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24/01/2019

Amazing reminder on our “clear” thinking 🙂
What are your favourite pitfalls? How often do you manage to distinguish them?
What is “bandwagon effect”?
What is “google effect”?
And.. not so obvious - “hippo problem”?
I'm inviting you to READ and SHARE your favourites)
SHARE your discoveries - something you saw about YOU that you didn't see before!
ENJOY :)

Almost 200 cognitive biases that rule our everyday thinking explained in a hugely useful codex.

09/05/2017

A BREATH OF FRESH AIR :) some useful vocabulary for you to discuss the result of elections in France

19/02/2017

Silence is .... или как важно вовремя промолчать! Ловите список слов с непроизносимыми буквами, которые как дань прошлому застряли там, где мы о них спотыкаемся:

Here’s a list of common words with silent letters.

06/02/2017

Some ART-related VOCAB. Right from TATE for you this morning :)

This week's art word is: 'Significant form'.

The term was coined by art critic Clive Bell in 1914 to describe the idea that the form of an artwork (or forms within an artwork) can be expressive, even if largely or completely divorced from a recognisable reality. Bell’s theory was explained in his book 'Art' in 1914: 'What quality is shared by all objects that provoke our aesthetic emotions?’. The answer, according to Bell, is ‘significant form’ which he describes as: ‘lines and colours combined in a particular way, certain forms and relations of forms, [that] stir our aesthetic emotions’.

Roger Fry, River with Poplars circa 1912, Tate Collection

14/09/2016

Money makes the world go around! The world go around! The world go around!
Different contexts give money different names.
Anything to add? - You're welcome!

13/04/2016

Hey everyone! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED:

"Удар по ушам" или Как учить иностранные языки, чтобы на них заговорить?
Эфир 13 апреля в 11.00

20/01/2016

Morning everyone! Late again? Hm.. Here's a thought on what is best said in such situations. Have a great day! And... Don't be late next time ;)
http://lifehacker.com/the-best-way-to-apologize-for-being-late-1753881269?utm_campaign=socialflow_lifehacker_facebook&utm_source=lifehacker_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

30/12/2015

ENGLISH & AMERICAN - any difference?

http://www.boredpanda.com/british-american-english-differences-language/

Despite how much the USA and UK have in common, there are enough differences between their two versions of the English language that someone may not always understand exactly what someone from the other country is saying. Fortunately, the US State Department has created a series of useful graphics t…

29/12/2015

THIS IS FUNNY :-)
Если бы живописные полотна умели обращаться с айфонами, как бы выглядели их сообщения? Блог остроумного Tumblr-а If Paintings Could Text - предоставляет разнобразную подборку работ из нескольких столетий, в которые вписаны глупые и причудливые подписи в типичных спич бабблах айфоновского интерфейса, размышляя над тем, о чем могли бы думать и беседовать герои произведений.

If paintings wielded iPhones, what would their text messages sound like? Courtesy of brilliantly witty Tumblr If Paintings Could Tex collates a diverse selection of paintings from across the centuries and inserts silly and whimsical captions in an iPhone bubble, elaborating on the thoughts and conversations of their protagonists. From a Caravaggio boy, holding a wine glass, declaring, "I was going to clean my house but wine sounded better," to David's dead Marat in the bath pleading, "Don't leave without me in the morning. I keep scaring everyone cause I'm sleeping in the bathtub," we hope these inventive insights help to get your week off to the best of starts.

http://www.anothermag.com/design-living/4275/if-paintings-could-text

This Happy Monday we discover the inner-thoughts and secret conversations of some of art history's most iconic paintings

28/12/2015

Artists worth knowing...

Kelly.JACK SHEAR Ellsworth Kelly, who began his influential 70-year career with thrilling advances in abstract painting that he would go on to explore and

26/12/2015

Missing the snow and the 'real' winter? Enjoy this lineup of magnificent PAINTINGS depicting the snow by Pieter Brueghel, Edouard Manet, Jeff Koons, Turner and others! Pleasing to the eyes and of course to the MIND of a LANGUAGE LEARNER :)! Like "There are fundamental difficulties that come with depicting snow – it needs to hint at depth, texture and coldness to evoke that overall ‘brrr’ feeling".

Скучаете по снегу и 'настоящей' зиме? Вот замечательная подборка произведений, изображающих снег питера Брейгеля, Эдуарда Мане, Джеффа Кунса, Тернера и других - настоящее наслаждение для глаз, и конечно же, для ума, настроенного на изучение языка! Например, "При изображении снега возникают следующие основные сложности - изображение должно намекать на глубину, текстуру и холодность, чтобы вызвать чувство 'брррр' по всему телу" (или - "мороз по коже")? - решать вам!).

Pieter Brueghel, Edouard Manet, Jeff Koons and others!
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20151218-ten-great-works-of-art-depicting-snow

From Brueghel’s hunters to Jeff Koons’ snowman – Aindrea Emelife picks 10 beautiful examples from 500 years of art history.