Bachelor's cooking!
World Records
Justice for all! (31)
The mystery of magic book ofCharmed (37-38) Investigation
Report
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My Photo Album
Wine: Its History and Health Benefits (55-59)
Maid to order (60-65)
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74 BigChilli Bed-time Stories
Exercise 2. Choose the correct word. Lawyer\advocate is a general word for someone who has professional training in legal work or who is an expert in the law. In American English, the word paralegal\attorney is often used instead, especially in legal or official language and especially to refer to a lawyer who represents people in court. In British English, there is a difference between a barrister\solicitor, who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents, and a barrister\solicitor, who represents people in court. In both American and British English, someone’s the bar\counsel is the lawyer or group of lawyers who represent them in court.
Exercise 3. Fill in the gaps with the words from the box. advocates
solicitor
attorney
counsel barristers
Counselor
In both the UK and the USA, lawyer is the general word for a trained legal adviser. In the UK, a lawyer, who usually works in an office but may also work in some courts of law, is called a ___________. Lawyers, who do most of their work representing people in court trials, are called ___________ in England and ___________ in Scotland. In both the UK and the USA, ___________ is the formal legal word for a lawyer who is representing people in court, and in a US court, you might call them ___________. A lawyer in the USA is also sometimes referred to as an ___________ especially in formal speech or official language.
Exercise 4. Sort out the words lawyer
attorney solicitor counsel Counsellor
BrE
AmE
barrister Counselor
QC advocate notary paralegal the bar
BrE or AmE with the change in meaning
the same both in BrE and AmE
the bar – in Britain the group of people who are barristers; in the US, the group of people who are lawyers. - She studied law and was called to the Bar (= became a barrister) in 1974. - Between 1970 and 1975, admissions to the bar increased a staggering 91 percent.
Korea — a country of ancient war means
“In modern day South Korea, archery is recognized as a martial art just like Taekwondo”
Precepts such as ―If you fail, look inside for the solution‖ and ―From righteous mind comes righteous body‖ mean archers work towards improving themselves mentally and emotionally.
Корея—страна древних способов ведения войны Стрельбой из лука на Корейском полуострове занимаются на протяжении тысячелетий. До 16 века лук был одним из смертоносных видов оружия корейских воинов, их лучники славились по всей Азии. Во время боя в течение двух тысячелетий корейские лучники забрасывали противника смертоносными стрелами, оттесняя иноземных захватчиков. В современной Южной Корее стрельба из лука признана боевым искусством, точно так же, как тхэквондо, а лучники получают звания в зависимости от уровня их мастерства и квалификации. В отличие от многих боевых искусств, которые используют цветные пояса, чтобы показать разряд, у традиционных корейских лучников на чехле для лука вышивают цветы гибискуса или по-корейски - мугунгхва. Чем больше мугунгхва у стрельцов, тем выше их квалификация и солиднее опыт. Есть много различий между международной целевой стрельбой из лука и корейской традиционной стрельбой. В корейской традиционной стрельбе из лука расстояние до цели намного больше. В международной целевой стрельбе из лука максимальное расстояние от стрелка до цели приблизительно 90 метров, а в традиционной корейской стрельбе из лука это расстояние достигает 145 метров. В международной целевой стрельбе из лука используются мишени с яблочком и расходящимися кругами из центра, попав в мишень, стрелок получает разное количество баллов в зависимости от степени приближѐнности стрелы к центру. В корейской традиционной стрельбе из лука можно только попасть или промахнуться. В течение многих лет после появления огнестрельного оружия стрельба из лука оставалась неотъемлемой частью процесса обучения корейских солдат. Даже сейчас, в эпоху цифровых технологий, стрельба из лука считается идеальным времяпрепровождением военнослужащих в Южной Корее. Она требует дисциплины ума, настойчивости, терпения и концентрации. Но она не только для солдат. Многие лучники говорят, что спорт гармонизировал их отношения, уменьшил напряжение и улучшил их здоровье неожиданными способами, например, снизил кровяное давление и ослабил боли в спине. Исполняя заветы («Если Вы терпите неудачу, смотрите в себя для решения проблемы» и «От праведного ума праведным становится тело»), лучники совершенствуют самих себя умственно и эмоционально.
