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What is your usual morning routine? What is Morocco famous for? can you ask or answer theses?

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1) What is your usual morning routine?
2) What were mornings like in your house when you were a kid?
3) How are weekend mornings different from weekday mornings?
4) Would you prefer the morning shift or evening shift?
5) Do animals prefer mornings?
6) Which is worse, the morning or evening rush hour?
7) Do you ever say, “It’s been a bad morning”?
8) Is morning the best time to study and get things done?
9) What happens in your town early in the morning? How does it wake up?
10) What do you do early morning, mid morning and late morning?
1) What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘morning’?
2) Are you a morning person?
3) What do you like doing in the morning?
4) Are you grumpy in the morning?
5) Do you like watching morning TV shows or listening to morning radio shows?
6) If you have morning sickness do you think you should take a morning after pill?
7) How do people usually feel ‘the morning after the night before’?
8) Do you always mean it when you say ‘Good morning’?
9) When does morning start and end?
10) What things about morning would you like to change?
1) What images spring to mind when you hear the country Morocco?
2) What are the good things and bad things about Morocco?
3) What is Morocco famous for?
4) What do you know about Moroccan history?
5) What images of Morocco do you have that are beautiful and adventurous?
6) What do you think about Morocco’s culture and peoples?
7) What has Morocco given to the world?
8) Would you like to visit Morocco, or live there?
9) What do you know about the geography of Morocco?
10) Who are the most famous Moroccan people you know?
1) How different is Morocco from other Arab or African countries?
2) What do you know about Moroccan food?
3) What is Morocco usually in the news for?
4) What do you think Morocco will be like 50 years from now?
5) Does your country have good relations with Morocco?
6) What do you think about Morocco’s sights?
7) What is your idea of a typical Moroccan person?
8) What things about Morocco do you think Moroccan people are proud of?
9) What would you like to do during a two-week holiday in Morocco?
10) What would you like to ask a Moroccan person about Morocco?
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Clint Eastwood Meets Mister Ed – 1 of 2 (Captioned)

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Clint Eastwood Meets Mister Ed – 1 of 2 (Captioned)

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I AM A BILL

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SONG LYRICS ADDED BELOW:

Boy: Woof! You sure gotta climb a lot of steps to get to this Capitol Building here in Washington. But I wonder who that sad little scrap of paper is?

I’m just a bill.
Yes, I’m only a bill.
And I’m sitting here on Capitol Hill.
Well, it’s a long, long journey
To the capital city.
It’s a long, long wait
While I’m sitting in committee,
But I know I’ll be a law someday
At least I hope and pray that I will,
But today I am still just a bill.

Boy: Gee, Bill, you certainly have a lot of patience and courage.

Bill: Well I got this far. When I started, I wasn’t even a bill, I was just an idea. Some folks back home decided they wanted a law passed, so they called their local Congressman and he said, “You’re right, there oughta be a law.” Then he sat down and wrote me out and introduced me to Congress. And I became a bill, and I’ll remain a bill until they decide to make me a law.

I’m just a bill
Yes I’m only a bill,
And I got as far as Capitol Hill.
Well, now I’m stuck in committee
And I’ll sit here and wait
While a few key Congressmen discuss and debate
Whether they should let me be a law.
How I hope and pray that they will,
But today I am still just a bill.

Boy: Listen to those congressmen arguing! Is all that discussion and debate about you?

Bill: Yeah, I’m one of the lucky ones. Most bills never even get this far. I hope they decide to report on me favourably, otherwise I may die.

Boy: Die?

Bill: Yeah, die in committee. Oooh, but it looks like I’m gonna live! Now I go to the House of Representatives, and they vote on me.

Boy: If they vote yes, what happens?

Bill: Then I go to the Senate and the whole thing starts all over again.

Boy: Oh no!

Bill: Oh yes!

I’m just a bill
Yes, I’m only a bill
And if they vote for me on Capitol Hill
Well, then I’m off to the White House
Where I’ll wait in a line
With a lot of other bills
For the president to sign
And if he signs me, then I’ll be a law.
How I hope and pray that he will,
But today I am still just a bill.

