tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66896203262369831132024-03-13T20:58:31.584-07:00Learning English With RickResources for students learning English as an additional language.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689620326236983113.post-59118578619602707152015-03-02T07:53:00.000-08:002015-03-04T17:12:34.177-08:00Story Corps - Julio Diaz<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hjtq3YyotPQ/SYXJczn9v_I/AAAAAAAAA-Q/xFOc78lmP88/s1600-h/diazJ.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 175px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hjtq3YyotPQ/SYXJczn9v_I/AAAAAAAAA-Q/xFOc78lmP88/s400/diazJ.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297862033402609650" /></a><br />
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I have so many "favorite" stories on Story Corps, but this is really one of my favorites. It is a story by a guy named Julio Diaz, who lives in New York City.<br />
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<span style="font-weight:bold;">Before You Listen</span><br />
Discuss these questions with a partner.<br />
1. Did anyone ever rob you? What happened? How did you feel?<br />
2. Why do people steal things?<br />
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Vocabulary</span><br />
Do you know what these words mean?<br />
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rob<br />
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join<br />
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diner<br />
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kid<br />
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behave<br />
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bill<br />
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figure<br />
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complicated<br />
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<span style="font-weight:bold;">Listen </span><br />
Listen to Julio's story<a href="http://storycorps.org/?s=julio+diaz&term=story"> here.</a><br />
You can hit your "back" button to return to this page.<br />
Listen to the story as many times as you need to answer these questions.<br />
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1. Where was Julio when he met the teenager?<br />
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2. What did the teenager pull out? What did he want?<br />
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3. As he was walking away, Julio said, "Hey you forgot something". What did he offer him?<br />
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4. Where did they go together?<br />
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5. Who came to talk to Julio?<br />
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6. How did Julio treat the people who came to talk to him?<br />
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7. At the end of the dinner what two things did the kid give Julio?<br />
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8. What did Julio give the kid?<br />
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9. Julio says, "If you treat people right, you can only hope that they treat you right." Do you agree with this? Why or why not?<br />
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<span style="font-weight:bold;">Vocabulary</span><br />
Here are definitions for the vocabulary words.<br />
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<strong>rob</strong> - steal, take something from someone illegaly<br />
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<strong>join</strong> - do something with other people, for example, "Will you join me for dinner?"<br />
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<strong>diner</strong> - an informal type of restaurant that is usually open 24 hours. Mel's Diner is a famous diner.<br />
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<strong>kid</strong> - another word for a child, or teenager<br />
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<strong>behave</strong> - act. How did you behave when you were a child?<br />
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<strong>bill</strong> - the check. He asked for the bill.<br />
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<strong>figure</strong> - think. I figured = I thought.<br />
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<strong>complicated</strong> - not simple. "This complicated world" - means that this world is not easy, it's not simple.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689620326236983113.post-11162446576529307252014-09-22T08:00:00.000-07:002014-09-22T09:25:45.462-07:00Body LanguageIn this talk, a social psychologist talks about how your body language can affect how others see you and how you feel about yourself. Do you want to feel more confident? Practice power postures every day.<br />
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Here is a <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/body-language-power-poses-2012-11?op=1">link</a> to an article that summarizes everything from the talk.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689620326236983113.post-28778102143209672102014-09-12T13:32:00.000-07:002014-09-12T13:32:48.105-07:00Joy Luck Club<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/_t82eWkb_tM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689620326236983113.post-50297432335786211222014-09-12T13:31:00.002-07:002014-09-12T13:31:21.185-07:00Chinese Etiquette<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/jkyE2rPac3s" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689620326236983113.post-27057657606055374422014-08-26T15:12:00.000-07:002014-08-26T15:12:16.162-07:00Observation TaskKramer vs Kramer final scene<br />
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Kramer vs Kramer - I want my son<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689620326236983113.post-34119433268462842162014-08-26T09:39:00.002-07:002014-08-26T09:39:29.824-07:00Jane GoodallHere is a short video about Jane Goodall, an English woman who went to Africa to study chimpanzees. Her work helped us to understand chimpanzees better and led to conservation efforts to try to save them. She found that they are very much like humans.<br />
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<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/LKyrLFyOi04" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689620326236983113.post-59094283656201209852013-10-31T10:45:00.000-07:002013-10-31T10:45:02.525-07:00HalloweenHere is a short video on the history of Halloween.<br />
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<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/R-VRAemIvbI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689620326236983113.post-20796909592776314992013-10-27T22:43:00.000-07:002013-10-27T21:17:39.988-07:00Adele - Someone Like YouThis is a beautiful song by British singer Adele. It's about her ex-boyfriend.<br />
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I heard that you're settled down<br />
That you found a girl and you're married now.<br />
I heard that your dreams came true.<br />
Guess she gave you things I didn't give to you.<br />
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Old friend, why are you so shy?<br />
Ain't like you to hold back or hide from the light.<br />
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I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited<br />
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.<br />
I had hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded<br />
That for me it isn't over<br />
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Never mind, I'll find someone like you<br />
I wish nothing but the best for you too<br />
Don't forget me, I beg<br />
I'll remember, you said,<br />
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead."<br />
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead.<br />
Yeah.<br />
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You know how the time flies<br />
Only yesterday was the time of our lives<br />
We were born and raised<br />
In a summer haze<br />
Bound by the surprise of our glory days<br />
