Welcome To Computer School, Class Of '93
An amazing cut from an early 90s instructional video.
Warning: you may never use a typewriter again.
Warning: you may never use a typewriter again.
29 April 2013
23 April 2013
Daft.ie - House vocabulary
Ireland biggest property site
Vocabulary about buying, renting and sharing houses?
Animal idioms
to enjoy yourself very much
We had a whale of a time on holiday.
LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG
to allow a secret to be known, usually without intending to
I was trying to keep the party a secret, but Mel went and let the cat out of the bag.
TILL COWS COME HOME
I could sit here and argue with you till the cows come home, but it wouldn't solve anything.
IN THE DOGS HOUSE
If you are in the doghouse, someone is annoyed with you and shows their disapproval
I'm in the doghouse - I broke Sara's favourite vase this morning.
Types of girls
Pablo Stanley, according to his facebook page, is just a guy that loves to design, draw and tell silly stories.
Biografia
Colorblind. Vegetarian. Gemini. Gangster. Ninja. Loner. Mexican. Cumbia dancer. Nerd. Punk. Love Doctor. Star Wars Geek. Gamer... 9gagger.
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chair, nature, teach
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Idiom - Have your cake and eat it too
From Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary:
HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT:
(British English) (also have your cake and eat it too North American English,British English) to have the advantages of something without its disadvantages; to have both things that are available
16 April 2013
American English File website
Welcome to American English File online!
Learn more English here with interactive exercises and games. Practice your grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and listening, and have some fun too!
Flo-Joe website
About Flo-Joe
What they do: They help you, the Cambridge exam candidate, to prepare for your FCE, CAE or CPE exam.
From their website: At Flo-Joe we don’t go for meaningless Mission Statements. Our goal is quite simple: we want you to pass your exam! (And, if you’re an English language tutor, we want to make it easier for you to manage your exam preparation classes). Preparing for an English Language qualification is a serious business. Our experience of working with exam students over the years has taught us that the biggest obstacles you face are:
- Finding time to study outside the classroom
- Staying motivated and in control of your learning
- Organising your study time effectively for maximum results
Oxford website
Today's tip is the website from OXFORD university press. There are many games, comics and exercises for each coursebook's website. Click here to check their website and happy studying!
http://elt.oup.com/learning_resources/?cc=br&selLanguage=pt
http://elt.oup.com/learning_resources/?cc=br&selLanguage=pt
Fast and Loose - Interpretive dance
I love the program Fast and Loose. They have this Interpretive dance bit which I think it's wonderful. Take a look!
Check the others:
- Fast and Loose - Interpretve Dance - The Killers
- Fast and Loose - Interpretve Dance - Eternal Flames
- Fast and Loose - Interpretve Dance - Phill Colins You can´t hurry love
- Fast and Loose - Interpretve Dance - Britney Spears - Baby one more time
- Fast and Loose - Interpretve Dance - Careless whisper
10 words you need to stop misspelling
The Oatmeal is a humourous website that produces comics, one of which is 10 Words You Need To Stop Misspelling. These words would be good ones to practise (as opposed to ‘practice’), as these are the ones I see misused most regularly.
Homophones
Homophones are words which sound the same, but have different meanings and are usually spelled differently. Common homophones often lose (as opposed to ‘loose’) pupils marks in exams. These cartoons are from Pablo Stanley!
Obama's Presidential Campaign
These are posts from USA President Obama from his 2012 political campaign.
Check the use of the simple past tense in the posters.
Vocabulary - Crime and Punishment
1) Assaltar casa: to burgle (GB), to rob, to steal, to burglarize.
"Our house was burglarized." - "Nossa casa foi assaltada."
"I was robbed." - "Fui roubado(a)."
"He stole my purse." - "Ele roubou minha bolsa".
2) Assaltar pessoas (fora de casa, com violência): to mug.
"I was mugged right now." - "Fui assaltado agora."
3) Roubo à mão armada: to hold up.
"They held up a drugstore." - "Fizeram um assalto na drogaria".
4) No esporte boxe: round.
"Round 1. Fight!" - "1º assalto. Lutem!"(essa é a famosa frase do jogo Street Fight 2).
"Round 1. Fight!" - "1º assalto. Lutem!"(essa é a famosa frase do jogo Street Fight 2).
5) Roubo de carro, moto, bicicleta: car/motorcycle/bicycle theft.
"Suddenly, it happened a car theft." - "De repente aconteceu um roubo de carro."
6) Saquear (surpermercado, banco, etc): to raid.
"Two men raided the bank." - "Dois homens saquearam o banco."
"Two men raided the bank." - "Dois homens saquearam o banco."
obs.:
a) Use o verbo "to steal" quando se descreve o objeto no assalto.
"He stole my purse." - "Ele roubou minha bolsa".
b) Use o verbo "to rob" quando não precisar descrever o objeto roubado.
"I was robbed." - "Fui roubado(a)."
1) Ladrão de banco: robber.
2) Ladrão de casa: burglar.
3) Ladrão de pessoas: mugger.
4) Sequestrador: kidnapper.
5) Ladrão em geral: Thief.
6) Ladrão que rouba coisas de loja sem pagar: shoplifter.
7) Ladrão de colarinho-branco: White-collar criminal.
8) Menino(a) ladrão, trombadinha: street urchin, child thief, juvenile delinquent, pickpocket
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15 April 2013
Music - Journey
How Glee might have ruined Journey's songs!
We used a Prezi presentation to talk about the many Journey songs the TV serie Glee managed to ruin somehow. If you couldn't come and is curious to check what happened take a look at the link below.
Of course we know that there are many Glee fans around. We just want to let you know that this is a joke. We do respect their work and we have to credit them with the introduction of many important bands and artists to teenagers and adults. So.. don't be mad at us! hehehhehe..
Face Maker Game
Drag and drop the items to make a new face according to the description! A game to practise the parts of the face (hair, eyes, ears, nose, teeth, lips...).
Click here to play!
Vocabulary - Holiday and Travel
Vocabulary - Holiday and Travel:Comics - Pablo Stanley
Pablo Stanley started working in publicity companies in 1999. He got a job as Creative Director for an international company in San Diego, California. He created his own clothing brand “Stanley+Colors” and opened an exclusive store of his own designs in Mexicali. He has been in different bands. He formed a punk rock band named Dead Stanleys, which broke up in 2006. The electro-pop group Magnolia Ave. Toured in Mexico and Spain as ‘Da Perv” and now DJs under the name Pablo Stanley and produces under the name Hustlehoff. He began writing comics in January 1st 2012. From there he hasn’t stopped. let’s hope he doesn’t.
Beware of people taking idioms literally, especially when you ask them to "cut the crap"
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