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Hollywood Starlets 

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کمک هزینه تحصیلی چیست؟

What's A Grant?

 

با فشار دادن این متن فایل صوتی درس 11 سطح 6 زبان انگلیسی و مکالمه را با شنیدن یاد بگیرید کمک هزینه تحصیلی را دانلود نمایید

 

Ted: My daughter is going to college.
Keith: That's great, but it must be expensive.
Ted: Yes, but she has a grant.
Keith: A grant? What's a grant?
Ted: The government is giving her money.
Keith: To pay for her education?
Ted: That's right.
Keith: Does it pay for everything?
Ted: No, she has a loan, too.
Keith: What's the difference between a loan and a grant?
Ted: You have to pay back a loan; a grant is a gift.

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Google It

(7/10/06)

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The word “google” has many uses. It is an adjective, used to describe very large numbers. It is also a proper noun. “Google” is the name of a popular Internet search engine. It also has a new meaning.

The writers of a new edition of a dictionary have used it as a verb. They list "google" as a verb. It means to search the Internet. This makes terms like "google me" part of the English language. A person could say "I wanted to know more about volcanoes so I googled it." "Google" is now an official part of the English language. The dictionary's editors say that this just means that the public has adopted the term.

"Google" is one of 100 new words that were included in the new dictionary. Many other words are based on technology. "Mouse potato" is someone who spends a lot of time in front of a computer. "Ringtone" is the sound of a cell phone ringing.

Many new technology words have become common. We use them every day and don’t even think about them.

(This was adapted from an original story provided by News10 KXTV Sacramento.)

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Pronouncing the sound TH

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Instruction: To create the TH sound, place the tongue on the bottom of the upper tooth. Your tongue should almost be sticking out. Then blow air between the tongue and the top teeth.

Here are some words and sentences to help you hear what they should sound like. Click on any word or sentence to hear the correct sound.

There
Toothpaste
Bath

"There is a bike in front of that store"
"Brush your teeth with a toothpaste that has fluoride"
"My son played in the mud puddle, so I am going to give him a bath" |

CBC radio one

http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Radio/1447825254/ID=1404737766

 

معرفی سایت

با سلام

این سایت مجانیه میتونید برید متن انگلیسی رو در زمینه ای که دوست دارید انتخاب و به فایل صوتی انهم گوش

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AIDS

(before 2003)

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AIDS is a disease that kills people. It is caused by a germ. It is spread by sharing drug needles or having sex. All people are at risk. A person with AIDS can get sick in different ways. Half of the people who have gotten AIDS have died. There is no cure, but you can protect yourself from getting the disease.

You can avoid AIDS by knowing your sex partner well. Talk to them about it and ask them personal questions about themselves. Do not have sex with a person who has had the virus or used needles for drugs. Sex is safest if you and your partner are AIDS-free and only have sex with each other. Always use proper protection during sex.

Another way to avoid AIDS is to never share needles. If you must share, always clean the needle and the syringe to kill the AIDS virus. Doing without drugs will lower your risk of getting AIDS.

AIDS is not spread by everyday contact. You do not get AIDS from food, sneezing, telephones, social kissing, toilets, hugging, swimming pools or giving blood

برای گوش دادن فایل صوتی به ادرس زیر رفته فایل صوتی را کلیک کنید.

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Easy News

In order to develop your listening  for news around the world you can visit the following address:

http://www.simpleenglishnews.com/ 

Listening Exercise

A Thief in the Night

Vocabulary

thief/ robber- a person who takes things
theft- the act or the time when a robber takes something
steal- (verb) to take something that is not yours (past tense- stole)
bizarre- very strange, unusual

small/medium/ large build- the size of a person's body. A very big man would have a large build.

describe- to tell how something looks or how something is (noun- description)
knock down- (verb) to make something fall
refrigerator- cold place where we keep our food

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Listening

	Wednesday - August 25, 2010 English Café 256     Download Podcast Topics: Ask an American: Chocolate; dispute versus disagreement versus conflict; using “times” in comparing amounts; use of infinitive “to” phrases as adjective, adverb, or noun Tags: English Café http://www.eslpod.com/website/flash_player.php?issue_id=9177591

today's idiom

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 Thank Goodness:

thank god:خدارا شکر

"Thank goodness this dress still fits, I have nothing else to wear."
"Thank goodness we got our tickets early, the concert is now sold out."
"Thank goodness he doesn't suspect anything. I really want it to be a surprise."

