The riddle of the Sphinx

‘Which creature in the morning goes on four legs, at mid-day on two, and in the evening upon three, and the more legs it has, the weaker it is?’ Oedipus resolved the answer: Man – who crawls on all fours as a baby, walks on two feet as an adult, and walks with a cane in old age.

riddle – találós kérdés
creature – teremtmény
weaker – gyengébb
to resolve – megoldani
to crawl – négykézláb mászni
adult – felnőtt
cane – (séta)bot

Most pedig csináljunk meg egy gyors feladatot, a szavak jelentését a videó után találod! 

Here are 15 ways to walk. Try to find the sentence each verb belongs to and you will understand the different ways of walking.

a) tiptoe
b) stumble
c) trample
d) march
e) shuffle
f) stroll
g) hobble
h) hike
j) limp
k) strut
l) skip
m) roam
n) stagger
o) toddle
p) trudge

tiptoe – lábujjhegyen járni
stumble – el/megbotlani, botladozni
trample – (át)gázolni
march – menetelni
shuffle – csoszogni
stroll – sétálni, kószálni
hobble – sántikálni, bicegni
hike– túrázni, kirándulni
limp – sántítani
strut – feszíteni, kevélyen járni (mint a gólya)
skip– ugrándozni
roam – (be)barangolni, vándorolni
stagger – támolyogni, tántorogni
toddle– – totyogni
trudge – vánszorogni

… and now let’s rock … and roll! 

I’m walkin’
Yes indeed, I’m talkin’
By you and me, I’m hopin’
That you’ll come back to me, yeah, yeah

I’m lonely
Yes I can be, I’m waitin’
For your company, I’m hopin’
That you’ll come back to me

What you gonna do when the well runs dry?
You gonna run away and hide
I’m gonna run right by your side
For you pretty baby I’ll even die

I’m walkin’
Yes indeed I’m talkin’
By you and me, I’m hopin’
That you’ll come back to me

I’m walkin’
Yes indeed, I’m talkin’
By you and me, I’m hopin’
That you’ll come back to me, yeah, yeah

I’m lonely
Yes I can be, I’m waitin’
For your company, I’m hopin’
That you’ll come back to me

What you gonna do when the well runs dry?
You’re gonna sit right down and cry
What you gonna do when I say bye-bye
All you gonna do is dry your eye

I’m walkin’
Yes indeed, I’m talkin’
By you and me, I’m hopin’
That you’ll come back to me

When a little girl left her oldest and favorite stuffed animal behind at a hotel, the staff gave the bunny five-star treatment – complete with turn down service – until they could be reunited.

“I lost my owner at breakfast” the Adare Manor Hotel posted on its Facebook page, showing a picture of the bunny that a staffer had found.

“I have to stay at Adare Manor tonight, hopefully my owner will come to collect me tomorrow,” said the photo caption showing ‘Jellycat’ settled in for the night with the TV remote and chocolate on the bed.

By the next day, the hotel in Adare Village, Ireland had tracked down the owner, Kate Hogan.

With the crisis averted, Jellycat could relax at the manor, enjoying all the amenities, until Kate picked him up.

He got to chill on the patio…

…have tea and cakes…

…take a stroll around the manor grounds, after getting directions from the concierge…

…before Kate arrived to take him home.

“Reunited at last … yippee!” Jellycat posted on the hotel’s Facebook page. “I got lots of lovely hugs from my pretty owner Kate and now we’re heading home for our next adventure.”

Kate sent her thanks to the hotel, along with a baby picture, taken about the time she first got the stuffed animal.

“Thank you for taking such good care of my special Jellycat,” she wrote. “He was my first ever teddy a whole three and a half years ago. I was so lonely going to sleep last night, but I now know he had the best time.”

Maybe the hotel got the idea from Tampa International Airport, which did the same thing, but actually printing a book of the photos for the boy who lost a Hobbes in June that was handmade by his grandmother.

And the story doesn’t end here. A kind Limerick lady from Ronniesbears sent the hotel an Adare Manor bunny of their very own and they have gladly taken him in as part of their team.

Adare Manor Bunny is currently doing his induction training and meeting the rest of his colleagues, but he will probably soon be settled into his role. You may even see him travelling around the world as he spreads the news about the kind and hospitable Adare Manor.

source: goodnewsnetwork

Here are a few definitions for you from the text. Find the word.

1. A hotel employee whose job is to assist guests by booking tours, making theatre and restaurant reservations.

2. Hotel service in which a room is cleaned and refreshed, and bed linen is turned down for sleeping, usually during the period guest is not in the room.

3. Top, VIP treatment.

4. Any feature that provides comfort, convenience, or pleasure.

5. A paved outdoor area adjoining a house.

Key

1. concierge

2. turn down service

3. five-star treatment

4. amenity

5. patio

Saturday becomes the day for fun and recreation where most of the people indulge themselvesin happy activities especially during the night, popularly called across various cultures as ‘Saturday Night’.

There are some interesting facts about Saturdays worth knowing.

Birthday of Vampire Hunters

Traditionally, in older days it was believed that Saturdays are the appropriate days to hunt down Vampires as they are restricted to their coffins and are not allowed to get out on that day. In the Balkans tradition, those who are born on Saturdays are entitled to become vampire hunters as they can see vampires.

Swedish Saturday Candy

Children are allowed to have candies only on Saturdays, every week in Sweden. This is termed as Saturday Candy. The reason behind this practice of allowing children to have candies only on Saturdays is to prevent tooth decays, and it has a historical reason that was considered controversial in medical ethics.

Known as the Vipeholm experiments, during 1945-55, mentally challenged people at the Vipeholm mental hospital in Lund, Sweden, were fed too much sweets to study dental health. This was an experiment sponsored by both the sugar industry and doctors to get to know if carbohydrates have a direct impact in the formation of dental cavities.

The only weekly off in Nepal

Saturdays are the only official weekly holidays in Nepal and not Sundays. It is the last day of the week in Nepal.

Election Day

In many countries Saturday is the preferred day for election of public representatives. In Australia, elections are held usually on Saturdays and in New Zealand, Saturdays are the only days in which elections can be conducted. It is also preferred by the State of Louisiana, in the United States.

Why the name Saturday?

The seven day week came into the Roman Culture in 321 AD, after being originated in Mesopotamia. These seven days are based on the seven planets that were then believed torevolve around the Earth and thus control the events happening. Saturday is named after the planet Saturn, which is the god of agriculture in Roman mythology. The astronomical symbol of the planet resembles the sickle carried by the god of agriculture.

Saturday as the seventh day

The calendar that we follow considers Saturday as the sixth day of the week But the Abrahamic religions including Christianity, Islam and Judaism consider Saturday as the seventh day of the week.

The day of rest

As Genesis sums up the creation of the world in seven days and relates that God took rest after creating the whole universe during the previous six days. Thus the seventh day is considered to be a Sabbath or day of rest.

As religions consider Saturday as the seventh day, they also make it a day of rest or worship, calling it Sabbath.

Saturday words

The amount of criminal activities that take place on Saturday nights has led to the expression, “Saturday night special” a pejorative slang term used in the United States and Canada for any inexpensive handgun.

Holy Saturday is the day before Easter.

Black Saturday is a day named after the beginning of a tragic bushfire in Victoria, Australia which killed 173 people,injured 414 people, destroyed 2,100 homes and displaced 7,562 people.

It is common for clubs, bars and restaurants to be open later on Saturday night than on other nights. Thus “Saturday Night” has come to imply the party scene, and has lent its name to the film Saturday Night Fever.