Sunday 01 Dear Dumb Diary, Mom and I got into a "discussion" about fashion after dinner tonight. Of course, she really has no idea what the trends are at my school. I told her that I think she can't possibly know how important trends can be, and she said that clothes were just as important when she was in middle school. Then I said that I understood how she probably always tried her best to make a good impression on Fred and Wilma and Barney and the whole gang down at the tar pit, but times had changed. And that's just part of the reason I'm here in my room way ahead of schedule for the evening. Here's the exchange that followed my Mom-ls-OldAs-Cavemen joke: "Just how do you think that makes me feel?" Mom asked. "Stupid?" I guessed. Turns out that Mom had a different answer in mind, and I'll have a little time to figure out what it was since I'm here in my bedroom about five hours earlier than usual. I also think that Dad sitting there trying not to laugh might have made things worse. Sometimes diaries can be so much easier to talk to than moms. I can't picture Mom letting me write on her face, and I imagine sliding a bookmark in somewhere would result in a major wrestling match.
dumb [dʌm] немой; бессловесный, безмолвный goon [gun] болван, тупица half-wit ['hɑfwɪt] слабоумный; дурак, глупец and all that - и всѐ такое прочее to vest smb. with power — облекать кого-л. властью happen ['hæp(ə)n] (happen to do smth) непреднамеренно совершить какое-л. действие
surveillance [sɜ'veɪlən(t)s] надзор, наблюдение (за подозреваемым в чём-л.) flesh-eating – плотоядный venomous ['venəməs] ядовитый tar pit - смоляная яма, битумная яма way ahead – сильно опережать caveman ['keɪvmæn] троглодит, пещерный человек
This most pleasing of dishes is indeed Italian, and is closely associated with the south, particularly Naples, and has probably been made in one form or another for thousands of years. Today the pizza is an international food, and its combination of Eastern and Western ingredients demonstrates its global roots.
Pizza Poem by Arnold Adoff The Baker wanted me to know that underneath the cheese and sausage bits and pepperoni slices and beneath the onions and mushrooms and green pepper dices the only thing that counted was the dough.
About the name:
The word "pie" does not refer to the crust, nor even to the shape or position of the crust. The Oxford English, the Webster's unabridged, and lexicographer Charles Earl Funk, all agree that the elemental word "pie" relates to the Magpie, a bird with feathers splotched in two colors, a bird
Blackened Edge The name has a common origin with and connection with "pitta" bread. Some believe pizza may be a derivative of the Latin word "picea," a word which the Romans used to describe the blackening of bread in an oven.
PIZZA Palestinian Flatbread Flatbreads like these Palestinian women are making, have been made by peoples of the Eastern Mediterranean for millennia.
Egyptian Flatbread Proto-pizzas were eaten by the builders of the Pyramids, who slathered oil and garlic on flatbreads like these for sale in modern Egypt.
Corn Tortilla The traditional corn tortilla of the Americas, another flatbread, is equally as old.
Foccacia Seller Pizza most clearly took the form that we are now familiar with in pre-Renaissance Naples, a large city in central Italy. Poor peasants used their limited ingredients (wheat flour, olive oil, lard, cheese and natural herbs) to make a seasoned flat bread, garnished with cheese, called focaccia. Here is a Neapolitan focaccia peddler from the 18th century.
