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In the often "politically correct" language of American English, we sometimes exchange the word "fear" for the word "challenge"...

To many Americans, "challenge" just sounds better when motivating a good friend while encouraging them to face his or her "fears".

For a brief example, I'll give you two sentences. One is written in the negative context. The other contains the positive. Both are written upon the same subject.

Example 1 (Negative)

"Your own fears are stopping you from achieving the goals

Wat Prathat Doi Suthep

Admission ticket: 30 THB (Except for native)

Opening hours :8:00-17:00

Doi Suthep is located 16 kilometers away from west of the Cheingmai .

We can book a Tutu to get there,and it will be take us 40B one person.

I heard Doi Suthep is just a small but famous temple to look around .

Maybe we just spend 2 hours to take some photos,because I am not internested in temple .

I've learned - That you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them.

I've learned - that no matter how much I care, some people just don't care back.

I've learned - that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.

I've learned - that it's not what you have in your life but who you have in your life that counts.

I've learned - that you can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes. After that, you'd better know something.

I'

Hi, EC!

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In this Episode of This&Th@ Katie and I discuss Earth Hour & other ways to protect the environment. Thanks to those of you who have written to us and answered our questions. Unfortunately we couldn't feature everyone's responses, so please check the PDF to see if your response is there! :)

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Next month's theme is rhyming & poetry! Please se

This&Th@ (This and That) English is a fun filled podcast for English learners!

Join voice over artist/broadcaster Katie Adler & EC Member/English teacher Dayne Collins every month as they host a fun filled 'edutaining' podcast. This&Th@ is designed to help you improve your English skills the fun way. You won't even realise you're studying!

This&Th@ also comes with a PDF to help you follow the conversation & activities. Get the PDF HERE!

Enjoy the show!

Thanks,

Dayne.

This is a story about how important is being persistent and never give up, no matter how many failures you have experienced in the past.

A man was spending his holiday in Africa. One day he watched the elephants passing by. To his great surprise these giant strong animals were being held only by a small rope, tied to their front leg. Obviously, they could easily run away any moment. However, they did not.

Then he saw a trainer and asked him, how could this happen that not a single elephant makes

I tried a new photo site today called "ThingLink". It's really fun! I used this image to create my first ThingLink. When you touch it on the site, the photo becomes interactive. Touch this photo. Then try making your own: www.thinglink.com

Unfortunately, the embedded photo option doesn't allow the links to show up on MyEC. To Touch (interact with) the photo, you'll have to visit the site.

PS - World Book Day is on 6 March. What are you reading? Leave a comment on my ThinkLink, or below in the c

   Who is a real friend? And why the number is not enormous? To me friend means a lot...who is caring, helpful,and obviously trustworthy whom I can believe. I think, for this reason a real friend is a scare thing and that's why worthy. I have lots of friends around me but in reality who is my real friend? By this time, I am sure, Yes, I have one...just one...but I am not happy to get one, I wish if it were more!

 In my deeper sense, I Know, My best friend is my mom who always prays for me where e

What is water?

Water is the chemical substance with chemical formula H2O: one molecule of water has two hydrogen atoms covalently bonded to a single oxygen atom.

Water appears in nature in all three common states of matter (solid, liquid, and gas) and may take many different forms on Earth: water vapor and clouds in the sky, seawater in the oceans, icebergs in the polar oceans, glaciers in the mountains, fresh and salt water lakes, rivers, and aquifers in the ground.

That what wikipedia said about

Moscow is a huge and exciting city. It's a noisy city, concentrating 80% of the country's money and 10% of its population. There are around 19 million people who live here.

Moscow is great and international, rich and poor at the same time, fast and lazy, trendy and kitschy – all at the same time. This city has very heavy traffic. You can stay for 3-4 hours on the road on your way home from work. The movement is very slow.

Contrasts are everywhere: fancy shops on Tverskaya street next to concrete s

Silent Love: 

Once again I was drowning in my thoughts. Why can’t I just let bygones be bygones? It was rightly said that when one sets aside life’s shattered pieces, movement forward continues without further injury. Fear gives way to courage, courage to face the unknown. After every dark night, a fresh new morning greets us. I was about to get upset all over again, when I saw her face.  

“Oh, you have come again”, I said. “Yes”, she answers while she gently caresses my forehead with her soft h

Life is nothing just a memory. Someday you will die and everything would be erased. Everyone should do something great in order to save his or her memory. Do something for human kind. It's the best thing to do and people will always remember a great heart

On Nov 29,2014 at 8 am.

Hello, Chiengmai !

I arrange the scheduel of Chiengmai, two ~three days or more. It is so hard to decide how much days are we stay here .

There are so many temples inside or outside of the ancient city you have to look around .

In addition, you would not like to miss some ourdoor activities like Jungle Flight and Elephant Trecking,because you have no chance to do it in China.

When you are so tired for shopping,I think enjoy a thai Massage is a good idea .

Of course ,I won’t for

I look to the Moon, hanging aloft 
Among the clouds so milky soft. 
How must it feel, so high above? 
So chilled and bleak and void of love.  

Collapsed and sunken are his eyes, 
Dark and deep as the onyx skies.
As the Moon shies from the sun,       
I share no love with anyone.  

The Moon is alone, without affection. 
In its grim face is my reflection. 
Inside my heart, the longing grows, 
And rots my soul, a sickly rose.  

While I look beyond this cage, 
I clench my fists; they shake with rage. 
I desperate

As title, and my blog address is www.tumblr.com/blog/chocolly.

I write blog for practise writing English, and contents are about my diary.

Welcome every to come to comment, or help me to point out the incorrect spell, format or anything else.

             Take  a  bike  and leave  for  the impossible

             I  hold  the  key  in  my  hand

                 Catch  the  steering  wheel   and  my  pulse

                  is  getting   stronger

                 I   have  seen  the  play   somewhere

                  I  was  a   child   with  pure   heart

                  I   had  a   dream,  my  bike

                  and  everything   seemed  right

                  I  became  sixteen  a nd everything  was  fine

There are many good blogs that had been written by members of MyEC. Some of them attracted my attention because of their titles, which for me spoke volume. 

These are the few selective blogs that really caught my attention. 

1. Where Have They Gone? We Still Love Them! by Mr. Bob

I came across this blog when I was feeling a bit sad. One of my friends in MyEC decided to 'temporarily left' EC after getting so much harassment in the main chat room. Even though this blog was published in 2012, I though

I wish there would be a place that members mention the date of their birthdays. Therefore we would be able to congratulate friends on their birthdays.

Are you agree?

Hello My friends 

                                           let's solve