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Have you heard about Pro-Ana? I have heard recently about it and I'm shocked! Girls have own websites with the slogan : PRO-ANA. It means that they treat anorexia like the kind of lifestyle , not  disease!!
They have own Dekalogue and for instance:

1. My slenderness is more important than my health.
2 You don't eat- you are strong, you eat - you are weak.

and they are writing, e.g:

Today I ate one apple and drank green tea

DO YOU AGREE THAT MODERN TECHNOLOGY AND MASS MEDIA MAKES SOMETIMES YOUNG PEOPLE STUPID? WE ARE AGAINST PRO-ANA!!!

We compared 5 books which are frequently used by students. If you hesitate which book you should buy, look and decide:

The book	Level	Plus	Minus	REMARK
Michael Swan, Practical English Grammar		Lots of theory and examples	No practice	For us it was not possible to learn only with this book without practice.
Foley, Hall, My GrammarLab	C1-C2	Lots of examples, order, additional things, for instance phrasal verbs	-----------------------	It is very difficult book. We find that it is more difficult than Vince’s one. But it is the same level…
Martin Hewings, Advanced Grammar in Use	C1-C2	Lots of examples, order, lots of new words and phrases.	Sometimes we did not understand theory which was explained more clearly in Swan..
Michael Vince, Advanced Language Practice	C1-C2	All difficult and strange cases which were explained in the class.	Lack of order. All is mixed up.
Michael Vince, First Certificate Language Practice	B2	------------------------	----------------------	Too easy for us. We would like to recommend it the students from the first year.

HEWINGS - ADVANCED GRAMMAR IN USE

In this book besides grammar which is similar to Vince, I think, we can find texts with new words!

Look:

Prague is a stunning city,and this thriving capital of the Czech Republic makes a romantic and vibrant citybreak destination. A stroll through Prague's cobbled streets is wonderfully exciting: its architecture is remarkably diverse, and amazingly untouched by the Second World War, although Charles Bridges and the Astronomical Clock have recently been undergoing restoration.

Or even we have information about prefixes!

Look:

mis- badly	misdiagnose sth, misinform sb, mismanage sth, mistreat sth/sb
inter- between from one to another	interdependent, interrelated
ill- badly	ill-treated, ill-advised
re- again	refuel, rewrite, retell
de- indicating reversal or removal	depopulated, decentralize, destabilize
anti- opposed to	anti-racism, anti-drugs policy

Or common abreviations:

PS - postscript
encl. - document enclosed
PTO - please turn over
NB - used to make sb notice some important information
PC - politically correct aiming to avoid offending anyone
ETA - estimated time of arrival
B&B - bed and breakfast

Or Glossary with academic English:

evaluate sth
discursive
summarize sth
criterion
coherent
command of sth
stylistic
register

MY GRAMMAR LAB - THE MOST EXPENSIVE BOOK

Contents:

At the beginning of a book we can find the keyword for registration on the Internet, and there are plenty of additional exercises and films:

And in the book there are plenty of additional exercises which are typical of our test in June:

Here we have also many interesting issues, besides grammar rules.

e.g

KEY WORD	SIMILE
gold	The kids were as good as gold today = well behaved
feather	I picked up the little girl - she was as light as a feather.
bat	I'm afraid I'm blind as a bat = used humorously
post	My father is deaf as a post = used homorously
ox	John will carry it - he's as strong as an ox.

Or information:

German woman who has spent 55 years with the tip of a pencil lodged in her brain has finally had it removed. Margaret Wegner fell over carrying the pencil when she was four. It punctured her check and went into her brain causing excruciating pain, and she has lived with the ensuing chronic headaches ever since. At the time, no one dared operate, but the remaining 2 cms of pencil were removed on Friday in a delicate operation. She is said to be making a speed recovery.

MICHAEL VINCE ADVANCED LANGUAGE PRACTICE






Aside from grammar , you can learn and practise here English Vocabulary

e.g

Idiom or set phrase	Meaning
Bob's coming, isn't he? Don't hold your breath.	used to say you don't expect sth to happen even though sb said it would.
Are they sure to win the election? Yeath. It's foregone conclusion.	used to say that sth is a result that is certain to happen.
Are you going to the party? You bet.	used to emphasize that you are keen to do sth.
It's very cold today. You can said that again.	used to agree completely with what sb has just said.
Can we go in if we're not members? No way.	used to say that sth is not at all possible or not allowed. SYN : No chance.

Or we can find lots of new words e.g connected with discuss prison.

REOFFEND
THE ABOLITION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
DETERRENT
TURN OVER A NEW LEAF
OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD
REHABILITATION

Or interesting information, e.g :

GRENDON - is not a typical prison. It is constructed exclusively on the principles of group therapy, and operates as a "therapeutic community" for offenders.