آموزش زبان انگلیسی
آموزش زبان انگلیسی ,آموزش گرامر انگلیسی , مکالمه انگلیسی, اصطلاح , لغت , تست , سرگرمی , ضرب المثل, شعر , داستان , نکته ها ی مهم , و اخبار جالب..آموزش زبان انگلیسی
آموزش زبان انگلیسی ,آموزش گرامر انگلیسی , مکالمه انگلیسی, اصطلاح , لغت , تست , سرگرمی , ضرب المثل, شعر , داستان , نکته ها ی مهم , و اخبار جالب..American Idioms
American Idioms
Call it a day
"Let's call it a day and go home," Teddy said. Because the person he's addressing doesn't understand the expression, it's up to me to explain that when we call it a day, we stop whatever we are doing, regardless of the time. "After twenty years as a postman, Mr Burr called it a day and retired."
Go Dutch
It takes at least two people to go Dutch for the simple reason that when we go Dutch we share the cost of something, each person paying his or her own expenses. "Hans invited Gretchen to join him for lunch. Knowing he hasn't much money, Gretchen has insisted that they go Dutch."
Conversation
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I had mine this morning. Was I relieved when I opened the envelope! |
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Maggie |
So it was good news. |
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Yes, I passed in all subjects. But I only just scraped through in sociology. |
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Whether you just scraped through or got full marks doesn't matter. You passed. That's the main thing. |
Scrape through - Succeed with difficulty in passing an exam
Happy Valentine's Day
Your Name
I wrote your name in the sky,
but the wind blew it away.
I wrote your name in the sand,
but the waves washed it away.
I wrote your name in my heart,
and forever it will stay.
- Jessica Blade -
I Asked God
I asked God for a flower, he gave me a bouquet
I asked God for a minute, he gave me a day
I asked God for true love, he gave me that too
I asked for an angel and he gave me you.
- John Raine -
if I’d wish to be anything
If I could wish to be anything
I’d wish to be your tear
to be conceived by your heart,
born in your eye
live on your cheek
and die on your lips
- stephanie mcfarlane-
واقعا متاسفم برای این شخص
سلام به خوانندگان عزیز این وبلاگ
به تازگی متوجه شدم شخصی پیدا شده که با اسم این وبلاگ در وبلاگهای دیگه نظر میگذاره و توهین میکنه. من دقیقا میدونم اون شخص بی ادب کیه.متاسفانه به جای اینکه سعی کنه خوب و صحیح به کار وبلاگ نویسی آموزشی بپردازه و با همکاران وبلاگنویسش در ارتباط باشه . وقتی میبینه همکارش در سطح بالاتری از خودشه , بازدید کننده ی زیادی داره به جای یک همکاری و رقابت سالم با اسم اون وبلاگ موفق در وبلاگهای دیگه توهین میکنه, نظرات بدی رو میگذاره اونم به اسم این وبلاگ-واقعا متاسفم برای این شخص
The History of Saint Valentine's Day
The History of Saint Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day started in the time of the Roman Empire. In ancient Rome, February 14th was a holiday to honour Juno. Juno was the Queen of the Roman Gods and Goddesses. The Romans also knew her as the Goddess of women and marriage. The following day, February 15th, began the Feast of Lupercalia.
The lives of young boys and girls were strictly separate. However, one of the customs of the young people was name drawing. On the eve of the festival of Lupercalia the names of Roman girls were written on slips of paper and placed into jars. Each young man would draw a girl's name from the jar and would then be partners for the duration of the festival with the girl whom he chose. Sometimes the pairing of the children lasted an entire year, and often, they would fall in love and would later marry.
Under the rule of Emperor Claudius II Rome was involved in many bloody and unpopular campaigns. Claudius the Cruel was having a difficult time getting soldiers to join his military leagues. He believed that the reason was that roman men did not want to leave their loves or families. As a result, Claudius cancelled all marriages and engagements in Rome. The good Saint Valentine was a priest at Rome in the days of Claudius II. He and Saint Marius aided the Christian martyrs and secretly married couples, and for this kind deed Saint Valentine was apprehended and dragged before the Prefect of Rome, who condemned him to be beaten to death with clubs and to have his head cut off. He suffered martyrdom on the 14th day of February, about the year 270. At that time it was the custom in Rome, a very ancient custom, indeed, to celebrate in the month of February the Lupercalia, feasts in honour of a heathen god. On these occasions, amidst a variety of pagan ceremonies, the names of young women were placed in a box, from which they were drawn by the men as chance directed.
