Issue 944 April 2009

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Easter holiday is coming. How are you going to spend the holiday? Easter holiday is a good chance for learning English. You can find a lot of useful learning resources in English Campus.

 

Easter

Easter

Do you know why you have an Easter holiday? Easter is a Christian festival commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Nowadays, it is not only Christians who celebrate Easter. You can visit our Easter mini-site to know more about Easter. You can also learn the words and phrases about Easter. If you have time, you can follow the recipes to make an Easter dish to your loved ones.

 

Read

Reading is a good activity for Easter holiday. Let's read some abstract of the books in Library.

Book1 Newspaper Boy
Two stories about Toby, a newspaper boy who wants to be a detective!
Book2 The Cut-glass Bowl and Other Stories
Five short stories about life in America in the 1920s and 1940s.
1. The Cut-glass Bowl
2. Bernice Bobs Her Hair
3. Gretchen's Forty Winks
4. Magnetism
5. Three Hours Between Planes
Book3 Picture Puzzle
On his way to college, Pete sees a pretty blonde girl in the shopping mall. The girl runs towards him and gives him a cassette of film. Then she runs away. She is frightened. Two men are running after her...

 

Ask Graham

AskGraham

When you have difficulties in doing your Easter holiday homework, you can send your questions to our Native English Teacher, Graham. Learn more about the difference between joining and taking classes in Question 280. You can also learn everyday objects vocabulary, such as stationery and household items in Question 281. If you would like to know how to talk about Hong Kong dollar, you can refer to Question 282. There are more answers here. If you have some questions, please feel free to ask Graham!

 

Create

Create

What are you going to do during Easter holiday? You can share your Short stories, Essays, Poetry or other forms of writing with us. You can also give feedback to others' work.

 

Teachers' Corner

Listening Feature

Developing good listening skills is important for English learning. There are many useful English resources in HKEdCity Resources Depository. The feature, HKEdCity Resources Depository: Resources Highlight (2) – Listening, introduces a list of useful resources for primary teachers to carry out listening activities in class and practice their listening skills.

Easter

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