Student Wins Lottery and Then Quits School
A college student in China has decided to leave school after he won money in a lottery.
According to a report on Reuters, the student believes he no longer has any need for an education after claiming a $683,000 prize.
However, one of his teachers hopes the student will continue his studies in the future. “We are not sure if he will return to school, but we hope he will eventually finish his education,” his teacher said.
Slovíčka:
decide – rozhodnúť sa
win (min. č.won) – vyhrať
claim – nárokovať si
eventually – napokon, nakoniec
Gramatika:
No longer – nikdy viac.
…,the student believes he no longer has any need for an education… – štundent verí, že už nikdy viac nebude potrebovať vzdelanie...
Jahaziel: In My Neighourhood
Hip Hop is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic style of speaking — called rap — over backing beats. It is very popular among young people and tries to express realities of life in lyrics written in a slang language. One of the UK’s most recognised Hip Hop artists, Jahaziel, has been performing on the music scene for almost a decade. Here is his song entitled In My Neighbourhood.
Verse 1
Everyday another gun gets manufactured
Another man’s blasted
Some blame gangster rappers
I ain’t trying to say gangster rap’s the problem
But it don’t solve them and it keeps on revolving
And nothing won’t change lest we change
And if you wanna see change then be changed
And rearrange your thought pattern towards action
Cos if we do nothing then nothing what’s gonna happen
As for this thing we call rapping
Time to use in it’s true power and give the youth power
Cos death and life is found in the power of the tongue
and it’s not in the barrel of a gun
I’m shocked at how has become
Every coward’s got a gun and
They’re letting shots shower in the slum
Young soldier’s bling for gun culture
They the one’s dying
Who’s flying the guns over?
Chorus
It ain’t the way that I would wish it, but it’s just the way it is
In My Neighbourhood
It’s not the way it should be, but it’s just the way they live
In My Neighbourhood
Verse 2
I’m waving a white flag
Trying to make somebody aware and be like
‘Dag, how did we get here?’
Cos by this time next year another young buck
Loses the chance to breathe fresh air
That’s why I make tracks trying to catch your attention
Praying that my raps don’t fall on death ears
For sure, the real cure is prevention
And we don’t need to see a mother shed tears
How many funerals do we need?
How many families grieve and crying
Their son was too young to leave them
And some claim it’s a catch 22
Either get jacked by a crew or pack a 22
And that’s exactly what many do
That’s why so many of our youth never see 22
Now what we gonna do about it
As for me I’m a stand up on the roof and shout it
I’m a tell the truth about it
Chorus
It ain’t the way that I would wish it, but it’s just the way it is
In My Neighbourhood
It’s not the way it should be, but it’s just the way they live
In My Neighbourhood
Verse 3
See the words that I speak are sincere
It’s death that men fear
I know that life I’ve been there
If it wasn’t for the fact God filled me
I’d probably still be
Sticking up shops and robbing jewellery
Licking shots at the judge and jury
’cause they don’t understand
Why a brother got a gun in his hand
I’m a young man confined by limited chances
In a system that’s run by political gangsters
I see their gangster tactics
They got us paying taxes like it’s a protection racquet
But still, I’m the one who gets labelled as the thug they hate
For distributing them drugs they make
Man, I thought that it was much too late
I’ve gone too far
But God’s love was just too great
I drew faith from the bible pages
And truth loosed my mind out of iron cages
Listen
Chorus
It ain’t the way that I would wish it, but it’s just the way it is
In My Neighbourhood
It ain’t the way it should be, but it’s just the way they live
In My Neighbourhood
Speaking:
It’s time for us to fight back with Peace man
Fight back man, by the Grace
And Let me hear you say
Silence the violence
Increase the peace
Silence the violence
Increase the peace
Silence the violence
Increase the peace
One life, one love
One life, one love
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ain’t – am not, isn’t
Obama Promises to Quit Smoking
Barack Obama said he will not smoke in the White House.
In an interview last weekend, the future president said he had kicked the habit.
However, Obama admitted that there were times in the past few months when he had fallen off the wagon.
Smoking has not been allowed in the White House since Bill Clinton was president.
Slovíčka:
quit – prestať, ukončiť
smoke – fajčiť
admit – pripustiť
Gramatika:
Frázy:
kick the habit (…had kicked… predminulý čas) – prestať so zlozvykom.
fall off the wagon (…had fallen… predminulý čas) – porušiť obdobie nefajčenia a opäť pokračovať v zlozvyku (týkajúce sa hlavne fajčenia a pitia alkoholu).
Slovakia and Global Economic Recession
Slovakia has not been suffering from the global economic downturn as severely as many other developed countries thus far.
This is partly due to bank sector restructuring which took place under the previous government.
There were some layoffs recorded last month, yet they were not on a large scale. Nevertheless, economists are warning that the real impact will hit Slovakia next year as one of its largest industries is automobile production — and there has been a significant decline in car sales recently.
Slovíčka:
suffer – byť sužovaný, trpieť
downturn – (eko) pokles
due to – kvôli
layoff – (zo zamestnania) prepustenie
large scale – veľký rozsah
decline – pokles
Gramatika:
Väzba “there + be” ( príklad v predprítomnom čase),ktorá vyjadruje, že niekde niečo je a v slovenčine takejto väzbe zodpovedajú vety, v ktorých je podmet za slovesom.
...and there has been a significant decline in car sales recently. – … a nedávno bol značný pokles v predaji áut.
The Smell of Fear
Fear is contagious, according to a study by scientists at Stony Brook University in New York.
The scientists studied beginning skydivers before their first jump.
The sweat from the skydivers caused other people who were not going to jump to feel afraid as well.
Slovíčka:
contagious - nákazlivý
skydiver - osoba, ktorá skáče z lietadla a vo vzduchu robí rôzne akrobatické manévre pred otvorením padáka
sweat - pot
jump - skočiť
Gramatika:
Tvar na – ing:
Slovo beginning teraz netvorí priebehový čas, pretože pred ním nie je sloveso be (v niektorom z časov), je to samostatné slovo a v tomto význame – prídavné meno.
… beginning skydivers … – začínajúcich skydiverov …
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The Little Mole
Disney’s Mickey Mouse is well known to American children. Another character, however, is familiar to millions of children outside of the United States.
The Little Mole is a Czech cartoon that was made by Zdeněk Miler and first appeared in 1956.
The Little Mole offers lessons to children about how to behave in life. Although the cartoon is more than 50 years old, it is still very popular today.
Other characters in the cartoon series include a hedgehog, a rabbit, a snail and a cricket.
Miler wanted children outside of his country to understand the cartoons as well. Therefore, there is no talking in the cartoons.
Slovíčka:
mole – krtko
familiar – známy
behave – chovať sa, správať sa
hedgehog - ježko
snail – slimák
cricket – cvrček
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