“Before I fall” Lauren Oliver Liza Jermakova 10C Lauren Oliver American author was born on November 8, 1982 in Westchester Country, New York Lauren Oliver was growing up in a family of writers ballet drawing painting making collages singing acting experementing with cooking “Before I fall” Oliver´s first book was published on March 2, 2010 by HarperCollins in the US by Hodder & Stoughton in the UK Plot summary about a teenage girl, Sam who has to go through the last day of her life seven times learning new values and mysteries surrounding her death the best boyfriend three amazing friends first pick of everything at her school Friday, February 12, should be just another day in her charmed life she gets a seven chances reliving her last day Characters 1) Samantha “Sam” Kingston – protagonist 17-year-old think...
FELIX BAUMGARTNER Felix Baumgartner, born April 20, 1969, grew up in Salzburg, Austria where he dreamed of skydiving and flying helicopters and was inspired by astronauts on TV. He made his first skydive at age 16. After sharpening his parachute skills as a member of a Special Forces demonstration team for the Austrian military, he supported himself by repairing motorcycles before becoming a proffesional in skydiving. Eager to test the limits, Felix set a record for history's lowest BASE jump (from Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer statue), twice set world records for the highest BASE jump from a building (Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur and Taipei 101 tower), and even landed his canopy inside a cave in Croatia. Felix was named to Vienna's Street of Champions and nominated for a World Sports Award and two categories in the NEA Extreme Sports Awards. A licensed gas balloon pilot, he has earned private helicopte...
· And when you begin to miss me, dont forget it was you who let me go. · There is an end to things no matter how much we want to hold into them. · Otsisin keset seda pimedust, sind ja loodetud vabadust,kui mu käed su poole, tegid alguse loole, printsessist ja printsist, ühest kaunist kandist, kus oleme meie kaks, kus lõbutseme, kuni otsas jaks. Sa ei pea muinasmaad looma, sa ei pea tähti taevast tooma. Ole vaid minu kõrval, kui tõuseb päike. Ole vaid mu kõrval kui mind piinab meeleheide. Ole mu kõrval, kui kumab kuu, kui su nime hüüab mu suu, ära tõota mulle, et armastad mind, kui ei ole valmis ohverdama end. Luba, et printsess jääb printsiga, kuni nad veel siin ilmas elavad. Unustame hetkeks kõik muu me, tunnetame üksteise kiireid südamelööke, kas tunned, kuidas süda jätab lööke vahele, see kõik on midagi uut, meile kahele. · Women are stronger than men, because they can walk in a 12 cm stilet...
DJ ALIEN THE FIGHT LYRICS Send "The Fight" Ringtone to your Cell Black nights I see the shadows light Can't fight in my mind Remember when you made me hide And I was broken deep inside Imprisoned by your jealous heart But now the walls you built will fall Before today I would of cry But I said myself not tonight Because the darkside is with me Because tonight I'm breaking free Black nights I see the shadows light Can't fight in my mind Remember when you made me hide And I was broken deep inside Imprisoned by your jealous heart But now the walls you...
Only in the darkness you are available see the stars. If you end up with boring, miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some gut on television telling you how to do your shit, then you DESERVE it. - Frank Zappa *It's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. - Marilyn Monroe *I love the feeling when you smile at me, or even just look at me, because I know that I've crossed your mind. Even just for a second - Anonymous You know, one day you look at the person and you see something more than you did the night before. Like a switch has been flicked somewhere. And the person who was just a friend is suddenly the only person you can ever imagine yourself with. Me? I'm scared of everything. I'm scared of what I feel, of what I've said, of who I am, but most of all I'm scared ...
A: Hello! B:Hello you too! A:You are living in USA? B: Yes, and you? A: I live in Great Britain! B:This is your car? A: Yes, why you asking that? B: Your car windshield is broken! A: You mean windscreen? B: Yes windscreen, like british says! A:Thank you to told me that, i need to go now in the car parts shop! B: I think you need to take a cab to go there! A: Yes, because my car is out of petrol! B: In america, we say gas or gasoline, not petrol. A:Yes, but we are in Britain! B: Fall is coming, outside temperature gets colder now! A:It gets colder here yes, we say autumn. B:Lets go to take a coffe and cookie in restaurant, so close your automobile trunk and hood, lets get move. A: Ok, its nice saloon, isnt it? B:Yes you mean sedan, and put your undershirt back on! A:I need to put some post in post box before we can go to restaurant. B: Hurry up! I pay check tonight and we can go to watch movie too. A: Ok, its good film isn,t it? I take m...
