WHO'S WHO?

Remember you described yourselves some classes ago. Somebody wrote:

"I am a self-confident and sensitive woman. I am friendly, easy-going and sometimes a little shy.

I like to spend my free time with friends, and love practicing sports, especially running. I'm very active.

I'm tall and brunette. I have long hair, brown eyes and a small nose"

Can you guess if the "unknown lady" is in the pic?

BTW, you all look great!

A Succesful Team Beats With One Heart

Dear all,

In today's class we talked about proverbs and sayings and adages, and I do believe some truth lies in the title of this entry, which is in fact a saying. Somebody once said: " The whole is greater than the sum of the parts"
It was a great pleasure to see you all this evening working together in a collaborative way in order to recall meanings of vocabulary items. You consulted each other, relied on each other, corrected and encouraged each other in a way that reflected the very essence of "synergy". After all, this is what learning and living is all about, isn't it? CHEERS!

You know what TEAM stands for?
Together Everyone Achieves More

ORAL PRESENTATION SEASON !!!

As from today, you have started the difficult task of speaking in front of an audience, and Adalberto was the first presenter of our class. Congratulations, Adalberto!!! I'm very proud of you because I do know what it means to pluck up courage to do what you've done today. Don't take the cartoon too seriously,please! You seemed to be so interested in the topic and you spoke so passionately tonight that I couldn't help imagining you could have been a hippie, too. (Just kidding!)
We all left the classroom today having learned something new, and that was thanks to the careful study and preparation that you devoted to your presentation on the HIPPIE COUNTERCULTURE.
I'm absolutely sure ALL OF YOU will benefit from these oral presentations since you will be polishing your reading and speaking skills and you will learn not only about the topic of your interest, which is taking you time and tons of effort ( I know that, believe me!), but also from the topics presented by your classmates, which might eventually arouse lots of personal queries and further interest in the topic.

I think it will be rewarding to receive comments on your own presentations from your classmates. Don't you think so? Don't hesitate to leave your comments and a friendly word here.

O me! O life!
O me! O life! of the questions of these recurring.Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill'd with the foolish.Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?)Of eyes that vainly crave the light, of the objects mean, of the struggle ever renew'd.Of the poor results of all, of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around me, Of the empty and useless years of the rest, with the rest me intertwined,The question, O me! so sad, recurring -- What good amid these, O me, O life?Answer That you are here--that life exists and identity,That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.
-WALT WHITMAN-1819-1892

A word about conjunctions...

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Steven Jobs' Commencement Speech

Hi Brushupers!

Hope you all enjoyed Children's Day, either playing with your own kids and relatives or just riding the merry-go-round of life.
In today's class, we will be talking about marriage, weddings and all that stuff.
See you ALL this evening!

Phrasal Verbs

Let`s practice phrasal verbs with these exercises and have fun!

Enjoy!

Friendship day

I only wanted to send you a warm hello and wishing you a beautiful day.

Long time no see!

Hi everybody!

It's been a week of national and local holidays, and we are finally getting together tomorrow evening , God willing.
I hope you are all ready for the quiz.
See you in class

If...

In today's class we worked with my all-time-favorite song My way, which you did seem to enjoy very much, too, and we compared and contrasted it with the poem If I had my life to live over. The song and the poem present two perspectives on life, which turned out to be thought-provoking and which led to a very interesting discussion.

Congrats!

Dear All,

I'm really very, very happy to see some of you have plucked up courage and decided to publish your comments in our Blog. Well done, Guillermo, Adal and Louis!!!!You might even try publishing your own entry. It's very simple. Just click on "Acceder" at the top of the blog. Then, write your e-mail address and password, and TA-DA you're there!!!
I hope the rest of you will join us in this "cyber-get-together."

See you this evening
Daniela

Surfing the Net

When looking for any kind of information, you might try using this search engine Google, which will surely lead you to your destination. You might as well end up surfing in a world of information you had never thought of before. Enjoy the journey!

Money - Pink Floyd

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Money, get (1)...
Get a good (2)... with good (3) ... and you're (4)....
(5)..., it's a gas
Grab that (6)... with both (7)... and make a stash.
A new (8)...., caviar, four-star daydream,
Think I'll buy me a (9)... team.

Money, get (10)...
I'm all right Jack keep (11).... off my stack.
Money, it's a (12)....
But (13) .... give me that do goodie good bullshit.
(14)....in the high-fidelity (15).... traveling set
And I think I (16).... a lear jet.

Money, it's a (17).....
Share it fairly but don't (18)..... a slice of my (19).....
Money, (20)..... they say
Is the root of all (21)..... today.
But if you (22)..... for a raise it's no (23).....
that they're giving none away.

Money, Money, Money

There are lots of English proverbs related to money.
What do you think about the following proverbs? Do you agree with them? Write your comments.


When money speaks, the truth keeps silent.
- Russian Proverb

He who knows how to be poor knows everything.
- Michelet

Rich or poor, it's good to have money.
- Sid Lance

If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.
- Simone Weil

A penny saved is a penny earned.
- Ben Franklin

I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.
- Pablo Picasso

When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
- Voltaire

Money isn't everything--but it's a long way ahead of what comes next. - Edmund Stockdale

The value of money is that with it we can tell any man to go to the devil. It is the sixth sense which enables you to enjoy the other five.
- Somerset Maugham