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I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited<br />
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.<br />
I had hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded<br />
That for me it isn't over, yeah.<br />
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Never mind, I'll find someone like you<br />
I wish nothing but the best for you too<br />
Don't forget me, I beg<br />
I'll remember, you said,<br />
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead."<br />
Yeah...<br />
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Nothing compares<br />
No worries or cares<br />
Regrets and mistakes<br />
They are memories made.<br />
Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?<br />
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Never mind, I'll find someone like you<br />
I wish nothing but the best for you too<br />
Don't forget me, I beg<br />
I remember, you said,<br />
"Sometimes it lasts in love<br />
But sometimes it hurts instead."<br />
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Never mind, I'll find someone like you<br />
I wish nothing but the best for you too<br />
Don't forget me, I beg<br />
I'll remember, you said,<br />
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead."<br />
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead.<br />
Yeah.....Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689620326236983113.post-46655293752109456072013-04-11T15:30:00.000-07:002013-04-11T15:02:06.845-07:00Dr. Maya AngelouDr. Maya Angelou is a poet, award-winning writer, a journalist, an activist, a performer, a dancer, an actress, a director and a teacher. She has written many books, including her autobiography, several poetry collections and a number of books for children. She was asked by President Bill Clinton to read a poem at his inauguration in 1993. Here she is reading one of her poems called, "Still I Rise". It is a beautiful poem about the human spirit. In it, she talks about how no matter what happens, we pick ourselves up and move forward. It is a very inspirational poem, and the way she reads it is beautiful.<br />
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Still I Rise<br />
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You may write me down in history<br />
With your bitter, twisted lies,<br />
You may trod me in the very dirt<br />
But still, like dust, I'll rise.<br />
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Does my sassiness upset you?<br />
Why are you beset with gloom?<br />
Just 'Cause I walk as if I have oil wells<br />
Pumping in my living room.<br />
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Just like suns and like moons,<br />
With the certainty of tides,<br />
Just like hopes springing high,<br />
Still I rise.<br />
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Did you want to see me broken?<br />
Bowed head and lowered eyes?<br />
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.<br />
Weakened by my soulful cries.<br />
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Does my sassiness upset you?<br />
Don't you take it so hard<br />
Just 'cause I laugh as if I have gold mines<br />
Diggin' in my own back yard.<br />
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You may shoot me with your words,<br />
You may cut me with your lies,<br />
You may kill me with your hatefulness,<br />
But just like life, I'll rise.<br />
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Does my sexiness offend you?<br />
Does it come as a surprise<br />
That I dance as if I have diamonds<br />
At the meeting of my thighs?<br />
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Out of the huts of history's shame<br />
I rise<br />
Up from a past rooted in pain<br />
I rise<br />
A black ocean, leaping and wide,<br />
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.<br />
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear<br />
I rise<br />
Into a daybreak miraculously clear<br />
I rise<br />
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,<br />
I hope and the dream of the slave.<br />
And so, naturally......<br />
There I go rising.<br />
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Here is a video with an overview of all of the Victorian styles.<br />
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<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/aZAhBbAmyo4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689620326236983113.post-4131283225999586572013-04-09T12:59:00.001-07:002013-04-09T12:59:29.966-07:00Japanese-American InternmentHere is a short film produced by the U.S. government explaining the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. Many years later, the government admitted it was a mistake and those who were affected were given $20,000 in reparations for everything they lost.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689620326236983113.post-58306485755156961202013-01-26T17:30:00.001-08:002013-01-26T17:30:20.707-08:00America (West Side Story)<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/NPlcE3GcoFc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689620326236983113.post-12588649627733073182013-01-12T21:04:00.000-08:002013-01-12T21:04:03.970-08:00Display of Emotion<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RwDDb_h2i0A" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689620326236983113.post-17847938041251747292013-01-12T21:03:00.001-08:002013-01-12T21:03:01.470-08:00Low vs High Power (equality vs hierarchy)<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sqaa42gbqhA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689620326236983113.post-45363927766590956762013-01-12T21:02:00.001-08:002013-01-12T21:02:15.126-08:00Time vs Relationship<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KK9HLOB2-Hk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689620326236983113.post-32597211636804611392013-01-12T21:01:00.001-08:002013-01-12T21:01:38.371-08:00Status: Achieved vs Ascribed<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lkmS-jTGN1A" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689620326236983113.post-25584639787414432042013-01-12T21:00:00.001-08:002013-01-12T21:00:32.025-08:00Direct vs Indirect Communication Styles<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/kCIAb6hvPgY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689620326236983113.post-85121325384661976812013-01-12T20:59:00.001-08:002013-01-12T20:59:49.708-08:00Individualism vs Collectivism<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/CW7aWKXB5J4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689620326236983113.post-6661736808533458342012-11-29T11:48:00.005-08:002012-11-29T11:48:36.839-08:00Maureen<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/VX7GzPs7i8M" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689620326236983113.post-51719712248174112542012-11-29T11:48:00.002-08:002012-11-29T11:48:09.486-08:00You've Got a Friend<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xEkIou3WFnM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689620326236983113.post-58117718923750056172012-11-28T14:55:00.003-08:002012-11-28T14:56:33.755-08:00Story Corps: "We really had some adventures..."<iframe scrolling="no" frameborder="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" height="623" width="500" src="http://storycorps.org/listen/share/?id=521" style="border:1px solid #888888;"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689620326236983113.post-44927224434074019512012-10-26T09:26:00.002-07:002012-10-26T09:27:14.484-07:00Modern Family<iframe width="512" height="288" src="http://www.hulu.com/embed.html?eid=a8ejni4g0sfg7xigesdtkq" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689620326236983113.post-35237905682052686932012-10-24T14:33:00.003-07:002012-10-24T14:34:56.858-07:00"How did it hit you when you found out you were going to get sole custody?"Elton Colbert talks to his father about being a single parent.<br />
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Theresa Nguyen (L) talks to her daughter, Stephanie (R), about balancing their Vietnamese heritage with raising a family in the United States. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0