Pohroma jménem Maturita nanečisto 2007

27. 3. 2007 | Četba a poslech - Magazín

Jaké jsou dojmy z letošní Maturity nanečisto z anglického jazyka? Třemi slovy: byrokracie, chaos, ....

Our Civic Duty

28. 5. 2006 | Četba a poslech - Magazín

Well, it seems the election campaign is well underway.
We are being bombarded from all sides with flyers and leaflets, billboards, talking heads on TV, campaign rallies, and now even fist-fights.
I have to say that few, if any, of my friends are enthusiastic about this election.
Repeatedly, I hear that none of the political parties can be trusted.
The politicians are just concerned with ....

Time is Money ... Really

29. 4. 2006 | Četba a poslech - Magazín

About one year ago I was reviewing some of the topics for the graduating exam with some of my students who were preparing for Maturita.
On that particular day we were discussing “Business and Economics,” a topic I had encouraged my colleagues to add to the list of English topics for Maturita.
Almost everyone has to make some sort of economic decision daily and English is the world language of ....

The Great Visa Debate

4. 4. 2006 | Četba a poslech - Magazín

Recent events on both sides of the Atlantic have renewed interest about that lingering question of whether Czechs, Poles, Hungarians, Slovaks, and other peoples of former Eastern bloc countries should be able to visit the United States without obtaining a visa.
Obviously, the answer isn’t that simple, and there are surely lots of issues to consider which the average person probably doesn’t ....

Military life – from a wife’s perspective!

29. 3. 2006 | Četba a poslech - Magazín

Imagine that you are deep in the bush country of Kenya, East Africa… in the distance you can see the treetops swaying because the elephants are swiftly moving through the jungle.
Night time is drawing nearer and the jungle animals are calling to each other.
You and your family are camped at the camp site where Prince Charles of England had once camped.
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Basketball Players From Alabama Are Coming to the Czech Republic!

14. 3. 2006 | Četba a poslech - Magazín

Last fall when we were planning a trip to the Czech Republic, we were surprised and thrilled to see a special photo in our local weekly newspaper, The Wetumpka Herald.
The caption below the photograph noted that the group of basketball players in the photo had gone to the Czech Republic to conduct sports clinics and play basketball! For the past two summers basketball players from Wetumpka, ....