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31.03.2010
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Елена Мечтай

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Английский на английском! English in English: Welcome & Happy Easter!


Greetings, everyone!

My name's Lena Giseke and we're going to advance your English with these handpicked original tasks :)

This is our first issue of this newsletter and it's about Easter. Here are 5 tasks that will let you read, listen, write & speak!

ÿEaster Sunday ÿ

 

1 – Arrange the order. Find Easter objects in the word snake

 

Some things that Easter brings

1Easter hats for one and all,

2Happy Easter always brings

4Easter eggs with chocolate thick.

3Easter bunny comes to call!

5Such a lot of pleasant things.

6Easter duck and Easter chick,

 

Easter everywhere

1Baby chickens too.

2Lilies just to tell us

3White and pink and blue.

4It’s Easter everywhere.

5Rabbits soft and cuddly

6Easter eggs for baskets

7Music in the air,

8Easter cards of greeting,

 

Chickenbunnylilliescardeasterhatbasketchocolateeastereggchickenrabbitpastel

 

2 Arrange easter candy from the least popular to the most. Which candy do you like yuorself?. Poll #714309  What is your favorite traditional Easter candy?

 

Candy is for the impious. Have an orange - 0.0%

Tell us about them chocolate rabbits, George.- 23.1%

Cadbury cream eggs laid by magical nougat chickens - 76.9%

Jellybeans, accepted currency on every planet  in the universe - 30.8%

Soft, sugary, torturable marshmallows 23.1%

Matzah--the Hebrews didn't have any fancy-schmancy candy baskets in the desert, why should we? 15.4%

Don't force your Jesus-sugar on me! 7.7%


3¯You’ll hear the song. Fill in the missing words.

 

Rufus Wainwright - Another Believer

Hello, I got ________ to tell you

But it's crazy, I got something to show you

So give me just one ________ chance, one more glance

And I will make of you another believer

Guess ________?

You got more than you bargained

Ain't ________crazy?

You got more than you paid for

So give ________just one more chance, one more glance

One more hand to hold

You've been on ______ mind, though it may seem I'm fooling

Wasting so much time, though it may seem I'm fooling

What are ________ gonna do?

What are we gonna do about it?    

 So then, that is all ________ the moment

Until next time, until then, do not worry

And give me just ________ more chance, one more glance

And I will make of you, yeah I'm gonna make of you

________ believer

 

4 @ What words and expressions you know by now? Check yourself. Choose ONLY 1 correct an­swer.

 

1 to show white feather means

* study

* laugh

* be brave

* be weak

2 dressing table is where you keep

* perfume

* soap and shampoo

* goods in a shop

* dresses

3 corn ear is

* on the field

* the part of human body

* good hearing

* a meal

4 be about to means

* be happy

* be near

* be on the verge of smth

* be ready

5 a piece of one’s mind means:

* a piece of human meat

* honest opinion

* nice idea

* brain

6 light years away means

* memories

* recently

* long time ago

* very quickly

7 con artist is smb who

* agrees with everybody

* tells lies

* is a painter

* plays roles in movies

8 shamrock means

* stones

* spring grass

* rock music that you are ashamed off

* old house

9 brighten one’s day means

* feel happy

* make someone feel glad

* turn on the light

* complete the daily work

 

 

5 Discuss the quote. Who might have said it and why? Do your google research, please ;)

"Superman is the Jesus Christ of superheroes. Take the cross and the S-shield into the jungle, and you will have 50-50 recognition."

 Happy Easter everyone!

Best,

Lena

P.S. the song you can listen @ http://www.last.fm/music/Rufus+Wainwright/_/Another+Believer

and watch the Superman video @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=800Xq2X7Xg4

You can post the questions here. We'll discuss the answers in the next issue:)

 

 
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