▫️“Anyone can do any amount of work, provided(при условии) it isn’t the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment.”
▫️“You are only young once. After that you have to think up(придумать) some other excuse(оправдания).”
“It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.”
▫️“I don’t believe in reincarnation, and I didn't believe in it when I was a hamster(хомяк).”
▫️“The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right(доказываете правоту) or pleasantly surprised.”
▫️“You are only young once. After that you have to think up(придумать) some other excuse(оправдания).”
“It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.”
▫️“I don’t believe in reincarnation, and I didn't believe in it when I was a hamster(хомяк).”
▫️“The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right(доказываете правоту) or pleasantly surprised.”
#intermediate #joke
🥤 The bartender says, “We don’t serve time travelers in here.”
A time traveler walks into a bar.
🧬 What did the DNA say to the other DNA?
Do these genes make me look fat?
Explanation: This works on a couple of levels: as wordplay (genes vs. jeans) and as scientific fact (genes can determine(предопределить) body shape)
💡 A photon is going through airport security. The TSA agent asks if he has any luggage.
The photon says, “No, I’m traveling light.”(путешествую налегке)
Explanation: Photons are particles representing an amount of light(свет).
🥤 The bartender says, “We don’t serve time travelers in here.”
A time traveler walks into a bar.
🧬 What did the DNA say to the other DNA?
Do these genes make me look fat?
Explanation: This works on a couple of levels: as wordplay (genes vs. jeans) and as scientific fact (genes can determine(предопределить) body shape)
💡 A photon is going through airport security. The TSA agent asks if he has any luggage.
The photon says, “No, I’m traveling light.”(путешествую налегке)
Explanation: Photons are particles representing an amount of light(свет).
#intermediate #facts #interesting
drugstore - аптека 💊
stuck - закрепиться, прилипнуть 📌
inconsequential - несущественный ❗️
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drugstore - аптека 💊
stuck - закрепиться, прилипнуть 📌
inconsequential - несущественный ❗️
Read
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The Fascinating Origins of Famous Company Names
IKEA Ingvar Kamprad, a 17-year-old Swede, founded the company in 1943 with money his father gave him for doing well in school. The teenage retail titan-to-be formed the name of his company—which originally sold pens, wallets, picture frames, table runners…
#intermediate #facts
to expand - расширять
to shrink - сжиматься
hence - следовательно, отсюда, с этих пор
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to expand - расширять
to shrink - сжиматься
hence - следовательно, отсюда, с этих пор
Read it
Telegraph
Interesting facts
Fact: Abraham Lincoln was a bartender You know that the 16th president of the United States fought for the freedom of slaves and the Union, but what you didn’t know is that he was a licensed bartender(бармен). Lincoln’s liquor license was discovered in 1930…
#things people do around the world to slow down
Fika
The Swedish word fika translates as “coffee and cake break,” yet it means so much more than that. Fika is a mindset: slowing down, being present, savoring the moment(наслаждаясь моментом).
Forget slurping a latte(хлебая латте) while walking down the street and using your phone. When you fika, you put away the screens and sit down somewhere cozy(уютно) . You sip your coffee (or your drink of choice). You nibble on a delicious cake or cookie. And you enjoy a proper chat(поболтать как следует) with someone.
Fika
The Swedish word fika translates as “coffee and cake break,” yet it means so much more than that. Fika is a mindset: slowing down, being present, savoring the moment(наслаждаясь моментом).
Forget slurping a latte(хлебая латте) while walking down the street and using your phone. When you fika, you put away the screens and sit down somewhere cozy
#history #food #world
How did hot dogs get their name when there are (thankfully) no dogs involved? Some believe the name began as a joke: Hot dogs were a cheap, affordable (доступный ) meal popular with the working class (рабочий класс ), and with few people knowing how hot dogs are made, the implication (подразумевалось ) was that dog meat was used to keep them cheap.
A more likely explanation is that the German butchers (мясники ) behind early American frankfurters (франкфуртские сосиски) noted the resemblance (сходство ) between their slender sausages and dachshunds (такса ). They nicknamed their delicious creation “dachshund sausages,” and over time, the name gradually morphed into (постепенно превратилось в ) the shorter, snazzier (более стильное ) “hot dogs.”
