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Man on Net
"You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a clu...
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Judith Martin
"Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversatio...
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Rockettes
Good day to you all, chào mọi người Hôm nay chúng ta xem màn trình diễn múa đặc sắc của các nghệ sỹ múa Rockette và học các từ liên quan đến nghệ thuật nhé. Vocabulary Flexed - to bend (a body part). Audition - a short performance to show the talents of someone (such as an actor or a musician) who is being considered for a role in a play, a position in an orchestra, etc. Vying - to compete with others in an attempt to get or win something. Coveted - to want (something that you do not have) very much. Prospective - likely to be or become something specified in the future. Tap - a kind of dance in which you wear special shoes with metal plates on the heels and toes and make tapping sounds with your feet. Preliminary - coming before...
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Thomas H. Huxley
"Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his clu...
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
John Cage
"If you think something is boring, try doing it for two minutes. If you still think it's boring, try it for four. If you still think it's boring, try it for eight, then sixteen, then thirty-two, and so on and so forth. Soon enough you'll find that it's really not boring at al...
Sir Edward Appleton
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Friday, March 8, 2013
Straight from the horse's mouth
Straight from the horse's mouth có nghĩa là thông tin nghe được từ một nguồn hay người rất đáng tin tưởng.Listen : http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/tae/tae_20130812-1200a.mp3Script:Finn: Hello, I'm Finn and we're presenting today's The English We Speak on horseback. I'm joined by…(Horse whinny)Finn: Sorry about that – by Feifei…Feifei: Hello. Yes, we're taking a horse-riding holiday in the beautiful mountains of Wales.Finn: Isn't it glorious?Feifei: Beautiful. A million miles away from London.(Horse whinny)Finn: Eh, talking about London – you know our friend Mark, did you hear his news?Feifei: No, what happened?Finn: Great news for him. He sold his ice-cream delivery company.Feifei: Wow!Finn: And he made £500,000.Feifei: Really?...
Sydney Smith
"You must not think me necessarily foolish because I am facetious, nor will I consider you necessarily wise because you are grav...
Ji-Hae Park: The violin, and my dark night of the soul | Ted
Xin chào ! Hôm nay chúng ta xem nghệ sĩ Violon Ji Hae Park của Hàn Quốc biểu diễn và thuyết trình ở Ted. Ji-Hae Park spreads the joy of classical to music to those who might not otherwise hear it -- and in the process shows that you can rock out on the violin. Ji-Hae Park was on the fast track to violin stardom when she ... paused. Why was it simply her goal to be the best violin player in the world? Was there more to music than that? And thus she began to think differently about how to "play" her life. Now -- along with playing prestigious concert halls, winning prizes and making a new album for Decca called Baroque in Rock -- she makes time to play in hospitals, churches, prisons, anywhere she...
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
TEWS: Freak: 27 May 13
Are you obsessed by a hobby or sport? Feifei is but Jen's not impressed!Listen : http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/tae/tae_20130527-1200a....
Rebecca West
"Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrolog...
Monday, March 4, 2013
Dorothy Parker
"I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don't do any thing. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any mor...
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