"Xmas" or "Christmas"?

 The origin and appropriateness of "Xmas."

Retailers have long been accused of secularizing Christmas by using "Xmas" in signs and

Predicting the future

Humans can be impatient sometimes. We just can't wait to see what will happen in the future, so we're constantly trying to predict it. Wouldn't you like to know what the world will be like in the year 2100? Will technology have changed people's lives for the better or worse? Who knows?

A Holly Jolly Christmas

One Trick Pony

A “one trick pony” is one of my favourite slang terms in spoken English.A “Pony” is an animal a bit similar to a horse.  In the old days,

Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World

http://mp3.cc/m/252233-lui-armstrong/4620840-what-a-wonderful-world/

I see trees of green, red roses too

I see them bloom, for me and you,
And I think to myself, 
what a wonderful world.

Winter term test 2012 (difficult)

Блок 1. Лексико-грамматический тест 

Task 1. For questions 1-17, read the text below and decide which word (A, B, C or D) best fits in the gap.

Kolb's learning styles

       D.A. Kolb (1984)  1…. a model of learning which  2… an important  3… on the way teachers

Winter Term Test 2012 (easy)

 Лексико-грамматический тест 

Task 1. Read the text below and chose the
 correct word for each gap. 

Kitesurfer Makes Channel Crossing

       Andy Ward, a kitesurfer from Dorset _(1)_ UK, 
has recently _(2)_ what is thought to be the first crossing
 from the Channel Islands to the cost of England. The 70-mile journey