Spain has introduced a tough new anti-smoking law that prohibits lighting up in bars and restaurants as well as outside hospitals, schools and at children’s playgrounds. Check the following website for more information:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/8236170/Spain-introduces-smoking-ban.html
Here is a BBC webpage tracing smoking legislation in the world. it's quite interesting!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/3758707.stm
1/20/11
1/11/11
New Year Resolutions
Everyone has a New Year's resolution, whether it is to stop smoking, spending more time with the family, or simply dieting. Life coach Dr. Sally Ann Law gives us some advice on how to stick to a New Year's resolution. Watch the video to learn more.
How To Stick To A New Year's Resolution
How To Stick To A New Year's Resolution
12/13/10
Changing Paradigms in Education
If you have ever wondered what's wrong with the education system as we know it, watch the following video... you might find some answers.
11/30/10
11/25/10
Order of Adjectives in English
Adjectives cannot be written in any order. There are rules, so you should use the following order:
1) Determiner or article:
Determiners - this, that, these, those, my, mine, your, yours, him, his, her, hers, they, their, Sam's ; or
Articles - a, an, the
2) Opinion adjective
e.g. polite, fun, cute, difficult, hard-working
3) Size, including comparatives and superlatives.
height; e.g. tall, short, high, low; taller, tallest
width; e.g. wide, narrow, thin, slim; wider, widest
length; e.g. long, short; longer, longest
volume; e.g. fat, huge; fatter, fattest
4) Shape
e.g. circular, oval, triangular, square, 5-sided, hexagonal, irregular
5) Age
e.g. new, young, adolescent, teenage, middle-aged, old, ancient
6) Colour
e.g. red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, white, grey, black, black and white, light blue, dark red, pale blue, reddish brown, off-white, bright green, warm yellow
7) Nationality
e.g. Hong Kong, Chinese, English, American, Canadian, Japanese
8) Religion
e.g. Buddhist, Taoist, Christian, Moslem, pagan, atheist
9) Material
e.g. wood, plastic, metal, ceramic, paper, silk
10) Noun used as an adjective
e.g. campus (as in 'campus activities')
11) The noun that the adjectives are describing.
e.g. A wonderful old Italian clock
Although it is possible to write a sentence that uses all the categories; e.g. 'my beautiful, long, curving, new, pink, western, Christian, silk wedding dress', it is bad style as it is too long. Try to use less than five adjectives in a single list. Therefore you could say "Have you seen my beautiful new cream silk wedding dress? It's long and curving, and is in western Christian style."
Here are some examples of nouns modified with three adjectives in the correct order based on the list above. Notice that the adjectives are not separated by commas.
A big square blue box. (size - shape - color)
A disgusting pink plastic ornament. (opinion - color - material)
Some slim new French trousers. (size - age - origin)
For some practice with adjective order, follow the links below:
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adjord.htm
http://www.better-english.com/grammar/adjord.htm
1) Determiner or article:
Determiners - this, that, these, those, my, mine, your, yours, him, his, her, hers, they, their, Sam's ; or
Articles - a, an, the
2) Opinion adjective
e.g. polite, fun, cute, difficult, hard-working
3) Size, including comparatives and superlatives.
height; e.g. tall, short, high, low; taller, tallest
width; e.g. wide, narrow, thin, slim; wider, widest
length; e.g. long, short; longer, longest
volume; e.g. fat, huge; fatter, fattest
4) Shape
e.g. circular, oval, triangular, square, 5-sided, hexagonal, irregular
5) Age
e.g. new, young, adolescent, teenage, middle-aged, old, ancient
6) Colour
e.g. red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, white, grey, black, black and white, light blue, dark red, pale blue, reddish brown, off-white, bright green, warm yellow
7) Nationality
e.g. Hong Kong, Chinese, English, American, Canadian, Japanese
8) Religion
e.g. Buddhist, Taoist, Christian, Moslem, pagan, atheist
9) Material
e.g. wood, plastic, metal, ceramic, paper, silk
10) Noun used as an adjective
e.g. campus (as in 'campus activities')
11) The noun that the adjectives are describing.
e.g. A wonderful old Italian clock
Although it is possible to write a sentence that uses all the categories; e.g. 'my beautiful, long, curving, new, pink, western, Christian, silk wedding dress', it is bad style as it is too long. Try to use less than five adjectives in a single list. Therefore you could say "Have you seen my beautiful new cream silk wedding dress? It's long and curving, and is in western Christian style."
Here are some examples of nouns modified with three adjectives in the correct order based on the list above. Notice that the adjectives are not separated by commas.
A big square blue box. (size - shape - color)
A disgusting pink plastic ornament. (opinion - color - material)
Some slim new French trousers. (size - age - origin)
For some practice with adjective order, follow the links below:
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adjord.htm
http://www.better-english.com/grammar/adjord.htm
11/18/10
More stereotypes...
Heaven is where the police are British,
the chefs Italian,
the mechanics German,
the lovers French,
and it's all organized by the Swiss.
Hell is where the police are German,
the chefs are British,
the mechanics French,
the lovers Swiss,
and it is all organized by the Italians.
the chefs Italian,
the mechanics German,
the lovers French,
and it's all organized by the Swiss.
Hell is where the police are German,
the chefs are British,
the mechanics French,
the lovers Swiss,
and it is all organized by the Italians.
Stereotypes
Here is link to a funny video on stereotypes which we might see in class if there is time:. It compares Italians to the rest of Europe:
http://www.infonegocio.com/xeron/bruno/italy.html
http://www.infonegocio.com/xeron/bruno/italy.html
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