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Not My Type

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 07:05:50 GMT

Not My Type

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Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:58:40 GMT

Ten Conversation Lessons with Stories, Vocabulary Practice, Questions and Activities

Lesson 5- A Soldier's Lie

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:39:12 GMT

The Story

Once a soldier asked his commanding officer for a day's leave to attend his sister's wedding.
The officer asked him to wait outside the door for a few minutes while he considered the request.
The officer then called the soldier back in and said, "You are a liar. I've just phoned your sister and she told me she's already married."
"Well, sir, you're an even bigger liar," the soldier replied, "because I don't even have a sister."

Lesson 4 - Vacuum Cleaner

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:35:57 GMT

The Story

A man selling vacuum cleaners appeared at the door of an old lady's cottage and, without allowing the woman to speak, rushed into the living room and threw a large bag of dirt all over her clean carpet. He said, "If this new magical cleaner doesn't pick up every bit of dirt, I'll eat it."
The woman, who by this time was losing her patience, said, "Sir, if I had enough money to buy that, I would have paid my electricity bill before they cut it off. Now, what would you prefer, a spoon or a knife and fork?"

Lesson 3 - Poor Cat!

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:34:03 GMT

The Story

As a student I ate my meals at a seaside boarding-house. The landlady was a good cook and, as her husband was a fisherman, we always ate fish for dinner. Eventually I got tired of it, and took to slipping it under the sofa, where the family cat would find and devour it.
This worked very successfully until one day the landlady tiptoed up behind me and said, "Young man it's high time I told you that our cat was run over by a lorry three weeks ago."

Lesson 2 - The Best Accountant

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:32:18 GMT

The Story

An accountant answered an advertisement for a job with a large firm. At the end of the interview the chairman said, "One last question-- what is three times seven?" The accountant thought for a minute and replied, "Twenty-two".
Outside he took his calculator and realized that he should have said twenty-one. He concluded that he had lost the job. A fortnight later, however, he was offered the post.
After a few weeks, he asked the chairman why he had been when he had given the wrong answer.
"You were the closest," the chairman replied.

Lesson 1 - Killing Mothballs

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:29:50 GMT

The Story

The old lady walked into a chemist's shop and bought a packet of mothballs. The next day she returned . and again bought a packet of mothballs. On the third day she did the same and when she appeared the fourth day and asked again for a packet of mothballs, the chemist could not restrain his curiosity.
'You must have a lot of moths, madam?' he queried.
'Yes, I have,' she nodded, 'and I don't know what I'm going to do. I've been throwing these balls at them for three days now and I haven't hit one yet!'

Are Exams Necessary? (21-04-2009)

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:25:03 GMT

Are Exams Necessary? (21-04-2009)

There’s something no student wants to face at the end of each semester. It’s obvious. Almost all schools assess students by means of examinations. Almost everyone would agree that exams are stressful. Exams cause a great deal of fear and many students do worse in exams than in other forms of assessment. Of course many argue that exams are a great form of training for later life when success depends on dealing with a variety of stresses. So, here’s the question. “Are exams necessary?”

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Fiona — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:31:56 GMT

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