Today's
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Monday,
26th October, 2009 |
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Here is today's FREE
English lesson,
from
Hotch Potch
English...
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 Q1) How old am I?
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a) Forty four happy birthdays.
b) Forty four years.
c) Forty four.
d) Forty four years old.
 Q2) What's the weather like?
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a)
It's fine.
b) It's wet.
c) It's hot.
d) It's foggy.
Q3) Find the mistake:
a)
I have 44 years.
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b) Today is my happy birthday!
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c) I am born in 1965.
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Today's News Expressions
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Pronunciation Practice |
Listen and repeat
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ashes scattered |
evening's revelling |
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ill-fated |
aboard the ship |
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maiden voyage |
southern England |
Listen to and read this news story from the BBC and
answer the questions.
Last Titanic survivor's ashes scattered at port
 Briton was 9 weeks old on voyage; died last May
at age 97
LONDON - The ashes of the last Titanic
survivor have been scattered at the English port where the
ship began its ill-fated maiden voyage in 1912.
At 11.40 p.m. on April 14th, as
passengers and crew were getting into bed after an evening's
revelling, the Titanic tragically hit an iceberg in the
North Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of Newfoundland and
sank two and a half hours later.
 Millvina
Dean, who was 9 weeks old when her parents took her aboard
the ship, died May 31 at age 97.
Her ashes were scatted on Saturday by
her partner, Bruno Nordmanis, on the water at Southampton
Docks in southern England.
About 150 people including members of the British
Titanic Society and friends of Dean gathered for the ceremony. David Hill, of
the British Titanic Society, said Dean "was a lovely lady, and anyone who met
her would say exactly the same."
Q1) Find expressions which mean...
a) below northern England
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b) the first time a boat goes to sea
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c) to have fun at a party late in the day
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d) to put a person who has been cremated (burnt) into the sea, for
example ???
e) to be on a boat
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f) going to have an accident or disaster
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Q2) How old was Millvina Dean when the Titanic sank?
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a) nine weeks ago
b) 97 years old
c) ninety seven years ago
d) 9 weeks old
Q3)
True
or
False?
a) The
Titanic sank in the early hours of the
morning on 14th April, 1912.
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b) Millvina's ashes were scattered into the sea where
the
Titanic left port nearly 100 years ago.
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c)
Around 150 people were aboard the
Titanic when it sank in 1912.
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4)
Today's Song
This is an underground classic. Beautiful, haunting, enigmatic.
From Paul Weller, the ex-lead singer and guitarist from the
legendary rock group from the late 70s and early 80s, The Jam.
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Wild Wood
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(by Paul Weller) |
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Some of the
words below have been changed.
Listen to the song, and try to hear the correct words.
(Click on the
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High tide - late in the evening
People fly by in the traffic's boom
Knowing
- just what you're knowing
Getting to where you should be going.
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Don't let
them get you down
Making you feel happy about
Black rain will bring you
sadness
All the good things - you deserve now.
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Climbing always climbing
Find your way out - of the wild wild wood
Now there's no
justice
There's only your friends - that you can believe in
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And I said -
early in the morning
People pass by in the hazy gloom
Knowing -
just where you're blowing
Getting to where you should be going.
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Year by year your hope fades away
Waiting to feel - all the dreams that
say
Old pain will bring you riches
All the good things - you
deserve now - and I say
Searching always searching
You're gonna find your way out - of
the wild wild wood
Said you're gonna find your way out... of the wild wild wood
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Index
Q3)
Where is the country (general knowledge question)?
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