Audiobooks and Stories

Hi guys,

Just in case you want to practice your English listening skills, here are a few links where you can listen to ESL stories and audiobooks for free. Some you can even download as mp3 and take with you wherever you go.
There are many other websites as well, so if you want to and find yourselves with a lot of free time, you can google "ESL audiobook" and various links will pop up.

This is, of course, optional. But I find it useful.

http://esl-bits.net/
http://www.agendaweb.org/listening/audio-books.html
http://www.manythings.org/listen/


Enjoy your weekend!

Idiom

    This week ,I really enjoy study idiom . I think it will help me to improve my English . Today I studied two idioms ,it is "sunny side up" and " over easy" . Next , I will explain them:
If you lived in hotel , they prepare very plenty breakfast ,of course you want to eat eggs, you want make your egg just fry one side you can say " I'd like fry my egg sunny side up" if you don' t like one side , you can say " I'd like my egg over easy"
Sunny side up

THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF OWNING A CAR

THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF OWNING A CAR

     Having a car is really imporant these days, and it is beneficial. However, it may have some disadvantages. Spending money on insurance and gas is one of the disadvantages. In addition,

you will harm the environment by having a car!

     First of all, when are thinking about buying a car, you should see your budget. You will have a long list of payments, such as the insurance, checking service and gas. Also, it might cause a harm to the environment. the emission of cars is a serious problem.

    On the other hand, having a car could be a good thing. You can do your things easily and fast. You can travel and explore places you want.

 

The Dolphins

The dolphins are the friends of the humans in the ocean.

The scientific people want to focus their attention about the dolphins for three reasons: the dolphins accept to communicate with the humans, the dolphins can live in close space in the laboratories and aquariums for to study their life and the dolphins have special capacity of to give many frequencies from their brain for to help at humans.

First, the dolphins accept to communicate with humans. For example, some people see that the dolphins want to swim with the humans in the ocean. For illustrate, if the people want to visit the aquariums then because the people can be very close of the dolphins and the dolphins show them to be friendly.

Second, the dolphins can live in close space in the laboratories or aquariums for to study their life. For illustrate this point then we can say that when some biologists have been studying about the dolphins in the aquariums, this is because the biologists can take new information of the relationship between the humans and the dolphins.

Also, the dolphins have special capacity of to give many frequencies from their brain for to help at humans. In other words, when the biologists work with the dolphins in their aquariums then the biologists give therapy dolphins at humans. These therapy dolphins are some moments of that the humans swim with dolphins in the pool and the biologists put the head human together at the head dolphin end then for short time the humans can receive special frequencies on their heads.

Finally, the dolphins can be good friends with the people because the dolphins want to communicate with the persons, the dolphins can have adaptation to live in close spaces and the dolphins can give health at people.      

 my friends thanks so much for to read this paragraph.

Jonathan Perez

 

Arabic Shish Taouk

Hi everyone I have a delicious recipe for you If you are hungry

Prep Time :       30-35 min

Cook Time:       10-15 min

Serves:                  4

its a traditional Arabic and Turkish shish kebab, which can also be found in Syrian, Iraqi and Lebanese cuisines,Its an easy and delicious oriental recipe, enjoy grilling shish taouk and bring the smile to everyone around the table.

Ingredients:

*) Chicken boneless (cut into cubes) ½ kg.

*) Garlic paste 1 tsp heaped.

*) White pepper ½ tsp.

*) Mustard powder 1 tsp.

*) Mayonnaise 3 tbspYogurt 3 tbsp.

*) Tahini sauce 2 tbsp.

*) Lemon juice 2 tbsp.

*) Salt 1 tsp.

*) Oregano leaves 1 tsp.

*) Onion (cut in cubes) 2.

*) Capsicum (cut in cubes) 2.

Cooking Directions:

1) Marinate chicken with heaped garlic, white pepper, mustard powder, mayonnaise,yogurt, thyme, lemon juice, salt and oregano leaves for 2 hours in the fridge.

2) Put chicken pieces on skewers alternating with vegetable cubes.

3) Grill in oil.

