Милые женщины, с праздником!

You are so beautiful to me.
You are so beautiful to me.
Can`t you see.
You`re everything I hope for.
You`re everything I need.
You are so beautiful to me.
Can`t you see.
You`re everything I hope for.
You`re every, everything I need.
You are so beautiful to me.

В городке периферийном

International Women's Day

In 1910 a second International Conference of Working Women was held in Copenhagen. A woman named Clara Zetkin (a ieader of the 'Women's Office' for the Social Democratic Party in Germany) tabled the idea of an International Women's Day. She proposed that every year in every country there should be a celebration on the same day - a Women's Day - to press for their demands. The conference of over 100 women from 17 countries, representing unions, socialist parties, working women's clubs, and including the first three women elected to the Finnish parliament, greeted Zetkin's suggestion with unanimous approval and thus International Women's Day was the result.

Прощеное воскресенье



Масленица

This week is a week of pancakes in Russia. Can you cook pancakes? If not try to follow this:
You should take:
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup milk
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Directions
1. Preheat a lightly oiled griddle over medium-high heat.
2. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Make a well in the center. In a separate bowl, beat together egg, milk and oil. Pour milk mixture into flour mixture. Beat until smooth.
3. Pour or scoop the batter onto the hot griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake. Brown on both sides and serve hot.
Or you can do it in such a way:
1. In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Make a well in the center, and pour in milk, egg and oil. Mix until smooth.
2. Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium high heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake. Brown on both sides and serve hot.
All recipes for pancakes are here: http://www.mrbreakfast.com/recipe_collection.asp?subcategoryid=4

Watch the way of cooking pancakes and listen to good English.

Масленица

(с 28 февраля по 6 марта 2011 года)

Cырная, или масленичная, неделя - это подготовительная неделя к Великому посту посвящена одной цели - примирению с ближними, прощению обид, подготовке к покаянному пути к Богу - в этом христианская составляющая масленицы. На Руси масленица отмечалась как радостный праздник. При слове "масленица" в памяти встают картины веселых зимних дней, наполненных гамом и шумом, вкусными запахами блинов, перезвоном колокольчиков, украшавших нарядные тройки. Сияющие на солнце купола церквей, горящие, как жар, медные самовары, гуляния, балаганы и чинные чаепития.

Рецепт кружевных блинчиков:.

1 порция

Продукты:

100г муки,

1 ст. ложка сахарной пудры

2 яйца

300г молока

75 г растопленного сливочного масла.

Приготовление

Просеять муку в большое блюдо и смешать с сахарной пудрой. Сделать углубление в центре и разбить туда яйца. Добавить к яйцам немного молока и слегка перемешать. Постепенно перемешивать с мукой от краев к центру и слегка взбивать (при помощи венчика), добавив столько молока, чтобы тесто получилось консистенции наполовину взбитых сливок. Добавить масло и оставшееся молоко. Все еще немного взбить. Можно сливочное масло заменять на растительное. Оставить взбитое тесто на полчаса-час, а затем выпекать на сковороде.

Бабушкины блины

На литр молока берем 3 яйца, 1/2 ч.л. соды, гашеной кипятком, в тесто добавляем немного подсолнечного и полпачки растопленного сливочного масла, 5 ч.л. сахара. Муку добавляем "на глазок", доводим тесто до консистенции сметаны. В самом конце добавляем примерно полстакана кипятка. Получаются нежные, ажурные, пышные блины.

Приятного аппетита!

http://www.good-cook.ru/knop/maslen.shtml

Whole Grain Blueberry Orange Pancakes

Spring has come!

Конкурс для девушек

The first day of spring our school celebrated with the competition among the girls of the 9-10 forms «Business Lady».  The participants of this event told in English about themselves showing presentations, treated the members of the jury to tasty dishes cooked with their hands. The most difficult task for the girls were to find the solutions in different situations. Conversational skills, tact and friendly manners helped most of them.  The last task was to tell the audience about their thoughts about business lady of the present. The ideas were reasonable, mature and interesting. The competition was prepared by the students of English department (East-Siberian University) who had a practice at our school. We also had an opportunity to listen to wonderful music played by the guest musician and to the song sung by my pupil Mariya Tokareva. It was a really exciting event. All the girls got presents and diplomas of Miss English, Miss Audience's Sweetheart, Miss Charm, Miss Thrift, Miss Elegance. Okoyemova Diana and Alekseeva Valeria became the winners and got the title of Business Ladies.

Слэнг

Slang is a kind of language consisting of very informal words and phrases. Slang is more common in speech than in writing. Slang words are often used in a particular context or by a particular group of people. These are English slang words beginning with the letter A.
ace (1) - very skillful, very good at something

ace (2) - to easily pass an exam or a test

admin - administrator, administration, person or department that runs an organisation

afters - dessert, sweet dish eaten after the main course of a meal

aggro - aggressive, violent

ain't - slang contraction of "is not", "are not", "am not", "have not" and "has not"

airy-fairy - overly idealistic, lacking down-to-earth common sense

app - a computer software application

armpit - a very unpleasant place

arty, artsy - displaying an interest in the arts or high culture
awesome - amazing, impressive, really cool
axe, ax (1) - to dismiss someone from a job (v.), dismissal from a job (n.)
axe, ax (2) - a musical instrument, esp. a jazz musician's guitar, trumpet or saxophone

Offensive slang

These words should be used with care. Although they are not particularly "hot", they can be offensive to the person they are applied to. For example, if you call somebody an "airhead", that person could be insulted although anybody listening would not be shocked.
airhead - a silly, stupid person
alky, alkie, alchy - an alcoholic
ankle-biter - a child

День защитника Отечества

Дата 23 февраля выбрана в честь победы Красной армии над кайзеровскими войсками Германии в 1918 году. С 1923 по приказу Реввоенсовета Республики 23 февраля ежегодно отмечался как День Красной Армии. С 1946 года праздник стал называться Днем Советской Армии и Военно-Морского Флота, а с 1995 года праздник получил название День защитника Отечества.