English Recordings

A．Happy New Year!!
B．Happy New Year to you, too!!
A．I hope this will be another great year for you.

A．We'll miss you.
B．I'll miss you guys, too. Thank you for all your help this past year.
A．Good luck at your new school.

A．Thank you for all your help this past year.
B．You're very welcome. Have a wonderful holiday!
A．You, too.

1. I was born on June 16th 1938.
2. My grandmother died at the age of ninety.
3. We were in England last year in April.
4. Life was very difficult in the Middle Ages.
5. We are working very hard at present.
6. I can run a kilometre in four minutes.
7. I'm going to run the 100 metres in five minutes' time.
8. We will go on Thursday morning.
9. Martha was very happy on her wedding day.
10. The book will be finished in ten days' time.
11. We will be there at about 10.
12. I'll see you at lunchtime.
13. At that time people were very poor.
14. I like to relax at the weekends.
15. In this country trains always arrive on time.
16. All the passengers arrived in time for the ferry.
17. We went to Paris last year.
18. I'll see her next Sunday.
19. I got married in 1962.
20. In this country it rains a lot in spring.
21. The match begins at 5.45.
22. There is very little work at the moment.
23. Petrol is going up in May.
24. I usually work in the garden on Sunday mornings.
25. We always have a party on New Year's day.
26. My grandfather is 62. He will probably retire in a few years' time.
27. If everyone speaks at the same time nobody will understand each other.
28. I can't sleep at night.
29. The second world war started in 1939.
30. We always go out on our wedding anniversary.
31. He went to bed at midnight and got up at 6.
32. Shakespeare was born at Stratford in 1564.
33. The old woman died in 1980, at the age of 95.
34. The train is leaving in five minutes.
35. Both horses arrived at the same time.
36. Little George began school at 5.
37. America was discovered by Columbus in 1492.
38. I'll be there in ten minutes.
39. I'll come to see you on Tuesday morning at eleven.
40. The course starts on October 4th and ends on June 20th.

1. There is a glass on the table.
2. There was a cat on the roof.
3. There is a picture on the wall.
4. It happened on Sunday morning.
5. They will come on the 20th of July.
6. My name is not on the list.
7. There were many passengers on the train.
8. My house is on the right.
9. On the contrary, we will go early.
10. On the other hand, this is more difficult.
11. We were waiting for a long time on the plane.
12. My office is on the first floor.
13. There is a stain on the ceiling.
14. Bath is on the road to Bristol.
15. I am sure that he did it on purpose.
16. Everything is written on this page.
17. We went to the house on foot. I We walked to the house.
18. Tickets for the show will go on sale tomorrow.
19. The train has arrived on time.
20. Goodbye, Karin, I'll see you on Monday.
21. The man had/wore a hat on his head.
22. She has a ring on her finger.
23. I saw that film on television.
24. We heard the news on the radio.
25. What do you do on weekdays?
26. We always meet/get together on Christmas day.
27. The house was on fire when we arrived.
28. What I told you is on page 56.
29. The soldier was on duty all night.
30. There were houses on both sides of the road.
31. Your father is on the committee.
32. My grandfather wrote a book on English literature.
33. Have you got any money on you?
34. I telephoned him on New Year's day.
35. What's on at the cinema tonight?
36. Don't sit on the grass. It's wet.
37. Put a stamp on the envelope.
38. I always have you on my mind.
39. I'll see you on your birthday.
40. On this occasion the train didn't arrive on time.

