Archive for October, 2008

Halloween

 
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Lesson #46:  Halloween
BLT Eigo is brought to you by BLTnetwork.com and hosted by David Hylton.
Transcript:
Greetings.  I am your phantom host.  Halloween is October 31st.  You can go Trick-or-Treating.  Go to your friend’s house and say, “Trick or Treat.”  If they don’t give you a treat, like candy, you can play a trick on them.  
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Fear

 
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Lesson #45:  Fear
This is BLT Eigo, brought to you by BLTnetwork.com. I’m your host and English Coach, David Hylton.
 These days, all the news seems to be bad news… everyone is afraid of something.  Here are some common phrases used to talk about fear.  Repeat after me:
We’re anxious about the economy.
I’m worried about my job.
She’s afraid [...]

Riddles

 
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Lesson #44:  Riddles
This is BLT Eigo, brought to you by BLTnetwork.com. I’m your host and English Coach, David Hylton.
Time to exercise that brain again.  Here are a few great riddles I found on the internet.  See if you can answer them before I give you the answers.
1. What can run but never walks, has a [...]

It’s mine!

 
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Lesson #43:  It’s mine!
This is BLT Eigo, brought to you by BLTnetwork.com. I’m your host and English Coach, David Hylton.
Hey, whose dirty coffee cup is this on my desk?  What? Oh, it’s mine?  I guess I left it here after my last show….Whoops.
Anyway, today’s topic is about “possessive pronouns” like mine, yours, his, hers, ours [...]