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Some more links for Samsø.
Photo by Phil LaCombe at Flickr (some rights reserved)
A video from CBS starring a farmer with a very dry sense of humour who likes to be somewhat economical with his words. The accompanying text is here, with a couple more videos.
And here's another video, this time from Al Jazeera
The Guardian has an excellent set of photos
There is rather a long article at the New Yorker magazine, and a slightly shorter one at Time magazine.
Scientific American has another long article, with a slide show.
The Energy Academy
Photo by Phil LaCombe at Flickr (some rights reserved)
And even the Sun gets in on the act, managing to get at least one photo of a leggy girl into the story. But in fact this article also has some excellent photos of the island and is well worth a read for its more chatty style.
- Life's A Laugh And Death's A Joke
Having lived in England for about two years I must have been accused hundreds of times of not understanding the famous English sense of humour. It's true to some extent, however, it's mostly caused by cultural differences between England...
- Shiitake Mushrooms Comedy Sketch
Photo by frankenstoen, at Wikimedia Shiitake (/ʃɪtɑ:kɪ/ or /ʃɪ:tɑ:kɪ/) are edible mushroom native to East Asia, which are cultivated and consumed in many Asian countries, as well as being dried and exported...
- Merriam-webster On Youtube
For queries about British English usage, my first port of call is usually Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, but I'm increasingly becoming a fan of the American Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. I especially like their Top Ten Words features...
- More On Scottish Islands And Renewable Energy.
Two wind turbines on Eigg (Wikimedia Commons) A little bit more the use of renewable energy sources on Scottish islands Eigg Eigg is a small island in the Inner Hebrides, 9 km long, 5 km wide, with an area of 12 31 km2...
- Solidarnosć Thirtieth Anniversary
Solidarnosć strike at Gdańsk 1980 (Wikipedia) NB This is a discussion lesson for Polish students of English This is the thirtieth anniversary of Solidarnosć (The Polish trade union Solidarity). What are your first comments / reactions?...
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More on Samsø
Some more links for Samsø.
Photo by Phil LaCombe at Flickr (some rights reserved)
A video from CBS starring a farmer with a very dry sense of humour who likes to be somewhat economical with his words. The accompanying text is here, with a couple more videos.
And here's another video, this time from Al Jazeera
The Guardian has an excellent set of photos
There is rather a long article at the New Yorker magazine, and a slightly shorter one at Time magazine.
Scientific American has another long article, with a slide show.
Photo by Phil LaCombe at Flickr (some rights reserved)
And even the Sun gets in on the act, managing to get at least one photo of a leggy girl into the story. But in fact this article also has some excellent photos of the island and is well worth a read for its more chatty style.
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- Life's A Laugh And Death's A Joke
Having lived in England for about two years I must have been accused hundreds of times of not understanding the famous English sense of humour. It's true to some extent, however, it's mostly caused by cultural differences between England...
- Shiitake Mushrooms Comedy Sketch
Photo by frankenstoen, at Wikimedia Shiitake (/ʃɪtɑ:kɪ/ or /ʃɪ:tɑ:kɪ/) are edible mushroom native to East Asia, which are cultivated and consumed in many Asian countries, as well as being dried and exported...
- Merriam-webster On Youtube
For queries about British English usage, my first port of call is usually Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, but I'm increasingly becoming a fan of the American Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. I especially like their Top Ten Words features...
- More On Scottish Islands And Renewable Energy.
Two wind turbines on Eigg (Wikimedia Commons) A little bit more the use of renewable energy sources on Scottish islands Eigg Eigg is a small island in the Inner Hebrides, 9 km long, 5 km wide, with an area of 12 31 km2...
- Solidarnosć Thirtieth Anniversary
Solidarnosć strike at Gdańsk 1980 (Wikipedia) NB This is a discussion lesson for Polish students of English This is the thirtieth anniversary of Solidarnosć (The Polish trade union Solidarity). What are your first comments / reactions?...