She is the one.

Author: Viviana Olmedo ESL teacher from Argentina
Source: 

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3684   She is the one by Rob Williams LISTEN AND WRITE EACH VERSE IN THE RIGHT ORDER I was her she was me                               And if there's somebody calling me on  She's the one                                         She's the one   If there's somebody calling me on           We were one we were free   LISTEN AND WRITE THE MISSING WORDS High        somebody        fine         say       way     things          young We were 1) we were wrong                            We were 2) all along If there's 3)  calling me on She's the one                                                                                                                   When you get to where you wanna go And you know the 4) you wanna know You're smiling When you said what you wanna 5) And you know the 6) you wanna play You'll be so 7) you'll be flying WRITE THE LETTERS IN RIGHT ORDER Though the sea will be 1)  gtonsr I 2)  owkn we'll carry on Cos if there's somebody calling me on She's the one If there's somebody calling me on She's the one When you get to 3)  reehw you wanna go                         And you know the things you wanna know You're smiling 4) nhew you said 5)htwa you wanna say And you know the way you wanna 6)  ays it You'll be so 7) ihhg you'll be flying I was her she was me We were one we were free If there's somebody calling me on She's the one If there's somebody calling me on She's the one If there's somebody calling me on She's the one

Duck Tour in London

Language level: Basic

Source: Speak Up

Standard: British accent

The London Duck Tour

Are you planning a trip to London? Here’s an original way to see sights of the English capital: the London Duck Tour: The “duck” in question is not an aquatic bird, but an amphibious vehicle! The tour not only visits many of London’s most important Landmarks (such as Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, Downing Street and the Ritz), but also plunges into the Thames for a 30 minutes trip up the river. The “ducks” date back to the Second World War, but don’t worry: they have been totally rebuilt and are absolutely safe. During the tour, a guide recounts unusual historical anecdotes about London and tells the story of the “ducks.” Remember to look your seats well in advance as these vehicles only hold 30 passengers.

DURING THE WAR

General Motors designed and built about 21.000 “ducks” for the US army during the Second World War. “Ducks” are most famous for transporting thousands of troops across the English Channel on D-Day (June 6^th, 1944), when the Allied forces invaded France. The military continued to use them until the 1970s, when helicopters took over many of their tasks.

AN EXPENSIVE VEHICLE

London Duck Tours also hire “ducks” for events and parties. Anyone who falls in love with these remarkable vehicles can buy their own: a “duck” for can cost anything from €10.000 to over €100.000. Remember, the cost of renovating these vehicles in high. In any case, they still have a role to play in the modern world, as they have demonstrated during recent US disasters: “ducks” helped rescue many people in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

Booking Information

Booking office: 55 York road, London SE1 7NJ Online Booking: www.londonducktours.co.uk

Telephone Booking: 0044 20 7928 3732

Cost: Adults £ 17,50

Children: £ 12,00

World financial crisis

Credits for www.ingvip.com belonging for Teacher Fulvio and VOA special English

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.

1. Leaders from the one hundred ninety-two members of the United Nations gathered in New York this week for the new General Assembly. A big subject, not surprisingly, was thefinancial crisis on Wall Street that has restricted the flow of credit.

2. Friday, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called for urgent action to calm financial markets. He also called for new international groups to supervise markets in the future.

3. President Bush discussed his financial rescue plan in his eighth and final speech to the General Assembly on Tuesday. In that speech, he also urged the world community to unite against terrorism and the spread of nuclear weapons.

4. President Bush said Iran is among the few remaining countries that support terrorism. And he said its nuclear program, along with that of North Korea, demands world attention. In his words: "We must notrelent until our people are safe from this threat to civilization."

5. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad spoke a few hours later. He said Iran, like other countries, has a right to peaceful nuclear energy. He said a few world powers were "bullying" Iran through political and economic pressure.

6. The Security Council has already passed three resolutions on Iran over its suspected nuclear weapons program. The five permanent council members and Germany met privately on Friday and agreed on a new resolution.

7. The proposal does not include any new restrictions. Instead, it restates support for offering to help Iran if it halts uranium enrichment -- and to take additional steps if Iran refuses.

