SENTENCE VARIETY

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The Science of Online Dating

Some online dating sites promise to find your soul-mate by using sophisticated matching algorithms. But a new study by social psychologists says they don't work. We discuss the science of relationships. Can we make accurate predictions about love? How do you use online dating sites? Has it worked for you?

Host: Scott Shafer

Guests:

• Eli Finkel, associate professor of social psychology at Northwestern University
• Pepper Schwartz, professor of sociology at the University of Washington, chief relationship expert at PerfectMatch.com and developer of the algorithm they use to match potential couples
• Thomas Lewis, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at UCSF and co-author of "A General Theory of Love," which explains the psychobiology of emotion and human relationships
• souce:  http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201202171000
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rubber stamp

• rubber stamp [countable]
• a small piece of rubber with a handle, used for printing dates or names on paper

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

bulldog

• bull‧dog [countable]
• a powerful dog with a large head, a short neck, and short thick legs

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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band aid

• Band-Aid [countable]
• 1 trademark especially American English a piece of thin material that is stuck to the skin to cover cuts and other small wounds [= plaster British English]
• 2 a Band-Aid solution to a problem is temporary and will not solve the problem - used to show disapproval:
• This idea is criticized by some as a Band-Aid solution.

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

key ring

• key ring [countable]
• a metal ring that you keep keys on

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

BLOG DEDICADO A LA LUNA

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CURTAINS

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COMPUTER MAGAZINE

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VICTORIAN WEB

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Comic strip by Ed. Stein.

28-02-2012

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Test Your Vocabulary Skills
A Boring/Fascinating Worksheet About Adjectives
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Choose the best adjective out of the two given in each question below:
1. Sammi didn’t have time to finish the whole exam, so some of her answers
were incomplete/deficient.
2. My father’s new car is really rapid/fast.
3. The weather forecast wasn’t very accurate/truthful, because they said it would
rain and it’s been fine all day.
4. The noticeable dearth of goal-scoring opportunities means that these are
annoying/worrying times indeed for Danby United.
5. My little brother is so greedy/eager. He’s just finished his fourth banana!
6. We gave a donation to the charity, partly because the children on their poster
looked  so precious/vulnerable.
7. When we got married my husband promised that he would always be
dependable/faithful to me.
8. I like the new cushions on your sofa, they’re lovely/lovable.
9. I believe if you want something in life badly enough you should be
powerful/persistent and never give up until you’ve reached your goal.
10. This isn’t the finished version of my essay. I always write a rough/clean draft
first.
11. Some critics haven’t enjoyed Spielberg’s later films, such as The Terminal
and AI, finding them a little too sentimental/extreme.
12. James proposed to Maria at Gina’s party on Saturday. He got down on one
knee and everything! It certainly made for a spectacular/memorable evening.
13. When I told my boss that I needed two weeks off to visit my sick grandmother
in Mexico, she wasn’t very sympathetic/acceptable. Probably because she
knows I don’t have any relatives in Mexico.
14. Jenna doesn’t like her curly/floppy hair, but she’s too lazy to straighten it.
15. “Jas, that skirt is horrendous! No one will ever find you remotely
pleasant/attractive if you go outside wearing that!” counselled Jas’s best
friend, Mandy. English Banana.com
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Answers:
1.  incomplete
2.  fast
3.  accurate
4.  worrying
5.  greedy
6.  vulnerable
7.  faithful
8.  lovely
9.  persistent
10. rough
11. sentimental
12. memorable
13. sympathetic
14. curly
15. attractive

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Comic strip by Ed. Stein.

26-02-2012

ADVANCED AND PROFICIENCY VOCABULARY SAT Vocab: Feign (V)

WRITING ENGLISH

• Basic Guide to Essay Writing - http://lklivingston.tripod.com/essay/index.htmlDescribe los pasos que nos guiarán en el proceso de escribir una redacción.
• English Works! Writing: Essays - http://vl2.gallaudet.edu/ 
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  Excelente sitio que muestra la estructura de una redacción así como sus tipos más comunes y ejemplos.
• Essay Info :: Essay Writing Center - http://essayinfo.com/ Consejos para mejorar la destreza de writing.
• Homework Center: Writing Skills - http://www.infoplease.com/homework/writingskills1.htmlConsejos para escribir distintos tipos de redacciones.

