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Hey up and Happy Teacher´s Day Rachel!!!! :-) Today we celebrate in Brazil Teacher´s Day, so I´d like to wish you, and all the BBC LE team an amazing Teacher´s Day. Oh your Sunday walk was really great! I love long walks and thanks for the pictures. The scenery is fantastic. Ah! By the way, it´s interesting to know you used to teach for FCE. I think you and your students have had a riot of time in the barbies on the beach. A very good way to practice for the FCE test. Actually, I have nightmares with the speaking part of the exam Rachel. Especially the part that you have to compare and contrast, oh I have to learn to use my time better. Do you have any tips? They will be very welcome :-). In answer to your question Rachel, there was a walk that I really like it. My city is surrounded by moutains and from my home I can see the Serra do Itapety(Itapety Mountain). The Serra do Itapety is part of the Mata Atlântica( Altantic Forest), therefore its ecosystem is very rich. Walk on the Serra do Itapety tracks are a fantastic adventure. While you walking, you hear the birds singing and see colourful butterflies, gigantic trees with unique flowers and leaves, different types of the most beautiful and delicate orchids. Oh and the air... hmm it´s so fresh you don´t want to go home, you want to keep walking all day. When you reach the peak of the moutain you can see all the city and beyond the sea cost. It´s so peaceful... :-). Oh it´s time for homework now: You’ll notice I haven’t put had scolded (6) on the timeline. If I decided to write it somewhere on the timeline, would it go before or after friend came? What do you think? I think had scolded would go before 'friend came' because the scold happened before a point in the past(friend came). Vocab: clamber (vb): to climb up, across or into somewhere with difficult,using the hands and the feet. catch your breath (expr):to begin to breath properly after again after run or exercise; way out of my league (expr): it´s not for me, it´s not my cup of tea (?); to be perched (vb): to be located in a position near the edge; poll (n/vb): ask for people opinion; stroll (n/vb): walk in a slow and relax way; hideous (adj): extremely ugly or bad. Oh Rachel, I bid you farwell now. My DVD has broken ( snif, snif), and I´m going to leave it at the technical assistance ( I hope I don´t miss it so much :-)). Have sweet dreams, Ana Paula.

Hello Rachel, Reading about your favourite walk I felt for a while as I was also there. When I reached at the Waverly Cemetery, I could feel the peace and tranquility of the place. I can smell those pineapples, lemon and lime at Bronte. Oh! the only sad thing happened when it was lunch time, I could only have the aroma of fish and chips and not eat it, Poor me! As for fish, I would like to share something with you and all the learners that there's is a kind of fish in Pakistan named 'Palla Fish', it is only found in the River Indus and is said to be the gift of the Province Sindh. Its flesh is very delicious. And yes, like you, I'm also for fish and chips with vinegar Yummm! I'm also handing in my answers to the vocabulary. clamber (vb)to climb up,catch your breath (expr) to breathe correctly after running, way out of my league(expr) that's not your forte, to be perched(vb) to be in a high position, poll(n/vb)opinion, stroll(n)a relaxing walk, hideous(adj) serious. Naheed

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G'day Rachel(actually...may I say G'night?), I've enjoyed so much the little excursion through Sydney’s beaches, especially because I haven't come across any white pointer shark. :-) I've read the news about the woman who has fought with the shark. Wow, she was really brave. Don't you think so, Rachel? Ok I'll have a go at your homework... I think "had scolded" (6) should be written before the friend came on the timeline.(?) I'll also have a go at your vocab: 1- clamber: similar to climb? 2- catch your breath: recover from an exhausting exercice. 3- way out of my league: something not possible for you to do for some reason. 4- perched: to be located. 5: poll: a study that shows the votes or opinions of the people. 6- stroll: a walk. 7- hideous: horrible.

Hi Rachel (I'm not at all original with my greetings and you have already noticed!!) Task on Satya's post: 1. I asked them whether they have placed it safely or not. I asked them whether they "had" placed it safely or not. 2. And do you know what we had done the next day? And do you know what we "did" the next day? Task on verb tenses: You’ll notice I haven’t put had scolded (6) on the timeline. If I decided to write it somewhere on the timeline, would it go before or after friend came? What do you think? Scolded would go before friend come. Rachel It's 2 am and I'm exhausted to try to make the description of the walk I enjoy doing. I'll try to do it for tomorrow! Have a nice day!

hi, rachel i really visited your blog very first time.I think it is the best blog i ever visited. I ALSO is one of the men seeking for a good knowledge of english. a very very impressive of teaching english. ihave a problem if iwant to clear up some of my misconception indivisually ,how can i.

Hello Rachel! It's interesting to make an excursion through Sydney's beaches. They look wonderful! Especially Bondi! Rachel, one of the things I love to do at the beach is to enjoy grilled fresh seafood (Usually I try to have as much as I can ;-) when I'm there). In fact, I haven't tried fish and chips either Aussie or Pom's way but if you ask me, I decide to vote for the sort with VINEGAR. It's not because I want to ingratiate myself with you but it reminds me of one of my favourite dishes with vinegar (slices of beef are dipped in VINEGAR in a hot pot, rolled in rice paper with differnt kinds vegetables, and served with a special kind of sauce). Rachel, please don't tell Chris that I'm for Pom's taste ;-). Now time for work! First, correction of Satya's small erros: 1/ I asked them whether they had placed it safely or not. 2/ And do you know what would do the next day? Next, I think 'had scolded' should go before 4 (my friend came and told me) on the timeline. Finally, I haven't had a beach walk but I usually take a walk about the park as physical exercise early in the morning (elderly people begin from 4:00am, I from 5:00) It's enjoyable with gentle breeze, fresh air and away from noise and heavy traffic. Space is my own! Bye, Best regards, Myen.