Boy: You mean even if the whole Congress says you should be a law, the president can still say no?

Bill: Yes, that’s called a veto. If the President vetoes me, I have to go back to Congress and they vote on me again, and by that time you’re so old…

Boy: By that time it’s very unlikely that you’ll become a law. It’s not easy to become a law, is it?

Bill: No!

But how I hope and I pray that I will,
But today I am still just a bill.

Congressman: He signed you, Bill! Now you’re a law!

Bill: Oh yes!!!

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ack – back, lack, pack, rack, sack, tack, yak, black, knack, quack, slack, smack, snack, stack, track, whack, attack

ail –  bale, fail, hail, mail, male, nail, pail, tale, rail, sail, stale, scale, snail, whale, detail, email

air – air, bare, care, chair, dare, fair, hair, pair, rare, wear, chair, flare, stare, scare, share, spare, square, there, where, aware, beware, compare, declare, despair, prepare, repair, unfair

ake – ache, bake, fake, lake, make, rake, take, brake, break, flake, quake, snake, steak, awake, mistake

all – all, ball, call, doll, hall, fall, tall, crawl, small, baseball, football

an – an, can, fan, man, pan, ran, tan, van, plan, scan, span, began

and – and, band, hand, land, sand, bland, command, demand, expand, stand, understand

ap – cap, gap, map, nap, tap, zap, chap, clap, flap, slap, snap, strap, trap, wrap

ar – are, bar, car, far, jar, tar, star, scar, afar, guitar

at – at, bat, fat, mat, pat, rat, sat, flat, that, splat, combat

ate – ate, date, fate, mate, late, gate, rate, wait, crate, great, plate, skate, slate, state, straight, trait, weight, create

ed – bed, dead, fed, head, led, read, red, said, bread, fled, spread, thread, tread, instead

ell – bell, fell, sell, well, yell, shell, smell, spell, farewell, hotel, motel

en – den, hen, men, pen, ten, glen, then, when, wren, again

et – bet, get, jet, let, met, pet, set, vet, wet, yet, threat, barrette, reset, upset

in – bin, chin, in, pin, tin, grin, thin, twin, skin, begin, within

ing – king, ring, sing, wing, zing, bring, cling, fling, sling, spring, sting, string, swing, thing

it – bit, fit, hit, it, kit, lit, pit, sit, flit, knit, quit, skit, slit, spit, split, admit, commit, permit

ite – bite, kite, bright, fight, fright, knight, night, might, right, tight, white, write, delight, tonight

oh – go, hoe, low, mow, row, sew, toe, blow, crow, dough, flow, know, glow, grow, know, show, slow, snow, stow, though, throw, ago, although, below

ot – cot, dot, got, hot, lot, not, pot, rot, tot, bought, fought, knot, taught, shot, spot, squat, forgot

ound – crowned, found, ground, hound, mound, pound, round, sound, wound, around, surround

oze – bows, hose, nose, rose, toes, blows, flows, froze, grows, those

ub – cub, rub, sub, tub, club, stub, scrub, shrub

un – bun, fun, gun, one, run, son, sun, ton, won, done, none, begun, outdone, undone

 

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80’s quote’s “C”

