понедельник, 5 августа 2013 г.

Learn about music


Do you know how to talk about music in English? Think of your favorite music. How would you describe it in English? Can you name the type of music (the 'genre') that each of these artists is famous for:

Mozart; The Rolling Stones; Bob Marley; Britney Spears; Daft Punk;
Jay-Z; Taylor Swift; Marvin Gaye

This page outlines the major genres of music:  http://www.allmusic.com/genres
Then click through to read descriptions of at least 3 of the genres. You can also listen to samples of music in the category if you scroll to the bottom of the page. (Year of English)

суббота, 3 августа 2013 г.

The Stolen White Elephant

Mark Twain 
THE STOLEN WHITE ELEPHANT
The following curious history was related to me by a chance railway acquaintance. He was a gentleman more than seventy years of age, and his thoroughly good and gentle face and earnest and sincere manner imprinted the unmistakable stamp of truth upon every statement which fell from his lips. He said:

Phrasal Verbs about Socializing

ask (someone) over
If you ask someone over, you invite the person to your house or apartment:
“My roommates and I are going to ask our English teacher over for lunch.”

вторник, 30 июля 2013 г.

so clever...


Using Wish

Wish can be a tricky word to use in English, so today, I will show you how we use this word in our everyday English Conversation. We use wish + were when we imagine that we want a situation to be different than it is. When we wish for things like this, we are just imagining something we do not think is possible:
  • wish I were taller. I’m not tall, but want to be taller.

воскресенье, 28 июля 2013 г.

DO and MAKE: 60 common expressions


The 50 most important English proverbs


Every culture has a collection of wise sayings that offer advice about how to live your life. These sayings are called "proverbs".
It's good to know the really common English proverbs because you hear them come up in conversation all the time. Sometimes people say the entire proverb to give advice to a friend.