English Recordings

The Liberal Government introduced an amendment to the law.
I don't think this is the key to your garage door.
I don't think putting children to prison is the solution to the problem.
She says she hasn't got an invitation to Alan's wedding.
There usually are some exceptions to every grammar rule.
Shock is a natural reaction to such bad news.
Damage to the building could take several months to repair.
They even don't want to discuss it. I find their attitude to the problem very strange.
I still haven't had a reply to my e-mail.
I am writing an answer to Uncle Albert.
The new addition to the library includes three hundred books.
Pupils show their respect for the teacher by not talking at the lessons.
Do you remember the speech in which Romeo express his love for Juliet?
Could you explain the reason for the success of the trip?
That was the so-called "lost generation", the young people who didn't have any hopes for the future.
Robert obviously has a great affection for Italy and it's people.
She repeated her demand for absolute obedience.
I'm not so sure that our desire for peace and stability in Europe can be realized.
She looked at him with eyes full of love for him.
The government understands our need for more money to go on with our reserch.
Mr Newman is a very strict person in the office but when on holiday he is quite a different person.
Patricia is rapidly losing weight. Is she on a diet?
On Sunday we went on an excursion to town and did a lot of sights.
The secretary has so many calls to do about the changes in the timetable.
She has been on the telephone for the past two hours.
Mary, you're wanted on the telephone. I haven't recognized the voice.
Alice is in London on business. She is the head of our school delegation.
The whole family went on a trip to Florida.
A group of students from our school is on a tour of the UK. They are going to visit a number of interesting places.
They came nearer and saw that the terrace was in flames.
Soon the whole building was on fire.

When I had sent all my e-mails, I felt free.
She didn't feel the same after her pet had run away.
Hardly had I arrived when she called.
Scarcely had we started lunch when the doorbell rang.
No sooner had Emily come back than she understood everything.
The storm had stopped and the sun was shining in the blue sky.
Bob had written the article and was speaking to his mum.

Hi everybody,
This week, we're going to study an American artist by the name of Grant Wood and one of his most famous paintings was called American Gothic.

We can see a farmhouse with a Gothic window in the middle of the painting.

On the right, there is a man. He's a farmer. He's wearing blue overalls and a black jacket.
He's holding a pitchfork. He looks serious. He doesn't look happy but he doesn't look angry or sad either. He just looks plain.

On the left, there is a woman. She's the farmer's daughter. She's wearing a black dress and a white shirt. She's looking off to the right. She looks serious and plain, too.

My favourite British band is definitely the Beatles. Their music makes me think of my dad because he was a huge fan of them.

He listened to the Beatles everyday when I was a child so I grew up with their songs.

I have never stopped listening to them. Their music is just amazing, it will never go out of style.

In the 1600s, the Puritans were a religious group. They lived in England. But the English King, James I, didn’t like them because their religion was different. So he arrested, imprisoned and persecuted the Puritans. In 1620, one hundred Puritans decided to leave England because the King was intolerant. They crossed the Atlantic Ocean on a boat called the Mayflower. They wanted to find a new land to practice their religion freely.
After 65 days on the ocean, the Puritans finally arrived in America, where they established a colony: Plymouth. But forty-five Puritans died in the first winter: they didn’t have any food, and the weather was extremely cold. One day in spring, three Wampanoag Indians visited the Puritans, and helped them to plant corn, pumpkin and squash. One of the Indians, Squanto, could speak English. He showed the Puritans how to go hunting or fishing.
At the end of spring, the harvest was a success: vegetables, meat, fish … The Puritans organized a big feast and invited the Indians. They cooked fish, duck, corn, pumpkin, etc. The Puritans thanked God, and they played and danced with the Inidians. It was the first Thanksgiving.

Paul is at school on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
He is at home on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.

It was a cold November night and the week-end had just started.
Lea was sitting in the living room of her manor. Her friends were supposed to come round for a sleepover but no-one had showed up. It was 11pm, she was still alone in her weird
house when suddenly, she saw a shadow behind the curtains.
All of a sudden, she heard a loud noise coming from the gloomy basement.
It made her hair stand on end!
Then she thought that her friends were hiding there to scare her. She decided to go to the basement to see if everything was ok but when she opened the door she heard someone screaming.
She turned white as a ghost.

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When I took this picture in August 9 th 1974. Richard Nixon was saying goodbye to his cabinet and the White house staff after the Watergate scandal. All his family were standing round him. You can see from their faces what they were feeling.

In 1989, I was working in London on a story when suddenly I heard the news that the Russians were planning to make Berlin an open city. So I got on a plane. When I arrived in Berlin many people, young and old, were attacking the wall with stones. The woman in the photo was shouting ‘I hate it, I hate it’

When I took this photo, we were in a hotel room in Paris in 1964. John and Paul were at the piano and at first nothing much was happening, but suddenly they became completely focused. First the melody came, and then the words. ‘Baby’s good to me you know, she’s happy as can be you know… They were composing their song I feel fine.

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