Session 19

 

28th March 2024 

sunny , warm 

Thursday 

Children Learn What They Live

By Dorothy Law Nolte, Ph.D.

 

 If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn.

 If children live with hostility, they learn to fight.

 If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive.

 If children live with pity, they learn to feel sorry for themselves.

If children live with ridicule, they learn to feel shy.

 If children live with jealousy, they learn to feel envy.

If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty.

If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence.

If children live with tolerance, they learn patience.

 If children live with praise, they learn appreciation.

If children live with acceptance, they learn to love.

If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves.

 If children live with recognition, they learn it is good to have a goal.

If children live with sharing, they learn generosity.

If children live with honesty, they learn truthfulness.

 If children live with fairness, they learn justice.

If children live with kindness and consideration, they learn respect.

 If children live with security, they learn to have faith in themselves and in those about them.

 If children live with friendliness, they learn the world is a nice place in which to live.

to take something / somebody for granted = a lua ceva / pe cineva ca si cum ti s-ar cuveni 

According to ,,If I were a boy", boys care about themselves more than their  female parteners.

Hypothetically, Beyonce plays the role of a man to stress the facts that hurt a girl. As a man, she wouldn't care about what she wears and she would go out with the others, turning off the phone not to be disturbed. More than that she points that the male parteners expect to be waited faithfully at home, forever. In the end, she ironically concludes that he is just a boy can't understand. 

Hand-me-downs are things, especially clothes, which have been used by someone else before you and which have been given to you for your use.

/ˈbʊ.ɡi ˌbɔːrd/ a brand name for a type of bodyboard (= a short, light board for riding on waves): Grab your bikini and boogie board and head for the beach.

drool - saliva

Session 18

21st March 2024 

sunny, cool 

Thursday 

Faza judeteana, 7 , 2024 

staff = personal ( uncountable, agreement in plural as " police" ) 

* The school staff were all present there.

The police are coming towards the protestants. 

All the windows are closed . My grandma can't be at home . 

All the windows of the house are open. My grandma must be at home . 

much # a little ( cantitate ; uncountable ) 

many # a few ( numar ; countable ) 

The news is / was pretty good for the education system. 

Faza judeteana, 8 , 2024 

to utter (ed) = a enunta 

infamous # famous 

villain = ticalos 

to look forward to + V ing = a astepta cu nerabdare sa ...

https://english-practice.net/practice-english-listening-tests-for-b1-listening-test-01/

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SEssion 17

 

7th March 2024 

light rain , cool 

Thursday 

hardly = de abia

* I cannot tell you what to say to him because I hardly know him . 

Adjectives with the same form as adverbs

RIGHT # WRONG 

LATE # EARLY 

HIGH # LOW 

FAST 

HARD 

DEEP 

LONG 

 NEAR 

STRAIGHT 

WATERMELON; RED PEPPER; TREE; TOMATO; PANDA BEAR; HONEY STICK; HIVE; CHERRIES; BEE;

Once upon a time a hard-working bee went out of the hive because a hungy panda bear was trying hard reach deep inside the hive. Angrily, the bee wasn't looking where it was flying and ... ZBANG... it was a poster on a tree. As it wasn't enough, while it was sliding down the tree, it was hit by a tomato thrown by a naughty kid. The bee was covered in tomato juice and after that her ride down was even faster. A bird which was carrying carefully some cherries in its beak saw the incident and called her friend, a flamingo called Fred to come to the rescue. But Fred was feasting with a watermelon and he didn't feel like leaving it. Meanwhile, the panda bear took a honey stick and left the hive destroyed. While leaving he slipt on a red pepper skin and dropped the honey stick in a pool of mud. Having no watermelon anymore, Fred rushed eagerly to help the poor bee. And he did it. He gave a peace of advice to the damaged bee: Haste spoils your business! 

PUMPKIN; PIGLET;WATERMELON; A TOADSTOOL; DUCKLING; A JAR OF HONEY; A GOLDEN FISH; A SHEEP;YELLOW PEPPER;

A short-sighted sheep was about to eat a toadstool. A duckling saw it and warned her nicely about the danger. Thankfully, the sheep wanted to repay the duckling with a juicy watermelon. As she couldn't see very well she mistook the watermelon with a pumpkin. The duckling was deep disappointed because she wasn't feeling at her best. She had had an entire jar of honey two hours before. The duckling had hoped that she could stop her thirst with the watermelon. Bad luck! Now, she had to go to the near lake as fast as she could because she wouldn't like to meet the bully piglet. While she was hurrying along the path, right on the bank of the lake she tripped over a pile of yellow peppers and she fell into the water, spoiling a golden fish dinner. Luckily, a sheep having some water grabbed her out to safety. Surprised, the sheep asked the duckling for what reason she couldn't swim at her age.

by far = de departe 

toadstool = ciupercxa otravitoare 

piglet = purcelus

duckling = ratusca 

hive = stup 

less = mai putin 

Homework 

Composition explaining " Less is more " - comment 

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