer to the Internet, invented in 1958.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">18. An electrical device consisting of two earphones held by a flexible strap passing over the head.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>The Technology Issue - Solutions</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: grey; font-family: arial;">A.</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;"> 1.Go-pro camera 2. smartphones, iphones 3. flatscreen tv 4. usb stick 5. Game console 6. scientific calculator 7.tabet 8. 3D printer 9.GPS 10. headphones 11.home cinema projector 12.sound bar</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Today, gadgets galore. The University of Houston’s College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">What’s the most gadget filled room in your home? If you’re like most people, it’s probably your kitchen. There are big items like freezers, stoves, dishwashers, microwaves. And then there are all those little things we couldn’t do without — coffee makers, pots, bowl scrapers, cheese graters … the list goes on and on. Just look through your cabinets and drawers.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">And to the engineer, it’s a treasure-trove. Almost every item has an elaborate history of design and redesign. Some survive and some pass into obscurity, rendered obsolete by new technology.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">I recently found myself thumbing through From Hearth to Cookstove: … Gadgets and Utensils Made or Used in America from 1700 to 1930. The book doesn’t pretend to be all-encompassing. No surprise. A complete history would require volumes. But it does contain some gems.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Take, for example, the ale boot — a metal pot shaped like a boot. It’s easily thrust deep into the coals of a fire, warming your beer on cold winter nights. We find an assortment of devices for keeping flies away from food — a real concern before window screens and air conditioning. One such device is the fly fan. Wind it up and a woman’s hand-held fan waves back and forth — a mechanical means for saying “shoo, fly, shoo!” Before the toaster was the toast fork. The many innovative designs were used to hold bread over the fire, much as we use sticks to roast our marshmallows today.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">The collection of tools for mashing potatoes goes on for pages. Then there are the egg beaters. Some look like springs; others like failed fly swatters. Variations of the dual interlocking mixer are popular. All totaled, I counted fifty-one different designs in the book — all hand-powered. That’s not true of butter churns. Some of them incorporate treadmills so they can be run on dog power.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">We take our kitchen gadgetry for granted. We chop with a Cuisinart, mix with a blender, and slice bagels with specially designed bagel cutters. But our kitchens are filled with history and innovation. It’s something to think about next time you’re preparing a meal.</span></span></div>
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General Maximus, the Commander of the Roman Army of the North, has won his last battle in the war against Germania. Then, he had hoped to return to his farm and his family in Spain. But there were many serious problems in Rome and Emperor Marcus Aurclius had known that he would soon die. Maximus realized that he might perform another duty for the Emperor before he could back home. He knew that it would not be easy, and he was right. Soon he has lightened for his life again, at first as a prisoner, then as a slave, and finally as a gladiator. One thought had been kept Maximus alive: that he would finally meet and kill the man he had hated the most – the new Emperor,<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Short description: </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">In Live and Let Die, Bond finds himself in Jamaica investigating the underworld criminal 'Mr Big', who is suspected of selling antique gold coins to finance Soviet spy operations. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">As usual, Bond gets caught up in many dangerous situations. He also falls in love with Mr Big's girlfriend, the mysterious and beautiful Solitaire.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">——————————————————————————</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">➤ Contents: (Click to jump to any chapter of video.)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nzIGw92TFo#" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #167ac6; cursor: pointer; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">00:00:17</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> - Chapter 1; An Interview with M</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nzIGw92TFo#" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #167ac6; cursor: pointer; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">00:05:40</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> - Chapter 2: New York</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nzIGw92TFo#" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #167ac6; cursor: pointer; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">00:09:18</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> - Chapter 3: A Mysterious Parcel</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nzIGw92TFo#" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #167ac6; cursor: pointer; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">00:15:47</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> - Chapter 4: The Whisper</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nzIGw92TFo#" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #167ac6; cursor: pointer; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">00:21:07</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> - Chapter 5: Harlem</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nzIGw92TFo#" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #167ac6; cursor: pointer; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">00:31:46</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> - Chapter 6: Mr Big</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nzIGw92TFo#" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #167ac6; cursor: pointer; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">00:39:00</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> - Chapter 7: Death on the Stairs</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nzIGw92TFo#" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #167ac6; cursor: pointer; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">00:46:39</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> - Chapter 