The pastors of the early Christian Church in Rome endeavoured to do away with the pagan element in these feasts by substituting the names of saints for those of maidens. And as the Lupercalia began about the middle of February, the pastors appear to have chosen Saint Valentine's Day for the celebration of this new feaSt. So it seems that the custom of young men choosing maidens for valentines, or saints as patrons for the coming year, arose in this way.
St. Valentine's Story
Let me introduce myself. My name is Valentine. I lived in Rome during the third century. That was long, long ago! At that time, Rome was ruled by an emperor named Claudius. I didn't like Emperor Claudius, and I wasn't the only one! A lot of people shared my feelings.
Claudius wanted to have a big army. He expected men to volunteer to join. Many men just did not want to fight in wars. They did not want to leave their wives and families. As you might have guessed, not many men signed up. This made Claudius furious. So what happened? He had a crazy idea. He thought that if men were not married, they would not mind joining the army. So Claudius decided not to allow any more marriages. Young people thought his new law was cruel. I thought it was preposterous! I certainly wasn't going to support that law!
Did I mention that I was a priest? One of my favourite activities was to marry couples. Even after Emperor Claudius passed his law, I kept on performing marriage ceremonies -- secretly, of course. It was really quite exciting. Imagine a small candlelit room with only the bride and groom and myself. We would whisper the words of the ceremony, listening all the while for the steps of soldiers.
One night, we did hear footsteps. It was scary! Thank goodness the couple I was marrying escaped in time. I was caught. (Not quite as light on my feet as I used to be, I guess.) I was thrown in jail and told that my punishment was death.
I tried to stay cheerful. And do you know what? Wonderful things happened. Many young people came to the jail to visit me. They threw flowers and notes up to my window. They wanted me to know that they, too, believed in love.
One of these young people was the daughter of the prison guard. Her father allowed her to visit me in the cell. Sometimes we would sit and talk for hours. She helped me to keep my spirits up. She agreed that I did the right thing by ignoring the Emperor and going ahead with the secret marriages. On the day I was to die, I left my friend a little note thanking her for her friendship and loyalty. I signed it, "Love from your Valentine."
I believe that note started the custom of exchanging love messages on Valentine's Day. It was written on the day I died, February 14, 269 A.D. Now, every year on this day, people remember. But most importantly, they think about love and friendship. And when they think of Emperor Claudius, they remember how he tried to stand in the way of love, and they laugh -- because they know that love can't be beaten!
Valentine Traditions
Hundreds of years ago in England, many children dressed up as adults on Valentine's Day. They went singing from home to home. One verse they sang was:
Good morning to you, valentine;
Curl your locks as I do mine---
Two before and three behind.
Good morning to you, valentine.
In Wales wooden love spoons were carved and given as gifts on February 14th. Hearts, keys and keyholes were favourite decorations on the spoons. The decoration meant, "You unlock my heart!"
In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who their valentines would be. They would wear these names on their sleeves for one week. To wear your heart on your sleeve now means that it is easy for other people to know how you are feeling.
In some countries, a young woman may receive a gift of clothing from a young man. If she keeps the gift, it means she will marry him.
Some people used to believe that if a woman saw a robin flying overhead on Valentine's Day, it meant she would marry a sailor. If she saw a sparrow, she would marry a poor man and be very happy. If she saw a goldfinch, she would marry a millionaire.
A love seat is a wide chair. It was first made to seat one woman and her wide dress. Later, the love seat or courting seat had two sections, often in an S-shape. In this way, a couple could sit together -- but not too closely!
Think of five or six names of boys or girls you might marry, As you twist the stem of an apple, recite the names until the stem comes off. You will marry the person whose name you were saying when the stem fell off.
Pick a dandelion that has gone to seed. Take a deep breath and blow the seeds into the wind. Count the seeds that remain on the stem. That is the number of children you will have.
If you cut an apple in half and count how many seeds are inside, you will also know how many children you will have
Roman Empire: noun the empire under Roman rule established in 27 BC and divided in AD 395 into the Western or Latin and Eastern or Greek Empire.
