بوی ماه مهر                            

باز آمد بوی ماه مدرسه          بوی بازی های راه مدرسه

بوی ماه مهر، ماه مهربان          بوی خورشید پگاه مدرسه

از میان کوچه های خستگی          می گریزم در پناه مدرسه

باز می بینم ز شوق بچه ها          اشتیاقی در نگاه مدرسه

زنگ تفریح و هیاهوی نشاط         خنده های قاه قاه مدرسه

باز بوی باغ را خواهم شنید          از سرود صبحگاه مدرسه

روز اول لاله ای خواهم کشید         سرخ، بر تخته سیاه مدرسه

School days, School days, Dear old golden rule days...

  I can't believe it's getting to that time again! I always loved going back to school. There is nothing quite like a brand spanking new backpack, squeaky clean and full of pristine school supplies- the blank notebook pages representing a fresh start with a new teacher, new classmates, and a history yet unwritten. Nothing can give you the joy of the shopping trip to lay in new shoes and clothes for the upcoming year!

 Since I'm a teacher, I havn't had to give up that back-to-school excitement. Happy old days!!! I still can't believe that I used to walk to school by myself in kindergarten! Whenever I see my school, I trace the three or four blocks I used to tread to school each morning. Would that, we could still allow our kids the safety and confidence I knew each morning when I was 6 turning to 7.

  I always got insomnia the night before the first day just as I do right now, so the first day of school I was always walking around in a haze. I had that jittery feeling in my stomach, wondering if I would get a sweet teacher or a mean teacher, and who would be in my class. I looked forward to the break time to have my snack with my friends, which I guess is the reason why I still enjoy breaks. My mother always put a " first-day" treat in my bag rolled in a plastic bag, which I couldn't open until school was out and it was always something good, cheese sandwich!

  I still remember the smell of the purple copy on the handouts, pounding the chalk out of the erasers and thinking that it was a privilege when I got picked to do it. A freshly sharpened brand new pencil- to this day, it is hard for me to write with a mechanical pencil!!! Mum putting my hair in pigtails high on my head and me pulling them down as soon as I was out of view if I didn't take them out completely...

  Yeah, different times yet almost mutual feelings!!!

Nothing says fresh start or new beginnings like a blank notebook!  May all the pages of your notebooks remind you a great and successful school year when it is done!

                                                                   Kobra

هرگز

هرگز...

هـــــــــــــرگــــــــز...

غرورت را نشکن...

نرو ... صبر کن ... این آخرش نیست...

( فقط ، یک چیز را بدان )
تــــــو چیزی داری که نامش "دل" است...

 وقتی بدانی یکی نیازش "تو" ست...

همه ی وجودت را می شکنی تا غروری را حفظ کنی...

اگر نتوانستی ، اگر نشد ، اگر نخواستی...

 آنوقت...

بزن دلت را بشکن...

 این  "دل" را دیگر قیمتی نیست...

هیچ

هیچ

هیــــــــــــچ قیمتی...

The fat is in the fire

کار از کار گذشتن

When cooking took place over open fires, the fat from spit-roasted meat was collected for basting or subsequent use. The loss of the fat into the fire was wasteful and too much fat could cause a conflagration, as could an overheated pan containing fat. For whichever reason, too much fat in the fire was a bad thing. In its earliest use in the 14th century, the expression had to do with failure; only later did it come to imply , as it now does, a crisis or " Something has been done with damaging consequences"i

We implored him to desist, but he said that the fat was already in the fire.i

Have Two strings to one's bow

دو تیر در ترکش داشتن-کار از محکم کاری عیب نمیکنه

you have more than one skill or qualification so that if your first one fails, you can make use of the other one. The bow is sth that you shoot arrows from; the metaphore simply means that you have a spare bowstring, so even if the first one breaks, you have one in reserve and can still shoot your bow.i

The salesman had two strings to his bow- if a phone call didn't get results, he would appear in person.i

Another poem from Mrs. Jabbari

گفتگوی میان مردگان و زندگان ( in three lgs)                          

Live: Thou, who have gone so fast      ایللردی کی توپراقداکی آرام یاتانا چوخلی سوزوم وار

در شگفتم از شما که به چه شتاب رفتید

Why on earth thou didn't last       حیرتده یم آخر نه قدر اوندا دوزوم وار

از چه رو با مرگ هم آغوش شدید

What did thou get from the earth            نئجه وارلیخدان ال اوزماخ نئجه گتماخ

باز گویید از ره توشه تان

What did thou do since the birth        نگران گوزلری آخر نئجه توپراقینان اوتماخ

از گذر عمرتان

Dead: We were just like a river             بیر عومور تکجه بیرآرام سو کیمی داغلار آشیردیخ

جویباری بودیم

Not still, but travel                    اما دوزماخ نان یورولماخ تانیمیردیخ

بیگانه با خاموش و سکون

Like a watchful primrose                نگران نرگسه تک  تکجه افقنان تانیشیردیخ

و به سان نرگس همیشه نگران

Beholding of life shadows                 بئله اولدی کی سحرلر گونشیله دانیشیردیخ

تنها نظاره گر سایه ای از زندگی بودیم

We were just a little dust                 بیر سیخیم توپراقیدیخ نفسه حق دن اویاندیخ

ذره ای ناچیز از خاک بودیم

Not problem if it bust                        بیر عومور ذللتیله یئرده دایاندیخ

که بودو نبود آن توفیری نداشت

The path was a long way                             یول اوزون گتماغا جان یوخ

رهگذر جاده ای بی انتها بودیم

But the time was just a day                               عومور آز صبره امان یوخ

ولی فرصت تنها از طلوعی بود تا غروبی

Now the night is on the way                         عاقبت حسرتیله توپراقا باتدیخ

حالا که شب در راه است

And I envy the whole day                      دنیانین آرزولارین داشینی آتدیخ

من هنوز در حسرت لحظه لحظه روز می سوزم

Though I have got the rest                   گئجه ظلمت لئچکین باشینا آتدی

گرچه آرام یافته و با خاک هم آغوشیم

The tomb is my dream's nest                     آرزولار توپراقینان قول قولا چاتدی

گور من نه مدفن تن من که مدفن آرزوهای من است

 published by permission

What's happiness ( Agreat poem from Mrs. Jabbari)   q

خوشبختی چیست

  One says happiness is being under no bond        یکی می گوید "خوشبختی یعنی آزادی از هر قیدو بند"

Another says "It's just a mirage or a sweet dream"i  دیگری می گوید: "خوشبختی سراب یا رویایی شیرین بیش نیست

Or it's an abstract context with no similarity in the world   یا خوشبختی مفهومی ذهنی است که هیچ عینیتی در دنیا نمی یابد

But is happiness really a sun with no rising      اما آیا واقعا خوشبختی خورشیدی است که هیچ وقت طلوع نمی کند

or a horizon which is beautiful but unaccessible?i      یا افقی زیباست اما دست نیافتنی؟                      

Is it like zephyr , scented but ephemeral?i            آیا آن واقعا مثل نسیم معطر و گذراست                  

It is really a white swan whose nest is no where?i?  یا چوت قوی سپیدی است که هیچ کجا آشیان نمی کند؟

No, I beleive happiness is a white dove that has nest in honesties' alter نه من ایمان دارم خوشتختی کبوتر سفیدی است که در محراب صداقتها آشیان دارد

And a gift, when and where you love people, may you enjoy this granting  و هدیه ای است که هر موقع و هر جا مردم را دوست بداری ارزانی توست

I beleive happiness is a share, a share of life; so  ایمان دارم خوشبختی تنها تقسیمی است تقسیمی از زندگی پس:

Shall we share the world          بیا دنیا را میان خود تقسیم کنیم

Vale be mine              دره مال من     

Hill be thine               کوه را تو بردار

Let's range like floods              مثل سیلها بخروشیم

Stream be mine                  رود مال من

Sea be thine              دریا مال تو 

As we are close               ما که مثل چشم و ابرو

Just like eyes and eyebrows                       کنار هم هستیم

Tears be mine           اشکها مال من

Eyes be thine            چشمها مال تو

Let's hold dear nights and days              شبها و روزها را گرامی بداریم

Sun be thine                        خورشید مال تو

Moon be mine                  ماه مال من

I share the world with thee                   من دنیا را با تو شریکم

Without us there is no laughter                    بی ما نه زمستان را خنده ای است

