Halloween. Are you going to celebrate it?

Nowadays it is becoming very popular to celebrate holidays that are not traditional at our country. Lots of people do celebrate St.Valentine's Day, St.Patric's Day and Halloween. But what do we know about these holidays?

Halloween or Hallowe'en (a contraction of "All Hallows' Evening"), also known as All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly celebration observed in a number of countries on October 31, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows. According to many scholars, All Hallows' Eve was originally influenced by western European harvest festivals and festivals of the dead with possible pagan roots, particularly the Celtic Samhain.

Are you going to celebrate it tommorrow? If you are you may see an idea for Halloween make-up)

Months

Learn English months!

Numbers

This is a link for the Beginners. It can help you to practice English numbers from 0 to 20.

Phonetics in focus

Today let's practice short vowel!
http://youtu.be/eJ7dM_LU9t4

Felix Baumgartner landed safely from his jump from the Stratosphere

On 14th of Octorber Felix Baumgartner landed safely from his jump from the Stratosphere. "Today the Red Bull Stratos Mission took Felix Baumgartner to the edge of space and back, and the world tuned in to Red Bull’s YouTube Channel to see it all. At peak, you were watching more than 8 million concurrent livestreams of this mission, which intended to break 50-year old records of human limits and break new ground in medical and scientific research" was written on the Official You Tube blog.

Watch the video below. How do you think do we, people, have limits?









Please write your thougts, describe your emotions on the comments below

Boss's Day

Today is Boss’s Day, also known as National Boss Day or Bosses Day. It is annually observed in the United States and Canada on October 16, or the nearest working day, it is a time for many workers to appreciate their employers.

Boss's Day, a chance to tell the boss what your really think of him or her. What are you going to say to your boss? Are you happy having him or her? Do you have any ideas for celebrating it? 

Winnie-the-Pooh

Happy birthday dear Pooh Bear!

Today is a birthday of Winnie-the-Pooh, the most favourite fictional character of our childhood. I wonder if there is anyone in our country who cann't keep smiling watching animations about funny adventures of this anthropomorphic bear created by A. A. Milne. The first collection of stories about Winnie-the-Pooh was published on 13 October 1926.

What version of Winnie-the-Pooh do you prefer and why? Pls write a comment below.

Phonetics in focus

Today we are going to clear the diference in pronuncing the short vowel /æ/ and diphthong /ɛə/.

It is easy to do watching this video: http://www.bbc.co.uk

Сynicism

Cynicism

How do you think what cynicism is? Read an article "5 tips to defeat cynicism" by PAULO COELHO.

Do you agree with his statesments? Or what statements of his can you dispute about?

Please write a comment below

Ecological problems

For the 2nd year students

There is a unit for self studying for the 2nd year students. Please follow the link: http://romashka.edu.glogster.com/english-lesson-ecological-problems/

Try to prepare your own glog, chose any ecological problem of mankind u wish.
If you have problems or questions plese write below

to make

The weather is gloomy today . It is raining and this makes me sleepy.
I saw this photo of a baby orangutan (photo by Wiwik Astutik) and realized I am like it today.

Are you sleepy cause of rain today? Does the weather influence you and make you sad?

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If we want to say that someone or something causes us to be in a particular state or to change to another state we use verb to make:
This film always makes me cry.


The smell of fish makes me feel ill.



The noise in the school makes learning difficult.



She made it known that she was the mayor's wife.

To be stuck by

So can you guess the meaning of the phrase to be stuck by? Please tell us what thought are you stuck by right now? Write a comment below

Cold Turkey

Quite every person has bad habits. And stopping that bad habits is a very difficult process. Sometimes even  medical help is needed. Follow the link below to make clear the meaning of the English idiom "Cold Turkey":
http://blog.myhappyenglish.com

What bad habits do you suppose to be the most harmful for teenagers? Leave a comment below please

At the market place

                                          "Mr. Mzyri with Watermelon" by Vladimir Lyubarov 

Do you like this work? Food market looks great in atumn, doesn't it?

Do you have an idea about the country this scene takes place in. Can you name vegetables painted here? In what words can you describe this pciture?

Are you sure you know English equivalent for Russian "Брюхо сыто, да глаза голодны"? Follow the link: http://blog.myhappyenglish.com

Read the conversation:
-John, why don’t you finish eating that forth portion of ice-cream?

-I suppose my eyes were bigger than my stomach when I said I wanted more.

-You know the same thing happens to me. When I’m really hungry, I take more food than I can really eat.


Please describe situations your eyes are bigger then bigger than your stomach.