пятница, 13 февраля 2015 г.
четверг, 12 февраля 2015 г.
"As" for comparisons
Listen, Read along & Memorize
Paris was just as exciting as I had
expected!
We can use as to make a
comparison. As can be used to show that things are the same,
or not the same. For today’s English Lesson, let’s have a look at how to use asto
make comparisons in English.
Here are the example sentences.
понедельник, 9 февраля 2015 г.
It’s no & there’s no
It’s no
secret
= something is obvious; everyone knows it;
everyone can see it.
It’s no secret that he’s in love with her. He constantly talks about how beautiful she is.
It’s no
surprise
= something is logical/expected
He was always playing sports as a child,
so it’s no surprise that he’s now a professional athlete.
воскресенье, 8 февраля 2015 г.
Let me get straight to the point
You're leading a meeting at
work to discuss an important change in your department. You want to immediately
start talking about the main topic, without much introduction or small talk.
You say this to get the meeting started.
Let me get
straight to the point.
"The point" of a
conversation is the main idea that a person wants to talk about. In many kinds
of conversations, including requests, stories, and discussions, people expect a
"point", which is the main idea:
What does nirvana mean?
Nirvana
This 1990s grunge rock band happens to be named for the least grungy of
all Buddhist states of being. In Buddhism, nirvana is
the ethereal plane of enlightenment, reached when a soul has gained enough
wisdom to free itself from the cycle of reincarnation. The word comes from the
Sanskrit nir meaning "out" and vati meaning
"it blows." Thus nirvana literally translates to "a blowing
out," as in a candle.
четверг, 5 февраля 2015 г.
How to learn a foreign language
By Krystian Aparta
They say that children learn languages the best.
But that doesn’t mean that adults should give up. We asked some of the
polyglots in TED’s Open Translation
Project to share their secrets to mastering a
foreign language. Their best
strategies distill into seven basic principles:
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