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A movie that goes Boo!
The Shining, a horror movie that does impress on you! The Shining is a 1980 horror film, produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written with novelist Diane Johnson. The film is based on Stephen King’s 1977 novel of the same name. The Shining is about Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic, who accepts a…
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A song that made history… As time goes by
A song that made history… As time goes by Like any culture in the world, a glimpse to the American culture can be achieved by listening to its music and to its great performers. Such is the case with Dooly Wilson’s hit: As time goes by as sung by the extraordinary master Louis Armstrong…
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Casablanca, a Hollywood Classic
Casablanca, one the greatest American films in history. Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz based on Murray Burnett and Joan Alison’s unproduced stage play Everybody Comes to Rick’s. The film stars Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid. Set during contemporary World War II, it focuses on an American expatriate who must choose between his love for a woman…
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Reading exercises: The Megacities
Megacities are major global risk areas. Due to highest concentration of people and extreme dynamics, they are particularly prone to supply crises, social disorganization, political conflicts and natural disasters. Their vulnerability can be high. megacity commission Risk: the possibility that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen. Most major changes involve some risk. The risk of a major nuclear accident must be taken seriously. The risk of developing lung cancer from smoking is a serious one. There is no risk…
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Speaking and Reading Exercise: The sun sparkling in a smile
Speaking and Reading Exercise: The sun sparkling in a smile ….. Chapter 6… Manuela and eternal love, from the book In the land of volcanoes, by edudelcorral Completely full of himself, he went out in search of the women. Approaching Mrs. Eloísa, he asked her for Manuela’s hand in marriage. Although he was…
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Reading and Speaking skills practice: Love at first sight
Reading and Speaking skills practice: Love at first sight ….. Chapter 6… Manuela and eternal love, from the book In the land of volcanoes, by edudelcorral It turns out that her mother had asked Grandpa to please go with her to Honduras, to a city near the border called Choluteca. She wanted to…
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Reading and Speaking skills practice: Fresh seafood and gastronomical festivities
Reading and Speaking skills practice: Fresh seafood and gastronomical festivities ….. Chapter 6… Manuela and eternal love, from the book In the land of volcanoes, by edudelcorral Mother was constantly busy, all day long. Besides all the household chores that our growing family entailed, she maintained a series of responsibilities, together with the…
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Reading and Speaking skills practice: The occasional, clandestine visits
Reading and Speaking skills practice: The occasional, clandestine visits ….. Chapter 6… Manuela and eternal love, from the book In the land of volcanoes, by edudelcorral That explains how, since she was a young girl, Grandmother learned, not only to talk, but also to speak and think fluently in three different languages, as if…
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Reading and Speaking skills practice: A secret recipe
Reading and Speaking skills practice: A secret recipe ….. Chapter 6… Manuela and eternal love, from the book In the land of volcanoes, by edudelcorral In the heart of the downtown area, of the tropical city of Choluteca, the extreme heat could be experienced like in no other city in Central America. For…
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Reading and Speaking skills practice: Learning to speak that English
Reading and Speaking skills practice: Learning to speak that English ….. Chapter 6… Manuela and eternal love, from the novel, In the land of volcanoes, by edudelcorral It could, or not, be said, that in the life of every great man, there is a great woman to be found at his side.…