Photography is all about light — something that’s hard to come by in winter when you live in Murmansk, the world’s largest city above the Arctic Circle. Add to that subzero temperatures and biting cold wind blowing from the Arctic Ocean, and you’ve got unpleasant shooting conditions for your average urban photographer. For Serj Ius, -38?C isn’t…
Active Listening Skills Tip #2: Paraphrase What You Heard Just because we are listening, doesn’t mean we can assume that we heard the other person correctly. This is where paraphrasing is important. Paraphrasing is repeating back in our own words (not verbatim) what the person said. Repeating what they said in our own words will…
Present Continuous Tense. Use #4: Something That is Likely to Happen in the Future We also use the present continuous to describe future situations that are planned. Example: I am visiting my parents at the weekend.- Я навещаю своих родителей на выходных. Example: Is he coming with us this evening?- Он пойдет с нами сегодня вечером?
Today’s Word of the Day is: “controversial” (adj.) Translation: cпорный Meaning: causing a lot of disagreement or argument Example: The book was very controversial.– Книга была очень спорной. Synonyms: disputed, arguable