If someone has "the gift of gab," they have the natural ability to talk in a way that makes people want to listen to them or believe them. For example, a politician may use "the gift of gab" to get people to vote for them.



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Do You Have 'The Gift of Gab'?

Hi everyone, this is Jesse, your story writer, and you’re listening to the Being a Cloud podcast. 

More teachers are waking up to the power of stories to teach languages, and on this show, I share the stories I’ve made with my italki students for you to enjoy. 

Are you an ESL student? Do you want to make a story? Book a lesson with me and let’s create one together. 

In this story, an orange named Orangutan gets an unexpected text message from his girlfriend. This is part 1 of 3.  

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Orangutan the Orange

Rain is pouring heavily onto a small town somewhere in Russia. It’s 8:15 in the morning on a cold Monday. 

Inside of a small, community-run gym, there is an angry-looking orange lifting some weights. It’s early, so no other members are in the gym. Not all the lights are turned on. The fourteen-year-old orange is alone lifting some dumbbells. 

8 – 9 – 10 – Rest… 

He takes in huge breathes to recover. He seems very driven to push his body to its limits. 

Again… 1 – 2 – 3… 

After completing his 5th set, the orange walks over to the bench press. He lays down on the bench, grabs the steel bar and lifts the 50kg weights. He’s very strong for such a young piece of fruit. 

Then, his mobile phone makes a sound. The orange completes his set, then grabs his phone from his bag. Two new messages have arrived. He opens the first one and scans the text. 

Hi, Orangutan, my dear, it’s me. I’m sorry to say, but our relationship is over. Please don’t visit me or call me anymore. You’re very strong and handsome, but you’re not polite or considerate. While I do care for you, sometimes I don’t feel safe around you…

The message stops there. It continues in the second message. But Orangutan feels so insulted and hurt by the message. He instantly deletes both of the messages, without reading the second. 

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Orangutan the Orange

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¿Te gusta estar en casa? ¿O eres más aventurero y prefieres salir?

Do you like being at home? Or are you more adventurous and prefer to go out?

Você gosta de ficar em casa? Ou você é mais aventureiro e prefere sair?

Sind Sie gerne zu Hause? Oder sind Sie abenteuerlustiger und gehen lieber aus?

Hablar por hablar (Listening)

hola hola

Spanish México

AMARANTO C

La cultura popular está llena de creencias, mitos y leyendas que construyen la identidad de un pueblo y forma parte del imaginario colectivo de sus habitantes. Cuba no es la excepción y posee un montón de historias con seres únicos.

Cafecito con Ale

El güije, criatura mitológica cubana

En el podcast de hoy vemos 5 expresiones (del español de España) que usamos muy habitualmente para indicar sorpresa, sobre todo coloquialmente, como por ejemplo: "¡Qué fuerte!" o "Al igual". 
Aprender y usar estar expresiones os ayudará a sonar como verdaderos nativos. 👍😉

Muchas gracias por vuestro apoyo, podéis dejar vuestras preguntas y comentarios debajo.

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한국의 예능 프로그램
한국의 예능 프로그램은 다양한 형식과 재미있는 콘텐츠로 많은 사람들에게 사랑받고 있습니다. 예능 프로그램은 주로 웃음을 주거나 감동을 전하는 것이 목표이며, 여러 가지 스타일로 제작됩니다.

먼저, 대표적인 예능 프로그램 형식으로 토크쇼가 있습니다. 토크쇼에서는 연예인이나 유명인들이 출연하여 서로 이야기를 나눕니다. 예를 들어, 《유 퀴즈 온 더 블럭》은 진행자가 길거리에서 사람들을 만나 인터뷰하는 형식의 토크쇼입니다.

또한, 리얼리티 예능도 인기 있는 형식입니다. 리얼리티 예능은 출연자들이 실제 상황에서 자연스럽게 행동하는 모습을 보여줍니다. 《런닝맨》은 출연자들이 다양한 게임을 하며 미션을 수행하는 리얼리티 예능입니다.

서바이벌 예능도 한국에서 많은 인기를 끌고 있습니다. 서바이벌 예능은 경쟁을 통해 승자를 가리는 방식입니다. 대표적인 프로그램으로는 아이돌 오디션 프로그램인 《프로듀스 101》이 있습니다. 이 프로그램에서는 연습생들이 노래와 춤 실력을 겨루고, 시청자의 투표로 데뷔할 멤버가 결정됩니다.

최근에는 요리 예능도 많은 사랑을 받고 있습니다. 예를 들어, 《백종원의 골목식당》은 음식점을 운영하는 사람들을 돕는 프로그램입니다. 또한, 여행 예능도 인기가 많으며, 출연자들이 세계 곳곳을 여행하며 경험하는 모습을 보여줍니다.

한국의 예능 프로그램은 다양한 주제와 형식으로 제작되며, 시청자들에게 큰 즐거움을 줍니다. 이러한 프로그램들은 한국뿐만 아니라 해외에서도 많은 인기를 얻고 있습니다.

한국의 문화

한국의 예능 프로그램

안녕하세요. Hello~ 
한국어 듣기 수업 시작해요. Let's start with the Korean listening class. 
선생님 읽어요. I read it. 
잘 들으세요. Please listen well.

I posted the sentences on my blog. 
https://blog.naver.com/laramcraft/222968494816
https://youtu.be/9DtqRDnK6zo
The basics are important.
It is also good to check the basics of 한글 Hangeul before this listening class.
1-1. Korean alphabet - Vowels 모음 - What is Hangeul?
https://youtu.be/0YzhJ9p2lcs
2-1. Korean alphabet - Consonants 자음 -what are the consonants 자음?
https://youtu.be/lckgvQ_vreA
3-1. Korean alphabet - Final Consonants 받침 - What are the final consonants 받침?
https://youtu.be/sLlFmG30fNI

This is a class to listen to Korean conversational sentences.
In this voice recording for listening, 
After reading many sentences with Korean grammar in Korean conversations sentences, 
Check out how much you understand the sentences with a voice recording. 
Never look at the sentences when listening to the voice recording. 
And Listen to the sentence repeatedly until you hear it completely. 

You are listening to the Sejong Korean conversation. (세종학당)
There are four books in total. (Korean conversation, 1, 2, 3, 4.)
It consists of 1st and 2nd courses for beginners and 1st and 2nd courses for intermediate.
Each course is conducted in 14 units. (2 grammar - for each unit.) 
This listening class you are taking is Korean Conversation 3. (Intermediate 1) 
Please listen carefully.