MUSEUM Navajo Frybread Frybread is the Navajo pizza, topped with whatever is available. Etruscan Bread Kneader Romans and the civilization before them, the Etruscans, were baking flatbreads that were hung up outside advertising the baker's business. Puchinella Italy's Comedia del Arte star, the popular buffoon character, Punchinella, eating stands of pasta hanging from his hand held over his upturned face was a powerful model for the way to eat. But pasta required the seller to provide a bowl and utensils, which in turn, needed washing and water was in chronic short supply. Enter pizza, the perfect solution for both vendor and customer. Soon Punchinella was seen eating folded over slices of pizza. Pizzaiola "The only sizable investment was the oven, which really only required some space and some bricks. Folded over on itself as pizza traditionally is, it presents a dry outer surface that is not blistering to the fingers, while the interior remains nice and hot for quite some time. With its thin crust and raised outer lip, a pizza could be held in the hand and enjoyed at leisure, without fear of a jogged elbow spilling one's meal to the ground. No dishes, no utensils, no costly washing up." (Rosario Buonassisi in Pizza: From its Italian Origins to the Modern Table, Firefly, Buffalo, 2000)
Bachelor's cooking! This time “BigChilli” welcomes one of best cookers in Ukraine—Evgeniy Ischuk, who specializes in two things: 1. Extra complex meals. 2. Super simple and easy-cooking things! This time the aim his master class is “to help bachelors to survive in this complex world” and we will prepare pizza!
Important tips before we start! Do it with love!
Do not be afraid to Experiment!
Dutch Oven Pizza Variation Ideas: You will need: Vegetable oil Tube of pre-made pizza crust Small can of tomato sauce Shredded mozzarella cheese Grated cheddar cheese Garlic powder Salt and pepper to taste Sliced onions Pepperoni Slices
Barbecued Chicken Pizza - Substitute barbecue sauce for tomato sauce. Breakfast Pizza - Use Crescent Rolls, eggs, and hash brown potatoes. Dessert Pizza - Use Crescent Rolls and bake the crust. Then remove from heat and top with cream cheese and fruits of your choice (orange slices, kiwi slices, and/or strawberry slices, etc.)
Your pizza is now done. Serve to your family and enjoy!
If the dough is too wet: Add a bit more flour and work it in. If dough is too stretchy to roll out: Leave it to rest for 10 mins or so, then try again. You need far more pressure when rolling dough than when rolling out pastry. If the base isn't cooked: Baking the pizza on top of a preheated sheet or tray should prevent this. However, it could be too thick or have too much topping. If the topping is cooked before the base, cover with foil and give it another 5 mins.
Calzone Pile sauce and toppings onto one half of the dough circle, brush the edge with a little water, then fold and pinch to make a pasty shape. Bake until golden as before.
Garlic & rosemary bread Leave the dough a bit thicker, brush with oil and stud with rosemary sprigs. Bake for 15 mins or until risen and golden. Brush with garlic butter.
Choose your toppings Fancy a bit more topping? Here's some suggestions. Olives, ham and char grilled artichokes; Spicy sausage, chilli or jalape単os and sliced tomato; Spinach, garlic, gorgonzola cheese and a whole egg cracked on top; Creamy mascarpone, pesto, roasted red peppers and sliced mushrooms. Or if you are not sure what you fancy why not do half and half.
Justice for all! Me: Why do we have such laws? Why cant it be reformed then?
