Multi-national personnel at North Atlantic Treaty Organization headquarters near Paris found English to be an easy language .. until they tried to pronounce it. To help them discard an array of accents, the verses below were devised. After trying them, a Frenchman said he'd prefer six months at hard labor to reading six lines aloud. Try them yourself.
ENGLISH IS TOUGH STUFF
Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation. I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, hors
welcome to the town Kežmarok, which has very rich history. Kežmarok is situated near the highest mountain of Slovakia – the High Tatras. Kežmarok has more than 150 kinds of the original name of the town. The most widespread opinion is, that the word Kežmarok comes from the german origin and it means „Cheese market“. First written mention comes from the year 1251. In the past it was the second important town of the large triangle of historical Spiš, besides Levoča and Sp. Sobota.
The Canterbury Tales is one of the landmarks of the English literature, perhaps the greatest work produced in Middle English and certainly among the most ambitious. In the General Prologue of The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer introduces the pilgrims to his readers. His choice of words is so visual that the reader is given the clear imagination of each pilgrim, since Chaucer focused not only on the facial features of the pilgrims, but he described also their clothes, eating habits, or the work they do. As a result of this, there were many illustrati
In terms of the size of its audience, television is the most popular form of broadcasting in Slovakia. More than 70 % of the population watches television every single day, which ranks the Slovak people to the most devoted television audience in the world (“V sledovani televizie sme svetova spicka”). The quality of a television channel is however not measured by the number of its viewers. It is more important that a television channel features a credible, objective and impartial form of broadcasting. Concerning the Slovak channels, there ar
The significance of the correct pronunciation of foreign people’s names is being generally underestimated. Most of the time people do not pay sufficient attention to the propriety of utterance of these names; moreover, they tend to utter them according to the phonological rules of their own languages, whereas they disregard the general principles of pronunciation belonging to the language that the discussed person uses. Since people are not aware of the consequences that a mispronounced name could entail their way of pronunciation is habitual
I think health is the most important thing in life. Without health you can't enjoy your life. Diseases accompany you from the cradle to the grave. Mankind fight diseases and has made much progress.
Children's Diseases --------------------------------- In the past millions of childrens died of children disease. Such as diphtheria, scarlet fever and polio. Some other disease were very dangerous. They were: children-pox (small-pox), measles, German measles and mumps. Today these diseases are rare because child
My Family Me: My name is Blanka Kurková and I have one brother, mother and stepfather. I have been studying Grammar school in Hodonín. I was born on 12th May 1978. I am quite tall and not fat. I have brown hair, round face with brown eyes and small nose. I was wearing glasses but I was on operation, so I don’t need them now. When I was a child, I was very cheeky and naughty. On primary schools I used to bring home notes from my teacher: “She fights on pauses.” “She broke the window. Come and repair it, please.” And so
Helen Fielding was born in 1959 in a small industrial town of Morley, Yorkshire, England. Her father was a director of the local textile factory; mother was at home bringing up Helen and her three siblings. She has studied journalism at Oxford University and then she was working in television at the BBC for ten years. During this time she has made a documentary film about Africa. Her personal experiences from Africa she has written down in her first novel Cause Celeb (1994). On February 28th 1995, a new column by the writer Helen
The history of Slovakia has not been smooth and problems free and is connected with the semi-mythical figure of the ruler Samo (623-658). Towards the end of the 9th century the process of unification began to extend to the territory of present Slovakia and the GREAT MORAVIAN EMPIRE was founded by Mojmir I. During the reign of his nephew and successor Rastislav the Great Moravian Empire came to the fore in Europe of that time through an alliance with the Byzantium Empire. Rastislav sent messengers to Byzantium Empire in 862 to request for a Chri
One of the main distinctive features of American history is the problem of settlers dealing with the native inhabitants. “The Indian problem” has been an issue in ever since the first Europeans came onto the continent. The area of present-day United States of America was particularly attractive for British colonists, who had quite different approach to the handling of the native inhabitants than the other colonizing nations. The British always tried to leave the natives alone or keep the Indians away from themselves – trying to liv