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ESTUDIO TÉCNICO Y RESTAURACIÓN DE LA GIOCONDA EN EL PRADO. GRACIAS MARISA.

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artist

• art‧ist [countable]
• 1 someone who produces art, especially paintings or drawings:
• an exhibition of paintings by local artists

• ➔ make-up artist

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• 2 a professional performer, especially a singer, dancer, or actor:
• Many of the artists in the show donated their fee to charity.
• 3 informal someone who is extremely good at something:
• He's an artist in the kitchen.
• ➔ con artist

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

Rhee founded the nonprofit organization StudentsFirst last year. Listening

Former Washington, D.C. schools chancellor Michelle Rhee has brought her "no excuses" brand of education reform to Northern California. Rhee founded the nonprofit organization StudentsFirst last year, and has based it in her new home in Sacramento. In this new role, Rhee continues to doggedly promote policies -- like merit pay and accountability through test scores -- that made her a controversial figure in her old job.

Host: Michael Krasny
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radish

• rad‧ish [countable]
• a small vegetable whose red or white root is eaten raw and has a strong spicy taste

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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snail

• snail [countable]
• 1 a small soft creature that moves very slowly and has a hard shell on its back
• 2

   at a snail's pace

  extremely slowly:
• Traffic was moving at a snail's pace.

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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kiss

• kiss
• 1 [intransitive and transitive] to touch someone with your lips as a greeting, to show them love, or as part of a sexual relationship:
• Maggie leaned forward and kissed her cheek.
• Georgina took him in her arms and kissed him on the lips.
• Jim and Mary kissed (=they kissed each other).
• kiss somebody gently/lightly
• He kissed her gently and stroked her hair.
• kiss somebody goodbye/goodnight etc
• Kiss Daddy goodnight.
• 2 [transitive] to touch something with your lips as a sign of respect:
• She raised the crucifix to her lips and kissed it.
• 3

   kiss goodbye to something/kiss something goodbye

  informal to accept that you will lose something or lose an opportunity to do something:
• She knew if she concentrated on her marriage she could kiss her career goodbye.
• 4

   kiss something better

  spoken used, especially to a child, to say that you will take away the pain of something by kissing them:
• Here, let Mommy kiss it better.
• 5

   kiss my ass

  American English informal not polite an insulting expression used to show that you do not respect someone
• 6

   kiss (somebody's) ass

  American English informal not polite to be too nice to someone who can give you something you want - used to show disapproval
• 7 [transitive] literary if the wind, sun etc kisses something, it gently moves or touches it

• kiss up to somebody 

  phrasal verb
• to try to please someone in order to get them to do something for you - used to show disapproval [= suck up to British English]
• If you say that, it'll look like you're kissing up to me.

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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pitcher

• pitch‧er [countable]
• 1 the player in baseball who throws the ball
• 2 American English a container for holding and pouring a liquid, with a handle and a shaped part to help the liquid flow out [= jug British English]
• a pitcher of water
• 3 British English a large clay container with two handles, used in the past for holding and pouring a liquid

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

Geography game

Para vuestros alumnos, hijos, sobrinos, nietos y... también para vosotros

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MARK CHAGALL EN EL MUSEO THYSSEN

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Organised by the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum and Caja Madrid Foundation and curated by Jean-Louis Prat, President of the Comité Chagall, this exhibition will be the first major retrospective in Spain devoted to this Russian artist. Its principal aim is to highlight the prominent role played by Chagall within the history of art. The galleries of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum will display work from the artist’s early years and from his period in Paris, at that time capital of the avant-garde. In addition, there will be sections on Chagall’s experience in Revolutionary Russia and in France up to the time of his enforced exile to the United States in 1941. The exhibition space of Caja Madrid Foundation will focus on the artist’s American years and on his subsequent artistic evolution. Attention will be paid to his use of biblical subjects and his relationship with contemporary poets. Also on display will be works in other media such as sculptures and ceramics.

