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🐲Can you match dragons and the movies/series they come from? ✔️ Raya And The Last Dragon ✔️ Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers ✔️ Shrek ✔️ How To Train Your Dragon ✔️ Game of Thrones ✔️ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Waiting for your comments 😍 #ESL_activity

Подсказка от дракона: 🔴Flapping – хлопающий 🔴Flaming – пламенный 🔴Tamable – поддающийся укрощению 🔴Courage – мужество 🔴Heavenly force – небесная сила #ESL_vocabulary

January 16, 2024 🐉 Appreciate a Dragon Day 🐉 🔴With loud flapping wings, flaming breath, and steely scales, dragons are viewed as unstoppable masters of chaos 🐉 They are also presented as tamable and friendly creatures that can be great buddies with humans 🐉 🐉 Facts about animal of new year 🔴They represent honor and courage 🐉 Dragons are used as warlike emblems, appearing on shields and ships, including the symbol of the imperial family and the Chinese flag for a time 🇨🇳 🔴They vary in types 🐲 There are two types of dragons depicted in art and literature 👩‍🏫 — Western dragons have bat-like wings and can be fearsome, whereas Eastern dragons have snake-like features 🐍 with no wings and are associated with royalty and heavenly forces ☁ #everyday_is_holiday

If you gonna be sad that let's be that today in Blue Monday Here is a playlist that is perfect for such a mood 🎶: 🔗 https://music.yandex.ru/album/3232916

Грустная подсказка: ➖To feel blue – грустить ➖Controversy – разногласия ➖Subzero – ниже нуля ➖To host – проводить ➖Signature – фирменный #ESL_vocabulary

January 15, 2024 🔤🔤🔤🔤0️⃣🔤🔤🔤🔤🔤🔤 ❗The meaning of this day is filled with controversy because it is supposedly the saddest day of the year 😭 Many of us find ourselves in subzero weather this time of year ❄️ looking at our post-Christmas credit card bills and realizing we might already be breaking our new year’s resolutions❄️ ➡️There is a condition known as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) ☹️ which is a form of depression that may manifest in certain seasons. 🔗Be intentional about making Blue Monday a fantastic day! 🎉 Host an “anti-Blue Monday” party for friends and serve a signature blue drink of the night such as Blue Hawaiian or Blue Lagoon🍷 #everyday_is_holiday

Старая подсказка: 🔹Orthodox – православный 🔹Porridge – овсянка 🔹Poppy seeds – семена мака #ESL_vocabulary

January 14, 2024 🕯Orthodox New Year🕯 🏚The Orthodox New Year is widely known as the Old New Year 🎄 and is marked as January 1 in the Julian calendar, which was used before the Gregorian calendar 🗓 🎊 It is a traditional holiday where people spend time with their families ❤️ It involves serious meditation about personal New Year’s resolutions 📨 🧁This is a good day to learn new dishes like Kutya – a porridge made of grain, honey, and poppy seeds, 😋 known to symbolize hope, happiness, and success🌟This will add to your cooking skills, and it’ll be a great way to start the year 🎀 #everyday_is_holiday

Валлийская подсказка: ⏺Hence – следовательно ⏺Nonetheless – тем не менее ⏺Spectacular – впечатляющий ⏺To splash – всплеск ⏺To retrieve – извлекать ⏺Well – колодец #ESL_vocabulary

January 13, 2024 🔠🔠🔠🔠🔠🔠🔠🔠 🎉 Calennig 🎉is the Welsh tradition of celebrating and welcoming the New Year🎄 🪩 While many countries have adopted the Gregorian calendar, a village in Wales, known as Cwm Gwaun, is still using the Julian calendar — hence celebrating New Year 13 days later 📅 Nonetheless, the celebration was, and still is spectacular! ✨ ⏺On Calennig, people of Wales exchange gifts 🎁 sweets 🎂 or even money with their family and friends to welcome the new year on a good note 🎅 💡Till today, young boys visit each house in the village to splash the villagers with water ❄️ that they retrieved from the local well. This activity is seen as a symbol of good fortune 🍀 In return, the villagers are expected to give the Calennig — a small gift, usually in the form of copper coins🪙 #everyday_is_holiday

If you still haven't made any resolutions for 2024 today is the day ✅ #ESL_activity

Решительная подсказка: ⚪Renewed – возобновленная ⚪Commitment – приверженность ⚪Poll – опрос ⚪To showcase – демонстрировать ⚪Will of steel – стальная воля ⚪To be precise – если быть точным #ESL_vocabulary

January 12, 2024 ⭐️Stick to Your New Year’s Resolution Day⭐️ ❗️It’s almost halfway through January, and we’re already starting to break our New Year resolutions 😱 If you, like us, could do with a renewed commitment to goals — today’s a great day to begin 🎉 ➡️ Contrary to popular opinion, most people succeed at keeping New Year’s resolutions. Don’t believe us❓Many polls out there showcase wills of steel and endless possibility. It’s proof that adults (68% to be precise⚡️) can make and successfully smash their goals. 🔥 It’s hard to stick to the promises you make to yourself. We’ve found that sharing resolutions with a close friend or family member helps ❤️ Ask them to check in with you on how things are going 👍 #everyday_is_holiday

🅰️🅰️🅰️🅰️🅰️🅰️🅰️🅰️🅰️🅰️😎 If you are not feeling like creating a sketch today here are Dragons to help you with January stress 🐉 The symbol of this year will definitely help us 🐲 #ESL_activity

Подсказка из скетчбука: 🔘Very – сам 🔘To sift – отсеивать 🔘To capture – уловить #ESL_vocabulary

January 11, 2024 📕 World Sketchnote Day 📕 ✏️ The word ‘sketchnotes’ is a composition of the English words for “sketch” and “notes” ❤️ The art has a very large fan base. 📓 The very act of sketchnoting does two things: helps one remember better ✅ and it lifts the mood 💙 because of the cute graphics. It is based on good listening skills 🎧 and the ability to sift information to capture visually what is important 📌 ➡️ If you have ever doodled while on a phone call, at a conference, or in a meeting, you are a prime candidate for sketchnoting❗️Read some available material ✏️ develop your ideas, and you are well on the way to becoming a sketchnoter 🎊 #everyday_is_holiday

🎭Have you ever thought about stairs as a piece of art? Well, designers and architects did. But also have movie directors 🎬 There are so many metaphors in such a practical thing ✨ #ESL_activity

Подсказка на лестнице: ▫️Elevator – лифт ▫️Take up a notch – подняться на ступеньку выше ▫️Block – квартал ▫️Lonesome – одинокий ▫️To gather – собирать ▫️To bond – сблизиться #ESL_vocabulary

January 10, 2024 ⬆️ Take the Stairs Day ⬇️ 📣 You know what that means: celebrate the day by hitting the stairs. Elevator? What elevator? 🥸 If you’re interested in taking things up a notch, run around the block or cycle to work 💻 🔥Staying fit and healthy can be a lonesome road. Take the Stairs Day recognizes the importance of the community's rallying around better health ⚡️ It’s easier when everyone’s in it together 💕 📍The good thing about stairs is you’ll find them everywhere 📣 Gather everyone for a stairs-climbing challenge at the office 🏙 or apartment complex 🏘 It can be a surprising way to bond 🤍 #everyday_is_holiday