INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Thickening your liquids can help prevent choking and prevent fluid from getting into your lungs. Ask your doctor what consistency your liquids should be when you thicken them. Nectar-thick liquids are easy to pour. They're approximately the thickness of a cream soup. Combine 1 and 1/2 teaspoons (7.5 g) of commercial thickener to 1/2 cup (118 ml) of thin liquid. You can purchase commercial thickeners at most drug stores. Honey-thick liquids are not as pourable as nectar. They drizzle off of your spoon slowly. Combine 1 and 1/2 tablespoons (22.5 g) of your commercial thickener with 1/2 cup (118 ml) of thin liquid. This is the thickest consistency that you should thicken your liquids for medical reasons. You can eat pudding-thick liquids with a spoon. To create pudding thickened liquids, combine 2 tablespoons (30 g) of commercial thickener with 1/2 cup (118 ml) of thin liquid.

SUMMARY: Make a nectar-thick liquid. Make your liquids honey-thick. Create a pudding consistency in you liquids.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: An easy way to throw a great party is to have a themed party. By creating a theme for your party, you can easily make the decorations, food, music, and activities match each other making the party cohesive. Themes can be anything from a certain time period like the fifties to colors like a red and black party. You can also theme a party on a certain holiday like Valentine's Day or The 4th of July. Another great type of house party is a party focused on a specific event. Invite your friends over to watch a television event, or throw a house party for someone's birthday or a holiday. When you throw a house party focused on a specific event it's easy to base the theme off of this as well. Have a Superbowl party for everyone to watch this year's Superbowl game. Theme your decorations and food on football or the teams playing in the Superbowl. Throw a house party for a friend's birthday or for a holiday like New Year's Eve. Invite a group of friends over to watch an award show like the Oscars. Create an elegant feel by using the colors black, white, and gold for your party. You can throw a house party that's based on a specific activity to let all of your guests have fun as a group. Activities like karaoke and dancing are great to focus a party on. Another fun activity focused party is a murder mystery party where each guest is given a role to play and gets to try and figure out the answer to a mystery.

SUMMARY: Have a themed party. Invite friends over for a specific event. Throw a party focused on an activity.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: The number of eggs you should scramble will depend on how many people you want to feed. Scramble 2 per person. Make the scrambled eggs in a hot pan. Then cut a bagel in half and toast it. Drape a slice or two of salmon over each bagel half and then top with the scrambled eggs. You can also cut 2 slices of smoked salmon into bite-size pieces and add them to the scrambled egg mixture before you cook it. Toast 2 halves of an English muffin. Lay a slice of smoked salmon on each half. Then top each half with a poached egg and spoon a spoonful of hollandaise sauce over the top. You can season the eggs with salt and pepper to taste. Mash an avocado in a small bowl until it's mostly smooth (a few chunks are okay). Brush some olive oil onto 2 slices of sourdough bread and set them on a cooking sheet. Place the sheet in a 350 F (177 C) oven and toast for 5 minutes. Divide the avocado between the 2 slices of bread and top with the smoked salmon and a dollop of sour cream.

SUMMARY: Make scrambled eggs and salmon. Add smoked salmon to eggs Benedict. Make smoked salmon avocado toast.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: ' This is a very guttural sound, almost like you think something is gross or disgusting. Think of the vowel sign in the word "took," as in, "she took my example." Think of it as saying "jeh," but elongating the j slightly so that is sounds more like an "sh" sound. Think of the G sounds in "George." The pronunciation rhymes with the English name "Shea." " This is just like the pronunciation of G, but with an E sound instead of an A. A good trick for saying U is to start saying a hard E sound, like "eeee," then move move your lips forward as if you were saying "You." This somewhat "compound" sound is tricky, and easiest to learn by listening to native speakers. It is very similar to an exaggerated sound of disgust in English, "ewwwww," but it starts with a very pronounced E sound. Your tongue and mouth are situated like an "eee" sound. Your lips are rounded in an "O" shape. " It is similar to the English version, but you slightly de-emphasize the y sound in the middle. It is similar to the French pronunciation of U. " The oddest pronunciation in the alphabet, Y has two sounds: "ee-greck." The second part sounds a bit like "gekko" with an R and no O. You do not, however, want to pause between "ee" and "greck." Think of it as a two syllable word. When adding accents to letters, such as when spelling something for someone, you usually add the inflection or mark after the letters. So, for "e" you would say "e, accent a grave," (or, phonetically, "eh, ak-cent ah grav"). The accents are pronounced: A right pointing dash (') is an "accent a grave." Pronounce "ah-grav." A left-pointing dash (such as in e), is an "accent aigu." Pronounce "ah-goo." A point up (^) is known as a "circumflex." It is pronounced just like it looks. French has a few extra letters and combinations, which brings the total tp34 letters. The additional ones are: C ( Ss ) (Also known as a cedilla, or "sirdiya") ( Oo ) ( Ay ) a ( Ah ) e ( Eh ) i ( Ih ) o ( Oah ) u ( Oh ). Once you have them all down. try saying them in order to practice your pronunciation: A (ahh), B (bay), C (say), D (day), E (euh), F (f),G (jhay), H (ahsh), I (ee), J (jhee), K (kaa), L (l), M (m), N (n), O (o), P (pay), Q (kyoo), R (err(rolled r)), S (es), T (tay), U (e-yooh), V (vay), W (dooblay-vey), X (ix), Y (ee-greck), Z (zed).

SUMMARY:
Pronounce E like "euh. Pronounce G like "jeh," with a soft G sound. Pronounce J like "jhee. Pronounce U like "e-yooh," and know that this is probably the hardest letter to pronounce. Pronounce Q like "kyoo" or "cue. Pronounce Y like "ee-greck. Know how to talk about the various accents. Learn to pronounce the special characters. Review the pronunciation of the entire alphabet.