امپراطورى رم
Juno: n. goddess of marriage and wife of the god Jupiter (Roman Mythology); one of the 4 largest and brightest asteroids (Astronomy); regal and beautiful woman; female first name -نام زن ژوپیتر
Feast: n. banquet, huge meal, exceptionally delicious meal; something unusually pleasurable; holiday, religious festival -مهمانى ،سور،ضیافت ،عید،خوشگذرانى کردن ،جشن
Lupercalia:
Lupercalia: also Lupercal 'lu:pəkal)
■ noun [usu. treated as sing.] an ancient Roman festival of purification and fertility, held annually on 15 February. روز 15 فوریه
Origin
L., neut. plural of lupercalis 'relating to Lupercus', Roman equivalent of the Greek god Pan.
strictly: adv. severely, harshly; literally; explicitly, exactly; absolutely, completely -اکیدا"،سخت ،دقیقا"
eve: n. day or evening before a holiday or other event; period of time before an important event -شب عید،شب ،شامگاه ،در شرف ،(باحرف بزرگ )حوا،جنس زن
Emperor: n. ruler, sovereign, monarch
-شاهنشاه ،امپراطور،امپراتور،فرمانفرما
Claudius: n. Claudius I (10 BC-AD 54), Roman emperor; Claudius II (AD 214-270), Roman emperor
priest: n. clergyman, minister; one who performs religious rites
-کشیش ،مجتهد،روحانى
martyr: n. one who chooses to die or be put to death rather than renounce his faith; one who suffers greatly -
فدایى ،شهید
amidst: prep. in the middle of; surrounded by
درمیان ،وسط
پاسخ به سوالات
مریم: در ان مورد مطالعه کنید و با لغات و جملات خودتان بنوسید.مطمئن باشید میتوانید.
سپیده: پیدا نکردم.
از بقیه دوستان به خاطر لطفشان تشکر میکنم.
پاسخ به سوالات
مریم: در ان مورد مطالعه کنید و با لغات و جملات خودتان بنوسید.مطمئن باشید میتوانید.
سپیده: پیدا نکردم.
از بقیه دوستان به خاطر لطفشان تشکر میکنم.
Valentines Day History
Valentines Day History
There are varying opinions as to the origin of Valentine's Day. Some experts state that it originated from St. Valentine, a Roman who was martyred for refusing to give up Christianity. He died on February 14, 269 A.D., the same day that had been devoted to love lotteries. Legend also says that St. Valentine left a farewell note for the jailer's daughter, who had become his friend, and signed it "From Your Valentine". Other aspects of the story say that Saint Valentine served as a priest at the temple during the reign of Emperor Claudius. Claudius then had Valentine jailed for defying him. In 496 A.D. Pope Gelasius set aside February 14 to honour St. Valentine.
Gradually, February 14 became the date for exchanging love messages and St. Valentine became the patron saint of lovers. The date was marked by sending poems and simple gifts such as flowers. There was often a social gathering or a ball.
In the United States, Miss Esther Howland is given credit for sending the first valentine cards. Commercial valentines were introduced in the 1800's and now the date is very commercialised. The town of Loveland, Colorado, does a large post office business around February 14. The spirit of good continues as valentines are sent out with sentimental verses and children exchange valentine cards at school.
Varying: adjective giving variety to
Expert: noun skilled, knowledgeable
Give up: abandon
Martyred: verb make into a martyr; execute on religious grounds; torture; persecute
Devoted to: loving towards, loyal to, faithful to; dedicated to
Legend: n. story that has been handed down over generations and cannot be proved to be true or fictitious, tale, myth, fable; collection of myths or fables; explanatory table for a map (or chart, etc.); inscription (on a coin, monument, etc.)
Farewell: ■ exclamation chiefly literary goodbye.
■ Noun an act of parting or of marking someone's departure.
Jailer: noun PRISON OFFICER, jail keeper, one who is in charge of a jail or a section of a jail; one who imprisons another (also jailor), warder, wardress, warden, guard, captor; informal screw; archaic turnkey.
Priest: ■ noun
an ordained minister of the Catholic, Orthodox, or Anglican Church, authorized to perform certain rites and administer certain sacraments. ▶a person who performs ceremonies in a non-Christian religion.
a mallet used to kill fish caught when angling.
■ Verb formal ordain to the priesthood.
The temple:
the Temple
Large Jewish building for the worship of God
temple
▶ Noun HOUSE OF GOD, shrine, sanctuary; church, cathedral, mosque, synagogue, shul; archaic fane.