How did hot dogs get their name when there are (thankfully) no dogs involved? Some believe the name began as a joke: Hot dogs were a cheap, affordable (
A more likely explanation is that the German butchers (
#quotes 😂
“Sometimes I feel so sick(чувствовать плохо ) at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.” —Banksy, Wall and Peace
“Some cause(вызывать, являться причиной ) happiness wherever(куда бы ) they go; others, whenever(когда бы ) they go.” —Oscar Wilde, The Duchess of Padua
“I am not young enough to know everything.” —J.M. Barrie
“When one door closes, another opens. Or you can open the closed door. That’s how doors work.”
“A positive attitude(отношение ) may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy(раздражать ) enough people to make it worth the effort(стоит усилий ).”
“Everyone has the right to be stupid, but you’re abusing(злоупотреблять ) the privilege.”
“Please be patient(терпеливый ). I am ruining things as fast as I can.”
“Sometimes I feel so sick(
“Some cause(
“I am not young enough to know everything.” —J.M. Barrie
“When one door closes, another opens. Or you can open the closed door. That’s how doors work.”
“A positive attitude(
“Everyone has the right to be stupid, but you’re abusing(
“Please be patient(
10 paradoxes
#intermediate, #life
The more you hate a trait(черта) in someone else, the more likely you are avoiding(избегание) it in yourself. Carl Jung believed that characteristics in others that bother us are reflections of the parts of ourselves that we deny. Freud referred to it as “projection.” Most people call it “being an asshole.”
People who can’t trust, can’t be trusted. People who are chronically insecure (неуверенны) in their relationships are more likely to sabotage them. Call it the Good Will Hunting syndrome, but one way people protect themselves from getting hurt is by hurting others first.
А теперь потренируй свое произношение. Открывай продолжение по кнопке ниже. Включай микрофон и тренируйся)
Now practice your pronunciation. Continue using the button below. Turn on the microphone and train)🎤
#intermediate, #life
The more you hate a trait(черта) in someone else, the more likely you are avoiding(избегание) it in yourself. Carl Jung believed that characteristics in others that bother us are reflections of the parts of ourselves that we deny. Freud referred to it as “projection.” Most people call it “being an asshole.”
People who can’t trust, can’t be trusted. People who are chronically insecure (неуверенны) in their relationships are more likely to sabotage them. Call it the Good Will Hunting syndrome, but one way people protect themselves from getting hurt is by hurting others first.
А теперь потренируй свое произношение. Открывай продолжение по кнопке ниже. Включай микрофон и тренируйся)
Now practice your pronunciation. Continue using the button below. Turn on the microphone and train)🎤
3 Amazing Things Invented by Kids
Braille👩🦯
Louis Braille suffered a serious impairment(нарушение) when he was just 3 years old. Braille was 12 when he learned of a method of silent communication originally created for the French military. He simplified it, and in 1824 the braille writing system was born.
Superman🥷
As a teen, Jerry Siegel was having a hard time sleeping one hot summer night in 1934. Restless, his mind turned to his favorite science fiction stories—and as he looked outside at the moon, he got an inspiration(вдохновение) of his own. Siegel jotted them down, and in the morning, ran to visit his artist friend Joe Shuster, who made some sketches. .
Christmas Lights🔥
Before electric lights were invented, many people decorated Christmas trees with actual candles(свечи). But by 1917, people were more accustomed(привыкшие) to electricity and 15-year-old Albert Sadacca was ready to capitalize on their trust.
Braille👩🦯
Louis Braille suffered a serious impairment(нарушение) when he was just 3 years old. Braille was 12 when he learned of a method of silent communication originally created for the French military. He simplified it, and in 1824 the braille writing system was born.
Superman🥷
As a teen, Jerry Siegel was having a hard time sleeping one hot summer night in 1934. Restless, his mind turned to his favorite science fiction stories—and as he looked outside at the moon, he got an inspiration(вдохновение) of his own. Siegel jotted them down, and in the morning, ran to visit his artist friend Joe Shuster, who made some sketches. .