8: A Strange Report to M</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nzIGw92TFo#" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #167ac6; cursor: pointer; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">00:54:54</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> - Chapter 9: The Silver Phantom</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nzIGw92TFo#" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #167ac6; cursor: pointer; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">01:02:51</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> - Chapter 10: A Visitor in the Night</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nzIGw92TFo#" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #167ac6; cursor: pointer; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">01:08:32</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> - Chapter 11: The Everglades</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nzIGw92TFo#" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #167ac6; cursor: pointer; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">01:17:10</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> - Chapter 12: Death of a Bird</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nzIGw92TFo#" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #167ac6; cursor: pointer; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">01:25:53</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> - Chapter 13: The Man with No Face</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nzIGw92TFo#" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #167ac6; cursor: pointer; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">01:34:02</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> - Chapter 14: The Robber</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nzIGw92TFo#" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #167ac6; cursor: pointer; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">01:43:36</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> - Chapter 15: Jamaica</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nzIGw92TFo#" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #167ac6; cursor: pointer; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">01:49:55</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> - Chapter 16: Bond Gets Ready</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nzIGw92TFo#" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #167ac6; cursor: pointer; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">01:59:28</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> - Chapter 17: Food for the Barracudas</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nzIGw92TFo#" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #167ac6; cursor: pointer; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">02:08:50</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> - Chapter 18: Death at Sea</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nzIGw92TFo#" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); 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meditatiionlineconstanta@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16306767710558109229noreply@blogger.com0Constanța, Romania44.1598013 28.63481379999996143.9776053 28.312090299999962 44.341997299999996 28.957537299999959tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6149950769601973014.post-83130010046298108002017-01-21T12:22:00.000+02:002017-01-21T12:22:00.776+02:0050 ways to improve Business English<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRzAahyphenhyphenlgQ1LFlT0ALOzYseJHZA412XuKXx2lYrPUlZQQWZA0zzTrpf3SfpkwezKg-Q3jJYS1ascnWm7tnNtGZjCo2QnY8FE8oEYhcQNpQjrZb2gDxfWdNRFdJvdAFCq9H313dbDN9Krk/s1600/Busines-English.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRzAahyphenhyphenlgQ1LFlT0ALOzYseJHZA412XuKXx2lYrPUlZQQWZA0zzTrpf3SfpkwezKg-Q3jJYS1ascnWm7tnNtGZjCo2QnY8FE8oEYhcQNpQjrZb2gDxfWdNRFdJvdAFCq9H313dbDN9Krk/s1600/Busines-English.jpeg" /></a></div><iframe src="//www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/key/dZNaX9K376sDW5" width="595" height="485" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" style="border:1px solid #CCC; border-width:1px; margin-bottom:5px; max-width: 100%;" allowfullscreen> </iframe> <div style="margin-bottom:5px"> <strong> <a href="//www.slideshare.net/poojagohil30/50-ways-to-improve-business-english" title="50 ways to improve Business English" target="_blank">50 ways to improve Business English</a> </strong> from <strong><a target="_blank" href="//www.slideshare.net/poojagohil30">poojagohil30</a></strong> </div>meditatiionlineconstanta@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16306767710558109229noreply@blogger.com0Constanța, Romania44.1598013 28.63481379999996143.9776053 28.312090299999962 44.341997299999996 28.957537299999959tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6149950769601973014.post-14132825986288806682017-01-14T11:09:00.001+02:002017-01-14T11:09:19.020+02:00Chinese New Year<h1 style="border: 0px; color: #27446e; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 2.154em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 11px; padding: 0px;">
Webquest: Chinese New Year</h1>
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<span class="author" style="color: #27446e; display: block; font-size: 1em; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.231; margin: 7px 0px 0px;">By Adrian Tennant</span></div>
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<strong>Level:</strong> Intermediate, Upper intermediate</div>
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<strong>Look for the answers to the following questions and share your answers with your partner.</strong></div>
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<strong>Activity 1: Introduction</strong></h3>
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<strong>What do you know about Chinese New Year? See how many of these questions you can answer, then check your answers using the following weblink:</strong></div>
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<strong>Activity 2: Traditional food</strong></h3>
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<strong>Food is always important for festivals and celebrations – and for Chinese New Year it is no different. Find the answers to these questions using the following weblink:</strong></div>
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1. What is <em>nian gao</em> and where do people eat it?</div>
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2. In China, different types of food are often associated with something important. Match these foods with what they represent:</div>
