суббота, 30 ноября 2013 г.
News: Letter 'Ё'
On the 29th of November 1783 a new letter appeared in Russian Alphabet. The most discussed letter 'ё' is 230 now. It was princess Ekaterina Dashkova who created it. what are you thoughts about this letter? Is it needed now or can it be replaced by 'e'?
вторник, 19 ноября 2013 г.
Selfie
"Selfie" is now a new official word according to the Oxford Dictionary. Selfie is a picture of a person taken by himself. Lots of people nowadays are funs of taking them and sharing on a social sites.
And what about you? Do you like?
суббота, 16 ноября 2013 г.
пятница, 15 ноября 2013 г.
Let a smile be your umbrella
From July till September some streets in Águeda (a Portuguese town) are decorated with colorful umbrellas. More than 3000 have been hung with wires.
Today it is rainy here and I'd like steets in our town to be decorated in that way!)
I liked 'Let a smile be your umbrella'. The origin of this phrase is a song 'Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella ' (1928).
Idioms. To burn candle at both ends
There is an easy idiom about working hard. try to remember it.
Do you know any idioms with word 'свеча' in Russian?
четверг, 14 ноября 2013 г.
News: Natural disasters
Different reasons cause natural disasters and environmental problems we are facing today. In the article under the title 'Five Reasons for Nature's Deadly Toll in the Philippines' some exlanaition of such phenomenon as typhoon is given. Follow the link: news.nationalgeographic.com
среда, 13 ноября 2013 г.
четверг, 7 ноября 2013 г.
среда, 6 ноября 2013 г.
пятница, 1 ноября 2013 г.
November. Comparisons
Follow the link to read and listen to the poem "November" by by Edward Thomas, an Anglo-Welsh writer (1878 – 1917):
Find adjectives and adverbs in the text and define their degrees of comparison.
* Need help? Look through grammar material: Useful English.ru
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