English rhymes for children

My cat   

My cat is fat,
My cat is black.
My cat likes rats,
Thin and fat.

Maleena Jones saved to Nursery rhyme book
I chose this Nursery Rhyme as it reminds me of a playstation game I use to play when I was younger called buzz it was a game about monkeys. This nursery rhyme to me is about following instructions given to you and listening to what you are told. © Copyright SparkleBox Teacher Resources (UK) Ltd

From: DON'T GO OUT IN YOUR UNDERWEAR!
Poems by Babs Bell Hajdusiewicz

Me a Mess? 

Unclean and unbuckled.
Unfastened, untied.
Unfit to be seen.
I'm undignified.
Unfolded, unbuttoned.
Unbecoming, no less.
Unfortunately, I'm
Unaware I'm a mess.

Скороговорки на английском языке для тренировки произношения

В данном видео уроке мы тренируем наше произношение при помощи популярных английских скороговорок. Хорошее произношение важно, особенно когда вам нужно сдавать какой-либо из экзаменов, включающий устную часть.

Обязательно повторяйте скороговорки и не стесняйтесь запинаться!

План урока:

0:25 - скороговорка №1 (She sells sea shells)
1:33 - скороговорка №2 (Peter Piper)
2:30 - скороговорка №3 (Red lorry, Yellow lorry)
3:12 - скороговорка №4 (How much wood)
3:50 - скороговорка №5, №6 (thin sticks/I thought)
4:17 - скороговорка №7 (There those)

Quotes about Life

Audrey Hepburn

Made from seasoned solid English oak, this beautiful table lamp is made by us in our New Purpose Design workshop. The oak is wind fallen timber and has been seasoning for over 6 years. The wood has developed cracks as it has dried which adds to the character of the piece. Please note the shade is not included as it is for display only. We have added reclaimed steel strapping and our handmade decorative studs which hold the strapping securely in place. The lamp has a copper pipe stem and brass switched fitting. Each one of our lamps is unique as no 2 pieces of wood are the same, you will not be disappointed with this piece. Dimensions : Height of wooden base 22cm, Height including brass fitting 35cm, width is 18cm at it's widest point and 11cm deep. The oak and steel have both been finished with briwax and 4 rubber feet have been added to the base. PLEASE NOTE : The postage prices quoted are for delivery within England. There is an extra charge for the Scottish Highlands and Islands, channel Islands and Ireland.We will find the best price for these areas for you, just send a message with your postcode. Thank you for taking the time today to look at our item, please check out our other products in our Etsy shop.

This stunning, vintage table lamp began its life as a 1950's meat grinder. We have transformed it into a desk lamp, all the bare metal was cleaned and then 5 coats of black paint was applied. Paired with an Edison light bulb and Red cotton fabric cable all the way from Milan. All our lamps are PAT tested A great conversation piece and most definitely a compliment to any minimalist, industrial home or office décor. Lamp measures 14.5'' tall and is 4" wide. Length is 10".

Big Ben

Big Ben, London, England

What is Big Ben?

Big Ben is one of the most famous landmarks in the world. It is the clock tower. The name Big Ben is often used to describe the clock tower that is part of the Palace of Westminster.

Officially "Big Ben" does not refer to the clock tower but instead to the huge thirteen ton Great Bell located at the top of the 320-foot-high tower

The clock tower is now called The Elizabeth Tower. It was called St Stephen's Tower by Victorian journalists. They referred to anything to do with the House of Commons as news from 'St Stephens', as originally MP's used to sit in St Stephen's Hall.

Where is Big Ben located?

Big Ben, London, England

Big Ben is situated on the banks of the River Thames on the north side of the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London.

How heavy is Big Ben bell?

The Big Ben bell has the following measurements:

9'-0" diameter, 7'-6" high, and weighs 13 tons 10 cwts 3 qtrs 15lbs (13,760 Kg)

When can we hear the bell ring?

Big Ben chimes every 15 minutes and the sound can be heard for a radius of up to 5 miles.

Quick Facts about Big Ben

Big Ben is the world's largest four-faced chiming clock.

The clock became operational on 7th September 1859.

The four faces of the clock are 55 meters above ground.

The clock faces are 23 feet (7m) in diameter.

The hour hand is 9 ft (2.7m) long, and the minute hand is 14 ft (4.3m) long.

The pendulum is 3.9m long, weighs 300Kg and beats once every 2 seconds.

At the base of each clock face is a Latin inscription, in gilt letters. It reads -

“Domine salvam fac Reginam nostrum Victoriam Primam”
"O Lord, keep safe our Queen Victoria the First"

The clock tower is the focus of New Year celebrations in the United Kingdom, with radio and TV stations tuning to its chimes to welcome the start of the year.

On Remembrance Day, the chimes of Big Ben are broadcast to mark the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.

A light in the clock tower tells when the House of Commons is in session.

Harrods, London, England Fun place to go even if you don't buy anything. the Food Courts are amazing.