It was a beautiful day in summer and the sun was shining . The night before , my sister Nora , my boyfriend Mike and I had decided to go boat to the sea . We had arranged to meet up at six o'clock . I was a bit late and just then I arrived at the sea . Nora and Mike were already waiting . We got everything ready . We had boat a few miles started and Mike saw something weird when suddenly the water .We carried on and thirty minutes . I was absolutly terrified . Suddenly Mike shouted : ' Look ! Nora's jacket is water ! ' . I was afraid that something terrible has happened . Mike saw the tail of a shark in the water and thought that Nora could fall into the water and a shark ate him . I said do not talk that way! We call on assistance rather quickly . We need to survive and wait for the boat . When aid arrived three hours passed, and Norast was not a trace. There was no blood or even see the sharks. Suddenly I decided to go to the loo b...
FUTURE TENSES: WILL / GOING TO I will travel to Japan next year decision I am going to study German at school plan WILL/GOING TO The Simple Future has two different forms in English: "will" and "be going to." Although the two forms can sometimes be used interchangeably, they often express two very different meanings as mentioned before. I will probably go to Italy next Summer I am going to fly to Italy next Saturday Future Tense: Will Form Affirmative: I will travel to Madrid in October Interrogative : Will you travel by bus? Negative : I will not travel - won't Will you travel by train or by bus? I won't travel by bus I will probably travel by train Future Tense: Uses of ...
Phonology. Mid-term 2. Syllable - is a phonological unit consisting of one or more phonemes. In phonetics a syllable is a unit which consists of a centre, that has little or no obstruction to airflow; it is comparatively louder than other sounds. In phonology syllables are the possible combinations of phonemes. The syllable consists of - onset, nucleus, coda. (every syllable has a nucleus: vowel, syllabic l, or m, n). Rhyme/rime nucleus + coda; the nucleus and the coda constitute a sub-syllabic unit rhyme. Words rhyme, when their nucleus and coda are identical. (E.g 'cr-o-wn', 'd-o-wn'). The hierarchical structure of the syllable: Onset the beginning of the syllable Nucleus/peak the open part of a syllable, generally a vowel. Coda a consonant sound which ends the syllable. Open syllable - has no coda Closed syllable - has a coda! Texts: [t-e-k-s-t-s]- (Consonant, Vowel, Consonant, Consonant, Consonant, Consonant). Stron...
Sleep!! Timothy and Karl Erik How much do you sleep? 12? 34? 56? 78? 910? 1112? How much should you be getting? Do you dream? Have a hard time getting out of bed in the morning Feel the need to sleep in on weekends Fall asleep while watching TV or relaxing in the evening And others... Myths You can make up for lost sleep on weekends More sleep is always healthier Waking up during the night means you're tired all day Good sleep means sleeping through the night Negative Effects of not sleeping Tiredness and lack of motivation Moodiness and grumpiness Reduced creativity and problemsolving skills Inability to cope with stress Reduced immunity; frequent colds and infections Concentrati...
Paulo Coelho ,,The Alchemist" ,,The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times." ,,Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own." ,, Because I don`t live in either my past or my future. I`m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you`ll be a happy man. You`ll see that there is life in the desert, that there are stars in the heavens, and that tribesman fight because they are part of the human race. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we`re living right now." ,,Those who don`t return become a part of the clouds, a part of the animals that hide in the ravines and of the water that comes from the earth. They become a part of everything...they become the Soul of the World." ,,If good things are coming, they will be a pleasant surprise," said the seer. ,,If bad things are,...
A:Hello! B:Hello to you too! A: What is your name? B: My name is Harri! And you should be Janno, yes? A: Yes, you remember correctly! How are you? B: I'm fine, thanks! A:Are you living in the USA? B:Yes, and what about you? A:I am living in Great Britain! B: This is awsome! Is this your car? A:Yes, why are you asking that? B:Your car's windshield is broken! A:You mean the windscreen? B:Yes windscreen, like the British say! A:Thank you for telling me that, I need to go in the car parts shop now! B:I think you need to take a cab to go there! A:Yes, because my car is out of petrol! B: In America, we say gas or gasoline, not petrol. A:Yes, but we are in Britain! Hey, but don't you have a driving licence? B: What about that? A: Perhaps you could take me there? B: Sorry, I don't have driver's licence yet! A: That's okey, then I have to take the taxi anyway. B:It will be fall soon, the temperature outside is getting colder now! A:It is getting...
