!Mira que luna! Look at that moon! Resources for learning English
Fernando Olivera: El rapto.- TEXT FROM THE NOVEL The goldfinch by Donna Tartt (...) One night we were in San Antonio, and I was having a bit of a melt-down, wanting my own room, you know, my dog, my own bed, and Daddy lifted me up on the fairgrounds and told me to look at the moon. When "you feel homesick", he said, just look up. Because the moon is the same wherever you go". So after he died, and I had to go to Aunt Bess -I mean, even now, in the city, when I see a full moon, it's like he's telling me not to look back or feel sad about things, that home is wherever I am. She kissed me on the nose. Or where you are, puppy. The center of my earth is you". The goldfinch Donna Tartt 4441 English edition
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
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HEALTH IN ENGLISH. 26-01-2011.
Are You Hard or Easy on Yourself?
By KATHERINE SCHULTEN
According to new research, going easy on yourself — or having “self-compassion” — may be healthier for you. Are you hard or easy on yourself? Are you judgmental about your own flaws and inadequacies, berating yourself for not exercising more or getting better grades? Do you treat yourself as well as you treat your loved ones? Why or why not?
THE NEW YORK TIMES EDUCATIONLearn about HEALTH PLAYING WITH The learning network from The New Yourk Times.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
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PHRASE MATCH CONNECTED WITH THE PREVIOUS ENTRY, BELOW_
BREAKING NEWS: The Word “Dear” Disappearing in E-mails (22nd January, 2011).
:3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.) |
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letter-writing |
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of sealing wax |
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people have long |
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it is too intimate |
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a recent e-mail |
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handle on it |
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going the way |
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been aware of |
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no longer using it
because |
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polish |
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lack |
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off a mail |
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it shows |
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etiquette |
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If we don't get a |
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respect |
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address your |
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to reporters |
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signing |
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reader |
BREAKING NEWS: The Word “Dear” Disappearing in E-mails (22nd January, 2011).
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has raised an issue of letter-writing etiquette many older people have long been aware of – the disappearance of the opening word “Dear” in e-mails. WSJ reporter Dionne Searcy said times have changed regarding this traditional greeting.
She wrote how Abraham Lincoln started an 1863 letter, “My dear General.” President Lincoln also started letters to Mrs Lincoln, “Dear Wife.”
Ms Searcy compared this to a recent e-mail to reporters from Giselle Barry, a spokeswoman for a U.S. politician, that started “Hey, folks.” Searcy says the use of “Dear” is going the way of sealing wax and the handwritten letter. Ms Barry believes people are no longer using it because it is too intimate.
The WSJ quotes business etiquette expert Lydia Ramsey who believes people who do not start e-mails with “Dear” will “lack polish”. She says: “It sets the tone for that business relationship, and it shows respect. Email is so impersonal it needs all the help it can get.” Jean Broke-Smith, an etiquette teacher agrees. She writes on the BBC website: “We're losing the art of letter writing. E-mails are becoming like texts - everyone is abbreviating. If we don't get a handle on it, future generations won't be able to spell at all.” English teacher Katie Craig offers the following advice: “The rule is, address your reader as you would in the context with which you are replacing the e-mail.” The same goes for the minefield of signing off a mail.
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