It was New Year’s Eve. A few friends had got together to celebrate at a cute little house. They were talking about their previous year, laughing about what had gone right and what had gone wrong. There was music playing from a stereo in the corner. The friends were almost yelling at each other because the music was so loud. “Jack, ol’ Jacky boy, get me another drink, will you?” a man said to his friend. “Uggh, ok, but you’re getting the next one,” Jack replied. Jack drunkenly walked into the kitchen and switched on the light. It was a long, white light, very bright. The large refrigerator was in front of him. He opened it and saw many bottles of wine, orange juice, coca cola and water. He grabbed two bottles of wine from inside the door. But before he closed the fridge, he saw on the top shelf something white, red, and creamy. “Hey! Susan!” Jack yelled. “This cake looks absolutely delicious! Can I eat some?” Susan came in from the living room. “Get your filthy hands away from it, Jack. It’s only 8pm. We’ll eat it after the countdown. Just wait.” She walked over to Jack, grabbed him by the arm and walked him back into the living room. Jack was happily holding the two bottles of wine under his arms. Now that the humans had gone, the foods in the fridge continued their celebration. “Psst, Pavlova,” a bottle of orange juice whispered. “He’s gone. Keep going.” Pavlova opened her eyes and continued singing an amazing opera song. She sung Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi. All the foods and drinks in the fridge were in love with Pavlova’s voice. After she had finished, they clapped and cheered. “Bravo! Bravo!” a cheese said. “Sing another one!”

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What's the chance of encountering a total stranger 3 times under the same circumstance over the span of decades? It is all meaningless coincidence or does the universe have something to say to us? In this episode I relate the story of Emile Deschamps and one of my own. Please drop a comment down below to let me know if you, my dear friend, have encounter some crazy coincidence as well!

This podcast is aimed at people who have not taken the IELTS or who took it once without preparing and now want to prepare for a second try. I'll describe how the test is organized, what the different types of questions are, how the test is scored (banded) and the issues that are scored.

Well it depends! On so many factors. Native like fluency is a must at least for higher levels but at lower levels, it's incredibly helpful when a teacher speaks your native language.....

So when I was deciding which topic to focus on for our second episode I really only needed to look at what the people I work with are actually asking for. One of the most common topics that I discuss with people is presentations. Presentations can be great opportunities to use those English skills that you work so hard on, but they also have their own stresses and challenges. Today we’re going to look at some vocabulary that you might hear when watching a presentation and some that you might want to use when giving your own. At the end we also have our 'big discussion question' to help you with your speaking practice. You can find the vocabulary from this podcast in the vocabulary sets on my profile. I hope you enjoy today's podcast and I look forward to meeting you on a call very soon!

In todays episode I would like to discuss the importance of sleep, and the reasons you should follow good sleeping patterns.

Sam is a meteor from outer space. After leaving his homeland orbit, Sam was pulled towards the nearest large planet. When entering Earth’s atmosphere, he faced so much resistance. This created extremely high temperatures which burned away layers and layers of his body. As a result, Sam, who used to be giant when floating in space, became so little that he could fit in a fisherman’s hand. The overwhelming amount of pain Sam suffered as a result of his entry caused him to fall into a deep state of unconsciousness. When Sam struck the Earth, he was fast asleep. Waking up and opening his eyes, Sam sees nothing but a vast cloudless blue sky. An enormous wave of peace and serenity washes over him. He is like a newborn baby experiencing the wonder and mystery of life for the first time. For a few moments, this serene blueness the only mental phenomenon swimming around his meteor consciousness. Seconds later, questions appear. Where am I? What happened? What comes next? Due to his traumatic experience, Sam has lost all memory of his life before coming to Earth. He rolls over and looks down the beach. There are some large laughing figures running around, chasing a flying red disk. Further away there are two large ones holding long boards under their arms while walking into the water. Closer to Sam, there are several little figures picking up other rocks and showing each other. “Wow, look at that one!” says one of the little boys. “It looks like emerald. With a little bit of sapphire too!” I wish that those boys will pick me up and take me with them… I want to explore, to see precisely what life on Earth has to offer… “Come quick!” yells one of the boys, eagerly running straight to Sam. “Look at this one! It’s so strange and ugly, but fascinating at the same time!” “Grab it, quick! Before mom sees!” A distant voice calls for the two children to return to the family car. “Boys, we’re going now. Hurry up.”

Etymology is the study of words that give their meaning alongside origin, historical development, and changes within the English language.