Claudius: n. Claudius I (10 BC-AD 54), Roman emperor; Claudius II (AD 214-270), Roman emperor
Defying him: disobeyed him, openly challenged him
defy
■ Verb (defies, defying, defied)
openly resist or refuse to obey.
Challenge to do or prove something: he glowered at her, defying her to mock him. ▶be of such a kind or nature that (a specified action or attitude) is almost impossible: the effrontery of the man defied belief. ▶archaic challenge to combat.
Set aside: ■ noun
the policy of taking land out of production to reduce crop surpluses. ▶land taken out of production in this way.
US a government contract awarded without competition to a minority-owned business.
US a portion of funds reserved for a purpose.
Honour: (US honor) noun (British) respect, dignity
Noun
great respect or esteem. ▶a feeling of pride and pleasure from being shown respect. ▶a source of esteem.
a clear sense of what is morally right.
a thing conferred as a distinction. ▶ (honours) a special distinction for proficiency in an examination. ▶ (honours) a course of degree studies more specialized than for an ordinary pass.
(His, Your, etc. Honour) a title of respect for a circuit judge, a US mayor, and (in Irish or rustic speech) any person of rank.
Golf the right of driving off first, having won the previous hole.
Dated a woman's chastity.
Bridge an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten. ▶ (honours) possession of at least four of these cards in the trump suit, or of all four aces in no trumps, for which a bonus is scored.
■ Verb
regard with great respect. ▶pay public respect to.
Bring esteem to (a place or event) with one's presence.
fulfil (an obligation) or keep (an agreement). ▶accept (a bill) or pay (a cheque) when due.
phrase
Do the honours informal perform a social duty for others, especially serve food or drink.
Honour bright Brit. dated on my honour.
honours are even Brit. there is equality in the contest.
In honour of as an expression of respect for.
On one's honour under a moral obligation.
On (or upon) my honour used to express sincerity.
gradually :
▶ adverb SLOWLY, slowly but surely, cautiously, gently, gingerly; piecemeal, little by little, bit by bit, inch by inch, by degrees; progressively, systematically; regularly, steadily.
Patron saint: noun
a patron of the arts: SPONSOR, backer, financier, benefactor, benefactress, contributor, subscriber, donor; philanthropist, promoter, friend, supporter; informal angel.
Club patrons: CUSTOMER, client, frequenter, consumer, user, visitor, guest; informal regular
:social gathering
Get-together, social event
commercialize :
Or commercialise
■ verb manage or exploit in a way designed to make a profit.
sentimental :
adj. appealing to the emotions; nostalgic, tender, romantic; overly emotional, corny
ادامه دارد...
joke
McDonald, who was very sad,met his friend Sandy in the street.He said to his friend,"I cannot make up my mind whether to marry a wealthy widow whom i don't love or a poor girl whom i love very much.
Sandy said,"My dear friend, I advise you to listen to your heart and marry the poor girl that you love."
"You are right. I will marry the poor girl."
"In that case,can you give me the widow's address?
sad غمگین
I cannot make up my mind نمیتونم تصمیم بگیرم
widow بیوه
to meet(met,met) ملاقات کردن
whom که
to advise نصیحت کردن
heart قلب
in that case در اینصورت
whether آیا
to listen گوش دادن
you are right تو راست می گویی
ُSome Tests for Elementary
Part One: Elementary
Choose the correct answer to go in the gap.
1. Simon .... very tall.
پاسخ به سوالات
سمیه عزیز : چشم در اولین فرصت تستهای مورد نظر شما را به وبلاگ اضافه میکنیم.
ناصر : این هم متن شما در مورد تلویزیون البته فقط تاریخچه است
Television
Television is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance. The term has come to refer to all the aspects of television programming and transmission as well.
History
The development of television technology can be partitioned along two lines: those developments that depended upon both mechanical and electronic principles, and those which are purely electronic. From the latter descended all modern televisions, but these would not have been possible without discoveries and insights from the mechanical systems.
The word television is a hybrid word, created from both Greek and Latin. Tele- is Greek for "far", while -vision is from the Latin visio, meaning "vision" or "sight". It is often abbreviated as TV or the telly.
