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Pocket English - Английский на каждый день - 13 августа 2013


Анекдоты

A man, after being hurt, calls 911 for help. Man: Operator, operator, call me an ambulance! Operator: Okay, sir, you're an ambulance!

Слова для запоминания:

ambulance - скорая помощь
hurt - травма, рана

A drummer, sick of all the drummer jokes, decides to change his instrument. After some thought, he decides on the accordion. So he goes to the music store and says to the owner, "I'd like to look at the accordions, please." The owner gestures to a shelf in the corner and says, "All our accordions are over there." After browsing, the drummer says, "I think I'd like the big red one in the corner." The store owner looks at him and says, "You're a drummer, aren't you?" The drummer, crestfallen, says, "How did you know?" The store owner says, "That 'big red accordion' is the radiator."

Слова для запоминания:

drummer - ударник
crestfallen - упавший духом, унылый

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Цитаты

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Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

Слова для запоминания:

strength - сила
struggle - борьба
hardship - трудность
surrender - сдаваться

For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer.

Слова для запоминания:

hungry - голодный
survive - пережить
ahead - вперёд
achieve - добиваться, достигать

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The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system.
Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.

Слова для запоминания:

ship - корабль
strengthen - усиливать, укреплять
average - средний, в среднем

The ‘v’ in the name of a court case does not stand for ‘versus’, but for ‘and’ (in civil proceedings) or ‘against’ (in criminal proceedings).
Men’s shirts have the buttons on the right, but women’s shirts have the buttons on the left.
The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.

Слова для запоминания:

shirt - рубашка
calm - успокаивать
brain - мозг

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Слова для запоминания:

approve - одобрять
loan - ссуда, заём

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