Christmas Lights🔥
Before electric lights were invented, many people decorated Christmas trees with actual candles(свечи). But by 1917, people were more accustomed(привыкшие) to electricity and 15-year-old Albert Sadacca was ready to capitalize on their trust.
For as long as there have been words, there have been impolite(невежливые) words. The first recorded use of the word fart(пердеж), might date back to the 11th century, when it popped up in The Antwerp-London Glossaries. That would make fart potentially the oldest known rude word.
💩First citation for shit(дерьмо) dates back to the Old English medical text Bald’s Leechbook, where it referred to diarrhea. The word first started to be used derogatorily(уничижительно) in the 16th century, specifically to talk about “a person (usually a man) whose behaviour is regarded as obnoxious(противный)”.
🤬Fuck, however, has referred to sexual intercourse(половой акт) since pretty much the beginning. In 2015, British historian Paul Booth discovered what is believed to be the first use of the word fuck in a sexual/sweary context when he found a court(судебный) document from 1310 that contained the name Roger Fuckebythenavele, which is believed to be a coded insult(оскорбление).
💩First citation for shit(дерьмо) dates back to the Old English medical text Bald’s Leechbook, where it referred to diarrhea. The word first started to be used derogatorily(уничижительно) in the 16th century, specifically to talk about “a person (usually a man) whose behaviour is regarded as obnoxious(противный)”.
🤬Fuck, however, has referred to sexual intercourse(половой акт) since pretty much the beginning. In 2015, British historian Paul Booth discovered what is believed to be the first use of the word fuck in a sexual/sweary context when he found a court(судебный) document from 1310 that contained the name Roger Fuckebythenavele, which is believed to be a coded insult(оскорбление).
Credit for our festive birthday candles🎂 likely goes to the ancient Greeks. They purportedly(предположительно) made cakes adorned(украшенный) with candles to honor Artemis, the goddess of the moon🌚 and the hunt(охоты). The round shape(круглая форма) of the cakes was a tribute to the moon, and the lit candles made it 🌝glow(светиться) like the moon’s surface. It’s said that when the candles were blown out(задувались), the smoke helped ward off(отпугнуть) evil spirits...
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#intermediate, #quotes
“I learned a long time ago that worrying is like a rocking chair(кресло качалка). It gives you something to do but it doesn’t get you anywhere.”
“My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace(покой) is to finish what I start. So far I’ve finished two bags of M&Ms and a chocolate cake. I feel better already.”
“There are few things in life harder to find and more important to keep than love. Well, love and a birth certificate(свидетельство о рождении).”
“A good rule to remember for life is that when it comes to plastic surgery(пластичиская хирургия) and sushi, never be attracted by a bargain(дешево купленная вещь).”
“The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly and lie about your age.”
“I learned a long time ago that worrying is like a rocking chair(кресло качалка). It gives you something to do but it doesn’t get you anywhere.”
“My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace(покой) is to finish what I start. So far I’ve finished two bags of M&Ms and a chocolate cake. I feel better already.”
“There are few things in life harder to find and more important to keep than love. Well, love and a birth certificate(свидетельство о рождении).”
“A good rule to remember for life is that when it comes to plastic surgery(пластичиская хирургия) and sushi, never be attracted by a bargain(дешево купленная вещь).”
“The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly and lie about your age.”
In 2008, historians announced that they had identified the oldest recorded joke in history: A Sumerian quip dating back to 1900 BCE. What layered comedic marvel did the ancient Sumerians who invented cuneiform and arithmetic pass down as part of their legacy? A fart joke, of course.
The joke reads, in an approximate translation: “Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband’s lap.”
The “joke” probably wasn’t ever intended to be a laugh-out-loud Sumerian Comedy Club zinger—it’s actually more a humorous proverb than a straight joke...
The joke reads, in an approximate translation: “Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband’s lap.”
The “joke” probably wasn’t ever intended to be a laugh-out-loud Sumerian Comedy Club zinger—it’s actually more a humorous proverb than a straight joke...