For spring or winter                         و نه بهار را

We can share all we have in life               در زندگی همه چیز را می توانیم تقسیم کنیم

But we have a love                      عشقی داریم اما

Undevidable                تقسیم ناپذیر       

i-How do you keep a rhinoceros from charging?i

i-Take away his credit cards!i

To charge means "to rush at someone or something to attack it." To charge something also means to pay for an item by using a credit card.i

a) I heard you went on a safari. How did it go?i

b) Great! But we had a scare- out of nowhere, a huge tiger came charging at us. Thank heaven we were able to scare him off with rifle shots!i

a) That sounds exciting. Tell me, was the trip expensive?i

b) It certainly was. I had to charge the plane tickets to my credit card. It will take me months to pay off! But it was worth it.i

i-What kind of cake tastes awful?i

i-A cake of soap!i

A cake is a baked sweet made from flour, eggs, and other ingredients. A bar of soap can also be reffered to as a cake of soap!i

a) Hi, Jane. Where are you off to?i

b) Oh, I'm going to the bakery to pick up a birthday cake for my son. How about you?i

a) I'm heading for the drugstore. I need a couple of cakes of soap, , and some asprin.i

 What kind of coat is made without buttons and is iwet when you first put it on?i

i-A coat of paint!i

A coat is  a piece of clothing that covers your clothes. A coat can also be a thin covering of some substance such as paint or dust all over a surface.i

a) Wow! I like the new color you're painting the living room!i

b) Thanks, but be careful. I just put on the first coat and it's still wet. Here, let me take your coat. I'll hang it up in the closet  and we'll get started painting the dinning room.i

-Why did the boy put his radio in the refrigrator?i

i-He wanted to hear cool music!i

Cool has two meanings. It can mean" somewhat cold". In everyday speech, cool also means "wonderful, exciting, great"i

a) Wow! What a great song!i

b) You said it! This station plays really cool music. I could listen for hours.i

a) Me too. Hey, tell you what, let me get us a nice, cool drink from the fridge, and we can just sit back and listen for a while.i

b) Cool !  Sounds like a great idea!

Remember that gerunds are nouns but participles have linking functions and can be all parts of speech except a noun.i

Deciding where to spend the holiday, I went to get a ticket.i         Participle

     Deciding where to spend the holiday is a difficult task.    Gerundi

Perfect participle (active)i

a) action 1 is completed before action 2

I had had dinner. I went to the movies.i

Having had dinner, I went to the movies.i

b) action 1 continues for a while before action 2 starts

I had been (was) my own boss for 5 years. I couldn't stand having another boss.i

Having been my own boss for 5 years, I couldn't stand having another boss.i

c) action 1 happens several times before action 2 starts

He had failed 3 times, He didn't want to try again.i

Having failed 3 times, he didn't want to try again.i

Absolute participle:  is a kind of participle in which there are two different subjects for two different parts of a sentense

The weather was fine. We went on a picnic.i

The weather being fine, we went on a picnic.i

Functions of past participle

a) to help form perfect tenses

He has worked hard

b) as a participle adjective

a rented room            an educated man               coloured eggs

c) with special verbs

c-1   causative have  :    We had the car fixed.i

c-2   after "find, keep , leave"i

We found the money hidden in the garden.i        یعنی مخفی کرده بودند

We found the man hidding in the garden.i     یعنی خودش مخفی می شد

c-3 After perceptive verbs:   see, hear, watch......i

There is a difference in meaning between present and past perfect participles after perceptive verbs.i

I saw her cooking lunch.i                 در حال انجام عمل دیده

I saw her cooked lunch.i          یعنی از اول تا آخر عمل رو دیده

d) as  a reduced adjective clause

The books which are published in Iran are cheaper.i

The books published in Iran are cheaper.i

Misrelated participle:  is the most troublesome participle because it is always wrong

How to correct a misrelated participle?i

a) by changing the voice of one part

        When using this car, the brakes should be checked.i         incorrect

When using this car, you should check the brakes.i     correct

b) by changing word order

Shining in the sky, we saw the first star.i       incorrect

We saw the first star shining in the sky.i     correct

In the first sentence "shining in the sky" is related to "we" and it is wrong.i

c) by using the full clause

Climbing down the tree, one of the eggs broke.i     incorrect because eggs cannot climb down the tree

