FAMILY ALBUM USA, 65

Good morning every one, afternoon or good night desire a wonderful and blessed day, may you keep going to practise and improve your English.

Source: FAMILY ALBUM USA 

A-Ha, Hunting High and Low

  A pay a single homage to the great Indonesian teacher Agnes very useful English exercises.

Source: http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5331

Author: Pawag Agnes

 

Complete information about the song:

 

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'Hunting High and Low' was realized / released  in the summer of 1986 and became the third most successful / successfull single from 'Hunting High and Low' on the rock chats / charts and one of the band's most recognizable and popular songs. The song didn't chart on the Billboard Hot 100, but charted in Britain where its pick / peak was #5 and in Ireland where it peaked at #4.

The album version was produced / manufactured by Tony Mansfield and is played with / by synthesizers, the single remix produced by Alan Tarney features an orchestra.

Coldplay has been known to acted /perform this song in concert, with a special nod to the band of their initial inspiration.

'Hunting High and Low' is one of a-ha's most famous songs and is part of their live /life set. The song appears on the live album 'How Can I Sleep with Your Voice in My Head'.

 

 

Listen to the song and do the tasks:

 

Choose the correct words

 

Here / There I am
And within the reach / rich of my hands
She sounds than sleep / asleep and she's sweeter now
Than the wildest dream could have / been seen her
And I Watch her slipping / sleeping away
Though / Through I know I'll be hunting high and low

 

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High
There's   end to the   I'll go to
Hunting high and  High
There's    end to    I'll go

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To find hishimher again
intouponabove this my dreams are depending
thoughtthroughtough the dark
I sense the pounding ofonor her heart
Next totoothrough mine
She's aanthe sweetest love I could find
So I guess I'll bibeebe hunting high and low

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High
There's  end to the  I'll go to
High and 

High
Do you  what it  to love you...

Unscramble the words

I'm  IUGHTN high and low
And now she's  EIGNLTL me she's got to
go away
I'll always be   IUGHTN high and low
Hungry for you
Watch me  AEIGTNR myself to pieces
  IUGHTN high and low

High
There's no end to the lengths I'll go to
Oh, for you I'll be  IUGHTN  high and
low

 

Antonyms

 

HIGH		BITTEREST
WIDTH		LIGHT
BEGINNING		BEYOND (REACH)
THERE		HATE
AWAKE		REALITY

 

Wite in missing words

 

 within the  of my hands
 asleep
  high and low
 the dark
I sense the  of her heart
Next to mine
tearing myself to 

hungry  you

 

Wordsearch

 

Find these words: again, asleep, depending, guess, high, means, myself, upon, tearing, watch.

 

Crosswords

 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

The clues of the crossword: 1. Synonym of ' distance' (6 letters). 2. Phrasal verb meaning 'to get away, leave'(4 ,4). 3. With little or no light(4). 4. To feel or experience something without being able to explain exactly how(5). 5. To hit or beat repeatedly with a lot of force(5). 6. Something that you can hear or that can be heard(5). 7. (Of sleep) it means to sleep deep loud sleep(5). 8. Past participle of 'see'(4).

 

The crossword answer is the title of the first singl released by A-HA. 

 

Write in missing words and translate them

(students own answers)

 

 1.Here I am within the reach of my hands
2. She's sound asleep
3. I'll be hunting high and low
4. There's no end to the lengths I'll go to
5. To find her again upon this my dreams are depending
6. I sense the pounding of her heart
7. Watch me tearing myself to pieces

Interview TV SERIDÓ

Here a local internet's TV Seridó was there covering the Launching of the Walkways Xique-Xique I and II, check it out the link bellow, the interviewers talked about how much is important the buildings in order to improve the Infrastructure to the Sustainable Tourism http://www.tvserido.com thank you for watching, of course the content is in Portuguese language, anyways,  just watching and enjoy the landscapes. 

TO THE HEART ATTACK GRILL, check out your cholesterol first.

Source of the picture: http://mattyfresh697400.wordpress.com

Source: www.speakup.com.br

Language level: Pre-intermediate

Speaker:Chuck Rolando.