A. "Thank goodness we found out about this sale."
B. "I know! They have such good deals."
A. "Thanks for letting me know about it."
B. "You're welcome."

Other Common Sentences

"I am so glad."
"What a relief."

Married Life

When we talk about married life, we talk about the good and the bad. In this lesson, I will teach you the English you need to know to communicate how you feel about your married life. If you are not married, then at least you can learn this lesson to speak about your opinions on your friends married life.

We will not go into detail about conversation between married couple. Mostly, couples talk about the same thing in a routine. But when you talk to friends, it's very different.

Girl talking to friends

"How is married life?"
"How is your husband doing?"
"What do you guys do for fun?"

Some responses I've heard

"I love my married life. My husband and I get a long so well."
"He is so helpful. He does the dishes for me and helps around the house a lot."
"It was fun in the beginning, but now we are in a regular routine."

"Everything is great, but he's a little lazy. One time he was watching TV and he called me when I was in the kitchen and asked me to get the remote control for him that was 6 feet away."

"All he does is watch TV. I don't understand how a person can watch so much television."

"Since we're both working, we don't have much time for each other. But we get to spend the weekend together and that is always good."

"Since I'm working also, we go out to eat a lot because I don't have time to cook."

"My husband is working at a consulting firm. He is always at work. I get bored a lot so I'm trying to find some hobbies."
"My husband works at Microsoft. He gets home late and when he comes home, he's too tired to do anything. I'm thinking about starting a career because I have so much extra time."
"My husband is in school right now. He's finishing his PHD."

 

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fall behind

Bob and Jackie's Chemistry Project
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Jackie: Bob, wake up and help me! We have to finish this project today if we don't want to fall behind.




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گوش کنید یاد بگیرید سطح 1-بنقل از سلام زبان

روز ازدواج سوزان

Susan's Wedding Day

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Susan is getting married.

سوزان دارد ازدواج می کند.

Her fiancee's name is Michael.

اسم نامزد او مایکل است.

They are in love. 

آن ها عاشق هم هستند.

They are getting married today. 

آنها دارند امروز ازدواج می کنند.

Susan wakes up early. 

سوزان (صبح) زود بیدار می شود.

She is getting her hair done. 

او دارد موهایش را مرتب می کند و مدل می دهد.

 

Susan is having her make up done too.

سوزان به آرایشگاه رفته و دارد آرایش می کند.

 

Susan looks beautiful. 

او به نظر زیبا می رسد.

She puts on her white wedding dress. 

او لباس عروس سفیدش را می پوشد.

She puts on her veil. 

او تور روی صورتش را می اندازد.

Susan needs something blue. 

سوزان یک چیز آبی نیاز دارد.

Her garter is blue.     

حلقه کش دار او آبی است.

 

 

ادامه نوشته

voa special

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VOICE ONE:

I’m Barbara Klein.

VOICE TWO:

And I’m Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about movie director and producer Sydney Pollack. He made many popular movies with some of the biggest stars in Hollywood. The award-winning movies he directed in the nineteen seventies and eighties include “The Way We Were�? “Tootsie�?and “Out of Africa.�?

(MUSIC)

VOICE ONE:

Sydney Pollack in New York City, 2006

Sydney Pollack also acted in many films, including “Tootsie,�?released in nineteen eighty-two. In the movie, Dustin Hoffman plays an actor, Michael Dorsey. He has trouble getting acting jobs because he is very difficult to work with. He goes to see his agent, George Fields, whose job is to get him acting jobs.  Sydney Pollock plays the agent.

(SOUND)

Fields:"Nobody will hire you."

Dorsey: "Are you saying that nobody in New York will work with me?"

Fields: "No, that's too limiting. Nobody in Hollywood will work with you either. I can't even send you up for a commercial. You played a tomato for thirty seconds and they went half a day over schedule because you wouldn't sit down."

