The ESLPod Blog (page 175)
- Life in the United States
Annotated English: Gun Parties for Women
Here’s another news article with comments and vocabulary using the SharedCopy website. It’s an article from Voice of America about a strange new type of party for women, where they get together to…
- Life in the United States
Luck of the Irish
Today is Saint Patrick’s Day, the national day of the country of Ireland. A saint is considered a very holy person in the Christian religion. St. Patrick (notice the abbreviation for “saint” is St.)…
- Karaoke English
“Cry Me a River” by Diana Krall
Lucy’s maid: “I clean all day because Lucy is a slob (messy and dirty). ” Lucy’s dog: “ Cry me a river ! I have to play with her and pretend I like her. Who has the harder job?” … I don’t have a maid…
- About ESL Podcast
An ESLPod Experiment
I just discovered this very cool web service called Shared Copy . It allows you to make notes on web pages and share them with others. I tried using it and I think it may be useful for what we do…
- News and Current Events
Caught With Your Pants Down
A scandal is when someone does something wrong, usually a well-known person such as a politician or a movie star. There can be many different types of scandals, including scandals involving sex. In…
- Life in the United States
Daylight Saving Time
Yesterday, Sunday, March 9, at 2:00 a.m. was the beginning of Daylight Saving Time in the U.S. Like many other countries, Daylight Saving is used to save energy (electricity, fuel) by adjusting…
- Language & Terms
TOEIC to TOEFL to IELTS: Comparing English Test Scores
I got an interesting question recently from a listener, Mauricio, about how the different English proficiency tests compare to one another. Mauricio took the Test of English for International…
- News and Current Events
Buyer’s Remorse and the American Elections
Well, the results are in (are available): Hillary Clinton won the elections in Texas and Ohio that I discussed in yesterday’s post , and so the fight for the presidential nomination in the Democratic…
- News and Current Events
Do or Die for Hillary Clinton
Today is a very important primary election in the states of Texas and Ohio (see my explanation of the U.S. election system here ). One expression that you can read in the American newspapers today is…
- News and Current Events
And The Winner Is…Not an American!
Last Sunday the annual awards for the best movies were given out (awarded, given to the winners) in Los Angeles. The awards are popularly called the Oscars, because the statue you win is called…