Electromechanical television
The German student Paul Gottlieb Nipkow proposed and patented the first electromechanical television system in 1885. Nipkow's spinning disk design is credited with being the first television image rasterizer. However, it wasn't until 1907 that developments in amplification tube technology made the design practical. Meanwhile, Constantin Perskyi had coined the word television in a paper read to the International Electricity Congress at the International World Fair in Paris on August 25, 1900. Perskeyi's paper reviewed the existing electromechanical technologies, mentioning the work of Nipkow and others.
In 1911, Boris Rosing and his student Vladimir Kosma Zworykin created a television system that used a mechanical mirror-drum scanner to transmit, in Zworykin's words, "very crude images" over wires to the electronic Braun tube (cathode ray tube) in the receiver. Moving images were not possible because, in the scanner, "the sensitivity was not enough and the selenium cell was very laggy." Zworykin later went to work for RCA to build a purely electronic television, the design of which was eventually found to violate patents by Philo Taylor Farnsworth.
On March 25, 1925, Scottish inventor John Logie Baird gave a demonstration of televised silhouette images at Selfridge's Department Store in London. But if television is defined as the transmission of live, moving, half-tone (grayscale) images, and not silhouette or still images, Baird achieved this privately on October 2, 1925, and gave the world's first public demonstration of a working television system to members of the Royal Institution and a newspaper reporter on January 26, 1926 at his laboratory in London. Unlike later electronic systems with several hundred lines of resolution, Baird's vertically scanned image, using a scanning disc embedded with a double spiral of lenses, had only 30 lines, just enough to reproduce a recognizable human face.
In 1928 Baird's company (Baird Television Development Company / Cinema Television) broadcast the first transatlantic television signal, between London and New York, and the first shore to ship transmission. He also demonstrated an electromechanical colour, infrared (dubbed "Noctovision"), and stereoscopic television, using additional lenses, disks and filters. In parallel he developed a video disk recording system dubbed "Phonovision"; a number of the Phonovision[1] recordings, dating back to 1927, still exist. In 1929 he became involved in the first experimental electromechanical television service in Germany. In 1931 he made the first live transmission, of the Epsom Derby. In 1932 he demonstrated ultra-short wave television. Baird's electromechanical system reached a peak of 240 lines of resolution on BBC television broadcasts in 1936, before being discontinued in favor of a 405 line all-electronic system.
In the U.S., Charles Francis Jenkins was able to demonstrate on June 13, 1925, the transmission of the silhouette image of a toy windmill in motion from a naval radio station to his laboratory in Washington, using a lensed disc scanner with 48 lines per picture, 16 pictures per second. AT&T's Bell Telephone Laboratories transmitted half-tone images of transparencies in May 1925. But Bell Labs gave the most dramatic demonstration of television yet on April 7, 1927, when it field tested reflected-light television systems using small-scale (2 by 2.5 inches) and large-scale (24 by 30 inches) viewing screens over a wire link from Washington to New York City, and over-the-air broadcast from Whippany, New Jersey. The subjects, which included Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, were illuminated by a flying spot beam and scanned by a 50-aperture disc at 16 pictures per second.
test
1: If we had badly in class, our teacher ---stray late and do extra work.
a) must
b) lets us
c) allows us to
d) makes us
2: My daughter’s school---the children to wear jeans and T-shirts-not like in my day!
a) makes
b) lets
c) has to
d) allows
3: I hate school, the teachers makes us ---so much homework every day!
a) do
b) doing
c) to do
d) did
4: On Friday afternoon our teacher sometimes lets us ---home early.
a) go
b) to go
c) going
d) went
5: When I was a boy we were made—correct school uniform at all times!
a) wear
b) to wear
c) wearing
d) wore
6: “Excuse me sir, are we allowed---dictionaries into the exam?
a) take
b) to take
c) taking
d) took
Answers:
1: d) makes us
If you make someone to do something, you say ”you have to do it”; you give them no choice.
2: d) allows
If you allow someone to do something, you give permission - it is followed by the infinitive: allow someone to do something.
3: a) do
The verb 'make' is unusual as it is followed by 'do' without the infinitive: make someone do something.
4: a) go
'Let someone do something' is the correct sentence pattern.
5: b) to wear
'Make someone do something' is correct, but here the passive voice is 'be made to do something', using the infinitive.
6: b) to take
'Allow someone to do something' is the correct sentence pattern.
گفت و گوی یک دانشجوی زبان انگلیسی ابرانی با رادیو آمریکا
گفت و گوی یک دانشجوی زبان انگلیسی ابرانی با بخش آموزش زبان انگلیسی رادیو آمریکا
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March 9, 2005 - Interview with an English Learner in Iran
AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: an interview with one of our listeners in Iran.
RS: Atefeh is a university student. She's studying English literature, so she reads a lot of classic books. But, like any young person, she's also tuned in to the latest slang.
AA: How do we know? Well, when we began our conversation and asked her "what's up?" instead of saying "not much, just relaxing," this was her reply:
ATEFEH: "Just chillin'."
RS: "Just chilling -- is that what you just said?" [llaughter]
ATEFEH: "I learned this from your program."
RS: "Well, what do you like about studying English? What is it, is it a ... "
ATEFEH: "Oh, no, actually I love the language. I love studying anything in English, actually any program on TV that is in English I watch it and I love it."
RS: "And it's something that you are obviously very good at."
ATEFEH: "Thank you. It's interesting to know that there is a big paper on my wall, and I write every new word that I learn every day. And I try to memorize them and memorize their usage, and then I highlight the words that I learn."
AA: "What are a few new words you've added to that wall."
ATEFEH: "Well, for example, 'bleak mood,' B-L-E-A-K M-O-O-D."
RS: "Ah, bleak mood."
AA: "What do you think that means."
ATEFEH: "It means a cold and cheerless behavior, actually, a kind of [inaudible.]"
RS: "That's right."
AA: "That's a ... "
RS: "That's a great expression. I mean, that's a very descriptive way of describing how somebody feels. If it's bleak, it's definitely not, it's definitely ... "
AA: "Where did you hear bleak mood?"
RS: "Or read."
ATEFEH: "I read it in a book. The book was called 'Chicken Soup for the Soul.'"
RS: "'Chicken Soup for the Soul' ... "
AA: "That's a very popular series of books."
ATEFEH: "Yes."
AA: "So what's another word that's on your wall?"
ATEFEH: "A beautiful word that was very funny to me was 'bunny.'"
RS: "Bunny ... "
ATEFEH: "B-U-N-N-Y."
RS: "OK, like a rabbit."
AA: "A rabbit."
ATEFEH: "Yes, a rabbit for a child. Actually a child uses this word, I think."
RS: "You know, another thing that you might be interested in is that sometimes, incorrectly, we say 'well, that's a bunny rabbit.' We use both of those words together -- that's incorrect in English because ... "
AA: "It's redundant."
RS: "... it's redundant. A bunny is a rabbit."
AA: "Now is there another word or two from your wall that you ... "
ATEFEH: "Yes, there's another expression: 'not to be on speaking terms.'"
RS: "'Not to be on speaking terms.' Now what do you think that means?"
ATEFEH: "Well, it means that we're not talking to each other anymore, we're not friends anymore."
RS: "Right, and somebody might say, 'well, why didn't you say hello to him?' and you would say?"
ATEFEH: "We're not on speaking terms."
AA: "That's right."
RS: "'We're not on speaking terms.' Exactly. Now, your English is quite good and you were telling us a little bit about how you are actually getting to a higher level. You have your wall where you write your expressions, and you also read a lot."
ATEFEH: "Yes, you know, actually I'm studying English literature, and they have emphasis on the literature actually, the literary works, Shakespeare's works or other things. But the phonology is very difficult for me. But I think I have to improve my GE, I mean General English. That is quite -- it's not that difficult, because I love it."
AA: "Oh, well that's good to hear."
RS: "It's been delightful talking to you."
AA: "Yes!"
RS: "Keep going with that wall. It sounds like you could definitely paper your house with new English expressions."
ATEFEH: "My Mom is always complaining about the wall. She says that 'you're just making the wall dirty, the room ugly,' such things."
AA: "Wait, you don't write on the wall itself, do you? You're writing on a piece of paper, or ... "
ATEFEH: "It's a paper."
RS: "Well, tell your mother that Avi and I say that you should keep those papers up there because you'll learn English more fluently."
ATEFEH: "OK, my Mom is hearing you!" [laughter]
AA: An English literature student named Atefeh, on the phone with us from Iran. She says that once she graduates, she wants to go on for a master's degree and then a Ph.D.
RS: We wish her luck. And we'd like to invite other listeners to tell us their strategies for learning English. We will share the responses in a future Wordmaster program. Our e-mail address is word@voanews.com.
AA: And, if you'd like help learning English, you can download over three hundred of our segments at voanews.com/wordmaster. With Rosanne Skirble, I'm Avi Arditti.
Eggs: Are they good or bad for your cholesterol level?
Eggs: Are they good or bad for your cholesterol level
Q: I'm confused. First, I hear that eggs raise cholesterol. Then, I hear they don't. What's the truth?
Eggs do contain cholesterol. According to the American Heart Association, saturated fat and cholesterol in the foods you eat increase your blood cholesterol level. Although saturated fat is the main culprit, cholesterol also plays a role. Reducing the amount of saturated fat and cholesterol in your diet helps lower your blood cholesterol level.
Some research suggests that dietary cholesterol has little effect on blood cholesterol in some people. But in others, it has a big effect. If you have high blood pressure or a family history of cardiovascular disease, it makes sense to limit eggs in your diet. Talk to your doctor about what's appropriate in your specific situation.
The yolk of the egg has all the cholesterol — about 212 milligrams (mg) of cholesterol. Recommendations are to limit dietary cholesterol to 300 mg a day — 200 mg a day if you have high blood cholesterol. This allows for three to four egg yolks a week. Egg whites and egg substitutes are cholesterol-free and can be used in place of whole eggs. In general, two egg whites are the equivalent of one whole egg in cooking. Check the label on egg substitutes for the equivalent.
proverb
تولد ۲ سالگی مبارک وبلاگ جان
from the cradle to grave
ز گهواره تا گور دانش بجوی
easy come, easy go
باد آورده را باد میبرد
no news is good news
بیخبری خوش خبری ست
third time lucky
تا سه نشه بازی نشه
be the thin end of the wedge
تخم مرغ دزد شتر دزد میشود
tit for tat
این به اون در
every cloud has a silver lining
در نا امیدی بسی امید است
a liar ought to have a good memory
دروغگو کم حافظه است
outstay one's welcome
کنگر خوردن و لنگر انداختن
be more catholic than the pope=
کاسه داغ تر از آشmore royalist than the king
curiosity killed the cat
فضول را بردند جهنم
the biter bit
دست بالای دست بسیار است
nothing ventured,nothing gained
نابرده رنج گنج میسر نمیشود
bussiness is business
حساب حساب است کاکا برادر
practice makes perfect
کار نیکو کردن از پر کردن است
The cat dreams of mic
شتر در خواب بیند پنبه دانه
(tell) a cock and bull story
قصه حسین کرد شبستری گفتن
smell fishy
کاسه ای زیر نیم کاسه است
Horses for courses
هر کسی را بهر کاربی ساخته اند
A big head has a big ache
هر که بامش بیش برفش بیشتر
Go with the ride
هم رنگ جماعت شدن
East, West, home’s best
هیچ کجا خانه خود آدم نمیشود
Tells tales
یک کلاغ چهل کلاغ کردن
Hit the jackpot
یک شب پول دار شدن
Keep up with the joneses
چشم و هم چشمی کردن
Knock sth down
چوب حراج به چیزی زدن
The miles of God grind slowly (but they grind exceeding small)
چوب خدا صدا ندارد
Put a spoke in sb’s wheel
چوب لای چرخ کسی گذاشتن
Cry wolf
چوپان دروغگو
What’s cooking?
چه کاسه ای زیر نیم کاسه است
Accidents can happen
حادثه خبر نمیکند
Account for
حساب پس دادن
Sweet nothing
حرف های صد من یه غازداستان کوتاه: They're Made out of Meat
They're Made out of Meat
"They're made out of meat."
"Meat?"
"Meat. They're made out of meat."
"Meat?"
"There's no doubt about it. We picked up several from different parts of the planet, took them aboard our recon vessels, and probed them all the way through. They're completely meat."
"That's impossible. What about the radio signals? The messages to the stars?"
"They use the radio waves to talk, but the signals don't come from them. The signals come from machines."
"So who made the machines? That's who we want to contact."
"They made the machines. That's what I'm trying to tell you. Meat made the machines."
"That's ridiculous. How can meat make a machine? You're asking me to believe in sentient meat."
"I'm not asking you, I'm telling you. These creatures are the only sentient race in that sector and they're made out of meat."
