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Voice blog #18: Guide Dogs

2346459379?profile=originalIf you have ever seen a Japanese movie Quill, you would probably not unfamiliar to the dog Labrador. Last week, I got a chance to learn more about guide dogs from a non-profit charity organization. Here I'm sharing some of what I've learned with you, and was wondering if it is allowed to bring guide dogs or pets entering the public places in your country?

Commonly, the breeds of Labrador retrievers, Golden retrievers, and German shepherd dogs are most potentially to be picked thanks to their work

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Colours of the Wind


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This is lyric's Colours of the Wind. One of best songs I always listen everyday. Each time The song is opened, I feel safe and sound, I'm lived in security and good health. I love Hanoi captial city, my conntry, all of creatures has spirit,all of my friends I know or don't know...etc. Singing a song for our of the world :D ;D

You think you own whatever land you land on
The Earth is just a dead thing you can claim
But if you know every rock and tree and creature
Has a life, has a spirit, has a

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Something About People

This morning when I came from school I was thinking about how people behave when they are in public and when they talk in private! 

Sometimes You see in chat someone is very naughty and even rude sometimes, but when You talk to them in private You see completely different person. This new person can be very kind and friendly and may be even sensitive! 

So my question is why such difference? Is it some kind of protection? What do You think?

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Increasing Disasters! Increasing Risk!

 

It is obvious that the disasters all over the world are getting increased at fast! For our convenience, disasters or calamities could be categorized into two: natural disasters as well as man-made disasters! No doubt, whatever it is! The ensuing damage on the society is enormous. It is said by scientists that the activities of man have made a huge contribution on some burning issues in the globe within a broad spectrum. In the modern world, the experts always use a special word- Management!  Re

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A Life-Saving Cow

Six consecutive days of spring rain had created a raging river running by Nancy Brown’s farm. As she tried to herd her cows to higher ground, she slipped and hit her head on a fallen tree trunk. The fall knocked her out for a moment or two. When she came to, Lizzie, one of her oldest and favorite cows, was licking her face. The water was rising. Nancy got up and began walking slowly with Lizzie. The water was now waist high. Nancy’s pace got slower and slower. Finally, all she could do was to th

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Thinking about Exams

Hello everybody. 

I've been learning English for more than seven years and I would say that my level of English is Advanced...but there's no other way of knowing it that that taking an exam that will certified what is the level of English you have.

The are lot of exam and with different purposes but here is the first piece of advice that I wanna give you: think about what do you want to get with the exam...do you want to study abroad? Do you want to work in an English speaking? Do you want to boos

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midnight thoughts

Really it's midnight now and I'm still sitting with my laptop and talking to people :) 

Funny thing about today .. I went to take a nap at 12 pm and ended up sleeping all day until 6 pm ... all I could think about "how did that happen?" probably I was too much tired during the week so it knocked me down for whole day ;) 

But what's more funny in all this is that I am yawning and feeling a bit sleepy again .. maybe it's just a feeling :) 

Anyway I'm here and if anyone needs to talk .. go on and get

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Love & Time

Once upon a time, in an island there lived all the feelings and emotions : Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. One day it was announced to them that the island would sink! So all constructed boats and left. Except for Love.

Love wanted to hold out until the last possible moment.

When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help.

Richness was passing by Love in a boat. Love said,
"Richness, can you take me with you?"
Richness answered, "Sorry Love, I can'

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The Miser

A miser sold all that he had and bought a lump of gold, which he buried in a hole in the ground by the side of an old wall and went to look at daily. One of his workmen observed his frequent visits to the spot and decided to watch his movements. He soon discovered the secret of the hidden treasure, and digging down, came to the lump of gold, and stole it. The Miser, on his next visit, found the hole empty and began to tear his hair and to make loud lamentations. A neighbor, seeing him overcome w

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The Boy Who Cried Wolf

A shepherd-boy, who watched a flock of sheep near a village, brought out the villagers three or four times by crying out, "Wolf! Wolf!" and when his neighbors came to help him, laughed at them for their pains.

The Wolf, however, did truly come at last. The Shepherd-boy, now really alarmed, shouted in an agony of terror: "Pray, do come and help me; the Wolf is killing the sheep"; but no onepaid any heed to his cries, nor rendered any assistance. The Wolf, having no cause of fear, at his leisure la

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The Hungry Mouse


A mouse was having a very bad time. She could find no food at all. She looked here and there, but there was no food, and she grew very thin.
At last the mouse found a basket, full of corn. There was a small hole in the basket, and she crept in. She could just get through the hole.
Then she began to eat the corn. Being very hungry, she ate a great deal, and went on eating and eating. She had grown very fat before she felt that she had had enough.
When the mouse tried to climb out of the basket, she

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The Times has recently published a few features that we consider gifts to English teachers everywhere, including a summer “How To” section of the Sunday Book Review, and a new series, called “Draft,” on the art of writing, which features essays by grammarians, historians, linguists, journalists, novelists and others [More Here] :: http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/writing-rules-advice-from-the-new-york-times-on-writing-well/?nl=learning&emc=edit_ln_20120920

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Voiceless and Voiced Consonants

Consonant Sounds /s/ and  /z/

 

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[ Click on the image to see it on a large scale! ]

(Click  HERE  to  check the  position of the tongue  for the  consonant  pair  /θ/ ... /ð/ and compare with the above pair /s/ ... /z/. Make sure that your /θ/ doesn't sound like /s/ or the /ð/ like /z/.)

 

Step 1: Watch the videos - VERY IMPORTANT            
             (I've given the transcript for an easy grasp of the speech.)
             First,  while  you are  watching a video,  ma
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About learning English

 Hello every body.

It is the first time I have wrote a article to post the Blog. I am afraid that when someone read who will ridicule me. so, I think that if I want to improve English language skills I must to practice to much more. I   have been learning English When I was a child. Up to now, i can't still use English fluently. One a day, my friend shows me that should join a English speaker forum. How approach can I apply? Would you like to tell me?

Thank you to read and feedback.

Hai

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Good Meal

The children were hungry. They looked out the window. Where was their mother? She walked into the house. The children ran over to her. “Mama, we’re so hungry,” they both said. She said lunch was coming. She walked into the kitchen. She opened a can of chicken soup. She poured the soup into a pot. She added water. She put the pot on the stove. She made two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. She sliced an apple. The soup was hot. She poured it into two bowls. She put the sandwiches on two plates.

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What will you do?

What will you guys do If you're irritated by your friends' habits?

I was really irritated with my friend's habit. In college she go to washroom before every lecture and after every lecture to comb her hair. Before going  to home after college she doesn't forget to go to washroom. I'm really tired of this habit of her. She is so concerned about her hair. 

About 4-5 days ago when we were leaving for home, she went to washroom. And I was waiting for her outside the washroom. I told her not to comb he

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Feeling sorry in this world :(

   All people who live in this earth know that clearly that we need to live and feel peace in all our days in addition to forget all bad memories and trying to make new movement to react with this world as it is not as should be . 

    Feeling sorry from what we see in our daily news from very hard pictures which it fulled with a lot  of innocence blood and carcasses for innocence children in addition for tears from beloved moms . All their daily fighting for looking for collecting a lot of money

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Idioms on well being

Hi everyone................in my move towards improving my language skills I have come across a set of idioms that can be put to use while talking about health and wellness .I hope you may find them worthwhile

  • in the best of health
very healthy. (*Typically: be ~; get oneself ~.) Bill is in the best of health. He eats well and exercises. I haven't been in the best of health. I think I have the flu.
 
  • picture of (good) health
in a very healthy condition. The doctor says I am the picture of good health
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