Never Ending English Lessons

Quote of the Day: “Don’t take life too seriously. You’ll never get out alive” Bugs Bunny

Love English, Write in English Write a short How To manual about how to be a good friend.

Puzzle of the Day: Gan-Gan – can you figure out what / who is this?

Story Time: A Life Worth Saving A man risked his life by swimming through the treacherous riptide to save a youngster being swept out to sea. After the child recovered from the harrowing experience, he said to the man, "Thank you for saving my life." The man looked into the boy's eyes and said, "That's okay, kid. Just make sure your life was worth saving."

Creative Writing “Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read.” And what do you think? How do you understand this quote? Do you agree or disagree? As always, you have to explain why? Have a nice weekend!

Black Friday (USA)  Black Friday  is the day following  Thanksgiving Day in the United States  (the fourth Thursday of November). Since 1952, it has been regarded as the beginning of the  Christmas shopping season  in the U.S., and most major retailers open very early (and more recently during overnight hours) and offer promotional sales. Black Friday is not an official holiday, but California and some other states observe "The Day After Thanksgiving" as a holiday for  state government  employees, sometimes in lieu of another federal holiday such as  Columbus Day . Many non-retail employees and schools have both Thanksgiving and the following Friday off, which along with the following regular weekend, makes it a four-day weekend, thereby increasing the number of potential shoppers. It has routinely been the busiest shopping day of the year since 2005.

Thanksgiving Day  is a national  holiday  celebrated in  Canada , the  United States , some of the  Caribbean islands , and  Liberia . It began as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the  harvest  and of the preceding year. Similarly named festival holidays occur in  Germany  and  Japan . Thanksgiving is celebrated on the  second Monday of October  in Canada and on the  fourth Thursday of November  in the United States, and around the same part of the year in other places. Although Thanksgiving has historical roots in religious and cultural traditions, it has long been celebrated as a  secular   holiday as well.

Love English, Write in English If you wanted to fly, would you choose to be a butterfly, bat, or eagle?  Why?

Idiom of the Day: The apple of one’s eye   - special,  favourite, beloved person or a thing E.g. The youngest child was the apple of his father’s eye.

Quote of the Day: “Give me a fish and I eat for a day.  Teach me to fish and I eat for a lifetime”. Chinese Proverb

Puzzle of the Day: Ginger Royal – can you figure out what / who this  is ?

Creative Writing Albert Einstein said - “If A is Success, then the formula for success is A= X+Y+Z, where X is WORK; Y is PLAY; and Z is KEEPING YOUR MOUTH SHUT!”   What do you think  and what is your formula for success? Why?

Idiom of the Day: To eat one’s word   - If you say  that someone has to  eat  their  words , you mean that they have to admit  that they were wrong  about something they said in the past, especially  when this makes them look foolish . E.g.   You   shouldn't   say   that  to  me.I'll   make   you   eat   your   words.   John   was   wrong   about   the   election   and   had  to  eat his   words.

Information about the upcoming Overseas Education Expo 2017 Time: November 16-18 ,  2017 Place: The International Convention Center "Ukrainian House" Address: 2, Khreschatyk St., Kyiv The entrance is free

Love English, Write in English If you could be attractive and stupid or intelligent and ugly, which would you prefer? Why?

Puzzle of the Day: Some months have thirty days, some months have thirty one, but how many have twenty eight days?

Story Time: Chicken Once upon a time, there was a large mountainside, where an eagle's nest rested.The eagle's nest contained four large eagle eggs. One day an earthquake rocked the mountain causing one of the eggs to roll down the mountain, to a chicken farm, located in the valley below. The chickens knew that they must protect and care for the eagle's egg, so an old hen volunteered to nurture and raise the large egg. One day, the egg hatched and a beautiful eagle was born. Sadly, however, the eagle was raised to be a chicken. Soon, the eagle believed he was nothing more than a chicken. The eagle loved his home and family, but his spirit cried out for more. While playing a game on the farm one day, the eagle looked  to the skies above and noticed a group of mighty eagles soaring in the skies. "Oh," the eagle cried, "I wish I could soar like those birds." The chickens roared with laughter, "You cannot soar with those birds. You are a chicken and ...

Quote of the Day : “We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give”. Winston Churchill ( (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, army officer,  and writer . He served as  Prime Minister of the United Kingdom  from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. As a  Member of Parliament  (MP), he represented five constituencies over the course of his career. As Prime Minister, Churchill led Britain to victory during the  Second World War . He led the  Conservative Party  for fifteen years from 1940 to 1955. )

Creative Writing If you were a cartoon character, who would you be? Why?

Quote of the Day: “For every person who wants to teach there are approximately thirty people who don’t want to learn much 😃 ”. W.C. Stellar

Love English, Write in English  If you could have one superpower, what would it be and why? What would you do with it?

Story Time: That's Not My Job This is a story about four people: Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it.  It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

Idiom of the Day: Against the clock - i f you are doing something  against the clock , you are doing it in a great hurry , because there is very little time (under pressure, as to meet a deadline) E.g. The emergency services were working against the clock as the tide began to rise. We left later than we were supposed to, so it was a race against the clock to get to the airport on time.

FYI: A new question for you to vote: Would you rather be a giant rodent or a tiny elephant?

Quote of the Day: "Look, if you had one shot or one opportunity To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment Would you capture it or just let it slip?" Eminem “Lose Yourself”

This Day in History:  Guy Fawkes Day (UK)   Guy Fawkes Night , also known as  Guy Fawkes Day ,  Bonfire Night  and  Firework Night , is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November, primarily in  Great Britain . Its history begins with the events of 5 November 1605, when  Guy Fawkes , a member of the  Gunpowder Plot , was arrested while guarding  explosives  the plotters had placed beneath the  House of Lords . Celebrating the fact that  King James I  had survived the attempt on his life, people lit  bonfires  around London, and months later the introduction of the  Observance of 5th November Act  enforced an annual public day of thanksgiving for the plot's failure.