Today‚ we hear about two issues that could be in the speech. And we talk with a Congressional expert about its tradition. Political candidates in the United States often talk about immigration reform during election campaigns. Now‚ lawmakers from the two main parties are saying the system is broken and major changes are needed. Many people expect President Obama to discuss the issue of the nation’s 11 million undocumented immigrants in his State of the Union speech. Faith Lapidus has more
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I wanna talk about beating stress Introduction This support pack accompanies the audio file ’I wanna talk about beating stress’. To listen to the audio file‚ go to: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/i-wanna-talk-about/beating-stress This support pack contains the following materials: • • • a pre-listening vocabulary activity the transcript of the audio file a comprehension activity Before you listen Exercise 01 Match the words and phrases in the table to their definitions. a. bunch of
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Articles and Brief Reports Stem Cell Transplantation Allogeneic stem cell transplantation after reduced intensity conditioning in patients with relapsed or refractory Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Results of the HDR-ALLO study – a prospective clinical trial by the Grupo Español de Linfomas/ Trasplante de Médula Osea (GEL/TAMO) and the Lymphoma Working Party of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation Anna Sureda‚1‚2 Carme Canals‚3 Reyes Arranz‚4 Dolores Caballero‚5 Josep Maria Ribera
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Success to learning English At the present time‚ English language is an international language that whole people are using very day. English is important language for today. Such as‚ communicating‚ using continue study‚ and so on. I remember that‚ I have studied English since I was primary school. There are ways that lead to success in learning English; attending in class‚ reviewing lesson‚ and practicing for real situation. English is difficult language because we are not native speaker
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• The Advantages of Learning English 29 Jan 2010‚ 7:00 pm There are 1 billion people in this world who are just like you. One billion people trying to conjugate verbs. One billion people trying to understand the difference between much and many. One billion people trying to pronounce TH and make it sound natural. Yes‚ that’s right‚ one billion people trying to learn English. This is because English has become the most important language in the world. 1.5 billion people already speak the language
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important international languages is English Language. It is considered as a requirement for studying abroad for several decades. In particular‚ most of the textbooks in all the different disciplines are in English‚ including business textbooks. Students who aim at getting master or Ph.D in one of the business disciplines‚ they must consider that. However‚ some student may be confused or misled to become fluent English speaker or may don’t realize how much English language is important‚ or they are
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BBC Learning English Quiznet Verb and preposition agreement 1. I really enjoy my new English class‚ we discuss _________ really interesting topics like music‚ pop stars and fashion! a) about b) at c) (no preposition) d) to 2. What did you think _________ the film? Did you enjoy it? a) of b) on c) no preposition d) to 3. It was so embarrassing‚ I didn’t have enough money to pay ________ the meal. a) (no preposition) b) at c) to d) for 4. She left __________ work at 6.30 this morning – I was still
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culture. Especially those whose mother tongue is English familiar with the contents and stories of Greek mythology have been imperceptibly influenced by what they constantly read‚ see and hear about since they are very young. Hence allusive idioms from Greek myths have exerted great impact on the English language and literature. It is fairly important to make a full understanding of Greek myths for a foreign student in order to learn the language of English well. To prove this‚ I may as well‚ first of
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The importance of learning English We live in a fascinating world. Our duty is to simply discover it and to marvel at its beauties. The third millennium brought up a controversial debate: globalization versus unicity and originality. Some people dream of a planet where we are all equal‚ sharing the same culture‚ high aspirations‚ building a common history. Others‚ however insist on maintaining the national specific through exploring mainly our forefathers ambitions and achievements. Nevertheless
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read a text that contains of a world conflict‚ politics‚ human rights or enslavement. I have read “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini and I would like to read a factual text that has the same effect on me. I got as involved as a 15 year old from Norway could‚ learned more about it and took part of discussions online. The book changed my life in many ways as got a newfound respect and understanding towards developing countries. I also learned a lot about myself as a person. I learned that I
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