Happy New Year 1387

Happy New Year 1387

روز های هفته و معنای آن ها

The meanings behind the names of the seven days of the week. The days of the week are named after ancient gods. Each is explained in detail below

Monday: The name Monday comes from the Old English Monandæg, meaning "day of the Moon

Tuesday: Tuesday comes from the Old English Tiwesdæg, meaning "Tyr's day." Tyr was the Norse god of combat. In countries that didn't have a norse influence it is the "Day of Mars" (the Roman war god); In French this translates as mardi and in Spanish martes

Wednesday: This name comes from the Old English Wodnesdæg meaning the day of the Woden or Odin, the father of the Gods. It is based on Latin dies Mercurii, "Day of Mercury";in French mercredi and Spanish miércoles. The germans have renamed this day as Mittwoch, which simply means middle of the week

Thursday: comes from the Old English Þunresdæg, or Thor's day. Thor was the Germanic and Norse god of thunder. In Germany the same route leads to Donnerstag. Donner can be directly translated as thunder

In latin countries Thursday was the "Day of Jupiter"; which becomes the French jeudi and Spanish jueves

Friday: The name Friday celebrates the Norse goddess of beauty Frigg, In Latin the "Day of Venus" (also the goddess of beauty); leads to vendredi and Spanish viernes

Saturday: Saturday is the only English day of the week to retain its Roman origin. Saturday "Day of Saturn"; In southern Europe the catholic church remembers the jewish sabbath in the names (French samedi and Spanish sábado)

Sunday: The name is quite literally the Sun's Day. Attempts by the church to replace this remenant of pagan worship with 'The Lords Day' failed in northern europe but succeeded in southern europe where Dimanche (french) and Domingo (spanish) have their routes in the Latin dies Dominica

Source: education.newarchaeology 

• برای فراگیری بخش دوم " نشانه های آوایی زبان انگلیسی " برروی تصویر بلندگوی زیر کلیک کنید. بشنوید و تکرار کنید.

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•  یکی از راه های درست تلفظ کردن وازه های زبان انگلیسی، فراگیری " نشانه های آوایی زبان انگلیسی " است - که در هر دیکشنری انگلیسی به انگلیسی می توان یافت . اما این که آن نشانه های آوایی را چگونه باید تلفظ کرد ، نیاز به شنیدن و تمرین و تکرار آنها است. در بخش اول - در زیر - تعدادی از این نشانه ها را همراه تلفظ آنها برایتان گذاشته ام. با کلیک برروی تصویر بلندگوی زیر آنها را بشنوید و تکرار کنید.( منبع: esl.about.com)

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How to Hear English Everywhere

Two simple definitions

to hear: to receive sound with the ears

to listen: to try to hear

You are very good at languages. That's obvious, because you already speak one language very well - your own! And if you can learn and speak one language well, then you can certainly learn and speak one or more other languages 

But did you ever ask yourself: "How did I learn my own language?" In fact, you never really "learned" it at all - you just started speaking it. One day, when you were about two or three years old, you started speaking your language. A few words at first, not full sentences. But you spoke. And very soon you made progress without even thinking about it. It was like magic 

But it wasn't magic. It was the result of hearing. For two to three years before you spoke, you heard people speaking your language all day, and maybe all night. You heard people speaking your language. Maybe you listened to people, but more importantly you heard. them. Then, as if by magic, you started to speak. All that hearing was necessary for you to start speaking. For two to three years words went IN to your head. Then words came OUT of your head! That is why hearing (and listening to) English as much as possible is so important to you now. The more English you put in, the more you'll get out 

So how can you hear a lot of English when you're not in an English-speaking country or family? Fortunately, there are many ways of hearing English in almost all countries of the world 

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