New Vocabulary Word: Bachelorette

Is Emily Maynard the new 'Bachelorette'?

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bachelorette -  a young unmarried woman who lives alone

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New Vocabulary Word: Insinuate

Constantly watching movies with subtitles would dramatically enhance your speaking skills because you would  learn new vocabulary words  from them.

Here's another vocabulary word from the movie, Letters to Juliet. 

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Valentine's Day

I know. I know. It's not Valentine's day today but I want you to practice shadowing technique. Shadowing technique is repeating along as you listen to the English dialogue.This is very effective way to study English. The dialogue is short so you won't get bored.  




Play the video and try this:
It's Valentine's day today?
Hello?
No, it's a Monday.
Valentine's Day always falls on a Thursday. Use your head! That's Thanksgiving.

It's Valentine's day today?

 Hello?  -  Hello is usually used to greet someone. In this video, the guy said this to the other because the other is  slow to realize that it's truly  Valentine's day.


 No, it's a Monday. Valentine's Day always falls on a Thursday.
  Falls - To occur at a specified time.In this sentence, the speaker thinks that Valentine's day always happen on Thursday and not on Monday.
    

 Use your head. That's Thanksgiving.
Use your head is  used to tell someone to think more carefully to understand something.Thanksgiving  day always occurs on a Thursday.


Thanksgiving day is a holiday celebrated in United States and Canada as a  time to give thanks to God,friends and family. In the United States, it is always celebrated on the fourth Thursday of October.




Be happy! 
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Do Not Cry, Have A Doughnut Today!

I read   that  some people love donuts,specially @banbi12   and  @emihiro7

At the end of the article, you can find  a vocabulary quiz.  

The Story of Doughnuts

The truth, the hole truth…

In the mid-1990s, I visited Las Vegas for the first time. I was there for an Internet conference, and a friend of mine who had been there many times took it upon himself to show me all the standard tourist sites and make sure I got the complete Las Vegas experience. We walked down the Strip, taking in the obligatory pirate show, erupting volcano, and other spectacles. But there was one sight I had never heard of that was later to become a regular pilgrimage for me: the Krispy Kreme Doughnuts shop in the Excalibur hotel.

    At that time, Krispy Kreme hadn’t expanded to become the phenomenon it is today. The only commercial doughnut shop chain I had ever known was Dunkin’ Donuts. But Krispy Kreme was definitely something special. For one thing, visitors could watch the doughnuts being made; a window ran along the side of the shop where the line formed. I was fascinated by the mechanism that flipped the doughnuts over in the oil when they were half-cooked, and watched in awe as they passed through a curtain of glaze. Although doughnuts are such a simple food, I felt I was watching something magical. Then I tasted one, and was even more impressed. I had never known what a fresh, hot doughnut was like—the difference from what I had experienced before is like that of fresh bread hot from the oven compared to week-old supermarket bread. It was light, soft, perfectly sweet—delicious. I couldn’t understand why Krispy Kreme hadn’t taken over the world yet; of course, it was only to be a matter of time.

When a local newspaper ran an article about the history of doughnuts, it got me wondering how many other things about doughnuts I had been taking for granted all along. I decided to do a bit of research.

From Oily Cakes to Doughnuts

Doughnuts as we know them today originated in the mid-1800s. Their predecessor was the olykoek, a treat Dutch immigrants to the U.S. made by frying the leftover bits of bread dough in hot oil. Exactly how the name “doughnut” came to be used is the subject of some disagreement. According to some sources, the Dutch twisted their dough into knots, hence “dough knots”. Others point out that the olykoeken tended not to cook through in the very middle, so some makers would put nuts in the center (“dough-nuts”) to make them more palatable.

The uncooked centers seem to have been, directly or indirectly, the reason behind the hole. According to several widely diverging accounts, the doughnut hole was the invention of a New England sea captain named Mason Crockett Gregory (or Hansen Gregory or Hanson Gregory, depending on who you ask) around 1847. Gregory’s mother Elizabeth made olykoeken and sent them with her son on his journeys to sea. The least likely but most colorful version of the story, and therefore the one I like best, is that Gregory needed a place to put his olykoek while he steered the boat, so he impaled it on one of the spokes of the steering wheel. Other sources say that Gregory came up with the idea in a dream or claimed to have received it from angels; some say he simply didn’t like the uncooked centers (or the nuts his mother filled them with) and poked them out; still others say he may have encountered a cake with a hole in the middle during his journeys and decided to adapt the idea to the olykoeken. Whatever Gregory’s real reason for adding the hole, it had the beneficial effect of making the doughnuts cook more evenly, and the idea quickly caught on.

Success Rolls On

Nearly thirty years later, in 1872, John Blondell received the first patent for a doughnut cutter. Doughnut technology advanced significantly over the next few decades. By the 1930s, automated doughnut-making machines were producing the treats in huge quantities. And in the 1940s and 1950s, chains like Krispy Kreme and Dunkin’ Donuts sprang up, taking mass-produced doughnuts to the masses. In Canada, meanwhile, the name most often associated with doughnuts is Tim Horton, a former hockey player who lent his name to a nationwide chain of doughnut shops.

Fond though I am of Krispy Kreme doughnuts, I have become increasingly aware that the doughnut illuminati don’t take them very seriously. I asked my friend Russ, a doughnut connoisseur, where to find the best doughnuts in San Francisco. Without any hesitation, he said, “Oh, Wirth Brothers Pastry Shop on Geary. They’re the best by far; I’ve been going there for years.” If there was something better than Krispy Kreme, I had to experience it for myself. In the interest of science, I set out on a field trip.

