30th Annivesary

When Bill and Hillary C. first got married, Bill said, I am putting a box under our bed. You must promise never to look in it.' In all their 30 years of marriage, Hillary never looked.

However, on the afternoon of their 30th anniversary, curiosity got the better of her and she lifted the lid and peeked inside. In the box there were 3 empty beer cans and $1,874.25 in cash. After dinner, Hillary could no longer contain her guilt and she confessed, saying, 'I am so sorry.

For all these years I kept my promise and never looked in the box under our bed. However, today the temptation was too much and I gave in. But now I need to know why do you keep the empty cans in the box?' Bill thought for a while and said, 'I guess that after all these years you deserve to know the truth.

Whenever I was unfaithful to you, I put an empty beer can in the box under the bed to remind myself not to do it again.'Hillary was shocked, but said, 'I am very disappointed and saddened, but I guess after all those years away from home on the road, temptation does happen and I guess that 3 times is not that bad considering the number of years we've been together.'

They hugged and made their peace. A little while later, Hillary asked Bill, 'So why do you have all that money in the box?' Bill answered, 'Well, whenever the box filled up with empty cans, I took them to the recycling center and redeemed them for cash.'

The Frogs

A farmer came into town and asked the owner of a restaurant if he could use a million frog legs. The restaurant owner was shocked and asked the man where he could get so many frog legs! The farmer replied, 'There is a pond near my house that is full of frogs - millions of them. They all croak all night long and they are about to make me crazy!' So the restaurant owner and the farmer made an agreement that the farmer would deliver frogs to the restaurant, five hundred at a time for the next several weeks.

The first week, the farmer returned to the restaurant looking rather sheepish, with two scrawny little frogs. The restaurant owner said, 'Well... where are all the frogs?' The farmer said, 'I was mistaken. There were only these two frogs in the pond. But they sure were making a lot of noise!'

[Next time you hear somebody criticizing or making fun of you, remember, it's probably just a couple of noisy frogs. Also remember that problems always seem bigger in the dark. Have you ever laid in your bed at night worrying about things which seem almost overwhelming like a million frogs croaking? Chances are pretty good that when the morning comes, and you take a closer look, you'll wonder what all the fuss was about.]

Life

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,

but by the moments that take our breath away"

 

George Carlin

Enjoy your coffee!!!

'The happiest people in the world are not those who have no problems, but those who learn to live with things that are less than perfect.'

A group of graduates, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.

Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite telling them to help themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee, the professor said: 'If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the simple and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee.

 

In most cases, it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups... Then you began eyeing each other's cups.'

Now consider this, said the professor, 'Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of Life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us. Enjoy your coffee!'

The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything. Four things to take note of in life...

1. Live simply.

2. Love generously.

3. Care deeply.

4. Speak kindly.

TNX

همیشه دو درس را در زندگی خود به یاد داشته باش:

"جسارت در بیان عقیده،

 

 و جرأت در پذیرش اشتباه.

test

1-      I have no idea how ……… to handle everything so perfectly in a short period of time.
1)         Did he manage	2)         He manage	3)         Is he managing	4)         Has he managed
2-      A: “ Have you talked to Julia about the matter?” B: “ No, but I …….. to her one of these days.”
1)         talked	2)         have talked	3)         had talked	4)         am going to talk
3-      They didn’t tell us what ………….. for John for his birthday.
1)         Will they buy	2)         They are going to buy	3)         Had they bought	4)         Did they buy
4-      I don’t understand why ….. so angry.
1)         Does John look	2)         John looked	3)         Did John look	4)         Has John looked
5-      You should be more careful. It is the second time you ………….. this course.
1)         Are talking	2)         Would take	3)         Have taken	4)         Had taken
6-      How long …….. tennis now?
1)         Have you played	2)         Have you been playing	3)         Are you playing	4)         Do you play
7-      Mary can remember all the details of the book since she …………. It several times.
1)         Has read	2)         Would read	3)         Read	4)         Had read
8-      A: Are the students here? B:Yes, they …………. .
1)         Are going to come	2)         Are coming	3)         arrive	4)         have just arrived
9-      The catalogue shows how much ………..  .
1)         Costs each car	2)         Each car costs	3)         Does each car cost?	4)         Will each car cost?
10-  She never took piano lessons. She taught herself how ……….. the piano.
1)         Did she play	2)         To play	3)         Playing	4)         She plays
11-  Do you know when …… back from school?
1)         Will he come	2)         He come	3)         Does he come	4)         He will com
12-  I ……… dad what you said.
1)         Am telling to	2)         Am saying	3)         Am going to tell	4)         Am going to say
13-  “Are you going out this evening?” “No, I …… a letter.”
1)         Am  writing	2)         Have written	3)         Was written	4)         Am going to write
14-  A: I hear you’ve been offered a job. B: That’s right. But I ……………….. to take it.
1)         Am not doing	2)         Was not going	3)         Am not going	4)         Have not gone
15-  “Never mind. I don’t suppose you know…………… .” “No, I’m  afraid not.”
1)         When  will she be back	2)         When will be she back	3)         She’ll be back when	4)         When she’ll be back
16-  “Do you know when ……….. ?” “sorry, I’ve got no idea.”
1)         Has she gone	2)         She has gone	3)         Has gone she	4)         Gone she has
17-  Do you know…….. ?
1)         When will they come back	2)         Who wrote that letter	3)         Where did he go	4)         What is the answer
18-  I really don’t remember where ……… the book I gave him.
1)         Has he left	2)         He was left	3)         Was he left	4)         He has left
19-  Does anybody know how long ……… them to finish that project?
1)         Will it take	2)         It will take	3)         Takes it	4)         May it take
20-  She has…….. involved in preparing for her exams. That’s why she doesn’t turn up a lot these days.
1)         simply	2)         suddenly	3)         successfully	4)         recently
21-  A psychologist from Oxford University has done ………… into the stress and excitement of students before taking their exams.
1)         promise	2)         research	3)         advice	4)         skill
22-  “Could the students finish the test in the time ……… ?” “No, most of them asked for an extension.”
1)         single		2)         powerful
3)         weak		4)         allowed
23-  You are free enough to choose your own way of life and I won’t ……. Your choice.
1)         influence		2)         allow
3)         make		4)         improve
24-  I believe that factories …………. Too much smoke should be closed down by the city officials.
1)         preparing		2)         employing
3)         promising		4)         producing
25-  As soon as I………… what had exactly happened in the street, I left my car hurriedly.
1)         described	2)         realized	3)         refused	4)         continued
26-  The report has note been ………. Yet, but I’ll do my best to finish and make it ready soon.
1)         forbidden	2)         preferred	3)         prepared	4)         improved
27-  Not a single…………….. of the French airlines survived. Everybody was killed.
1)         flight	2)         airport	3)         pilot	4)         passenger
28-  An editor is quite ………… for what is published in his paper according to the laws.
1)         responsible	2)         ashamed	3)         interested	4)         similar
29-  Most colleges will ……….. students to change their subject choice in the early weeks of the term.
1)         influence	2)         allow	3)         research	4)         behave
30-  That old bridge is too …….. to carry heavy traffic.
1)         Powerful	2)         weak	3)         careful	4)         far
31-  He had ……….. so much that the doctor cut his dosage (medicine).
1)         improved	2)         practiced	3)         helped	4)         continued
32-  I think that television has a strong …………. On small children.
1)         future	2)         observation	3)         importance	4)         influence
33-  Employers pay their workers and …………. Them to do a good job for the money they receive.
1)         permit	2)         explain	3)         expect	4)         forbid
34-  I am going to cancel my appointment with the doctor because of bad weather. This sentence means:………..
1)         I will certainly meet the doctor	2)         My appointment will be kept	3)         I can’t visit the doctor	4)         The doctor will come to visit me
35-  As a psychologist, she is much attracted by the …………… among her country men.
1)         behavior	2)         committee	4) religion	3)         friendship
36-  The influence of your network on the readers is unbelievable. “influence” means…………. .
1)         impact	2)         contract	3)         contact	4)         product
37-  I was studying when the light went off, I had to go to bed; I had no other ………… .
1)         Basis	2)         choice	3)         channel	4)         future
38-  We need to ……….. at night after a hard day’s work.
1)         design	2)         involve	3)         imagine	4)         relax
39-  After her operation, my mother was told to …………. For two weeks.
1)         repeat	2)         review	3)         relax	4)         recall

Hindi and Urdu

 The spoken languages of India and Pakistan, Hindi and Urdu, are so close that the true language lover is tempted to take the plunge even though both languages use different and, to us, unfamiliar scripts (Devanagari, and a mixture of Persian and Arabic). Though other languages abound on the Indian subcontinent, Hindi-Urdu united their respective nations and whoever jumps in (despite the current lack of good learning materials) will be able to communicate with a population second only to that of China.

نبرد

نبرد من با تاریکی است 

برای نبرد با تاریکی شمشیرروی تاریکی نمیکشم

چراغ می افروزم ….

solutions

“Doubting everything and believing everything are two equally convenient solutions,

 both of which stimulate thought.”

Poincaré

کدام لاستیک پنچر شده بود؟

چهار دانشجو که به خودشان اعتماد کامل داشتند یک هفته قبل از امتحان پایان ترم به مسافرت رفتند و با دوستان خود در شهر دیگر حسابی به خوشگذرانی پرداختند. اما وقتی به شهر خود برگشتند متوجه شدند که در مورد تاریخ امتحان اشتباه کرده اند و به جای سه شنبه، امتحان دوشنبه صبح بوده است. بنابراین تصمیم گرفتند استاد خود را پیدا کنند  و علت جا ماندن از امتحان را برای او توضیح دهند.

آنها به استاد گفتند: « ما به شهر دیگری رفته بودیم که در راه برگشت لاستیک خودرومان پنچر شد و از آنجایی که زاپاس نداشتیم تا مدت زمان طولانی نتوانستیم کسی را گیر بیاوریم و از او کمک بگیریم، به همین دلیل دوشنبه دیر وقت به خانه رسیدیم.».....استاد فکری کرد و پذیرفت که آنها روز بعد بیایند و امتحان بدهند. چهار دانشجو روز بعد به دانشگاه رفتند و استاد آنها را به چهار اتاق جداگانه فرستاد و به هر یک ورقه امتحانی را داد و از آنها خواست که شروع کنند....آنها به اولین مسأله نگاه کردند که 5 نمره داشت. سوال خیلی آسان بود و به راحتی به آن پاسخ دادند.....سپس ورقه را برگرداندند تا به سوال 95 امتیازی پشت ورقه پاسخ بدهند که سوال این بود:

 

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