A person is a person because of people – Zulu Proverb

(present perfect film)

Vocabulary to learn after watching the video :
Don’t you think they grow up pretty fast
You have to be a grown up sometime
Social isolation
Closely correlated with loneliness
Mental and physical decline
We’ve invited you to come and celebrate happiness with us
Come again, come when you can

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It speaks for itself #5

[rosha.ie]

"You can tell her to clean her room until you are blue in the face, 
but she won't do it"'

Cambridge.org

I travel for the pictures

  [Marko Roth]

Vocabulary to learn after watching the video :

• I travel to build up new friendships
• I travel for the thrill
• I travel for the pictures
• I travel to let go
• I travel for that moment

Intersting Facts :

• Table Mountain, one of the iconic landmarks of South Africa, is one of the oldest mountains in the world – and has more than 2,200 species of plants, 70 percent of which are endemic.
• A South African fish migration is so huge it can be seen from space. Between May and July every year millions of small silver fish travel in vast shoals from the cold waters off South Africa’s Cape Point up to the coastlines of the northern Eastern Cape and southern KwaZulu-Natal. This annual event is called the Sardine Run. The shoals are so big – 15km long, 3.5km wide and up to 40m deep – they can be seen by satellite. In their wake come hundreds of birds, sharks, whales, dolphins, all eager to feast.
• South Africa has hosted the football (2010), cricket  (2003) and rugby (1995) world cups – it is the only country in the world other than England to have done so.
• South Africa hosts the world’s largest bicycle race. The 35,000 riders taking part in the109-km Cape Town Cycle Tour race across Cape Town’s south peninsula and along the spectacular, mountainous coastal road called Chapman’s Peak Drive.
• South Africa is the largest producer of platinum in the world. In 2014 it produced 110,000kg, more than four times the amount of the next biggest producer, Russia.
• South Africa is known as the Rainbow Nation. Of South Africa’s almost 55 million population (Stats SA July 2015 estimate), around 80 percent is African, about 9 percent is white and just under 9 percent is mixed race.
• South Africa was once the world’s number one producer of gold – although 2014 reports ranked South Africa sixth in the world, producing around 6 percent (164.5 tonnes) of the world’s precious metal from its 35 mines.
• South Africa is full of record-breaking animals. It’s where you’ll find the largest land mammal (elephant), the largest bird (ostrich), the tallest animal (giraffe), the largest fish (whale shark), the largest reptile (leatherback turtle), the fastest land mammal (cheetah) and the largest antelope (eland).

source : expatica.com

 

Breakfast Time – Baked Omelette Roll

Recipe :  all recipes

Vocabulary to learn after watching the video :

• It bakes in the oven
• Six servings of breakfast ready all at the same time
• Ground black pepper
• An interesting crossover between a crepe and eggs
• Your favourite filling ingredients
• Shredded sharp cheddar cheese
• Bake the omelette in a pre-heated oven
• Until the eggs are set
• Place it onto a  serving platter
• Cut into 6 equal sized portions
• The variations are endless

Trees can fly

  [Hoshincu]

How to make Air Bonsai :

  [Hoshincu]

“A Japanese firm called Hoshinchu is producing kits for customers to produce their own floating versions of tiny house plants called Air Bonsai.

The tiny trees contain spongy balls of moss that contain magnets that sit above a porcelain base that similarly contain magnets which repel those found in the moss. 

How do the trees float :

The Air Bonsai kit is made up of two parts – an ‘energy base’ and the ‘little star’ which floats a few centimetres above the base.

The ‘stars’ are spongy balls of moss 2.3-inches (6cm) across containing magnets weighing around 250 grams. 

The porcelain base contains magnets and a rotating mechanism and is connected to the mains by an AC adapter.

The magnets repel each other to create the illusion of levitation. 

To plant the trees, customers poke a hole in the ball and add the cutting of the plant or a seedling. 

The website shows a number of bonsai trees which have been grown for a number of years spinning off the ground.

An additional pot is available in the form of a lava stone, instead of the moss ball.”

[Daily Mail UK]

It speaks for itself (4)

[woodwardenglish]

What’s the biggest number you know in your language? Do you have a word that isn’t an actual number but means a really really big number? Learn some fun facts and figures about big numbers and also advice on how to pronounce and write them.  Read more HERE

Can you say  really big numbers?  Test yourself HERE

Do you know what an Earthscape Artist does?

[BBC News]

Vocabulary chunks to learn after watching video :

• He’s an Earthscape Artist
• He spends his days on the beach racking the sand
• He lets his imagination run wild
• Geometric patterns
• My biggest inspiration is nature
• Translate the world I see
• Scientific pursuit
• By blending broad and narrow strokes he creates patterns
• Which hovers above the design and takes pictures
• Beach goers love his work
• Travel miles to see it
• He used to be Environmental Scientist
• Follow his dream
• Opened more doors
• Make a living racking in the sand
• When the tide comes in

 

 

 English vocabulay  – ECCE speaking exam – Cambridge Exams

 

It speaks for itself (3)

[woodwardenglish]

Apartment Therapy

“We all know that being happy at home doesn’t just come down to filling your space with objects you love. You can find new satisfaction in your space by adding a few simple practices to your routine, and before you know it, these habits will refresh your life both inside and outside your walls.
From starting your day off on the right foot, to carving out “me time,” to taking care of chores in the moment—it’s the little things in life that go a long way. The best part is that they are so easy to do you can start incorporating them tomorrow !
Check out the inspiring little video presentation and resolve to embrace happiness in your own home”.   Illustrations by Danie Drankwalter.

Read more @  apartment therapy

What is your favorite word ?

[hiho kids]