[Word Power - Hello Channel] A (Part 1)

I would like to introduce some amazing English lessons "Word Power" from Hello Chanel.
The first lesson begin from character A, and we can see many words start from A.
1. Ability means the power to do something.
He has great ability in art.

2. Able means having the power to do something.
The boy is able to ride the bicycle.
The girl is able to read the book.

3. Abrupt means sudden and unexpected.
The car came to an abrupt halt.

4. About has two meanings.
a) About means almost or nearly
The glass is about half full.
b) About also means of or having a relation to.
We talk about the weather

5. Above means on of or at a higher place.
The ceiling is above the floor.

6. Absent means not present.
The girl was absent from class.

7. Absorb means soak up a liquid or take in information.
The sponge ansorbs the juice.
The students absorb the lesson from the teacher.

8. Abuse means bad treatment causing harm or injury.
If you do not change the oil in your car you will abuse the engine.

9. Accept means to agree to recieve.
The teacher will accept the assignment to teach the class.

10. An Accident is something that happens by chance or mistake; an unplanned event.
the car did not stop at the stop sign and caused an accident.
I met him quite by chance in the train.

11. Accompany means to go somewhere with someone.
The dog accompanies the woman to the park.
A child accompanies his mother to the market.

12. Accomplish means to achieve or complete successfully; to do something successfully.
The worker was able to accomplish the building of the wall.

13. According to means as someone has said or as someone has written.
According to the schedule a bus stops here every half hour.

14.Account has two meanings.
a) a description of something that has happened .
He gave an account of the accident to the police.
b) an arrangement to keep money in a bank.
She deposits her paycheck into her savings account.

15. Accuse has two meanings.
a) to say a person is respinsible for an act or a crime
b) To make a statement against someone
The witness accused the thief of stealing the car.

16. Ache means dull pain.
After i exercise, I feel an ache in my back.

17. Acquire means to obtain or get something.
I want to acquire experience so I can get a job.
I want to acquire a home so that I might have a place to live.

18. Across means from side to side; to the other side.
The bird flies across the sky.

19. Act means to do something.
When it rains, you must act in order to avoid getting wet.

20. Action means something that is done to achieve a result.
Her quick action prevented the accident.

21. Active means energetic and busy.
The little boys are very active.

22. An Activist is one who seeks change through action.
The activist organised the neighbors to plant a garden.

23. Activity means action ot movement.
The playground with children is full of activity.

24. An Actor is someone who acts in a play or a movie or a kind of show.
The role of king was given to a male actor.
A female actor is also referred to as an actress.

25. Actual means real or true.
A fire drill prepares you for an actual fire.

26. Add means to put something with something else to make it larger; to say more; something in math.
When you add one to two the result is three.

27. Address has two meanings.
a) to give a speech to someone.
The teacher addressed her students.
b) a street name and a number of a business or residence.
Her address in on the envelope.
Did you find the home at the correct address?

28.administration is the executive part of a goverment or another organization.

Third SHELF Project. Making Cake

The best way for studying English is to do SHELF projects in our Audiovisual  English Class. This time we decided to get together and to do something interesting. Of course, we wanted to make our project more bigger, but, unfortunatelly, it was the last week before our exams. We decided to make a special cake for our memory about Audiovisual English Class. Furhermore, our member Song Kwong had a birthday next day, so we made two celebrations in one))
 By this "sweet" project we want to say thanks to our professor Jeff Lebow, one of the best English teacher in our University. We really enjoyed not only his classes, but also his  incredible homework. It was exciting to made projects, listening audio and speaking in front of the camera. Jeff`s classes made us more confident and good English speakers. Moreover, met many brilliant friends as well. And it is everything thanks to Jeff! His classes always will live in our hearts!!! It was an amazing semester!!!!)))))

