Summer is here, July has just started and we really are not in the mood for an advanced English lesson, aren´t we?
Consequently, today´s lesson it´s about a fun fact, this time related with how the months of the calendar got their names.
Did you know that July and August didn´t exist in the ancient Roman calendar? And that both were named after two Caesars? Or that in the ancient Rome the first month of the year wasn´t January but March?
Let´s learn all
this things with this short video!
VOCABULARY
To lay out: to spread as to be easily seen.
Bud: a part of a plant that develops into a leaf or a flower.
Wedding: an official ceremony at which two persons get married.
Bunch: a number of things of the same type that are joined together.
Unaffiliated: with no connection between them.
Equinox: the time when the sun crosses the equator, twice a year. The spring equinox is around the 21st of March and the autumn equinox around the 23rd of September.
Mess: a situation in which there are a lot of problems.
Stuck: past simple and past participle of to stick (to put something somewhere).
Fashion: a way of
behaving, dressing, etc. which is popular at a certain time.
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