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ON MONDAY
ESL Podcast 850 – Betting on Sports
In the Learning Guide: Get a full transcript (written version of every word you hear), vocabulary list and sample sentences, and comprehension questions.
In “What Else Does it Mean,” learn the other meanings of “odds” and “margin.”
In the “Culture Note,” learn about “The Federal Wire Act.”
“The Interstate Wire “Act” (law) of 1961, usually referred to as the Federal Wire Act, “prohibits” (forbids; does not allow) certain types of…” – READ MORE in the Learning Guide
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ON WEDNESDAY
English Cafe 376
Topics: Ask an American – The Appeal of Superheroes; property versus propriety versus proprietary; trust versus believe; little does he know; suffocated; to relish
In the Learning Guide: Get a full transcript (written version of every word you hear).
In “What Insiders Know,” you will read about “The Golden Age of Comic Books.”
“The “golden age” (the period of time when something is strongest, best, and most important) of comic books lasted from the late…” – READ MORE in the Learning Guide
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ON FRIDAY
ESL Podcast 851 – Finding a House to Buy
In the Learning Guide: Get a full transcript (written version of every word you hear), vocabulary list and sample sentences, and comprehension questions.
In “What Else Does it Mean,” learn the other meanings of “yard” and “condition.”
In the “Culture Note,” learn about “Foreclosures and Short Sales.”
“Most Americans cannot “afford” (be able to pay for) a home with cash, so they have to “take out” (borrow) a loan known as a mortgage…” – READ MORE in the Learning Guide
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you simply click on it , and subsequently the 10 -11 page learning guid moves to PDFReader ,the minute it is there a diolog box comes on with the information about the title and number of the learning guid lesson.
All you need to do is to press ok!
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The beauty of the application is ,when you downloaded the material , you no longer need any Internet access in order to read the material.
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I ,myself,have a long subway commute everyday , 1 hour and 10 minutes one way which makes it 2 hours and 20 minutes in total.
During the period , I have no
Internet access merely because I m underground.
So, you know what I do for the entire time? I read , rather study , learning guid.
It is the best pastime for me.
In fact, I never feel the passage of time while I m on the subway.
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By the way, android users must have the PDFReaders amongst the offered applications as well. Look it up. !!
The image of the application is a reddish square that reads a white colored PDS right in the center
By for now
Peter
Dear Emiliano,
It is sad that you think you English abilities are getting rusty. My friend ,let me tell you,it is just in your head. Stop knocking yourself down.
I sometimes feels the same. Sometimes ,I feel like my English skills are not sharp enough. I feel like I can’t speak in Engkish like before. I feel like English words and expressions are slipping away. You know what I do when all these detrimental feelings hit me. I never go to a sad place. Instead ,I pick myself up ;dust myself off ,and start brushing up on my English.
Man ,resume your regular participation here ,and before u know it ,you feel yourself ,in other words ,you feel you agin,English wise.
Yours
Pete
Thanks Peter, using it as much as possible it is the best way of improve.
Here in this big city is really difficult.
When we live in Torrevieja, Alicante, we had a very good English woman
friend and I was speaking English with her every day.
Even Cuca taught her Spanish and I was their living diccionary.
It was a very good time talking and laughing a lot with our dear
English friends.
My English revival strongly and her Spanish started to live with
Cuca and me.
Where are you now my dear friend Eileen? Cuca and emiliano miss you a lot.
I need an Eileen, a Jeff or a dear Lucy living close to me no so far as
L.A. California. Even you Peter would be a very good chance
that´s for sure my friend, but also Betty, Sergi, Tania, Dan, …..or wich ever of you
dear blogers.
emiliano
Hi Peter,
and thanks for your instructions.
Again congratulations for what you are doing. I mean,the time that takes you to get at the workplace is crazy!
As I was reading I went like F..k!
And that thing about speaking that happens to me too.
Bye!
My good friend Dan ,
No sweat! We are all here to learn and gradually improve ourselves. Well,my friend. Acquiring a new language has never been easy ,but worth going for.
Yours
Dear teachers,
I just get back to you!
Do you still remember me? I doubt you do! 😉
I was away from this site for a while. (yeah, for a while?! 😉 )
but catching up on your podcasts and your blog. That is true.
You know, for me, a day without ESL podcasts and ESL blog posts is kind of “middle of nowhere” in this English jungle.
Guys,
I’m really glad these days that our dear x 1000 friend, Emiliano, our senior, is just restoring his writings here.
Dear emiliano, please accept this note as a token of my warm greetings. Also a bit of my belated birthday wish to you.
Guys, by the way,
Two days ago, I receive an email, in it, blaring these words as its headings.——-
FIFA 2014 MICROSOFT ONLINE WINNING NOTIFICATION 2012
And the email continues;————–
We wish to congratulate you once again on this note, for being the legal beneficiary/User of
this selected e-mail address, selected for the Fifa 2014 Microsoft online promotional Awards.
There was a computer ballot that was organized by the Microsoft Online Network and was
sponsored by FIFA, MICROSOFT NETWORK, on Saturday 24th April 2012, at Johannesburg,
South Africa. This promotion was held in South Africa because of the successful FIFA 2010
WORLD CUP that was hosted in South Africa (2010) and the main aim of this award, is to
promote the up coming FIFA 2014 WORLD CUP that will be host in Brazil.
Five (5) email addresses was finally picked out from among the total 1,000,000 email
addresses, and out of those 5 email addresses, your Email address is among the winning email
address on the winning Pot, which was attached to Winning Numbers:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
and Bonus Number is xxxxxxxx and Winning Amount is US$400, 000.00 Dollars.
FOR YOUR CLAIM, DO CONTACT OUR PROCESSING DIRECTOR IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Call Your Processing Director
Mr. Robinson Packer
Teleline: +xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Email:xxxxxxxxxxx@consultant.com
The Computer ballot qualified your Email address as one of the FIVE (5) winners of the said
Sum-US$400, 000, 00 (FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLAR).All the
winnings must be claimed before 20-12-2012. You are required to fill the Form below, starting
from your full name, etc. As listed below and forward it to your Processing Director Mr.
Robinson Packer through the above e-mails and call his office directly.
FORM A
REFERENCE NUMBER: SA/NL3-SARM-FIFLL373
BATCH NUMBER FISA-354-TWDD77
INSURANCE NUMBER: SA/NL3/113/SART88
WINNING NUMBER: 14 21 30 39 40 47/31
FULL NAME:
FULL ADDRESS:
COUNTRY:
COMPANY NAME:
MALE/FEMALE:AGE:
TELE&FAX:
Thanks and Congratulations.
From: Mrs. Bryan McDonald
FIFA 2014 Microsoft Online Promotions
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Hey guys, now I’m waiting to receive the jacking pot that the above email stated.
If I get the money transferred to me, I will transfer one third of it as a donation to my teacher Jeff. You know, one third of it means 100 000 US dollars!!
Well, a sad ending of the story comes in here,
I googled the official website of FIFA, and searched the site to confirm if there was such a promotional activity.
Not surprising, there was not such an event on the site.
I’ve just found out that this email was scam, a fraud. how sad it could be than that!
Don’t worry for me.
I really received such an email two days ago. But I just didn’t respond it. I’m not a sucker even though suckers are born every minute! 😉
Yours,
Hi friends, as we are in the season of giving why we don´t give a
little donate of $ 10.00 to our beloved site ESL?
It could be a good idea to support our prefer English site it would
be like a little gift.
Happy Christmas to every one
emiliano