August 23, 2003 Slane Castle, Ireland
Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Album: By the Way
Title: Universally Speaking

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Lyrics:
I saw your face
Elegant and tired
Cut up from the chase
Still, i so admire
Bloodshot your smile
Delicate and wild
Give me she-wolf style
Rip right through me

Silveretta the jets of a lifetime
Go and get her,
I got her on my mind
Nothing better,the feeling is so fine
Simply put, i saw your love stream flow

Come on, baby,’cause theres no name for
Give it up and i got what i came for
Universally speaking
I take it back and you make me nervous
Nothing better than love and service
Universally speaking
I win in the long run

I saw your crime
Dying to get high
Two of a kind
Beats all hands tonight

Silveretta the jets of a lifetime
Go and get her,
I got her on my mind
All the better, to make it is so fine
Simply put, i saw your love stream flow

Come on, baby, ’cause there’s no name for
Give it up and i got what i came for
Universally speaking
I take it back and you make me nervous
Nothing better than love and service
Universally speaking
I win in the long run

Silveretta the jets of a lifetime
Go and get her,
I got her on my mind
Nothing better,the feeling is so fine
Simply put, i saw your love stream flow
Simply put, i saw your love stream flow

Let’s go

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Idiomaticity of Language and the TOEFL iBT Speaking and Writing by Michael Buckhoff

In terms of language use, the human raters on TOEFL iBT speaking and writing will judge the Idiomaticity of your language use. But what does this mean? They will determine how natural sounding your speaking and writing is. In other words, would a native speaker express your idea the same way. One of the more difficult hurdles for advanced learners of a new language, idiomaticity of language requires that you avoid unnatural or odd-sounding words and phrases. For example, a native speaker of American English would never say, Merry New Year? Or, it would be quite odd to ask a native speaker of American English, How many years are you since birth?

Of course, being as natural sounding in your writing and speaking will help you to get a higher score on the TOEFL iBT. It will demonstrate to the human raters that you have had extensive experience using the English language and therefore understand the appropriate words and phrases that should be used in academic contexts.

Despite the importance of this, many of my advanced TOEFL students continue to use expressions like on the other foot instead of on the other hand.

Consider the following two sentences, one of which was written by an Advanced TOEFL student in my class:

Then usually students have two of three part time jobs needless to pay tax as much as extra work.

Then, some students may have two or three part-time jobs without having to pay taxes for this additional work.

Which sentence sounds more natural to you?

Why do advanced learners have trouble with idiomaticity of language? Most likely, it is because of the students lack of experience with speaking and writing the English language. These same advanced learners often depend heavily on translation dictionaries, further worsening their language use problems. Differences between expressions in languages can cause advanced learners to use odd or unnatural sounding expression.

So, what can you do about this? The answer is simple: immerse yourself in the English language so that you get exposure to natural sounding American English from television shows, movies, music, magazines, newspapers, and books. Get more familiar with http://www.eslcafe.com/idioms/ idioms and http://www.eslcafe.com/pv/ phrasal verbs and use them in speech and writing.

For more information, go here:

http://www.michaelbuckhoff.com/page10.html (TOEFL iBT Vocabulary)

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By:
Nouvelle Vague

I really like this song so I put some pictures up with it.

I don’t own the rights to anything you see or hear in this video.

By this CD and all the movies you see and this video if you like all of it.

Star Wars, The Notebook, very nice images found through Google, Silence of the Lambs, The Fountain, Hannibal Rising, Princess Diana & Dodi Fayed, Casino Royale, along with the actors and actresses that star in the movies.

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In this exclusive interview, you will find out why the practice of empire building is, by no means, a thing of the past. As the United States continues to expand its military forces around the globe, the consequences are being suffered by each and every one of us.

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Peace Love Death Metal | AntAcidAudio [2004]
Courtesy of HIP Video Promotion

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