Saturday 7 May 2011

Practise speaking

We mentioned this website before, but it's worth mentioning again.


A great website where you can practise your English speaking by watching videos and recording your speaking. The site will give you a score and you can listen to the correct pronunciation if you make a mistake.

Find videos that are of interest to you: films, news etc. and practise away!

Happy speaking!

Monday 2 May 2011

Wedding

There has been a wedding recently, so here are some words from the news. Click on the link to look the words up in the dictionary. (Tip - also make a note of the words that go together with the new word, e.g. fashioned from, not just fashioned).

Prince William and Kate Middleton have kissed twice on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after their wedding service in Westminster Abbey.

They were cheered by 500,000 well-wishers who gathered outside the palace, as RAF planes flew past in honour of the new royal couple.

In the evening the pair returned to the Palace for a dinner and dance, expected to continue into the early hours.

The couple will now be known as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

Police estimate a million people lined the procession route from the abbey to the palace following the wedding.

Prince William later drove his new bride back to Clarence House, following a buffet reception at Buckingham Palace, at the wheel of his father's classic blue Aston Martin, before returning to the palace in the evening.

The vehicle was decked in ribbons and balloons with "Just Wed" on the number plate. The church service, watched by 1,900 guests, ran smoothly but the prince did struggle to place the wedding ring on the duchess's finger.

Following a long tradition, the ring has been fashioned from Welsh gold given to Prince William by the Queen.

After the couple said their vows - in which the bride did not promise to obey her husband - the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Dr Rowan Williams, declared: "I pronounce that they be man and wife together, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen."

They spent a private moment together with their families, as they signed the marriage register.

BBC © 2011