I can talk about SWEETS

Being inspired by a recent visit to Lviv chocolate factory, decided to write about the names of sweets in English. So, if you have a sweet tooth, you must learn them!

I'll start you off with a few shots from the Lviv chocolate factory or chocoholics paradise:

Potocki Palace

Dear students,

you can use the 3D panorama of the Potocki palace made by http://welcome.lviv.ua to get inside the gallery & see what we are going to deal with. Enjoy!

"Warsaw melody"

We went to the theatre today! 
The performance was really great and gripping. I personally enjoyed it very much:) But, I'm curious to read your impressions in the comments. 
Now, as I promised, here are the pictures: 

The magic is about to begin...

I can talk about ART

Are you a culture vulture i.e. interested in music, art, theatre?
Learn how to talk about these things in English.
MUSIC vocab. Download. 

 

 THEATRE

The Moon and Sixpence

The Moon and Sixpence

by W. Somerset Maugham

William Somerset Maugham (January 25, 1874 – December 16, 1965) was an English playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was one of the most popular authors of his era, and reputedly the highest paid of his profession during the 1930s.

The Moon and Sixpence (1919) is a short novel by William Somerset Maugham based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin. The story is told in episodic form by the first-person narrator as a series of glimpses into the mind and soul of the central character, Charles Strickland, a middle aged English stock broker who abandons his wife and children abruptly in order to pursue his desire to become an artist.

Chapters I-III + exercises
Audio 

Bridget Jones's Diary

"I decided to take control of my life and start a diary to tell the truth about Bridget Jones...the whole truth.

Resolution number one-- ohh--obviously wiIl lose twenty pounds.

Number two...always put last night'spanties in the laundrybasket.

Egually important...will find nice sensible boyfriend to go out with and not continue to form romantic attachments to any of the following...

alcoholics, workaholics, commitment-phobics, peeping toms, megalomaniacs, emotional fuckwits, or perverts.

And especially will not fantasize about a particular person who embodies all these things.

Unfortunately,he just happens to be my boss..." 

Download audio book (Intermediate level)

Blogging Ina-34

So, first make sure that your blog address is spelled correctly in the list below. Then, subscribe to the blogs of your groupmates:

bestgroupmatesIna34.blogspot.com

cast2011.blogspot.com

contemporaryeng.blogspot.com

easyenglish-olga.blogspot.com

engforfun34.blogspot.com

enjoy-engl.blogspot.com

enjoyyoureng.blogspot.com

enterpriseeng.blogspot.com

khristina.yakovlyuk.blogspot.com

irysjaenglishdobrovolska.blox.com

oleksandrashine.blogspot.com

savchyn-tututu.blogspot.com

skilleng.blogspot.com

vita-sassygbigmirnet.blogspot.com

wifeofatycoon.blogpot.com

yarikenglishpaliy.blox.com

!!! Lviv Picture Gallery: Worksheet. Download

I can speak about NATURE

This week we are talking about amazing and extraordinary Mother nature. Have you already watched "Oceans" by Jacques Perrin???

Documentaries are becoming more and more popular nowadays. That's, probably, the first time in the history of the cinema that they actually pay off and are really popular with spectators.
The release of a new documentary "Oceans" filmed by Jacques Perrin, the director of "Misrocosmos", "Genesis" and "Winged migration" is a box office hit (popular and financially successful).
Watching these documentaries you realize how amazing and extraordinary our Mother nature is. All the contemporary science fiction movies can not surpass nature. Watch it! Highly recommended!

Marketing & advertising

"Doing business without advertising is like 'winking' at a girl in the dark.

You know what you are doing, but no one else does." Walter Seward

Excalibur

 "Excalibur" - a story about King Arthur, his knights and Camelot. Adapted for lower intermediate level. Read & listen!

Chapter 1-2  

Chapter 3-4  

Chapter 5   
To be continued ... 

寿司 / Sushi

„You can't go anywhere without having a sushi bar. I think it's right behind McDonald's.”

Yes, sushi is becoming quite popular food in our country nowadays. A year ago, I did not know much about it and hadn’t tried it. But, I can call last year “Sushi revelation” :) Within 2009, I tried sushi, liked it, learned how to make it and delivered a do-it-yourself class.