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3. Why mustn’t you cut the noodles?</div>
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<span style="line-height: 15.6px;">4. Why don’t Chinese people eat tofu for New Year?</span></div>
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<strong>Activity 3: Customs and traditions</strong></h3>
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<strong>Decide whether the following customs and traditions (1–4) and superstitions (5–8) related to Chinese New Year are true (T) or false (F). Then, check your answers using the web pages below:</strong></div>
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<a href="http://web.uvic.ca/~mroth/438/CHINA/decorations.html" style="color: #27446e;" target="_blank">web.uvic.ca/~mroth/438/CHINA/decorations.html</a></div>
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<strong><strong></strong></strong>1. People send each other poems written on red paper.</div>
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2. It is considered very lucky for a flower to bloom in someone’s home on New Year’s Day.</div>
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3. Flowers are a symbol of fertility.</div>
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4. When visiting friends and family for Chinese New Year, you should take a bag of oranges and tangerines as a gift.</div>
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<strong>Some Chinese people believe that …</strong></div>
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5. … rubbish must not be taken out of the front door as the family’s good luck may be lost.</div>
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6. … if you cry on New Year’s day, you will be crying for the next month.</div>
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7. … the last person you meet and last words you hear on New Year’s day are significant to your fortunes for the whole year.</div>
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8. … it is lucky to hear birdsong.</div>
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<strong>What other superstitions and traditions about Chinese New Year can you find? Are there any that are similar to those in your culture? Discuss these with a partner.</strong></div>
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<strong>Activity 4: The calendar and zodiac signs</strong></h3>
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<strong>Use the website below to answer these questions.</strong></div>
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<a class="external external" href="http://www.webexhibits.org/calendars/calendar-chinese.html" style="color: #27446e;" target="_blank">www.webexhibits.org/calendars/calendar-chinese.html</a></div>
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1. Is the Chinese calendar solar or lunar?</div>
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2. How many months are there in the Chinese calendar?</div>
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3. How does the Chinese calendar count years?</div>
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4. What is special about the year 2033?</div>
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5. Which zodiac animals are associated with the years 2017 and 2018?</div>
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<strong>Go to </strong><a class="external external" href="http://www.topmarks.co.uk/ChineseNewYear/Zodiac" style="color: #27446e;" target="_blank" title="http://www.topmarks.co.uk/ChineseNewYear/Zodiac">www.topmarks.co.uk/ChineseNewYear/Zodiac</a><strong> to find out what your zodiac animal is and what its characteristics are, then compare with a partner. Do the characteristics match your personality?</strong></div>
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Find out more about studying Chinese with Macmillan’s <a href="http://www.mydiscoverchina.com/index.php?target=home" style="color: #27446e;" title="Discover China">Discover China</a> series.</div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">Was this year good for you? In what way or why not?</span></li>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;"> a. New York</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;"> a. China</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;"> b. Japan</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">New Year's Eve, also called Old Year's Night, is celebrated on December 31st, the final day of the year. It is celebrated all over the world with parties and social gathering with usually a lot of fireworks and noise.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">The celebration is also associated with parties in other parts of the world. In France, for instance, the celebration is called le Réveillon. People also to the Eiffel Tower in Paris to see fireworks display. In Japan, people traditionally clean their home. Buddhist temple bells are rung 108 times at midnight. In Brazil, the beach of Copacabana is considered by many to be the place of the most beautiful fireworks show in the world.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">Certain foods are eaten on this day in different parts of the world. However a common practice is to eat beans to bring good luck and good fortune for the upcoming year. They are considered lucky, because of the similar shape with coins.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">December is also the month when we look back at the year that was and reflect. On New Year's Eve, some people commit themselves with resolutions or goals to carry out in the following twelve months. Such as eat more healthily, do more exercise, or learn something new.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">This New Year’s Eve millions of people in English speaking countries will sing and hear a song called “Auld Lang Syne.” It is the traditional music played during New Year’s day. Auld Lang Syne is an old Scottish poem. It tells about the need to remember family and loved ones. The words “auld lang syne” mean “old long since” and more roughly it means "yesterday".</span></div>
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Posted: 11 Dec 2014 05:24 AM PST</div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333399; font-family: Arial;">The New Year's celebration in Times Square in New York is well known around the globe. What do the preparations involve? What are the details of this emblematic event?</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Fireworks - Confetti - LED - Party hat - Cheerleaders - Baloons Sparkling wine - Porta-Potties - Party props - Snacks</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">1.How long does it take to plan The New Year's celebration in Times Square in New York?</span></div>
