English Recordings

It was springtime and I was tired after a long winter in London.
I needed a break and decided to spend a weekend in Dublin. I took the plane on a Friday evening and arrived in Dublin one hour and a half later. I had made a reservation at the "WB Yeats Hotel" which is in the city center. I was pleased to see the hotel was nice and quiet.

On Saturday morning, when I woke up the weather was beautiful, the perfect weather for a day trip to the sea. I took a bus ride to Howth, a little town close to Dublin. I walked on the cliffs along the coast to the lighthouse, and watched the boats coming in and out of the harbour. it was so peaceful! I also admired Howth old Castle. Did you know that WB Yeats spent part of his childhood in a small house above the cliffs? He is my
favourite poet and I was delighted to see the place where he had lived. Then, it was time to go back to Dublin, I had booked a ticket for a concert of the Mahones, one of my favourite bands and I didn't want to be late. I had a fabulous evening.

On Sunday morning, I went to Trinity College, I had read that Sunday morning was the best time to visit this university before the students were awake and I guess it's true! I took a walk in this beautiful place and admired the buildings surrounded by lovely gardens. I also wanted
to see to Temple Bar which is one of the city's best known areas. I walked
along narrow cobblestone streets and listened to musicians playing folk
music, the place was busy but not crowded, people were obviously
relaxing, I felt relaxed too and enjoyed a drink in a pub before going
to the airport to fly back to London. I felt really better after this
weekend in Dublin.

(3013.1.18) <For Review> It's an entry from two years ago today.I'm uploading it for review this time.It seems that on that day the weather was very wonderful.Today is a cloudy day.

Our father in heaven,
hallowed be Your name,
Your kingdom come,
Your will be done on earth
as it is in heaven
Give us today our daily bread
Forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one
For Yours is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory, forever.
Amen

April 17, 2013) Spring evening
Hi, how are you all?It's late afternoon, and I'm here in an empty classroom.I like empty classrooms like this.So...now I'll talk about something that I did yesterday evening.I'd like to try to practice my English explanation skills
through/by describing the pictures and video that I took yesterday evening.Yesterday evening, as soon as I got home, I sent a text message to my sister and asked her if she would go for a walk and see the cherry-blossoms with her dog Konan and my two dogs Betty and Zzang-ah. Since yesterday's weather was really nice, there were even more cherry blossoms along the walking path near my house.Unfortunately, she said she had just gotten back home from that same walking path.
bangbang1April 19, 2013 So I went out with Betty and Zzang-ah and took my inline skates.I've attached my video of Zzang-ah running with me.I took them with my phone when he and I were in-line skating.Can you see how much Zzang-ah likes running?Zzang-Ah really likes running
Rrun,run, ruan and run....^____^^/
He never likes to stop running.Then where is Betty?Yeah~~ She is old, so she was sitting on a bench, and watching us run.sometimes I hold her while I skate and let her enjoy of the speed..By the way, alongs a small walking path a lot of people were walking and enjoying the spring evening.There were young couples, middle aged couples, boys and girls, children, and families.

1. A police officer talked the troubled man down from the ledge.
2. He talked down his opponent.
3. Did you see how they screwed us up in the first two quarters?
4. Would you like to wash up before dinner?
5. No, a spot like that doesn't usually wash out.
6. Mick egged me on to find a French tutor to help my classes.
7. To repair the leak they have to shut the water off in the entire building.
8. We're gonna shut the house up for the summertime.
9. I don't believe he has not even felt you up.
10. I don't feel up to jogging today.
11. People just stood by and watched him being attacked.
12. Stand back from the edge of the platform.
13. He became a kind of hero for standing up to local gangs.
14. John stood in for me when I was sick.
15. Shun! All the soldiers stood to attention.
16. He won’t be kicking me around anymore!
17. We've been kicking around the idea of getting a dog.
18. OK, man. I'll do that if you kick back a ten hundreds.
19. Gas has gone and I have to kick the car down to the first gear.
20. The police had to kick the door in.
21. Those pills should kick in any time now.
22. Everyone kicked in $5 for gas.
23. John kicked off and the match started.
24. The city kicked the ceremony off with a parade.
25. The car engine kicked over a few times and then stopped for good.
26. They were so noisy and I had to kick them out.
27. After the exams, we kicked up our heels and had a really good party.
28. He made her up to look like a young girl.
29. John always makes a play for new girls in the group.
30. The children cozied up to their mother.
31. The salesman tried to cozy up to the customer.
32. The plane broke up in the sudden storm.
33. She really hit the ceiling when she saw what happened.
34. We have to hit the road very early in the morning.
35. Something killed off all the dinosaurs.
36. He has been hitting the sauce recently although he says that he doesn't drink.
37. The cat jumped on the mouse.
38. Dad jumps on Jeff for every little mistake.
39. You missed out on a chance to make friends.
40. The teacher always mixed up the two boys in the class.

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