English Recordings

I worked in Alfax Ltd, it’s a department store in Manchester.
There were about 20 people working there. There were mostly men in position of responsibility, but a few women too.
I worked on my own, most of the time, but I didn’t mind.
I really liked the people I was working with. Let me tell you about them.
Mr Banks is the chairman of the company and also the chief buyer.
He is a very nice fellow. He is very hard-working.
Mr Stevenson is the Finance department head. He was quite strict and distant.
Ms Gates is the sales manager. I was working with her. She is responsible for the sales organization and policy. She was very helpful. I felt confident working with her.
Mr Riggs who is the chief accountant, was very nice too and I felt at ease with him.
Mrs Garner is head of human ressources. I got on well with her and with Mr Mac Coy who is the director of the Production department. They are both very
sociable and efficient.
As far as the clerks are concerned, the administration was composed of three secretaries,
three accountants, a receptionist and Miss Williams, who is Mr Bank’s personal assistant.
Most of them liked their job. There was a very good relationship between the manager and the workers. Most of them liked their job. There was a very good relationship between the manager and the workers.
What about you?
How was your work placement?
Did you enjoy it?
Did you learn a lot of things?

1651 When summer comes, I think of him. / When summer comes, I think of the time I spent with him. / Summer makes me think of him.
1652 When summer comes, I think of the last summer romance.
1653 Jume is the graduation month in the US. / In the US, students graduate in June.
1654 This is the best time to visit Hokkaido. / This is the best time of the year to visit Hokkaido.
1655 It's too soon to go swimming in the ocean. / It's too early to go swimming jn the ocean.
1656 Cold beer tastes so good again.
1657 This is the peak season for peaches. / This is the best season for peaches.
1658 I'm bringing fruit salad to the potluck party. / I'll make fruit salad for the potluck party.
1659 The herring season runs from June to September.
1660 Things easily mold during the rainy season.

1131 Snow is melting.
1132 The frost is melting.
1133 The ground is soggy now. The ground is slushy now.
1134 We had a freezing rain today.
1135 It's still too cold to play golf.
1136 Spring is late this year and it's still chilly.
1137 For every three cold days, four warm ones follow. I'd say that there are often three cold days followed by four warm ones. There is a weather phenomenon : a cycle of three cold days followed by four warm days.
1138 The temperature is gradually rising.
1139 Will it be nice tomorrow?
1140 There are signs of spring everywhere. Everywhere you look, there's indications of spring.

1501 The roses are blooming.
The roses are in bloom.
1502 This smells like pertume. This fragrance is like perfume.
1503 Looking at these flowers makes me feel calm.
Looking at these flowers makes me feel relaxed.
1504 The apple blossoms are blooming!
1505 Flowers would be just like leaves Mhey bloomed all year.
1506 Everything turns green by May.
1507 May is the season of new green leaves.
May is the season of fresh green. May is the season of fresh greenery.
1508 Trees are sprouting new branches.
1509 Paddies are fresh and green.
1510 Frogs happily ribbit around the freshly planted rice.
Frogs happily ribbit at the roots of the freshly planted rice.

The world will soon know who will get the “best job in the world”. The position is for a caretaker to live on and look after a tropical island off the coast of Queensland, Australia. Duties include relaxing on the island, which is part of the Great Barrier Reef, and writing a blog to promote the area. Other responsibilities are to feed the fish, clean the pool and collect the mail. The job website, islandreefjob.com, tells applicants: “There are over 1,500 species of fish living in the Great Barrier Reef. Don’t worry. You won’t need to feed them all.” The successful applicant will get a salary of nearly US$100,000 for the six months. Officials from Queensland’s tourism department announced on Tuesday that they were now looking at 50 candidates. Unsurprisingly, over 35,000 people applied for the job.

The next stage in the selection process is to get the list of candidates down to 11. The tourism board will select ten people. Visitors to the website will choose an eleventh person. The public can look at the video applications of all 50 hopeful caretakers. The eleven lucky finalists will then fly to Hamilton Island for a formal interview. The winner will be announced on May 6, and the job starts on July 1. The current shortlist of 50 includes people from 22 countries. They include dancers, chefs, scientists and students and they all want a slice of paradise. Queensland Tourism Minister Desley Boyle said there was much discussion to narrow down the list to 50. He told reporters, “it boiled down to…the motivation and professionalism of the applicants and their 'fit' with the job and Tourism Queensland”.