"Maybe they're like the orfolei. You know, a carbon-based intelligence that goes through a meat stage."
"Nope. They're born meat and they die meat. We studied them for several of their life spans, which didn't take long. Do you have any idea what's the life span of meat?"
"Spare me. Okay, maybe they're only part meat. You know, like the weddilei. A meat head with an electron plasma brain inside."
"Nope. We thought of that, since they do have meat heads, like the weddilei. But I told you, we probed them. They're meat all the way through."
"No brain?"
"Oh, there's a brain all right. It's just that the brain is made out of meat! That's what I've been trying to tell you."
"So ... what does the thinking?"
"You're not understanding, are you? You're refusing to deal with what I'm telling you. The brain does the thinking. The meat."
"Thinking meat! You're asking me to believe in thinking meat!"
"Yes, thinking meat! Conscious meat! Loving meat. Dreaming meat. The meat is the whole deal! Are you beginning to get the picture or do I have to start all over?"
"Omigod. You're serious then. They're made out of meat."
"Thank you. Finally. Yes. They are indeed made out of meat. And they've been trying to get in touch with us for almost a hundred of their years."
"Omigod. So what does this meat have in mind?"
"First it wants to talk to us. Then I imagine it wants to explore the Universe, contact other sentiences, swap ideas and information. The usual."
"We're supposed to talk to meat."
"That's the idea. That's the message they're sending out by radio. 'Hello. Anyone out there. Anybody home.' That sort of thing."
"They actually do talk, then. They use words, ideas, concepts?"
"Oh, yes. Except they do it with meat."
"I thought you just told me they used radio."
"They do, but what do you think is on the radio? Meat sounds. You know how when you slap or flap meat, it makes a noise? They talk by flapping their meat at each other. They can even sing by squirting air through their meat."
"Omigod. Singing meat. This is altogether too much. So what do you advise?"
"Officially or unofficially?"
"Both."
"Officially, we are required to contact, welcome and log in any and all sentient races or multibeings in this quadrant of the Universe, without prejudice, fear or favor. Unofficially, I advise that we erase the records and forget the whole thing."
"I was hoping you would say that."
"It seems harsh, but there is a limit. Do we really want to make contact with meat?"
"I agree one hundred percent. What's there to say? 'Hello, meat. How's it going?' But will this work? How many planets are we dealing with here?"
"Just one. They can travel to other planets in special meat containers, but they can't live on them. And being meat, they can only travel through C space. Which limits them to the speed of light and makes the possibility of their ever making contact pretty slim. Infinitesimal, in fact."
"So we just pretend there's no one home in the Universe."
"That's it."
"Cruel. But you said it yourself, who wants to meet meat? And the ones who have been aboard our vessels, the ones you probed? You're sure they won't remember?"
"They'll be considered crackpots if they do. We went into their heads and smoothed out their meat so that we're just a dream to them."
"A dream to meat! How strangely appropriate, that we should be meat's dream."
"And we marked the entire sector unoccupied."
"Good. Agreed, officially and unofficially. Case closed. Any others? Anyone interesting on that side of the galaxy?"
"Yes, a rather shy but sweet hydrogen core cluster intelligence in a class nine star in G445 zone. Was in contact two galactic rotations ago, wants to be friendly again."
"They always come around."
"And why not? Imagine how unbearably, how unutterably cold the Universe would be if one were all alone ..."
the end
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امیدوارم از این داستان خوشتون اومده.و فکر نمیکنم نیاز به ترجمه کردنش باشه
معنی هر لغتی رو که نمیدونین توی فرهنگ لغت نگاه کنید و یاد بگیرین.
good luck
Quote
"For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it."
Ivan Panin
Friendship Poem # 1
Friendship Poem
I believe in angels
The kind that heaven sends
I am surrounded by angels
But I call them friends
- Aizabel Parinas -
سلام -پاسخ به سوالات
سلام-
مرسی از لطفتون-
۱من قبلا هم گفته بودم دوستان عزیزی که با من تبادل لینک کرده این و من لینک شما رو نگذاشتم
آدرس وبلاگتون رو بدین تا بزارم.
۲- یه عزیزی گفتن توضیح بدم اونا رو-خیلی واضحن من نمیدونم چرا متوجه نشدن-
اون مطالب اصطلاحات رایج در کشور استرالیا است. همین.
منتظر ادامه اصطلاحات باشین.