суббота, 18 марта 2017 г.
Learn English Through Story: "The Thames Murders"
"I'm from a different planet"
среда, 15 марта 2017 г.
Food Idioms
Nutshell [nuht-shel]
The term in a nutshell refers
to a short description, or a story told in no more words than can physically
fit in the shell of a nut. But the origin of the term tests those limits with
the most longwinded of tales. The ancient Roman encyclopaedist Pliny the Elder
claimed that a copy of Homer's The Iliad existed that was
small enough to fit inside a walnut shell. Almost 2000 years later in the early
1700s the Bishop of Avranches tested Pliny's theory by writing out the epic in
tiny handwriting on a walnut-sized piece of paper and lo and behold, he did it!
вторник, 14 марта 2017 г.
What's In A Name: Fast Food
Fast Food!
Food is an amazing multi-sensory experience.
Taste is the obvious payoff, but we also talk about it with our friends and
watch food shows on TV. Even listening to food (imagine the sound of bacon
frying) can make your mouth water!
Fast food plays on these effects. They make
their burger sound perfect on that radio ad, and before you know it, you're in
the car and on the way for your favorite burger/taco/pizza etc. Fast food in
the United States really began as a concept when the popularity of automobiles
took off in the 1920s. With the highway infrastructure expanding, more
Americans took to the roads, and restaurant chains realized they basically had
captive (and hungry) audiences motoring along these long ribbons of concrete.
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