He: The Britishers formed these laws 60 years ago. They were Just to all the Indians but now a days, this law has been misused by our Govts. The central Govt is also not keen on reforming these laws as it serves as a boon for them in jeopardy! So, these laws still prevail harrassing the innocent and poor victims who have no social status or affluence. The bottom-line is,” If you have Power and Wealth, then you can walk scotch free” Me: I was actually astonished and watched him agaped when he uttered the last sentence so forthrightly! To reconfirm if I had heard correctly, I asked him.. “So, uncle, You are saying that Power and Money overshadows Justice?” He: That's correct. Me: Uncle don't you think this is such a contradiction of Justice, fair trial etc etc? It is such a mockery of Indian Judicial System. He: Yes it is. We have to deal with it. Frankly speaking, I was surprised when the lawyer admitted to farce judiciary. I thanked him, procured his visiting card (in case of emergencies) and bade goodbye. Now, my question is.. ”Why do we have a Judicial system when we the verdict is gauged over money and power? Why do we have trails when the fate of the accused is already pre-decided? What is the fate of numerous helpless poor victims who are undergoing harassment daily, suffering in silence, hoping and fighting for their justice thinking that someday they will procure justice and the accused will be punished? Why is the central govt so hell bent on retaining the laws framed by our rulers 60 years ago even when numerous significant changes have occurred since independence? Why is “Democracy called, “For the people, By the people, Of the people” when Judicial system hardly cares for the aam junta?? Will the same laws apply if any kith and kin of our ministers, I G’s, IPS officers, MLA’s MP’s etc are harassed, abused, abducted, raped, killed in the same way? Why do we need such a Farce Judicial system which is Partial? I now understood why our Justice God is “Blindfolded”. Its because, she cannot/does not wish to see the helpless, poor, innocent suffering victims!!
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Your spell... PEPPERMINT CREAM If you are not performing at your peak, peppermint, the flower of refreshment, will lift your spirits.
Peppermint (mentha piperita) was revered by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Chinese, Japanese, and Romans. Greek athletes used peppermint oil as a muscle toner before competitions and more generally as a refreshing perfume. The name comes from the Latin “mente”, meaning “thought,” and the Romans used it to stimulate the brain. You need to set aside half an hour at any time of the day or night for this ritual remedy.
You will need:
Peppermint tea
METHOD
Brew the peppermint tea and leave it to steep for 5-10 minutes. Meanwhile, prepare a foot bath by adding 5 drops of peppermint oil to a large bowl of fairly hot water. Do this in a methodical manner, thinking only of the task in hand. Stir the peppermint oil into the water in a clockwise direction, and while you are watching the circles of oil disperse, chant:
“Dispel the cloud upon my bow, uplift my spirits here and now.”
Peppermint oil
A large bowl with water
Sit in a comfortable chair that hugs your body and sip the tea as you soak your feet. Close your eyes and feel the warmth spreading up your body from your feet and meeting the hot peppermint tea you are drinking. As the warmth and essence engulf your senses, your whole body will glow, revitalized.
Next time: Magic of signs and Ginger rite you never heard about!
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The city of Jaen, is rich in history, with impressive monuments such as the Cathedral. (Pic.1)
Jaen is a city that every lover of Andalucia should visit, enjoy and - if possible - spend a good deal of time getting to know. Not only does the city have an ancient and fascinating history, but the castle that towers over its winding streets offers some of the most quintessentially Andalusian views there are to be had.
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Bus The bus station is on Plaza de Coca de la Pinera, 250m north of Plaza de la Constitucion. Alsina Graells runs 11 or more daily buses to Granada, seven or more to Baez and Ubeda and two to Cazorla. The Urena line travels up to eight times daily to Cordoba and three times daily to Seville. Other buses are for Guadix, Malaga, Almeria, Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona.
Stand at a prime lookout point at the top of the Santa Catalina castle and you will look down on a charming provincial capital that drapes over hills thus sending streets winding up and down steep inclines. From here you'll also enjoy the towns architecture and monuments. Fields and olive groves sweep out beyond the town and as you turn to the south and southeast, the spectacular peaks of the Sierra de Jaen and Jabalcuz rise and fall in the castle's backdrop. And if you find these views too breathtaking to enjoy for only a few moments, stop in at the Parador. There may be a castle room with a view just waiting for you. Fact 1 - For centuries Jaen was a battleground in the power struggles between Christian kings and Moorish rulers, due to its strategic position between Andalucia and Castile Fact 2 - Explore Moorish history - and enjoy bird´s-eye views - in the city´s mountain-top castle Fact 3 - See Jesus´ face in Jaen´s version of the Turin Shroud Fact 4 - Taste "liquid gold" in the world capital of olive oil Fact 5 - Visit the largest surviving Arab baths in Spain
Train Jaen station at the northern end of Paseo de la Estacion is at the end of the branch line. Most days there are only four departures.
