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This beautiful house

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This house is very beautiful for being in summer with all your family. It is very big because I want a lot of people living with me in Summer.  If you want to watch this beautiful video about the vocabulary of the house link here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9intHqlzhc

MIDGES IN SCOTLAND

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MIDGES IN SCOTLAND The Scottish Highlands is a beautiful place with its mountains and valleys.   For thousands of years the grandeur of this landscape has been marred by the misery of the midge.  So the midge is called the 'tiniest of monsters'   Dr Alison Blackwell says: "A midge has a set of mouth parts that like shearing scissors and they cut a hole in your skin and create a pool of blood and then they put their mouth parts in and suck from that. And that itself can be very painful."  http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/6minute/100624_6min_highlands.pdf It is very dangerous the insects in summer because you can have serious illness for them. 

TYPES OF SMILES IN SCOTLAND

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                                                     THE TYPES OF SMILE THE ENTHUSIAST SMILE  GIVES GOOD RESULTS.   BIG FREE SMILE          THE ROBOT SMILE AND THE BIG FREE SMILES    NEVER GIVE GOOD RESULTS.          

SUPERSTITIONS IN SCOTLAND

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SUPERSTITIONS  IN SCOTLAND The animals, birds and nature feature a lot in British superstitions. So, people mention " touch wood "or "knock on wood" for luck. On the other hand, if you carry a rabbit's foot, around your neck,  it will bring you good luck. It's what people call "a lucky charm". A charm is an object that brings good luck. So a rabbit's foot is a charm that brings good luck to the person carrying it. Besides there are a  few more British superstitions involving nature. Dr Paul Walton, from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds , spoke to the BBC about some superstitions surrounding birds in Scotland.  He is talking about seagulls and the traditions associated with them. So, according to Dr Walton, there are superstitions that are associated with gulls in Scotland. Partly it must be because Scotland's such a fantastic place for birds,  these superstitions have developed because these are the living things that ha...