Nick discusses a variety of topics that you need to know about for the IELTS test - Speaking Part 3 and Writing Part 2. Listening to this will help you build your world knowledge and form opinions. 

IELTS with Nick - World Knowledge 

Hablemos de la navidad y sus orígenes y por qué no de algunas tradiciones inusuales alrededor del mundo.
¿Sabían que en Ucrania decoran el árbol de navidad con telarañas? 
¿Has golpeado a alguien para limar asperezas durante las festividades? ¿No?
Entonces no te pierdas esta nueva entrega.
En el siguiente enlace podrás encontrar el artículo del podcast, no te pierdas las imágenes de los platos navideños y de las tradiciones poco comunes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LTPYFMv_fet0bB7zTiGywA_H8DBUvsrhZtaZW9XH2YA/edit?usp=sharing

Voces Difusora

Navidad: celebraciones inusuales alrededor del mundo.

Da li ste nekada posetili Barselonu?🤩
Да ли сте некада посетили Барселону?🤩
Have you ever visited Barcelona?🤩

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Serbian Together

#1 Barselona (Барселона)

Onko suomen oppiminen helpompaa ruotsia tai englantia äidinkielenään puhuville? Lainasanat ovat osa puhuttua kieltä, on luonnollista lainata sanoja ja suomalaistaa ne. Tässä podcastin jaksossa käsittelen suomen kielen lainasanoja ja käytän esimerkkinä aivan loistavaa Fred Karlssonin kielioppikirjaa. Kun astuu suomalaiseen kielimaailmaan, törmää ankkaan, pankkiin ja penkkiin.

Fred Karlsson - Yleinen kielitiede (Basic Finnish Grammar) 

Suomea for you

6. jakso: Lainasanat

MARGARET: Mr. Wilson, I’d like you to meet 
Dr. Edward Smith.
MR. WILSON: It’s nice to meet you, Dr. Smith.
DR. SMITH: Pleasure to meet you, too.
MARGARET: Dr. Smith is an economist. He just finished
writing a book on international trade.
MR. WILSON: Oh? That’s my field, too. I work for the 
United Nations.
DR. SMITH: In the Development Program, by any chance?
MR. WILSON: Yes. How did you guess?
DR. SMITH: I’ve read your articles on technical assistance. 
They’re excellent

LANGUAGE NOTES
• Mr. Wilson, I’d like you … Notice the rising intonation on “Mr. Wilson,” which is used 
to address someone. Listen for the “d” in “I’d like.” This means I would like, which is 
very different from I like. (“I’d like” means the same as “I would like” or “I want.”)
• Dr. Smith is an economist. Notice the stress on “economist.” This content word has 
new information, so it is emphasized. There are four syllables in “economist,” with the 
stress on the second syllable (e-CON-o-mist).
• He just finished writing … “just” means the very recent past. “Just” is usually used 
with a simple past verb because the action is complete. However, it can also be used 
with the present perfect (He’s just finished writing …).
• Development program. Since these two words make a compound noun, the main 
stress falls on “development.”
• By any chance? Means the same as “possibly.” Notice the rising intonation, which is 
used in yes/no questions to confirm that something is true.

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day3: Formal Introduction in English

In this episode, I'll describe Marinas' day taken from my Grammar book "Evgnosis- Russian Cases", Exercise № 57 https://evgnosis.gr/book/


Learn Russian with Marianna!

My daily routine!

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
3月14日月曜日　天気/くもり　気温/2℃

・昨日から相撲の大会が始まる
・大会の名前は「大相撲春場所」
・北海道出身の二人が白星

［単語］
相撲（すもう）...大きくて、太ってる人の日本のスポーツ
大会（たいかい）...だれが1番か決める Tournament
大相撲春場所（おおずもうはるばしょ）...相撲の大会の名前
出身（しゅっしん）...生まれて生活した場所 hometown, home prefecture
白星(しろぼし)…相撲で勝つこと
黒星（くろぼし）...相撲で負けること

