BBC learning English: Pronunciation tips

 

The sounds of English
There is a system of symbols for writing the sounds of English. We have videos to show how to pronounce each of the sounds. 

There are also activities to practise identifiying the difference between certain sounds which may sound similar.

 

 
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This book contains about 200 problems. It is suggested that it be used by students, teachers or anyone interested in exploring mathematics. In addition to a general discussion on problem solving, there are problems concerned with number theory, algebra, geometry, and combinatorics.

If you think dating is a simple process--meet someone, ask him or her for a date or get asked out yourself, try not to come off as a drooling moron, then arrange to get together for a second date or cut your losses and work to meet someone else--well, lucky you. For many people, it's far more complicated than that, and Dr. Joy Browne addresses those complexities in Dating for Dummies. Exactly how do you meet a potential date? How do you present yourself in the most favorable light? How do you negotiate that first date?

People have been communicating through visual imagery for centuries. Before there were written words, there were pictographs, cave paintings and hieroglyphics. Archeological discoveries suggest that symbolic, iconic images used by the ancient Egyptians as a form of written communication represent the oldest forms of writing. Ancient cultures in China, Mesopotamia and the Americas also first used similar iconic systems before evolving native alphabets and modern written language systems.

Hidoku is not Sudoku. It's a brand new puzzle game, played on a square or rectangle of any size. Your goal is to fill in the missing numbers from 1 to the maximum number (which is circled) by following one simple rule: consecutive numbers must touch each other either horizontally or vertically or diagonally. In this book there are 150 of these puzzles, which are all solvable by logic and no guessing is ever required.