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The Tower Tip Sheet
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The Tower Tipsheet
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May 29, 2004 17:12 PDT
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THE TOWER TIPSHEET
May 30, 2004
#423
Published by:
The Tower of English
http://towerofenglish.com
Welcome to this issue of the Tower Tipsheet.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1. Today's Cool Websites
2. Today's Idiom
3. Today's Joke
4. Today's Riddle
5. Contest
6. Feedback
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TODAY'S COOL WEBSITE
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We are continueing our review of the websites that
are featured on The Tower of English. I hope you
enjoy today's selections.
Cool Website #1 -Astounding Space Thrills -
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http://www.towerofenglish.com/astoundingspacethrills.html
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Reading comics is a fun way to improve your English
reading level and learn lots of new vocabulary! ASTOUNDING
SPACE THRILLS are serial sci-fi comics. The story continues
every weekday. Read the current story or click on ARCHIVE
to read more stories.
Your Turn:
Do you like to read comics? What kind of comics do you like?
What is your favorite comic? Bring some of your favorite
comics to class and tell your classmates about them.
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John's ESL Holidays
Part of John's ESL Community, this site has historical
information, interactive activities and printable
classroom activities for 15 of America's most celebrated
holidays. http://holidays.johnsesl.com/php/
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ATTENTION ESL TEACHERS
Did you know that word search puzzles are a great way to
reinforce new vocabulary? Now you can make your own word
search puzzles. Enter your list of words, click a button
and then print. It's easy, fun, and it's FREE.
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Cool Website #2 -Calvin and Hobbes-
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http://www.towerofenglish.com/ucomics.html
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"Calvin and Hobbes" is one of the most popular American
comics. Calvin is a 6-year-old boy, and Hobbes is his
stuffed tiger. But Calvin has a very big imagination, so
Hobbes often comes to life! At this site, you can find
every Calvin and Hobbes comic strip from November 18,
1985 (the very first one)-July 5, 1989. Another strip
is added every day.
Your Turn:
Comics are a great way to learn new vocabulary and slang.
Make a special Calvin and Hobbes Vocabulary Notebook.
Write all the vocabulary and slang that you learn from C
and H. If you can't understand a word, try to figure it
out from the context of the comic strip before you use your
dictionary.
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-Today's Idiom -
Couch potato
graveyard shift - n. phr. - The work period lasting from
sundown to sunup, when one has to work in the dark or by
artificial light.
"Why are you always so sleepy in class?" Professor Brown
asked Sam.
"Because, I have to work the graveyard shift beside
going to school," Sam answered.
Get more idioms at John's ESL Community
http://www.johnsesl.com/cgi-bin/hints.pl
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ATTENTION ESL TEACHERS
FREE printable materials at John's ESL Community.
http://www.johnsesl.com/templates/teachers/
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- Today's Joke-
Commercial misfortune
This guy was walking along the beach in Malibu when
he came across this salt-encrusted piece of metal.
He worked for an hour or so to remove the salt. Lo
and behold it was a very old oil lamp. The guy started
to buff it to remove the verdigris when "poof" a genie
appeared.
This genie, like all genies, was so happy to be freed
of the lamp that he granted the guy three wishes.
"I wish to be a dollar richer than Bill Gates, " says
the guy. The genie wasn't sure who Bill Gates was until
the guy told him to check Forbes magazine. When the
genie called up Forbes from inside the lamp he learned
that Bill Gates was indeed the richest man in the world.
"Guy," the genie said, "You will forever be a dollar
richer than Bill Gates. What's your second wish."
"Genie, I want the most expensive Porsche made: Fire
engine red, on board GPS and the finest audio system
ever installed in an automobile."
"That's easy, Guy," says the genie. He waves his hand
and best car anybody had ever seen pops out of the lamp.
The genie then asks the guy for his third wish.
The guy mulls the problem over and over. A girl-- nah,
with billions and billions of dollars he certainly had
become a chick magnet. World peace? Only wackos want that.
The guy found a reason not to wish for anything that came
to his mind.
"Genie," the guy said, "I can't think of anything now.
May I save the third wish for later."
"Gee, this is most unusual. But you hold the hammer, I
can't escape from this lamp until you make a third wish.
Call me when you're ready," and whoosh the genie
disappears into the lamp.
The guy carefully picks up the now-ever-so- valuable lamp
and places it in the trunk of the fire engine red Porsche.
He turns the radio on to balance the sounds and makes all
the other adjustments needed to get his great audio system
customized to his ears.
After that, he pulled off the beach and headed south along
the Pacific Coast Highway. Soon he was up to 60, then 70,
then 80. The Porsche handled perfectly. The guy was so happy
that he began to sing along with the familiar commercial on
the radio.
"Oh, I wish I was an Oscar-Mayer Wiener ....
More jokes and humor at http://www.lolhumor.com/
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- Riddle of the Day -
A certain large animal lives happily and thrives here on Earth.
One day, every single one of these critters is wiped out by a
mysterious disease which affects only this particular animal.
There are none left anywhere on earth -- they are all gone.
About a year or so later, they begin to reappear on Earth again.
How can this be?
Click the following link to learn the answer.
http://www.lolhumor.com/getcontent.php?catid=34&cat=Miscellaneous&id=4338&ans=yes
=========================Contest!==================================
The winner of last month's contest was
Janet <jan-@......com>;
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webma-@towerofenglish.com?subject=contest with the correct answer to
the following question will win a free ad. Your ad will be
placed in the middle sponsor position and will be published
in the next issue of the Tower Tip Sheet Newsletter.
Here's the question. Visit our top sponsor's website and fill
in the blank.
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Send your answers webma-@towerofenglish.com?subject=contest.
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=======================Feedback===================================
I really am interested in what you have to say and what you think
of the Tower Tip Sheet and the websites I use to provide material
for our newsletter. So, please send your feedback to
web-@towerofenglish.com?subject=feedback
I only had one person respond with feedback last month. Here is
what they had to say.
"I love the idioms, but it would be helpful if you would give the
origin of the idiom. Is that possible?"
I wish it were possible, but I don't have a resource that gives
that information. If anyone out there knows of an internet
site that gives the etemology of idioms of the English language,
please send me the link.
Please, let me know what you think of the Tower Tip Sheet.
Send feedback to webma-@towerofenglish.com?subject=feedback
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May 30, 2004 issue #423
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