8. Also at the United Nations this week, governments and private groups promised sixteen billion dollars to reduce poverty, hunger and disease worldwide. Diplomats said that was more than anyone had expected. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called it "all the more remarkable because it comes against a backdrop of financial crisis."

9. The new money is to meet U.N. goals to reduce poverty and improve education and health care in the developing world by two thousand fifteen. Three billion dollars will go to a new plan to end malaria in Africa by two thousand fifteen.

10. World leaders also called for action on rising food and fuel prices and climate change. Among those urging greater action on global warming was the president of Sao Tome and Principe, Fradique Bandera Melo de Menezes. In the last ten years, he said, ocean waves have begun to flood coastal roads in his island nation off the coast of West Africa.

11. And, on another subject, Iraqi President Jalal Talibani discussed security gains in Iraq. He said his government aims to take over security responsibilities for all of Iraq by the end of this year. He urged other nations to open diplomatic offices in Iraq. And he urged them to drop all sanctions and financial claims remaining from the days of Saddam Hussein.

And that's IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English -- online at voaspecialenglish.com. I'm Steve Ember.

1. a few hours later = algumas horas mais tarde
2. agreed = concordaram
3. aims = almeja
4. all the more = ainda mais
5. along with = junto com
6. already = já
7. Also = também
8. among = entre
9. backdrop = cenário
10. bullying = intimidando
11. called for = pediu por
12. claims = exigências
13. demands = exige
14. developing = em desenvolvimento
15. disease = doenças
16. drop = abandoner
17. enrichment = enriquecimento
18. few = poucos
19. financial crisis = crise financeira
20. flood = inundar
21. flow = fluxo
22. gathered = reuniram-se
23. General Assembly = Assembléia Geral
24. goals = objetivos
25. halts = suspender, interromper
26. have begun = começaram
27. health care = assistência médica
28. hunger = fome
29. improve = melhorar
30. Instead = ao invés
31. meet = atender a
32. met = reuniram-se
33. off the coast = ao longo da costa
34. passed = aprovou
35. peaceful = pacífico
36. poverty = miséria

37. pressure = pressão
38. prices = preços
39. Prime Minister = Primeiro Ministro
40. private = privado
41. privately = reservadamente
42. promised = prometeram
43. proposal = proposta
44. refuses = recusar-se
45. relent = demonstrar piedade
46. remaining = remanescentes
47. remarkable = notável
48. rescue = resgate
49. restates = reafirma
50. rising = crescente
51. safe = seguro
52. Security Council = Concelho de Segurança
53. speech = discurso
54. spoke = falou
55. spread = disseminação
56. steps = medidas, passos
57. subject = assunto
58. supervise = supervisionar
59. support = apoiar
60. surprisingly = surpreendentemente
61. take over = assumir
62. threat = ameaça
63. through = através de
64. unite against = unir-se contra
65. until = até
66. urged = insistir com
67. urging = urgente
68. warming = aquecimento
69. waves = ondas
70. weapons = armas
71. Worldwide = no mundo, mundialmente

Family Album, part XIII

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Malvina's Island, the stupid War

Language level: Intermediate

Standard: British accent

Source: Speak Up

25 years ago a bizarre event took place. The Argentine military junta decided to invade the Falkland Island in the South Atlantic Ocean. The Argentineans believed that this territory, which they called “Las Malvinas,” belonged to them. In actual fact they were inhabited by 800 people –mainly sheep farmers – with British passports. The British prime minister at the time was Margaret Thatcher and her popularity was at low ebb. She immediately sent a task force which, after several bloody battles, took back the islands.

