Παρασκευή 31 Ιανουαρίου 2014

Refugees - Homeless People Around the World

Refugees - Homeless People Around the World

England on Film

England on Film

SOME REALLY COOL VIDEOS ABOUT ENGLAND THROUGH YEARS ! Φωτογραφία: Friday is here at last and with it brings our Mystery Photo. So, can you pinpoint the spot? ©futureshape

Φωτογραφία: Friday is here at last and with it brings our Mystery Photo. So, can you pinpoint the spot? ©futureshape

Welcome to London: A Short Hyperlapse Film

British Icons: The Routemaster, The Red Phone Box

British Icons: The Routemaster turns 60!:

The Red Phone Box

The iconic red telephone box. © Peter Weis

Πέμπτη 30 Ιανουαρίου 2014

Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year | LearnEnglishTeens

Chinese New Year

Friday, January 31, 2014
through Friday, February 14, 2014

The Year of the Horse begins January 31, 2014! People born in the Year of the Horse are generally popular, smart, and strong.

Chinese New Year: 2014 | FactMonster.com

Try the Chinese New Year Quiz

READ ABOUT CHINESE CALENDAR

The Traditions and Celebrations

Red Balloon Lanterns at Wong Tai Sin Temple in Hong Kong

Chinese New Year Activities for the Classroom - Unit of Study - Year of the Horse Coloring Pages, Crafts for Kids, Word Searches, Puzzles, Zodiac, Recipes, Tangrams

CLICK ON THE PICTURE

Storytimes

STORIES AND CRAFTS

Crafts and Activities for Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year Recipes

The
traditional New Year dinner for the imperial house was composed of 99
dishes since the number 9 is an auspicious number! Fish are a good luck
food, but take care to serve the fish whole to preserve the good
fortune.

Spring Rolls	Steamed Dumplings	Chinese Sticky Cake
Shrimp with Cashew Nuts	Steamed Whole Bass with Black Bean Sauce
Homemade Chinese Fortune Cookies

In
some areas of China it's a popular custom to give oranges because in
Chinese, the word "orange" sounds like "Ji", which means "good luck".
People present oranges to their friends and relatives to express their
respects and good wishes for the coming year.

Chinese New Year

Here you can find out about all about Chinese New Year.
Discover about Chinese traditions and and the Chinese Zodiac.
You can find out your Zodiac animal, watch videos
and try the activities.

Chinese New Year

- Here's a great intro to the festivities, with brief descriptions of
traditional celebrations slated for all 15 days of the New Year or
Spring Festival, plus more on traditional Chinese New Year foods,
decorations, taboos and superstitions.

Teacher Planet - Chinese New Year

- This is a great collection of fun activities and instructional how
to's including dragon crafts, paper lanterns & garlands, scavenger
hunt
sheets, related lesson plans, plus links to clip art & history
resources.

SEND AN E- CARD :http://www.123greetings.com/events/chinese_new_year/happy/

Chinese New Year family traditions

DOING THINGS

Τετάρτη 29 Ιανουαρίου 2014

USUAL ,USUALLY , AS USUAL

APPROXIMATELY: IN OTHER WORDS

PHRASAL VERB OF THE DAY {HOLD}

{Hold against}

[consider something, especially a past crime, misdeed, etc, as being to somebody’s discredit]
"I know that you spent a year in prison, but I won’t hold it against you as long as you behave yourself while you are working for me."

{Hold back}

1 [refuse or be slow to provide something that is wanted by somebody]
"I don’t understand why he is holding back the examination results, especially since the students keep asking for them."
2 [prevent or hinder the progress of somebody or something]
"Her lack of qualifications is almost certain to hold her back sooner or later."

{Hold back (from)}

[be slow or reluctant to do something, especially because of shyness, fear, etc]
"Two of the horses immediately came over to us, but the third held back, more cautious than his companions." / "I held back from answering the letter for as long as I could."

{Hold down}

1 [prevent a price, figure, level, etc, from rising]
"I won’t be able to hold down my expenses once I have to start using the car."
2 [force somebody to live with reduced freedom]
"The faces of the men and women showed that they had been held down by a dictatorship for long enough."

{Hold forth (on)}

[speak on a subject at length or in public; often used in a derogatory way]
"If that ridiculous woman starts holding forth on the dangers of stamp collecting, I’m going home."

{Hold in}

[repress the expression of an emotion]
"She did her best to hide her excitement, but eventually she just couldn’t hold it in."

{Hold off 1}

1 [not arrive, fall or occur, especially of bad weather]
"You were lucky that the rain held off for your tennis match."
2 [refrain from doing something, especially attacking]
"Our men held off for the length of the cease-fire."

{Hold off 2}

[resist an attack or advance]
"She always carries a big stick for holding off dogs."

{Hold on}

1 [wait or stop; often used in the imperative]
"If you hold on a minute, I’ll come with you." / "Hold on! I’d like some of that apple-pie too, you know!"
2 [survive, especially in a difficult or dangerous situation]
"We won’t be able to hold on for much longer without fresh supplies of food and medicine."

{Hold on to}

[keep or retain something, especially instead of selling or returning it]
"Do you mind if I hold on to the book you lent me for another week or so?"

{Hold out}

1 [continue to resist]
"With just a handful of weapons, we never thought we’d be able to hold out for so long."
2 [last or be sufficient]
"I’m worried about the water holding out during the trip. Do you think that we have enough?"

{Hold out (for)}

[wait, especially in the hope of a better offer]
"What will you do if the owners decide to hold out for a better price?"

{Hold out (on)}

[refuse to offer or provide something somebody needs, especially information]
"I swear I’m not holding out on you. If I knew where she was, I’d tell you."

{Hold over}

[postpone something, especially a discussion]
"In view of the time, the matter of rent increases was held over until the next meeting."

{Hold to 1}

[make somebody keep their promise]
"He said he would do anything for her if she married him, and she’s certainly holding him to it."

{Hold to 2}

[persist in holding an opinion, principle, belief, etc]
"I’ve always held to the belief that the more people have, the more they want."

{Hold up}

1 [obstruct or stop the progress of somebody or something]
"Whenever there is an accident on this stretch of the motorway, the traffic is held up for hours."
2 [seize money or valuables from a bank, post office, security van, etc, by the use of guns]
"Four armed men today held up a post office in the city centre and escaped with stamps and postal orders to the value of £6000."

{Hold with}

[approve or be in favour of a principle, fashion, habit, etc; usually used in the negative]
"She doesn’t hold with the present trend in ladies’ swimwear. She thinks it vulgar."

taken from the GLOBAL ELT ENGLISH PHRASAL VERBS

Τρίτη 28 Ιανουαρίου 2014

English Proverbs and Proverb Humor

Home is where you hang your @
The e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail
A journey of a thousand sites begins with a single click
You can't teach a new mouse old clicks
Great groups from little icons grow
Speak softly and carry a cellular phone
C:\ is the root of all directories
Don't put all your hypes in one home page
Pentium wise; pen and paper foolish
The modem is the message
Too many clicks spoil the browse
The geek shall inherit the earth
A chat has nine lives.
Don't byte off more than you can view.
Fax is stranger than fiction
What boots up must come down
Windows will never cease
In Gates we trust
Virtual reality is its own reward
Modulation in all things
A user and his leisure time are soon parted
There's no place like home.com!
Know what to expect before you connect
Oh, what a tangled Web site we weave when first we practice
Speed thrills
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him to use the Net
and he won't bother you for weeks READ MORE