1. We were in the classroom.
2. The table was in the centre.
3. The fish was in the water, in the river.
4. We were walking in the rain.
5. It was very difficult to do that in the past.
6. We came to live here in 1990.
7. We usually watch television in the evening, after tea.
8. They arrived in time to buy the tickets.
9. The little girl had oil in her hair.
10. She looked at herself in the mirror.
11. There was a lot of snow in/on the mountains.
12. I looked at it carefully in the light.
13. There were many planes in the sky.
14. There is something strange in that scene.
15. You have to pay in cash.
16. He told me in a low voice.
17. The old mansion was in ruins.
18. We are in time of peace.
19. We found the jug in pieces.
20. Both were in good health.
21. They were sitting in a circle around the old man.
22. He was dressed in a dark grey suit.
23. We are in a hurry. There is somebody in danger.
24. He was in a bad mood.
25. The family lived in poverty.
26. He was a tall man in his fifties.
27. He had a piece of bread in his right hand.
28. He played the match in place of his brother.
29. In view of his success he has come back this year.
30. The young couple walked hand in hand.
31. There were about fifty people in the room altogether.
32. The end is in sight.
33. This car is in very good condition.
34. There were many sheep in the field.
35. There are very few cars in this car park.
36. My father was in the room and my mother was in the kitchen.
37. The books were in his bag.
38. There are many floors/flats in this building.
39. 'When did you arrive in England?' 'I arrived in London yesterday.'
40. I saw him in his new car. His wife was in the back seat.

1. We will meet at the station.
2. I'll be at the club at nine.
3. My brother works at Harrod's.
4. I live at number 32.
5. They arrived late at the meeting.
6. 'Where are the children?' 'At school.'
7. I was at university from 1985 to 1990.
8. Take the London train and change at Bath.
9. At night you can see the stars.
10. What do you do at the weekends?
11. Can you read a car number plate at 50 metres?
12. He was impatient with their delay.
13. He had all his tools at hand.
14. They were at war with their neighbours.
15. He was bored at the end of his holiday.
16. 'Where are all the family?' 'They're at church.'
17. She lives at 27 London Avenue.
18. Mr Brown is working/at work in the garden.
19. He is very good at mathematics.
20. He's delighted by/with the result.
21. He is very clever at solving crosswords.
22. There was a man at the door.
23. She was at the window looking at the passers-by.
24. 'Where is he staying?' 'At the Grand Hotel.'
25. I didn't know it at that time.
26. At the moment they called me I was in the garden.
27. I was at school all day yesterday.
28. She always arrives late at the office.
29. There are men at work on the road.
30. I am at your service.
31. My son is a seaman, he is at sea.
32. Sit down at the table.
33. 'Was it at the front?' 'No, it was at the back.'
34. We were at Hugh's party.
35. I always like to be at home at Christmas.
36. They were going at full speed.
37. 'I'll see you at midday/noon.' 'No, at midnight.'
38. I saw Mrs Brent at the supermarket.
39. We were at breakfast when the milkman came.
40. The car was going at about 80 kilometres an hour.

"This is not war it's slaughter. No man, however brave, can advance against a sheet of bullets from the front and a shower of shells from overhead - it appears to me that the side who will win will be the one who can supply the last man."

"I saw several fellows fall, one fellow coughing up blood and all the time, bullets were hacking about me. I ran for about 70 yards carrying with me all the Lewis gun things I had brought up and dropped breathless into a shell hole headlong onto a German who had been dead for months."

More than 40 thousand people from around the globe have applied for Australia’s six “Best Jobs in the World”. The six-month jobs, which include “Outback Adventurer” and “Chief Funster”, attracted initial interest from more than 330 thousand people from nearly 200 countries. Applicants were asked to submit a 30-second video explaining why they would be good for the jobs, which come with a stipend of $105,400. The campaign was based on an initiative by authorities in Queensland State seeking an “island caretaker” on the world-famous Great Barrier Reef. That campaign attracted almost 35 thousand entries and was won by Briton Ben Southall. The eighteen finalists will be flown to Australia for interviews, with the six winners announced on June 21st. Queensland’s 2013 campaign sparked similar campaigns around the world.

No one thinks this! You are intentionally distorting my opinion. We're consuming faster than the world can replenish. Why talk about what we've lost? Because it's a big deal. The earth is very small - we will use up all the resources we have very soon. To ignore this, and to ignore our impact upon our tiny planet is being selfish beyond belief. As to your previous comment about resources being limited by imagination, consider this. We have already doubled the amount of carbon dioxide in only 100 years!