Tallinn Lillekyla Gymnasium Report Legends of Tallinn Tallinn 2009 Introduction I chose the topic ,,Legends of Tallinn", because I had heard some splendid myths about Tallinn from my history lessons and I was eager to widen my horizon. I am quite interested in history in general and I especially love tales about medieval Tallinn. I hope that I will find out some entertaining stories to tell my friends. Legends of Tallinn There are many interesting legends about buildings or sights in Tallinn. Nobody can tell, if they are all true or not, but at least they make the medieval capital much more intriguing and attractive for tourists as for the locals. How Ülemiste Elder will drown the town The most known legend of Tallinn is pro...
Wealth does not bring happiness. True or false? Everybody dreams of being wealthier than they currently are. Obviously it's not only our fault that we do, we get that in media every day. Every single day we see people richer than we'll ever be on television. Some of them surely spend a lot, have fun and tell us how good life is. Others invest their money wisely and never seem to spend a dime. That sort of people are usually older than the wasters. Living in a country with almost 10% of the people unemployed, we're jealous of both. Probably almost every day we catch ourselves on a thought, "I wish I was that rich, I wish I was the man on TV." No matter how hard we try though, we won't. It's nearly impossible to win a lottery and there frankly isn't any other ways of getting rich very quickly. But how many other people would know to tell us about if wealth brings happiness or not? All the other rich people have been rich f...
"You Belong To Me" by Mary Higgins Clark This book was written by Mary Higgins Clark in the year 1998. In the Asian Age was written about this book "Clark keeps you reading...very engaging" and the Daily Mirror wrote "Clark plays out her story like a pro that she is...flawless". About Mary Higgins Clark Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins Clark Conheeney is born in December 24th in the year 1927 in the Bronx, New York. She has wrote twenty-four books and each and every one of them has been a bestseller in the United States and various European countries. Clark began to write at an early age but it was at the year of 1970 she started to write mystery and suspense novels. Her daughter, Carol Higgins Clark, is also a suspense writer and they have wrote some works together. Setting Most of the events of the book take place in New York and during one week time. It is in the middle of October and the timeline is about ten years back...
FUTURE FORMS FUTURE SIMPLE WILL + OLEVIK Kasutan, kui.. · Ennustus tulevikust, põhineb arvamusel, tundel, uskumusel. Sõnad: think, believe, expect, be sure, be afraid, probably, certainly, perhaps Nt: I think Debbie will become a great artist some day. She is afraid her son will fail his exams. · On-the-spot otsus (rääkimise ajal tehtud otsus) Nt: I will buy the blue jacket, not the yellow one. · Lubadused, hoiatused, ähvardused, palve, lootused, pakkumised Nt: I will never speak to you again! Will you give me a hand with the washing-up? · Tegevused/sündmused, mis KINDLASTI toimuvad tulevikus, me ei saa neid kontrollida Nt: Valentine's Day will fall on a Saturday this year. BE GOING TO Kasutan, kui... · plaanid tulevikuks Nt: I am going to travel around the world one day. · otsused, mis on juba LÄHITULEVIKUKS tehtud ...
Legends of the Fall Jim Harrison Kasper Keps 11c About the author James "Jim" Harrison Born in December 11, 1937 in Grayling , Michigan. American author known for his poetry, fiction, essays, reviews, and writings about food Blind in one eye since childhood (left eye) . He was educated at Michigan State University where he received his B.A. (1960) and M.A. (1964) in comparative literature Married and has two daughters. Has written over 50 books. Main Characters COL. WILLIAM LUDLOW - Idealistic, formalistic, rational, stong willed, so principled that he left his job because of unethical behavor in the army, it's almost obsessive to him that Indians get treated properly; wrote a book to the government objecting to their policy. TRISTAN LUDLOW - Adventurer and smuggler who loves his freedom so much that he lives like an indian, his long hairs and horse ridi...