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Car Jaen is 92 km north of Granada by the fast N323. This road continues to Bailen where it meets the Cordoba Madrid N1V.
Reliable information only LIQUID GOLD
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Jaen province has more olive trees than any other province in Spain, 40 million in fact - not surprising since its economy is based on olive oil. Liquid gold, as the locals call it, appears in all aspects of Jaen´s gastronomy, from tortas de matalahúva (aniseed cakes), ochíos (olive oil and aniseed bread rolls) and Christmas sweets, to nachas de Jaen, the local version of migas (breadcrumbs fried in olive oil); and pipirrana, a gazpacho-type salad of tomato and green pepper, onion and fish, with a dressing based on, you´ve guessed it, olive oil.
Liquid gold, olive oil from Andalucia. (pic. 6) The Arab baths of Jaen. (pic.7)
BIG BATHS
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Although a palace was built over them in the 16th century, Jaen´s 11th-century hammam (Arab baths) have survived another 400 years, and are now the largest baths open to the public in Spain. They were probably constructed on top of earlier (Roman) baths which used local hot springs - you can see Roman ruins through a glass walkway in the basement of the palace, on your way to visit the baths. The perfect horseshoe arches, star-shaped skylights and vaulted brick chambers (hot, warm and cold) were rediscovered in 1913, under the Palacio de Villardompardo, and their restoration project won the Europa Nostra (European Cultural Heritage) prize.
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Crying widow Mysterious Story of love and tragedy happened in Kiev
Names: Bright; Glitter; Merry; Shiner; Spark; Twinkle. Firms: accountants; bank; gents' outfitters; retail chemist's; shoe-shop; supermarket. Name: Firm: Name:
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В прошлый раз мы проходили время, которое называлось Present Simple. Оно обозначает настоящее время и события, которые случаются “вообще“, “обычно“, “каждый день“. Например, ты ходишь в школу каждый день. Present Continuous тоже означает настоящее время, но те события, которые происходят “в данный момент“, “прямо сейчас“. Например, прямо сейчас я объясняю правило своему ученику.
Мы уже знаем, что в английском предложении все слова стоят строго на своём месте, и без крайней надобности не двигаются. Сначала мы говорим “кто” и только потом “что делает”. Из прошлого урока мы также помним, что есть специальные слова-помощники, которые иногда становятся посередине между “кто” и “что делает”, а иногда и вовсе “убегают” вперѐд. Во времени Present Continuous такие слова-помощники работают всегда, даже в утвердительном предложении. Но для каждого лица (”кто”) такое слово-помощник своѐ. Давайте разберѐмся. Например, у нас есть две горки кубиков. Первая горка - “кто“, а вторая горка - это слова-помощники для Present Continuous:
Теперь нужно их разделить на пары, найти, какое слово-помощник какому кубику из первой горки соответствует. У времени Present Continuous есть ещѐ одна особенность. В конце каждого глагола (”что делает”) мы прибавляем маленькое окончание ing:
Possible Answers One - (to be) doing the dishes / washing the dishes Two - (to be) sweeping the floor / moping the floor Three - (to be) ironing the clothes Four - (to be) taking a bath / having a bath Five - (to be) brushing her teeth / washing her teeth / cleaning her teeth Six - (to be) getting up Seven - (to be) feeding the horse / taking care of the horse/ playing with the horse Eight - (to be) washing the window / cleaning the glasses Nine - (to be) taking a shower / having a shower Ten - (to be) having breakfast / taking breakfast / drinking the milk / eating cereals Eleven - (to be) studying her lessons / doing her homework Twelve - (to be) dancing Thirteen - (to be) brushing the floor Fourteen - (to be) playing the guitar Fifteen - (to be) driving her car Sixteen - (to be) singing a song
Wine: Its History and Health Benefits
QUESTIONS
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES Write the sentences: ...local cuisine and dining habits have changed. ...were selected and raised by people, appeared about 5,000 years ago. ...have spent a lot of time examining what they call "the French paradox." ...thousands of dollars per bottle, and will likely never be drunk.
