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HELLO,MY DEAR FRIENDS!

TODAY  WE  ARE  HAVING:

1.  A TEXT OF A SONG: Justin Timberlake "Cry Me A River" 

2.  NEW IDIOMS.

3.  A POEM "To The Many " By  Anna Akhmatova.

4.  QUOTES AND PROVERBS.

5.  ANECDOTES.

6.  OUR PENFRIENDS' CLUB.

1.Justin Timberlake "Cry Me A River"

You were my sun
You were my earth
But you didn't know all the ways I loved you, no
So you took a chance
And made other plans
But I bet you didn't think that they would come crashing down, no

You don't have to say, what you did,
I already know, I found out from him
Now there's just no chance, for you and me, there'll never be
And don't it make you sad about it

You told me you loved me
Why did you leave me, all alone
Now you tell me you need me
When you call me, on the phone
Girl I refuse, you must have me confused
With some other guy
Your bridges were burned, and now it's your turn
To cry, cry me a river
Cry me a river, girl
Cry me a river
Cry me a river, girl yea yea

I know that they say
That some things are better left unsaid
It wasn't like you only talked to him and you know it
(Don't act like you don't know it)
And all of these things people told me
Keep messing with my head
(Messing with my head)
You should've picked honesty
Then you may not have blown it
(Yea..)

You don't have to say, what you did,
(Don't have to say, what you did)
I already know, I found out from him
(I already know, uh)
Now there's just no chance, for you and me, there'll never be
(No chance, you and me)
And don't it make you sad about it

You told me you loved me
Why did you leave me, all alone
(All alone)
Now you tell me you need me
When you call me, on the phone
(When you call me on the phone)
Girl I refuse, you must have me confused
With some other guy
(I'm not like them baby)
Your bridges were burned, and now it's your turn
(It's your turn)
To cry, cry me a river
(Go on and just)
Cry me a river-er
(Go on and just)
Cry me a river
(Baby go on and just)
Cry me a river-er, yea yea

Oh
(Oh)
The damage is done
So I guess I be leaving
Oh
(Oh)
The damage is done
So I guess I be leaving
Oh
(Oh)
The damage is done
So I guess I be leaving
Oh
(Oh)
The damage is done
So I guess I be... leaving

You don't have to say, what you did,
(Don't have to say, what you did)
I already know, I found out from him
(I already know, uh)
Now there's just no chance, for you and me, there'll never be
(No chance, you and me)
And don't it make you sad about it

Cry me a river
(Go on and just)
Cry me a river-er
(Baby go on and just)
Cry me a river
(You can go on and just)
Cry me a river-er, yea yea

Cry me a river
(Baby go on and just)
Cry me a river-er
(Go on and just)
Cry me a river
(Cause I've already cried)
Cry me a river-er, yea yea
(Ain't gonna cry no more, yea-yea)

Cry me a river (18 times)

2.Idioms:       

  to see red

       - become very angry

  a white lie

       - a harmless lie (told to be polite or to do something not seriously wrong)

  to eat dirt

       - act humble, accept another`s insult or bad treatment

  to pull through

       - recover from a serious illness

  to cut the mustard

       - succeed, do well enough what needs to be done

  a red-letter day

       - a day that is memorable because of some important event

  to be green with envy

       - be very jealous, full of envy

  like water off a duck`s back

       - without effect

3. Anna Akhmatova "To The Many"

I -- am your voice, the warmth of your breath, 
I -- am the reflection of your face, 
The futile trembling of futile wings, 
I am with you to the end, in any case. 

That's why you so fervently love 
Me in my weakness and in my sin; 
That's why you impulsively gave 
Me the best of your sons; 
That's why you never even asked 
Me for any word of him 
And blackened my forever-deserted home 
With fumes of praise. 
And they say -- it's impossible to fuse more closely, 
Impossible to love more abandonedly... 

As the shadow from the body wants to part, 
As the flesh from the soul wants to separate, 
So I want now -- to be forgotten... 

    September 1922 
-- translated by Judith Hemschemeyer  4.Quotes and Proverbs: 

-When the bee comes to your house, let her have beer; you may want to visit the bee's house some day.

-When the sun rises, it rises for everyone.

-Believe only half of what you see and nothing of what you hear.

-Life is short but a smile takes barely a second.

-Listen to what they say of the others and you will know what they say about you.

-Nothing seems expensive on credit.

-Learn politeness from the impolite.

-A beautiful thing is never perfect.

-A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.

-It is better to begin in the evening than not at all.

5.Anecdotes:

Once upon a time, a perfect man and a perfect woman met. After a perfect courtship, they had a perfect wedding. Their life together was, of course, perfect. One snowy, stormy Christmas Eve, this perfect couple was driving their perfect car (a Grand Caravan) along a winding road, when they noticed someone at the side of the road in distress. Being the perfect couple, they stopped to help. There stood Santa Claus with a huge bundle of toys. Not wanting to disappoint any children on the eve of Christmas, the perfect couple loaded Santa and his toys into their vehicle. Soon they were driving along delivering toys. Unfortunately, the driving conditions deteriorated and the perfect couple and Santa Claus had an accident. Only one of them survived the accident. The mind numbing question is: Who was the survivor?

The perfect woman survived. She's the only one who really existed in the first place. Everyone knows there is no Santa Claus and there is no such thing as a perfect man. Women stop reading here. That is the end of the joke.

So, if there is no perfect man and no Santa Claus, the perfect woman must have been driving. And that explains why there was a car accident. By the way, if you're a woman and you're reading this, this illustrates another point: Women never listen, either.

During their silver anniversary, a wife reminded her husband: 

-Do you remember when you proposed to me, I was so overwhelmed that I didn't talk for an hour?

The hubby replied: "Yes, honey, that was the happiest hour of my life."

6.OUR PENFRIENDS'  CLUB.
PEOPLE,WHO WOULD LIKE TO EXERCISE ENGLISH,TO WRITE LETTERS TO EACH OTHER ARE WELCOMED. LET'S MAKE AN ENGLISH PENFRIENDS' CLUB TOGETHER,WHERE WE COULD DISCUSS DIFFERENT SUBJECTS AND MAKE FRIENDS. DON'T BE SHY, JUST E-MAIL ME, ALL LETTERS WILL BE PUBLISHED.
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