Great site - you can actually slow down whatever you're listening to!
http://www.phrasalverbdemon.com/listening.htm
14 December 2008
7 December 2008
12 November 2008
11 November 2008
10 November 2008
Primary resources
games, PPTs etc, great for kids and/or beginners
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/foundation/foundation.htm
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/foundation/foundation.htm
Fat tax?
Fat people paid to walk their children to school
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1084492/Fat-people-paid-walk-children-school-30m-scheme-tackle-growing-obesity-crisis.html
5 November 2008
28 October 2008
FCE and PET online tests
FCE tests
http://www.examenglish.com/FCE/index.php
PET Writing and Reading
http://www.examenglish.com/PET/index.php
http://www.examenglish.com/FCE/index.php
PET Writing and Reading
http://www.examenglish.com/PET/index.php
18 October 2008
Pink - Family Portrait
(Actual lyrics start at 1:50)
Fill in the gaps with 1 word.
Uh, uh, some deep shit, uh, uh
Momma please stop cryin', I can’t (1)........... the sound
Your pain is (2)...........and it's tearin' me down
I hear glasses breakin' as I sit (3)........... in my bed
I told dad you didn’t mean those (4)........... things you
said
You (5) ........... about money, 'bout me and my brother
And this I come home to, this is my (6) ...........
It ain’t easy growin' up in World War III
Never knowin' what love could be, you’ll see
I don’t want love to (7) ........... me like it has done my family
Can we (8)............ it out? Can we be a family?
I promise I’ll be better, Mommy I’ll do anything
Can we (8)............it out? Can we be a family?
I promise I’ll be better, Daddy please don’t
leave
Daddy please stop yellin', I can’t (9) ........... the sound
Make mama stop cryin', coz I need you (10) ............
My mama she loves you, no (11) ........... what she says it's true
I know that she hurts you, but remember I love you, too
I ran away today, ran from the (12) ........... , ran away
Don’t wanna go back to that place, but don’t have no (13) ..........., no way
It ain’t easy growin' up in World War III
Never knowin' what love could be, well I've seen
I don’t want love to (7) ........... me like it did my family
Can we (8) ............it out? Can we be a family?
I promise I’ll be better, Mommy I’ll do anything
Can we (8) ............it out? Can we be a family?
I promise I’ll be better, Daddy please don’t leave
In our family portrait, we look (11) ........... happy
Let’s play (12) ..........., let's act like it comes naturally
I don’t wanna have to (13)........... the holidays
I don’t want two addresses
I don’t want a (14) ........... anyways
And I don’t want my mom to have to change her last name
In our family portrait, we look (11) ........... happy
We look pretty normal, let's go back to that
In our family portrait, we look (11) ........... happy
Let’s play (12) ..........., let's act like it comes naturally
In our family portrait, we look (11) ........... happy
(Can we (8) ............it out? Can we be a family?)
We look pretty normal, let's go back to that
(I promise I’ll be better, Mommy I’ll do
anything)
In our family portrait, we look (11) ........... happy
(Can we (8) .........it out? Can we be a family?)
Let’s play (12) ..........., let's act like it comes naturally
(I promise I’ll be better, Daddy please don't
leave)
In our family portrait, we look (11) ........... happy
(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)
We look pretty normal, let's go back to that
(I promise I’ll be better, Daddy please don't
leave)
Daddy don’t leave
Daddy don’t leave
Daddy don’t leave
1 October 2008
25 Fascinating Love Facts
25 Fascinating Love Facts
By Laura Schaefer
(from msnbc.com)
Love is mysterious, fascinating, and when you find it with the right person, there's nothing better. Here are 25 surprising love facts to puzzle over and embrace.
Love is a many-splendored thing … and a very surprising thing, too. As if you needed proof of that, here are 25 funny little facts about love. Study them, scratch your head over them, and share them with someone you fancy.
1. Men who kiss their wives in the morning live five years longer than those who don't.
2. People are more likely to tilt their heads to the right when kissing instead of the left (65 percent of people go to the right!)
3. When it comes to doing the deed early in the relationship, 78 percent of women would decline an intimate rendezvous if they had not shaved their legs or underarms.
4. Feminist women are more likely than other females to be in a romantic relationship.
5. Two-thirds of people report that they fall in love with someone they've known for some time vs. someone that they just met.
6. There's a reason why office romances occur: The single biggest predictor of love is proximity.
7. Falling in love can induce a calming effect on the body and mind and raises levels of nerve growth factor for about a year, which helps to restore the nervous system and improves the lover's memory.