Hobbies I have always thought that everybody should have their own hobby. Hobby, which is good and useful way to spend your time instead of playing computer games. I live in the countryside and because of that i don't have many opportunities do deal with hobbies, which I like. I have one hobby, which I really like, but the negative side of it is that I can do it only in the winter. No, it's not skiing, it's ice skating! I love it and it doesn't urge not much at all in the winter. All you need are ice skates, warm clothes and clean ice, which exist in the countryside too. I have bought myself figure skates, which didn't cost much, because i bought already used ones. Ice skates can be really expensive, but you should buy expensive ones, when you are already professional. The primary danger in ice skating is falling on the ice. You can be injured really seriously, but usually you just get some ...
Future Forms Future Forms · 1) Future Simple will work · 2) Be going to am/is/are going to work · 3) Present Continuous am/is/are working · 4) Present Simple start(s) Future Forms · 5) Future Continuous will be working · 6) Future Perfect will have worked · 7) Future Perfect Continuous will have been working Future Simple · We do our morning exercises and think, "I think we will have a nice day " · Prediction (ennustused kõhutunde põhjal) · verbs think, believe, guess, expect, hope etc · expressions be sure, be afraid etc · adverbs probably, perhaps, certainly Future Simple · You see your little brother carrying a very heavy suitcase and you think, "I will help him carry the suitcase." · on-the-spot decision (hetkeotsused) Future Simple "Will you help me if I forget my moves?" "Don't worry! I will ta...
AFORISMID -Hope is the little voice you hear whisper "Maybe" when it seems the entire world is screaming "Never". -I won't let you close enough to hurt me! (Adele) -In the garden of life, you're the most beautiful flower! - Tänu sinule nüüd ma tean, mida tähendab üksindus. (Shanon Lumekuninganna) -a million little shining stars -I'm strong but I break. -Catch me, I'm falling! -I know this is the part where the end starts. -You're everything I need and more. -Loving you is like breathing. How can I stop? -Elu on rutiin, kõik vead korduvad. Iga kuradima kord on valus. -Just because everything's changing, doesn't mean it's never been this way before. -Ei proovind kumbki meist kinni hoida, kui teine ütles, et läheb. -Elu ei seisne mitte selles mitu hingetõmmet sa teed vaid selles, kui palju on neid hetki, mis sind hingetuks võtavad! -When the world gets dark, friends are the batteries...
Irregular verbs Present Past Past participle beat beat beaten be was, were been become became become begin began begun bite bit bitten blow blew blown break broke broken bring brought brought build built built burn burnt burnt burst burst burst buy bought bought can could been able catch caught caught choose chose chosen come came come cost cost cost cut cut cut deal dealt dealt dig dug dug do did done draw drew drawn drink drank drunk drive drove driven eat ...
Test 15 1 Translate. 1 Maakera kliima on muutunud. The climate of the Earth has changed. 2 Põlisameeriklaste suguharud vahetasid kaupu. Nateive American tribes exchanged goods. 3 Nende põhilised vaated olid sarnased. Their basic views were similar. 4 Nad austasid kõiki eluvorme. They respected every form of life. 5 Valged asukad liikusid läände. The white settlers moved westward. 6 Tänapäeval elavad paljud põlisameeriklased reservaatides. Today lots of Native Americans live in reservations. 7 kellegisse armuma fall in love with sb 8 kellestki / millestki erinema differ from sb/sth 2 Write the missing forms. Noun Adjective Verb Adverb 1 attraction attractive attract attractively 2 danger dangerous X dangerously 3 difference different differ differently 4 happiness ...
Case study: Launching of a Communication Satellite Luxembourg France The facts: · Luxtra, a Luxembourgian broadcasting company, intends to launch a communication satellite · Type : Medium-power satellite using the Ku band · Purpose : To broadcast Luxembourgian TV channels throughout the EU · Engages help from France: Ø Launching of satellite with Ariane V Ø Launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana I) Responsibilities for outer space activities 1) Outer Space Treaty (Treaty on principles governing the activities of states in the exploration and use of outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies) Who are the launching states? Luxembourg state who is funding the launch - state to which the satellite belongs France - state who is launching the satellite - state whose territory is used to launch (French Guiana) ...
Prepositions Time - Aeg Preposition Millal kasutatakse Näide ON Nädalapäevad On Monday IN Kuud/ Aastaajad In July/on Spring Osa päevast In the morning Aasta In 2006 Peale kindlat perioodi ajas In an hour AT At night At the weekend Kindel punkt ajas, kellaaeg At half past nine At 3 o'clock SINCE Mingist kindlast ajapunktist siiani Since 1980 FOR Mingist kindlast ajaperioodist siiani For 2 years AGO Kindlal ajal minevikus, mingi aeg...