Exposición Chagall: Visita privada guiada en exclusiva para los Amigos

Del 19 de febrero al 05 de marzo de 2012

Los Amigos del Museo podrán disfrutar de una nueva visita guiada organizada en exclusiva para ellos, en esta ocasión, a la exposición Chagall que el Museo y la Fundación Caja Madrid presentan el próximo 14 de febrero. La que será la primera retrospectiva en España del artista ruso reúne más de 150 obras procedentes de museos y colecciones privadas de todo el mundo, para repasar toda la trayectoria de uno de los artistas más singulares del siglo XX. 
Las visitas tendrán lugar los domingos 19 y 26 de febrero, de 19.00 a 21.20 horas, y el lunes 20, de 11 a 13 h. y de 18 a 21 h., en la sede del Museo Thyssen, y los lunes 27 de febrero y el 5 de marzo, de 11 a 13 h. y de 18 a 21 h., en la sede de la Fundación Caja Madrid. Las reservas pueden efectuarse a partir del lunes 13 de febrero online en el link que figura debajo, y a través del teléfono exclusivo para los Amigos 91 127 82 22 y del teléfono 902 760 511, de 9 a 20 horas.

Reserva de entradas para Amigos del Museo

KEEPING YOUR ENGLISH ALIVE.

• SOURCE:  http://www.phrasemix.com/
• When you come home, there are a lot of dry cleaning bags hanging in the closet. You wonder why your husband cleaned so many things. You ask:
• What's with all the dry cleaning?

He who pays the piper calls the tune

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Possible interpretation: The person who pays a musician can decide what music he wants to hear. And the person who pays for any service has the right to say exactly what he wants.

Note: piper (noun) = a person who plays the pipe (a musical instrument) | tune (noun) = a melody; a piece of music

Quick Quiz:

Mark tapped his wallet and said to his friends, "He who pays the piper calls the tune", meaning that

he wondered if they'd like to go to a concert he would decide where they would eat he'd spent all his money Source: www.englishclub.com

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give the green light

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Meaning: If you give something the green light, you give permission for it to be done, or allow it to happen.

For example:

• The government has given the green light to our tree-planting project, so we can go ahead and start organizing things.
  
• As soon as our CEO gives the new product the green light, we'll start planning production.
  

Quick Quiz:

If we're given the green light by the local council, we'll

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filling

• filling
• 1 [countable] a small amount of metal that is put into your tooth to cover a hole:
• gold fillings
• 2 [uncountable and countable] the food that you put inside a pie, sandwich etc:
• cherry filling
• 3 [uncountable and countable] the soft material inside a cushion, pillow etc

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

pith

• pith [uncountable]
• 1 a white substance just under the outside skin of oranges and similar fruit:
• Peel the oranges with a sharp knife to remove all pith.
• 2 a soft white substance that fills the stems of some plants

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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rest

• rest
• 1

  relax

   [intransitive] to stop working or doing an activity for a time and sit down or lie down to relax:
• If you're tired, we'll stop and rest for a while.

cot

• cot [countable]
• 1 British English a small bed with high sides for a baby or young child [= crib American English]
• 2 American English a camp bed

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

Living Alone and Loving It: listening practice

Living Alone and Loving It

Thu, Feb 23, 2012 -- 10:00 AM

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In his new book "Going Solo," Eric Klinenberg interviewed hundreds of people living alone. He wanted to know why in the modern world more than 50 percent of adults are single, and why so many love living alone. We explore the rise in solo-living and the sociology behind it.

Host: Michael Krasny

Click the link below:

http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201202231000

Guests:

• Eric Klinenberg, author of "Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone"

More info:

• About Eric Klinenberg : at EricKlinenberg.com
• About the book "Going Solo" : at IndieBound.org

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CREATE YOUR OWN INTERACTIVE POSTERS

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