Compilation of 3rd set of 10 lessons

打字课 Typing lesson

Hi everyone, today we have a funny sentence for you – one that everyone knows. According to Wikipedia “The earliest known appearance of the phrase is from The Boston Journal. In an article titled “Current Notes” in the February 10, 1885 morning edition, the phrase is mentioned as a good practice sentence for writing students: “The quick brown […]

饲料 Forage – From the aeroplane

Hi everyone – It’s amazing what words you learn when you take a Domestic flight here in Australia. Last  week the airline cabin crew handed out these bags of nuts – The interesting word is ” forager”  – by a company called Wallaby. Animals like wallabies,”forage” for food – hence the use of the word […]

财政年度结束 -EOFY

Hi everyone, at this time of the year we see many advertisements telling us that EOFY is coming!     But what does it mean? EOFY stands for ” End of financial year” Sometimes we can buy things if we still can claim a tax deduction,so we are in the 2017/2018 financiaL year. This ends on […]

身体很好 Fit as a Fiddle

Hi everyone, Today we look at a very unusual  Nursery Rhyme and the expression ” Fit as a fiddle” Nursery Rhymes are tunes which young children sing – often the words are meaningless – because they sing them as they skip with a skipping rope,or they are just nice melodies. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO […]