English Idioms
English idioms, proverbs, and expressions are an important part of everyday English. They come up all the…
lesson materials
Hoaxes
These are some claims that have been revealed, or proven definitively, to be deliberate public hoaxes. This…
New Inventions
I’ve got some very interesting things to tell you about today, starting with a fun one: wingsuits,…
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Plot Summary: When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D’Urbervilles…
Essay Writing
ESSAY ORGANIZATION In your college writing, you will be required to write essays (long compositions) and reports…
The Egyptian Pyramids
The Egyptian Pyramids are described as pyramid-shaped monuments, constructed mostly as funerary tombs and ceremonial complexes for…
The First Emperor of China
China’s First Emperor, Qin Shi Huang, was born on 18 February in 259 BC – that’s over…
Colonialism
Colonialism is a practice of domination, which involves the subjugation of one people to another. One of…
Immigration
lots of people in top migrant destination countries say immigrants strengthen their countries, according to a 2018…