http://www.englishforums.com/English/ArticlesTeachersAboutEfl/Forum8.htmResource of articles submitted by our teachers.enXMOD (Build: 3598.39794)http://www.englishforums.com/English/TrafficRules/lwzld/post.htmMon, 02 Nov 2009 08:41:31 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:959670lincy9530http://www.englishforums.com/English/TrafficRules/lwzld/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments8-959670.xmlEVERY weekday morning was a rush for 13-year-old Beijinger Qin Yixing before the Beijing Olympic Games. She got up at 6:10. She spent 20 minutes washing and packing her bag. At around 6:30 she was down in her mom’s car, ready to go. Qin always had her breakfast in the car. They had to set out as early as possible to avoid rush hour. If there was a traffic jam, their 30 minutes’ ride to school could become an hour. But now things are getting better for Qin, and other Beijing school kids. The city is continuing its traffic ban program of Olympic year. Starting April 13, cars in Beijing have to take one day off a week. On which day does a car have to stay at home? It all depends on the last number on its plate: 0s and 5s on...http://www.englishforums.com/English/UsefulPhrasalVerbsStudents/lhwbn/post.htmWed, 28 Oct 2009 16:52:42 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:955464englishlci0http://www.englishforums.com/English/UsefulPhrasalVerbsStudents/lhwbn/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments8-955464.xmlIf you're an ESL student who happens to be more than puzzled about how phrasal verbs are used and what they mean, you'll find this guide will come in really handy. 1. A phrasal verb is a verb used with one or two particles or prepositions, such as up, down, in, on, out, off. Jim put down the book. I am looking forward to seeing you. 2. Some phrasal verbs do not take an object. Tom stood up, came in, and said hello. Come on, we're going to be late! Look out! 3. Some phrasal verbs which take an object can separate: if the object is a noun we can put it before or after the particle. Please bring back the books OR Please bring the books back. But if the object is a pronoun, we can only put it before the...http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsBookReviewSameBookReportGuide-WritingBoth/lhgrl/post.htmWed, 28 Oct 2009 02:05:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:954867englishlci0http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsBookReviewSameBookReportGuide-WritingBoth/lhgrl/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments8-954867.xmlA book review and a book report are different in regards to their objective. A book report shows the content and structure of a book in an objective way. It summarizes the content and analyzes the structure. It intends to give valuable information about the book to help others decide if it is interesting and valuable. A book review describes, evaluates or criticizes its content. Same as a book report, it explains the content and analyzes its structure, but additionally, you measure the worth of the book and recommend it, or not, to others. Both center on a specific book, and rarely include research outside of it. In college, or even for an ESL class, you may be asked to write one or the other, and it is vital that you know exactly...http://www.englishforums.com/English/DrinkingUniversitiesAmerica/lgnxn/post.htmSun, 25 Oct 2009 06:09:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:952217lincy9530http://www.englishforums.com/English/DrinkingUniversitiesAmerica/lgnxn/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments8-952217.xmlThe legal age for drinking alcohol in the United States is twenty-one. Underage drinking is a crime but also a common part of college social life. This week in our Foreign Student Series, we look at alcohol policies at American colleges and universities. Never too young: A drunk-driving accident is acted out at a high school north of Los Angeles as part of alcohol education efforts These policies differ from school to school, as do enforcement efforts. But many schools have been moving to strengthen their rules. The United States has more than seventeen million students in higher education. Each year, one thousand seven hundred of them age eighteen to twenty-four die from alcohol-related road crashes...http://www.englishforums.com/English/SherlockHolmes/lgnlv/post.htmSun, 25 Oct 2009 04:34:42 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:952157lincy9530http://www.englishforums.com/English/SherlockHolmes/lgnlv/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments8-952157.xmlTo many people, Sherlock Holmes is the most famous detective in the world. He’s famous for his strong ability of deduction. Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was created by Scottish writer Arthur Conan Doyle, who wrote many stories about the detective between 1887 and 1927. Holmes lived in a flat at 221b Baker Street in London . He wasn’t a tidy man and left things everywhere in his room. He had the habit of smoking heavily, which was not considered bad at that time. Holmes had a strong sense of humour and enjoyed“doing the right thing”. He would lie to the police or break into houses when he believed it was the right thing to do. In his time, such actions were not bad...http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowShouldWeSpendMoneyOn/lgnlr/post.htmSun, 25 Oct 2009 04:24:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:952153lincy9530http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowShouldWeSpendMoneyOn/lgnlr/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments8-952153.xmlWhat do you spend your money on? Do you think just of yourself or do you donate money? I think that teenagers in Norway are sometimes unaware of how lucky they are. We have a lot of things, a lot of money and a family. We don’t appreciate all of these things. When I think about teenagers in Africa and South-America, who don’t have all of these things, I just start thinking about what I really use my money on. It’s not important things like food, it’s things like candy and sodas and chocolate. All of those things that others can’t afford and that’s unhealthy. I get 100 NKR each week. All those money are gone in a half week. But when I think back on what I spent them on, I really don’t understand why I bought all of that stuff. It’s...http://www.englishforums.com/English/JohnCarlin/lgnjw/post.htmSun, 25 Oct 2009 03:54:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:952127lincy9530http://www.englishforums.com/English/JohnCarlin/lgnjw/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments8-952127.xmlJohn Carlin was a “jack of all trades.” He was an artist and writer. He taught himself five foreign languages. He was a leader among the deaf. John Carlin was born in Philadelphia in 1813. His father was a poor shoemaker. His younger brother, Andrew, was also deaf. John and Andrew did not need to do things that other children of their ages had to do so they had much free time to walk about the city. John got many rich experiences when he was young. He showed his talent for drawing early in life. He often drew pictures on the floor with chalk and when his mother saw what he had done, she would quickly clean them with a mop. John went to work as a house painter when he was 12. His days were busy with work. However, he...http://www.englishforums.com/English/JanpaneseAndEnglish/lgkrm/post.htmSat, 24 Oct 2009 01:34:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:951111lincy9530http://www.englishforums.com/English/JanpaneseAndEnglish/lgkrm/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments8-951111.xmlHow to say hello in Japanese largely depends upon when you say it. This is very much like different greetings and salutations used in English at different times of day or night. There are set rules to use "Good Morning!", "Good Afternoon!", "Good Day!", "Good Evening!" and "Good Night!". In Japanese culture, the rules also differ depending upon whether you are on phone or meeting somebody personally or whether you have only formal relations with the addressee or is he a close friend of yours. You see, there is nothing strange or new in it. We too follow the same rules. We don't get formal with our pals. We seldom greet them with "Good Morning!" or "Good Evening!" A...http://www.englishforums.com/English/RidingABike/lgdpr/post.htmWed, 21 Oct 2009 22:48:09 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:949331Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/RidingABike/lgdpr/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments8-949331.xmlYou can probably all ride a bike well. I’m an exception. I started riding a bike when I was a small kid. It was a tiny toy bike with four wheels. I loved it very much and rode it every day. When I was 5, my cousin gave me a pink bike. It was a true bicycle with just two wheels! At the time, my parents were too busy to teach me how to ride it. So I had to learn by myself. I practiced hard on weekends and during vacations. Gradually I learned how to ride, though I still didn’t know how to make turns. One summer vacation, I borrowed an old bike and rode it with my friends on a country road. We sang and practiced our riding skills. Suddenly, a small boy ran into the road. I was shocked and couldn’t control the bike...http://www.englishforums.com/English/TravellingAroundTheWorld/lzwrj/post.htmSun, 18 Oct 2009 03:00:53 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:945617Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/TravellingAroundTheWorld/lzwrj/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments8-945617.xmlMany Chinese like cycling and they often go to work or school by bike. A British man named Mark Beaumont also loves cycling. But different from others, he would like to go farther. Recently, he has finished his journey and become the fastest person to cycle around the world. The 25-year-old British man started his journey in Paris last August. From then on he spent 195 days and 6 hours cycling 18,000 miles through 20 countries. It’s not an easy ride