While he was climbing down the tree, one of the eggs broke.i     correct

Participles can be used in passive voice ,too.i

When did the soldier go out of the battle field?i

Having been wounded by a bullet, he fell down and was carried out

Participles can be used in different ways but be sure that you use them in a correct way because changing the order of the words can cause incorrect sentences.i

Hearing that Juliet was dead, Romeo killed himself

Romeo killed himself, hearing that Juliet was dead

Romeo, hearing that Juliet was dead, killed himself

THINK ABOUT:i

How can you change the following sentence into a participle?i

His heads I win tails you lose attitude annoys me.i

Which part of the sentence is incorrect and what is the correct form?i

While watching from our window, the great ship entered the harbor, whistle blowing and crew cheering.i

Last night, once more, you proved me your eternal love!  Just a look at your face can read your endeavors throughout your life!i

Your tired appearance is  a symbol of immence suffering,i

Your weak-light eyes is a symbol of your sleeplessness,i

and your white hair is a symbol of devoted life throughout your life.i

Still, with this much donation, you are always worried that Is there more you could have done?!i

The pure and unending kindness is easily transparent in your voice which reveals your heart words that reminds me whispering fairy-tales to my ears to sleep long ago in my childhood.i

Now, the years elapsed; yet, you are still the same.i

No change I see in you , the same eyes swelled with compassion, the same gaze that always  takes care of me and the same beam of shiny smile on your pale and wan face that soothes all of my disappointedness!!i

Indeed, is there nothing you can't do for us?!i

Now, looking for the most marvollous emotional words that can describe this great sacrifice, I'm speechless...1i

Trying to remember the most dreamy life memories and to whisper the most sweet life story with the most beautiful words in the holy life, what comes in my mind is the very precious word of " Mother".i

Indeed, whom you know that is devoted and patient?!i

Whom you know that writes the motto of faithfulness and kindness?!i

In fact, mother creates all the beauties and purities of life,i

Her love makes the life-myth rapturous,i

and it is HER love that fills creation's book of kindness.i

Mother!  YOU the paragon of love!i

Preciously I say that I love you that you gave the gift of life to me...i

A joke

Clothes never make us the gentle person but the character makes, Success is permanent when we acheive it without destroying our character... i

i-Why did the student always take cold baths?i

i-Because he didn't want to get into hot water!i

When people are in hot water, it means that they are" in a lot of trouble."i

When Bill was late to meet his girlfriend, he knew he was going to be in hot water. when he got to the restaurant, she was sitting and drinking hot tea, and glaring at him very angrily.i

In case / In case of

We use in case to express that we are doing something in preparation for something which might happen.i

Eg:  Take an umbrella in case it rains.i

We use in case of to say what we should do if or when something happens; also after in case of, there should be a noun!i

Eg: In case of fire, leave the building as quickly as possible!i

Athough / Even though

We use although or even though to express a contrast between two things.i

Eg:  Although he is much older than the others, he won the race.i

Even though he's a millionaire, he lives in a very small flat.i

Even though and although can be used in the same way as despite the fact that and in spite of the fact that.i

Eg:  I enjoyed the holiday, even though it rained alot.i

I enjoyed the holiday, despite the fact that it rained alot.i

The day lingers on. I look up. The evening lurid sky is flamboyant but dolefully reddened as if mourning for the dead day! It is just going to embrace the darkness of the night!i

No, I don't fear its darkness!!!i

It brings me solace and calm!  It's my sole company always ready to hear my grief that I can't convey to anybody but only night and its silence!!!i

It is the only witness of my untold true tales locked in my heart, and my eyes in tears weeping gently for my false dreams!!!i

It is very cheerful! As it keeps on, I get lost in its beauty. The night sky takes me far away to my distraught thoughts!i

The full moon appears from behind dark clouds and the glimmering stars scatter through the sky like thousands of scintillating silver sands looking down at the earth! And the glittering fireflies trick you as being earthly stars all around!!!i

And it's the time when I'm very close to tears. All those marvelous pure beauty drown in my eye's tides! I feel its drops on my face coming down while I'm trying to hide it from everybody except me and the silent night!!!i

