POLITICS & POLITICIANS
LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL
Finally, the light at the end of the tunnel… DEM SENATE. Credit Наконец-то, свет в конце туннеля. Демократический Сенат (the) […]
VOCABULARY BUILD UP
GRAMMAR STORIES
to HAVE ONE’S HAIR DONE at THE HAIRDRESSER’S
“Did you have your hair done at that new place on Market Street?” Ты сходил в ту новую парикмахерскую на Базарной улице? Выражение to have one’s hair done означает сделать причёску. И имеется в виду, что […]
VOCABULARY BUILD UP
A NATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT
НАЦИОНАЛЬНЫЙ ПОЗОР MOB STORMS CONGRESS СБРОД ШТУРМУЕТ КОНГРЕСС mob [mɔb] сборище, толпа storm[stɔːm] v. штурмовать embarrassment [ɪm’bærəsmənt] / [em’bærəsmənt] помеха, препятствие, трудность замешательство, смущение The scandal was an embarrassment. He couldn’t hide his embarrassment. He turned red with embarrassment. hide [haɪd] […]
NEWS & EVENTS
A SECOND IMPEACHMENT?!
President Trump could become the first president in history to be impeached twice! After the Congress was stormed and occupied by protesters on January 6th, the Democratic Party is calling on President Trump to resign […]
NEWS & EVENTS
THE US CONGRESS HAS HAD A GREAT FALL
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall… Members of Congress were counting electoral votes on Wednesday, January 6th, when Donald Trump loyalists stormed and occupied […]
HISTORY MYSTERIES
THANKSGIVING HISTORY
Thanksgiving is a holiday in the United States. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. This year Thanksgiving was celebrated on November 26th. The holiday dates back to 1621. In October of that […]
BEGINNER
MARADONA: BORN WITH A FOOTBALL
СЛУШАЕМ И ЧИТАЕМ* Читаем текст, стараясь подражать диктору: Born on October 30th, 1960, in Buenos Aires, Maradona was the fifth of eight children of a factory worker. As a child, he slept with a […]
BEGINNER
A HAT FROM A STREET MARKET (Part 2)
Слушаем и читаем: Читаем текст ещё раз Natalie looks at him. She thinks, “No!” But she says, “Why do you want another hat, Bernardo? You have twenty!” “I like hats,” Bernardo says. “And […]
HISTORY MYSTERIES
JFK, NOVEMBER 22, 1963: THE FACTS
JFK – сокращение от John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Прежде чем посмотреть второй отрывок о дне гибели президента Кеннеди, ознакомимся с рядом лексических единиц. После первого произнесения каждого слова или словосочетания следует небольшая пауза, достаточная для того, […]
BEGINNER
A HAT FROM A STREET MARKET (Part 1)
Bernardo lives in Rome. He likes hats. One day he is at a street market near the Colosseum. Suddenly, he stops. “I like that hat!” he says. Bernardo buys the hat. “I can put […]