for Mark. During the journey, he has met floods, robbers, traffic accidents and so on. But all these difficulties didn’t stop Mark from going on. He made it at last. The journey not only made Mark become a new Guinness World Record holder, but also helped him raise thousands of...http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheUnitedStatesLanguageGraveyard/lvvnb/post.htmMon, 12 Oct 2009 21:00:58 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:939761SarahJay1http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheUnitedStatesLanguageGraveyard/lvvnb/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments8-939761.xmlI am doing a project in my Global English class and came upon a book that described the United States as a Language Graveyard. Could someone please explain this to me?http://www.englishforums.com/English/SpainConquestColonizationKindlyCheck-Grammar/vklwx/post.htmSun, 08 Feb 2009 01:03:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:386543Anonymous5http://www.englishforums.com/English/SpainConquestColonizationKindlyCheck-Grammar/vklwx/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments8-386543.xmlMy report in Chapter 4 is all about “How the Spaniard’s invade and colonize the Philippines” The Spain’s invasion and colonization in the Philippines was started when King Philip II decided to colonize the Philippines to enhance their imperial glory and spread Christianity among the natives. King Philip II ordered the Spanish colony of Mexico to prepare an expedition to the Philippines to be leaded by Miguel Lopez De Legazpi and Father Andres De Urdaneta as their spiritual chief. In a meeting between Legazpi and the officers of his expedition, they decided that Cebu was where they would establish a Spanish settlement. Legazpi arrived in Cebu in February 1565, but because of the hostility of the natives he decided to go to...http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowToLearnEnglish/lbcjq/post.htmThu, 01 Oct 2009 13:34:12 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:924391Anonymous2http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowToLearnEnglish/lbcjq/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments8-924391.xmlWe often hear people say that learning a foreign language well is very difficult. They spend a lot of time on it, but they couldn’t learn it well. I think if you want to learn a foreign language well, the following things are very necessary. Firstly, you should be able to understand the language when your hear it spoken. Then you should speak it correctly. Of course it’s also important to be able to read the lanuage. Also you should be able to write it correctly. There aren’t any easy ways to succeed in learning a foreign lanuage. It’s true that you should learn new words, expressions and grammar by heart. But that is not enough. You should learn to use them. “Learn through use” is a good piece of advice for those who are...http://www.englishforums.com/English/TwoBrothers/kpgqh/post.htmMon, 21 Sep 2009 01:39:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:910918Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/TwoBrothers/kpgqh/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments8-910918.xmlOnce there lived two brothers who lost their parents at their early age. They worked together on the family farm. Some years later, the elder married and had a large family of six children, while the other was still single. They worked hard together in the day and at the end of each day they shared their produce equally . One day while the single brother was working in the fields, he thought to himself, "It's not right that we share equally everything. I'm alone and my needs are simple. My brother has a big family. He needs much more. " With that in mind, he took a bag of grain and crept across the field between their houses, putting it into his brother's barn quietly. He did so every night. ...http://www.englishforums.com/English/OHenry/kkbvw/post.htmThu, 03 Sep 2009 08:43:53 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:884705Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/OHenry/kkbvw/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments8-884705.xmlO. Henry was an American writer. He wrote lots of short stories. His real name was Willam Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for a long time, but he learned everything he wanted to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas . There he did differetn jobs. He first worked in a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money went missing from the bank, O. Henry was suspected. Because of that, he was sent into prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to writer short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continured writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there....http://www.englishforums.com/English/LearningEnglish/kbjgl/post.htmSat, 01 Aug 2009 09:20:53 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:842837Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/LearningEnglish/kbjgl/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments8-842837.xmlWhen