Happy new year

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عید نوروز باستانی رو به همه شما عزیزان تبریک میگم.

Happy new year

Best wishes,

Parvin.

آموزش زبان انگلیسی Renovating and decorating your house

Renovating and decorating your house

Many people in the UK like renovating or "doing up" their houses to keep up with fashions and trends. Here are some useful English words and phrases to describe this

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Decorating

give something a lick / a coat of paint = paint walls

hang / put up wallpaper = to attach new paper to the walls

fit / put up blinds or curtains = cover the windows either with curtains (fabric hanging across the window) or blinds (strips of plastic or fabric that cover the window)

throw out / replace the old light fittings = change the lights

go for a (name of fashion) effect = recreate a particular look

put the finishing touches to = complete the decoration with the final details

Renovation

have an extension = build on to the existing house to provide more rooms

put in a conservatory / a fitted kitchen / a new bathroom = to install a conservatory (room between the back of the house and the garden), a fitted kitchen (where the units are connected, rather than being single pieces) or a new bathroom

convert the loft (have a loft conversion) = convert the attic into a liveable room

turn the dining room into a spare bedroom = convert a room into one with a different purpose

knock down a wall = demolish a wall

knock through from the kitchen = demolish the wall from the kitchen into another room

build a patio = build a paved area around part or the whole of the house

rewire the house = put in new electrical wiring

install central heating / solar panels = put in a new heating system

re-plaster the ceiling = take off the old plaster (covering the bricks) and replace it with new

re-tile the bathroom = put new tiles on the floor and walls

Other useful expressions

diy = Do it Yourself (doing maintenance and building works in your house)

be handy around the house = to be practical and able to do jobs in the house

draw up plans = to make technical plans before you do building or renovation work

get planning / building permission = to get authorisation from the town hall to do work on your house

 

An Oasis in the Moment

An Oasis in the Moment

If you come to visit me

You will find me behind the realm of naught

Behind naught there is a place

Where the veins of the air is full of dandelions

Who bring the happy tidings of flowers blossoming

At the farthest bush

Over the sands also you can see the delicate

Footsteps of the horseman who mounted the

Anemone hill of ascension at morning

Beyond the realm of naught the umbrella of

Desire has been spread

So that the breeze of thirst can run into the leave's root

The siren of the rain resounds

One is lonely here

And in this loneliness the shade of an elm

Stretches to eternity

If you come to visit me

Come gently and slowly lest the fragile china of my

Solitude cracks.

واحه یی در لحظه 

به سراغ من اگر می آیید

پشت هیچستانم

پشت هیچستان جایی است

پشت هیچستان رگ های هوا پر قاصد هایی است

که خبر می آرند ازگل واشده ی

 دورترین بوته ی خاک

روی شن ها هم نقش های سم اسبان

 سواران ظریفی است

 که صبح به سر تپه ی معراج شقایق رفتند

پشت هیچستان چتر خواهش باز است

تا نسیم عطشی در بن برگی بدود

زنگ باران به صدا می‌ آید

آدم اینجا تنهاست

و در این تنهایی سایه ی نارونی

 تا ابدیت جاری است

به سراغ من اگر می آیید

نرم و آهسته بیایید مبادا که ترک بردارد

چینی نازک تنهایی من

Fun

Catch a Rabbit 

 

The LAPD, The FBI, and the CIA are all trying to prove that they are the best at apprehending criminals. The President decides to give them a test. He releases a rabbit into a forest and each of them has to catch it.

The CIA goes in.

They place animal informants throughout the forest. They question all plant and mineral witnesses. After three months of extensive investigations they conclude that rabbits do not exist.

The FBI goes in.

After two weeks with no leads they burn the forest, killing everything in it, including the rabbit, and they make no apologies. The rabbit had it coming.

The LAPD goes in.

They come out two hours later with a badly beaten bear. The bear is yelling: "Okay! Okay! I'm a rabbit! I'm a rabbit!" 

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Facts about Old Men and Women 

Q: Where can guys over 65 find youthful, pretty women who are interested in dating them?

A: Look in the library-------under Romantic Fiction.

Q: How can a guy cope during his wife's menopause?

A: By staying busy. If you're mechanically inclined, you can remodel the garage. When you are finished you will have a flat in which to live.

Q: How can a woman raise the heart rate of her 65+ year old spouse?

A: She should tell him she's with child.

Q: What can an older woman do for the wrinkles on her neck?

A: Don't wear a brassiere. The additional hanging "weights" will take out the wrinkles.

Q: How can older people remember where they parked their cars?

A: Use the Valet service. They have to remember where your car is.

Q: Do older people have problems storing their short term memories?

A: No, they have problems retrieving the memories from storage.

Q: Do older people have deeper sleep?

A: They do, but normally their deep sleep happens in the afternoon

Q: Where can older people find prescription eye glasses?

A: On top of their heads.

Q: What is the most often used sentence uttered by older people when they visit antique shops?

A: 'Gee, I have one of these.' 

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Be happy!

Friendship Poem

Friends

A friend is someone we turn to
when our spirits need a lift.
A friend is someone we treasure
for our friendship is a gift.
A friend is someone who fills our lives
with beauty, joy, and grace.
And makes the whole world we live in
a better and happier place.

- Jean Kyler McManus- 

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Friends will come and friends will go,
The seasons change and it will show,
I will age and so will you,
But our friendship stays, strong and true.

- Author Unknown -


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For Those Lost In 9/11

If I could catch a rainbow
I would do it just for you,
And share with you its beauty
On the days you're feeling blue

If I could build a mountain
You could call your very own,
A place to find serenity,
A place to be alone

If I could take your troubles
I would toss them in the sea,
But all these things I'm finding
Are impossible for me

I cannot build a mountain,
Or catch a rainbow fair,
But let me be what I know best,
A friend who's always there

- Author Unknown -