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Zakwitły kasztany ( chestnuts) dla niektórych wielka majówka, dla innych matura – zazdrościmy Wyspiarzom – u nich A-Levels za miesiąc, a może The sooner, the better.

Zdajcie więc śpiewająco – Don’t worry be happy, Take it easy…..

A najlepszą ściągawką (crib, cheat sheet, prompt) last minute jest ABBA [mam nadzieję, że  byliście na zakończeniu roku]. Przeprowadzi nas przez wszystkie czasy gramatyczne i tryby (a także niewdzięczne pytania o  złe cechy charakteru bad features np. I'm possessive,  it isn't nice):

• ·         it makes me so depressed to see….
• ·         I work all night, I work all day, to pay the bills I have to pay
• ·         I hate to spend the evening on my own …
• ·         sometimes when I’m lonely I sit and think about…..
• ·         last night I was taking a walk along the river and I saw…..
• ·         There was something in the air that night ….
• ·         I've been angry and sad about ….
• ·         I was sick and tired of everything when I called you last night ...
• ·         You've heard me saying  that smoking was my only vice but now it isn't true
• ·         he always used to look at …..
• ·         You didn't have to send me flowers like you did today
• ·         I thought that our love was at an end but …..
• ·         I can see that you're so sad…..
• ·         I hope we can patch it up together ….
• ·         Try once more ….
• ·         If you change your mind, I'm the first in line
• ·         If I had to do the same again I would my friend...
• ·         And since many years I haven't seen …
• ·         I can't do without you ….
• ·         I'd heard about you before and I wanted to know some more …..
• ·         All the things I could do If I had a little money
• ·         We made our way along the river and we sat down in the grass by the Eiffel tower
  I was so happy we had met
• ·         Must have left my house at eight, because I always do
• ·         You didn't have to send me flowers like you did today
• ·         The girls might fall for everything you've got

Pewnie niejeden śmiałek utworzył z tego opowieść ale można powtórzyć ten wyczyn (deed). Są tam tez teksty, które należy rozumieć, ale nie życzę ich słyszeć w najbliższym czasie:

·         We just have to face it

·         It's the best I can do.

·         There is nothing we can do.

·         We're through

·         Can't you hear me?

·         How can I even try to go on?

·         Isn't it easy to understand?

·         It's not worth trying

Jeśli chodzi o nastroje najlepiej oddać głos samym maturzystom:

The end of the school year 2017/2018 is drawing near for the 4th grade classes. Everyone is both excited and nervous, because with the end of the year came one of the most important exams of their lives – matura - a test of the knowledge they gathered through  school. For some it’s still hard to believe their higher education will be over any day and they will have to think about University applications and their future careers. Most of the students spend their last days on resits, trying to gain better grades in their final year. Other students, who don’t have to worry about that , come to school to see their classmates for the last time. It is certainly hard to part ways with the people who have been friends with them for the last four years. While a lot of students already know their plans for the future, after they leave the school behind, some are just happy to be able to relax on their extended vacation and think about the future later. They certainly deserve some rest after the harrowing experience that no doubt was fourth grade.

A co robią Wyspiarze w maju? Świętują i to od czasów zanim wymyślono święto pracy. Tańczą wokół słupa zwanego maypole, wybierają majowa królową (Queen of May) znów częstują się słodkościami, tym razem w towarzystwie kwiatów. Nie są  w tych zwyczajach odosobnieni, jak poucza Google. 

 

W tym roku Early May Bank Holiday wypada siódmego. Co będą robić?....

W 1946 roku ukazała się książeczka Węgra G. Mikesa „How to be an Alien,. Handbook for beginners” z ilustracjami N. Bentleya, między innymi takim wizerunkiem świętującego Anglika.

P.S

Przepraszam JKM (Her Majesty) za pomylenie daty  Jej urodzin. Okazało się, że to ja jestem absent-minded :

I am so sorry…..Put the blame on me…. ( pozdrawiam Ritę H.)

Na szczęście All the Kings Men byli zajęci świętowaniem  urodzin ( jakże patriotycznie 23 kwietnia!) kolejnego potomka  Rodziny Królewskiej a więc mi się upiekło ( I got  away with it!)

A na koniec cytat z ABBY bez komentarza:

People need hope, people need loving
People need trust from a fellow man
People need love to make a good living
People need faith in a helping hand