Complaint This February I planned a roundtrip flight for 4 travellers from Anchorage to Toronto from 4th of July till 13th of July 2014. After buying the tickets from the Internet (tickets.ua), I decided to pick seating for all of them. In February, I found a link through the airline webpage where I could easily pick seating for each of them. I sent my 14 year-old son on the trip with his grandfather and I wanted them sit next to each other because it was his first long flight. Furthermore, my son specially asked if he could have seat by the window. Under these conditions, we finally chose their seats and booked tickets. I received a conformation on my email after booking the tickets and everything seemed to be okay until May. My son noticed they no longer had their seats available for them anymore. He thereupon sent an e-mail to a LOT' Estonia representative to clarify the facts. In response they said that the booking was not free sin...
UNIT 1: Töövihikust harjutus 7. 1 Puhkuse alguses külastasin ma oma vanavanemaid. At the beginning of my vacation I visited my grandparents. 2 Juulikuu lõpus veetsime nädala Saaremaal. At the end of July we spent a week on Saaremaa. 3 Me tutvusime vaatamisväärsustega ja lõõgastusime rannas. We went sightseeing and relaxed on the beach. 4 Enne reisi Saaremaale olin ma treeninglaagris. Before the trip to Saaremaa I was at a training camp. 5 Laager asus mere ääres. The camp was at the seaside. 6 Pärast treeningut käisime sageli ujumas. After the training we often went sightseeing. 7 Õhtuti mängisime rannas palli. In the evenings we played ball on the beach. 8 Leidsin laagris palju uusi sõpru. I made a lot of new friends at the camp. 9 Augustis käisime perega Lätis. In August we went on a family trip to Latvia. 10 Külastasime lõbustusparki ja matkasime Siguldas. We visited an amusement park and took a walk in Sigulda. 11 Suve joo...
Film review Moulin Rouge Moulin Rouge is a film about young Scottish writer Christian, who falls in love with the star of the Moulin Rouge, cabaret actress and courtesan Satine. The movie is directed, produced and co-written by Baz Luhrmann. Mouline Rouge was first released in Cannes. Cannes is Film Festival and the festival was opened with Moulin Rouge. At the 74th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for eight Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Nicole Kidman, winning two: for the Best Art Direction and Best costume Design. It was the first musical nominated for the Best Pictures in 10 years, following Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Christian moves to Paris and becomes friends with his neighbours, who are loose troupe of performers led by Henri de Toulouse- Lautrec. He asks for Christian's help to finish their proposed show „ Spectacular Spetacular”, that they wish to sell to the owner of the Moulin Rouge Harold Zid...
,,Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen Book Report Introduction: The book was written between 1796 and 1797 and it was first published on 28 January 1813. The setting takes place in England, mostly in places called Hertfordshire, Derbyshire and Kent. The genre of the book is the novel of manners: it shows the conflicts between two individuals and also the love growing between them. The main themes are love, and it shows very precisely the development of young people's character and morality. The main characters are Elizabeth Bennet- main female protagonist. Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy- main male protagonist. Mr. Bennet - Elizabeth's father. Mrs. Bennet - wife of Mr.Bennet and mother of Elizabeth and her sisters. Mr. Bingley- Darcy's friend, who becomes f...
Tristan & Isolde is set in Britain and Ireland, in the Early Middle Ages, after the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century. The scattered British settlements are in the process of becoming unified under Lord Marke (Rufus Sewell), who wishes to fortify England against attacks by the Irish king Donnchadh (David O'Hara). The Cornish knight Tristan of Aerygone (James Franco) engages in combat with Morholt, leader of Donnchadh's army and to whom Princess Isolde (Sophia Myles) has been promised in marriage. Though he kills Morholt and Donnchadh's army is overrun, Tristan is severely wounded in the fight and believed dead, though he is in fact only suffering the effects of having been sliced in the abdomen by Morholt's poisoned sword. Tristan's body is put out to sea on a funeral boat which eventually washes up along the shores of Ireland. He is discovered by Isolde and her maid Bragnae, who administer an antidote that revives him and t...
