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Practice your English

Fill in the blanks with the words from the list.

As soon as – However – As – Suddenly
better – view – opposite – imagine
idea – room – even – front desk

As we live in London, we had thought it was a good  to go to Paris for one week. As you can , we were very happy and enthusiastic. , something unpredictable happened.We had booked a small  in a nice hotel  the river.

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Reading Comprehension: Tower of London

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Her Majesty’s Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, separated from the eastern edge of the City of London by the open space known as Tower Hill.

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: SING-SING FESTIVAL IN MOUNT HAGEN

 

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Mount Hagen also hosts a Sing-Sing over the middle weekend of August. It has slightly more tourist vistors and less tribes than Goroka, bit still pulls together and impressive 60 to 70 tribes. It can be combined with vird watching, visiting a Melpa village, going to other birding or cultural activities in Tari, home of the Huli wigmen, or a a visit to any of the dive resorts.

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PRACTICE YOUR READING SKILLS: THE TUDOR ROSE

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The Tudor rose (sometimes called the Union rose) is the traditional floral heraldic emblem of England and takes its name and origins from the Tudor dynasty.
When Henry VII took the crown of England from Richard III in battle (1485), he brought about the end of the Wars of the Roses between the House of Lancaster (which used the badge of a red rose) and the House of York (which used a white-rose badge).

Henry’s father was Edmund Tudor from the House of Richmond, and his mother was Margaret Beaufort from the House of Lancaster; in January 1486 he married Elizabeth of York to bring all factions together. (In battle, Richard III fought under the banner of the boar, and Henry under the banner of the dragon of his native Wales.) The white rose/red rose idea was a Tudor invention.

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Culture Learning Vocabulary

THE MEANING OF:

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It’s better to actually do something than just talk about it.

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Photo of the Day: Cows on the Beach

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MARK TWAIN

«Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today».

-Mark Twain-

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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer  (1876) and its seuquel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called «the Great American Novel.»

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Culture Learning

QUOTE OF THE DAY BY NELSON MANDELA

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«For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others».

 

-Nelson Mandela-

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Stress-free full English breakfast

 

foto english breakfastA proper fry-up is a very personal thing, so feel free to swap in and out what you like best.

 

Ingredients

Per person, allow:
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The most beautiful and breathtaking places in the world

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December

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December was originally the tenth month of the year in the Roman calendar until a monthless winter period was divided between January and February. It gets its name from the Latin word «decem» which means tenth. However, when the Romans added January and February to the calendar, it became the twelfth month. The name remained the same however.

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Quotes by Virginia Woolf

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It is fatal to be a man or woman pure and simple: one must be a woman manly, or a man womanly.

— Virginia Woolf