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How to love learning English

wow4all — Sat, 16 May 2009 22:53:18 GMT

Improving your motivation

Before you start reading, you should know this: Learning English requires action. You may know all the learning tips, but if you don't start doing things, you will achieve nothing. Therefore our method is not just for reading; it is for reading and doing. (来源：英语麦当劳－英语杂志 EnglishCN.com)

You need two things to learn English well — passion and effective learning methods — and passion is the more important one. Why? Because passion makes you want to learn English; the learning methods only tell you how to do it faster.

Steps of Effective Research

wow4all — Sat, 16 May 2009 22:31:18 GMT

Step 1: Choose a topic

Pick something you’re interested in that falls within the limits of your assignment. If you're having trouble coming up with....

How to do research on the internet

wow4all — Sat, 16 May 2009 22:10:18 GMT

Contents

1. What research information is on the internet?
2. What should I do before I start?
3. What are my searching options?
* search engines
* metasearch engines
* subject gateways
4. What is a simple search strategy for internet searching?
5. What do my results mean?
6. How can I improve my search result?
7. What are URLs?
8. What are domains?
9. How do I move around within a site?
10. How can I tell if this web page is any good?
11. Are there databases on the internet?
12. What are discussion lists?
* finding discussion lists
13. Summary

سال نو مبارک

wow4all — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:50:55 GMT

Uncensored English UE03 - idioms - kick ass

wow4all — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:13:18 GMT

جنبه هاي سانسور نشده زبان انگليسي

Uncensored English UE03 - idioms - kick ass

This podcast covers the phrase to kick (someone’s / something’s) ass and kick-ass as an adjective. First we need to talk about the ass part. It can refer to a real ass (butt or bum), but usually the ass is metaphorical. That is, it’s not a question of a real-world, physical ass; the ass stands for something else. In fact, all usages of kick ass that don’t involve a physical foot connecting to a physical ass are metaphorical figures of speech.

For example, “We got our ass(es) kicked in the football game last night” means “The other team beat us by a good margin.” It’s unlikely that any team member’s ass actually had contact with a foot.

The expression kick ass is used as an adjective and in verb phrases. First we’ll look at the verbs...

Madonna - You'll See

wow4all — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:16:18 GMT

ترجمه آهنگ زیبای مدونا به نام خواهی دید از آلبوم Something To Remember سال 1995

Madonna - You'll See

Don't worry about your active vocabulary

wow4all — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:43:18 GMT

نگران دایره لغات فعال خود ذر هنگام خواندن یا شنیدن مطالب انگلیسی نباشید

Don't worry about your active

vocabulary

Many advanced English learners have a large "passive vocabulary", but they worry about the size of their "active vocabulary". They can understand many difficult English words when reading or listening, but they don't use most of them when speaking or writing in English. They feel this is a problem. They would like to use all the difficult words that they know.

If you are a learner who worries about his active vocabulary, this article may convince you to stop worrying.

People understand many more words than they use in their own conversations. One's passive vocabulary is much larger than one's active vocabulary. The total number of words actively used in one's whole life is much smaller than the total number of words understood in one's whole life.

This statement has nothing to do with foreign languages. It is about how people use their native language.

Myself and Other Reflexive Pronouns

wow4all — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:40:18 GMT

Myself و ديگر ضماير انعكاسي

Myself and Other Reflexive Pronouns
by Elaine Ernst Schneider
January 31, 2001 rev. May 2003

"I myself have done that."
"Jim, Susie, and myself were planning a trip."
"He wasn't even sure hisself how to go about it."
"You need to give that to myself when you are done."
"They decided just to do that theirselves."

Which ones are correct? Which ones are unacceptable? Why?

The words "myself," "himself," "herself," "ourselves," and "themselves" are reflexive pronouns. Reflexive use is not often addressed in grammar books. We find present, past, future, and perfect tenses. And we find the various cases of pronouns. Both of those are enough to keep the average person confused! Then the "myself" word rears its ugly head and there are few books that offer rules for its use. Let me offer some guidelines....

comedy conversation 1

wow4all — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:34:18 GMT

The following quotations are taken from official court records across the nation, showing how funny and embarrassing it is that recorders operate at all times in courts of law, so that even the slightest inadvertence is preserved for posterity.

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Lawyer: "Now, Mrs. Johnson, how was your first marriage terminated?"
Witness: "By death."
Lawyer: "And by whose death was it terminated?"
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Accused, Defending His Own Case: "Did you get a good look at my face when I took your purse?"
The defendant was found guilty and sentenced to ten years in jail.
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Lawyer: "What is your date of birth?"
Witness: "July 15th."
Lawyer: "What year?"
Witness: "Every year..."

Common Latin Abbrevation in English

wow4all — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:11:18 GMT

اختصارات رايج زبان لاتين در انگليسي

Common Latin Abbrevation in English

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