Read the following article about libraries and fill the gaps with the missing words. I hope you take the advice offered!
Wow, where did 2012 go? It seems like it was only a short time we were _1_ the start of 2012.
Last night from the _2_ New Year's ball dropping in Times Square to fireworks in London, the world was already welcoming 2013!
Did you celebrate the new year, if you did, how did you? Did you _3_ a party or stay at home with friends?
And so here we are, at the beginning...
I'm writing this on the fifteenth of December. It's twenty to three in the afternoon, it's Saturday, and it's ten days away from Christmas Day. If, of course, we make it that far - if the Mayans are to be believed, it’s six days away from the end of the world, or, at least, the end of the world as we know it...
Read the following article about the English school system and see if you can choose which word correctly fits the gap. This lesson will test grammar, collocations and your understanding of context. Let us know how you do! Good luck!
Lesson by Caroline
If you learn English in London this winter, why not visit the famous Winter Wonderland? I'm planning on taking my daughter this year, though I'm sure she will be too young to appreciate it!
Head to Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park for traditional Christmas markets, Santa's grotto, a spectacular ice sculpture show, a giant observation wheel, funfair rides and London's largest outdoor ice-rink.
There is so much to do and see there to get you in the festive spirit.
You don't have to quit work and build a whole new environmentally friendly house to help the planet. There are lots of little things you can do that make a big difference. Read through the five ideas below that aim to help make the world a better place and complete the gaps with the correct vocabulary as you go. I hope it inspires you to make a change. Can you add any other things we should all aim to do to the list? Thanks in advance for your ideas!
Aesop's fables are a collection of fables believed to have been written by the Greek storyteller Aesop. Aesop lived over 2000 and his many fables are known throughout the world.
The main characters in these stories, and in all fables, are animals they teach us a moral lesson.
This week finds me a little disgruntled.
'Disgruntled' is a word that I like. It means irritated, or grumpy, or sullen. What I like about it is the way it sounds...you can tell people that you're feeling disgruntled and they immediately know that you're not particularly happy even if they don't know the meaning of the word. It's a good word and I like it. Using it, however, does not make me feel any less disgruntled. Or irritated. Or grumpy.
I'm a freshman studying in Taiwan's university. For most Taiwan's students,from senior high to sophomore,are all perplexed about the reading No matter how they are studying hard, the effects they obtain is useless. For all Taiwan's college students,how to improve our reading skills in the useful ways?
In this foreign world, many people say English, but not every people can read very well. Some people can read flently, the other people can't read so well.I want to wonder if there have some methods to improve student's reading comprehension? for example, like listening the english music, or when you are reading, you can put your english dictionary beside you if you encounter the vocabulary that you don't know.
Therefore, think some methods that can improve people's reading comprehension?
