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........................... NEW WORDS,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,No buts = no excusesextinction = when the animals are all gone, like dinosaurs.Rise and shine = time to get up, something we say when we want you to wake upmigration = when animals move with the season to warmer or cooler areasDig in = very informal way to tell someone to start eating the mealdandelion = a type of yellow flowerYuck = sound we make when something is disgustingsinkhole = a place where the ground is not strong, you could fall do
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The meaning of sunset

What can you say about the deep meaning of sunset? How can you relate in to your life? Is it happy or sad moments ?

Sunset is the begining of night time ,I called it "the night's gate" . I think it's a sad time for some people.But for me it's the calm and warm time. I can have all my writings and work at this time. For all the things in life you can make anything as happy or sad moments of your life. I hope you enjoyed my writings.Thanks for reading it.By Emilie
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Thanks for featuring me

Dear members of the Club and Administration! First of all, let me thank to the learners who recognized me as a teacher and started trusting me. Being a teacher for many years I sincerely believe it is the students' recognition that makes us true teachers and give us confidence and inspiration. As I said on my profile, teaching is my vocation and I feel so good that I can express not only my ideas as to teaching English but also share my points of view on this world and its problems, human life a
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How to be a successful learner

It's important for any learner to follow some steps to be a successful learner for any language. Here are some steps which I tried out in my study:1- Communicate your knowledge with others. we can do this through writing.2- You should read as much as you can.It's a useful step just if you read with understanding.3- Have confidence of your ability to talk and use your language even with native speakers. Because by doing this you will improve your way of talking and speaking.4- Use all the possibl
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Your Mother's love

Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.

Write a simple proverb about mothers' love in your culture.ThanksEmilie
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Wise Sayings

A single conversation across a table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books.A single moment of understanding can flood a whole life with meaning.A wise man turns chance into good fortune.A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times."Beauty is truth, truth beauty" - that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.A man dies daily, only to be reborn in the morning, bigger, better and wiser.A single spark can set a prairie on
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Short Joke

Q:why did the koala fall out of the tree?A:it was deadQ:why did the second koala fall out of the tree?A:he got hit by the first koalaQ:why did the third koala fall out of the tree?A:he thought it was a gameQ:why did the Australian fall off his bike?A:he got hit in the head by three falling koalas
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Give me $5

A Programmer and an Engineer were sitting next to each other...A Programmer and an Engineer were sitting next to each other on an airplane. The Programmer leans over to the Engineer and asks if he wants to play a fun game. The Engineer just wants to sleep so he politely declines, turns away and tries to sleep.The Programmer persists and explains that it's a real easy game. He explains,"I ask a question and if you don't know the answer you pay me $5. Then you ask a question and if I don't know th
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Do you have goals?!

Do you have goals ? How many goals do you have?When we start thinking about our goals many goals come to our minds and but only thinking about the goals will lead to nothing.Starting to list dawn all of your goals is the first step to have them. After writing dawn your goals start to chose five of them in terms of the importance and the time periods.Let's start with the most important goals to be done in short period of time. Then, list dawn important goals but with long period of time ( from 1-
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what do you think of it?

I wrote this wail I was studyingI never thought that these days would come;When we don’t see each other in months and someWe used to say when we where close,That will never be like those .Those like hack and jack who were friends ,But not any more now their raising their nose .We were like zack and jack who were close,Close, even in wearing their clothesBut now because of you were like those ,Cause you’re the one who chose.
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Logical Problem 4

I see, you all like logical problems. Here is a more difficult one!Last Saturday, four neighbor boys found that work goes more quickly when friends help friends: each of the four had found a job one of the neighborhood adults, including Mrs. Wilson, needed done, and the four worked together to make fast work of the chores, one of which was cleaning a car. Given the following clues, you should be able to decide which job each found and for whom the work was done.1. Three of the friends are Alex,
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Phantom of the Opera

In sleep he sang to me,in dreams he came ...that voice which calls to me and speaks my name ...And do I dream again?For now I find the Phantom of the Opera is there - inside my mind ...Sing once again with me our strange duet ...My power over you grows stronger yet ...And though you turn from me,to glance behind,the Phantom of the Opera is there - inside your mind ...Those who have seen your face draw back in fear ...I am the mask you wear ...It's me they hear ...Your/My spirit and my/your voi
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My friend

I visited an old friend yesterday .it's a bit far from Ningbo .about 2hours by train.5:25is her birthday ,we had a very nice day.
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ESL EFL TESOL certification

I will be spending my next 3 weekends in Plano, Texas (part of the Dallas metroplex) taking a course by Oxford to gain certification to teach English as a foreign language or second language. It should be an interesting 6 days (3 Saturdays, 3 Sundays).I have already taught English as a foreign language in Mexico for 13 months. Now I will have an opportunity to pair academics with that real life experience and hopefully learn what I did correctly and where I goofed :)I am already thinking about w
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To get your presentation you created in Google docs to your page in MyEc. U need to cahnge the embed code, genertaed by Google docs. Google docs offers you iframe, but iframe don't work in MyEc. U need to change it to object. Here's how:Google docs offers you something like this:
<iframe src='http://docs.google.com/EmbedSlideshow?id=dgjdcbmm_11fwjxtxdk&size=l' frameborder='0' width='700' height='559'></iframe>
You have to change it, into something like this:
<object type="text/html" data="http://do
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Both Friends Will Think The Other Is BusyAnd Will Not Contact Thinking It May Be DisturbingAs Time PassesBoth Will Think Let The OTher ContactAfter That each Will Think Why I Should Contact First ?Here Your Love Will Be Converted To HateFinally Without Contact The Memory Becomes WeakThey Forget Each Other.So Keep In Touch With All And Pass This TO All Your Friends...I Don`t Want To be One Of This Kind.So Here I Am sending this To Every OneTo Say

I Am Fine Here
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What are the differences ?

Hallo all ,I'm a new member and I would like to share in this great website . As we know that we are from different counties and different culture .It could be sometimes different cultures in one country for instance , there are some festivities just in the city where I'm living in Holland and that unusual for me.I presume that we would like to know more about each other , so I would like you to tell us about your own culture and the things which may be other people finding them strange .Thank y
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Kiev Day

Each Ukrainian city has its City Day, the day when the city was founded. Kiev Day is usually celebrated at the last weekend of May although nobody knows when it was really founded. The reason for choosing this time is obvious for Ukrainians, so, let me explain it to you. Starting with Orthodox Easter, which is usually in the middle of April, each weekend is this or that holiday here. So, Kiev Day is the honorable end of so called May holidays. During three days various performances of popular ac
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