Czechoslovakia The republic to 1945 Struggle for independence World War I increased the estrangement between the Germans and the Czechs within the Czech Lands. The Germans lent full support to the war effort of the Central Powers, but among the Czechs the war was unpopular. Opposition to the war, however, was uncoordinated, because Czech political leaders were unable to agree on a program. In December 1914 Masaryk, a representative in the Vienna parliament, left Prague to organize activities that could not be developed at h
In different parts of Britain people have different eating habits. Most of them have five or six meals a day: breakfast, elevenses, lunch, tea, dinner and later perhaps supper. The British like to begin the day with a cup of coffee or tea. Then they have a leisurely breakfast. The traditional English breakfast starts with cereals - cornflakes with milk or porridge, an oats pudding, which is very tasty and nourishing. This can be followed by fried bacon and eggs or sausages with grilled tomatoes. They round off with man
We can live on this planet thanks to basic components which are needed for human existence - air,water and soil. The era of takingthese components for granted has fortunately ended and man must be aware of their importance in the future. We are much more often forced to think about the quality of our air,water and soil than anz time before.Why? Because it is now recognized than environmental problems affect all countries of the world. It is generally acknowledged that pollution is one of the greatest problems of our age.In
Nowadays, society is in such a situation, when all around communities there are many serious problems, which influence daily life. On every continent in the world there is happening something earnest which causes changes of society and it influences its natural existence. Mostly, the problems are of military, industrial, economic and humanitarian character. These problems mostly demand much energy to solve them. The majority of these problems refer to particular areas which need support of other people very often. The biggest world problem of t
From the beginning of people's existence they have used tools, various types of energy and materials, generally for the purposes of production of nearly everything in our world. Almost every human process s for getting food and shelter depends on complex technological systems. At present, modem industry largely depends on power, materials, machinery and production processes. In early human history, the only power available was muscle power augmented by primitive tools, such as the wedge or lever. The invention of the wheel (about 300 B.C.)
Sport is a very important part of life and it is becoming more and more popular. Doing sports keeps us healthy, relaxed, as well as maintains. All doctors recommend exercising, as prevention and convalescence of various ailments. There are two kinds of sport - amateur and professional. The amateur use every man for own health and joy. It can be swimming, cycling, running or so. Professional sports some people are so interested in sports that they want to make it their main livelihood. Sometimes they only get paid for their travels and equipment
The first major American novelist was James Fennimore Cooper, with The Last of the Mohicans, The Prairie and other works about frontier life.
Romantic period From about 1830 to 1865, introduced important novelists such as: Nathaniel Hawthorne – author of The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables, in which he probed New England’s Puritan heritage Herman Melville – author of Moby Dick, a complex and poetic novel of the sea. Captain Ahab is striving against his o
A person I like and admire is my mother. Her name is Paulina and she has two sisters. She is a woman in her early forties. My mom is of a medium height. She doesn’t look very young, but she’s young at spirit. She has dark-brown medium length hair. Her hairstyle goes well with her oval face. Clear feauters make this woman look very serious and calm. She has quite high-brighted nose which means that she must be active and curious. And she really is.She always asks about school. Life and what has happend in the recent time.Her ears are
INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE PREKLAD NEURČITOK MINULÝ ČAS PRÍČASTIE MINULÉ DO SLOVENČINY
abide abode abode zachovávať zotrvávať arise arose arisen vzniknúť awake awoke awaked zobudiť sa backbite backbit backbitten ohovárať backslide backslid backslid dostať sa... be was,were been byť bear bore born (e) narodiť sa niesť beat beat beaten biť become became become stať sa befall befall befallen prihodiť sa
• I think, that in simultaneity are a lot of products those mark is known the world over. They are many products, which they are spoil streamlined time, but also many such, which are remember long ago date. Those augmented they are naturally products, which they have its tradition. In my opinion they are that automobile factory BMW, Mer-cedes, Mini, FORD, FIAT and a lot of other. Next of course marks - Adidas, NIKE, PUMA, Kappa and many further. Here is goods and toward total extension products to rest landscape isn't in nowadays progres