8. Love can also exert the same stress on your body as deep fear. You see the same physiological responses — pupil dilation, sweaty palms, and increased heart rate.
9. Brain scans show that people who view photos of a beloved experience an activation of the caudate — the part of the brain involving cravings.
10. The women of the Tiwi tribe in the South Pacific are married at birth.
11. The "Love Detector" service from Korean cell phone operator KTF uses technology that is supposed to analyze voice patterns to see if a lover is speaking honestly and with affection. Users later receive an analysis of the conversation delivered through text message that breaks down the amount of affection, surprise, concentration and honesty of the other speaker.
12. Eleven percent of women have gone online and done research on a person they were dating or were about to meet, versus seven percent of men.
13. Couples' personalities converge over time to make partners more and more similar.
14. The oldest known love song was written 4,000 years ago and comes from an area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
15. The tradition of the diamond engagement ring comes from Archduke Maximillian of Austria who, in the 15th century, gave a diamond ring to his fiancée, Mary of Burgundy.
16. Forty-three percent of women prefer their partners never sign "love" to a card unless they are ready for commitment.
17. People who are newly in love produce decreased levels of the hormone serotonin — as low as levels seen in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Perhaps that's why it's so easy to feel obsessed when you're smitten.
18. Philadelphia International Airport finished as the No. 1 best airport for making a love connection, according to an online survey.
19. According to mathematical theory, we should date a dozen people before choosing a long-term partner; that provides the best chance that you'll make a love match.
20. A man's beard grows fastest when he anticipates sex.
21. Every Valentine's Day, Verona, the Italian city where Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet took place, receives around 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet.
21. When we get dumped, for a period of time we love the person who rejected us even more, says Dr. Helen Fisher of Rutgers University and author of Why We Love. The brain regions that lit up when we were in a happy union continue to be active.
22. People telling the story of how they fell in love overwhelmingly believe the process is out of their control.
23. Familiarity breeds comfort and closeness … and romance.
24. One in five long-term love relationships began with one or both partners being involved with others.
25. OK, this one may not surprise you, but we had to share it: Having a romantic relationship makes both genders happier. The stronger the commitment, the greater the happiness!
By Laura Schaefer
(from msnbc.com)
Love is mysterious, fascinating, and when you find it with the right person, there's nothing better. Here are 25 surprising love facts to puzzle over and embrace.
Love is a many-splendored thing … and a very surprising thing, too. As if you needed proof of that, here are 25 funny little facts about love. Study them, scratch your head over them, and share them with someone you fancy.
1. Men who kiss their wives in the morning live five years longer than those who don't.
2. People are more likely to tilt their heads to the right when kissing instead of the left (65 percent of people go to the right!)
3. When it comes to doing the deed early in the relationship, 78 percent of women would decline an intimate rendezvous if they had not shaved their legs or underarms.
4. Feminist women are more likely than other females to be in a romantic relationship.
5. Two-thirds of people report that they fall in love with someone they've known for some time vs. someone that they just met.
6. There's a reason why office romances occur: The single biggest predictor of love is proximity.
7. Falling in love can induce a calming effect on the body and mind and raises levels of nerve growth factor for about a year, which helps to restore the nervous system and improves the lover's memory.
8. Love can also exert the same stress on your body as deep fear. You see the same physiological responses — pupil dilation, sweaty palms, and increased heart rate.
9. Brain scans show that people who view photos of a beloved experience an activation of the caudate — the part of the brain involving cravings.
10. The women of the Tiwi tribe in the South Pacific are married at birth.
11. The "Love Detector" service from Korean cell phone operator KTF uses technology that is supposed to analyze voice patterns to see if a lover is speaking honestly and with affection. Users later receive an analysis of the conversation delivered through text message that breaks down the amount of affection, surprise, concentration and honesty of the other speaker.
12. Eleven percent of women have gone online and done research on a person they were dating or were about to meet, versus seven percent of men.
13. Couples' personalities converge over time to make partners more and more similar.
14. The oldest known love song was written 4,000 years ago and comes from an area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
15. The tradition of the diamond engagement ring comes from Archduke Maximillian of Austria who, in the 15th century, gave a diamond ring to his fiancée, Mary of Burgundy.
16. Forty-three percent of women prefer their partners never sign "love" to a card unless they are ready for commitment.
17. People who are newly in love produce decreased levels of the hormone serotonin — as low as levels seen in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Perhaps that's why it's so easy to feel obsessed when you're smitten.
