SPAM

Dizem que está é a origem do termo SPAM, aqueles e-mails indesejáveis.
Talvez seja verdade!

Curiosities about the English Language

*The word “alphabet” is derived from the first two letters in the Greek alphabet: “alpha” and “beta”.

*The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.

*Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions.

*The only word in the English language that has 4 sets of double letters in a row is balloonneer.

*The shortest complete sentence in the English language is “I am.”

*“Rhythm” is the longest English word without a vowel.

*The most used letter in the English alphabet is ‘E’, and ‘Q’ is the least used!

*Goddessship is the only word in the English language with a triple letter.

*The sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” uses every letter of the alphabet!

*The sentence “Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs” uses every letter of the alphabet and uses the least letters to do so!

*The world’s longest-named lake has 45 letters (Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg).

Game: Chicktionary

Tem esse jogo, o Chictionary, que consiste em formar palavras (em inglês, claro) com as letras dadas. É bacana e razoavelmente viciante.

Então vai lá: http://www.shockwave.com/gamelanding/chicktionary.jsp

Two Cups Of Water Before Each Meal Enhanced Weight Loss In Clinical Trial

Very nice article about losing weight. Check it out!

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/198720.php

Word of the Day: Idler

Idler /aidlãr/ - someone who does not work because they are lazy.

Ou seja, de uma forma menos direta, vagabundo preguiçoso.

Fun listening practice

Um outro jeito de praticar listening que pode ser divertido é assistir stand up comedy. Há muitos no youtube, é só procurar por nomes como Carlos Mencia, Russell Peters, Billy Connolly, Jerry Seinfeld, Dave Chappelle, Jeff Dunham, entre muitos outros.

Link: activities

Achei o http://a4esl.org/ por acaso. É um site com atividades para todos os níveis, interessante para alunos que querem dar uma estudada extra.

Então vai lá: http://a4esl.org/

People in blue houses most successful

Interesting article about people who live in blue houses: just click here!

Word of the Day: Rambunctious

Rambunctious–adjective
1. difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
2. turbulently active and noisy: a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand.

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Ou seja indisciplinado.