Like a Bridge over trouble water

Author: Khampeerai Kaewharn

Source: http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=4507

 Listen to the song then fill in the missing word.

                    

         Bridge Over Troubled Water  -  Simon and Garfunkel

        When you're , feeling  

        When  are in your , 

        I  dry them  

        I'm on your  

        When times   rough 

         friends just can't be 

         a bridge over troubled water 

        I will lay me  

        Like a bridge  troubled water 

        I will  me down 

        When you're down and  

        When you're on the  

        When  falls so 

        I will  you 

        I'll take your  

        When darkness  

         pain is all  

        Like a bridge  troubled water 

        I will lay me 

        Like a  over troubled water 

        I will  me down 

         on silver 

        Sail on  

        Your  has come to  

        All your  are on their  

         how they shine 

         you need a 

        I'm sailing right 

        Like a  over troubled water 

        I will ease your 

         a bridge over troubled water 

        I will ease your 

                  

Words and their stories, Hold on.

Source: www.voanews.com

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Now, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES, a VOA Special English program about American expressions. I’m Rich Kleinfeldt with expressions made using the word hold.

“Can’t hold a candle to” is a popular expression. It is from the time before electricity, when people used candles for light. Someone who lived in a big house would have a servant light his way by holding a candle. The expression meant that the person who cannot hold a candle to you is not fit even to be your servant. Now, it means such a person cannot compare or compete.  In the following song, singer Dolly Parton tells her new love that her old flames, her old lovers, cannot compare with him.

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Another expression is “hold your tongue.” It means to be still and not talk.  “Hold your tongue” is not something you would tell a friend. But a parent or teacher might use the expression to quiet a noisy child.

“Hold out” is an expression one hears often in sports reports and labor news. It means to refuse to play or work. Professional football and baseball players hold out if their team refuses to pay them what they think they are worth. Members of labor unions hold out and refuse to work until they get the work agreement they want.

The expression “hold up” has several different meanings. One is a robbery. A man with a gun may say, “This is a hold up. Give me your money.” Another meaning is to delay. A driver late for work may tell his boss, “I was held up by heavy traffic.” Someone who was robbed on the way to work might say, “Sorry, boss, I was held up by a hold up.”

Still another meaning of the expression is for a story to be considered true after an investigation. The same driver late for work could say, “My boss did not believe a hold up held me up. But the police confirmed what I said so my story held up.”

“Hold on” is another expression. Often it means wait or stop. As you leave for school, your brother may say, “Hold on, you forgot your book.”

Hold on is used to ask a telephone caller to wait and not hang up his telephone. If you call a library to ask for a book, the librarian might say, “Hold on while I look for it.”

Our final expression is “hold the line.” That means to keep a problem or situation from getting worse, to hold steady. For example, the president may say he will hold the line on taxes. He means there will be no increase in taxes. Now, I must hold the line on this program. I have no more time left today.

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This VOA Special English program, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES, was written by Frank Beardsley.  I’m Rich Kleinfeldt.

Dear Bloggers and Readers, thank you for everything

Let’s have some coffee?

Dear Bloggers...

Today’s morning I decided to talk about my bloggers partners in Brazil and overseas. I’m not mention names ‘cause I don’t want to miss anyone.

One think you can be sure of, you are important and I recognize about that, I mean, the up traffic and more visitors on my blogs depends on the partnership of yours.

In conclusion, as much as possible I visit you and desire a wonderful day for those who decide to support English Tips’ blog.

Please, if you liked my blog just promote it using the social networking’s bottom bellow. Thank you and have a wonderful day/night and afternoon all. 

Check it out the best blogs and websites in English

Useful Sites and blogs, keep studying.

USEFUL SITES AND BLOGS IN ENGLISH


Actually today I’m going to talk about useful links on the internet, you find out a couple of them on my blog, for Brazilian and foreign people follow the list below:


Brazilian Blogs and sites:


http://www.adirferreira.com.br/ recent added on my favorite ones
http://www.denilsodelima.blogspot.com
http://www.teclasap.com.br
http://www.teachermanoelcarlos.blogspot.com
http://www.ingvip.com
http://www.ingvip.com/curso-de-conversacao.htm  (38 videos of Pro-Jovem) available on Inglês vip.
http://www.englishexperts.com.br  very useful for Self-Taught students as well as teachers.
http://www.maganews.com  it’s a Brazilian magazine I recommend for Students and Teachers visit the site, it’s not too expensive, great material.


There are many others, this is my favorite ones, of course due the Google Translator you may access without problem.


Blogs and English websites I recommend worldwide.
http://helpforyourenglish.wordpress.com/  I love this one.
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/  Excellent for Teachers great blog
http://www.englishexercises.org  (Excellent for Teachers and students)
http://www.real-english.com  
http://www.voanews.com  One of the best for beginners and all English learners must visit.
http://www.learningchocolate.com  Very useful for kids, and of course adults too, because I love games, once in a while I’m accessing there.
http://englishdailyworkout.blogspot.com/  Excellent ESL site for Teachers and students too.
http://www.elllo.org  ESL site
http://www.englishpractice.com/  great ESL site for Teachers and students.
http://www.idiomquest.com  
http://www.idiomsite.com
http://www.eslcafe.com/  Very useful too, ESL Site.
http://englishdailyworkout.blogspot.com/  this one is interesting ESL, by the way.


