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Happy 5th Birthday Twitter

What do you use twitter for? This is a question many people are asking themselves today. Those who are not on twitter, may decide that it's finally time to start chirping. Why today? It is twitter's 5th birthday! 
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5 reasons I (@tarabenwell) use twitter:
  1. for professional development (every Wednesday I try to join #ELTChat with other English language teachers around the world)
  2. to share amazing links related to my interests (teaching English, writing, parenting)
  3. to invite people to check out sites that
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The Game Show of Death

 

Imagine, you are a contestant in a game show. Your job is to ask some questions from a man who is in a separate room. You can not see this man but only hearing his voice.If he can not answer your questions correctly, you give him electric shock! The electric shocks start from 20 volts to 400 volts.This is the punishment for a wrong answer! You are also surrounded by so many spectators and an anchor who are encouraging you to keep questioning. In some point, you are OK with giving the shock to t

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What is the first conditional?

 

The first conditional is a structure used for talking about possibilities in the present or in the future. 

 

Conditional type 1 sentences refer to the future. An action in the future will only happen if a certain condition is fulfilled by that time. We don't know for sure whether the condition actually will be fulfilled or not, but condition seems rather realistic - so we think it is likely to happen.    

 

Type 1 conditional = if + present + future

 

1. FORM :

In a fir

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NOTE: This blog for who wants to join our challenge in A New Word Daily's group. If you are interested and wants to know more about this challenge, please read this blog first!

 

Hint:

The word of the day begins with the letter “I” and has 8 letters long.

 

  • Stress is an i_ _ _ _ _ _ _ part of dieting.
  • There are many dangers i_ _ _ _ _ _ _ in the outbreak of war.
  • There are risks i_ _ _ _ _ _ _ in almost every sport.
  • I have an i_ _ _ _ _ _ _ distrust of lawyers.

 

Can you guess the word of the day?

The word

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Improve your spoken English

Today I found a great site while reading my PhraseMix newsletter(I am subscribed to get weekly newsletters from them,it's a great way to memorize phrases!),actually it was mentioned in the newsletter,I checked it out,and it is absolutely marvellous for foreign learners,I think.

 

The site is EnglishHarmony.com,which concentrates on the issue of how to become fluent in English and how to master it.

 

The Improve your spoken English discussions are very up to date for a learner,like me,I have to read

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Hint:

The word of the day begins with the letter “C” and has 7 letters long.

 

  • He is always in a c_ _ _ _ _ _ dilemma.
  • He is a c_ _ _ _ _ _ thief.
  • There is a c_ _ _ _ _ _ shortage of teachers.
  • She has a c_ _ _ _ _ _ back pain.
  • My father had a c_ _ _ _ _ _ diseases.

 

Can you guess the word of the day?

The word of the day is an adje

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I used to come online on chatroom on week end and find Michelle yang our friend from taiwan) always jumping and bring happiness for us even when we are sad but she always make you smile  , but last week i come and didnt find her anymore !! even her page was removed , I asked Raun and he said she was baned !!!!I was so shoked !! how can a sweet friend like Michelle got baned from EC !! she is the one who was so close to EC and she did lot for EC to keep us all unity like one family , she was memb

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"Karakat" - a weird snowmobile.

The name "Karakat" comes from Russian. I don't know what this word "Karakat" means in Russian, or why it's called that, but this is how the fishermen from the "Peipsi" lake call this vehicle. Although it does have a proper Estonian name too - "Kummij(y)uku". It seems like the Russian name "Karakat" is adapted also to Estonian language lately.

I've heard, that there's a fish, that have similar name "karakat" ..or "karakatitsa" or something like this in Russian. And the Karakat is named after that

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SUPERMOON

Dear My EC members I'm very happy to post such blog here...


It is 19th of March 2011.I am watching news on television.It is about moon.News is,today's moon is going to be "SUPERMOON" and it would be 16 times bigger than what we see everyday because it is the day when moon comes nearest to the earth and it happens in every 18 years....time for SUPERMOON was 11:40 PM at me in India(UTC +05:30).

