Hello and welcome to the English Blog!
In this blog you will find a lot of useful materials that will hopefully help you to improve your English. Have fun and enjoy it!:)
If you have any questions or suggestions, please don't hesitate to contact me.
My name is Nikolay and I am an English teacher from Odessa.
Skype English Lessons & Travel Notes
Уроки Английского по Skype - http://engskype.info/
Update: Записаться на бесплатный пробный урок можно на сайте:)
Any time... |
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"Any time you think some other language is strange, remember that yours is just as strange, you're just used to it."
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let's play with irregular verbs |
Метки: irregular verbs games |
How to learn irregular verbs |
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Метки: irregular verbs to learn irregular verbs audio |
that's life, baby ))) |
Метки: about life pictures |
Irregular verbs |
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Нельзя просто так взять, и выучить неправильные глаголы!
Метки: неправильные глаголы irregular verbs в стихах |
Let Thursday be Someday!:) |
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Определенный артикль THE не ставится:|
Метки: Артикли |
What kind of traveler are you? |
Метки: Traveling |
9 Great Places to Visit in Thailand |
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Когда на улице слякотно, за окном завывает ветер, а холод просачивается свозь стены, вползает внутрь и заполняет собой все пространство (я имею ввиду зиму), то совершенно не верится, что в этот самый момент где-то ласково шепчет океан, сгибаются под тяжестью кокосов пальмы, а солнце такое знойное, что от него приходится прятаться большую часть дня. И, тем не менее, это правда. Стоит только занырнуть в пучину ночи, и проплыть сквозь пространство над спящими городами, россыпью огней раскинувшимися где-то внизу. И вынырнуть уже в лете, в гостеприимном королевстве Сиам, именуемом также Таиландом. И вот, вы приземлились в аэропорту Suvarnabhumi, что в Бангкоке, и впереди ждут приключения. Если у вас через дурфирму забронирован отель где-нибудь в Патайе, на Пхукете или на Ко-Самуи, и вы намеренны проваляться на пляже 2 недели в обществе соотечественников, дальше можете не читать. А вот если вы хотите немного попутешествовать – милости прошу:)
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Language... |
"Language is the means of getting an idea from my brain into yours without surgery."
- Mark Amidon
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Mission |
"If you read this entire guide and listen to all of the interviews and come away with a sense of what is involved in learning a language, then I feel like nothing important will actually have been achieved. You need to apply these. I'm serious!"
Benny Lewis
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Ecclesiastes |
There is a time for everything. To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven.
A time to be born and a time to die : A time to plant and a time to pluck up & that which is planted.
A time to kill and a time to heal : a time to break down and a time to build up.
A time to weep and a time to laugh : a time to mourn and a time to dance.
A time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together : a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing.
A time to get and a time to lose : a time to keep and a time to cast away.
A time to rend and a time to sew : a time to keep silence and a time to speak.
A time to love and a time to hate : a time of war and a time of peace.
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Basic Verbs |
Метки: verbs |
Blink 182 I Miss You |
Метки: Blink 182 |
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One day a college professor of Psychology was greeting his new college class.
He stood up in front of the class and said, "Would everyone who thinks he or she is stupid please stand up?"
After a minute or so of silence, a young man stood up.
"Well, hello there sir. So you actually think you're a moron?" the professor asked.
The kid replied, "No sir, I just didn't want to see you standing there all by yourself."
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Face |
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That's about me:) |
Years of education, solving tough problems, handling complex issues, yet we take a while standing before glass doors thinking whether to Push or Pull.
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Fly off the handle |
Lose self control.
This is an American phrase and it alludes to the uncontrolled way a loose axe-head flies off from its handle. It is first found in print in Thomas C. Haliburton's The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England, 1843/4:
"He flies right off the handle for nothing."
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Hello! Are you there? |
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Man Walks Nearly 3000 Miles Through China. |
The Longest Way 1.0 - walk through China and grow a beard! - TIMELAPSE from Christoph Rehage on Vimeo.
Christoph Rehage started walking on November 9, 2007 and stopped in October 2008. He traveled over 4500 kilometers (2796 miles). All of the distance from Beijing to Ürümqi was completely on foot. The times where you can see him in the video riding a boat or sitting on a plane are during breaks Christoph had to take from walking, either to sort out bureaucracy issues or to take care of some personal issues.