Chao co Rachel / Hai Rachel/ 2 Rachel... There're three ways of saying "hi Rachel". The first is Vietnamese and the two last is slang - 'hi' is pronounced 'hai' and it also is number 2 in Vietnamese, so we usually use hi, hai, 2 - the same to say hello with friends. To know more ways of saying 'hello' from all over the world is very interesting, isn't it? About your photos, very fantastic .I like both the greeny-blue water and sky, sky & sea seem merging on the horizon. Your excursion through Sydney’s beaches was very interesting. I've never go for a walk through beaches. Whenever I go to the sea, I usually get up early and go to the coast to see the rising sun. That's wonderful to see the first morning sunlight display on the horizon and the sun emerges slowly. I think you should try to see the sunrise when you stand on mountains or hills, you'll discover more differences that very interesting. When I was the 1st year student, my class went camping in a hill. In the morning, we managed to get up early and go for a walk around the hill. Trees and plants wet in dew. There're only the twitter of birds and the murmur of brooks. That's peaceful and tranquil. And the most beautiful was to see that the sun was rising slowly after a far range of mountains. Wow, that's great memory. See U soon with your vocab definitions and also Aussie sport (^_^)

Hello Rachel :-) I'd like to begin with your poll: I'm definitely for tartare sauce. Strange though it may seem but my favourite fish'n'chips is without any sauce; only a little bit of salt, provided that the fish is fresh and the chips are made from tasty potatoes. You have got lots of wonderful beaches in your neighbourhood. I don't live on the sea, but I love the sea. I try to go to the sea as often as possible. The sea is much more than only views: it's the smell, it's the air you can feell on your face, the sand you can feel under your feet and the sound of waves and birds you can enjoy. Until next time.

Hi.. It's the first time for me to read your blog. I like it. It's good for improve my English skill. (^________^)v

Dear Rachel Hunt! Have you been to my country? That was what entered into my wildly working imagination instantly seeing the greeting in my own language! From Sydney, Australia! I felt overwhelmed. You may believe I´ve never spoke a word with any Pom. Even, I don´t practice any speaking - there is no one in my age interested in learning and young relatives are bored at asking them for conversation. At 4 p.m. yesterday your Bondi blog appeared on my screen as I was leaving my office. I only took a copy mit and went - with a short pause for my espresso coffe - on a stroll to catch last colourful beams of the sun. Our small town is always crowded with turists in Summer. Now, there are less visitors, mostly older people from Austria and Germany staying in our spa, the other place for walks to enjoy calmness and silence. Hot sprins heal bones well! So, I take the route in the centre of this tiny town with its castle and park (hils are everywhere here) rather in working days. On weekends I take the walk in forests higher above the town. In my very relaxed tempo I listen to the English tapes. I discovered that by moving on a walk I manage better to concentrate on listenig than by sitting in a room. And now, for the taste decision. I have the same as Adek described, anyway my land doesn´t have the sea only my lake as big as one tear.

Hi Rachel, I had tasted the fish neither with tartare sauce nor vinegar. So I have no idea about that. I like fried fish. We are near coastal area. So we can get variety of fresh fish. After finishing walk along the different beaches you had a nice food. It’s good. Amy described Goan beaches last month. It is your turn to explain Australian beaches. Any how it’s wonderful. Usually I go to the beaches for relax and play with children. Sometimes have a bath in a sea. It is really a fun. But I never had such an experience walking along the beaches more than two hours. This is for Chris. I hope he is OK now. Have you watched Sunday ODI. Australians clinched the series. Indians played well particularly on that day. Tendulkar and Ganguly gave a fantastic start. At one stage we were very comfortable. Because of the middle order collapse the match turned the other way. It will be always difficult to chase above 300.

Dear Rachel, As you mentioned in your post, I used to get same type of problem saluting colleague at 4 o’clock in morning. I start my work from 8:00 pm and when new batch come in morning shift, they start to say good morning and when I leave premises after few minutes I have to say good night. They I used to call them whether it is early morning or late night. Picture you put up in blog are very interesting and your description of visit created a virtual tour for me. I expect such a virtual tour of other sites of Australia. Meaning of words: clamber (vb) - to climb up, across or into somewhere with difficulty, using the hands and the feet catch your breath (expr) - to stop breathing for a moment way out of my league (expr) - to be too good or too expensive for you to be perched (vb) - to sit on or near the edge of something poll (n/vb) -ballot stroll (n/vb) -to walk in a slow relaxed manner, especially for pleasure hideous-extre

Hi Rechal. It is first time I have read Blog and was very interest and useful to learn English .I am poor in English writing but I wish to join with it.Regard,s

G'day, Rache. Thank you so much for all the efforts you've put into this blog. I love reading it.Btw,I hang out with two friends who are from OZ and SA last night. They also told me a lot about the beach barbie culture in their countries, they love it and they promised me they gonna introduce it to me.Im really looking forward to an authentic western barbie. can i ask you a question abt the idiom 'put sth. into perspective', how would you use it? Cheers! Take care!

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