The ESLPod Blog (page 164)
- Language & Terms
“Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child”
QUESTION: Hazem in Egypt wants to know the meaning of this saying: “Spare the rod and spoil the child.”
- Life in the United States
Multiscreening and Me
BusinessWeek magazine had an article recently about people who surf the Internet while watching television at the same time. About one out of every ten TV watchers are simultaneously (at the same…
- Television and Movies
The Movie or the Book
Talking about Twilight , the book and the movie, in Tuesday’s blog comments got me thinking about books that have been made into movies. These types of screen adaptations (television or film…
- Life in the United States
Americans’ Top 15 Dream Vacation Destinations
This is the time of year when many Americans go on vacation. In 2008, a poll was conducted asking 2,500 American adults the following question:
- Television and Movies
The Seven Plots of All Literature (Plus Two)
I was recently reading a fascinating book called The Art Instinct by Denis Dutton . The books tries to show that much of our sense of art and artistic judgment is influenced by our genetics – that…
- Jokes and Humor
The Best One-Liners of All Time
I’m not sure these are, in fact, the best one-liners (short jokes or funny/clever remarks), but I thought these were pretty good when I saw them recently in a magazine.
- Life in the United States
Eat up!
When someone says to a child, “ Eat up !” they mean “Hurry up and eat!” This may happen if the child is taking a long time to eat or is playing instead of eating the way he or she should. I heard my…
- Language & Terms
Capitalizing Words in Titles
QUESTION: Benjamin in France wants to know what the rules are for capitalizing words in titles.
- Language & Terms
Doodling
To doodle is to draw shapes and lines on a piece of paper for no particular purpose. Students in class will often doodle on their notebooks and papers while the teacher is talking, perhaps because…