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“I should of stayed at home and played with myself!!”
“hey wang, I think this clubs restriceted so dont tell ’em your jewish, ok fine”
Spaulding: I want a hamburger… no, a cheeseburger. I want a hot dog. I want a milkshake… Judge Smails: You’ll get nothing and like it.
“Do you take drugs Danny?” “Everyday” “Good. So what’s the problem?” “I don’t know” “Oh Mrs. Crane, I’m looking at you! You wore green so you could hide! Oh, Mrs. Crane you’re a monkey woman you know that? You’re a little monkey woman; you’re lean, you’re mean, and you’re not too far between I bet are ya?” “Hey orange balls! I’ll take a box of those, gimme some of those naked lady tees, gimme 6 of those, gimme 3 of those-Oh this is the worst looking hat I ever saw! Boy, you wear a hat like this I’ll bet you get a free bowl of soup huh? Oh, it looks good on you though!” “Ohhhhhhh, man in the boat overboard! You beast……you savage…..c’mon bark like a dog for me! Bark like a dog…..I will teach you the meaning of the word ‘respect’!” “Who’s you’re decorator Beni Hana?” “(laughing) No I bought most of that stuff way back in Vietnam” “You were in the war?” “Ah….no…no(slapping his leg). Homo!” “Hey! That kangaroo stole my ball!” “Jeez! I get no respect from anybody! He called me a baboon, thinks I’m his wife!”
“So I got that going for me…which is nice”
(Ty, singing and banging on the keyboard): “I was born to love you…I was born to lick your face…I was born to rub you…but you were born to rub me first.”
Ty:”Do you take drugs, Danny?”
Danny: “Everyday.”
Ty: “Good. So what’s your problem?”
I think this place discriminates Wang, so don’t tell ’em you’re Jewish.
Carl Spackler: “I smell varmint poontang, and the only good varmint poontang is dead varmint poontang.”
Al Czervik: “Hey,loosen up will ya…. you’re a lotta woman you know that… you wanna make 14 dollars the hard way?” Judge Smails: “You! You’re no gentleman.” Al Czervik: “Yeah, I’m no doorknob either, alright?”
“So what?, So, let’s dance!” (Rodney Dangerfield‘s character)
“So, when can we get the power turned on? Hard to say, hmmm? Well, when can you turn on the heat? Hard to say, hmmm? Well, is it as hard to say as “Oh my G–, there’s a man in my office with a FLAMETHROWER?!””
“So, when can we get the power turned on? Hard to say, hmmm? Well, when can you turn on the heat? Hard to say, hmmm? Well, is it as hard to say as “Oh my G–, there’s a man in my office with a FLAMETHROWER?!”
she gives more rides than greyhound
“We were all friends then,….remember?”
“Let’s see your report card sibling.”
Chuckie: “THAT’S not Dick Clark!”
“I bet you’re a real sexy dancer!”
“I’m into class. It’s my new thing.”
“He isn’t trying to hurt anyone. He’s just trying to make friends, by being himself.”
“…cards with the ‘tards.”
“He paid me 1000 dollars to pretend I liked him and I thought like yeah right but our little plan worked didn’t it Ronald, he fooled me and he fooled all of you, what a bunch of followers you guys are, well at least at least I got paid”
Baby?! I thought she was your little sister!
Too much couscous?
“He’s a pepper, she’s a pepper, wouldn’t you like to be a pepper.”
Guy on plane talking to Tommy Smothers: “Would you like my peanuts?”(Sounds like he’s saying penis.)
An ice cream truck! Yeah, an ice cream truck! Y’know, they gotta get there before it melts!
That must’ve been the entry of the National Safety Council.
Because you’re small…SMALL…S-M-all.
Cannonball Run II
J.J:There’s been a nuclear meltdown and we’re transporting some contaminated material to Connecticut. Cop:Why Connecticut? J.J:They ran out.
Eric Liddell: “I know God made me, but He made me fast. And when I run, I feel His pleasure.”
Cheech and Chong’s the Corscican Brothers
“You’re lying! My brother wasn’t Mexican!”
Hi, I’m Chucky. Wanna play?
Women in elevator: what an ugly doll Chucky: F*ck you
Chucky: Andy, no, please! We’re friends to the end, remember? Andy: This IS the end…friend.
“Stuck…Stuck! Stuck!” “I can’t put my arms down!” “I triple dog dare ya!” “How do the piggys eat?”
“Fragile…must be Italian.”
Oh, fffuuuuuuuuuddddggggggge!
“You’ll shoot yer eye out, kid!”
“dont bother me, i’m, uh..i’m thinking”
Ralphie: “BE-SURE-TO-DRINK-YOUR-OVALTINE. Ovaltine? A crummy commercial? Son of a b****!”
Christmas Vacation
Ellen: “Oh Aunt Bethany, you know, you shouldn’t have done that” Aunt Bethany: “Oh dea, did I break wind?” Uncle Louis: “Jesus, did the room clear out, Bethany? Hell no, She means presents! You shouldn’t have brought presents!”
Christmas Vacation
what area going to do with a tree that big griswald.bend over and ill show ya
Christmas Vacation
I’d like Frank Shirley, my boss, right here tonight. I want him brought from his happy holiday slumber over there on Melody Lane, with all the other rich people, and I want him brought right here with a big ribbon on his head. And, I want to look him straight in the eye and I want to tell him what a cheap, lying, no good, rotten, floor-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-ass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed, sack of monkey shit he is! Hallelujah! Holly Shit! Where’s the Tylenol?
Christmas Vacation
