суббота, 14 декабря 2013 г.
Pronunciation Practice
Finding English pronunciation tricky?
Having problems with English pronunciation? Well, don't be too hard on yourself
- blame the language! Is it any surprise people have problems speaking English
clearly when we pronounce words like 'once' with a /w/, but then ignore the /w/
completely in 'answer'. Why on earth are words like 'Wednesday' pronounced as
'wensday'? And what about 'creature' with 2 syllables but 'creation' pronounced
with 3?
вторник, 10 декабря 2013 г.
понедельник, 9 декабря 2013 г.
Idiomatic Expressions with GO
http://www.espressoenglish.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/10-expressions-go.mp3
#1 – go into overdrive
= start working very hard (more intensely than normal).
“Every year around Christmas, my department goes into overdrive – there’s so much work to do.”
#2 – go off on a tangent
воскресенье, 8 декабря 2013 г.
Holidays collocations!
The end of December in the U.S. is known as "the Holidays".
The word "holiday" can mean any holiday, from religious holidays
to national holidays like (in the U.S.) Independence Day and Memorial Day.
However, "The Holidays" means the time around the end of the
year. One reason that English speakers call this time of year "The
Holidays" is to avoid simply calling it "Christmas".
пятница, 6 декабря 2013 г.
Learn word combinations
Year Of English
Words that have similar meanings are called "synonyms".
In the past, you may have tried learning lists of synonyms at the same time. For example, you might look at this list of words that are synonyms for "good":
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