Here are six short biographies of famous figures in history. Before you listen, predict the type of missing information in the sentences below.Choose the letter according to different types of information you predict.After you've submitted your predictions, you can listen to the recording to check...
Here are six short biographies of famous figures in history. Before you listen, predict the type of missing information in the sentences below.Choose the letter according to different types of information you predict.After you've submitted your predictions, you can listen to the recording to check...
He is rich and famous but is always involved with charity, fund raising and donations to NGOs. He has funded schools in Gaza and also acts as the Ambassador to Save the Children and The Mangrove Care Forum in Indonesia. To read more interesting biographies of famous people, browse though o...
He had been doing a similar job at Hamburg for about a year, and was probably the most famous of German musicians actually living in Germany. One of the Kantor’s duties was to teach Latin. G.P. Telemann refused to do that; nevertheless, he was appointed on August 13. But the ...
Evelyn Waugh (1903—1966) was an English writer of novels,biographies and travel books. He was also a prolific journalist and reviewer of books. Waugh is recognized as one of the great prose stylists of the English language in the 20th century. His most famous works include the early satires...
Here are six short biographies of famous figures in history. Before you listen, predict the type of missing information in the sentences below.Choose the letter according to different types of information you predict.After you've submitted your predictions, you can listen to the recording to ...
little/nothing short of 1. 简直可以说是, 几乎是 Our escape was little short of miraculous. 我们的脱险简直可说是奇迹。 for short 1. 简称 My name is Alexander, "Al" for short. 我叫亚历山大, 简称艾尔。 go short of 1. 少于, 不及 2. 缺乏, 不足 The children mustn't go short of food...
Biographies of Haiku PoetsAn excellent collection of informative biographies about noted haiku poets, critics, and editors. The short biographies include links to e-mail addresses and websites of the featured persons. An outstanding contribution! Presented by Elizabeth St. Jacques. ...
While opera was temporarily banned at this time by the Pope, Handel found work as a composer of sacred music; the famous Dixit Dominus (1707) is from this era. He wrote many cantatas in operatic style for gatherings in the palace of Pietro Ottoboni (cardinal). His Rodrigo was produced in...
In the second-best boxing story ever written (see number one on this list), Hemingway trots out in the visage of pugilist Jack Brennan a running theme in his work (and one of his most famous quotes) –“…a man can be destroyed, but not defeated.” ...