“Shitter’s Full”
Christmas Vacation
…I wanna tell him what a cheap lying no good rotten fore fleshing low life snake licking dirt eating inbred overstuffed ignorant blood sucking dog kissing brainless dickless hopeless heartless fatass bugeyed stiff legged spotty lipped worm headed sack of monkey shit he is. Hallelujah. Holy Shit! Wheres the tylenol.
Christmas Vacation
Cousin Eddy:”That’s snots, we call him that because of his sinus infection. He’s got a little bit of Mississippi leg hound in him Clarke,so you don’t want him around if you got short shorts on if you know what I mean. Just a little advice, if he latches in to you, it’s just best to let him finish!”
Christmas Vacation
Where do you think you’re going? Nobody’s leaving. Nobody’s walking out on this fun, old-fashioned family Christmas. No, no! We’re all in this together. This is a full-blown, four-alarm holiday emergency here! We’re gonna press on, and we’re gonna have the hap, hap, happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap-danced with Danny fucking Kaye! And when Santa squeezes his fat white ass down that chimney tonight, he’s gonna find the jolliest bunch of assholes this side of the nuthouse!
“I enjoy getting gifts from strange men” “mrs. peacock was a MAN?” (slap) (slap) “I am a singing telegram!” BANG.
Loretta: “Doo, look at this. They’ve got a sale on these radios–real cheap. Reckon we could get one?” Doo (hands Loretta a book): “Here. Read this. Then we’ll talk radios.” Loretta (shocked after opening the book): “My gosh, Doo, this is got pictures in it!”
Stallone: “This is where the law stops, and I start…..sucker
You’re a disease and I’m the cure.
“You’re a disease, and I’m the cure.” “I don’t deal with psychos. I put ’em away.”
Coglins Law “Bury the dead when they are stinking up the place”
“You want poems? You want poets? I am the world’s last barman poet!” (Give us a kiss you sexy beast!)”I see America drinking the fabulous cocktails I make. America’s getting stinking on something I stir or shake. The sex on the beach, the schnapps made from peach, the velvet hammer, the Alabama slammer! I make drinks with froth, the pink squirrel…the three-toed sloth. I make drinks so sweet and snazzy, the iced tea…the kamikaze. The orgasm (hands off the merchandise), the death spasm. The singapore sling, the ding-a-ling. America you’re just devoted to every flavor I’ve got, but if you really want to get loaded why don’t you just order a shot? Bar’s open!”
Hey bartender, know how to make a red eye?
Brian: “Drinks are on the house!”
the luck is gone, the brain is shot, but the liqour we still got!
If things didn’t end badly they wouldn’t end
Cocktail
The sex on the beach, the schnapps made from peach, the velvet hammer, the Alabama slammer! I make drinks with froth, the pink squirrel…the three-toed sloth. I make drinks so sweet and snazzy, the iced tea…the kamikaze. The orgasm, the death spasm. The singapore sling, the ding-a-ling. America you’re just devoted to every flavor I’ve got, but if you really want to get loaded why don’t you just order a shot?
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
“Go ahead, Juanita. Take a look at ’em. There’s no strawberry Jell-O in those boobs now!”
“Let your Soooooooooooooouuullllllllllll Glow!”
“Hey Stew! Rents due motha fucka. And dont be pulling that falling down the stairs shit again…Are you consious?”
“Their buns have seeds…my buns have no seeds”
“From the ‘What’s Going Down” episode of ‘That’s My Mama.'”
Rocky Marciano! Rocky Marciano, that’s they one! He beat Joe Lewis’s ass!
Identical Twins: (in unison) This is the first time my sister and I have been on a date…since the doctor separated us.
Eddie(barber) :What kind of chemical you put in your hair. Eddie(prince) :I don’t use no checmicals, just jucies and berries. Eddie(barber) :Ah man that ain’t nothing but ultra perm.
Let’s give it for Sexual Chocolate!!!!!! I was Joan of Arc in my past life. My name is peaches and I’m the best, all the dj’s want to feel my breast. HICCUP HICCUP HICCUP HICCUP HIC
If your really a prince I’ll marry ya
Maurice (Louie Anderson): “I started out just like you guys – on trash. Now, I’m washing lettuce. Pretty soon I’ll be on fries. In a year or two, I’ll make assistant manager….and that’s when the big bucks start rolling in!”
“Good Morning my neighbors!” “F*uck you!” “Yes f*uck you too!”
“Put a sock in it Jaffi The boy’s in love”
“Sexual Chocolate!!!”
John matrix:Remember Sully when I promised I’d kill you last? Sully:Yeah matrix you did. John Matrix: I lied……………… Woman: What happened to Sully?. John Matrix: I let him go
“Remember how I said I’d kill you last? I lied.”
What happened to Bennet? I let him go.
I eat green berets for breakfast and right now I’m very hungry!
I’ll be back, Killeron
“I eat Green Berets for breakfast.”
I lied!
I’ll be back, Bennet
“Loco! LOCO!”
“Thanks for the ride, lady!”
“Hold still or I’ll blow off your old man’s okobushees!”
“Why don’t you just run us out of town, Sheriff?”
“This hair is gonna get me paid and laid!”
“Hips or lips? Bashful? Then get them down, I want to see the world.”
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TEST QUESTION TOEFL ESSAY