18. Philadelphia International Airport finished as the No. 1 best airport for making a love connection, according to an online survey.
19. According to mathematical theory, we should date a dozen people before choosing a long-term partner; that provides the best chance that you'll make a love match.
20. A man's beard grows fastest when he anticipates sex.
21. Every Valentine's Day, Verona, the Italian city where Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet took place, receives around 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet.
21. When we get dumped, for a period of time we love the person who rejected us even more, says Dr. Helen Fisher of Rutgers University and author of Why We Love. The brain regions that lit up when we were in a happy union continue to be active.
22. People telling the story of how they fell in love overwhelmingly believe the process is out of their control.
23. Familiarity breeds comfort and closeness … and romance.
24. One in five long-term love relationships began with one or both partners being involved with others.
25. OK, this one may not surprise you, but we had to share it: Having a romantic relationship makes both genders happier. The stronger the commitment, the greater the happiness!
28 September 2008
Shakira ~ Objection Tango
Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the word in brackets, or a preposition (dotted line).
It's not her fault that she's so _________ (resist)
But all the damage she's caused is ____________ (fix)
Every twenty seconds you repeat her name
But when it comes ……… me you don't care
If I'm _______ (live) or ________ (die)
So ___________ (object) I don't wanna be the __________ (except)
To get a bit ……… your __________ (attend)
I love you ……… free and I'm not your mother
But you don't even bother
___________ (object) I'm tired ……… this triangle
Got dizzy dancing tango
I'm falling ………… in your hands again
No way I've got to get …………
Next ……… her cheap silicon I look _________ (minimum)
That's why in front ……… your eyes I'm ___________ (visible)
But you gotta know small things also count
You better put your feet ……… the ground
And see what it's all about
__________ (object) I don't wanna be the _________ (except)
To get a bit ……… your _________ (attend)
I love you ……… free and I'm not your mother
But you don't even bother
____________ (object) the angles ……… this triangle
Got dizzy dancing tango
I'm falling ……… in your hands again
No way...no no no no no
I wish there was a chance ……… you and me
I wish you couldn't find a place ……… be
………… from here
This is pathetic and sardonic
It's sadistic and psychotic
Tango is not ……… three
Was never meant ……… be
But you can try it
Rehearse it
Or train like a horse it
But don't you count …… me
Don't you count ……… me boy
So __________ (object) I don't wanna be the _________ (except)
To get a bit …… your _________ (attend)
I love you …… free and I'm not your mother
But you don't even bother
So ___________ (object) I'm tired ……… this triangle
Got dizzy dancing tango
I'm falling ……… in your hands again
No way I've got to get ………
I'm falling ……… in your hands again
No way I've got to get …………
Get ………, get …………, hey hey hey get ……… hey hey
I'm falling ………… in your hands again
get ………… hey hey get ………… he heyyy
get …………!
23 September 2008
Grammar songs
if2
The Cardigans: No Sleep
Pocahontas: If I never knew you
if2, time expressions
Colin Blunstone: Old and Wise
indirect questions
Enya: Only Time
mixed tenses
Eric Clapton: Layla
Travis: Why does it always rain on me
ought to
Katie Melua: Lilac Wine
past simple
James Blunt: You´re Beautiful
past simple, past modals
Kelly Rowland: Stole
past simple/passive
Mike Oldfield: Moonlight shadow
present perf.cont., reported speech, future cont.
Billy Joel: Lullaby
questions
Eric Clapton: My father's eyes
superlative
Brian Adams: Inside Out
used to/would
The Cranberries: Just my Imagination
will for prediction
Katie Melua: 9 million bicycles
will for promises
Pink: Family portrait
Muse: Our time is running out
The Cardigans: No Sleep
Pocahontas: If I never knew you
if2, time expressions
Colin Blunstone: Old and Wise
indirect questions
Enya: Only Time
mixed tenses
Eric Clapton: Layla
Travis: Why does it always rain on me
ought to
Katie Melua: Lilac Wine
past simple
James Blunt: You´re Beautiful
past simple, past modals
Kelly Rowland: Stole
past simple/passive
Mike Oldfield: Moonlight shadow
present perf.cont., reported speech, future cont.
Billy Joel: Lullaby
questions
Eric Clapton: My father's eyes
superlative
Brian Adams: Inside Out
used to/would
The Cranberries: Just my Imagination
will for prediction
Katie Melua: 9 million bicycles
will for promises
Pink: Family portrait
Muse: Our time is running out
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