Hole Is Where the Heart Is

Wirth Brothers is a small, inconspicuous bakery; their doughnuts are barely even noticeable in the display case among the cakes and pastries. But I went in and ordered a few, assuring the owner that they came with the highest recommendation. She smiled knowingly; apparently she gets that a lot. The current proprietor is neither a Wirth nor a brother, but she’s been making doughnuts by hand for 28 years, following the recipe of the store’s original owner, who opened the business in the 1930s. She said the recipe is no secret, but that the key is the half-hour of hand mixing they do every morning, which gives the doughnuts their unique texture. “Come back at 8:00 in the morning,” she advised me, “to get them when they’re hot.”

I then headed to the local Krispy Kreme, where even in the evening, the “Hot Doughnuts Now” sign was illuminated, signifying the availability of doughnuts fresh off the conveyor belt (as well as free samples for each customer). I carefully compared the Wirth Brothers doughnuts with the Krispy Kreme, trying to maintain a properly objective attitude. The doughnuts from the bakery were significantly larger, and much chewier. When I bit into one, my teeth met some resistance halfway through; I found this “al dente” quality quite pleasing. The Krispy Kremes, however, were uniformly light; it was like biting into sweet, slightly oily air. I repeated the experiment on another pair of doughnuts, just to be scientifically responsible. There was no doubt: Krispy Kreme was merely fantastic, compared to the heavenly perfection of the Wirth Brothers doughnut. To be absolutely sure, though, I will have to repeat this experiment at various times of day and at numerous outlets around the country. I love science. —Joe Kissell

http://itotd.com/articles/314/the-story-of-doughnuts/

Choose the correct meaning of the word:

1 phenomenon - 

a. unusual occurrence 

b. usual occurrence 

2. fascinated

a. bored, uninterested 

b. captivated, enchanted , absorbed

3. predecessor

a. a thing replaced by another thing, as in use

b. a person or thing that succeeds, or follows

4.originated

a. started 

b. finished 

5. hence

a. that's why, for this reason 

b.  for no reason 

6.palatable

a. disagreeable in flavor to be eaten.

b.agreeable in flavor to be eaten

7. impaled

a. pierced with a sharp point 

b. pulled 

8.connoisseur

a.ignorant 

b. an expert 

9.inconspicuous

a. clear

b. Not readily noticeable.

10.objective

a. fair 

b. unfair

Do you love doughnuts?

Hmmmm.. Because of this article, I'm now craving for doughnuts with coffee.

 Do not cry.Eat a donut now. 

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British English Versus American English

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One of my  adult students is based in UK so I prepared this lesson specially for her.

 

What do you prefer, American English or British English?

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Expecting

'Inception' star Marion Cotillard is expecting

http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/10/inception-star-marion-cotillard-is-expecting/

Expecting -  To look forward to the birth of one's child.

Used in progressive tenses / verb + ing 

( expect +ing) 

Sentence Examples:

My friend, Angie,is expecting in July. 

They are expecting twins.

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Can You Name Words That End In " che"?

Let's have a short game!
Name English words that end in " che". How many words can you think of?

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Do You Whine That You're Not Good In English?

Dear ESL students, 

Do you whine that you're not good in English? 

Stop whining! You have to tell yourself everyday that you are getting better

Here is an article from Seth Godin's blog. Seth Godin is an American entrepreneur,best selling author of twelve books and public speaker.

 

Two problems with whining

The first is that it doesn't work. You can whine about the government or your friends or your job or your family, but nothing will happen except that you'll waste time.

Worse... far worse... is that whining is a reverse placebo. When you get good at whining, you start noticing evidence that makes your whining more true. So you amplify that and immerse yourself in it, thus creating more evidence, more stuff worth complaining about.
If you spent the same time prattling on about how optimistic you are, you'd have to work hard to make that true...


New words to  study:
1. whine -  to complain in a childish way
2. placebo - something that treats
3. amplify- increase the volume of
4. immerse- focus / throw into
5.prattle - to talk without meaning/ to talk foolishly
6.optimistic-hopeful/ You are optimistic when you expect  that good things will happen.

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 Stop whining that you're not good in English or you won't improve.
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ESL Story For Children - Alex's Diamonds

Dear ESL students ,

This  video lesson is from  Start Reading III.The title is Alex's Diamonds.I hope that children would  read with me.
Enjoy!


 


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I Used To..

Here's a simple expression that  beginner students might find useful.

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TOEIC ( Test Your Vocabulary)

Here's a short test for your vocabulary skills. Good luck!

Quizzes by Quibblo.com

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English Vocabulary for Beginners

Mousee teaches us about  English vocabulary for beginners.In this video are  common things that you see inside your house. Tell your children  and other kids to sing and learn with you. Enjoy!




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Who Wants To Succeed In Life ?

What is the main ingredient of success? This video presents  Chloe Moretz  from the movie, Diary of a Wimpy Kid. 
She gives us some tips on how to succeed in life. 




ESL learners, did you listen well ?
What advice did she tell us about success? Write down your answers!

ESL Song - Way Back Into Love

Two years ago, I had the time of my life. I had a terrific time with Korean kids who were eager to study the English language.Part of learning fun English is singing English songs.Here is an awe- inspiring video I was able to record as they learn the song Way Back Into Love.

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Here,sing with the lyrics! (By the way,in music, lyric  means the words of a song. This is often used in the plural)

English Speaking - Mistakes & Regrets ("I should have studied" etc.)

Regrets- a mistake that you did or didn’t do in the past
1. I should have done something.
2. I should not have done something.

Form:
Should /should not + have + past participle of the verb

Pronunciation:
Should have – shouldof

Sentence Examples:
• I shouldn't have shouted at you. I apologize.
• She shouldn't have left work yet. I'll call her office.
• I should have let her know what was happening but I forgot.

Short quiz.
It was a waste of money. I _______________it.
I’m sorry. I ______________ that.
We ___________late. It didn’t give a good impression.