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The New 7 Wonders of the World
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The Tower Tipsheet
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Jan 15, 2003 05:01 PST
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THE TOWER TIPSHEET
January 15, 2003
#408
Published by:
The Tower of English
http://towerofenglish.com
Welcome to the NEW Tower Tipsheet! We've expanded the Tipsheet to
include a cool website PLUS lots more! The new Tower Tipsheet will be
published on the 1st and 15th of each month.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
-Today's Cool Website
-Today's Vocabulary Lesson
-Today's Idiom
-Today's Grammar Lesson
-Today's Joke
-Today's Tongue Twister
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TODAY'S COOL WEBSITE
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-The New 7 Wonders of the World-
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http://www.new7wonders.com/voting.php
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Level: Intermediate/Advanced
The 7 Wonders of the World were decided 2000 years ago. The Pyramids in
Egypt are one example. Now it's time to choose the NEW 7 Wonders of the
World, and you can help decide! At this site, you can vote for the 7
most amazing architectural landmarks in the world. For example, you can
vote for The Statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower, or the Taj Mahal. To
read about each landmark, just click on the picture!
YOUR TURN:
What are some of the most famous landmarks in your country? Why are they
famous? Write a short paragraph about each one.
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TODAY'S VOCABULARY LESSON
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-Bass, Bass, and Base-
Here are 3 words that can be confusing:
BASS (rhymes with PASS) is a kind of fish:
-I went BASS fishing last week.
-The lake was stocked with BASS.
BASS (rhymes with CASE) is a musical word:
-My friend sings BASS in the choir.
-I used to play the BASS guitar.
BASE is related to baseball:
-My dream was to play first BASE for the Yankees.
-Johnson hit a single, and then stole second BASE.
BASE can also mean the bottom of something:
-He lives at the BASE of the mountain.
-The BASE salary is $30,000.
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TODAY'S IDIOM
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-Black Sheep-
A BLACK SHEEP is a person who has disgraced or embarrased his family.
-Tom was the youngest son and the BLACK SHEEP of the family. He dropped
out of school, robbed a gas station, and spent time in prison.
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TODAY'S GRAMMAR LESSON
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-Conditionals (If)-
What's the difference between these two sentences?
-If I have money, I eat at a restaurant.
-If I had money, I would eat at a restaurant.
The first sentence uses the Present REAL Conditional. It means that
sometimes I have money, and when I do, I eat at a restaurant.
The second sentence uses the Present UNREAL Conditional. It means that I
don't have money, so I don't eat at a restaurant.
Can you write more examples of these 2 conditionals?
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TODAY'S JOKE
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-The Accident-
Bobby called his mother from his friend Charlie's house and confessed he
had broken a lamp when he threw a football in their living room.
"But, Mom," he said, "you don't have to worry about buying another one.
Charlie's mother said it was irreplaceable."
1. What does "irreplaceable" mean?
2. What does Bobby think "irreplaceable" means?
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TODAY'S TONGUE TWISTER
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Practice your pronunciation with this tongue twister:
A flea and a fly flew up in a flue.
Said the flea, "Let us fly!"
Said the fly, "Let us flee!"
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.
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