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🎂The birthday cake is on the table; the
candles are lit. What are you going to do
before you blow them out and make a
wish? Sing ‘Happy Birthday’ of course!

🎂Although it’s sung at birthday celebrations all over the world, how much of us ever
stop to wonder where this popular tune came from?

🎂Mildred J. Hill and her sister, Patty, were kindergarten teachers in Kentucky, USA. One day in 1893, Mildred composed a melody on the piano. It sounded good, so she played it to Patty, who added some words. Soon they had made it into a simple song to greet the children as they came into class each day.

Good morning to you
Good morning to you
Good morning, dear children
Good morning to you.

🎂Shortly afterwards the song was published in a book, Songs and Stories for the Kindergarten.
No one is sure who took Mildred’s
melody and replaced Patty’s words with ‘Happy Birthday To You’, or when it happened, but the new version quickly became popular through
radio and the new medium of sound films.

🎂The rights to the song now belong to
the huge media and entertainment group AOL Time Warner. ‘Happy Birthday To You’ is said to earn about $2,000,000 a year in royalties. Sadly, Mildred Hill died in 1916, long before her song became world famous.

Think about her the next time you
blow out the candles on your birthday cake!

to those who celebrate

🐣 Have you ever wished someone a Happy Easter only to be told it's not 'their' Easter yet?

It happens to the best of us especially when we don't realize that our friends, students, or co-workers belong to the Orthodox Church, which celebrates Easter on a different day than the Catholic Church and the majority of the world.

Click here to find out why Orthodox Easter is usually a different date than the Catholic one

Which Easter do your celebrate, the Orthodox one 🐣, the Catholic one 🐰 or none of them?

🌷There’s a wonderful Tulip Festival these days in Istanbul.

It is held every April, and the city parks, squares, gardens are amass with millions of tulips of every colour and shape.

Here are some fun facts about tulips:

🌷The word “tulip” comes from a Persian word meaning “turban”.

🌷There are over 3500 varieties of tulips.

🌷Tulips follow the sun even when in a vase!

🌷Tulips continue to grow after they’ve been cut.

🌷At one point in history, tulips were the most expensive flowers.

🌷Like many flowers, tulips are edible!

Do you like tulips?

You can see some photos of a long awaited spring 2022 above.

🌸Spring is not only the season between winter and summer.

It also means a place where water naturally flows out from the ground.

I used to swim in hot spring in winter in Siberia!

As a verb it also means to move quickly and suddenly.

I sprang out of bed when I realized I had overslept.

Now, the question to you:

What springs to your mind when you think of spring as a season?

Этой весной необходимо пробовать что-то новое и/или придерживаться привычных действий.

Клуб английского языка подходит вам если вы уже давно с нами или ещё ни разу не были.

В апреле мы внесли изменения в программу, сделали акцент на грамматике, и участники это оценили (смотрите комментарии)!

В мае - вновь новинка сезона - микс грамматики и лексики (смотрите комментарии)!

Майская программа - последняя перед летними каникулами, поэтому присоединяйтесь, чтобы:
🔹оказаться в кругу таких же крутых людей, для кого изучение английского - хобби и часть образа жизни;
🔹узнать что-то новенькое - это всегда интересно;
🔹встретиться с необычными гостями;
🔹прокачать все навыки (grammar, vocabulary, speaking, listening, writing, etc)

Уровень А2 и выше.
Настроение весеннее.
Стоимость антикризисная (смотрите комментарии).
Запись @svetikl.

I live in Turkey, and today is an special day here: the beginning of the Ramadan Feast.

The Ramadan Feast is a time for visiting relatives and paying one’s respect to older people.

Many people wake up early on the first day of the Ramadan Feast. They put on their best clothes, which they often buy specifically for the occasion, and have a large breakfast. This symbolizes the end of the fasting period, which many Muslims observe during the preceding month of Ramadan.

The Ramadan Feast has an alternative name in Turkey, the Sugar Feast (Şeker Bayramı), because people treat their guests to sweets and traditional desserts during the festival.

It is customary to visit one's relatives, especially older ones, and kiss their hand as a sign of respect. Children may go door-to-door, kissing hands of the grown-ups and receiving sweets and small amounts of money in return.

Here’s another example of using the suffix -ness

How would you answer the question above?

In the meanwhile we’re starting May Programme in SL English Speaking Club.

In April, we made changes to the programme and focused on grammar, so the participants appreciated it (see comments)!

In May we are having something new again: a mix of grammar and vocabulary (see comments)!

The May program is the last one before the summer holidays, so join us to:

🔹 become the member of the community of cool people who are learning English as a hobby and it is a part of their lifestyle;
🔹 learn something new which is always interesting;
🔹 meet unusual guests;
🔹 boost all skills (grammar, vocabulary, speaking, listening, writing, etc)

Level A2 and above.
Spring mood.
Anti-crisis pricing (see comments).
Text @svetikl to enroll.

Hi everyone 👋
In our English Speaking Club we’re speaking about travel.
So, I’d like to remind you some words related to this topic⬇️