SL: English Every Day

2022-04-29 14:03:12 Открыть/Комментировать

2022-04-29 13:59:11 You can see some photos of a long awaited spring 2022 above.

Spring is not only the season between winter and summer.

It also means a place where water naturally flows out from the ground.

I used to swim in hot spring in winter in Siberia!

As a verb it also means to move quickly and suddenly.

I sprang out of bed when I realized I had overslept.

Now, the question to you:

What springs to your mind when you think of spring as a season? Открыть/Комментировать

2022-04-28 17:34:44 There’s a wonderful Tulip Festival these days in Istanbul.

It is held every April, and the city parks, squares, gardens are amass with millions of tulips of every colour and shape.

Here are some fun facts about tulips:

The word “tulip” comes from a Persian word meaning “turban”.

There are over 3500 varieties of tulips.

Tulips follow the sun even when in a vase!

Tulips continue to grow after they’ve been cut.

At one point in history, tulips were the most expensive flowers.

Like many flowers, tulips are edible!

Do you like tulips? Открыть/Комментировать

2022-04-24 09:53:32 Have you ever wished someone a Happy Easter only to be told it's not 'their' Easter yet?

It happens to the best of us especially when we don't realize that our friends, students, or co-workers belong to the Orthodox Church, which celebrates Easter on a different day than the Catholic Church and the majority of the world.

Click here to find out why Orthodox Easter is usually a different date than the Catholic one

Which Easter do your celebrate, the Orthodox one , the Catholic one or none of them? Открыть/Комментировать

2022-04-24 09:49:31 to those who celebrate Открыть/Комментировать

2022-04-17 14:42:55 The rights to the song now belong to
the huge media and entertainment group AOL Time Warner. ‘Happy Birthday To You’ is said to earn about $2,000,000 a year in royalties. Sadly, Mildred Hill died in 1916, long before her song became world famous.

Think about her the next time you
blow out the candles on your birthday cake! Открыть/Комментировать

2022-04-17 14:41:58 Shortly afterwards the song was published in a book, Songs and Stories for the Kindergarten.
No one is sure who took Mildred’s
melody and replaced Patty’s words with ‘Happy Birthday To You’, or when it happened, but the new version quickly became popular through
radio and the new medium of sound films. Открыть/Комментировать

2022-04-17 14:40:29 Mildred J. Hill and her sister, Patty, were kindergarten teachers in Kentucky, USA. One day in 1893, Mildred composed a melody on the piano. It sounded good, so she played it to Patty, who added some words. Soon they had made it into a simple song to greet the children as they came into class each day.

Good morning to you
Good morning to you
Good morning, dear children
Good morning to you. Открыть/Комментировать

2022-04-17 14:38:17 Although it’s sung at birthday celebrations all over the world, how much of us ever
stop to wonder where this popular tune came from? Открыть/Комментировать

2022-04-17 14:36:33 The birthday cake is on the table; the
candles are lit. What are you going to do
before you blow them out and make a
wish? Sing ‘Happy Birthday’ of course! Открыть/Комментировать