Things You Are Not Allowed To Do – The Law Page
at New York Public Library In Lesson Four: The Work Page, we talked about things you have to do. Compare: things you have to do things that you have to do with things you are not allowed to do things that you are not allowed to do The first pair are active voice. The second [...]
A Conversation about Australia and New Zealand and Canada
Questions Listen to the music. Do you like it? What is the name of the radio host? Is it Clint Eastwood or Vinnie Eastwood? LISTENING Listen to the audio and read the notes. Do you follow the thread of the conversation? Are you learning new vocabulary. FOCUS on the vocabulary. The vocabulary is the most [...]
The Advertising Industry is Responsible
Interviewer: Ponderosa Pine! How did you get that name? Environmental Activist: I gave it to myself in 1972. I had moved back to California from New Mexico where I became really fond of that tree and then I learned it is the most susceptible of California trees to smog and that it was in trouble [...]
Almanac – 19 August 2010 – Thursday
a source of embarrassment
a source of pride
a source of concern
a source of joy
a source of strength
a source of information
a source of diplomatic tension
Almanac – 18 August 2010 – Wednesday
French activists have uprooted transgenic grape vines in a protest against the introduction of genetically-modified food. Global food supply is becoming increasingly more heavily centralized and transgenic food is a powerful tool in the armory of the food corporations as they struggle to maximize their profits. The French anti-GM food activist group “Faucheurs Voluntaires” (voluntary reapers) wants to pull genetically engineered plants out by the roots.
Almanac – 16 August 2010 – Monday
Cartels have blockaded the streets of the industrial city Monterrey, which is Mexico’s richest city. Gunmen ordered people from their cars, which were then used to make barricades that closed thirteen major roads.
Boat Building
Have you ever built a boat? An Ozzie and a Kiwi talk about building a boat. It isn’t as easy at it might seem.
Protected: The Children of Kenji Takeuchi – Lesson Notes – Episode 11
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Network Marketing or Multi-level Marketing
A man and a woman talk about multi-level marketing. The woman has strong feelings about it and says that it is unethical.
Bilingual – English and German – 3
What is that?
It is a photograph.
Who is that?
That is my father.
How old is he?
He is sixty-five.
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