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Posted: 11 Dec 2014 05:23 AM PST</div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">To be a dead end/ be at a dead end</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">: To be in a situation in which no progress can be made.</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">A means to an end</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">: Something that one is not interested in but do because it will help get something else</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">To burn the candle at both ends</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">: Work or study very hard during the day and stay up very late at night.</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">Can't see beyond the end of nose</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">: To think about oneself and what affects ones situation so much that one does not see what is important.</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">End of Story</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">: A phrase meaning that you will say no more.</span></div>
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<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">4. Two words at the end of every movie. </span></pre>
<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">5. According to an old saying "It's not over until the fat .... sings".</span></pre>
<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">8. According to William Shakespeare in Troilus and Cressida "The end crowns all;And that old common arbitrator, ...., Will one Day end it. </span></pre>
<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">9. Whoever laughs last, laughs ....</span></pre>
<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">13. Last month of the year. </span></pre>
<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">15. Small pieces of brightly colored paper that people often throw at celebrations. </span></pre>
<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">17. An imaginary fat man with a white beard and a red suit who gives toys to children near the end of December (2 words). </span></pre>
<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">18. An eight-day Jewish holiday that is celebrated in the end of the year. </span></pre>
<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">19. A</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> small device that explodes to make a display of light and noise. </span></pre>
<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">20. To count backwards to an event that will start when zero is reached.</span></pre>
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<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">1. An interjection to emphasize the finality of something. Also a punctuation mark. </span></pre>
<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">2. December 31st (3 words). </span></pre>
<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">3. To engage in festivities or rejoice. </span></pre>
<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">4. An act of proposing or drinking in honor of somebody or something. </span></pre>
<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">6. The start of the New Year is at the .... of midnight. </span></pre>
<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">7. The site of the annual New Year's Eve ball drop in New York City (2 words). </span></pre>
<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">10. When the year is ending and a new one is starting, many people make these goals. </span></pre>
<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">11. Food that people around the world traditionally eat for luck to ring in the New Year, and that symbolizes coins. </span></pre>
<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">12. A</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> Christian holiday celebrated at the end of the year. </span></pre>
<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">14. "Auld Lang Syne" is the traditional .... for ringing in the New Year in almost every English speaking country. </span></pre>
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Posted: 11 Dec 2014 05:23 AM PST</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">1.It takes a year of planning. 2. more than a billion people around the world. 3.Close to a million people. 4. 32,000 LED lights. 5.Confetti is dropped from seven buildings and from an eighth floor window onto Times Square, over and over to check that it floats and is fluffy. 6.People write their wishes on pieces of confetti. 7.Tourists get their pictures taken in front of a replica of The Time Square Ball. 8.The first ball drop took place in 1907, after fireworks were banned. It's also an old nautical tradition. 9.About 30,000 Nivea hats that will be given. 10.To celebrate the Year of the Snake and because the previous year half a billion Chinese tuned in to the event. 11.Porta-Potties or portable restrooms. 12.In the 70’s there were horses, people worried. Now security is better. There is no alcohol. Police divide up the crowd surrounded by safety lanes. In 2002, there were still one or two retail stores that put up plywood over their windows since they were smashed.</span></div>
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<br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896. A French nobleman, Pierre Fredy, the Baron de Coubertin, born in 1863, had a passionate belief that sport could encourage peace throughout the world and bring people from all over the world together. Coubertin was inspired by the ancient Olympic Games and travelled around the world, spending his own money, trying to persuade people to revive them. Eventually he managed to bring together representatives of many different countries in Paris, in 1894, and the Olympic Movement was begun.</span><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">Women began to compete in 1900. For many years there were problems for the women athletes about what to wear, because it was considered rude to show any part of the body or even the shape of the body. </span><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">When Coubertin founded the Olympic Movement he established the International Olympic Committee (the IOC) to supervise it, in 1894. He himself served as its president for 29 years, and there have been 8 presidents since then. There were originally 14 members but the Committee has now grown to over 130 members, all of whom must speak either French or English. Existing members elect new members as required. The IOC is based in Lausanne, Switzerland.