Christoph was asked about his state of mind while he was walking and what he was thinking. He replied “It was just the way it would be on any normal day. Sometimes you think. Sometimes you don’t. Sometimes you worry about passports, dangers, pains, relatives and loved ones, and at other times your steps are light and you sing songs in the desert. Sometimes it is boring. And sometimes you feel at peace.”
When he was asked why he stopped walking, Christoph said, “I wanted to gain back my life. I had to regain control over myself, eliminate the inner boss that was telling me what to do. A lot of people look at the video thinking “I want to be free like that guy!” – but they don’t realize that I was driven by something, and maybe I was losing control over it.”
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A shot in the arm |
A stimulus.
This expression derives from the effect of injecting drugs. A shot is of course US slang for an injection, either of a narcotic or medicinal drug. That term has been in use since around the beginning of the 20th century; for example, this piece from the San Francisco Chronicle Supplement, October 1904:
"I varied hardly a minute each day in the time of taking my injection. My first shot was when I awoke in the morning."
'A shot in the arm' came soon afterwards and the first mention of a figurative use of it in print that I can find is from the Maine newspaper The Lewiston Evening Journal, January 1916:
The vets can give politics a shot in the arm and the political leaders realize it.
Метки: Phrases |
Punctuation matters, too:) |
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Good Friends.. |
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The Secret:) |
"The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm."
- Aldous Huxley
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Weird Warnings On Products |
These are actual warnings given on various products:
On a blanket from Taiwan - NOT TO BE USED AS PROTECTION FROM A TORNADO.
On a Taiwanese shampoo - USE REPEATEDLY FOR SEVERE DAMAGE.
On a New Zealand insect spray - THIS PRODUCT NOT TESTED ON ANIMALS.
On a Sears hairdryer - DO NOT USE WHILE SLEEPING.
On a bar of Dial soap - DIRECTIONS - USE LIKE REGULAR SOAP.
On Tesco's Tiramisu dessert (printed on bottom of the box)- DO NOT TURN UPSIDE DOWN.
On Marks & Spencer Bread Pudding - PRODUCT WILL BE HOT AFTER HEATING.
On a string of Chinese-made Christmas lights - FOR INDOOR OR OUTDOOR USE ONLY.
Метки: jokes |
Ask the readers: What is a linguist? |
Benny Lewis rises this profound question is his recent article published on http://www.fluentin3months.com/
http://www.fluentin3months.com/linguists/
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Root of the day: Mut |
Метки: latin roots |
История английского языка за 10 минут! |
Открытый Университет ( The Open University) - британский ВУЗ, специализирующияся на качественном дистанционном обучении - недавно выпустил небольшой мультсериал под названием The History Of English in Ten Minutes. Это настоящий подарок для всех, кто интересуется британской культурой, ценит юмор и учит английский! Мультсериал состоит из десяти серий, каждая из которых длится около минуты и в развлекательной форме рассказывает о том или ином важном этапе развития английского языка.
Метки: англомания |
ADVICE FROM THE LANGUAGE HACKING GUIDE BY BENNY LEWIS |
1) Change your want mentality to a need mentality
2) Have practical short-term aims with your language
3) Stop thinking about how hard your target language is; that will get you nowhere! Focus on the positive!
4) Mistakes are a natural part of the learning process, accept that they will happen and know that this will not prevent you from communicating.
5) Using luck, talent or genes is not a good excuse. You can overcome challenges to reach your goal.
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Say, Tell, Speak, Talk |
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Есть множество интересных и экзотичных тем для новых статей. Вот, например, наука, возникшая на стыке лингвистики и психологии и гордо именуемая психолингвистикой, или ономатопоэтические (звукоподражательные) слова в английском языке. И манят они меня, и манят… Но, есть темы гораздо более down-to-earth, даже более того, темы вечные. Они черпаются из уроков и тех ошибок, которые часто встречаются у изучающих английский. Одна из таких тем – употребление глаголов say, tell, talk, speak. Будучи близкими по смыслу, они вместе с тем имеют различное значение и нюансы использования. Именно об этой славной четверке и пойдет речь ниже.
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To each his own (everything is relative) |
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I wanted to write an article about the ideas that I have learned here in this video , but today I watched another video that made varied rethink -formed thought.
However, start sequentially.
When I looked at the first video ,
http://www.ted.com/talks/maya_penn_meet_a_young_entrepreneur_cartoonist_designer_activist
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Heaven VS Hell |
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Heaven is when you have:
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Different perception of colors by men and women:) |
Метки: colors in english |