Health and the body 1) Underline the most suitable word or phrase. a) There were ten people waiting in the doctor's office/surgery/ward. b) After I ate the shellfish, I experienced/fell/happened ill. c) George's cut arm took over a week to cure/heal/look after. d) David fell down the steps and twisted his ankle/heel/toe. e) Everyone admired Lucy because she was tall and skinny/slim/thin. f) I've been digging the garden and now my back aches/pains/injuries. g) Whenever I travel by boat I start feeling hurt/sick/sore. h) The doctor can't say what is wrong with you until she cures/examines/recovers you. i) Use this thermometer and take his fever/heat/temperature. j) I seem to have caught/infected/taken a cold. 2) Replace the words in italics with one of the words from the box. Use each word once only. Agony, body, breath, look, stomachache, beard, brains, heart, spine, tongue a) Janet fell...
A bunch of expressions from ''Twilight'' 1. Rain settled into a quieter drizzle sadu rahunes vaiksemaks uduvihmaks 2. In an attempt to bring some sunshine into the house püüdes tuppa pisut päikesevalgust tuua 3. Rain had picked up sadu oli tugevnenud, jõudu kogunud 4. Fall into pattern of the familiar task tuttava ülesande mustrisse (rutiini) laskuma 5. Lumber into the living room tagasi elutuppa komberdama 6. Lapse back into silence tagasi vaikusesse laskuma 7. From a peripheral peek kontekstis: silmanurgast piiludes 8. In haste ruttamisi 9. Their stares boring into my back nende pilgud mu selga puurimas 10. Hamming it up just a bit pisut üle pingutama, üle mängima 11. Their high was wearing off in the wake of my annoyance nende elevus hakkas järgemööda koos mu pahameelega vähenema, (hajuma) 12. Hold off ära hoidma 13. Tip off reetma 14. Beam at a memory mälestuse peale naeratama 15. Been on the...
Viljandi County Gymnasium Prepositions Name Form 11b Supervisor: Name Viljandi 2009 Viljandi County Gymnasium 1. Prepositions of place The ball is in the box The ball is on the box. The ball is under the box. Jane's house Bill's house John's house John's house is next to Jane's Jane's house is between Bill's Bill's house is next to Jane's house. and John's houses. house. The man stood The climbers The man stood The enemies stood The gardners next to the gopher stood on top of between the two opposite each stood behind the ...
Windows are not made of wood. Simple Present · · New York is a small city. It is not important that this fact is untrue. [VERB] + s/es in third person USE 3 Scheduled Events in the Near Examples: Future · You speak English. · Do you speak English? · You do not speak English. USE 1 Repeated Actions Examples: · The train leaves tonight at 6 PM. · The bus does not arrive at 11 AM, it arrives at 11 PM. ...
British Literature Ilya Zaitsev 10 class John Tolkien Was born in 3 January 1892 Bloemfontein. English writer, philologist, and Oxford university professor, best known as the author of the classic high- fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II on 28 March 1972. His works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings form a connected body of tales, fictional histories, invented languages about a fantasy world called Arda, and Middle-earth. While many other authors had published works of fantasy before Tolkien,[ the great success of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings led directly to a popular resurgence of the genre. This has caused Tolkien to be popularly identified as the "father" of modern high fantasy literature. Biography. Childhood John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein in South ...
WORD FORMATION Exercise I 1. Chestnut honey provides quick and ............. relief.(EFFECT) 2. Come rain, wind or shine these snapdragons give a superb display over an ....................... long period. (EXCEPTION) 3. Dreaming of a beautiful home for your ........................... .(RETIRE)? Enjoy lifetime ownership of a luxury home for an ................. price.(AFFORD) 4. The post-war decline in beer ......................... was practically halted last year. (CONSUME) 5. Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and ..................therewith.(HATE) 6. In the first quarter of the 18th century people began to realise the ......................... of hygiene to public health.(IMPORTANT) 7. The ....................collapse of the Roman Empire lasted for nearly three hundred years before its final dissolution in AD 476.(GRADE) 8. Jamie's ....................of the night's events is hazy but the tabloids will re...
Book 1 BASIC ENGLISH BASIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR GRAMMAR BASIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR Book 1 Book 1 Younger students at beginning to intermediate levels will greatly benefit from this step-by-step approach to English grammar basics. This is the ideal supplement to your language arts program whether your students are native English speakers or beginning English language learners. Skill-specific lessons make it easy to locate and prescribe instant reinforc...
