poniedziałek, 26 lutego 2018

Badeshi.

Słyszeliście kiedyś o badeshi?  Badeshi to język, którym mówią tylko 3 osoby na świecie.
Would you like to learn a few words of a language only three people in the world speak? Badeshi used to be spoken widely in a remote snow-clad valley, deep in the mountains of northern Pakistan.But it is now considered extinct. Ethnologue, which lists all of the world's languages, says it has had no known speakers for three or more generations.But in the Bishigram Valley, we found three old men who can still speak in Badeshi. 
Read more:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43194056

środa, 21 lutego 2018

On the "frow".

Przeczytałam informację BBC o obecności Królowej na pokazie mody. Moją uwagę przykuło słowo FROW, które jest połączeniem FRONT i ROW.


The Queen on the 'frow' at London Fashion Week

Her Majesty has attended London Fashion Week, sitting next to Vogue's Dame Anna Wintour on the coveted front row.
Dressed in duck egg blue, she watched a show featuring the bold prints of designer Richard Quinn, and later presented him with the inaugural Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design.
Słowo ROW znaczy między innymi:  rząd, wiosłować, kłótnia, sprzeczka, kontrowersja. Death row to cela śmierci, a row house oznacza szeregowiec.
Rowdy to rozwrzeszczany, rozwydrzony.

sobota, 17 lutego 2018

Polish cows are brave!

Nie tak dawno głośno było o polskiej krowie, która wybrała wolność, zwiała z pastwiska i żyje ze stadem żubrów w Puszczy Białowieskiej https://englishpleaseee.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-cow-that-lives-with-bisons.html a tu już mamy kolejną bohaterkę! 
Tym razem o wydarzeniu donosi Daily Mail. 
A cow which staged an escape while being taken to a slaughterhouse has been living alone on an island.
When the slaughterhouse workers arrived to take away the cow, they were told it told it would be best to tranquilize the feisty bovine.
But they ignored the advice and as it came out of its shed to be loaded onto to the lorry. Instead it rammed a metal fence before making a dash for the nearby Lake Nysa, south Poland, Polish news show Wiadomosci reported
A farmworker ended up with a broken arm and bruised ribs during the escape, in which the cow was seem to dive underwater as it made its way to the island.
After a week of trying and failing to get the cow back, the farmer, known only as Mr Lukasz, gave up and began making sure it was fed enough food to stay alive
When firefighters used a boat to get to the island, the cow swam about 50 metres to a neighbouring peninsula.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5403659/Cow-escapes-way-abattoir-lives-island.html#ixzz57OH4rfJY
Mam nadzieję, że poseł Paweł Kukiz dotrzyma słowa i uratuje życie dzielnej krowy.

czwartek, 15 lutego 2018

The Year of the Dog:

Chińczycy na całym świecie świętują początek nowego roku. Będzie to Rok Psa.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wheYgW0Uuw

Welcome to the Year of the Dog: Chinese people around the world celebrate Lunar New Year with lion dance, stunning lanterns and delicious dumplings

  • The Chinese New Year starts on February 16 as one-fifth of the world's population celebrate the festival
  • The New Year is the Year of the Dog, succeeding the Year of the Rooster and preceding the Year of the Pig
  • Millions of people have tuned in to watch the Chinese Near Year Gala, the world's most popular TV show
  • Lunar New Year is celebrated by people around the world, but mainly in Eastern and South-east Asia
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5395601/The-Year-Dog-Chinese-celebrate-2018-Lunar-New-Year.html#ixzz57C6tBJbT 

niedziela, 11 lutego 2018

Foods for thicker hair.

Zawsze mi się wydawało, że gęste włosy to dar natury, ale okazuje się, że poprzez jedzenie odpowiednich produktów można ich stan poprawić. Kto chce niech wierzy. Z pewnością nikomu to nie zaszkodzi. Na liście zamieszczonej w Daily Mail znajdziemy między innymi: siemię lniane, jajka, awokado, figi....
Experts have revealed the 10 foods to eat for thicker hair.
While hair loss and thinning may be distressing, simple dietary changes could be all it takes to prevent further fall outs, according to Neal's Yards Remedies' team of naturopaths, herbalists and nutritional therapists.
In the new book 'Neal’s Yard Remedies' Eat Beautiful', the experts explain simply having two slices of mango as a snack can help to strengthen hair tissue and promote growth.
Sprinkling a tablespoon of flaxseeds over meals nourishes hair and prevents it from becoming weak or brittle.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5358041/The-10-foods-eat-thicker-hair.html#ixzz56pScsRsV 

czwartek, 8 lutego 2018

Elmex sensitive professional advert

W emitowanej ostatnio w polskiej telewizji reklamie kilkakrotnie powtarza się słowo professional.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_anu_xIosc
Professional może być zarówno przymiotnikiem (zawodowy, fachowy, profesjonalny) , jak i rzeczownikiem (fachowiec, zawodowiec, człowiek wykonujący wolny zawód).
Poprawna wymowa tego słowa to [prəˈfeʃənl]
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/professional
Porównajcie z wymową w reklamie i wyciągnijcie wnioski.

niedziela, 4 lutego 2018

Facebook is 14 years old.

4 lutego 2004 roku uruchomiono serwis społecznościowy FACEBOOK.

The origins of Facebook have been in dispute since the very week a 19-year-old Mark Zuckerberg launched the site as a Harvard sophomore on February 4, 2004. 
Then called "the facebook.com," the site was an instant hit.  Now, six years later, the site has become one of the biggest web sites in the world, visited by 400 million people a month.
The controversy surrounding Facebook began quickly.  A week after he launched the site in 2004, Mark was accused by three Harvard seniors of having stolen the idea from them.