My friends who know me and know me well know that I say everything is “my favorite”. Especially when I really like something. A movie I could watch over and over again is my favorite. A book I read 6 months ago and can’t remember anything about is my favorite. Taylor Swift is my favorite….
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【音乐剧】Watch ‘Hamilton’ Make History Cool Again《汉密尔顿》双语字幕全剧
A group of college students from Chicago was in China this last week and I asked them what’s been happening in ‘pop culture’ this year… no lie, their first words were, “What do you think of Hamilton?” Seeing my “deer in the headlights” look, they made me search for it immediately on QQ Music. After…
【学习】Emoji English 📚
Todays emoji was inspired by the Little Libraries post which, if you missed it, you can check it out here: 【学习】Little Free Libraries 小图书馆 免费开放啦！快和你的小伙伴们一起来吧～ One of the first things people notice when they walk into my classroom is my library. I have books quite literally everywhere from on the floor to the bookshelves to…
【旅游陷阱】The World’s Biggest Ball of Twine 世界上最大的合股线球
U.S.Americans are an oddly competitive bunch. In USA sports, you’ll rarely see a tie game, rarely see any recognition for second or third place, and as the legendary Ricky Bobby says in the classic movie Talladega Nights, “If you’re not first, you’re last!” The same goes with quaint little tourist traps 旅游陷阱 (lǚ yóu xiàn…
【节日】Happy Memorial Day in the USA!
Every year, on the last Monday of May, the United States of America sets aside one day to honor soliders who have died during all of America’s wars around the world. In 2016, this date is today, May 30th… Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the US and that means nobody goes to school or work! (Except…
【MV】Justin Timberlake 《Can’t Stop The Feeling!》贾斯汀·汀布莱克跳舞根本停不下来啊😂
Another new music video from the ever present singer / songwriter / record producer / former *NSYNC star – Justin Timberlake… aka JT… aka the “best” Justin. And who doesn’t like watching other people dance? A little about the song: it’s a single from the upcoming animated film Trolls and immediately hit #1 on the Billboard…
【学习】Little Free Libraries 小图书馆 免费开放啦！快和你的小伙伴们一起来吧～
What if there was a small place in your neighborhood where you and your kids could donate books and then receive new books in return for free? We have good news: there is! Have a look: (2 minutes 16 seconds) The mission of Little Free Libraries: To promote literacy and the love of reading by…
【学习】Emoji English 01 🙅🏻
I love emojis. Back when I had a Nokia flip phone, I was the person who would use my punctuation marks to make faces at the end of a text message. Now that I have upgraded to a nicer cell phone, emojis show up pretty much everywhere in my life. But it’s only recently that…
【音乐】”We Are Never Getting Back Together” – Who sang it better?
“We Are Never Ever Ever Getting Back Together” was an instant classic. Taylor Swift co-wrote the song with her producers, Max Martin and Shellback. The song was released as the lead single from TayTay’s 4th studio album called Red on August 13, 2012. Its lyrics depict Swift’s frustrations at an ex-lover who wants to re-kindle their relationship. Rolling Stone magazine named the song the second…
【学习】How many of these collective nouns do you know in English?
A collective noun is the name we give to a collection of nouns to refer to them as a whole. The most common method of doing this is by using words like “group” or “bunch” that can be applicable to most nouns in the language today: “a ______ of ______” Common examples: ‘a group of…