Other people his age had houses and washing machines, cars and television sets, furniture and gardens and mountain bikes and lawnmowers: he had four boxes of crap, and a set of matchless memories.
English at Home with Nina
It's easy; it's free; it's fun; and it's effective.
Tuesday, 30 May 2023
Book 6 2023 The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
Monday, 22 May 2023
7 NA C1 2 Topic 12 Free Time & the Summer
Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability. (Sam Keen)
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Sunday, 21 May 2023
6 NA C1 1 Topic 12 Free Time & the Summer
Aaah, summer - that long anticipated stretch of lazy, lingering days, free of responsibility and rife with possibility. It's a time to hunt for insects, master handstands, practise swimming strokes, conquer trees, explore nooks and crannies, and make new friends. (Darell Hammond)
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Saturday, 20 May 2023
5 NI B2 2 Topic 12 Free Time & the Summer
The summer night is like a perfection of thought . (Wallace Stevens).
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Friday, 19 May 2023
4 NI B2 1 Topic 12 Free Time & the Summer
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Thursday, 18 May 2023
3 NI B1 Topic 12 Fee Time & the Summer
Do what we can, summer will have its flies. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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Listening | Bad service + audio |
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Wednesday, 17 May 2023
2 NB 2 Topic 12 Home or Away
I love holidays. It's such a wonderful time for the whole family to be together and not have to worry about schedules and that kind of thing. (Toni Collette)
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Tuesday, 16 May 2023
1 NB 1 Topic 12 Holiday 3 - Summer
Some of the best memories are made in flip flops. (Kellie Elmore)
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Sunday, 7 May 2023
7 NA C1 2 Topic 11 Buying & Selling
Well, capitalism is a big problem, because with capitalism you're just going to keep buying and selling things until there's nothing else to buy and sell, which means gobbling up the planet. (Alice Walker)
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