Rocky Balboa's inspirational speech to his son - HD

I would like to share Rocky`s speech with subtitles. Hope people will study it not just for develop their English, but also for deeply life understanding!! have fun))

Shadow Reading Audio)) Rocky`s Balboa speech to his son)) Before and after practicing))racticing))

#RockysBalboaSpeechBefore 
 #RockysSpeechAfter

 I would like to practice one of my favorite speech from my favorite actor Sylvester Stallone. This speech is from famous movie "Rocky". Rocky is speaking to his son about life and gives him some advices how to change it. Rocky speaks tough, but it helps his son to be a good man!
 In my case, practicing this speech made me to understand better English pronounciation from native speaker. It also helped me to read the text and speak more faster with approproate intonation and pauses at the certain points in this speech. Even though Rocky`s speech is just one and the half minutes long, it was not easy to express all feelings through audio.
 Practicing inspirational speech of Rocky Balboa made me a better English speaker! It also rised up my mood and self-esteem. I would like to meet Rocky Balboa as a hero in real life!!!

The Lion King - Bath Scene

This is the bath scene when Simba comes to Nala and invites her to go togeher in some great and "very cool place".





 Simba: Hey, Nala!


 Nala: Hi, Simba!


 Simba: Come on! I just heard about this great place.


 Nala: Simba! I`m a kind of in the middle of a bath.


 Sarabi: And it`s time for yours.


 Simba: Mom! Mom, you`re messing up my mane...Ok ok, I`m  clean. Can we go now?


 Nala: So where are we going? It better not be anyplace dumb.


 Simba: No! It`s really cool!


 Sarabi: So where is this "very cool place"?


 Simba: Oh....oh...around the water hole...


 Nala: The water hole? What`s so great about the water hole?


 Simba: I`ll show you when we get there.


 Nala: Oh... Uh....Mom, can I go with Simba?


 Sarafina: Hmm...What do you think, Sarabi?


 Sarabi: Well...


 Simba&Nala: Please!


 Sarabi: It`s all right with me.


 Simba: Yeah!


 Nala: All right!


 Sarabi: As long as Zazu goes with you!


 Simba: No, not Zazu!


 

Spalding Gray Segment From Swimming To Cambodia (On Cold War Soldier)

                           Uniqueness of Contemporary Playwright Spalding Gray

“I say that I can`t make anything up. I think of myself as a collage artist. I`m cutting and pasting memories of my life. And I say, I have to live a life in order to tell a life. I would prefer to tell it because telling
you`re always in control, you`re like God.” /Spalding Gray/

 Spalding Gray was a famous American film actor, contemporary playwright, and screenwriter. He was also a talented theatre and television actor who wrote and performed his own roles in the films “Monster in a Box” and Gray`s Anatomy”, which became his most memorable performances.

 Spalding Rockwell Gray was born in 1941, in province, Rhode Island. After he graduated Emerson
College, he began to perform in Off-Broadway plays as a supporting actor. Gray is best known for his
monologues and he had an amazing talent for live performances. He was also a co-founder of the Wooster
heater Group in New York, where he performed his first monologue “Sex and Death at the Age of 14" in 1977.

  Even though Spalding had appeared on television numerous times, the greatest glory and national attention was brought to him from his play “Swim to Cambodia”, which was written in 1985 and filmed in 1987. Thanks to his play, he received the Guggenhiem Fellowship and a National Book Award. In 1992 Gray published his only novel “Impossible vacation”, based on his personal life experiences. Spalding Gray became a writer and an artist of an original genre. He invented a very unusual and rare form among artists. His autobiographical monologues people call “epic monologues” because first they were spoken and then written down. He also minimized all things in his plays, using just a table, a glass of water, his notebook and a mic. By just simply sitting and telling the audience the stories of his life, Spalding Gray portrayed himself in a huge world, using his unique style of writing and acting. At that time, there was really no one like him. He created a new kind of theatre piece for the solo performer, named “talking pieces”. Gray improvised from his memories, free associations, and he told the audiences about his childhood, his adventures as a young man, his struggles and private emotions. He also used old family photograph albums and slide projections. “He
was the most fantastic raconteur”, says his close friend Ken Kobland. “ He would come home at night, and we`d open cans of India pale ale, and he`d tell the story of his day. And we would just be totally broken up by this. He`d describe the symmetry of the world with such wit and self-awareness, such incredibly
rich detail and complexity. It was…talent is a funny word- it was a gift, a madness.”

Unfortunately, Spalding Gray suffered severe injuries in a car crash in 2001, and after that he suffered from deep depression and severe pain. He committed suicide at the age of 62. However, the world remembers him as the greatest American storyteller of his generation, a performer who turned his life into a series of brightly incisive monologues.

