Showing posts with label Vocabulary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vocabulary. Show all posts

Saturday, 25 October 2014

Did you know? (Volcanoes)

Volcano
Vulcan, the god  of fire














The word volcano comes from Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.
Vulcan is ften depicted with a blacksmith’s hammer.[1]
The Vulcanalia  was the annual festival on August 23 in his honour.
His Greek counterpart is Hephaestus, the god of fire and smithery.

[1] blacksmith / smithery
blacksmith (σιδηροθργός) - smithery (σιδηρουργική)
hammer



Did you know? (Endangered Species)

Endangered Species = Eίδη υπό εξαφάνιση)
Every day 50-100 different species of
plants and animals become extinct!

Friday, 24 October 2014

Sunday, 27 July 2014

Didgeridoo


The didgeridoo is an old musical instrument from
the wind family.The Australian Aboriginals play their
traditional music on it.It is a very long instrument.
* wind instrument = πνευστό μοθσικό όργανο

The Whistle

The tin whistle is a wind instrument that you can
hear in Irish music.The tin whistle is a simple
instrument,but a good player can make
a great sound on it!
*instrument =εργαλείο, όργανο
*musical instrument = μουσικό όργανο