English Recordings

The cup final was played at a neutral venue.

I can't find it however hard I look. Maybe I left it in my suitcase.

He honked twice, signaling me to come out.

The venue for the 2012 Olympic Games will be London.

I'll run the water for your bath.

Alison denies that the girls miss anything from school. "They meet their friends in the evening and catch up with the latest gossip", she says, "and we organise our own visits to museums and art galleries." This week , they are studying a technology and Alison has arranged a visit to a local company which designs computer games.
The girls are looking forward to the trip. "It should be fun, but educational at the same time," says Jade, 14. "I think we'll learn a lot about how computer games are made." Kim, 13, agrees.
"We do more interesting things than at school. I was in trouble a lot because I was bored by the lessons. Mum works hard to make it interesting. It's not easy , though. We do tests every week and we both work hard so that we can go to the university when we are older," she says.
"We asked ourselves what would make them happy," Alison says. "We decided than higher education was so important so Kim and Jade will take the same exams as the other children."
Kim and Jade's friends have got used to only seeing them in the evening. "I think it's a great idea," says Dylan. "We all missed Jade at first, but I know she really enjoys it. My parents would like to do the same thing, but they haven't got the time."
Kim tell us about the disadvantages. "Mum is so strict!" she complains. "And it's much harder to make an excuse for not doing my homework." Although she admits that she can be a bit strict, Alison believes that home education should be challenging. The important thing for her is that her daughters are educated in an atmosphere of love and understanding.
"School is about passing exams," she says "but education should be about life. I want my daughters to get some qualifications, but it's not the most important thing."
Kim and Jade and the other children who are educated at home are certainly not unhappy. The attention they get from their parents and the time they can spend together is very important to them. It might not suit every parent, or every child, but it's an idea which is becoming more popular. So, how about it? Do you think home education is for you?

Take off your clothes and put them in a pile neatly.

At first, you and your child will learn to inject insulin with a syringe specifically designed to measure insulin.

MEXICO CITY — A 14-year-old U.S. citizen charged in Mexico as having worked as a drug cartel hitman was found guilty of homicide on Tuesday and sentenced to three years in prison, the maximum for minors.
Edgar Jimenez Lugo, who was born in San Diego, allegedly worked for the Beltran Leyva brothers' drug cartel in Morelos state, outside Mexico City.
The attorney general's office in Morelos said a local juvenile court had convicted him of various crimes — including killing four people whose mutilated bodies were found hanging from a bridge not far from Mexico City last August.
The boy was caught last December as he boarded a plane in the city of Cuernavaca. He was traveling to the border city of Tijuana with two of his sisters, one of whom is believed to be the lover of one of the cartel's bosses, the Mexican army said at the time.
Jimenez first made headlines last November as reports of his grisly murders, including beheadings, surfaced.
Once arrested, he acknowledged having killed at least seven people under the influence of drugs provided by a cartel leader, according to the army statement.
He was eventually charged in four murders and three kidnappings.

The Mexican daily newspaper La Razon said in November that Jimenez was paid $3,000 for each murder he committed.
Story: Mexican teenage girls train as drug cartel killers
The three Jimenez siblings had wanted to cross to San Diego, where they have relatives.
Murders committed by minors, ranging from shoplifting to murder for the cartels, have risen across Mexico, officials say.
Parents in the violent cities of Ciudad Juarez and Tijuana on the U.S. border say children as young as 8 want to grow up to be drug lords, as the thrills and wealth of the trafficking world touches their lives.

I've got a splinter in my finger.

Holding the baby
picking the baby up
Carrying the baby
hold me or carry me or up!
Come here so I can hold you

Forgiveness can be a difficult concept to grasp.

Swing sets provide hours of enjoyment for children.
Push your legs out, pull them in. Push your legs out…this moves you forward. Push your legs back…this pulls you back. Or, simply tell them each move, “In…Out…In…Out…In…Out.”

I went down the slide lots of times.
Lots of people liked it
I have a lot of money. / I have lots of money.
She has a lot of friends. / She has lots of friends
There are a lot of flies in here!/There are lots of flies in here!

If you need to store something in the car's trunk, do it in advance instead of at the beach, where would-be thieves might be watching.

Don't leave the table until you have finished (eating) your dinner.

I got oil stains on my blouse
She has a stain on her dress

I'm going to pick you up and carry you, ok?
I am actually on the way to pick you up
I’ll pick you up in my car
I’ll come by your place to pick you up
I will pick you up at eight o'clock