DO YOU LIKE TO EAT OUT OR AT HOME?

People may have two choices to eat, either they go out to fast food stands or restaurants, or they prepare food at home, whatever suitable to them. In my case I prefer to go out to eat, as it is easy to get, it saves my time, and I can try variety of interesting food of  different countries.

Being a working person, with all day long office work and driving long way, it becomes difficult to do all preparation for making food. For me easy way to get food is restaurant, where I can get prepared food at home or office by just ordering on phone, Along with that another comfort is, that when ever I have to eat together with my so many friends, I can always  go to a restaurant, otherwise it’s difficult to prepare food at home  for so many people and don’t get time to talk and having fun. So I always find it a easier way to eat out, apart from that It make my other outdoor activities possible   because I don’t have to bother about food wherever I go, to any fun place or theater or traveling, restaurants are always there throughout  city and it becomes easy every time to get food whenever and whenever I need according to other activities.

Besides that I can save a lot of time by getting food from restaurant as, I don’t have to go for vegetables and grocery shopping, I don’t need to clean, cut and fry  food and do a lot kitchen work , doing dishes etc., instead  I can get fresh food  delivered in minutes.
Along with that  when I eat at restaurant I have more time to do other things like reading, watching TV, and listening music, going out theatre, or having fun with friends, that don’t make me tired or boring and I feel refreshed for next day work, so by going to restaurant  I can manage a lot more activities instead preparing food.

In addition, in restaurant I get a variety of food choice, I can have taste of different regions, for example  Indian restaurant I can get varied food from North Indian to South Indian  Punjabi, Bengali, Madrasi, Maharashtrian, etc. at one place.
Likewise, I can taste world wide food variety like  pasta dishes  in   Italian restaurant , tortilla and barito dishes  in  Mexican, pizza, and burger items  in American, noodles in Chinese, etc. and can enjoy  various vegetarian, non vegetarian  dishes which are specialty of different countries.
Not only that, in restaurant the food is served with beautiful garnishing, that tempt for eating and is worth of paying. I find it very interesting to experience varied food in different restaurants.
To conclude I am fond of going stands and restaurants for eating that is suitable for me because of convenient, quick and variety of tasty food, which I enjoy very much and make my routine easier and interesting.