The Wine & Cork Connection When people drink wine, They are celebrating life, They are celebrating their life or The life of family and friends, They are celebrating the life Of the vine and the grape, The skilled hands of the vintner. When the wine is all gone There often remains at the table, A small reminder of life. It’s the wine cork stopper. The centuries old solution To preserve the special taste Of wine stored in stone. Why? that little cork is bark. Bark from a tree, a mighty tree. A tree that lives In just a few places, On our planet Earth. A tree that is endangered. If the use of wine corks declines, The magnificent cork oak Is threatened with being cut down, To make more living space for the Coastal loving people.
How much?
Once a cork tree is gone, It is rarely replanted Because it takes generations to grow From seedling to cork bark. When people save their corks, They are saving some of this life. They are saying that they want it to continue. It surely must have a longer useful life, People want to believe, When the wine corks are transformed Into something all may use and see, Awareness is renewed About the mighty cork oak tree. And drinking that wine With a real cork stopper Becomes a cause For even more celebration. Drinking wine is a celebration of life.
Maid to order By NAOMI TAJITSU ‚WELCOME home, Master,‛ says the maid as she bows deeply, hands clasped in front of a starched pinafore worn over a short pink dress. This maid serves not some aristocrat but a string of pop-culture-mad customers at a ‚Maid Cafe‛ in Tokyo’s Akihabara district, long known as a Mecca for electronics buffs but now also the centre of the capital’s ‚nerd culture‛. ‚When they address you as ‘Master’, the feeling you get is like a high,‛ says Koji Abei, a 20-year-old student having coffee with a friend at the Royal Milk Cafe and Aromacare. ‚I’ve never felt that way before.‛ Maid cafes dot Akihabara, which has become a second home for Tokyo’s otaku – roughly translated as ‚geeks‛. They’re known for their devotion to comics and computer games and can easily be identified by their standard outfit of track suit, knapsack and spectacles. In the cafes, girls dressed in frilly frocks inspired by comic-book heroines wait hand and foot on customers, mostly male.
A waitress serving a drink to a customer at a maid cafe in Tokyo’s Akihabara district.
At one cafe, maids get down on their knees to stir the cream and sugar into the customer’s coffee. At Royal Milk, diners can follow up a meal with a range of grooming services, including ear cleanings. Maids at some of the more attentive shops even offer to spoon-feed customers at their table. Maid cafes have mushroomed since they first emerged about four years ago, evolving from cafes where waiting staff emulated characters from a popular series of roleplaying video games, often dressed in schoolgirlinspired uniforms. Shops where computer-generated characters came to life A waitress feeding a customer at a to serve coffee to gamers have since morphed into esmaid cafe in Tokyo’s Akihabara distablishments serving customers ranging from teens to trict. septuagenarians. Akihabara now boasts around 30 maid cafes that cater not just to male geeks but also to couples, tourists and the merely curious.
First Maid Cafe in Kiev, in Ukraine and Europe! We found such a masterpiece of Japanese culture in Kiev and, of course, we hurried up to see everything with our own eyes! So, the cafĂŠ does not have any certain place and moves from one to another. If you wish to visit it, you should watch a web-page: http://vkontakte.ru/feed#/koma_anime_cafe
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DRINKS Write the names of these drinks in English!
