Failblog

One web site that I like is Failblog. Here, you can see lots of photos and videos of people who have done stupid things.

Here is an example of a picture that made me laugh. Here, the driver of the white car didn't stop soon enough when (s)he was trying to park.

I like Failblog because it is funny to see other people make mistakes sometimes.

Something that I would like to buy. (But I can't afford it)

I love many different types of music, and I like to listen to all of the instruments. If you have a cheap stereo, it is more difficult to hear everything well. That is why I would like to buy a new stereo. In the picture, you can see the Bose Music System II. It is small, but it sounds like a very big stereo.

But I can't afford it. The price? € 1.198.00 Maybe if I save my money I can buy it someday!

How much do you know about English?

My favorite subject at school is English. I like it because I am good at it and because I like studying languages. How much do YOU know about English? Take the quiz and find out!

1. What is the longest word in the English language?

2. How many words are there in the English language?

3. How much does a good pocket English-Italian dictionary cost (Collins, Oxford, etc.)

4. Read the following CORRECT sentence and translate it into Italian: "I know that that 'that' that that man wrote is correct."

5. Which language family is English a part of? (Romance? Germanic? Slavic? Semitic? Bantu?)

6. If you are a good student, how much time should you spend per week studying English?

7. "Careful" is an adjective. What is the adverb form?

8. The paradigm for the irregular verb "get" is different in British English and American English. How is it different?

9. How many people in the world speak English?

10. How many countries in the world have English as an OFFICIAL language? What are they?

TAKE THE QUIZ NOW! Write your answers as a comment and post it!

Music recommendations

One of my favorite types of music is Rumba. This is a type of music with percussion and voice and it comes from Cuba. Some of my favorite groups are Los Chinitos and Los Muñequitos de Matanzas. Here is one of my favorite videos:



This video is from a documentary about Cuban music. I like it because it shows real rumba music and it explains rumba dancing.