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آبشار نیاگارا

 

Niagara Falls

دانلود فایل صوتی- ۱۰۰۰ کیلوبایت

 

I live in Niagara Falls. 
Niagara Falls is a famous place. 
A lot of tourists visit here every year. 
Most of the tourists come to see the waterfalls. 
The waterfalls are very beautiful and powerful. 
At night they shine lights on the falls that make them even more dramatic. 
Tourists line up against the railings to watch the water as it tumbles into the Niagara
River. 
There are other things in Niagara Falls that the tourists like to visit. 
There are a lot of gift shops and museums. 
There are many hotels that the tourists can stay at. 
Tourism is very important to Niagara Falls. 
Many people work in the tourism industry. 
There are many jobs in the tourism industry. 
You can take a special bus and tour Niagara Falls. 
You can ride in a horse-drawn carriage in Niagara-on-the-Lake, or you can take a balloon
ride over the falls from the American side. 
You can even ride in a helicopter over the falls. 
Niagara Falls is very busy in the summertime. 
Summer is the time when most tourists visit here. 
Sometimes the tourists think it raining near the falls, but it is only the mist that rises from
the mighty waterfalls. 
There are many legends and stories connected to Niagara Falls. 
There is a special legend called "The Maid of the Mist." 
There are stories about the daredevils who thought that they were more powerful than
the falls. 
Some of them went over the falls in barrels, and others walked on tightropes over the
falls. 
Both of those things are very dangerous. 
I stay behind the railings when I look at the falls. 
I know just how powerful the falls are. 
It is interesting to discover all the stories that there are about Niagara Falls

Who Put Lipstick on That Pig

Who Put Lipstick on That Pig
Expressions about pigs, hogs and sows. Transcript of radio broadcast:
17 October 2008
   
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Now, the VOA Special English program, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.

(MUSIC)

Americans often use expressions about animals.

In two thousand eight, the main candidates for president each used this expression: "You can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pig." This means that it is a waste of time to change something from ugly or unpleasant-looking to beautiful.

There are other expressions about improving a pig's appearance, like this one: "A hog in a silk waistcoat is still a hog." Hogs are similar to pigs, only bigger. Americans use many other expressions about pigs, hogs and female hogs called sows. Like this one: "You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear." This means you cannot create something valuable from something that has no value.

In a pig's eye is another unusual expression. It means something that is not so, or will never happen. Then there is the expression casting pearls before swine. That means wasting something valuable on someone who will not be thankful or care about it.

However, at least one kind of pig can be useful in saving money. It is called a piggy bank. You can buy a small container shaped like a pig. It has a hole where a child can put money into it.

Hogs are very large animals. If you say you ate high on the hog during a holiday, it means you ate very good or costly food. If you went whole hog on your trip, it means you did everything possible to have fun. But you should never go hog-wild at any time because that means behaving badly.

Hogs take up a lot of space but people should not take up more than their share. If one of your children is taking up too much space sitting in front of the television, other children might say: "Do not hog the couch." And a road hog is a driver who uses more than his share of the road. Such a driver increases dangers for other drivers.

Pig terms are also used in American politics. Farmers mark their pigs' ears to identify them. In politics, earmarks are money set aside for projects in a congressman's home state or locality. And politicians might say there is a lot of pork in a budget proposal, meaning wasteful spending.

In many areas, pigs provide ham, bacon and other pork products to eat. All Americans want to be able to bring home the bacon. That means to earn enough money to provide the necessities of life. Experts say this term was first used in the nineteen twenties. But it is believed to come from the much older game of catching a greased pig. This was a popular event at country fairs in which the winner was awarded the pig.

(MUSIC)

This VOA Special English program was written by Shelley Gollust. I'm Barbara Klein. You can find more WORDS AND THEIR STORIES at voaspecialenglish.com