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beer, tea, black coffee, milk shake, lemonade, cappuccino, water, red wine, cocktail, milk, hot chocolate, coffee with milk
Restaurant Vocabulary Useful Words
to be out of this world (i) to be really amazing. This chocolate cake is out of this world.
to be mouth watering (i) to be really delicious Wow! Whatever you are cooking smells mouth watering.
to start (v) as an appetizer Do you want to share the nachos to start?
to be famished (i) to be extremely hungry I haven’t eaten for two days. I’m famished.
to wash something down (i) to drink something to help you swallow food; to drink a lot while eating I need another beer to wash down all the hamburgers I ate.
to grab a bite to eat (i) to go out to eat Do you want to grab a bite to eat before we see the movie?
it’s on someone (i) paying for a meal/movie etc. for someone else Don’t worry about paying for dinner. It’s on me.
to treat someone (i) to pay for a meal/movie etc. for someone else You don’t need to bring any money with you tonight. I’ll treat you.
to go halfers (i) to split the cost of a meal We’ve been dating for a long time, so we usually go halfers.
to cover someone’s half (i)
to be tasty (adj)
to pay for someone I still owe you 20 dollars, so I’ll cover your half and we’ll be even.
to be delicious The soup that you made for dinner was really tasty.
whatever one’s heart desires (i)
one’s eyes are bigger than one’s stomach (i)
anything you want His parents are so rich that he can have whatever his heart desires.
an expression used when somebody wants more food than they can eat You can’t eat all that. I think your eyes are bigger than your stomach.
to skip a meal (i) to miss a meal I skipped breakfast today, so I’m really hungry.
a doggie bag (i) the bag that leftovers from a restaurant meal are put in, so you can take the food home with you I couldn’t finish my meal, so I took it home in a doggie bag.
to be starving (i) to be really hungry I need to eat something. I’m starving.
to be so hungry one could eat a horse (i) to be really hungry I haven’t had time to eat yet. I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.
to pig out (i) to eat too much If you keep pigging out all the time, you are going to get really fat.
leftovers (n) food from a previous meal that you eat later We are having leftovers for dinner tonight.
- With Mizuhiki Mizuhiki can be very EFFECTIVE SALES PROMOTIONAL TOOL for those who work in a hotel/Japanese food industry. It is sure to give your hotel & restaurant a traditional, sophisticated Japanese atmosphere.
Mizuhiki crafts are often given to the customers at Japanese famous hotel. This charming present urges their customers to come back repeatedly to the hotel
Dinner Table at fine Hotel
Dinner at historic Japanese hotel
Chopstick-rest in Japanese style
Room decoration in Japanese style
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In 2008, a Gallup poll showed that 44 percent of Americans believed God had created man in his present form within the last 10,000 years. In a Pew Forum poll in the same year, 42 percent believed that all life on earth has existed in its present form since the beginning of time. In 1859 Charles Darwin's masterpiece, On the Origin of Species, shook society to its core. Darwin was only too aware of the storm his theory of evolution would provoke. But he surely would have raised an incredulous eyebrow at the controversy still raging a century and a half later. Evolution is accepted as scientific fact by all reputable scientists and indeed theologians, yet millions of people continue to question its veracity. Now the author of the iconic work The God Delusion takes them to task. The Greatest Show on Earth is a stunning counterattack on advocates of "Intelligent Design," explaining the evidence for evolution while exposing the absurdities of the creationist "argument." Dawkins sifts through rich layers of scientific evidence: from living examples of natural selection to clues in the fossil record; from natural clocks that mark the vast epochs wherein evolution ran its course to the intricacies of developing embryos; from plate tectonics to molecular genetics. Combining these elements and many more, he makes the airtight case that "we find ourselves perched on one tiny twig in the midst of a blossoming and flourishing tree of life and it is no accident, but the direct consequence of evolution by non-random selection." The Greatest Show on Earth comes at a critical time: systematic opposition to the fact of evolution is menacing as never before. In American schools, and in schools around the world, insidious attempts are made to undermine the status of science in the classroom. Dawkins wields a devastating argument against this ignorance, but his unjaded passion for the natural world turns what might have been a negative argument into a positive offering to the reader: nothing less than a master's vision of life, in all its splendor.