4) Now put it in a pan then put a burning coal on a foil in the pan; drop some oil on it and cover.

Serve immediately.
 

Thank you

Alaa

Visitor in Memphis

Hello everyone! I came from Argentina to the USA just three weeks ago. I will stay in Memphis only for two months because I want to learn English. But, in addition I wish to know the city as much as possible. I have read and I have heard some suggestions and I want to share them with you.

One of the most important tourist places is "Graceland", the house where lived the "king of Rock & Roll", Elvis Presley. Go to Graceland's Meditation Garden could be a peaceful and free experience. 

The famous "Beale Street" is known like the birthplace of the blues. In this street we can find a lot of bars, lights and great music.

Also, I would like to go to see a game of The Memphis Grizzlies, one of the most famous basketball teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Finally, somebody suggested me that I could visit The Orpheum Theatre and the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968.

I hope that you would like know these interesting places like me! Greetings!

About Me...

Assalamu Aalaikum, First of all, I would like to admit that I am really happy to be in this class with such a wonderful teacher and good classmates. In my first post, I would like to introduce my self.  

My name is Wejdan. I am from Saudi Arabia. I am 20 years old. I speak Arabic. Also, I speak English but not very well. I am married since 2013. I came to the USA with my husband. We lived in California for a year, then we moved to Memphis in August 2014. My husband is a PhD student at The University of Memphis. After next summer, I am going to seek an admission for a banking management major in one of the colleges in Memphis area.

JOKES

   (1)

A: Why are you crying? 
B: The elephant is dead. 
A: Was he your pet? 
B: No, but I'm the one who must dig his grave. 

   (2)

Two boys were arguing when the teacher entered the room.The teacher says, "Why are you arguing?"One boy answers, "We found a ten dollar bill and decided to give it to whoever tells the biggest lie.""You should be ashamed of yourselves," said the teacher, "When I was your age I didn't even know what a lie was."

The boys gave the ten dollars to the teacher.

I hope you like them.

Weekend Trip to Amsterdam

Weekend Trip to Amsterdam:

I went to Amsterdam with my 3 girlfriends from Cologne in Germany.  It was in April 2013 and just for the weekend. We travelled from Cologne to Amsterdam by train. It took about 2.5 hours on the ICE (Inter-City-Express) with no transfer. We chose Amsterdam because it is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe and very famous for its buildings, canals and museums. It can be reached easily by train from Cologne.  We took a canal boat cruise to get a general overview of the city. We visited several museums. We walked on the famous streets of Amsterdam.  We enjoyed also the delicious food of Amsterdam such as appetizers like “bitter ballen”, deep fried croquettes, French fries with mayonnaise and Holland’s most popular cheese Gouda.  I recommend to everyone to go to Amsterdam and visit this nice city.

dear Alz
Did you watch this video about of the faith in Christ?

May you watch this video. this video is beautiful.

dear Ms. Alzbeta

this is Jonathan Perez.

thanks so much for teach us with your special way.

I was praying for you and your baby Aiden Osman at 9pm at Blessed Sacrament.

So glad see you again !

      Dear Alz , this morning i got my good news , Lisa told me i could repeat reading and writing ,Grammar class again. yes, this is I hope for, four month ago ,I talked to you ,my English vocabulary is very weak , I really hope repeat base class again. Everytime I ask her, she gave me answer always is no ,because I  passed every finally exam from level 2 to level 4.I do not know ,why she changed her mind . maybe you and another teacher knew about me much and told her many time. Anyway, this morning I got this permit ,actually, I also have a little sad ,I don’t know why ,maybe that sad from my weak self-esteem. however, I am so glad to see you again ,I think my English will get  improve in your class. Because ,your are good teacher in IEI .

Hello Readers!

Welcome to our blog for ESL Reading and Writing Level 3. We will be writing short posts as a way to improve our English skills and share some information about ourselves. We are glad that you found us and hope you enjoy reading our posts about anything that comes to our creative minds.



This will be an exciting session for all involved in enhancing this blog.
 
Have a great day,

~alz
(teacher)