Carving my diaries in its each moment, my tired eyes close to repose hopefull for a new day with a new hope to be loved by...i

People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered; forgive them anyway

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; be kind anyway

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; succeed anyway

people may cheat you; be honest and frank anyway

what you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; build antway

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; be happy anyway

The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; do good anyway

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; give the world the best you've got anyway

you see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God; it is never between you and them anyway

About a hundred years ago, a man looked at the morning newspaper and to his surprise and horror, read his name in the obituary column. The newspapers had reported the death of the wrong person by mistake. His first response was shock. Am I here or there?!!!i

 When he regained his composure, his second thought was to find out what people had said about him. The obituary read, "Dynamite King Dies." And also "He was the Merchant of Death." This man was the inventor of dynamite and when he read the words "Merchant of Death", he asked himself a question, "Is this how I am going to be remembered?" He got in touch with his feelings and decided that this was not the way he wanted to be remembered. From that day on, he started working toward peace. His name was Alfred Noble and he is remembered today by the great Noble Prize

Just as Alfred Noble got in touch with his feelings and redefined his values, we should step back and do the same, shouldn't we?!!!i

EEExcuse me sir, could  you please explain the difference between toward and towards? Thank youi

Recently:    has the widest use in positive, negative , and questions with the past tense and the present perfect tense

eg:    Did she have a party recently?i

       or      They've recently bought a new car

Not long ago:is only used in positive statements with the verb in the past tense

eg :       They arrived in Britain not long ago/recently

or        It's not long ago that they arrived in Britain

Lately:is used in questions and negative statements. In positive statements it is used generally with only, much and alot. The verb must be in present perfect tense

eg:     Have you seen him lately/recently?i

    i           They haven't written lately/recently

But         She's only lately/recently begun working here

i             I've seen alot of her lately/recently

 تعداد ...

صورت مسأله را تغییر نمی دهد 

حدس بزن 

چند بار گفته ایم و شنیده نشده ایم 

چند بار شنیده ایم و 

باورمان نشده است 

چند بار ؟ !!!! 

 
پدرم می گفت : 

پدر بزرگ ات ، دوستت دارم را 

یک بار هم به زبان نیاورد 

مادر بزرگ ات اما 

یک قرن با او عاشقی کرد.....

As you said I should either find or make a way because:

“I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.

I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles events in life.

I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life.

I've learned that making a "living" is not the same thing as making a "life."

I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance. I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. I've learned that

even when I have pains, I don't have to be one. 

I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

; but

what a pity you don't know that “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”...!!!

v

                                                            French Toasts

  موادلازم        Main Ingredients:

تخم مرغ یک عدد بزرگ          Eggs: 1 large 
 شیر یک چهارم فنجان             Milk: 1/4 cup 
 سه نان تست ضخیم       Bread: 4 thick slices 
 عسل دو قاشق چایخوری (در ماکروفر گرم کنید تا بهتر پخش شود )(Honey: 2 tbsp ( warm in microwave for better spreading) 
 کره یک قاشق غذاخوری                     Butter: 1 tbsp 
 روغن مایع یک قاشق غذا خوری (گیاهی)        Vegetable Oil: 1 tbsp 
 بیکینگ پودر یک دوم قاشق غذاخوری          Baking Powder: 1/2 tsp 
پودر وانیل یک چهارم قاشق چایخوری       Vanilla Powder: 1/4 tsp 
نمک یک چهارم قاشق چایخوری                      Salt: 1/4 tsp 


 روش تهیه Directions:

1. In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, salt, baking powder, and vanilla powder. 
در یک کاسه متوسط تخم مرغ شیر نمک وانیل و بیکینگ پودر را هم بزنید

2. Heat oil and butter in a large skillet over medium heat. 
روغن و کره را در یک ماهیتابه بزرگ و با حرارت ملایم  lگرم کنید

3. Soak bread slices in the egg mixer until saturated. Fry bread slices on both sides until golden brown

نان را در مخلوط تخم مرغ بندازید تا زمانی که کاملا خیس بخورد .تکه های نان را از هر دو طرف سرخ کنید تا وقتی که قهوه ای - طلایی شوند

4. Serve the French toast with drizzled honey and fruits. 
فرنچ تست را با عسل (روی ان) و تکه های میوه سرو کنیذ