english-at-home.com http://www.english-at-home.com Learn English for free Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:05:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Financial crisis in California http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/english-at-home/~3/gY1XyoBdmFQ/ http://www.english-at-home.com/blog/2009/07/financial-crisis-in-california/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:05:49 +0000 Clare http://www.english-at-home.com/?p=359 The BBC reports that the US state of California is facing a budget deficit from the property crisis and economic recession.

The governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has declared a 'fiscal emergency'. If politicians can't reach an agreement, California may have to stop paying welfare support to those in need.

How is your country dealing with the economic crisis? It is becoming harder to find a job?

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]]> http://www.english-at-home.com/blog/2009/07/financial-crisis-in-california/feed/ 3 http://www.english-at-home.com/blog/2009/07/financial-crisis-in-california/ The perfect summer's day http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/english-at-home/~3/6AH3g5vybow/ http://www.english-at-home.com/blog/2009/07/the-perfect-summers-day/#comments Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:21:47 +0000 Clare http://www.english-at-home.com/?p=358 I've been waiting for the perfect summer's day since summer began. Unfortunately, this summer has been wet with lots of rain and thunderstorms. So I'm back to dreaming about my perfect summer day. A long leisurely lunch with friends, followed by an afternoon on the beach, swimming in the beautiful blue Adriatic Sea.

What about your perfect summer's day? Who would you spend it with? What would you do?

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]]> http://www.english-at-home.com/blog/2009/07/the-perfect-summers-day/feed/ 2 http://www.english-at-home.com/blog/2009/07/the-perfect-summers-day/ How will you remember Michael Jackson? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/english-at-home/~3/ChJ-7GnkzD0/ http://www.english-at-home.com/blog/2009/06/how-will-you-remember-michael-jackson/#comments Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:30:43 +0000 Clare http://www.english-at-home.com/?p=354 3662881083_ede053c5cc_mMusic legend Michael Jackson died this week from a cardiac arrest.

Perhaps the world's most famous entertainer, he brought us the thrilling "Moonwalk" and catchy pop songs. What will you remember him for?

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]]> http://www.english-at-home.com/blog/2009/06/how-will-you-remember-michael-jackson/feed/ 15 http://www.english-at-home.com/blog/2009/06/how-will-you-remember-michael-jackson/ Getting a suntan http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/english-at-home/~3/QKCMy0_Iaj4/ http://www.english-at-home.com/blog/2009/06/getting-a-suntan/#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:04:48 +0000 Clare http://www.english-at-home.com/?p=353 The BBC has an interesting report about the use of sunbeds in the UK.

There are thousands of tanning salons in the UK, and many people believe that a suntan (even a fake one!) makes them look healthier.
However, Cancer Research UK believe that young people should not use sunbeds, and say that people who use them before the age of 35 have a higher risk of skin cancer.

What do you think? Is a suntan considered healthy in your country, or do people try and keep out of the sun?

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]]> http://www.english-at-home.com/blog/2009/06/getting-a-suntan/feed/ 2 http://www.english-at-home.com/blog/2009/06/getting-a-suntan/ The millionth English word http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/english-at-home/~3/jR1YU8ctKNA/ http://www.english-at-home.com/blog/2009/06/the-millionth-english-word/#comments Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:55:24 +0000 Clare http://www.english-at-home.com/?p=352 There's been a lot of tweeting about the millionth English word just announced, but a BBC article questions whether the new word is the millionth.

The article points out that the exact size of English vocabulary is impossible to quantify. If you count every technical term, there are more than a million words. If you don't count "specialist slang" there are perhaps three quarters of a million words.

And the millionth English word is…? (Hint: it's internet-related!)

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