The ESLPod Blog (page 162)
- Announcements
Happy Birthday, Jeff!
At this time each year, we at ESL Podcast, pause to say, “When is our next vacation?”
- Language & Terms
Rearrange the Letters and This is What You Get
An anagram is a word or phrase that is formed when you rearrange the letters of another word or phrase. Here are a few words and phrases. Can you figure out a good anagram?
- Language & Terms
“My English Isn’t as Good as it Once Was.”
QUESTION: Heitor from Brazil had this question: “I studied English a long time ago and when some people speak to me in English I usually say that, “I lost my English.” What I want to say is that my…
- Language & Terms
Dude, You are so Obama!
An article last month in the New York Times discussed American slang and how quickly it has been changing. With the Internet, people are able to communicate instantaneously (immediately), sharing new…
- Life in the United States
How Americans Spend Money
Last week, Jeff blogged about how much money top athletes make, but what about average (typical; normal) Americans?
- About ESL Podcast
Sprechen Sie Deutsch? – ESL Podcast on German Radio
We have often said that we both have faces for radio. Here is further proof (evidence) of this.
- Life in the United States
How long does it take to make $100,000?
Americans love their sports, and professional sports is a huge (very big) business here, as it is in some other countries. The most popular sports are baseball, American football, and basketball,…
- Language & Terms
I Feel Like a Fool…And a Cup of Coffee
QUESTION : Lilin from China wants to know the meanings of the phrase “feel like.”
- Life in the United States
Meet My Friend, Mr. Grant
In my previous post , I talked about how common it is in the US to find traces (small amounts) of cocaine on US paper bills. At the end of the post, I noted that the New York Times headline for a…
- News and Current Events
Drug Money
Cocaine is a very addictive (something that you can’t stop doing or consuming once you start because it is so pleasurable) drug that became popular in the 1970s and 1980s and still is used by many…