Argentineans surrendered on June 14^th. Defeat spelled the end of the military junta, while British victory meant huge popularity for Mrs. Thatcher, who stayed in power for another eight years, prior to being removed from office by fellow members of the Conservative Party. Back in 1982 Tim Phillips was a 10 years old schoolboy in Britain. Today he runs a design company in Buenos Aires, where he live with his Anglo-Argentinean wife and their children. We asked him for his views on the Falklands War:

Tim Phillips (standard British accent):  

My view, I suppose, is that the Falklands…the inhabitants of the Falklands should decide what they do with the Falklands Island but, as for whether I think that the war was sensible thing to do, of course not, I think it was absolutely stupid. I can’t believe that nearly a thousand people died trying to protect some tiny little islands that very few people live on. I think it was Borges who said that the Falklands War was “two bald men fighting over a comb”. I think that’s a great quote about Falklands war, it was a stupid, stupid adventure, it was a political war and I think everyone in Argentina agrees with that as well, that most Argentines I talk to about the war say it was a stupid political war, it was a battle between a military government here and Margaret Thatcher, both of whom were needing to be re-elected and wanted political power.

“LAS MALVINAS SON ARGENTINAS”

We then asked him about Argentinean people opinions:

Tim Phillips:

The attitude in Argentina surprised me when I first got here, it’s one of the only topics I think – one of the only political topics – in Argentina that everybody agrees on, which is that “Las Malvinas”, or the Falklands Islands, as we call them, should belong to Argentina, and there is absolutely no question about that and to give you an example, if you buy a map of the world here in Argentina, then the Falkland Islands don’t exist, there are some islands which are called Las Malvinas and they are…they’re in brackets “(owned by Argentina)” and that is always the case in Argentina, there’s no question that these islands are owned by Britain. And so it’s very interesting, coming from the UK, where the attitude is, of course, that the Falklands are British and should remain British, or at least should remain whatever nationality that the occupants of Falklands decide they want in the future. The attitude is very different here and so it’s one of those topics that is slightly difficult to talk about in an objective way.

Back in 1982…(no audio)

Although war was never officially declared, the events known as “The Falklands war” (or “La Guerra de Las Malvinas”) began on March 19^th, 1982, when 50 men landed on the Island of South Georgia and raised the Argentinean flag. On April 2^nd, General Galtieri, head of the military junta, ordered the invasion of the Falklands. The British government sent a task force and Argentina surrended on June 14^th. 258 British and 649 Argentinean servicemen died during the conflict.

Words and Their Stories: Money, Part 3

Source: www.voanews.com

Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.

Most people enjoy working for several reasons. Their job might be fun, or they like their employer and the other people at work. Most people I know, however, work for the money. I do not know anyone who is loaded, or extremely rich.  Most of my friends work to earn enough money to live. They have to make ends meet. They have to earn enough money to pay for the things they need. Some even live from hand to mouth.They only have enough money for the most important things.

They struggle to earn enough money to bring home the bacon. It can be difficult to earn enough money for a family to survive. Sometimes, poor people even get caught short. They do not have enough money to pay for what they need.

Or they have to spend or lay out more money than they want for something. When this happens, poor people have to tighten their belts and live on less money than usual. I hate when I have to live on less money. It takes me longer to get back on my feet, or return to good financial health.

However, other people are on the gravy train. They get paid more money than their job is worth. These people make a bundle. They really rake in the cash. In fact, they make so much money that they can live high off the hog. They own the best of everything and live in great ease. Sometimes they pay an arm and a leg for something.

Because money is no object to wealthy people, they will pay high prices for whatever they want. Sometimes, they even pay through the nose. They pay too much for things.

I am not rich. I did not make a killing in the stock market when my stocks increased in value. Yet, I am not poor either. When I go out with friends, I do not want to shell out or pay a lot of money. Often, my friends and I will chip in or pay jointly for a fun night out. When we go to restaurants the meal isDutch treat. Each person pays his or her own share.

Once, the owner of a restaurant gave us a dinner on the house. We did not have to pay for our meals. However, I admit that we had to grease someone’s palm. We had to pay money to the employee who led us to our table. The money was for a special request. Yes, it was a buy off. The employee put us at the top of the list for a table instead of making us wait like everyone else. We had a great time that night and the meal did not set me back at all. I did not have to pay anything.

Because of that experience, I will always remember that nice things still happen in a world that is driven by money. But, that is just my two cents worth. It is just my opinion.

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WORDS AND THEIR STORIES, in VOA Special English, was written by Jill Moss. I’m Faith Lapidus.

Family Album, part XII

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