Oct 14, 2012

Speak your mind!


Idioms:
speak your mind
mind your own business
cross your mind
be in two minds about something
change my mind
a mind of my own
bear/keep in mind



Proverbs: 
"Out of sight, out of mind"
"Great minds think alike"
Adjectives:
open-minded
narrow-minded
absent-minded

Oct 4, 2012

Flash floods in Spain



Click HERE to watch and read the news about the flash floods occurred in southern Spain last weekend.

Glossary:


- flash flood: /flʌd/ a rapid flooding of geomorphic low-lying areas, like rivers and dry lakes.

- drought: /draʊt/ a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.

- drown: /draʊn/ die or kill through submersion in water.

- bank: the land alongside or sloping down to a river or lake.