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History of the English Language

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Partial tree of Indo-European languages. Branches are in order of first attestation; those to the left are Centum, those to the right are Satem. Languages in red are extinct. White labels indicate categories / un-attested proto-languages. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

What is English?

History of the English Language

A short history of the origins and development of English

The history of the English language really started with the arrival of three Germanic tribes who invaded Britain during the 5th century AD. These tribes, the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes, crossed the North Sea from what today is Denmark and northern Germany. At that time the inhabitants of Britain spoke a Celtic language. But most of the Celtic speakers were pushed west and north by the invaders – mainly into what is now Wales, Scotland and Ireland. The Angles came from “Englaland” [sic] and their language was called “Englisc” – from which the words “England” and “English” are derived.

Old English (450-1100 AD)

The invading Germanic tribes spoke similar languages, which in Britain developed into what we now call Old English. Old English did not sound or look like English today. Native English speakers now would have great difficulty understanding Old English. Nevertheless, about half of the most commonly used words in Modern English have Old English roots. The words be, strong and water, for example, derive from Old English. Old English was spoken until around 1100.

Middle English (1100-1500)

In 1066 William the Conqueror, the Duke of Normandy (part of modern France), invaded and conquered England. The new conquerors (called the Normans) brought with them a kind of French, which became the language of the Royal Court, and the ruling and business classes. For a period there was a kind of linguistic class division, where the lower classes spoke English and the upper classes spoke French. In the 14th century English became dominant in Britain again, but with many French words added. This language is called Middle English. It was the language of the great poet Chaucer (c1340-1400), but it would still be difficult for native English speakers to understand today.

Modern English

Early Modern English (1500-1800)

Towards the end of Middle English, a sudden and distinct change in pronunciation (the Great Vowel Shift) started, with vowels being pronounced shorter and shorter. From the 16th century the British had contact with many people from around the world.

This, and the Renaissance of Classical learning, meant that many new words and phrases entered the language. The invention of printing also meant that there was now a common language in print. Books became cheaper and more people learned to read. Printing also brought standardization to English. Spelling and grammar became fixed, and the dialect of London, where most publishing houses were, became the standard. In 1604 the first English dictionary was published.

Late Modern English (1800-Present)

The main difference between Early Modern English and Late Modern English is vocabulary. Late Modern English has many more words, arising from two principal factors: firstly, the Industrial Revolution and technology created a need for new words; secondly, the British Empire at its height covered one quarter of the earth’s surface, and the English language adopted foreign words from many countries.

Varieties of English

From around 1600, the English colonization of North America resulted in the creation of a distinct American variety of English. Some English pronunciations and words “froze” when they reached America. In some ways, American English is more like the English of Shakespeare than modern British English is. Some expressions that the British call “Americanisms” are in fact original British expressions that were preserved in the colonies while lost for a time in Britain (for example trash for rubbish, loan as a verb instead of lend, and fall for autumn; another example, frame-up, was re-imported into Britain through Hollywood gangster movies). Spanish also had an influence on American English (and subsequently British English), with words like canyon, ranch, stampede and vigilante being examples of Spanish words that entered English through the settlement of the American West. French words (through Louisiana) and West African words (through the slave trade) also influenced American English (and so, to an extent, British English).

Today, American English is particularly influential, due to the USA’s dominance of cinema, television, popular music, trade and technology (including the Internet). But there are many other varieties of English around the world, including for example Australian English, New Zealand English, Canadian English, South African English, Indian English and Caribbean English.

The Germanic Family of Languages

English is a member of the Germanic family of languages.
Germanic is a branch of the Indo-European language family.

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