Do not forget to promote this sites and blogs, social media is excellent, you are promoting spammers but Education, not violence, unless knowledge. Thank you visiting, on my blog you will find out several links, no porn content or spam. You may have a wonderful weekend. 


http://www.eflnet.com  ESL (English as Second Language), very useful site for Students and Teachers.
http://www.about.com  ESL I love this one.
http://www.englishpage.com  ESL site.
http://english-language-skills.com/  ESL site very interesting.
http://www.youtube.com/hellochannelenglish  Following up this one, there you can find out useful videos, check it out.
http://www.freeamericanenglish.com/  very interesting.
http://www.howtolearnenglish.co.uk/  Useful for both Students and Teachers.


Following up this websites and blogs and please, pass it on for friends twitting English tips, I really appreciate. Thank you for your help in advance.

If, lyric song Bread

A song can teach you as much as you can figure out, just keep focusing and studying hard.

Source: http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=4314

Author: Diamonddjw

If a picture paintspaintpainted a thousand words,
Then why won'tdon'tcan't I paint you?
The words will never show the you I've donewantedcome to know.
If a face could loungelaunchlong a thousand ships,
Then where am I to go?
There's no one home butandis you,
You're all that's restleftlet me too.
And when my love for life is running highwhydry,
You come and lostpourcall yourself on me.

If a girl (original: a man) could be two places at one time,
I'd be with you.
Tomorrow and today, beside you all the waydayMay.
If the world should stop revolving spinspinningspinnedslowly down to die,
I'd spend the end with you.
And when the world was flewthrewthrough,
Then one by one the stars would all go out,
Then you and I would simply diehidefly away

Now it is time to have a look of the original version by Bread

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Gok, Speak Up in Class

Gok

All credits of this issue by SPEAK UP  magazine for more information visit and take out a subscription http://www.speakup.com.br
Source:: Speak Up
Language Level: Pre-intermediate
Standard: British accent

Based on the article http://englishtips-self-taught.blogspot.com/2011/03/gok.html

GOK – Speak Up – Issue 280

GETTING STARTED.

TASK 1. Speaking. With your partner(s) discuss these questions.

a) Do you like fashion? Why (not)?

b) Who is your favourite designer? Why?

c) Do you like shopping? Why? (not)?

d) Do you think top models are a good example for young women? Why (not)?

e) Why are top models very thin, in your opinion?

TASK 2. Vocabulary. Check the vocabulary in the Glossary. Choose 5 or 6 expressions and test your partner(s).

LISTENING

TASK 3. Prediction. Before you listen, discuss these questions with your partner(s). What are the correct answers? If you don’t know, guess.

1. Gok is

a. a designer

b.a model

c. a fashion guru

2. Gok tells women to

a. go on a diet

b. accept their bodies

c. have plastic surgery

3. Gok has

a. presented TV shows

b. written books

c. presented TV shows and written books

TASK 4. Listening for Specific Information. Listen (without reading) to all of the recording and answer the questions from TASK 3:

Check your answers before completing the reading TASKS.

READING

TASK 5. Prediction #2. Before you read all of the article, discuss the possible answers to these questions with your partner(s). Make some notes.

a)    What type of women does Gok photograph?

b)    What kind of clothes do his “models” wear??

c)    What is the secret of Gok’s success?

d)    Where did Gok study his profession ?

e)    What is Gok’s promise to women?

f)    How is this possible?

TASK 6: Reading for Specific and Detailed Information: Read all of the text and answer the questions to TASK 5.

K.E.T. EXAM PRACTICE

(Paper 1: Reading and Writing Paper, PART 7)

TASK 7.

Complete this short letter..

Write ONE word for each space (41 to 50)

Dear Paula

I hope you are well.

I am reading an article about British fashion guru Gok. Do you know  (41) _______?  He (42) ________ born (43) ______ Leicester (44) ______1974.

He is very famous and has a programme (45) _____  TV. Have you see (46) _____? When he (47) ______ young he spent a lot (48) ______ time watching television and reading magazines about fashion.

His family had a restaurant and while he was at university he sometimes worked

(49)   _____ .

Now he only goes (50) _____  very expensive restaurants to eat!

Take care and see you soon

Mary

 

SPEAKING

TASK 8. What do you think? Discuss these questions with your partner(s).

1. Have you watched Gok’s programme? Why (not)?
2. Would you like to watch his programme? Why (not)?
3. Do you think he can really make all women beautiful? Why (not)?
4. Do you think he is an interesting person? Why (not)?
5. Do you think people spend too much money on clothes and cosmetics?
6. Do you think people pay too much attention to models and fashion?
7. What’s your opinion on the fashion industry in general?