Coursera | Perfect Tenses | Introduce Yourself

Answer the following questions about yourself.

What is your name?
Where are you from?
How many years have you studied English?
What do you like to do for fun?
Why are you taking this class?

1. My name is Aliona Kovalenko;
2.I am a Ukrainian. I was born in Bilopillia. It is a small city in north-eastern Ukraine ;
3.I have been learning English for nine years ;
4. I like watching movies . My favourite one is Jurassic Park. Moreover, I am fond of karaoke;
5. To tell you the truth I am not very good at Perfect Tenses. This part of grammar is a really difficult thing. Not mincing the words , I am afraid of exercises where you need to insert verb in its correct form due to the tense  . But I am sure that this course is a really good way to improve my skills and can wind up my fear.
                                                                                           

FutureLearn

I have found an interesting course and it`s free. https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/working-with-translation/2/todo/10449  Maybe we will work with this course or other from this site(there are a lot of free courses)???

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Text 3 | What are some of the good things about being a teenager, not an adult?

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The farmer and his sons

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Keep silence!

"Stop laughing so loudly, people will think you are nutty as a fruitcake"- I said to my roommates after watching a comedy film. If you know, I live in a Hall of Residence and walls between neighboring rooms are very thin and everybody, especially resident porter, could hear us, but apple-pie order must be there the whole time. If it really so hard to use you noodle and keep at least a little silence in the room? I do not understand . So, when my friends were red as a beet and were ready to go bananas laughing, I remind cold as a cucumber. Without doubts I was anxious inside and was ready to make mincemeat out of them immediately. "Keep quite" - I screamed loudly but with cutting no ice. Word for word we managed to make a real rhubarb, which transformed to a broil. "Oh my poor head" - said our neighbours which came into the room and suggest us an offer in the table. Honestly, it was more than light - only dont watch any film together in future, especially in the Hall of Residence.

The farmer and his sons


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Tape 2

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Our topic connect with food, so I use my noodle and write about it. Furthermore, in my salad days I wanted to be a cook. But everything changes with time and now I want to bring home the bacon and have own luxury restaurant.It is only a pie in the sky but let's dream. First of all, my restaurant will have an impeccable service and a live music. Secondly, a cuisine and an atmosphere will be international and sophisticated. Nevertheless, prices should be reasonably and people will understand it is offer on the table. Peachy keen desserts will be a feature of my restaurant. If I be cool as a cucumber and tough nut to crack I'll have everything. Besides, I should remember that the proof of the pudding is in the eating and I can be left like a lemon.

Tape 1.Tape 2.

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The Farmer and his Sons

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The Farmer and his Sons

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How to avoid stress

As we know women’s brain and men’s brain are very different from each other. Men’s brain reminds me a little boxes, which are always in order. But women’s brain is full of chaos. Not mince the words I am not going to teach you biology or psychology. I just want to tell you about how women manage with stress caused by men.

The first way not to go bananas is to cry in friend’s beer. What could be easier than convince your friend that you are a dead meat and you have egg on your face. And, of course, she will support you and give you a wise advice and everyone’ll be happy as clam.

But most of us say: “It’s not my cup of tea”. If you don’t familiar with the milk of human kindness then shopping is ideal for you. It’s an open secret that each of us thinks the world is her oyster. Why don’t you go to the shop and  buy a little black dress? And then everything will be tip top.

Strength of mind

The modern world is full of problems:hunger,disease,war,poverty,unemployment...It is a long list.But what about the cruelty?
I think that you have heard about Nick Vujicic,who was born without legs and arms."I was dead meat and I even wanted to kill myself",-recalls Nick.He had egg on his face and contemporaries did not want to make friendship with him.When Nick was a child,he cried in his beer and his not indifferent parents tried to show the milk of human kindness."May be this world is not my cup of tea?I could not get a success,because it is like a pie in the sky."-were the thoughts in his mind."It is so cruel,unfair and insincere".
As you see,the early days of his life were difficult:he struggled with depression,loneliness and the typical challenges of school and adolescence.But later Nick realized that he was born for something more important.He understood that he could change the world by helping people.Nowadays Nick Vujicic is a well-known psychologist,the author  of books on self-improvement(which are sold like hotcakes)and simply happy as a clam man.To my mind,he is a real tough nut to crack,because he did not lose heart.Moreover, thanks to Nick,a lot of desperate people try to find the way out.This amazing man brings home the bacon,has lovely wife and happy children.For me he is not only a  person who is against cruelty .I think that he is an example of courageous man who can give you a hand in any situation)))

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The Farmer and his Sons

The Farmer and his Sons

Where better to eat?

Everybody has a choice: to have dinner in the luxury restaurant or at home. It always depends of our opportunities and tastes. Some people don`t like places where people packed as sardines. They prefer to eat somewhere alone. Sometimes person fear to have egg on one`s face because of their terrible manners. We can find a lot of reasons why people prefer to have meal at home but I go bananas of restaurants and I can explain why.

