Archive for May, 2013
Hiking, backpacking, trekking, and tramping Posted by Gabriele on May 9, 2013
I love to hike! In fact I love hiking so much a few years ago I went on a 2,180 mile (3,508 km) 5-month long hike on something called the Appalachian Trail. The Appalachian Trail is just one of many long-distance hiking trails around the world that attracts hikers like myself who like to be…
English words that have gender Posted by Gabriele on May 7, 2013
English is not known for having gender specific nouns like some other languages (for example Spanish or French), but gender specific nouns do exist in English. Because English does not have as many gender specific nouns as other languages, one nice thing about English is that you don’t have to worry about gender agreement between…
How animals eat their food! Posted by Gabriele on May 2, 2013
Check out this video entitled ‘How animals eat their food’, that I sure hope makes you laugh or at least puts a smile on your face. Okay, now I want to present some vocabulary related to how we eat and eating in general. First let’s look at how we eat, and to do that we…