نمونه اخبار انگلیسی

نمونه اخبار انگلیسی:

.New research on the power of smiling

پژوهش تازه درباره قدرت لبخند

There are any number of sayings about the power of the smile. ‘Peace begins with a smile.’ ‘A smile is the universal welcome.’ ‘Life is short but a smile only takes a second.’ All good advice. But it may not be as simple as that. According to new research, if you want to make a good impression when you meet people, it’s not just that you smile. It’s how you smile.

The study was carried out by the Go Group, a business support organisation based in Scotland. They looked at people’s reactions to different grins. They found that responses varied considerably.

Through this they say they have found three types of smile to avoid: The first is ‘The Enthusiast‘, very wide, all teeth showing, possible evidence that you canhave too much of a good thing. Then there is the ‘Big Freeze’, a fixed grin that looks practised and fake. Finally comes ‘The Robot’, a small, thin smile, lacking in warmth.

The group also warns about smiling too quickly, saying it can make you look insincere. The best smile, they say, is slower and floods naturally across the whole face.

a second
یک لحظه، یک ثانیه

to make a good impression
اثر خوب و مثبت به جا گذاشتن

grins
خنده ها، نیشخندها

responses varied considerably 
واکنش ها بسیار متفاوت بود

to avoid 
پرهیز کردن، اجتناب کردن

enthusiast
علاقمند، مشتاق

have too much of a good thing
در اینجا: بیشتر از آن خوب به نظر می آید که بتوان باور کرد

fake
غیرواقعی، جعلی

lacking in warmth
بدون احساس، فاقد گرمی، در اینجا: لبخند سرد

floods
در اینجا: (در سراسر صورت) پخش می شود، پهن می شود

تفاوت HOUSE و HOME

The difference between HOUSE and HOME

Something that confuses people learning English is the difference between HOUSE and HOME

A HOUSE is the BUILDING where the majority of people live. It normally has bedrooms, a kitchen, a living room, a bathroom and a dining room.

A HOME is a PLACE where someone lives. Normally it is a house but it can be other things too: a narrowboat (a boat on a canal which someone lives in), a caravan (a house which is similar to a van or truck, which can be driven around) or an apartment (a kitchen, living room, dining room and bedroom(s) in a building that has other apartments in it). Home is often associated with a family and/or the place you feel attached to.

Types of Houses

There are many types of houses. One of the most common is a detached house – a house which stands on its own and touches nothing else).

Another type of house is a semi-detached house (called a duplex in the US). This type of house touches another house on one side, and they share the wall between them.

A common house in London is a terrace house (called a row house in the US) which touches another house on both sides.

A fourth type of house is a bungalow (called a ranch house in the US). This type of house only has one floor and doesn’t have any stairs. They are uncommon in the UK because they take up a lot of land but they are more common in the US.

So a HOUSE is a building where many people live and a HOME is the place you live.

Animals have homes but they don’t have houses (apart from dogs – a doghouse is the small wooden house where a dog sleeps outside).
What do we call a fox’s home? A den (the hole in the ground where a fox lives).
And a rabbit? A warren (the maze of tunnels underground where a large group of rabbits live).

READING COMPREHENSION

READING COMPREHENSION

It would be no exaggeration to say that no disease has had a more devastating impact on the history of mankind than malaria. Consider the numbers: an estimated one to three million people are killed each year by the mosquito-borne illness, most of them young children in sub-Saharan Africa. It is likely that the Plasmodium parasite that causes malaria has been with mankind throughout its entire development as a species, especially since a close relative of the parasite that causes malaria in humans is common in chimpanzees. In ancient times, malaria was not limited to sub-tropical areas. It was common in Rome, and it may in fact have contributed to the decline of the mighty Roman Empire. The great armies of the Persian king Darius III could not defeat Alexander the Great, but malaria managed to stop his armies upon his arrival in India. There is even speculation that malaria may have ended the life of the great Macedonian ruler, who died under mysterious circumstances in 323 BC. But one need not turn the clock back so far to see the effects of malaria on the world’s events. As recently as World War II, malaria was responsible for the deaths of sixty thousand American soldiers in the Pacific campaigns, and American troops were still dying from the disease as they waged battle in Vietnam in the early 70s. But the most important effect is in Africa, where the disease continues to devastate entire villages that, due to their proximity to sources of water, serve an important function as the bread basket of Africa. By killing entire families of farmers, malaria is perpetuating the circle of poverty that makes eradicating the disease so hard in the first place.

1.This article is mainly about

a) the link between malaria and chimpanzees,
b) the effect of malaria on the history of man,
c) showing that malaria is the deadliest
disease in the world,
d) the effect of malaria on the outcome of wars.

2. According to the article, which of the following
might represent the number of people killed
by malaria each year?

a) 800 thousand,
b) two million,
c) four million,
d) half a million.

3. In ancient times, malaria

a) was more widespread than it is now,
b) killed more people than it does now,
c) was limited to sub-tropical areas,
d) was used as a weapon by armies.

4. The article implies that

a) Alexander the Great would have conquered
India if not for malaria,
b) poverty in Africa is the result of diseases
like malaria,
c) Darius III was unable to defeat Alexander
the Great because of malaria,
d) malaria had an effect on the course of
human history.

5. The article establishes a link between malaria
and the outcome of World War II.

True                               False

6. What do you think the term “bread basket of
Africa” (underlined) means?

a) this is talking about an area of Africa where
baskets are made,
b) it refers to Africa’s food-producing regions,
c) these are stores where bread is made,
d) it is a generic term used to refer to any area

7. The last sentence implies that poverty
perpetuates malaria and vice versa.

True                  False

8. The mood of the article is

a) academic,
b) somber,
c) optimistic,
d) literary
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Answer key: 1.b 2.b 3.a 4.d 5.fals 6.b 7.true 8.b

IELTS Speaking: Describing Family Members

IELTS Speaking Test:

Describing Family Members

Todd: Adrienne, we are talking about your family. Can describe the people in your family? Like, what's your mother like, and your father like and your sister? 

Adrienne: OK, well, let me start with my mother. I'm hoping she doesn't listen to this, though, maybe. My mother is a very interesting. She has a great sense of humor and she's a very kind woman, very generous woman. She's also not afraid to say what she is thinking, which is a quality I admire about her very much. 

Todd: What about your father? How would you describe your dad? 

Adrienne: My dad is probably the nicest man you'll ever meet. He's very kind, very generous, very warm-heart and he's really a good guy and I love him very much. 

Todd: And actually I met your father and he's a very big guy. 

Adrienne: He is. Which means he has a very big heart. 

Todd: Right. 

Adrienne: He is. My dad's very tall and takes up a lot of space. It's true. 

Todd: Gentle-Giant, right? 

Adrienne: Something like that. Yeah. Yeah. 

Todd: OK, now you have a sister. Is she younger or older? 

Adrienne: Younger sister. 

Todd: Oh, younger sister. How would you describe her personality? 

Adrienne: My sister is actually quite similar to my dad in that she has a very good heart and she's very generous and very open, very friendly and giving personality and she is probably the only person on the planet who can make me laugh at any moment. 

Todd: That's nice. 

Adrienne: She cracks me up. So, She's got a great sense of humor, but part of that probably comes from being sisters too. 

Todd: Now you said that your sister is very similar to your father, so you are very similar to your mother? 

Adrienne: Coincidentally, yes, actually. My mother and I have a lot in common in terms of our personality, which means that we get along very well and then sometimes we don't. Cause we remind each other of each other perhaps. 

Todd: So, like what traits do you have in common? 

Adrienne: I would say that we both very often say what we're thinking, which not everybody likes all of the time. 

Todd: I think being outspoken is good. 

Adrienne: It can be. It can be which is why I think it's a good quality but it sometimes can lead to more conflict than you're prepared for. 

Todd: Right. Well, it sounds like you have a nice balance. 

Adrienne: Mm, we do.

نمونه Speaking در مورد ازدواج

marriage

Chris: Hey, Linds.

Lindsay: Hi, Chris. How are you?

Chris: Pretty good. Hey, I heard you're getting married?

Lindsay: I am. I got engaged in July and I'm getting married next September.

Chris: Wow. That's quite a long time between getting engaged and getting married.

Lindsay: It is but in America you usually have an engagement for one year.

Chris: Why is that?

Lindsay: I don't know, but now it's very regular to have a long engagement so if I don't have a long engagement, it seems like it's a rushed wedding.

Chris: So, what do you have to do between now and next September? What do you have to prepare?

Lindsay: Well, I hired the band.

Chris: Already?

Lindsay: Yes. They're a funk band.

Chris: Brilliant.

Lindsay: They play the Beattles and Earth, Wind & Fire.

Chris: Together?

Lindsay: Maybe not together, but I've hired a band and they're great and I've also hired the florist, and I've hired the caterer so we have the food and everything sorted and I have picked the location.

Chris: Well, how long did it take you to decide all that? It seems like you've done a lot of preparation already.

Lindsay: It took me about two months to get everything done. I saw about five different bands and six different florists and I looked at about seven different places.