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IDIOMS WITH ANIMALS: BIRD

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QUOTE BY GERTRUDE STEIN

«I’ve been rich and I’ve been poor. It’s better to be rich».

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Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 27, 1946) was an American writer of novels, poetry and plays that eschewed the narrative, linear, and temporal conventions of 19th-century literature, and a fervent collector of Modernist art. She was born in West Allegheny (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, raised in Oakland, California, and moved to Paris in 1903, making France her home for the remainder of her life.

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Holiday hotspots: where to go in 2014

 

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Start planning your 2014 travels with the help of our top 5 destination round-up. Some are hosting major events, others are under-the-radar places only just starting to attract tourists, but all of them are inspiring or exciting right now.

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: Emperor Penguin and Icebreaker

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GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS

 

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Shut out all night at the Golden Globes, the historical drama «12 Years a Slave» eked out the night’s top honor, best film drama, while the 1970s con-artist caper «American Hustle» landed a leading three awards, including best motion picture – comedy or musical.

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READING: LONDON UNDERGROUND

 

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The London Underground is a public transport network, composed of electrified railways (that is, a metro system) that run underground in tunnels in central London and above ground in the city’s suburbs. The oldest metropolitan underground network in the world, first operating in 1863, the London Underground is usually referred to as either simply «the Underground» by Londoners, or (more familiarly) as «the Tube».

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Practice your English

Fill in the blanks with the words from the list.

As soon as – However – As – Suddenly
better – view – opposite – imagine
idea – room – even – front desk

As we live in London, we had thought it was a good  to go to Paris for one week. As you can , we were very happy and enthusiastic. , something unpredictable happened.We had booked a small  in a nice hotel  the river.

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: Monster Storms Raging on Failed Stars

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A new study suggests that brown dwarfs see very turbulent weather.

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Reading Comprehension: Tower of London

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Her Majesty’s Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, separated from the eastern edge of the City of London by the open space known as Tower Hill.

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: SING-SING FESTIVAL IN MOUNT HAGEN

 

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Mount Hagen also hosts a Sing-Sing over the middle weekend of August. It has slightly more tourist vistors and less tribes than Goroka, bit still pulls together and impressive 60 to 70 tribes. It can be combined with vird watching, visiting a Melpa village, going to other birding or cultural activities in Tari, home of the Huli wigmen, or a a visit to any of the dive resorts.

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PRACTICE YOUR READING SKILLS: THE TUDOR ROSE

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The Tudor rose (sometimes called the Union rose) is the traditional floral heraldic emblem of England and takes its name and origins from the Tudor dynasty.
When Henry VII took the crown of England from Richard III in battle (1485), he brought about the end of the Wars of the Roses between the House of Lancaster (which used the badge of a red rose) and the House of York (which used a white-rose badge).

Henry’s father was Edmund Tudor from the House of Richmond, and his mother was Margaret Beaufort from the House of Lancaster; in January 1486 he married Elizabeth of York to bring all factions together. (In battle, Richard III fought under the banner of the boar, and Henry under the banner of the dragon of his native Wales.) The white rose/red rose idea was a Tudor invention.