Kategorie: Englisch

The secret of Antigravity If you drop a buttered piece of bread, it will fall on the floor butter-side down. If a cat is dropped from a window or other high and towering place, it will land on its feet. But what if you attach a buttered piece of bread, butter-side up to a cat’s… antigravity weiterlesen

Science Today’s scientific question is: What in the world is electricity? And where does it go after it leaves the toaster? Here is a simple experiment that will teach you an important electrical lesson: On a cool, dry day, scuff your feet along a carpet, then reach your hand into a friend’s mouth and touch… electricity weiterlesen

A young man was crossing a road one day when a frog called out to him and said, „If you kiss me, I’ll turn into a beautiful Princess.“ He bent over, picked up the frog and put it in his pocket. The frog spoke up again and said, „If you kiss me and turn me… the talking frog weiterlesen

MATHEMATICIANS hunt elephants by going to Africa, throwing out everything that is not an elephant, and catching one of whatever is left. EXPERIENCED MATHEMATICIANS will attempt to prove the existence of at least one unique elephant before proceeding to step 1 as a subordinate exercise. PROFESSORS OF MATHEMATICS will prove the existence of at least… how many ways are there to catch an elephant weiterlesen

November 28, 1995 Moved in at last. Finally, we live in the smartest house in the neighborhood. Everything’s networked. The cable TV is connected to our phone, which is connected to my PC, which is connected to the power lines, all the appliances and the security system. Everything runs off a universal remote with the… smartHouse – vision from back in 1991 weiterlesen

It’s Broken (to the tune of „She Loves You“ (with apologies to John Lennon and Paul McCartney) You think you know the code, and you know just what to say-ay you tried another load, then you called me yesterday-ay you said It’s Broken-  and I think it’s pretty bad the APAR’s open, and my boss… songs you might know – with new lyrcis weiterlesen

How big firms develop products nowadays 1.CODENAME: UMBRELLA 2.PRODUCT SPECIFICATION: multifunctional, integrated, user-friendly and non-expensive „solution“ compatible with future system architecture concepts aimed at avoiding the effect of extensive humidity and other environmental influences to human heads and other body parts. 3.MARKETING SPECIFICATION: Get hold of it ! Now ! Pre-Version:      Type: Hazelnut-stick (because of… product development (the other way) weiterlesen

English in the future? „How difficult is english?? A Vision For The Future“ Having chosen English as the preferred language in the EEC, the European Parliament has commissioned a feasibility study in ways of improving efficiency in communications between Government departments. European officials have often pointed out that English spelling is unnecessarily difficult; for example:… simplifing the english language weiterlesen