Thursday, October 28, 2010

Do you segway?



Find more videos about this new means of transport.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

A fresh start - Intermediate and Advanced listening

Watch the following trailer and fill in the blanks in the sentences below with a maximum of 3 words. The sentences are not literal but your answers must be. The answers are written in white. Select the blank spaces to see them.


  1. Marriage begins with champagne, it should finish the same way too
  2. It’s a gay tour of Romantic Tuscany
  3. This is my budget, minus the repairs and a rental car to drive off a cliff.
  4. I didn’t know you were so handy.
  5. This is Italy. You can hire the muscular descendants of Roman gods.
  6. My inheritance consists of one grape and other sort of tenants
  7. I bought a house because I’m sick of being afraid all the time
  8. The storm killed the washing machine.
  9. Life offers us a thousand chances, all we have to do is get one
  10. Unthinkable good things can happen, even late in the game
  11. There’s hot water in the toilet bowl.
Leave a comment. Would you ever consider taking such a radical decision?

Sunday, October 3, 2010

South Africa - Reading and Listening

1. Learn information about South Africa for your next lesson by reading from these pages:

http://www.exploresouthafrica.net/
http://www.everyculture.com/Sa-Th/South-Africa.html
http://www.southafrica.com/culture/

2. You can also watch the following video:



3. Now try this quiz.