I think this is HANDS DOWN the best orca footage I’ve seen online, and I’ve seen quite a few. It’s a short video clip of the birth of an orca at Sea World San Diego. Orcas are also called killer whales and are one of my favorite animals on the planet. If you look closely,… Read more »
I GOT A KICK OUT OF reading this sign at a cafe inside Grand CentralStation and seeing people pay just 5 cents for coffee. There were long lines of customers taking advantage of the offer. I’m so busy these days that I GET A KICK OUT OF DOING anything out of my routine. Last Friday, I… Read more »
Well, I’ve been on vacation this week with one more week to go, and the week has been really great. It’s been nice STAYING UP late, SLEEPING IN, not waking up to an alarm clock, and basically just resting. However, it’s not all lying down and sitting in front of the tv; I’m definitely getting… Read more »
It’s beautiful, bright, and sunny here in Brooklyn this THANKSGIVING DAY, and I’m GRATEFUL that I was able to SLEEP IN, which I’ll probably also do tomorrow. With my six-day workweek, sleeping in is truly a RARITY. I’m also grateful for my two weeks of vacation that starts on Monday. It’s my first one since… Read more »
POLITICS ASIDE, President Obama’s victory speech Tuesday night was an INSPIRING reminder of what it means to rise above the ugliness of political campaigns, the CYNICISM of those who don’t believe in what people can achieve, and the FIERCE, MESSY disagreements in a democracy in order to take part in the important work of building… Read more »
Here’s a video from History.com on the origins of HALLOWEEN. BOO! Do you know how wearing costumes, lighting a jack-o-lantern, and going trick or treating all got started? Well, check out the video, then see if you can hear the vocabulary mentioned below.Some sentences and phrases you will hear from the video: On a day… Read more »
With Halloween just a week away, you might be thinking of doing a bit of pumpkin CARVING, yourself. If you’re CONTEMPLATING doing something completely new and different from the usual TRIANGULAR eyes and nose, check out this entertaining video from the Wall Street Journal and get some fresh ideas and tips on how to GO… Read more »
Episode 10 of our vocabulary exercises is ready, and our story continues with the autumn chill arriving and the trees in the neighborhood beginning to show some yellow and red. There are a couple of new developments in our story. John and Tabitha have set the date of their wedding; they will TIE THE KNOT (get… Read more »
If you haven’t checked out our lessons on the present perfect or the present perfect progressive, as well as the past perfect or the past perfect progressive, go there first to BRUSH UP (review) on these tenses. For this lesson, we’re going to CONTRAST (show the differences between) the present and past perfect tenses to clarify them even… Read more »
Consider this sentence: Sue is such a fun person to be with, but I think Jim is more fun than Sue. However, I think Ted is the most fun. We don’t say “funner than” or “the funnest” although these are apparently slowly becoming acceptable. This is because English is a living language and continuous to… Read more »
