понедельник, 20 января 2014 г.

Car Accidents

Have you ever been in a car accident? In today’s lesson, you’re going to learn expressions for describing different types of accidents, their causes, and results. Let’s begin with the difference between a car accident and a car crash. Car accident is the most general term – it can describe any type of accident, major or minor, and it can involve only one car or two or more cars. A car crash involves a collision – when a car hits an object with a violent impact. We can also use “crash” as a verb – for example, the car crashed into a tree, or the car crashed into a telephone pole.
Here are four specific types of accidents:

воскресенье, 19 января 2014 г.

Oh my gosh!

Homographs


How do you like this: I bought this piece of china in a china shop when I was in China.

English is a crazy language. There is no ham in hamburger, no egg in eggplant, neither apple nor pine in pineapple. French fries weren’t invented in France, and English muffins weren’t invented in England. Furthermore, quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is not from Guinea nor is it a pig!

суббота, 18 января 2014 г.

четверг, 16 января 2014 г.

MUST and CAN'T

- ful & - less

10 ENGLISH WORDS ENDING IN -FUL
1. cheerful = happy, full of positivity, in a good mood
I’m much more cheerful after I have my morning cup of coffee.
Opposite = grumpy