you are learning English, you find it not clever to put an English sentence, word for word, into your own language. Take the sentence “How do you do?” as an example. If you look up each word in the dictionary, one at a time, what is your translation? It must be a wrong sentence in your own languge. Languages do not just have different sounds; they are different in many ways. It’s important to master the rules for word order in the study of English, too. If the speakers put words in a wrong order, the listener can’t understand the speaker’s sentence easily. Sometimes when the order of words in an English sentence is changed, the meaning of the sentence changes. But sometimes the order is changed, but the meaning of the sentence...http://www.englishforums.com/English/LearnEnglish/kbjvh/post.htmSat, 01 Aug 2009 08:39:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:842799Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/LearnEnglish/kbjvh/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments8-842799.xmlIS speaking good English a bit of headache for you? But Huang Qing, 13, and Gu Lishi, 15, feel that studying it can be as much fun as singing and watching videos. The sixth "21st Century Scholastic Cup" National High School English Speaking Competition was held in Beijing on December 7. Huang from Diocesan Girl's School in Hong Kong and Gu from Shenzhen Foreign Language School Branch won first prize. Judges and listeners were impressed by their beautiful English. They also loved how much the students know and their good manners. How did they do so well? Huang and Gu told their language-learning secrets to Teens. "Put yourself in a English environment," said Huang Qing. "All my teachers speak...http://www.englishforums.com/English/MakeSomeForeignFriends/jwbdr/post.htmTue, 23 Jun 2009 04:24:10 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:791333LuYanhuang0http://www.englishforums.com/English/MakeSomeForeignFriends/jwbdr/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments8-791333.xmlI am studying abroad, and sometimes I feel lonely without my parents around me. However, I feel better after I made friends with local students when I joined the English corner in school. They are really friendly and easygoing. We often play games and have meals together. I don't feel lonely now as I have friends like them. I think it is a good way to make you enjoy( at lease not shocked) in the different culture. Besides, I can practise my spoken English through chatting with them. Thus, if you are a foreigner in the country you live now like me, why not make friends with the friendly people around you. They are ready to accept you as they are also interested in foreigners. Just go ahead.http://www.englishforums.com/English/LearningEnglishInChina/jhwph/post.htmSun, 21 Jun 2009 08:17:22 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:788654Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/LearningEnglishInChina/jhwph/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments8-788654.xmlCai Jingshu, 14, loves English. She reads English newspapers every week and often tries to talk with foreigners from other countries. “Many of us want to study abroad and find out more about English language culture,” said the girl. However, for Cai’s aunt, 45-year-old Bin Changzheng, studying English was a different story. When she first studied English in 1977, she and his classmates spent nearly half a year learning the 26 letters and the phonetic symbols . After the letters, she and her classmates learned some simple words, such as “desk”, “pen” and “pencil”. Then they studied simple sentences. For example, “This is a pen”. And “That is a desk”. “It was really hard for us to learn English words. There were no other materials,...http://www.englishforums.com/English/EnglishAsAForeignLanguate/wgdlw/post.htmSat, 18 Apr 2009 02:34:12 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:698708Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/EnglishAsAForeignLanguate/wgdlw/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments8-698708.xmlSome people say that English is an easy language to learn. At the same time they think that Chinese is the most difficult. But is that true? It depends on many things. Chinese, for example, has no tense, but its writing system is very different from that of English. One thing might be harder, but the other is simpler. I think English is neither easy nor difficult. With experience and practice, it becomes easier. Without experience it is harder than the other languages. What makes a language easier? First, you should use it often. Second, if you are interested in it, it will become easier. Third, it’s a good idea to read articles in that language. Finally, talk with people in that language. Each language has its peculiarities, that is,...http://www.englishforums.com/English/ABoyWhoSavedHisSister/wvjnb/post.htmWed, 25 Mar 2009 