Nutrition experts tell us constantly what to you eat. Magazines sponsor diets and tell us we are too fat. It’s time to rebel! It’s time to visit the Heart Attack Grill, where the owner “Doctor” Jon Basso and his “nurses” serve the most dangerous food on the planet. The restaurant motto is “Taste worth dying for!”

CARDIAC ARREST

The Heart Attack Grill in Chandler, Arizona offers a simple menu: single, double, triple and quadruple Bypass Burgers and Flatliner Fries. Do you have a problem with high cholesterol? This is not the right restaurant for you: the burgers and fries are cooked in pure lard.

TREATMENT

Customers are called “patients.” The waitresses are “nurses” dressed in sexy uniforms. “Dr. Jon” checks patients’ hearts with his stethoscope before prescribing treatment. A nurse writes out the patient’s order on a tag and puts it on the patient’s wrist. If you weigh over 160 kilos, you eat free of charge. And if you finish a quadruple Bypass Burger, a nurse will transport you out to your car in a wheelchair. Finally, if the burgers don’t give the (male) patients high blood pressure, the beautiful nurses will.

MARKETING MAN

How did a small Arizona fast food restaurant become famous around the world? Its owner, “Dr.” Jon Basso, is a marketing genius. He hasn’t spent a dollar on publicity. Controversy gets the restaurant in newspapers and on the world’s television channels. First, it was the menu with its 8.000 –calorie burgers and chips – both cooked in that demonic substance known as unsaturated fat (or simply lard). He also sells unfiltered Lucky Strike cigarettes and full-sugar Coke. Second, the Arizona Board of Nursing sued the restaurant for damaging the image of the nursing profession. The restaurant survived and prospered from the media attention.

ON A DIET

Incredibly, John Basso is a qualified nutritionist! In the past he owned seven weight-loss centres in Oklahoma. He realised people wanted to cheat on their diets. So he created the perfect restaurant for them. “People don’t want salad, “he says. “They want to have fun!” But Dr. Jon warns his patients. “Don’t come here every day of the week. It will kill you!

FUTURE PLANS

Jon Basso is an ambitious man. He is opening a second Heart Attack Grill in Phoenix, Arizona. He has plans to open restaurants in major cities around the world, including Amsterdam, New Orleans, Hollywood, Honolulu and Rio de Janeiro. He also wants to create a reality TV show based on the restaurant. Visit the restaurant’s entertaining website www.heartattackgrill.com  for more information.

BYPASS AND FLATLINER

Bypass comes from the open heart surgery for patients with blocked arteries. This is exactly the type of health problem the restaurant’s burgers can cause Flatliner, o the other hand refers to the monitor that registers a patient’s heartbeat. When the patient dies, the monitor shows a flat line.  Incidentally, chips are usually called French Fries in America. So, at the Heart Attack Grill, chips are called Flatliner Fries.

Monica’s Gang

Monica and her gang is a character created by Mauricio de Souza, check it out, please. 

Source: www.maganews.com

Toon History

Monica’s Gang:  it all started 50 years ago....

In July 1959 Maurício de Sousa published his first cartoon in a São PauloState newspaper.  The first character he created was a cute little dog called Blu (Bidu)

Brazil at the end of the 1950 was going through a boom.  Brasília, the future capital of the country, was being built. In 1959 an 18-year-old called Roberto Carlos was setting out as a singer and Bossa Nova was just beginning.  Meanwhile, in São Paulo city, a young man called Maurício de Sousa was working as a crime reporter for Folha da Manhã (now Folha de São Paulo).  Maurício was a journalist but his passion was making up stories in cartoon strips. On July 18^th 1959 the young reporter had his first cartoon strip published in the newspaper he worked at.  It was a simple story, with only two characters: the dog, Blu (Bidu) and his owner Franklin (Franjinha). Soon afterwards Maurício left his career as a journalist to become a full-time cartoonist.

The first comic was published in 1970

The first characters created by Maurício de Sousa were boys. After Blu and Franklin came Jimmy Five (Cebolinha), Pitheco (Piteco), Smudge (Cascão) and Chuck Billy (Chico Bento).  In the years that followed, Maurício was inspired by his young daughters, Mônica and Magali, to create them as his first girl characters. In the 1960s Maurício’s stories were published in newspapers. The first comic with Monica’s Gang was published in 1970 (see picture). Later the cartoon characters appeared in films, on TV and in educational projects. Global soccer stars also inspired Maurício to create two characters: Pelezinho (1976) and Ronaldinho Gaúcho (2005).

