Straight from the horse's mouth

Straight from the horse's mouth có nghĩa là thông tin nghe được từ một nguồn hay người rất đáng tin tưởng. Listen : http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/tae/tae_20130812-1200a.mp3 Script: Finn: Hello, I'm Finn and we're presenting today's The English We Speak on horseback. I'm joined by…(Horse whinny)Finn: Sorry about that – by Feifei…Feifei: Hello. Yes, we're taking a horse-riding holiday in the beautiful mountains of Wales.Finn: Isn't it glorious?Feifei: Beautiful. A million miles away from London.(Horse whinny)Finn: Eh, talking about London – you know our friend Mark, did you hear his news?Feifei: No, what happened?Finn: Great news for him. He sold his ice-cream delivery company.Feifei: Wow!Finn: And he made...

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Sydney Smith

"You must not think me necessarily foolish because I am facetious, nor will I consider you necessarily wise because you are grave."...

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Ji-Hae Park: The violin, and my dark night of the soul | Ted

Xin chào ! Hôm nay chúng ta xem nghệ sĩ Violon Ji Hae Park của Hàn Quốc biểu diễn và thuyết trình ở Ted.   Ji-Hae Park spreads the joy of classical to music to those who might not otherwise hear it -- and in the process shows that you can rock out on the violin.         Ji-Hae Park was on the fast track to violin stardom when she ... paused. Why was it simply her goal to be the best violin player in the world? Was there more to music than that? And thus she began to think differently about how to "play" her life. Now -- along with playing prestigious concert halls, winning prizes and making a new album for Decca called Baroque in Rock -- she makes time to play in hospitals, churches, prisons, anywhere she...

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Albert Einstein

"To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself."...

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TEWS: Freak: 27 May 13

Are you obsessed by a hobby or sport? Feifei is but Jen's not impressed! Listen : http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/tae/tae_20130527-1200a.mp...

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Rebecca West

"Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology."...

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Dorothy Parker

"I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don't do any thing. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more."...

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