The Cataclysmic Death of Stars Republished from the pages of National Geographic magazine Written by Ron Cowen March 2007 Ever since he was a teenager, Stan Woosley has had a love for chemical elements and a fondness for blowing things up. Growing up in the late 1950s in Texas, "I did everything you could do with potassium nitrate, perchlorate, and permanganate, mixed with a lot of other things," he says. "If you mixed potassium nitrate with sulfur and charcoal, you got gunpowder. If you mixed it with sugar, you got a lot of smoke and a nice pink fire." He tested his explosive concoctions on a Fort Worth golf course: "I screwed the jar down tight and ran like hell." "kaboomWoosley", now an astronomer at the University of California at Santa Cruz, has graduated to bigger explosions--much bigger. Woosley studies some of the most powerful explosions since the birth of the universe: supernovae, the violent deaths of stars. The universe twi...
Tests Superstar 1 Luke Prodromou Test 1 Name____________________ Class_______ Use your English 1 Complete these sentences using the correct form (present simple or present continuous) of the verb in brackets. _ 1 She is in a band and she _________________________________ (record) a CD at the moment. _ 2 She is an actress and often _________________________________ (appear) on television. _ 3 At the moment she _________________________________ (have) a rest because she is tired. _ 4 Mike is a doctor and he _________________________________ (live) in Manchester. _ 5 I _________________________________ (start) work at 8.30 every morning. _ 6 He is a good cook but she _________________________________ (prefer) to eat out. _ 7 English tests _________________________________ (get) more and more interesting. _ 8 They _________________________________ (have) a party becau...
BOOK REPORT Title & author of the book: 'Anita and Me' by Meera Syal The setting of the book? The story resolves around Meena Syal, the daughter of the only Punjabi family in the Midlands' mining village of Tollington. The novel provides a vision of British childhood in the 1960s, a childhood caught between two cultures, each on the brink of enormous change. Meena is desperate to fit in with the other children in her neighbourhood while forever feeling like an outsider because she is "different". Eventhough the Punjabi family is well respected by the locals, there are still sutations when they have to deal with racism. Plot summary (NB! Use the present tenses) Anita and Me by Meera Syal is the story of a young Punjabi girl growing up in the fictional English village of Tollington in the Midlands in the 1960s. The book follows Meena during her pre-teen years as she is desperate to fit in ...
ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY 1. My new cellular phone allows me to send text messages anywhere within the country and abroad. (communications) 2. Don't forget to turn on the modem if you want to go-online. (information technology) 3. The advent of endoscopic surgery has greatly reduced the post-operative recovery time of most patiens. (medical) 4. Supermarkets of the future will make use of scanners to read the contents of your trolley and total up your bill. (electronics) 5. Factories which rely on humans working on assembly lines are becoming a thing of the past. (industrial) 6. You would be quite astounded by the number of satellites orbiting the Earth. (space) 7. Not only would a solar powered vehicle be safe, it would also make use of one of the planet's greatest natural resources. (energy) COMPUTERS 1. I'm terribly sorry I'm late but traffic congestion...
Majanduslik Eesti (Estonia) Argentiina Keenia (Kenya) näitaja (Argentia) Liberaalsuse aste 6 koht 69 koht 86 Koht (Economic freedom) Indeks:3,2 Indeks:2,05 Indeks:1,9 SKP suurus (GDP $22.5 billion (2011) $435.2 billion (2011) $36.1 billion (2011) official exchange rate) SKP per capita $20,200 (2011) $17,400 (2011) $1,700 (2011) (GDP per capita) SKP ostuvõime $26.93 billion (2011) $709.7 billion (2011) $71.5 billion (2011) alusel (GDP purchasing power parity) Gini indeks 31,4 (2009) 45,8 (2009) 42,5 (2008) Eksport inimese $6,988 per capita $1,362.63 per capita $ 113.97 per capita kohta (Export per capita) Kokku eksport: Kokku eksport: Kokku eksport: ...
THE TUDOR DYNASTY THE TUDOR DYNASTY The Tudor dynasty or House of Tudor was a European royal house of Welsh origin that ruled the Kingdom of England and its realms, including the Lordship of Ireland, later the Kingdom of Ireland. Its first monarch was Henry VII. Henry VII THE TUDOR DYNASTY The Tudors extended their power beyond modern England, achieving the full union of England and the Principality of Wales in 1542 and successfully asserting English authority over the Kingdom of Ireland. They also maintained the traditional claims to the Kingdom of France, but none of them tried to make substance of it, though Henry VIII fought wars with France to try to reclaim that title. After him, his daughter Mary I lost the claim on France forever with the Fall of Calais. ...
