at Cornell University Library

Listen to these three accents: Australian, English and American.

I don’t have any money.

I have to go to the bank.

Where is the bank?

I don’t know.

Do you know?

Yes, I do.

There is a bank over there.

Thanks very much.

Use this post to learn English and Arabic at the same time.

Where are you going?

(Arabic)

I am going to the market.

Where are you going?

I am going home.

Where is he going?

He is going to the airport.

What are you doing?

I am not doing anything.

Do you want to eat?

Yes I do.

I am hungry.

Are you hungry?

Yes, I am.

Do you want to eat with us?

Yes, thank you.

Let’s go.

Where do you want to eat?

I don’t know.

Where do you want to eat?

Let’s eat over there.

That is a good restaurant.

That is a good restaurant.

Is it expensive?

No it s not expensive

It’s very cheap.

Let’s go.

at M J M

I think grammar is beautiful.
I think grammar is beautiful.
I think it’s beautiful.
Grammar is music.

Music.
Words are music.
Music.
Everything has music.

I was watching television.
I saw a programme
I saw a programme about a Finnish guy.
I saw a programme about a Finnish guy.
I saw a programme about a Finnish guy who was a musician.
a musician
I saw a programme about a Finnish guy who was a musician.
He was a musician.
He was a musician.
a musician.
He was a musician.

He was a musician and a composer.

I saw a TV programme about a Finnish guy who was musician and a composer.

I saw a TV programme about a Finnish guy who was a musician and a composer and he traveled around.

He travelled around.

I saw a TV programme about a Finnish guy who was a musician and a composer and he traveled around.

I saw a programme about a guy; a Finnish guy, who was a musician and composer and he traveled around and recorded sounds.

He traveled around and recorded sounds.

I was watching TV and I saw a TV programme about a Finnish guy who was a musician and a composer and he traveled around and he recorded sounds in factories on farms.

What were you saying?
As I was saying…
As I was saying….

What were you saying?
As I was saying…

What were you saying?
What were you saying?
What was he saying?
What was she saying?
What was he saying?

As I was saying…

I was watching TV and I was watching a programme about a Finnish guy and he was a musician and a composer and he traveled around and he recorded music in factories and workplaces and he mixed it on a computer and he combined it in new ways and he played the piano accordion and he mixed his live piano accordion music with computerised recordings of the factories and workplaces; the sewing machines, the presses, the wells, the pumps, the crushers, the kneaders, the boilers, the mills, all the machines, all the sounds of the workplace.

He played in rhythm with different mixtures of these sounds on the back of a truck in the desert.

Music is everywhere.
Music is everywhere.
Music is sound.
Music is song.
Music is language.
Music is language.

It’s language
That’s what it is.
It’s language
Music is language.

When you speak, think that you are singing!
Think that you are singing, because you are.

You are singing every time you open your mouth.

every time you open your mouth

You are singing.
You are singing.
Every time you open your mouth, you are singing.
Every time you open your mouth, you are singing.

on the train
in the street

You are singing.
Every time you open your mouth, you are singing.

in the street and on the train
every time
every time
every time
in the street
on the train
every time
int he street
on the train
on the bus
in the supermarket
at home
every time

Sound is song.
Sound is music.
music
muse
muse
museum

Now I am going to tell you the story of the nine muses.

Long ago in ancient Greece there were nine sisters.

The Gods of Mt Olympus put them in charge of nine faculties.

One was in charge of epic poetry.
One was in charge of lyric poetry.
One was in charge of drama.
One was in charge of history.
One was in charge of dance.

one was in charge of …
one was in charge of …
one was in charge of …
one was in charge of …
one was in charge of …
one was in charge of…

each
each of them
each of them
They were each in charge of different faculties.

in charge of
in charge of

The nine muses are in charge of nine different human faculties, according to the ancient Greeks.

It is from them that we have the word “music”.

Use the internet to find out the names of the nine muses. Write and tell us about the nine muses. Do not copy. Read and take notes and then write your own original text about the nine muses.

at drinksmachine

Australian Guy: I am hungry.
English Guy: I am hungry.

Australian Guy: I am very hungry.
English Guy: I am starving.

Australian Guy: I am really very hungry.
English Guy: Oh God, I want…I need something to eat, I tell you.

at roxeteer

Aaron: Hey Aili, what movie did you watch tonight?
Aili: Totoro.
Aaron: Totoro? Did you like it?
Aili: Yes. Makkuro Kurosuke.
Aaron: There was a makkuro kurosuke in it?
Aili: Yes, here.
Aaron: Really?
Aili: Right here.
Aaron: What is a makkuro kurosuke? What color is it?
Aili: Black!
Aaron: It’s black? And…
Aili: All black and it have white eyes and brown…and black…oh…black…white…two eyes.
Aaron: Really? What’s your favorite movie?
Aili: Totoro.
Aaron: Totoro? Yeah? Who’s in Totoro?
Aili: Nekobasu.
Aaron: The Neko bus?
Aili: Totoro.
Aaron: Yeah? Have you ever seen a totoro?
Aili: No.
Aaron: No? Would you like to see a totoro?
Aili: No.
Aaron: No? Would you like to see a makkuro kurosuke?
Aili: Look! My makkuro kurosuke is over there.
Aaron: Oh, good.

at carf

Where do you live?
Where do you eat?
Where do you sleep?
Where do you drink?
Where do you go?
Where do you come from?
Where do you stay?

at imagelink

Where do you live?
Where does he live?
Where does she live?
Where do they live?

at leftantler

Have you been to Australia?
Have you been to New Zealand?
Have you been to America?
Have you been to the States?
Have you been to Britain?
Have you been to England?
Have you been to Wales?
Have you been to Scotland?
Have you been to France?
Have you been to the Netherlands?
Have you been to Morocco?
Have you been to Egypt?
Have you been to India?
Has he been to Vietnam?
Has he been to the Philippines?
Has he been to Japan?
Has he been to China?
Has he been to California?
Has she been to Mexico?
Have they been to Hawaii?
Has he been to Peru?
Have they been to Argentina?
Have they been to Nicaragua?
have they been to Venezuala?
Have they been to Russia?
Have they been to Palestine?
Have they been to Israel?
Have they been to Mecca?

at carf

Do you know him?
Do you know her?
Do you know?
Do you know them?
Do you know me?
Do you know it?
Do you know that song?
Do you know that movie?
Do you know that book?
Do you know that recipe?
Do you know that song?
Does he know that song?
Does he know them?
Does he know me?
Do they know us?
Do they know her?
Do they know her?
Do you know when?

at orthodork

Do you understand?
Do you understand now?
Do you understand me?
Do you understand him?
Do you understand her?
Do you understand them?
Do you understand everything?
Do you understand English?
Do you understand Mandarin?
Do you understand Japanese?
Do you understand Maori?
Do you understand Apache?
Does he understand?
Does she understand?