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Impression, impressionist, impressionism
Expression, expressionist, expressionism
Real, realist, realism
Cube, cubist, cubism
Romantic, romanticist, romanticism

Next, please .
Good morning, doctor !
Good morning. Sit down, please .
You are...you are Gerard Depardieu, I will be a star ! (lunnette)
One second, let me check in my computer. You has insurance at HSBC ?
Oh, yes, of course,you can choose between HSBC,AVIVA…
You live in england !
Oh, I have the Swiss, Russian, England, Cameroon, Congo nationalities
You live in NR 220 Canary Wharf street in London ?
Yes,that’s right, I converted to business !
So, what’s the matter ?
I urinated on an Royalairplane and I‘ve got a stomach ache too ! Oh, my god!
Yes, it’s horrible ! I see, first let me ask you some questions :
What do you usually eat at breakfast ? You ate all that was in your fridge?
I eat in an Royalairplane, I eat 1.5 kilos of sausages and 4 kilos of bacon and 2 kilos of wild boar and 4 kilos of apples and I drink 8 liters of Red-Bull and liters of 2 liter of wine and 10 liters of sodas.
You could drive your car ?
No, I never get there.
You are as big as the pictures!
Oh,Sir, my condition she has there ?
Yes, i think . And what do you eat at lunch ?
I eat a big lunch, with Mme Elysabeth 2.
What about dinner ?
Oh,I eat at a luxurious restaurant, with great personalities …
Do you between meals ?
Me, think !
But you should’nt eat so much meat and you should’nt eat so many and so many vegetables and you should’nt drink juice and Red Bull !
Oh, pity, I want a wild boar ?
And cervoise ?
Oh, because you drink, it's not good for your body or your mind, too!
No, this is wrong!
I watch the film Asterix !
Do you practise a sport ?
I practise the hunting !
Do you ever walk or do an outdoor activity ?
Yes, of course, in my films!
But you should eat red pepper,and you should drink alcohol !
But doctor,I go to become crazy!
Oh, it is not serious !
Are you paying cash or by credit card ?
I would pay in monkey's money !
My money ! I want my money !!
Oh,it’s very expensive ! I’m not paying !

1 Man has never been satisfied with simply talking. For some reason he has always considered his ideas to be so important that he has always tried to find ways to record them on paper. Man has developed many systems of writing; he also developed various tools with which to write.

2 One of the first instruments developed by man for writing was the stylus. It was a sharp instrument made of bone or metal, and with it the writer could make marks on stone or wood. It was used for thousands of years and was very practical.

3 The idea of using pen and ink was developed by the Egyptians. Their version of the pen was made from bamboo. They sharpened one end of the stem (or the body) to make a nib, that is, the point which you write with. Then they filled the empty part of the stem with ink and forced the ink onto the nib. It was a good idea, but when paper was later introduced, a much finer instrument was needed.

4 The problem was solved with the introduction of the quill pen. The quill is a large feather from the wing or tail of a bird. The quill also gave us the word 'pen' - feather in Latin is penna. Because this pen was a feather, however, it had to be sharpened quite often. A special instrument was made for this purpose, the penknife.
5 The quill was used from the 6th through the 18th century, but in the 19th century a machine was invented which successfully made a nib out of metal and which, thus, solved the problem of sharpening. The nib could be fitted into a holder and dipped into a bottle of ink. Finally, in 1884, a young American, Lewis Waterman, found a way of putting the ink into the holder, and the fountain pen as we know it was complete.

6 Although the fountain pen was very popular, a more popular kind of pen was introduced in 1943. This was the ball-point pen, invented by Laszlo Biro, a Hungarian.

1 Our culture is the system we use to build our identity. All living creatures are part of a culture, even animals! So what is culture? It is the way we behave in a group. It begins with each individual family and the things we do to build connections and relationships with our other family members. This can include routines for doing things, or traditions that are repeated on a regular basis.

2 Culture is not limited to individual family groups. The real strength of culture is in larger community groups, or societies. Every society makes rules for how to act in different situations. Some of these rules are actually written down or published in some way, and some are just things that are automatically expected of all members of that society. Often, cultures can be identified by such things as what the people believe, what they choose to include in their art, what language they speak, and their customs for eating and doing certain things.

3 Our cultures help us understand who we are and what we believe. There are often very strong emotions connecting us to our own society. When two different cultures disagree on things that they both feel strongly about, war is a common result. By learning more effective ways to communicate with each other, we can experience a new appreciation for the differences that make our world such an interesting place.