The Lion King 3D: Morning Lesson With Mufasa

 This is the scene where Mufasa shows Simba the whole kingdom and tells him about the Pridelands and the Great Circle of Life.



 Mufasa: Look, Simba. Everything the light touches is our kingdom.

 Simba: Wow...

 Mufasa: A king`s time as ruler rises and falls like the sun. One day, Simba, the sun will set on my time here, and will rise with you as the new king.

 Simba: And this will all be mine?

 Mufasa: Everything!

 Simba: Everything the light touches...What about that shadowy place?

 Mufasa: That`s beyong oud borders. You must never go there, Simba!

 Simba: But I thought a king can go whatever he wants.

 Mufasa: Oh, there`s more to being a king that getting you away all the time.

 Simba: There is more?

 Mufasa: Ha-ha... Simba... Everything you see exists together in a delicate balance. As king, you need to understand that balance and respect all the creatures from the crawling ant to the leaping antelope.

 Simba: But, dad, don`t we eat the antelope?

 Mufasa: Yes, Simba, but let me explain. When we die, our bodies become the grass and the antelope eats the grass. And so we are all connected in the Great Circle of Life.

Remember Who You Are (English) - The Lion King

 Today I chose one more scene from "The Lion King" for my daily transcription. It calls "Remember Who You Are". Simba meets Rafiki who claims that his father Mufasa is still alive and lives "in him".



 Rafiki: Look down there...

 Simba: That`s not my father. That`s just my reflection.

 Rafiki: No, look harder.... You see? He lives in you.....

 Mufasa: Simba...

 Simba: Father?

 Mufasa: Simba, you have forgotten me.

 Simba: No. How could I?

 Mufasa: You have forgotten who you are, and so forgotten me. Look inside yourself, Simba. You are more than what you have become. You must take your place in the Circle of Life.

 Simba: How can I go back? I`m not who I used to be. 

 Mufasa: Remember who you are! You are my son!! And the one true King!!! Remember who you are...

 Simba: No, please, don`t leave me...

 Mufasa: Remember...

 Simba: Father!

 Mufasa: Remember...

 Simba: Don`t leave me.......

 Mufasa: Remember.....

Lion King - Mufasa and Simba (English)

One of the greatest way for study English for me is singing my favorite English songs and watching Disney movies.
Undoubtedly, my favoriteanimated film is "The Lion King", which I watched when I was a teenager.  "The Lion King" is a 1994 American animated musical epic film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 32nd animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. It wa directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff and  produced by Don Hahn.
The story takes place in a kingdom of lions in Africa. This is a story about a young lion Simba who is to sicceed his father, Mufasa, as king; however, after Simba`s uncle Scar murders Mufasa, Simba is manipulated into thinking he was responsible and flees into exile in shame and despair. Upon maturation living with wto wastrels, Timon and Pumbaa, Simba is given some valuable perspective from his friend, Nala, and his shaman, Rafiki, before returning to challenge Scar to end his tyranny.
Today, I chose the scene when Mufasa is giving some lessons for his little son Simba, after Simba`s dangerous adventure with Nala. Honestly, this is the one of my favorite moment in this film. Greatness of strong and fair  king Mufasa make you love him and respect his words. This incredible and at the same moment sad scene touches your heart very deeply...

 I would like to write down this scene like I hear it.

 Mufasa: Zazu!
 Zazu: Yes, sir!
 Mufasa: Take Nala home! I`ve got to teach my son a lesson.
 Zazu: Come, Nala! Simba, huh... good luck...
 Mufasa: Simba! 
 Mufasa: Simba, I'm very disappointed in you. 
 Simba: I know. 
 Mufasa: You could have been killed! You deliberately disobeyed me! And what's worse, you put  Nala in danger! 
 Simba: I was just trying to be brave like you. 
 Mufasa: I'm only brave when I have to be. Simba, being brave doesn't mean you go looking for  trouble. 
 Simba: But you're not scared of anything. 
 Mufasa: I was today. 
 Simba: You were? 
 Mufasa: Yes. I thought I might lose you.
 Simba: Oh...I guess even kings get scared, huh?
 Mufasa: Uhu...
 Simba: But you know what?
 Mufasa (whispers): What?
 Simba (whispers): I think those hyenas were even scarier.
 Mufasa ( laughs): `Coz nobody messe with your dad! Come here, you!
 Simba: Oh no, no...aahhh
 ( playing and laughing together)
 Simba: Dad..
 Mufasa: Uh?
 Simba: We`re power, right?
 Mufasa: Right
 Simba: And we`ll always be together, right?
 Mufasa: Simba...Let me tell you something that my father told me. Look at the stars. The Great Kings of the past look down on us from those stars.
 Simba: Really?
 Mufasa: Yes. So, whenever you feel alone, just remember that those Kings will always be there to guide you..and so am I.....







 

Should You Be Worried About MERS?

 Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, is a viral respiratory illness that is relatively new to humans. It was first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012 and is commonly localized to the Arabian Peninsula, however, it has since spread to several other countries, including the United States, France, and most recently South Korea.

 MERS like SARS, is a coronavirus that typically present as a cold and upper respitatory infection  including fever, cough, and shortness of breath. MERS is dangerous because it is more severe then a common cold, and can lead to gastrointestinal symptoms and kidney failure.

 As with all infections, children, seniours, and people with compromised immune systems or pre-existing medical conditions are more likely to contact MERS. Umfortunately, this list includes mostly the type of people found in hospitals, making hospitalization in an area experiencing an outbreak of MERS a huge risk-factor for infection. Other risk factors include direct interaction with an infected person, travel to the Arabian Peninsula or interaction with a camel. Yep, camel.

 Based on information from the US Center for Disease Control, the incubation peroid, or time between exposure to MERS and the appearance of symptoms, is usually about 5 or 6 days, but can be anywhere from 2-14 days. Patient zero in the recent South Korea outbreak was a man who traveled to countries in the Middle East and did not exhibit any symptoms on his return flight to Korea. He became sick a week later.

MERS is not thought to be easily transmitted between humans, that is why the extent of the South Korean outbreak, with three deaths and the number of people in quarantine at 1600 and climbing, is confusing to scientists. Actually, scientists are confused by a lot more than that because we do not actually know how the disease spreads. SARS, its sister disease, is communicated via virus laden droplets from a cough or sneeze but it is possible that MERS is airborne like measles, which can linger in a room for hours.

 To date, there have only been three reported cases of  MERS in the US, but worldwide MERS has a mortality rate of 30% which is pretty scary! But if you are a healthy adult who washes their hands frequently, and actively avoids contact with sick people and camels, you will probably be okay. And just be safe if you are planning any trips to South Korea or the Arabian Peninsula in the near future.

 What scary disease are you most concerned about?

What is MERS?

Since 21st of May 2105, the Republic of Korea has been investigating an outbreak of MERS. It is the largest known outbreak of MERS outside the Middle East.

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is a viral respiratory illness that is new tohumans. It was first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012 and has since spread to several other countries, including the United States. Most people infected with MERS-CoV developed severe acute respiratory illness, including fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Many of them have died.

Since May 2105, 87 people in South Korea have been infected, 7 people died, and more than 2,000 are under quarantine or observation, uncluding the first teenager to be infected with the virus. Seoul`s mayor has declared "war" on MERS.

MERS-CoV, like other coronaviruses, is thought to spread from an infected person’s respiratory secretions, such as through coughing. However, the precise ways the virus spreads are not currently well understood.

 If you develop fever and symptoms of respiratory illness, such as cough or shortness of breath, you should call ahead to a healthcare provider for an evaluation. Your healthcare provider may request laboratory testing and outline additional recommendations, depending on the findings of your evaluation and whether you have symptoms. You most likely will be asked to monitor your health for 14 days, starting from the day you were last exposed to the ill person.

Watch for these symptoms:

- Fever. Take your temperature twice a day
- Coughing
- Shortness of breath
- Other early symptoms to watch for are chills, body aches, sore throat, headache, diarrhea, nausea/vomiting, and runny nose

If you develop symptoms, call ahead to your healthcare provider as soon as possible and tell him or her about your possible exposure to MERS-CoV, so the office can take steps to keep other people from getting
infected. Ask your healthcare provider to call the local or state health department.


 http://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/mers/risk.html
 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-08/south-korea-reports-sixth-death-from-mers-
 http://www.vox.com/2015/6/5/8735037/what-is-mers-virus