"Be-lo-ved"? "Be-lovd"?

Longman Advanced American Dictionary:

adjective:  "be-lo-ved" or "be-lovd"
noun:  "be-lo-ved"

As I mentioned in class, English pronunciation has changed.  Here is G. F. Handel's pronunciation of revealed:  "re-veal-ed."

And now for a beautiful rendition in Korean!  (Don't ask me about pronunciation!)

Also from Handel, despised is pronounced "de-spi-sed."

Crowdsourcing

Does anyone want to go to Singapore?  If you like a challenge (tough reading!), read about the convention in Singapore.  You can click on some of the links in the article.  And don't worry if you can't understand the reading.  It won't ever be on your test!

Beautiful Music for a Sunday Morning

From 6 a.m. until 9 a.m. KUSC plays wonderful choral music every Sunday.  Go here to listen.  And be sure to tell me how you liked it ("ASK").

The Meteor in Russia

Read about the meteorite that hit Russia.  This is authentic English from The Wall Street Journal.  Don't worry if you can't understand it.  Just try it!  It's good to do different kinds of reading.

American History: Columbus and the New World

Read and listen to the story of Columbus discovering the New World.

Presidents' Day

On Monday Coastline will have no classes.  You can thank Presidents' Day.  Here you can read about this holiday.  This is good for your Reading Log, which is due Thursday.

Valentine's Day

This is authentic English, not ESL English. Don't be afraid to try it! You won't be tested. You can watch the videos, but you should try to do the reading.

http://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day

William Boyce (from Reading Connections 4)

You can listen to the three movements of William Boyce's Symphony No. 8 in the following video:

There is a brief pause between the first and second movements at 06:01.  I hope that you could feel "that [your brain] activity was highest during the short breaks between the movements."
--Reading Connections 4, lines 34-35, p. 5