Songs are the best way to learn any language.
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Thursday, March 29, 2007
YELLOW SUBMARINE
To my beloved studentsIn the town where I was born / Lived a man who sailed to sea / And he told us of his life
In the land of submarines / So we sailed up to the sun / Till we found the sea of green
And we lived beneath the waves / In our yellow submarine / We all live in our yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine / We all live in our yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine / And our friends are all on board / Many more of them live next door / And the band begins to play
As we live a life of ease / Everyone of us has all we need / Sky of blue and sea of green
In our yellow submarine.
PRONUNCIATION
What is Word Stress?
Take 3 words: photograph, photographer and photographic,
for example. Do they sound the same when spoken? No!
They sound different, because *one* syllable in each
word is "stressed" (stronger than the others).
PHOtograph
phoTOgrapher
photoGRAPHic
This happens in ALL words with 2 or more syllables:
TEACHer, JaPAN, CHINa, aBOVE, converSAtion, INteresting,
imPORtant, deMAND, etCETera, etCETera, etCETera
The syllables that are not stressed are 'weak' or
'small' or 'quiet'. Native speakers of English listen
for the stressed syllables, not the weak syllables. If
you use Word Stress in your speech, you will instantly
and automatically improve your pronunciation and
your comprehension.
Sunday, March 25, 2007
English and your Company
is one of the most over-used and useless phrases I
have ever heard.
Knowledge is not power, knowledge is POTENTIAL POWER.
Because what use is knowledge if you do not use it?
Just think about all of the knowledge that is going
to waste in your company?
Think about all of the experiences and lessons that
are not being shared among your staff?
It's a real waste you know!
Knowledge management is all about leveraging expertise
from one area of the company to another to achieve
better performance.
Sean
Friday, March 23, 2007
Texts I
Please read and try to translate the texts bellow - This is a great exercise to improve the language.
Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16, 1958), known as Madonna, is a Grammy[1] and Golden Globe award winning American dance-pop singer-songwriter, record and film producer, dancer, actress, author and fashion icon. She is noted for her ambitious music videos and stage performances as well as using political, sexual, and religious themes in her work.
In 2000, Guinness World Records listed Madonna as the most successful female recording artist of all time, with estimated worldwide sales of 120 million albums;[2] in 2005, her record company credited her as having sold over 200 million albums worldwide.[3] Madonna is the highest earning female singer of all time according to both the 2007 Guinness Book of Records,[4] and Billboard Magazine. Forbes magazine has estimated her net worth at $325 million.[5] In addition, Madonna holds the record for the top-grossing concert tour by a female artist.
William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington) is an American entrepreneur and the co-founder, chairman, former chief software architect, and former CEO of Microsoft, the world's largest software company. Forbes magazine's list of The World's Billionaires has ranked him as the richest person in the world for the last thirteen consecutive years,[2] and recent estimates put his net worth near $56 billion.[2] When family wealth is considered, his family ranks second behind the Walton family.[3][4]
Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution. Although he is widely respected by people who see his wealth as a product of intelligence and foresight,[5][6] his business tactics have often been criticized as unethical or anti-competitive, and have, in some instances, been ruled as such in court.[7][8] Since amassing his fortune, Gates has pursued a number of philanthropic endeavors, donating large amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific research programs through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, established in 2000.
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (born July 3, 1962) is a three-time Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and film producer.
Counted as one of the most successful movie stars in Hollywood, he is the only actor to have six consecutive US$100 million plus blockbusters on his resume. His first leading role in a blockbuster movie was 1983's Risky Business.[1] After that, he starred in many top films and became an iconic celebrity of
Kylie Ann Minogue (born May 28, 1968) is a Grammy and ARIA Award winning Australian dance-pop singer-songwriter and occasional actress. Minogue rose to prominence in the mid '80s through her role in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, before she commenced her career as a pop artist in the late '80s. According to Warner Music Australia, Minogue has sold an estimated 65 million records worldwide.[1]
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Lyrics I
Kiss Me, Sixpence None the Richer
Kiss me out of the bearded barley / Nightly, beside the green, green grass
Swing, swing, swing the spinning step / You wear those shoes and I will wear that dress.
[Chorus:]
Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight / Lead me out on the moonlit floor
Lift your open hand / Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance
Silver moon's sparkling / So kiss me
Kiss me down by the broken tree house / Swing me upon its hanging tire
Bring, bring, bring your flowered hat / We'll take the trail marked on your father's map
[Chorus (repeat)]
Nancy Sinatra These Boots Were Made For Walking Lyrics
You keep saying you've got something for me / something you call love, but confess / You've been messin' where you shouldn't have been a messin' / and now someone else is gettin' all your best./These boots are made for walking, and that's just what they'll do/one of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you/ You keep lying, when you oughta be truthin'/and you keep losin' when you oughta not bet/You keep samin' when you oughta be changin' / Now what's right is right, but you ain't been right yet / These boots are made for walking, and that's just what they'll do / one of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you / You keep playin' where you shouldn't be playin / and you keep thinkin' that you´ll never get burnt / Ha! I just found me a brand new box of matches yeah / and what he know you ain't HAD time to learn / Are you ready boots? Start walkin'!
Nancy Sinatra BANG BANG Lyrics
I was five and he was six / We rode on horses made of sticks / He wore black and I wore white
He would always win the fight / Bang bang, he shot me down / Bang bang, I hit the ground / Bang bang, that awful sound
Bang bang, my baby shot me down/ Seasons came and changed the time / When I grew up, I called him mine
He would always laugh and say / "Remember when we used to play?"
Bang bang, I shot you down /Bang bang, you hit the ground / Bang bang, that awful sound / Bang bang, I used to shoot you down.
Music played, and people sang / Just for me, the church bells rang.
Now he's gone, I don't know why / And till this day, sometimes I cry/ He didn't even say goodbye / He didn't take the time to lie.
Bang bang, he shot me down / Bang bang, I hit the ground / Bang bang, that awful sound / Bang bang, my baby shot me down...
ALL SAINTS, Pure Shores Lyrics
I've crossed the deserts for miles, swam water for time Searching places to find A piece of something to call mine /(I'm comin', I'm comin') A piece of something to call mine (I'm comin', comin' closer to you) / Ran along many moors, walked through many doors The place where I wanna be Is the place I can call mine (I'm comin', I'm comin') / Is the place I can call mine (I'm comin', comin' closer to you)
I'm movin', I'm comin' Can you hear what I hear? It's calling you my dear, out of reach (Take me to the beach) I can hear it calling you I'm comin', not drowning, swimming closer to you Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh / Never been here before I'm intrigued, I'm unsure I'm searching for more I've got something that's all mine I've got something that's all mine / Take me somewhere I can breathe, I've got so much to see / This is where I wanna be In a place I can call mine In a place I can call mine / I'm movin', I'm comin' Can you hear what I hear? It's calling you my dear, out of reach (Take me to the beach) I can hear it calling you / I'm comin', not drowning, swimming closer to you Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh / Movin', comin', can you hear what I hear? (Hear it out of reach) I hear it calling you swimming closer to you / Many faces I have seen Many places I have been Walked deserts, swam shores (coming closer to you) / Many faces I have known Many ways in which I've grown Moving closer on my own (Coming closer to you) / I'm movin', I'm comin' Can you hear what I hear? It's calling you my dear, out of reach (Take me to the beach) / I can hear it calling you I'm comin', not drowning, swimming closer to you Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh/ (Take me to my beach)
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