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Common Errors 5: Spelling Mistakes

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 My favourite season is undoubtedly spring. The weather starts to warm up and you can enjoy the  warm rays of the morning sun while sipping some iced coffee on the shaded terrace of a cafe.  Sometimes ,if  it is a very quiet place, I take with me the exams I need to correct and  what would have been a boring task, takes on a new dimension  I can almost say I enjoy it. So , once again, it’s all about exams. June also means exam time . Most probably you don’t have these speling mistakes but ,just in case ,check  or (much better) double-check  you know how to write these words because, trust me on this one, these are real spelling mistakes from B2 students. This is how I suggest you do it. 1. Read through the list of misspelt words 2. Look up the ones you don’t know how to spell or check the correct spelling  below the poster 3. Take pen and paper and  write down all the words on the poster  you can remember. Repeat the exercises as ma...

The Science Of Simplicity: Why Successful People Wear The Same Thing Every Day

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Have you ever thought about how much time you likely waste deciding what to wear in the morning? It’s probably made you late to school or work more times than you can count. We waste so many precious moments concerning ourselves with frivolous details. An outfit will not change the world, it probably won’t even change your day. This is not to say that fashion isn’t important, as it has an immense impact on culture and, in turn, the direction of society. Indeed, fashion is where art, culture and history intersect. If we look at the 1960s, for example, the way people dressed was very much a reflection of the counterculture movement and the anti-establishment sentiments of the era. Simply put, clothes can tell us a lot about sociology. Yet, at the same time, we’ve arguably become an excessively materialistic and superficial society. Undoubtedly, there are greater things to worry about than clothes. Similarly, as the great American author Henry David Thoreau once stated: Our life is fr...

Beautiful story that you must read..

Beautiful story you must read.. “When I got home that night as my wife served dinner, I held her hand and said, I’ve got something to tell you. She sat down and ate quietly. Again I observed the hurt in her eyes. Suddenly I didn’t know how to open my mouth. But I had to let her know what I was thinking. I want a divorce. I raised the topic calmly. She didn’t seem to be annoyed by my words, instead she asked me softly, why? I avoided her question. This made her angry. She threw away the chopsticks and shouted at me, you are not a man! That night, we didn’t talk to each other. She was weeping. I knew she wanted to find out what had happened to our marriage. But I could hardly give her a satisfactory answer; she had lost my heart to Jane. I didn’t love her anymore. I just pitied her!With a deep sense of guilt, I drafted a divorce agreement which stated that she could own our house, our car, and 30% stake of my company. She glanced at it and then tore it into pieces. The woman who ha...

Meet The Man Who Lives In A Tree Stump And Does His Teeth With Pinecones

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This man once owned several houses, cars and he had money to keep him comfortable. One day however he decided to get up and see the world. He picked up his back pack and he set foot into the wild, he found himself full with excitement and he knew that this was the life for him. He has stated that he has never once thought about going back home, because he really does feel as though the forest is his home. This story is incredible and it just goes to show that it is possible to live in the wild. He has tattoos on his feet to show his connection to the wild and he always walks bare foot because he believes that his senses are more alert when he does. What an incredible story and it just goes to show that anything is possible when you put your mind to it.

What Your Heart Line Says About Your Life

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What Your Heart Line Says About Your Life To figure out what your heart line says about the relationships you encounter in life and the love life you experience, you'll have to compare your your heart line (outlined in red) on the palm of your right hand.  The heart line is the line that's below the index finger or middle finger (depending on how long yours is) and extends to the edge of your palm underneath your little finger. via  Healthy Food Team A: If your heart line begins below your middle finger, you're more of a leader. You're ambitious, independent, intelligent and have the skill to make decisions. You're less sensitive and more cold to others. B: If your heart line starts between the middle finger and index finger, you're considerate and kind. You're hesitant and cautious when other people are involved but people trust you. You use common sense in decisions. If it starts below the index finger, you're like A. C:  D: If it starts between the in...

Healing Cancer with Organic Foods

A major revolution in the western healthcare, pharmaceutical and cancer industries is occurring and the movement is reaching the critical mass point. More people now than ever are researching and learning for themselves how to use nutrition to regain and maintain optimal health. People are realizing that a synthetic pharmaceutical drug, as advocated by many in the western medical field, can biochemically never elicit true health. Questions are being asked and nature’s beautiful cures are being rediscovered. One man who is helping to spearhead this movement is Ty Bollinger, a best-selling author of seven books on natural health and the creator of a newly released documentary titled  The Quest For The Cures…Continues , which interviews twenty-eight medical doctors, eleven scientists and nine cancer survivors who break “the code of silence” and expose the truth about cancer as well as proven methods to treat and eliminate cancer through completely safe, natural and hol...

The Art of Conversation: How to Avoid Conversational Narcissism

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Last month I met up with an old friend I hadn’t seen in forever to have lunch. Having both read and written about how to be an effective and charismatic conversationalist, I followed the old dictum of listening more than talking and asking the other person engaging questions about themselves. This is supposed to charm your conversation partner. I guess it worked because my friend talked about himself for an hour straight and didn’t ask me a single question. When we’ve talked about the  ins and outs of making good conversation  before, someone inevitably asks, “But what if both people keep trading questions back and forth?” Well, that’s a pretty good problem to have, but I’ve yet to see it happen. Instead, most folks seem to struggle with asking any questions at all and have a very difficult time relinquishing the floor. In a time where a lot of the old social supports people relied upon have disappeared, people have become starved for attention. They bring this hunger to their...