An Aesop's Fable

The North Wind and The Sun

The North Wind boasted of great strength. The Sun argued that there was
great power in gentleness.
"We shall have a contest," said the Sun.
Far below, a man travelled a winding road. He was wearing a warm winter coat.
"As a test of strength," said the Sun, "Let us see which of us can take the coat off of that man."
"It will be quite simple for me to force him to remove his coat," bragged the Wind.
The Wind blew so hard, the birds clung to the trees. The world was filled with dust and leaves. But the harder the wind blew down the road, the tighter the shivering man clung to his coat.
Then, the Sun came out from behind a cloud. Sun warmed the air and the frosty ground. The man on the road unbuttoned his coat.
The sun grew slowly brighter and brighter.
Soon the man felt so hot, he took off his coat and sat down in a shady spot.
"How did you do that?" said the Wind.
"It was easy," said the Sun, "I lit the day. Through gentleness I got my way."

This is the power of gentleness

See you

Andrea

Julieta

Happy Birthday Julieta! I love you!

You are so, so sooooooooooo special, I'll never forget you!

Andrea

buttons

This is something to amaze family and friends. In the middle of a conversation you have to raise the question:

There is a reason why men's clothes have buttons on the right while women have buttons on the left. What is it?


They are going to think that you're going to come out with a silly remark, and here is when you surprise them giving this clever and true answer:


Most people are right handed and find it easier to fasten a button which is on the right through a hole which is on the left. This is why men's buttons are on the right. When buttons were first used it was rich people who could afford clothes with buttons. Among this class the ladies were often dressed by maid servants. The servant would face the lady and so it was easier for right handed servants to fasten buttons which were on the lady's left.

the bucket and the bath

Do you need a bed in a mental hospital? Check it with this story!

See you!

Andrea

A party of suppliers was being given a tour of a mental hospital.
One of the visitors had made some very insulting remarks about the patients.
After the tour the visitors were introduced to various members of staff in the canteen.
The rude visitor chatted to one of the security staff, Bill, a kindly and wise ex-policeman.
"Are they all raving loonies in here then?" said the rude man.
"Only the ones who fail the test," said Bill.
"What's the test?" said the man.
"Well, we show them a bath full of water, a bucket, a jug and an egg-cup, and we ask them what's the quickest way to empty the bath," said Bill.
"Oh I see, simple - the normal ones know it's the bucket, right?"
"No actually," said Bill,

"The normal ones say pull out the plug. Should I check when there's a bed free for you?"

The Alphabet

The English Alphabet

The letter 'o' is the oldest letter in the English alphabet; it has been the same shape since about 1300BC.
'O' is also the least common letter in English; the most common letter is 'e'.
The novel Gadsby, written by Ernest Vincent Wright, has over 50,000 words but none of them use the letter 'e'.
'Almost' is the longest word in English that has all its letters in alphabetical order.
The word 'set' has the most definitions of all words in English.
The word 'four' has four letters; it is the only number in English whose number of letters is the same as its value.

6th year dinner party

Finally! Here is one of the photos! (thank you Mili, you kept your word)
We had a great time, and I'm going to miss this group a lot!, some of them have been in my class for three years! Others came last year, or a few months ago but they became part of us and we'll always remember all of them.
Tomorrow First Certificate! Good luck to you all!

How to leave your comment!

After receiving many complaints, I've decided to give you this short guide on how to leave your comments on the posts.

1) click on COMMENT (wow! I bet you didn't see that coming!)
2) write your COMMENT (in English!!!)
3) copy the letters in the box.
4) click on "nickname" and(surprise, surprise!) write your nickname, or click on anonymous and do not write anything (for the lazy / shy ones!)
5) click on PUBLISH and there you go! your comment is on the web!

Piece of cake!

The sheikh and the camels

Another brain-teaser to wake those brains of yours up!!!

An Arab sheikh tells his two sons to race their camels to a distant city to see who will inherit his fortune. The one whose camel is slower will win. The brothers, after wandering aimlessly for days, ask a wise man for advice. After hearing the advice they jump on the camels and race as fast as they can to the city.What does the wise man say?

Mafalda

We all know who Mafalda is, but Have you ever read it in English? Sounds strange, doesn't it? Anyway, it's one of my favourite characters. Hope you like it! (click on the image to enlarge it)

December has started!

Last Thursday, the fourth Thursday of November, the Americans celebrated Thanksgiving, we talked about this celebration in one of the classes. For the ones who wants to know something about it here is this great website: http://www.history.com/minisites/thanksgiving/ There's even a video! I think it is easy to understand. Hope you like it.

By the way, December has started and I know most of you are already studying for your finals (hopefully), but keep in mind that in a few days time we'll be enjoying our HOLIDAYS !!!

Our 6th year dinner party was a great success, we enjoyed it very much! Soon I'll upload some of the photographs.