In the Reading Club series, we read (mostly) books together, enjoy them, and learn from them. In today’s Reading Club, let’s read an thought-provoking article about a problem we are all facing. You can read the beginning of the article here. There’ll be a link at the end to take you to the source, where … Continue Reading
The Talking Point series provides an opportunity to discuss things in English, exchange ideas, and learn from each other. Here is a talking point: How do you deal with an overly friendly neighbor who asks too many questions about your life?
“Take Me Home, Country Roads”, also known simply as “Take Me Home” or “Country Roads”, is a song written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert, and John Denver about West Virginia. The song has a special place as an iconic symbol of West Virginia, which it describes as “Almost Heaven”. In March 2014, it became one … Continue Reading
One day you’ll wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now. — Paulo Coelho
In the Reading Club series, we read books together, enjoy them, and learn from them. This is the second part of John le Carré‘s The Spy Who Came in From The Cold. Chapter 1: Checkpoint PART 2 “Agents aren’t airplanes. They don’t have schedules. He’s blown, he’s on the run, he’s frightened. Mundt’s after him, … Continue Reading
The Talking Point series provides an opportunity to discuss things in English, exchange ideas, and learn from each other. There are lessons we learn as a child, and as we grow up, we keep on learning more lessons. But there are sometimes lessons we take too long to learn…
Cyberpunk 2077 is an upcoming action role-playing video game scheduled to be released in November/December this year. The story takes place in dystopian Night City. It’s a megalopolis obsessed with power, glamour and body modification. Players take on the first-person perspective of a customisable mercenary known as V., who is after a one-of-a-kind implant that … Continue Reading
The verb “cling” means hold onto someone or something tightly with your hands, for example when you are afraid. So a child may cling to her mother’s dress in a busy or unfamiliar place, or you may cling to something if you are afraid of falling. In the picture below you can see some Indonesian … Continue Reading
Want to watch WandaVision’s official trailer? Marvel Studios’ captivating new series “WandaVision” stars Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany. The series is a blend of classic television and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in which Wanda Maximoff and Vision (two super-powered beings living idealized suburban lives) begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems…