OG NEWSLETTER ISSUE # 1
MAY 2009
Nowadays English is the most important language on earth. It is spoken as a native language by around 375 million and as a second language by around 375 million speakers in the world. Speakers of English as a second language wi ll soon outnumber those who speak it as a first language. In OG we see English as a necessity and we want to provide our users the best tools in order to learn it. That’s why we have created the OG BULLETIN.
OG BULLETIN is a monthly magazine where you will find useful information about our company as long as many different topics that will help you to practice and of course, to improve your English. On each edition you will find very important information, interesting topics, news, articles and a lot of fun stuff
OG NEWSLETTER ISSUE # 1
MAY 2009
May is the fifth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. It is also a month within the northern season of spring. Here are some interesting facts about the month of may arround the world.
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In many countries, May Day is May 1st. This is celebrated as Labor Day in many countries.
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“Cinco de Mayo” or the “Battle of Puebla” is celebrated in Mexico on May 5th . It is also celebrated widely in the United States.
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In Chile, the Battle of Iquique , is celebrated on May 21st, and it is a national holiday.
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The second Sunday in May is Mother's Day in Colombia and in many countries around the world.
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In New Zealand, May is the New Zealand Music Month.
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MAY 2009
• This month we are opening our new branch in the beautiful city of Barranquilla. Now the “costeños” have the opportunity to learn English fruit of entertainment.
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The three branches from Bogota, Calle 83, Corferias and Pepe Sierra, are celebrating their final certification. It is going to take place at the “GIMNASIO MODERNO’S AUDITORIUM” on May 21st at 7pm.
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The advisor Mauricio Jimenez from OG Laureles in Medellin was selected as the best Advisor of the month of March according to our last internal control survey. Congratulations to Mauricio for his hard work and commitment.
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MAY 2009
Jack The Ripper After 118 years, Jack the Ripper’s name remains the most familiar of all murderers, no other single criminal has been so exhaustively examined in literature and on stage and screen. The Ripper murdered and dismembered at least five and possibly nine or more prostitutes in London’s East End in 1888, in one of the most gruesome, gory serial killings in British or any other history. “Saucy Jack” was never captured in the foggy night streets of Whitechapel or Spitalfields, and his pseudonym was derived from his signatures on the bizarre, mocking notes he reputedly sent to the police. (Sept. 30th: “Double even this time. Number one squealed a bit – could not finish straight off – had no time to get the ears for police.”) “Bloody Jack” was described as a man of medium height who wore a deerstalker cap, sported a small mustache and “talked like a gentleman.” For almost a century writers have speculated on the Ripper’s real identity, naming literally hundreds of “suspects,” including even Prime Minister Gladstone and Albert Victor Christian Edward, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, Queen Victoria’s grandson and heir to the throne of England. After some time the murders stopped but the Ripper was never caught
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If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side.
• It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it.
• Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable”.
MAY 2009
OG NEWSLETTER ISSUE # 1
MAY 2009
In this section we will give you some links and information to practice your English in a very funny way. 1. Find the 5 differences between the two frames, be very careful with the details!!
2. Go to the following links to practice and improve your vocabulary skills by filling the crossword puzzles ⇒ http://iteslj.org/cw/3/ck-dolch02.html ⇒ http://iteslj.org/cw/3/ck-dolch01.html
⇒ http://iteslj.org/cw/3/ck-dolch08.html
Answers to the differences: 1. The little clouds 2. The boy’s hair 3. The boy’s nose 4. The bird’s eyes 5. The cat’s tail 6. The author’s signature