</span><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">The goal of the Olympic Movement is to contribute to building a peaceful and better world by educating youth through sport practiced without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play.</span><br /></td></tr>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4667px;">1.Procter & Gamble, “Thank You, Mom – Strong”</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;">Sports idioms originate from a specific sport such as basquetball, sailing or tennis. Over time these phrases have become part of everyday language. Their meanings may be a little different or not so literal but they still carry the original general idea.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;">Front runner</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;">: (from track & field) someone among those expected to win.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;">Get into the full swing</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;">: (from tennis) doing something with ease after some time of practice.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;">Get a second wind</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;">: (from sailing ) have a burst of energy after feeling tired.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;">Give it your best shot</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;"> : (from shooting) try your hardest.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;">Go overboard</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;">: (from sailing) do or say more than you need to.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;">Hit someone below the belt</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;">: (from boxing/ martial arts) do something unfair to someone.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;">Jump the gun</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;">: (from track & field) start too early. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;">Keep one's head above water</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;">: (from swimming) try not to fall behind in work or other duties.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">17. Fastest time registered in an event.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;">Nowadays cultural diversity is a fact. The World has some 6000 communities and as many distinct languages. Such difference naturally leads to diversity of vision, values, beliefs, practice and expression, which all deserve equal respect and dignity. </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;">Cultural diversity is our everyday reality. The international migration rate is growing fast every year. According to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the number of migrants has doubled since the 1970s. The report also says that around 175 million persons are residing away from the country of their birth and one in every 10 persons in the developed regions is a migrant. Also, more migrants are coming from countries ever farther away. While the reasons for migration vary (economic, political, personal choice …) , one thing is sure: we live in an increasingly heterogeneous society.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;">Culture is a set of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features of society or a social group. Art, literature, lifestyles, ways of living together, values systems, traditions, beliefs... Respecting and safeguarding culture is a matter of Human Rights and respect of fundamental freedoms of thought, conscience and religion, of opinion and expression, and freedom to participate in the cultural life of one's choice.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;">Cultural diversity is our collective strength. Indeed, it is not just a natural fact that we need simply recognize and respect. It is about plurality of knowledge, wisdom and energy which all contribute to improving and moving the World forward.</span></b></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">B) A microcultural group or collectivity that shares a common history and culture, common values, behaviors, and other characteristics that cause members of the group to have a shared identity.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">C) A classification of people based on physical and biological characteristics such as the color of skin, hair, and eyes.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">D) Preference tha prevents impartial or objective judgement.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">E) Social, political, and economic structures that advantage one sex group over the other. Stereotypes and misconceptions about the biological characteristics of each sex group</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">F) A set of rigid and unfavorable attitudes toward a particular individual or group.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">G) Assuming that everyone in a particular group is the same. </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">H) A set of beliefs and values, especially about explanations that concern the cause and nature of the universe, to which an individual or group has a strong loyalty and attachment.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">I) The values, beliefs, attitudes, languages, symbols, rituals, behaviors and customs shared by a particular group of people and passed from one generation to the next. </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">J) A collectivity of people who have a similar socioeconomic status based on such criteria as income, occupation, education, values, behaviors, and life chances.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">K) The differential treatment of individuals or groups based on categories such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, social class, or exceptionality.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">L) Changes made by a group to adopt the ways of the dominant culture.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">M) A classification of people based on national origin and/or culture.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">N) A belief that human groups can be validly grouped according to their biological traits and that these identifiable groups inherit certain mental, personality, and cultural characteristics that determine their behavior.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">O) The characteristics of the dominant ethnic and cultural group in the nation.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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