IMAGINE that you are a teacher of Roman history and the Latin language, anxious to impart your enthusiasm for the ancient world - for the elegiacs of Ovid and the odes of Horace, the sinewy economy of Latin grammar as exhibited in the oratory of Cicero, the strategic niceties of the Punic Wars, the generalship of Julius Caesar and the voluptuous excesses of the later emperors. That's a big undertaking and it takes time, concentration, dedication. Yet you find your precious time continually preyed upon, and your class's attention distracted, by a baying pack of ignoramuses (as a Latin scholar you would know better than to say 'ignorami') who, with strong political and especially financial support, scurry about tirelessly attempting to persuade your unfortunate pupils that the Romans never existed. There never was a Roman Empire. The entire world came into existence only just beyond living memory. Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese, Catalan, Occitan, Romansh: all these languages and their constituent dialects sprang spontaneously and separately into being, and owe nothing to any predecessor such as Latin. Instead of devoting your full attention to the noble vocation of classical scholar and teacher, you are forced to divert your time and energy to a rearguard defence of the proposition that the Romans existed at all: a defence against an exhibition of ignorant prejudice that would make you weep if you weren't too busy fighting it. If my fantasy of the Latin teacher seems too wayward, here's a more realistic example. Imagine you are a teacher of more recent history, and your lessons on twentieth-century Europe are boycotted, heckled or otherwise disrupted by well-organized, well-financed and politically muscular groups of Holocaustdeniers. Unlike my hypothetical Rome-deniers, Holocaust-deniers really exist. They are vocal, superficially plausible, and adept at seeming learned. They are supported by the president of at least one currently powerful state, and they include at least one bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. Imagine that, as a teacher of European history, you are continually faced with belligerent demands to 'teach the controversy', and to give 'equal time' to the 'alternative theory' that the Holocaust never happened but was invented by a bunch of Zionist fabricators. Fashionably relativist intellectuals chime in to insist that there is no absolute truth: whether the Holocaust happened is a matter of personal belief; all points of view are equally valid and should be equally 'respected'. The plight of many science teachers today is not less dire. When they attempt to expound the central and guiding principle of biology; when they honestly place the living world in its historical context - which means evolution; when they explore and explain the very nature of life itself, they are harried and stymied, hassled and bullied, even threatened with loss of their jobs. At the very least their time is wasted at every turn. They are likely to receive menacing letters from parents, and have to endure the sarcastic smirks and close-folded arms of brainwashed children. They are supplied with state-approved textbooks that have had the word 'evolution' systematically expunged, or bowdlerized into 'change over time'. Once, we were tempted to laugh this kind of thing off as a peculiarly American phenomenon. Teachers in Britain and Europe now face the same problems, partly because of American influence, but more significantly because of the growing Islamic presence in the classroom abetted by the official commitment to 'multiculturalism' and the terror of being thought racist. It is frequently, and rightly, said that senior clergy and theologians have no problem with evolution and, in many cases, actively support scientists in this respect. This is often true, as I know from the agreeable experience of collaborating with the then Bishop of Oxford, now Lord Harries, on two separate occasions. In 2004 we wrote a joint article in the Sunday Times whose concluding words were: 'Nowadays there is nothing to debate. Evolution is a fact and, from a Christian perspective, one of the greatest of God's works.' The last sentence was written by Richard Harries, but we agreed about all the rest of our article. Two years previously, Bishop Harries and I had organized a joint letter to the then Prime Minister, Tony Blair, which read as follows: Dear Prime Minister, We write as a group of scientists and Bishops to express our concern about theteaching of science in the Emmanuel City Technology College in Gateshead.
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