First of all, many people don`t have enough time for dinner. I hope that I can bring home the bacon and become an immaculate interpreter in future. As you understood, my future job will take all my free time and I can`t waste it for cooking. I don`t want to think about where I can buy all ingredients for my favourite cake when I can just happy as a clam go to the restaurant and offer it. In this way I will not be in a stew.

Secondly, you can enjoy sophisticated atmosphere in any restaurant. If we are taking not mince the words, I can say that some pubs have fine kettle of fish because of men drink a lot of beer and then fight with each other. However, owners of restaurants always control something like this. They don`t want to be red as a lobster before their clients.

And the last thing that I would like to mention that you can choose from a variety of dishes. For example, in an Indian restaurant you can try North and South India cuisine. Also, you can taste peachy keen pastry like spaghetti in an Italian restaurant.

So, we can find a lot of advantages or disadvantages of eating at home or in the restaurant but you have to decide what will be suitable for you. 

Panegyric on a young friend

      Recently, my fate made me a gift. It was fortuitous meeting  with my old friend – Regina. We had become friends  way before we met  in the  bus, which was packed as sardines  lately. Together we got out in wrinkled  clothes at the next stop and started to  talk a blue streak. Regina was  a fairy girl, happy as a clam , there seemed the world was her oyster. I was slightly older than she. The thing I like about her was the milk of human kindness. Regina studied  at the University of Medicine , in the Pharmacologic Department. She had an outstanding achievements in studies. Regina was clever and  hard-working, everything was a piece of cake  for her.

      Well about  me…I had a pile of  complexes, fearing I would have an egg on my face. But I did well in studies, it was readily. I didn`t like  to cry in my beer when something was amiss.

      We had  a lot  of differences  and at the same time,  we were  two peas in a pod. We didn`t mince the words and always told the truth each other, chatted about everything. Regina was my friend for life…We dreamed about finishing our studies, that we would bring home the bacon and  we would became independence. But I was always for the proverb "a bird in the hand is worth two in the brush" , and she was for the "pie in the sky".

       Unfortunately, our paths diverged us for a long time , but now, we are together again!

                                                                             

Most Influential Woman in Britain

Nowadays everyone knows who is JK Rowling. She is the most famous British novelist of the 21st century, screenwriter and film producer who brought home the bacon and became one of the richest women in Britain.

But not everyone knows that she was very poor a certain period of her life,lived on state benefits and was in a stew. Furthermore, Joan believed that she was a dead meat and nutty as a fruitcake. She lost her mother, experienced a divorce and felt a fine kettle of fish.

She had no money, and the first book, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", she wrote on an old typewriter. You'll never believe it, but when this book was sent to the 12 publishers, none of them did not agree to publish it. They did not understand that this book was an offer on the table.

Just a few years, the fourth book "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" broke sales records in the UK and in the US.372,775 copies of the book were sold like hotcakes in its first day in the UK.

And nowadays Harry Potter is a global brand worth an estimated US$15 billion and the world in Joan`s oyster. Despite this, JK Rowling didn`t ham up. She has supported charities including Comic Relief, One Parent Families, Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain and Lumos (formerly the Children's High Level Group and shows the milk of human kindness every day.

Honeymoon in Paris?

THAT WAS THE WORST HONEYMOON EVER, I SWEAR!!!

So, let me tell how it started. As any other girl, I thought that the world was my oyster. I couldn’t even suppose that I would be in a stew. The point was that my husband (now my ex-husband, of course) decided to take not only me but also his stupid parents to Paris! Just imagine! And he didn’t give even a fig. I was disappointed but that was about Paris and I had to cope with such a trouble.

Besides, he booked one room in a hotel for all of us. That was supposed to be a fine kettle of fish. We were packed as sardines! What a nightmare! My ex thought that I would butter his mom up but I’m not easy-going, you know… So, I was left like a lemon: having gotten neither relax nor romantic atmosphere.

To sugar-coat the truth I want to admit that taken pictures were sweet as honey but I’ve deleted all of them recently.

Moreover, his crazy parents ordered a pizza and were staying in the room (with my ex). Okay, I repeat, «A pizza in Paris!!!». God, it was definitely not my cup of tea.

In brief, during all the trip I was thinking when my life would get an apple-pie order!

The Farmer and his Sons

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Jane's Story

Jane was an ordinary woman. She was a housewife. But she was sick of way of her life and one day she decided to change everything. Since her childhood she wanted to work for travel company, so she dared to write resume and to send it to different travel agencies. It wasn't easy for her. She didn't know how to do it in the right way. So, she began to surf the Internet in order to find useful information. A lot of time and effort has been spent and made when finally Jane realized her wish. She noticed that it would be better to not mince the words during writing resume. Moreover, it's nowhere near right to butter somebody up and to ham somebody up. In addition, she should look like an interesting and educated person. Jane followed these rules and wrote a worthy resume. Time went by and one company invited her to the colloquy. Frankly speaking, Jane was happy as a clam. Of course, she understood that she must be prepared for this because in another way she had egg on her face and was dead meat. Futhermore, she's not used to be red as a lobster. So, she was ready to beat the stuffing out of herself in oder to pass the interview successfully. Eventually, director of that company was agreeably surprised and he hired her with pleasure. Jane felt like the world was her oyster. She was so delighted because she reached success. Since that time she has been bringing home a bacon.

