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Thoughts on the heatwave or 'From one extreme to the other'



 
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Thoughts on the heatwave or 'From one extreme to the other' #1 (permalink) Thu Aug 03, 2006 21:56 pm   Thoughts on the heatwave or 'From one extreme to the other'
 

Hi,

How about this for hot and cold experiences?

From one extreme to the other
http://www.english-test.net/stories/47/index.html

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Thoughts on the heatwave #2 (permalink) Tue Aug 08, 2006 19:46 pm   Thoughts on the heatwave
 

Dear Alan

This piece of writing, without exaggeration, is both pleasurable and terrifying. Very Happy Shocked

Pleasurable in a way that learning of so many interesting idioms and commonly used English expressions is, as far as my humble opinion is concerned, unique in its nature. Believe me, the meanings of many expressions I just had to guess, and I was right when later I checked in a dictionary. Now all these precious idioms and expressions are locked in my memory. Very Happy

Terrifying in a way that we students have become too much dependent on the "reader-friendly"exercises like this one and going to request you(insist you) to write something exactly like this on phrasal verbs, phobias and manias. Shocked Promise me,Alan, that you will...at least on phrasal verbs.

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Thoughts on the heatwave #3 (permalink) Tue Aug 08, 2006 19:55 pm   Thoughts on the heatwave
 

After reading this story brimful of beautiful expressions, I prepared a small test of the same expression for my students. If I am allowed, could I post it below the story?

Alan, when you write such things, do you use only memory power or some dictionary (of idioms) also? I just want to know if it is humanly possible to use so much without consulting a dictionary?

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Phrasal verbs #4 (permalink) Mon Aug 14, 2006 20:32 pm   Phrasal verbs
 

Hi Tom,

Glad you liked the piece. I have written a series of stories using and explaining phrasal verbs which come under the heading on the site called esl lessons.

There are several of them but here are a couple:

ESL Lesson: Phrasal verb bring
http://www.english-test.net/lessons/7/index.html

ESL Lesson: Phrasal verb bring (2)
http://www.english-test.net/lessons/25/index.html

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