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A Milestone Birthday celebration in Toulouse – a time to reflect, an occasion to celebrate, or a time to dread, or even an occasion to ignore.
Milestone birthdays — from turning 21 to the big 50, 65 and beyond — hit some people very hard.
They can be days fraught with emotion, other people let them glide by without bemoaning the passage of time.
It’s a state-of-mind issue when people can view this as a choice in how they look at it, some can look forward, some look, backwards and some just live for the moment.
What’s healthy to ignore, are the negative aspects of these milestones: This means I’m old and decrepit. It’s all downhill from here.
For many people, birthdays, especially the big ones, make them think about how their life is progressing — or not going as well as they hoped. They can be wake-up calls to improve on health or ditch bad habits.
Sometimes we get so busy we don’t stop to think about what we want out of life and some people spend time re-examining their life goals.
People can ask themselves:
What do I want to do with the years I have left?
What do I want to do with my career?
Is there something I want to do in my life that I haven’t done yet?
Regardless of the birthday, it’s a time to celebrate accomplishments, friends and family – and that is exactly what Susan did.
It can be also be a time to hit the bucket list.
After listening to Susan talk about what she did for her milestone birthday celebration, test your comprehension with this quiz.
Milestone Birthday Vocabulary Quiz
After listening to the podcast "Celebrating a Milestone birthday" try this quiz to check your understanding of vocabulary and meaning.
So, after one week of watching the Football World Cup and the endless attempts by journalists to make interesting reports and write entertaining articles about Russia, what have you learnt about this country ?
Forget the football are you a champion at general knowledge ? Test yourself with this Thinking Person’s non-football quiz.
Don’t worry about the offside rule concentrate your energy on improving your ability to make an educated guess !
Has all the buzz about Russia inspired you to put the country on your Holiday Bucket List? Take a look at some of these Bucket List suggestions, what do you think ? Tempted ?
This is truly a city that never sleeps, hosting some of the wildest parties and most lavish theatre performances. In a country where buying a ticket to the ballet or opera means planning months before the performance, make sure not to miss the hype and experience the legend of the Bolshoi Theatre. Later, you can continue the night on to the streets in the centre, where you’ll find some of the most classy nightclubs.
Kaliningrad is the most western city in Russia and possibly also one the most European-looking ones. Due to its unique location on the shore of Baltic sea, it is known as the amber capital of the country, as most of these semi-precious stones come from that city. So once you are done with your fan duties and you can get some memories shaped in amber stone to take home with you.
Every June, The Venice of North, as St Petersburg is sometimes called, holds a huge festival to celebrate ‘white nights’ – the whole month without a proper night. Due to the northern location of the city, in June, the day almost never ends, and the nights look more like an overcast day. The whole city is out partying and enjoying rooftop terraces and some fine dining, and the culmination of the month is the beautiful Scarlet Sails festival – a spectacular music, light and theatrical performance right on Neva river.
As one of the most important cities in the south of Russia, Voldograd is a popular tourist destination. The city’s fame is linked with the biggest memorial complex in Russia: The Motherland Calls. Dedicated to the Stalingrad battle of the Second World War, this statue is one of the tallest in the world and undoubtedly one of the most impressive.
If you’re fascinated by the history of space exploration, and Russia’s role in the space race, head to the Museum of Space History in Samara. Filled with information about Russian space expeditions and development, rockets and other spectacular equipment, this museum is a great getaway for several hours between the World Cup matches.
Sochi is a multicultural city offering plenty of different cuisines and dishes, although Caucasian cuisine is the most beloved by locals as well as tourists. The rich taste and original recipes make the dishes totally irresistible, and walking around the city, you’ll catch the scent of spices and grilled meat, along with the distinctive flavour of fresh lavash bread. Spend time with friends at Sochi’s Caucasian restaurants and enjoy great food.
The Intelligent Person’s Russian Non football Quiz Forget the football, are you a champion at general knowledge ?
Of course if you want to learn some football vocabulary, click on this link and if you want to try some more of our Thinking Brainy Quizzes, click here.
The wedding will take place in Windsor, a small town west of London and in the past week the place has been totally transformed with international television crews setting up their stands and tourists from all over the world checking into local hotels to be in position to soak up the atmosphere when Harry and Megan “tie the knot”.
However, against the backcloth of Royal tradition this wedding is breaking all the rules; Megan is an American actress, a divorcée and a child of a mixed race marriage. This has been seen as a breath of fresh air to the traditional, stuffy customs and etiquette of the older Royals. However, this air of modernity also comes with fodder for the paparazzi as Megan’s half siblings have been selling their story to the press and Megan’s father feeling the terrible stress of press scrutiny, so much so that he is in ill health and can not attend the wedding.
On the day millions of television spectators all over the world will be waiting to see Megan’s dress and who will walk her down the aisle.
We just hope that the British weather will be kind to them.
Try this quiz to build your knowledge of general wedding vocabulary so that you too can speak about weddings in your life.
Learn English by being a Royal Wedding expert. The Everything You Should Know Quiz. Try this quiz to test your general wedding vocabulary plus your knowledge of
the intricacies of royal wedding traditions, etiquette and modern
changes.
If you want to find out more take a look at this 40 minute documentary all about the Royal couple.
Before doing this language quiz listen to the podcast Experiences of being on stage, the real life experiences of 2 stand-up comedians.
Comprehension and Language Quiz for the podcast Experiences of being on stage.
After listening to the podcast try this quiz to test your comprehension and language skills.
The podcast was recorded in the Comedy Club so you may find the sound challenging, but you'll certainly find the language used helpful, fun and interesting.
Don’t be fooled on April Fools Day !
Have you heard of April Fools day ?
It occurs in many countries but not necessarily on April 1st.
It is a day when people like to play practical jokes on each other and then shout “April fool” at the unfortunate victim(s). These days more and more newspapers, magazines and social media platforms report very strange unbelievable stories as a joke.
So watch out for these stories and don’t be fooled.
As a practice take this quiz to see if you can spot some fake stories.
Don’t be fooled !!!
