by Christine Burgmer | Apr 6, 2014 | Allgemein |
Do you know when the Channel Tunnel opened? Or when Margaret Thatcher became Britain’s first female prime minister? Or when all women over 21 got the vote? If you’re interested in British history (from 6000 BC until today), you’ll love...
by Christine Burgmer | Apr 5, 2014 | Allgemein |
A loud Texan engineer was visiting Australia and talking about all of the large civil works in the USA that he was involved in. To be polite, an Australian colleague took him on a tour of Sydney’s larger constructions. At first he showed him Gladesville Bridge....
by Christine Burgmer | Apr 4, 2014 | Allgemein |
If you experience mood swings, particularly on a Monday morning, then Rebekah Fensome’s finger-clicking technique might be something for you. I’ve no idea whether it works, but I liked the sound of turning one’s mood around at the click of a...
by Christine Burgmer | Apr 3, 2014 | Allgemein |
We say that films are ‘dubbed’ and not ‘synchronized’. That means that, when we watch an American or British film, the words we hear are not those spoken by the real actors but are those spoken by German actors whose voices were recorded in a...
by Christine Burgmer | Apr 2, 2014 | Allgemein |
George Orwell (the famous English novelist and journalist) said, “If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out”. So why not just use one word instead of a lot of those wordy phrases? Take a look at these examples. Instead of … ...
by Christine Burgmer | Apr 1, 2014 | Allgemein |
Last year some people got quite excited after it was announced that Firebox was selling a fully-functioning Iron Man suit. You can imagine how unhappy they were when they found out that it was a big joke. It was April Fool’s Day! ‘April Fool’s...
