Comments on: If the Gloves Don’t Fit, You Must Acquit!

By: Tania

Tania — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 10:21:12 +0000

Hi!

Happy birthday to you, dear Jeff!

Tania

By: Tania

Tania — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:16:17 +0000

Hi! Tonight, in Bucharest, we can listen to the Leonard Cohen’ concert.
Yes…dance me to the end of love…

By: Tania

Tania — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:52:48 +0000

Hi! I have found a nice limerick by Edward Lear (1812 – 1888).

“There was a Young Lady of Niger,
Who smiled as she rode on a tiger.
They returned from the ride
With the lady inside
And the smile on the face of the tiger.”

By: Tania

Tania — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:58:53 +0000

Hi! The most of our traditional, folklore sayings are rhyming expressions.
We say that “the Romanian was born a poet”.
I can’t translate them to rhyme in English language. But I know several English rhyming sayings.
May I write some of them?

No sweet without sweat.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

When the cat is away the mice will play.

All’s well that ends well.

By: Tania

Tania — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:21:04 +0000

Hi! I remember of the love of Ariadne, King Minos’daughter, for Theseus who killed the Minotaur.
Ariadne fell in love with Theseus and , on the advice of Daedalus , gave him a ball of thread .
So he could find his way out of the Labyrinth.
Yes, a nice love story as long as the Ariadne’s thread…

By: Tania

Tania — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:08:15 +0000

Hi! In Greek mythology, King Minos dwelled in a palace at Knossos.
An artist , Daedalus, built a labyrinth in which to retain the Minos’ son, the Minotaur, a half-man , half-bull monster.
Interesting that we say “taur” for the word “bull”.

By: Tania

Tania — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:50:43 +0000

Hi! Your nice antique photo remember me of my Antiquity History class.
And today I keep in my book-case a childhood book “The Olympus Legends” with legends about all Greek gods and heroes.
At school, we are studying History class every year. And one year only the Antiquity History class.
So, it is easy to fall in love with the Greek mythology, with Mount Olympus (2,917 m) regarded as the “home” of the Twelve Olympian gods of the Ancient Greek world.

Thank you for this interesting photo.

By: George Louis

George Louis — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 23:22:29 +0000

I agree with you Jeff , rhymes really help us to remember things better. In Portuguese we have many famous rhyming expressions, “O dinheiro compra pão, mas não compra gratidão” (Money buyS bread, but it doesn’t buy gratitude). I enjoy rhymes, specially in songs, some of them are very creative. Actually, when I was younger I used to write lyrics with lots and lots of rhymes. I had a lot of fun doing it.

Thanks Jeff and Lucy !!!!!!!!

George Louis

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:27:56 +0000

Rafael my friend,

I understand you asked me a question.
Sorry for the tardy response.
U know it is simple. I keep listening to the same thing over and over.
For example , so far, I have listened to English cafe 363 12 times.

Oh,there is one more thing that help me hold on to the materials Eslpod presents.
You know, Jeff presents us a set of material in every lesson. Well, some store into my brain,and some I forget forget. It may happen to everybody

But , it happens that sometimes I hear what Jeff mentioned ,and i totally forgot, in a real life situation that immediately remind me off Jeff and that he taught us about it. And bingo , the piece of info stick to my brain for good.

Let me give you an instance, just recently I watched a movie called ” Premium Rush “
At one of the scene the leading character who is a drop-out law student bomb into an old class mate
The class mate asks sarcastically ” u never took the bar ,did you?”
Almost instantly , I remembered Jeff explained once about the bar exam for lawyers.
I had totally forgot about it at the time
If I weren’t for Jeff, I Wouldn’t understand what he meant.

You see,

By: Iraj

Iraj — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:27:10 +0000

Hey Jeff,

What you unmasked in this passage was charimatic!
But Jeff, I would like to see a picture of your face. I have not seen you yet. What can I do?
Iraj from Iran