Áudio – Aasita Muralikrishna

Na edição impressa da revista Maganews você poderá conferir mais sobre a trajetória de Maurício de Sousa e ainda, o sucesso da Turma da Mônica Jovem e a homenagem que o quadrinista paulista está preparando para Michael Jackson

Imagens – Litera / Maurício de Sousa Produções

Vocabulary

1 gang – turma

2 cute – simpático

3 boom – fase favorável

4 to set out – iniciar

5 meanwhile – enquanto isso

6 cartoon strips – tiras em quadrinhos

7 soon afterwards – pouco tempo depois

8 full-time – tempo integral

9 comics - gibis

10 toon-history – história em quadrinhos (toon = forma abreviada de “cartoon”)

Useful Tips, shout out, promote it, please

Another single tip for beginners take a piece of paper write down names (nouns) and fix them, this one is going to help to memorise and building up and improve your vocabulary, for example, clothes vocabularies, etc. Listen to Broadcast radio and choose an accent standard, British or American, but try to be yourself, I mean, do not imitate a Native-Speaker. Improve your accent takes some time and dedication, however you should listen both accent American and English because you have to keep in touch with both accent. No worry about your mistakes and if someone corrects you, don't get bored, they are common and help to improve your English. Listen to lyric songs, by the way they can teach much. Establish targets, and getting started to practise English, a group of friends could be useful, schedule and remember that, your dedication, will power could provide your improvement. Skype programme is the best software to practise English, download it and searching for friends, by the way, let me recommend a great site where you can find out people worldwide with different levels and all ages http://www.speaking24.com . In conclusion, there are a lot of useful resources that provides a self-studying such as blogs and websites. It's up to you. Also you can find out excellent online tutor (English techers), just keep in touch with me and I recommend ones to you. Have a wonderful day, or night, many thanks for your help in advance, please telling for friends, promoting my blog. Special thanks for Asian readers, Malaysia, Phillipines, Singapore, Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia,   South America Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, Uruguay, North and Center America Canada, United States, Mexico, and the list goes on and increases day after day. 

GREAT AWARDS FOR GREAT FRIENDS

Thanks for that Jim for indicating me, God bless you, friend. For your kindness encourage me to struggle and continue the volunteer job this year. Promote and pass it on, English tips is a friend of children, young people and those who need an English tips or a friend forever. For more info visit Holes in my Sole of http://holesinmysoles.blogspot.com/2011/04/g-is-for-great-awards-for-great-friends.html

On to the next round- the Stylish Blogger Awards.

 1. http://jpweddingphotograpy.blogspot.com/ First up is my good friend Jim Brandano. You'll love the variety of pics on his site, the range of subjects- wildlife, architecture and wedding shots. Crisp, clear shining photoghaphy at its best.

2. http://scattermusings.blogspot.com/ Debbie has a wonderful site, interesting and going places. I'm liking the nature of her posts for the A- Z Challenge. Strikes me as she thinks she's a wee bit scattered or should I better phrase that by saying all embracing, but in fact she's got it all together and just having fun blogging without it being too serious. And that's the way it should be, after all.

3. http://findingonesway.com/ Jessica's got one of the most stylish blogs around, not just in its design and look, but in how she's taking on some difficult issues in life. She needs support from us all to spread her message to make our families lives all the safer and richer.

4. http://kriti-howaboutthis.blogspot.com/ Kriti just shines, sings, buzzes with life. Heartfelt, and with great warmth about life and her father's diary entries.

5.http://astorybookworld.blogspot.com/ Deirdra with her enthralling fantasy site, dragons, heroes, princesses...stories published, all there to be explored. 

6. http://englishtips-self-taught.blogspot.com/ Pedro Carlos is blogging on a wide range of topics- music, books, history, life issues. Very creatively presented. 

7.http://almostthere.biz/ Hard working, sensitive, thoughtful, and jazzing that Blogplicity group along. 



Hope you all enjoyed yourselves tonight. The entertainment has been awesome, the crowd has been massive, the food and wine excellent, and I've just hit my head on the shelf and got a whacking headache!