باغ هلو

دانلود

The Peach Orchard

When I was very young, I lived near a peach orchard. 
Now, there is a park where the orchard used to be. 
I always remember the peach orchard because my grandmother and I used to go there
and pick peaches. 
The owner of the orchard would let all the neighbors pick peaches. 
It's not the fact that I used to get many ripe, tasty peaches that I remember; it's the time
that I used to spend with my grandmother that I remember. 
My grandmother was very old, but she was very healthy. 
She used to walk a lot. 
I think that is what kept her fit. 
She had a lot of energy so she liked to go to a lot of places. 
She would get a fruit basket, and then she would ask me if I wanted to go to the orchard. 
I always said yes because I enjoyed walking through the orchard on a sunny day. 
We never climbed up on a ladder to reach the peaches; 
we just reached for the low hanging fruit. 
My grandmother and I used to talk all the time that we were out there. 
It was nice to spend time with her. 
She told me many stories about when she was a young girl. 
We laughed and got to know each other better. 
My grandmother only visited us during the summer. 
She lived in California, and I lived in Niagara Falls, so we didn't get to spend a lot of time
with each other. 
We enjoyed the hot summer days in the orchard. 
You could smell the peaches, and the bees buzzed lazily by us. 
My grandmother would point out different insects and birds to me. 
I learned a lot about nature from her. 
We would end up with a big basket of peaches. 
When we got home, my mother would wash the peaches, and often she would bake a
peach pie for us. 
Nobody bakes a peach pie like my mother. 
It's good to have memories like that. 
Childhood memories of time spent with my grandmother are very precious to me. 
Sometimes, it's just the simple things that you do in life that leave you with the nicest
memories.

روز سال نو

 

 

 

دانلود

On New Year's Day people start a new year.

مردم در روز سال نو سالی جدید را آغاز می کنند.

Many people make resolutions.

بیشتر مردم  نیت هایی می کنند.(تصمیم هایی می گیرند.)

They resolve to be better people.

آنها تصمیم می گیرند و اراده می گیرند که آدم های بهتری شوند.

Some people decide that they will lose weight so that they can be healthier.

بعضی مردم تصمیم می گیرند وزن خود را کاهش دهند تا بتوانند سالم تر شوند.

Some people decide to give up smoking.

بعضی از آدم ها تصمیم به ترک سیگار می گیرند.

They also want to be healthier.

آن ها نیز می خواهند سالم تر باشند.

There are all kinds of resolutions that people make.

تصمیم هایی که مردم می گیرند متفاوت است.

Some people try not to lose their tempers.

بعضی مردم سعی می کنند عصبانی نشوند.

Some people say that they will work harder.

بعضی مردم می گویند که سخت تر کار خواهند کرد.

There are people who try to give up bad habits.

آدم هایی هم هستند که سعی در ترک عادت های بد دارند.

Every year, my brother says that he will stop biting his nails.

هر سال برادرم می گوید که جویدن ناخنن ها یش را متوقف (ترک) خواهد کرد.

He stops biting his nails in January, but by February he always starts again.

او جویدن ناخن ها یش را در ژانویه ترک می کند ولی همیشه باز در فوریه شروع می کند.

That is the thing about New Year's resolutions.

چیزی در مورد نیت های سال نو وجود دارد.

People seldom keep them.

مردم به ندرت به آنها عمل می کنند. (پایبند هستند)

Everybody starts out with good intentions, but it is very hard to stick with them.

همه با خواسته های خوب شروع می کند ولی  ادامه دادن آنها خیلی سخت است.

I don't make New Year's resolutions.

من تصمیم هایی برای  سال نو نگرفتم .

I find that I just break them.

در یافتم که فقط باید آن ها را ترک کنم.

I just work day by day to break my bad habits.

من روز به روز (کم کم) برترک عادت های بدم  کار می کنم.

I know that I eat too many sweets.

می دانم که زیاد شیرینی می خورم.

Every day, I just try to resist them.

هر روز تلاش می کنم که در برابر آنها مقاومت کنم.

I think that every day is a new day regardless of whether it is New Year's Day or not.

فکر می کنم هر روز، روز تازه ای است چه روز سال نو باشد چه نباشد.

Bad habits are hard to break.

ترک عادت های بد سخت است.

The best thing is never to start any bad habits.

بهترین چیز آن است که هرگز عادت های بد را شروع نکنی.

I don't know if my brother will ever stop biting his nails, but I know that each January he intends to stop.

نمی دانم آیا برادرم  هرگز جویدن ناخنش را ترک خواهد کرد ولی می دانم او هر ژانویه تصمیم به ترک می گیرد.

Maybe one of these New Year's Days he'll get over that habit.

شاید یکی از روز های سال نو آن عادت را ترک کند.  