We all do it regardless of knowing that it's often counterproductive and can put us in a bad mood or lead to us feeling insecure....no matter what the gurus tell you and their advice to NOT do it we just cannot help ourselves. 

This episode offers my take on this everyday phenomenon. I welcome you to share your opinion in the comments section.

British English with Maria

Comparing yourself to others

คลิปนี้เจนพูดเกี่ยวกับวันในสัปดาห์ และมีคำถามท้ายคลิปให้นักเรียนตอบด้วยค่ะ ลองมาฝึกฟังและลองตอบคำถามดูนะคะ ขอให้ทุกคนสนุกกับการเรียนภาษาไทยค่ะ :)

Learn Thai by Kru Jane 

Thai Podcast 4/2025 (วันในสัปดาห์) 

La vita a Torino della signora Lucia


La signora Lucia vive nel centro di Torino nel quartiere del quadrilatero romano. Lavora da casa come traduttrice dal cinese all’italiano e ama molto cucinare. Proprio per questo motivo ogni giorno va al mercato di Porta Palazzo a fare la spesa. Lei ama passeggiare tra le bancarelle che vendono tanti prodotti alimentari differenti: adesso che è Gennaio lei compra della verdura di stagione come broccoli, cavolo nero, carciofi, finocchi, zucca, porri, rape e cavolfiori. Uno dei suoi piatti preferiti è un tortino di cavolfiore con uvetta, besciamella e noce moscata. Dopo aver fatto un giro nel reparto della frutta e verdura, la signora Lucia va nella zona del mercato coperto dove si trovano le pescherie e le macellerie. Dal pescivendolo compra delle cozze, delle vongole e qualche gamberetto, per preparare al marito Gilberto uno spaghetto allo scoglio. Poi in macelleria compra della carne macinata di vitello e di maiale, per preparare delle polpette di carne che ama tanto suo figlio Alberto. Alberto studia a Torino all’università del Politecnico, ma ogni domenica a pranzo preferisce tornare a casa dei suoi genitori per pranzare con tutta la famiglia. Lucia poi dal suo pizzicagnolo preferito, acquista della ricotta fresca di pecora, del parmigiano grattugiato, del pepe macinato e del pane grattato oltre a delle uova biologiche allevate a terra, ingredienti che andranno a essere la base di una torta salata di ricotta e spinaci che preparerà per sua figlia Maria. Maria è una studentessa del quinto anno di scuole superiori ed è vegetariana quindi la madre prepara per lei piatti buoni e senza carne.



Italiano espresso

lettura italiano livello A2/B1: La vita a Torino della signora Lucia

My experience teaching on Italki (in, easy to understand, Indian accent).

3 in 1

My experience teaching on Italki (Indian Accent)

IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 1 - Your Friends. 

Q. Do you prefer to have one particular friend or a group of friends? [Why?]
Q. What do you like doing most with your friend/s?
Q. Do you think it’s important to keep in contact with friends you knew as a child? [Why/Why not?]
Q. What makes a friend into a good friend?

Which question was the most challenging for you to think over? Which question did you answer the longest?

Let me know how I can be of assistance.

IELTS-SPEAKING 8-9 BAND IS POSSIBLE. DAILY SPEAKING PRACTICE PART 1,2 & 3. Listen daily.

IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 1 - Your Friends. 

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Около полудня обыкновенно появляется множество круглых высоких облаков, золотисто-серых, с нежными белыми краями. Подобно островам, разбросанным по бесконечно разлившейся реке, обтекающей их глубоко прозрачными рукавами ровной синевы, они почти не трогаются с места; далее, к небосклону, они сдвигаются, теснятся, синевы между ними уже не видать; но сами они так же лазурны, как небо: они все насквозь проникнуты светом и теплотой. Цвет небосклона, легкий, бледно-лиловый, не изменяется во весь день и кругом одинаков; нигде не темнеет, не густеет гроза; разве кое-где протянутся сверху вниз голубоватые полосы: то сеется едва заметный дождь. К вечеру эти облака исчезают; последние из них, черноватые и неопределенные, как дым, ложатся розовыми клубами напротив заходящего солнца; на месте, где оно закатилось так же спокойно, как спокойно взошло на небо, алое сиянье стоит недолгое время над потемневшей землей, и, тихо мигая, как бережно несомая свечка, затеплится на нем вечерняя звезда. В такие дни краски все смягчены; светлы, но не ярки; на всем лежит печать какой-то трогательной кротости. 
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Нескучные истории - Not boring stories

Отрывок из произведения И. С. Тургенева - "Записки охотника. Бежин луг."

The interrogative pronoun “什么” is used in interrogative sentences, serving as the object by itself or together with a nominal element following it. For example:

zhè shì shén me ？ 
这  是  什   么 ？ 

zhè shì shén me shū ？ 
这  是  什   么 书  ？ 

nà shì shén me ？ 
那 是  什   么 ？ 

nà shì shén me shuǐ ɡuǒ ？ 
那 是  什   么 水   果  ？ 

nǐ xǐ huɑn shén me ？ 
你 喜 欢   什   么 ？ 

JOJO CHINESE

What：什么shén me？

If you want to say HELLO, it depends on the time of day.
If it's morning, it's better to say ДОБРОГО РАНКУ.
If it's afternoon, it's ДОБРИЙ ДЕНЬ
If it is evening - then ДОБРИЙ ВЕЧІР or ДОБРОГО ВЕЧОРА
If it's night -- ДОБРОЇ НОЧІ
If you want to wish someone good night, you can use the previous phrase or ДОБРАНІЧ
It is also possible to say ВІТАЮ, but this word has two meanings: HELLO or Congratulations
These are formal greetings.
However, if you're talking to a friend, it's okay to say ПРИВІТ.

So how to say goodbye or bye? 
Goodbye is до побачення. By the way, побачення means “a date” and до in this context means “till”, but this phrase still means “goodbye”.
If you want to say “see you”, you can say “до зустрічі”. 
These are kind of formal ones.
And if you are talking to a friend and want to say “bye”, you can say:
– па-па (bye bye)
– бувай (bye)
So we can say it like “Як справи”.
“Як ти” – which is informal.

And what should we answer? 
We can say: 
Добре – which means good.
Дуже добре – very good 
Нормально – normal
Не дуже – not much. As I have said before, дуже – means very. So we literally say “not very”.
Чудово – great
Погано – bad
It is also possible to say “непогано” which means “not bad”


Український подкаст для початківців з Альоною / Ukrainian podcast for beginners with Alyona 

Basic words in Ukrainian 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KggpAhxNOzH3LAvyVuw_qofRiW3Pvb0o/view?usp=drivesdk