Fast Food and the documentary Super Size Me was the second topic. The reading provoked some hilarity about the idea of only eating at MacDonalds. However, I found that the reading was a little too long and so we ran over time. Ah well, I guess you live and learn. All in all a lot […]
You can now listen to the text from the conversation topic below. As read by a native speaker (me) . If you are an English teacher feel free to use it in any of your lessons.
Recently I started giving free English conversation lessons on-line, this was only possible because of a wonderful program called Pal Talk who host rooms that give you the opportunity to speak in real-time to anyone who enters the room. Like a conventional chat room, but with sound. I have decided to record some of the […]
One of the main reasons for starting this blog was to record some of the things that happen to me due to the sites that I run (see first post). I am contacted every day, via forums, or e-mails, by people from all around the world. I find it amazing that most of the people […]
Britain's Craziest Secret Agent
Britain has always had something of a reputation as home to the world's favourite secret agents and now their popularity in books and films has increased with the action comedy from Universal Pictures. “Johnny English” stars one of Britain's most popular comedians, Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) in the title role as an incompetent MI7 operative. He is “the agent even the Secret Service keep secret”, to quote the film's trailer.