Harrods is a luxury department store located on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London. It is owned by the state of Qatar. The Harrods brand also applies to other enterprises undertaken by the Harrods group of companies including Harrods Bank, Harrods Estates, Harrods Aviation and Air Harrods, and to Harrods Buenos Aires, sold by Harrods in 1922 and closed as of 2011.

The store occupies a 5-acre (20,000 m2) site and has 330 departments covering one million square feet (90,000 m2) of retail space.

The Harrods motto is Omnia Omnibus Ubique, which is Latin for "all things for all people, everywhere". Several of its departments, including the seasonal Christmas department and the food halls, are well known.

In 1824, at the age of 25, Charles Henry Harrod established a business at 228 Borough High Street in Southwark. He ran this business, variously listed as a draper, mercer, and a haberdasher, until 1831 at least. During 1825, the business was listed as 'Harrod and Wicking, Linen Drapers, Retail', but this partnership was dissolved at the end of that year. His first grocery business appears to be as ‘Harrod & Co.Grocers’ at 163 Upper Whitecross Street, Clerkenwell, E.C.1., in 1832...

Quick Facts about Harrods, London, England :

    1824: Charles Henry Harrod starts his first business as a draper, at 228, Borough High Street, Southwark, London.
    1834: Charles Henry Harrod (1799–1885) founds a wholesale grocery in Stepney, East London
    1849: Harrods moves to the Knightsbridge area of London, near Hyde Park
    1861: Harrods undergoes a transformation when it was taken over by Harrod's son, Charles Digby Harrod (1841–1905)
    1883: On 6 December, fire guts the shop buildings, giving the family the opportunity to rebuild on a grander scale
    1889: Charles Digby Harrod retires, and Harrods shares are floated on the London Stock Exchange under the name Harrod's Stores Limited
    1905: Begun in 1894, the present building is completed to the design of architect Charles William Stephens.
    1914: Harrods opens its first and only foreign branch in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It became independent of Harrods in the late 1940s but still traded under the Harrods name usable only in Argentina Harrods Buenos Aires.
    1914: Harrods buys the Regent Street department store Dickins & Jones.
    1919: Harrods buys the Manchester department store, Kendals; it took on the Harrods name for a short time in the 1920s, but the name was changed back to Kendals following protests from staff and customers.
    1920: Harrods buys London department store Swan & Edgar and Manchester retailer Walter Carter Ltd.
    1923: Mah-Jongg (lemur) was bought by Stephen Courtauld and Virginia Courtauld (née Peirano). Mah-Jongg lived with the Courtaulds for fifteen years, accompanying the couple on their travels and changes of residence, including Eltham Palace in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
    1928: Harrods buys London department store D H Evans.
    1946: Harrods buys the Sheffield department store, John Walsh.
    1949: Harrods buys William Henderson & Co, a Liverpool department store.
    1955: Harrods buys Birmingham department store Rackhams.
    1959: The British department store holding company, House of Fraser, buys Harrods, fighting off competition from Debenhams and United Drapery Stores.
    1969: Christian the lion was bought by John Rendall and Anthony 'Ace' Bourke. The lion was set free in Kenya after reaching maturity.
    1983: A terrorist attack by the Provisional IRA outside the Brompton store kills six people.
    1985: The Fayed brothers buy House of Fraser including Harrods Store for £615 million.
    1986: The small town of Otorohanga in New Zealand briefly changed its name to Harrodsville in response to legal threats made by Mohamed Al-Fayed against a person with the surname of Harrod, who had used the name "Harrod's" for his shop.
    1990: A Harrods shop opens on board the RMS Queen Mary in Long Beach, California, which was then owned by the Walt Disney Company. Harrods gives right to Duty Free International for a licence to operate a Harrods Signature Shop at Toronto Pearson International Airport's Terminal 3 (closed shortly after)
    1994: The relationship between House of Fraser and Harrods is severed. Harrods remains under the ownership of the Fayed family, and House of Fraser is floated on the stock exchange.
    1997: An English court issues an injunction to restrain the Buenos Aires Harrods store from trading under the Harrods name.
    2000: A Harrods shop opens on board the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, owned by the Cunard Line.
    2006: The Harrods "102" shop opens opposite the main shop in Brompton Road; it features concessions like Krispy Kreme and Yo! Sushi, as well as florists, a herbalist, a masseur, and an oxygen spa. The store closed in 2013.
    2006: Omar Fayed, Mohamed's youngest son, joins the Harrods board.
    2010: Fayed announces he has sold Harrods to the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA). It has been reported that the QIA paid £1.5 billion for the Knightsbridge store, in a deal signed in the early hours of 8 May 2010.
    2010: Harrods looks at the possibility of expanding to China and opening a new shop in Shanghai. Michael Ward, managing director of Harrods, said, "There are other areas of the world where we could operate profitably." The number of Chinese shoppers visiting Harrods is increasing, and the average spent by a Chinese shopper is three times that of any other nationality.
    2012: The figurative sculptures that once adorned the Harrods food hall are consigned for sale at West Middlesex Auction Rooms, The two Mermaids supporting a giant Clam and the Stag and Boar sheltering under an English Oak are purchased by Greaves & Thomas for inclusion in an elaborate fountain for Ryde, Isle of Wight.