My story | Thirst for Victory

People are so different, aren't they?  But what thing can make them closer? The key of this question is in my story .

   It was in London in 1780 , when housing problem made people go bananas. Own detached house was pie in the sky for those who were packed as sardines in their awkward condominiums. People cried in Mr. Butler's beer and asked him to change that fine kettle of fish. He was a Midas. The world was his oyster , so it was a piece of cake to meet people's request .

- If I build a lot of cheap dwellings , people will sell them like hotcakes! But it can again cause fine kettle of fish, because people will start to make mincemeat out of each other in chase of detached houses. I don't mince the words , so to tell the truth not everybody merits my milk of human kindness! - thought Mr. Butler.

   A Midas had finally understood not only how to define those who will receive a house as a gift , but also how to make people closer. It was a good idea to organise a three-day sporting contest. A team could consist of 30 people . Only three groups will receive detached houses as plums, others who will be slow as molasses will be left like a lemon.

   Through the grape vine , that competition had changed London's life and all had finally become in apple - pie order! 

   Thirst for victory works wonders!

       Hello. I am Peter. I would like to tell you my story.

       Few years ago I was a person who couldn't cut the mustard. I couldn't say that I was nutty as a fruitcake or couch potato. But although I was smart cookie, I had to work for peanuts. My life was full of problems and disappointments.

       I was sitting in a cafe looking for the milk of human kindness when I saw a beautiful woman dressed in red for the first time. People said she was successful, brought home the bacon and had a plum of a job. Through the grape I known that she could make mincemeat out of everyone. In sum, the world was her oyster.
       I understood full well that she wasn't my cup of tea, so I paid no attention to her frequent gazes and stayed cool as a cucumber. But then a rhubard happened in the cafe and I had a great opportunity to protect the woman of my deepest desires.
       Do you want to know a result of that evening? We are going in our honeymoon!!!
       P.S. Even such loser as I was can find an apple of his eye!

One day my friend and I bought tickets for the concert of our favourite band “Bring Me The Horizon”. We were happy as clams. However, we didn’t get our tickets by post. I started getting worried, and we called the firm that sold these tickets to us. I became crying in my friend’s beer, but she was going to beat the stuffing out of them. They said we have to wait a little and then go to the post office. We were in a stew because the concert was the next week. After half a week we went to the post office to resolve this fine kettle of fish. They found our tickets and started bettering us up. We were so mad that did not minced the words saying that their service was dead meat. The next week we finally went to Kyiv by train, a little exhausted but happy in expectation of the concert. My friend had offer on the table to come hours earlier to have the best place in the first fan zone. We waited there for a long time, really, but this was worth it. The show was peachy keen. Incredible. Perfect. We will always remember this day. And now we have some more plans concerning other favourite band’s concerts.

The farmer and his sons

Jane's Story

Jane was an ordinary woman. She was a housewife. But she was sick of way of her life and one day she decided to change everything. From her childhood she wanted to work for travel company, so she dared to write resume and to send it to different travel agencis. It wasn't easy for her. She didn't know how to do it in right way. So, she began to search the Internet in order to find useful information. A lot of time and effort has been spent when finally Jane got her wish. She noticed that it would be better to not mince the words during writing resume. Moreover, it's nowhere near right to butter somebody up and to ham somebody up. In addition, she should seems interesrting and educated person. Jane followed these rules and wrote a worthy resume. Time went by and one company invited her to the colloquy. Frankly speaking, Jane was happy as a clam. Of course, she understood that she must be prepared for this because in another way she had egg on her face and was dead meat. Futhermore, she's not used to be red as a lobster. So, she was ready to beat the stuffing out of herself in oder to pass the interview successfully. Eventually, director of that company was agreeably surprised and he hired her with pleasure. Jane felt like she the world was her oyster. She was so delighted because she reached success. She has brought home a bacon from that time.

The Bald Knight

 I'm sorry I'm late.
The last word is "them". My camera is crazy.
https://youtu.be/sS5hgGpRJGk

He has an offer on the table. Last time I spoke to him he didn't mince the words and looked fair. I think, everything will be OK and that proposition will help me to bring home the bacon. He doesn't seem to be someone who can have egg on his face. On the contrary, he is ready to make mincemeat out of his enemies. And I don't ham him up now. He isn't dead meat. I'm sure he can stop fine kettle of fish and help everybody who is in a stew. He can beat the stuffing out of anything to achieve his goal. And I don't butter him up now, you understand. By the way, he is happy as a clam at high tide and smart cookie too. He has the milk of human kindness. The world is his oyster.

Who is he? Is he a pie in the sky? No, it's a piece of cake, he is a creation of my imagination...