At 11:40 Pm I went out from my room and waited till 12:20 PM but I could not find any changes in moon it w

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By Sasha Simic

When Israel bombed Gaza at the end of 2008 in a brutal action which killed 1,300 people and destroyed 20,000 buildings, there was no question of the US allowing the UN to impose a no-fly zone over Gaza to protect its people, 50% of which are children...

read on

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Cats  : We are proud of you Salim, for making us become the famous cats over the world.

Salim: Why sweethearts ..?

Cats  : You shot us and uploaded to MyEC.

Salim: It's okay, your deserve to be celebrities.

Cats  : Again thank you Salim.

Salim: I thank you to you sweethearts, cause my friends can learn

          and improve English through your photo, Nadiyah has chosen you both as a model

          on her Challenge.

Cats  :  Reallly??? Oh my..hope they love us..

Salim:  Sure, they will love you, moreov

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Hint:

The word of the day begins with the letter “E” and has 8 letters long.

 

  • I felt very e_ _ _ _ _ _ _d after my holiday.
  • He helped e_ _ _ _ _ _ _ and mobilize millions of people around the nation.
  • I am completely e_ _ _ _ _ _ _d and feeling terrific.

 

Can you guess the word of the day?

The word of the day is a verb means “to

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Festival of Colours


This is my first blog.

It is Holi also called festival of colours is one of the major festivals of India(?).This festival is celebrated in Hindu religion. It is celebrated with enthusiasm and gaiety in the month of February-Mar.On this festival all people comes together and play with different colours(everyone pour colour to each other).All enemies becomes friends on this day and play colours together.All children, men, women play with full of joy. Special foods are cooked on this day. A saying o

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What color are you?

 

Color can be found in different places. It is in you and it is in me. The moods we have can be affected as the way we look at colors. And colors could be in our attitude, the way we perceive life and how we react in certain situations.

 

When I was applying for a job, I remember, the interviewer asked me if you are about to sell something especially if he or she is blind, how would you explain or convince him or her to patronage your product.  Of course I thought of it as a tricky question. The i

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Hint:

The word of the day begins with the letter “I” and has 8 letters long.

 

  • He was an i_ _ _ _ _ _ _, who masqueraded as a doctor when he was totally un qualified.
  • He felt like an i_ _ _ _ _ _ _ among all those intelligent people, as if he had no right to be there.
  • The nurse was an i_ _ _ _ _ _ _ who drugged the baby but wa
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Women in tears

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(My Translating practice:)

A wonderful thought-provoking story I read today:(...I translated it to English,myself..)

 

-Mammy,why are you crying?-asks a little boy her mother.

-Because I am a woman-she answered.

-I do not understand this!-said the little boy.

-You won't ever understand this...-answered the mother embracing her son.

Later on the little boy asked his father too:

-Daddy,why does mammy cry apparently without any reason?

-Every women cry without any reason-was all,what his father could answer

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Hint:

The word of the day begins with the letter “Y” and has 5 letters long.

 

  • He y_ _ _ _ed for freedom.
  • I y_ _ _ _ed to be a movie actor.
  • Sometimes I just y_ _ _ _ to be alone.
  • Despite his great commercial success he still y_ _ _ _s for critical approval.

 

Can you guess the word of the day?

The word of the day is a verb means “

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Hint:

The word of the day begins with the letter “F” and has 4 letters long.

  • He could hardly contain his f_ _ _.
  • She flew into a f_ _ _ at the suggestion.
  • I screamed, her face distorted with f_ _ _ and pain.
  • He rose to his feet in a f_ _ _ to leave no doubt about where he stood on the issue.

 

Can you guess the word of the day?

T

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Sacred Fire On Last Tuesday

 

 

 

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“Fire” as one of the four elements of the universe, has been regarded in Iran for many years. Two thousand five hundred years ago, my ancestor’s religion was Zoroastrian. As a result, “Fire” was sacred to them. Some think that they worshipped fire. But, this is totally false. This misunderstanding rises when people suppose the fire they were talking about is similar to the one we know. Fire had thoroughly different meaning for the

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