Just talking about life in general and what it's like to have a lesson with me. See what it's like talking with Uncle Billy? That's right. My new little format. Making everybody comfortable. 

Can I Say - Can I Do

Uncle Billy.

Whether you work for a small company, a large company, you're a student, or you're looking for your next job, planning is an essential part of our work days. Today we're going to look at some important vocabulary that we can use to communicate our ideas when planning out our days. We've got a bunch of vocabulary here, including two phrasal verbs and an idiom. Don't forget that I'm a full time English coach and tutor right here on iTalki so if you're interested in working together to improve the way that you communicate at work then please feel free to send me a message!

Breakout Business English

Breakout Business English - Ep 4. Planning

Ciao studenti e studentesse di tutto il mondo. 🌏
In questo secondo episodio di “impara l’italiano con Isa” ci alleneremo con i verbi al tempo passato remoto, in questa occasione parleremo:
- Dell’amore clandestino tra Giorgio IV principe di Galles e Maria Fitzherberg, 
- Del ciondolo che Giorgio e Maria si regalarono in segno del loro amore 
-  Di come il Lover’s Eyes (il loro gioiello) divenne molto famoso.

Impara l’italiano con Isa

Lover’s Eyes

Sharp your listening skills.
This short episode is for upper-intermediate, advanced and super advanced levels.

Catch the missing words:

Así se ve Ciudad Mayacoba en Playa del Carmen. Ciudad ___________ es una comunidad planeada en el norte de Playa del Carmen, diseñada para ofrecer calidad de vida y un __________ en armonía con la naturaleza. Cuenta con tres accesos controlados y una __________  de primer nivel, en la cual encontrarás 27 kilómetros de __________,  24 kilómetros de __________,  10 hectáreas de parques, áreas infantiles comerciales y un parque __________,   cruces de __________  y 134 hectáreas de conservación natural.
Además, dentro de la comunidad encuentras escuelas, comercios y espacios __________,  todo sin salir del residencial. Y si decides ir a la playa o al centro, estás a sólo 15 minutos en automóvil. Y te digo un secreto, justo en el acceso de la comunidad se construirá un centro comercial que __________  de servicios a todo el área sur de la ciudad.
Si buscas invertir en calidad de vida, Ciudad Mayacoba es el lugar ideal.


Mucho que decir

Mayakobá , Playa del Carmen, México

¡Hola! En este episodio escuchamos el cuento "La reina de las abejas" que narra un viaje de tres hermanos en busca de aventuras. Cuando llegan a un castillo encantado sólo uno de ellos podrá romper el hechizo.

¡Después de escuchar el episodio responde el cuestionario para comprobar tu comprensión auditiva!

Entra a mi perfil y sígueme para que no te pierdas el contenido gratuito como podcast o cuestionarios que subo constantemente.


¡Cuéntame!

La reina de las abejas

本集全中文特辑里，Karen聊了一下最近在网上大火的两个词：”i人”和“e人”。这两个词到底什么意思？大家可以在听之前先猜一下哦～
也欢迎告诉我们，你是“i人”还是“e人“呢？

Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

(全中文 Advanced Chinese, HSK5+) “i人”和“e人”

首先，我们要学几个常用的词。左拐，右拐，调头，直走，过路口，停车。
First, let’s learn several words you will use.

Turn left – 左拐（zuǒ guǎi）,
Turn right – 右拐(yòu guǎi )，
U turn – 调头  (diào tóu)，
Go straight – 直走（zhí zǒu）, 
Cross the road – 过马路（guò mǎ lù）,
Stop the car - 停车（tíng chē）。

那么现在，标题的句子对你来说就已经不是很难了。“左拐，前面停车（zuǒ guǎi，qián miantíng chē）”“左拐”的意思是“Turn left”，“左”- Left，“拐”-to turn. “前面”的意思是“front”.”停车”的“停”-stop，车 – car. 所以合在一起，就是“左拐，前面停车（zuǒ guǎi，qián miantíng chē）”
And now, I think the sentence in the title is not too difficult for you. “左拐，前面停车（zuǒ guǎi，qián mian tíng chē）”- Turn left, then stop in the front.“左拐” means “Turn left”， “左” is Left， “拐” means to turn. “前面” means“front”.”停车”’s“停” is stop，车 means car. So put them together and it should be“左拐，前面停车（zuǒ guǎi，qián miantíng chē）”

Crystal Gao's Chinese Language Journey

4. 左拐，前面停车／Turn left, then stop in the front. 

How long do you want a movie to last? When do you start looking at your watch and wonder when you can leave the darkness of the cinema?

Or maybe it doesn't matter because you watch everything on streaming services, and you can pause anytime you like.

But according to a survey from the US, the perfect movie length is 92 minutes — about the same as a soccer match.

A polling company called Talker Research asked 2,000 people how long movies should be.

Only about 2% said they thought movies should be longer than two and a half hours, while just 15% want to watch a movie that's more than two hours long.

Movies like Dodgeball, Kung Fu Panda and Toy Story 2 are all about 92 minutes long.

But data suggests that the most popular movies are getting longer and longer.

A website called What to Watch found that the average length of the most successful movies has increased from 110 minutes in 1981 to 141 minutes in 2022.

The Guardian reports that nine out of the top 10 most successful films of all time are longer than two hours. Three of them are longer than three hours.

However, some say it's not the length of the film that's important, but how good it is.

There are really long films that feel much shorter because they're so interesting, and there are shorter movies that you wish would just end fast!