ACUPUNCTURE - HOW IT WORKS
CULTURE
SNOOPY
BAKE NUT BISCUITS
You could make them with peanut butter too!
TIPS FOR PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT
Follow the link below to find lots of ideas which YOU can put into practice to protect our environment. It belongs to all of us, and we are all eventually responsible for what happens to our world. Future generations will thank you for every little effort we can make.
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/home.htm
Think about what we can do.
WATCH THIS VIDEO ABOUT OUR PAST AND OUR FUTURE
This video is worth watching . Click on the following link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxENMKaeCU
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO LEARN ENGLISH?
The basic idea behind learning a language, any language, is to be able to communicate, to get an idea out of one person’s brain into the brain of another. As many people all over the world speak English, English is one of the most effective languages for moving ideas around. If you include all those who speak English as a second language, English is the most spoken language on Earth. In the past, this was true for Latin and Greek.
Wherever you go, English will be a requirement of some sort. It is used in tourism, business, education, literature, science, show business, etc. English could be considered as a passport to success in the world’s daily life. So, strive to be among the best. Learn English!
DR SEUSS
Remember The Cat in the Hat? The Grinch who stole Christmas? Horton Hatches the Egg? Green Eggs and Ham? And many more...
Click on the link, which will take you to the official Dr. Seuss site, and you can have fun looking around. The author, Theodore Seuss Geisel, known as Dr Seuss has given joy and happiness to many people all over the world.
INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF ASTRONOMY
2009 has been declared International Year of Astronomy, and because of this, numerous events and activities have been planned world-wide. Below are some links which will take you to these and their dates, videos and other interesting information.
World-wide Information
http://www.astronomy2009.org/general/
Activities in Chile
http://www.astronomy2009.org/organisation/nodes/national/
Resources
http://www.astronomy2009.org/resources/
http://www.astronomy2009.org/resources/multimedia/videos/
This is is fascinating subject. Don’t pass up the opportunities offered!
OPTICAL ILLUSIONS
If you keep your eyes on the pink dots while they rotate, you will see only pink dots, whereas if you look at the black + in the centre, they will turn to green. (this only happens to people who come from intelligent families)
Depending on how you look at the above picture, you will see ’optical’ or ’illusion’.
To stop the dots from moving, stare at one of them for a few moments, and the movement will stop.
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT BRITAIN
Remember Winnie the Pooh? Well, here there is an opportunity which I have put on my blog in the past, and which I’m doing again because it is so good! Let Pooh Bear show you something of England, not only big cities but ways of life in rural areas, following the River Thames from its beginnings until it flows into the ocean. Click on the following link.
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/riverthames/index.htm
If you want to find out more about British life and culture, click on the following link.
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/
Have fun!
SNOOPY FOREVER
HOW POTATO CHIPS ARE MADE
This is really interesting to watch!
INTERACTIVE EASTER EGG HUNT
WHY EASTER EGGS AND RABBITS?
Of all the symbols associated with Easter the egg, the symbol of fertility and new life, is the most identifiable. The customs and traditions of using eggs have been associated with Easter for centuries.In Germany eggs were given to children along with other Easter gifts.
Different cultures have developed their own ways of decorating Easter eggs. Crimson eggs, to honour the blood of Christ, are exchanged in Greece. In parts of Germany and Austria green eggs are used on Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday). Slavic peoples decorate their eggs in special patterns of gold and silver.
Austrian artists design patterns by fastening ferns and tiny plants around the eggs, which are then boiled. The plants are then removed revealing a striking white pattern. The Poles and Ukrainians decorate eggs with simple designs and colorus. A number of eggs are made in the distinctive manner called pysanki (to design, to write).
Pysanki eggs are a masterpiece of skill and workmanship. Melted beeswax is applied to the fresh white egg. It is then dipped in successive baths of dye. After each dip wax is painted over the area where the preceding coloru is to remain. Eventually a complex pattern of lines and colours emerges into a work of art.
In Germany and other countries eggs used for cooking were not broken, but the contents were removed by piercing the end of each egg with a needle and blowing the contents into a bowl. The hollow eggs were dyed and hung from shrubs and trees during the Easter Week. The Armenians would decorate hollow eggs with pictures of Christ, the Virgin Mary, and other religious designs.
Just as Santa Claus represents Christmas, a hopping life-size bunny with a basket full of colorful eggs is the quintessential image of Easter.
The original Easter bunny was probably associated with the Pagan equinox festival that came before Easter. The Saxons devoted the month of April to celebrating their goddess of spring and fertility, who was, not coincidentally, named Eastre. Eastre’s sacred animal was the hare - not surprising since the rabbit is one of the most common symbols of fertility and rebirth.
The colored eggs carried by today’s Easter bunnies have another, even more ancient origin. Eggs have long been associated with fertility and springtime festivals - for so long, in fact, that the precise roots of the association are unknown. Ancient Romans and Greeks used eggs in festivals celebrating resurrected gods. The egg also featured prominently in the Jewish rituals of Passover - and still today the roasted egg has prominence on the seder table as an essential symbol of springtime and rebirth.
The next historical entry under Bunny & Egg is found fifteen hundred years later in Germany. There, children would eagerly await the arrival of the Oschter Haws, a rabbit who delighted children on Easter morning by laying colored eggs in nests. This was also the first known time that the rabbit and egg were linked together.
The German tradition of the Oschter Haws migrated to America in the 1800s, likely accompanying German immigrants, many of whom settled in Pennsylvania. Over the past 200 years, the Oschter Haws or Easter Bunny has become the most commercially recognized symbol of Easter.
Today American children squeal with delight when they see the bunny-whether he’s leading their neighborhood Easter egg hunt or greeting visitors at the local mall. The Easter bunny and his basket of eggs has become the most adored and recognized symbol of the Easter season.
COOPERATE!
Remember to look for contributions for the English Corner!
Jokes, cartoons, stories, advertisements,news reports, curious facts, obituaries,announcements,commercials, etc, etc....... Everything is welcome, although there is some censorship!
360 DEGREE CITIES
Click on the following link and select your destination! View places in the world from a 360º angle.
You'll enjoy yourselves no end.
CURIOUS SIGNS
TEN FUNNY SAYINGS
1. First you consume chocolate, then chocolate consumes you!
2. If you take the T away from diet, it then spells DIE.
3. Do coffins have lifetime guarantees?
4. Wouldn't it be nice if the sticky stuff on envelopes tasted like chocolate?
5. Should vegetarians eat animal crackers?
6. Remember there is no I in TEAM; but there is a M and an E.
7.Save time... see it my way.
8.Reach for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
9. Always remember you're unique, like everyone else.
10. Be nice to your kids. They'll choose your nursing home.
HAPPY STUDENT'S DAY
Have a wonderful day!
Hugs to all of you.
Miss Christine
