Sunday, November 11, 2007
Native English Speakers Listening (2)
I chose this pod cast for purpose because I hate eating breakfast.... :) Luckily after listening this native English speakers dialog i have changed my mind. :)
Anyway... I listen for the recording two times, thought it was not too difficult to follow the conversation I found some unknown words concerning food.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/Nbc5com-BetterHealthPodcast
Upper Intermediate Listening
I't a native bussiness English dialog about airlines language and also how to behave in the plane. I have listen it for only one time, because though the speech was fast I didn't find it too difficult. Another interesting thing that speakers spelled the unknown words and defining them in English, like for example turbulence and others.
I think this feature is realy useful.
http://www.englishpod.com/podcast/tag/airlines
Prisons: San Quentin
The biggest number of crimes is being commited in the United States of America also in the United States capital punishment is legalized. SAN QUENTIN is one of the most famous and notorious prisons in the world.
It was built by inmates who were housed on the prison ship during the construction in 1852 is located in the middle of one of the most affluent areas in the country - California. It has the most remarkable history of violence of any American institution. One cell block is popularly known to inmates as "Little Viet Nam." A particular outdoor passageway as "Death Alley." The latrines as "Okay Corral." Prisoners in other institutions call Quentin -- "THE ARENA."
Every year dozens of men are involved in stabbing incidents many resulting in death. There is no place to run from a threat or an enemy or from those whose tension, fear, and paranoia have become a way of life. San Quentin has a bloody reputation, a culture where violence and boredom make up life day-by-day, where gang culture, rape and silence runs deep. Guards know that inmates can make a weapon out of anything and often they do.
A stunning fact is that one of the female jurors who voted to convict him of 13 murders later fell in love with him and they pursued a prison relationship for a while. She wrote him nearly 75 letters during his incarceration, then after seven years Ramirez proposed to her and they were married in San Quentin. Doreen Lioy has stated that she will commit suicide when Ramirez is executed.
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Conflict: Definition
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Gun Control: Virginia Shootings
This is super national for those who are living on this side of the Atlantic.
Virginia requires residents to present two forms of identification to buy a gun, as well pass a computerized background check, meanwhile in Lithuania firstly you have to pass a psychological test and many more and after that there still is a question of getting a licence to a gun.
If such remedies could be taken in United States, the number of rampage killings might decrease.
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Internet Fraud
Sunday, April 1, 2007
Employment Law Summary
Yet EC law differ form English by having a Sunday trading. Sometimes it gives a better protection than English law.
Finally, after comparison of employment law in Japan it seams that it is better to live in England, for the sole purpose of short working hours.