Новини

National Parks, Animals, Birds...

What is your hobby, guy?

English Talk Lab participants have a wide variety of talents and special interests as evidenced during their far-ranging and fun discussion about their hobbies at the 04.06.11 meeting. The 18 people who attended talked about many of their activities, including ethnic dancing, figure skating, acting, ...

Welcome, summer!

Summer at the beach and beach vocabulary were on the minds of everyone who attended the English Talk Lab on 05.28.11. American Peace Corps volunteers Barbara and Michael led the group in a word-match game with vocabulary such as jellyfish, starfish, jetty, surfboard, sand dune and barrier islands. Members ...

Good bye, Debbie!

The topic, “Tell about the people you most admire,” was especially fitting for 05.21.11 as it was the last Talk Lab session for Peace Corps volunteer Debbie Garofalo. Debbie’s term in the Peace Corps has concluded and she is returning to her home near Cleveland, Ohio, in the United ...

Kentucky Derby, baseball and sports idioms

The Kentucky Derby takes place at the race track in Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky in the USA. This race is one of the most famous in the country although it is not the largest in prize money (larger than the Kentucky Derby in prize money is the Breeder's Cup). Along with Epsom Derby ...

Victory Day

Of course, the meeting of the talk club English for Everyone on 07.05.2011 was dedicated to Victory Day. Companions of the talk club had much to share with one another and our American friends. Regardless of the fact that most of the participants of the club were quite young, they cherish and pass ...

The pot calls the kettle black

"Some would say it but you are silent" or...... Visitors of the talk club "English for Everyone" gathered as usual in the 'Window of America" and were 'tickled pink' because they 'brought home the bacon' in 'apple-pie order', having become acquainted ...

Easter

Without money and visas

Around the world, but without money and visas. With these words, the meeting with Peace Corps USA volunteers began in our talk club "English for Everyone" on 16.4.2011. Where would you like to go and why, if you didn't need money or a visa? What are you dreaming about? Some of our readers ...

Higher Education in USA

Higher Education in the USA  Do you know the difference between private and public colleges in the United States? When was the first college in the USA open to women or afro-american? What is the average cost of education in the United States and are there benefits for education, such ...