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21 ACCENTS, CHECK IT OUT

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The most important is communicating, actually there are a lot of Languages, dialects, regionalisms, accents, and we have to adapt and understand each other. Keep it mind that you have to choose one accent for speaking, but you need to listen to different accent, otherwise you'll have difficulties in the language. Check it out and express your viewpoint. Like this tip? Promote it for friends. 

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Mr. President, take care watch your parachuter

The last laugh

Source: Speak UP

Language level: Advanced

Standard: American accent

Bs: This joke is not updated ‘cause Bush was the President of USA yet.

The last Laugh

Mr. President...

A plane is about to crash. There are five passengers on board, but there are only four parachutes. So the passengers have to make a very quick decision: which one of them will make the ultimate sacrifice?

The first passenger says:

“I am Ronaldo, the best soccer player in the world. The sporting world needs me, and I cannot die on my fans.” He grabs the first parachute and jumps out of the plane.

The second passenger, Hillary Clinton, says:

“I am the wife of the former president of the United States; I am a senator for the state of New York and I have a good chance of being the next president of the United States.”

She grabs a parachute and jumps off the plane.

The third passenger, George W. Bush, says:

“I am the current president of the United States of America, I have huge responsibilities in the world. Besides, I am the smartest president in the history of my country and I can’t shun the responsibility to my people by dying.”

He grabs a pack and jumps off the plane.

The fourth passenger, the Pop, says to the fifth passer, a young boy:

“I am old. I have lived my live as a good person, as priest should, and so I shall leave the last parachute to you; you have the rest of your life ahead of you.

To this the little boy replies:

“Don’t worry, old man, there is a parachute of each of us! The smartest president in American history took my schoolbag.”

MAYAN RUINS, ELLLO

1097 Mayan Ruins

Silvia and Diego talk about the Mayan Ruins in their country's of Mexico and Guatemala.

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Silvia: Hi, my name is Silvia. I'm from Guatemala.Diego: And I'm Diego and I'm from Mexico. And today we're going to talk about ruins in our countries.
Silvia: Actually, Guatemala is quite famous for it's Mayan ruins. We have a lot of them all over the country but especially up in the north near Mexico, and the most famous one is Tikal.
Diego: Oh, wow, have you been there?
Silvia: Yeah, I've been there and now apparently they're discovering more ruins around that area so every year you can go and just go visit a new ruin. So it's quite interesting.
Diego: The people in Guatemala often go to see these places or is it usually tourists?
Silvia: It's mainly tourists, but yeah, I've known a lot of people that just like to go, especially with my parents. They lovearcheology so they're taking us every time and seeing different places. They also discovered a new one that'sgetting a lot attention from the media lately. Apparently it's the biggest temple in the world, so it's getting a lot of media attention and now they even made a kind of like a replica at the Shiang Hai Expo.
Diego: Oh, wow.
Silvia: Yeah. But the only way you can go there right now is by helicopter.
Diego: So it's a bit expensive to get there?
Silvia: Yeah, it is, so a lot of celebrities apparently have flown there but for Guatemalans, I don't think many Guatemalans have been there yet.
Diego: Yeah, maybe because it's difficult to be able to afford that. We also have Mayan ruins in Mexico. Have you ever been to Cancun?
Silvia: Yeah, I went to TuTulmas around there.
Diego: Yes, Tulumas is a very nice Mayan site because it's on a cliff and you see all of the ocean and it's really nice. Thecontrast between the buildings and the white sand and the blue ocean. It's really, really beautiful. And we also have Chiciniza, which is like a Mayan pyramid. Have you ever heard of it?
Silvia: I've heard of it, but I haven't been there yet.
Diego: Yeah, it was voted one of the seven wonders of the modern world, so it's really, really nice and it's really large, and unlike the pyramids in Egypt, like on the top it's flat so it's a bit different.
Silvia: Yeah, mainly the Guatemalan ruins are also a little bit flat.
Diego: Yeah, I think that was like Mayan architecture. It was flat on the top.

Irregular verbs, how to memorise them?

Talking about Irregular verbs on Simple Past, there are no rules, you should memorise them. On this video you can improve the pronounce and practise at home as much as possible, you can do that with 5 this week, next more 5 and so on.

DUBLIN 10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT

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                  Listen to the video and answer these questions:                             

1. Dublin is in .......             a. Iceland     b. Ireland      c. England  

2. The river that divides the city is called .......   a. the Liffey        b. The Dublin  

3. The castle is ......           a. North of the river       b. South of the river   

4.  You can walk accross the city in ...  a. 10 minutes     b. 15 minutes     c. less than 10 minutes  

5.  Dublin is famous for ....    a. Guinness    b. The colliseum       c. transport  

6. The Guinness bar .....   a. is on the 8th floor     b. has a view of the sea     c. has a view of the whole city  

7. You can chill out ........ a. at the college     b. at the park     c. at the museum  

8. James Joyce lives in Dublin now?    a. true        b false  

9. U2 call Dublin home now?         a. true      b. false 

10.  Howth is a.......    a. fishing village North of the city        b. fishing village in the city 

11. Port Marnoc is popluar for its  ....      a. cafes        b. beach       c. suburbs   

12. Graffton street is full of  ....  a. shopping centres     b. local stores  

13. An 'early bird' meal is  ....   a. after 7.30pm        b. before  7.30pm      c. before 5.30 pm  

14. For as little as 9€ you can get ........   a. a starter and a dessert    b. a main course and a starter  

15. The Elephant and Castle is famous for  ..... a. chicken wings     b. burgers      c. salads  

16.  John Kehoe's was opened in .......  a. 1903      b. 1883       c. 1803   

Using the information you have from the video, write a short guide for tourists to Dublin.