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Two days ago, my dear friend Selma invited me to join the karaoke group. She asked me, not only to join the group, but also to be ACTIVE there. At first, i laught  because i never thought i would sing for a public, but as i promised her to try, i checked for a song and gave it a try. I was far to think i would enjoy this so much, i really had fun singing again. It was like i was a teenager again, just singing for the pleasure, not thining about anything else than the so

Winning caption by Victor: "I look tattered, but be careful, I'm really an ancient Arabic magic carpet. Do you want a ride?"

Note about the image: This is my son's blankie. He calls it "Nana". We think the name came from "night night" but we aren't sure. He doesn't have a grandma named Nana. :) I repair this blanket on a weekly basis. Thanks for all of your fun captions. You gave our family some giggles! 

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I read a research into how people learn languages,shows us that successful learners tend to be highly motivated. It diveds motivation into two types: EXTRINSIC  " outside" and INTRINSIC "inside".

Extrinsic" ouside" motivation is when students want to learn because they might get the chance for a good job or to pass the exam with good grades and please their parents. The motivation to succeed is not within themselves, but is found in an external goal they hope to reach.

Intrinsic " inside" motivati

Several years ago I attended English courses here in Minsk. Our group was quite good at grammar but we were too shy to use our oral English skills in classroom. Then our teacher invented  a special system for us.

A person who said even a word in Russian without teacher’s permission got a Black card. It were just pieces of paper. One side was all black and from the other side she wrote different penalties.  Sometimes it was funny… but not for those who got them I think.

And the other part of those

To all ma lovin guyzz...here am standind infront of u as a good friend. but i hav no idea abt hw to stand with u. bcoz, im not well in english...so datz y im asking u to learn me eng language...nd der r more no:of frenz/members from diff countrys. so dats y i hav to learn diff languages from urs in future..nd i hope i'll clear everything with ur help...nd v can share most rememberable things through EC. k guyz..keep in touch, ba bye...

When we were young, days were much longer,

worries much shorter and dreams much bigger.

As we grow older, days become not so long,

worries grow in number, dreams are forgotten.

But as time goes by, wiser we become...

Let's flow with time and nature...

That way days will just be days...

neither short nor long

worries will not destroy us

and dreams will keep us moving ahead...

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 “C” and has 6 or 7 letters long.

• Affectation of c_ _ _ _ _ _ is common enough these days.
• C_ _ _ _ _ _ is a rare thing among women when it comes to talking of the men.
• I believe that my c_ _ _ _ _ _ was a surprise; perhaps it seemed a defiance.
• "We really don't know what to do

 My experience is about learning, if you want to have a noticable improving of your learning process, study without any pause.!

As you can see the differences among my drafts, "you may easily fall back" like me.

Good Luck ! 

-What can you catch but not throw?

-I can run but not walk. What am I?

-I have holes in my top & bottom, my left & right, & in the middle. But I still hold water. What am I?

-Give me food & I will  live. Give me water & I will die. What am I?

-What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

-No sooner spoken than broken?

-I am light as a feather, yet the strongest man can't hold me for much more than a minute. What am I?

What we can say about Elizabeth of England is that she has behind her a very long career. She became queen when she was only 25 years old and has just reached the ripe old age of eighty-five. So, sixty years on the throne of England, how much does it pay ? Before reading, have a seat or you might fall down !!! 51,000 dollars a day, yes, that’s exactely what she gets !
Each year, the Queen has an endowment of twelve million nine hundred thousand dollars or fifty-one thousand dollars per day. Her s

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 “A” and has 10 letters long.

• "Do you know Daphne?" "No, I'm afraid we're not a_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _."
• I am not personally a_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ with the gentleman in question.
• Were you a_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ with a friend of mine, Daniel Green?
• We would like to get better a_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

After 5 months of NATO's bombing of military personnel and civilians in Libya, the Libyan government has today struck back as promised by detonating a sizable bomb in Oslo, Norway, between the Oil Ministry and a government building housing the prime minister, presumably regarded as a command and control centre. Norway is a member of NATO and has been actively participating in the NATO campaign against Libya. Like most of the other participants, Norway has major interests in the oil industry.

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 “S” and has 6 letters long.

• Surrounding houses were s_ _ _ _ _ed  by heat from the blast.
• The meat had s_ _ _ _ _ed.
• A desolate, s_ _ _ _ _ed landscape.
• It is a s_ _ _ _ _ing hot day today.

Can you guess the word of the day?

The word of the day is a noun/verb means “burn the sur

Hey friends i want share about myself. MY name is shinoj from  India. I live in "Gods own country" ( kerala) .Guys do u know the place?. its such a beautifull place.About me  iam working as an accountant with doing MBA.Now Iam looking for a nice job but my problem is that 'iam not well in english' that's why iam here to join this club. I don't know how i can improve my english and i don't know how to use this site. Icouldn't got any person to share this .So Guys will u help me and will u please

yesterday,for millions of fans of yao,was a sad day.yao ming told the world that he would retire from the basketball career that he beloved,because of his left angkle.

as the first successful basketball player of china  in NBA,he has been in the spotlight .at his very first game ,he only got 0 point 2 rebounds and ,disappointed everyone.but after that,he became a powerful center fighting against all excellent player,such as shaq o'neal,dwright howard.

A stingy person.

He is a stingy person.  His mind is set only on things that involves some  money.  He owns a house, a land and a lot of  money.......and still invests: another dwelling, and certainly not near to sea, rather a piece of land, but near to village, where you can build something...

And a vacation? Yeah! In spite of being preoccupied with accumulating money, he thinks of going into a vacation......perhaps to Polynesia.....or to Mondragoni!!!

And the best thing his acute mind chooses it

This sign was hanging on a lemmon tree in the garden of a 5* hotel in Turkey.  I found it so strange that i took this picture.

What would you think the best caption would be for this picture ? Let me know .

Achan Malaka won the award for the best caption for this photo.

Hey..the sign is wrong..my fruits are sweet ;)