05:09:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:690643Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/ABoyWhoSavedHisSister/wvjnb/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments8-690643.xmlMany years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at Stanford Hospital, I got to know a little girl whose name is Liz. She had a serious disease. Her only chance of recovery depended on blood transfusion. Her brother was only 5 years old. He had the same disease. It was a miracle (奇迹) that he survived in the fight with the illness. The doctor explained the situation to the little boy. Then he asked the boy if he was willing to give blood to his sister. I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking a deep breath and saying, “Yes, I’ll do it if it will save Liz.” During the blood transfusion, he lay in bed next to his sister and smiled. With the help of her brother’s blood the color returned to Liz’s white cheeks. However, the boy’s face...http://www.englishforums.com/English/AnInventionGlasses/wvwkx/post.htmTue, 24 Mar 2009 12:00:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:690316Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/AnInventionGlasses/wvwkx/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments8-690316.xmlYou are near-sighted. You wear glasses. You have to go to opticians to have your lenses changed. Josh Silver, a professor of physics at Oxford University, may be able to help you out. He has invented a pair of special glasses. Wearers can correct their vision by adjusting the lens themselves. The glasses are based on a simple principle: The fatter a lens, the more powerful it becomes. Inside the plastic lenses are two clear bags filled with fluid. The wearer can add or reduce the amount of fluid with a syringe. It changes the power of the lens. The invention may help near-sighted people in the developing world greatly. In Britain there is one optometrist for every 4,500 people. In sub-Saharan Africa the ratio is 1:1,000,000. So far,...http://www.englishforums.com/English/FreeDiscussionsTopicsDebated/vkzq/post.htmThu, 08 Jan 2009 01:03:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:22643pieter19http://www.englishforums.com/English/FreeDiscussionsTopicsDebated/vkzq/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments8-22643.xmlFREE DISCUSSIONS~ Topics to be debated 1. The husband should bring most of the money in the family. 2. Women are less intelligent than men. 3. Football is for idiots. 4. Computers are very important in education. 5. Knowing English well is equivalent to a college degree. 6. The actual school system is not good. 7. Success in life means money. 8. Nationalism is a positive thing. 9. Talk shows on TV are useless and boring. 10. Husbands and wives should have the same educational level. 11. Friendship is the most important relationship in life. 12. Marketing and management should be taught in last two years of high school. 13. Doing a job that you like is more important than to earn more money. 14. It is much...http://www.englishforums.com/English/AFootballPlayer/wdqwz/post.htmTue, 17 Mar 2009 11:41:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:687672lincy9531http://www.englishforums.com/English/AFootballPlayer/wdqwz/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments8-687672.xmlDonna was a middle school student. She is one member of the school football team. One day after school she went to the playground. She saw all her teammates stand around the field. Just then, Mr. Stanley came over the football field and told them that he would the place of Mr. Black to be their coach . Then he told Donna he didn’t want any girl to be on the team though she was clever. She felt sad but she could do nothing except leaving without any words. A short time later, the school team played against another school. In the middle of the game, one of Donna’s teammates was hit by the ball and his head was hurt. Mr. Stanley had to let Donna come back to the team because they had no bench warmer. Donna was so great that she scored...http://www.englishforums.com/English/Celebrations/wdwxx/post.htmWed, 11 Mar 2009 08:31:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:685471lincy9531http://www.englishforums.com/English/Celebrations/wdwxx/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments8-685471.xmlPeople joke that no one in Los Angeles reads; everyone watches TV, buy videos, or goes to the movies. The most popular things to read are comic books and movie magazines. Few people go to city libraries. But here’s some other news. The book festival in West Los Angeles is “sold out” year after year. People wait half an hour to find a parking place. The festival is over one weekend every April. This year, about 70,000 people went there on Saturday, and about 75,000 on Sunday. The festival had 280 show rooms. Some writers went there and gave about 90 talks, with a question-and-answer time after each talk. There was also a food show with all kinds of popular foods. People only needed to pay $7 for parking, and the book festival was free....