Live and Learn English with Jean Lee

A Prayer for the New Year of 2020 By Jean Lee I pray that no one feels pushed around or left out in their lives;         I hope there’ll certainly be the moments they feel their passion respected. I pray that I’m willingly spare a minute or two to hear my friends and give them high-fives;      I hope they remember we are always connected. I pray the crispy air at dawn fills me with brand new hopes for another given day;     I hope I’ll still pat on my back even if the time is not as meaningful or fruitful as expected. I pray I always look inside of me and give any pain some leeway;     I hope every little scab will not be neglected, but rather be protected. I pray day-to-day smiles and laughter will strongly pave the way for bigger bunch of happiness;    I hope daily navigation in life will bring me and my friends unshattere...

Is Christmas your favorite time of the year? With all big words or expressions pushed aside, let us just read some quotes about Christmas this week. Quotes about Christmas   “Christmas gift suggestions:   To your enemy, forgiveness.   To an opponent,    tolerance.    To a friend, your heart.    To a customer, service.   To all, charity.    To every child, a good example.    To yourself, respect.”   ….Oren Arnold   “I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” …. Charles Dickens from “Christmas Carol”   “Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling.” …..Edna Ferber   “Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas…perhaps…means a little bit more.” ….Theodor Seuss Geisel from “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”      “Just remember the true spirit of Christmas lies in your heart.” … The Polar Express...

This week presents the NPR (National Public Radio)’s Sunday Word Puzzle (that was aired on December 8 th , 2019) on my ESL blog. Every answer is a word, name or phrase in which the only consonants are B and L, repeated as often as necessary. All the other letters are vowels. Ex. Tell a secret --> BLAB 1. Holy book à _________________ 2. Reason why you couldn't have committed the crime à ______________________ 3. Record company à ___________________ 4. "The Hobbit" hero ___ Baggins 5. Tower of _________________ 6. Talk rapidly and foolishly à _________________ 7. Move up and down, as a doll's head à _________________ 8. Air-filled sphere sometimes made by soap à _______________ 9. Legally obligated à ______________ 10. Spanish explorer who discovered by Pacific in 1513 à _________________ 11. Woodcutter who foiled 40 thieves (two words) à ______________ 12. Victim of written defamation à ___________...