Kati-Liis Karu 03.01.2011 The euro in Estonia Joining the European Union in 2004 made people in Estonia think about the changing of currency. We had almost six years to get used to the fact that the Estonian kroon is eventually going to end. In that time there was a lot of discussion about whether we should stick to the kroon or change our money to the euro. Lots of people were afraid that they lose their money during the period of transition - this belief was quite popular among people who still remember the time when the Russian rubles were changed into kroons and did lose much money. Luckily there haven't been any complaints yet. The reason I chose this political concern is its contradictoriness. I myself dislike the fact that the kroon is "leaving us" but I hope that in the long run it will seriously benefit us. According to Conjuncture Institute's research 39% of responden...
Miina Härma Gymnasium The Relations Between the USA and Iraq Student: Hendrik Rummel 10.b Teacher: Tiia Timma Tartu 2010 The Table of Contents 1. Introduction...........................................................................................................................2 2. History 2.1. Pre-1980s.............................................................................................................3 2.2. 1980s...................................................................................................................3 2.3. 1990s...................................................................................................................4 2.4. 2000s......................................................................
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Contents Contents.................................................................................................................................. 1 # When the Tigers Broke Free................................................................................................ 2 # In The Flesh ?...................................................................................................................... 3 # The Thin Ice......................................................................................................................... 4 # Another Brick in the Wall part 1........................................................................................... 5 # The Happiest Days of our Lives........................................................................................... 6 # Another Brick in the Wall part 2........................................................................................... 7 # Mother...........
Catherine Morland My name is Catherine Morland. I would like to tell you a bit about myself. To begin with, I am seventeen years old and grew up in a countryside in a small town named Fullerton with my parents and nine siblings. As a child I was interested in many things like drawing, sports and music. I was very lively and cheerful, enjoyed cricket, horse riding and just hated cleanliness and restriction. As I grew up, I chose reading over sports and all of the wild games I used to like. Undoubtedly, I would now describe myself with the word naivety. I am very naïve and do not notice the most obvious things happening around me. I really hope that it is caused by the lack of experience and will eventually pass. In addition, I find myself a kind and caring person because I always want and agree to help people when needed. Furthermore, I really like reading. Sometimes I think that I read too much because I often mix fiction up with reali...
The City of London History The City of London occupies one square mile in the middle of the capital. It once made up the entire town of London, surrounded by the wall first built by the Romans. The Roman Londinium grew up on the northern side of the "London Bridge" in the past. Products such as olive oil, wines and fruit were brought by ships from different parts of the Roman Empire and unloaded onto wooden quays along the river. In AD 61 the native Celtic Iceni tribe, led by Queen Boudicca, rose up against The Romans. They burnt Londinium to the ground but Roman armies eventually defeated Boudicca. The city was rebuilt and was gradually surrounded with a wall of stone and brick which lasted for many centuries. During the archeological excavations in 1954 the Roman Temple of Mithras was revealed. It was a pagan temple dedicated to the Persian Sun-god. The Temple was later reconstructed only a short way...
All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque Character List Paul Bäumer - A young German soldier fighting in the trenches during World War I. Paul is the protagonist and narrator of the novel. He is, at heart, a kind, compas-sionate, and sensitive young man, but the brutal expe-rience of warfare teaches him to detach himself from his feelings. His account of the war is a bitter invective against sentimental, romantic ideals of warfare. Read an in-depth analysis of Paul Bäumer. Stanislaus Katczinsky - A soldier belonging to Paul's company and Paul's best friend in the army. Kat, as he is known, is forty years old at the beginning of the novel and has a family at home. He is a resourceful, inventive man and always finds food, clothing, and blankets whenever he and his friends need them. Albert Kropp - One of Paul's classmates who serves with Paul in the Second Company. An intelligent, speculative young man, Kropp is one of Paul...
Kool Irish National Customs Nimi Tallinn 2009 Customs of Ireland i would like to talk about their families their holidays. the irish are a very cultural people and they're proud of all they've got. Marriage and Family People usually marry in their early to mid-20s. Most weddings are performed in a church, but a minority are also performed in a registry office. After marriage, many people in rural areas stay close to their family's home and visit frequently. Many couples, particularly in the cities, live together before or instead of marriage. Typically, the bonds between siblings in an Irish family are especially strong. In rural areas, extended families often live near one another, and family members who have moved to Dublin or overseas in search o...
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