BIRD SUPERSTITIONS

According to British folklore, eggs from which bird are meant to improve your eyesight? Is it:

a) Ducks

b) Owls

c) Swans

Listen out for the answer at the end of the programme!

Change your tune

Special Halloween - The creeps

Cursos Intensivo On Line

¿Que significa aprendizaje a distancia?

El aprendizaje a distancia se define simplemente como el estudio de un curso estructurado, pero con la flexibilidad de elegir su tiempo de estudio y lugar.

Usted recibirá un alto nivel de apoyo proactivo de su profesor quien lo ayudará a incrementar sus ventajas competitivas. Docentes y alumnos estarán conectados permanentemente mediante foros, mensajes de texto, Facebook, Twitter y video conferencias.

Nuestros cursos de preparación para exámenes consisten en sesiones completas de prueba simulada utilizando exámenes de años anteriores brindados por Cambridge a través de su centro en Uruguay. Mediante la plataforma de estudio y sistema de Web conference, el alumno y el profesor logran interactuar fluídamente y trabajar juntos hacia el objetivo marcado.

También contamos con software de apoyo desarrollado por Macmillan Practice Online, material para todos los niveles.

MARK e-mail mistake

MARK: Hey Ali, did you check out that email I sent you – the one about stupid
Peter, saying how stupid he is?

ALI: What email? I logged on ages ago but I didn't get an email about stupid
Peter…

MARK: That's weird…I'm sure I sent it to you… hang on a minute while I
check…

MARK: Oh no… I've really messed up… I sent the email about stupid Peter…to
stupid Peter!!!

ALI: Don't panic. Maybe he hasn't picked it up yet. You could try to delete
it before he sees it…

MARK: Right. If you keep him talking, I'll go on his computer and get rid of it.

ALI: Morning stu… Peter! Err… could you just go over these figures with
me?

MARK: Phew… I deleted the email….I think I got away with it!

ALI: Err…Mark… The email you sent about stupid Peter… it's just popped
up in my inbox!!!

MARK: That's impossible… I just deleted it! How can it turn up in your email?

ALI: Mark… you didn't delete that email… you sent it on to the whole
department!

PETER: Mark, would you step into my office please? There's something we need
to sort out.

This week, have you ever been jealous?

In London, one woman remembers being madly jealous when her husband danced with another woman.

Another woman was envious of her friend's chance to travel round the world.

And one man was happy that his new flat had a balcony, until he visited friends in the countryside. Suddenly, he was jealous of their huge garden.

Did you know?

Fact

Babies as young as five months old can be jealous.

Language tip

Despite how it looks, we pronounce the word jealousy 'jellussee'.

Cultural tip

Green is the colour of jealousy and envy. We even call it the 'green-eyed monster'.

FACE UP TO PHRASAL - EP 1

FRED AND BETTY: IS THIS THE END?

Fred and Betty have been dating for years. They have always been a very happy couple... or have they?

Listen to Fred and Betty's phone call AND learn lots of new phrasal verbs with the first series of Face up to Phrasals. All 12 episodes of Fred and Betty: Is this the End? are live NOW!

Episode 1: Betty's angry
Betty: Fred, I found out about you and that
other girl. How could you do this to me?!

Has Fred really got another lady? Surely not!!!
Go to episode 2 to find out!

Find out about

Meaning: if you find out about something, you discover a fact or information that you did not know
before, often because someone was keeping it secret.
Grammar: This phrasal verb needs an object. You can not separate the verb from its particles.

He found out about the theft
He found out about it

Example sentence: Jonathan didn't find out about the missing money until the police wrote to him.
Synonyms: discover, catch on to, detect, unearth

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1715_faceup/page2.shtml