Did you know butterflies use their feet to taste?

Did you know?

Butterfly legs

In this episode, I speak about the phenomenon of the "collateral effect" and how it can help us learn a language.  

Rethinking Language Learning

The collateral effect

Илона Ма́ска зна́ют все. Кто-то говори́т о нём хорошо́, кто-то – пло́хо, но о нём говоря́т все. А вы зна́ете что-нибу́дь о его́ де́тстве?

Russian Library

Elon Musk's secret

Nick helps you think about this topic today...

IELTS with Nick - World Knowledge 

Should schools focus more on academic subjects or practical life skills? 

بْلَادْ الشَام هي أَرْبَعَة دُوَلْ, سوريا و الأُرْدُن و فِلِسْطِين ولبنان.
مِن نَاحِية المَسَاحَة سوريا أَكْبَر شِي وبَعْدَين الأُرْدُن وبَعِدْهَا فْلِسْطِينْ وأَصْغَر شِي لِبْنَان.
الأُرْدُن بِالجَنُوب وفِيهَا البَحْر المَيِّت.
لِبْنَان وفِلْسِطِين بِالغَرْب وَجُزْء كْبِير مِنْهُم عالسَاحِل.
سُورْيَا بِالشَمَال وجُزْء صْغِير مِنْهَا عالسَاحِل.
على كُلٍّ, بْلَاد الشَام كَانِت أَحْلَى لَمَّا كَانِت بَلَد وَاحِد


Levantine Dialect (Level 1)

بلاد الشام \ Levantine Countries

Alcohol is a leading cause of cancer, a risk that should be clearly labeled on drinks Americans consume, the top doctor in the US has said.

The US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy made the proposal as research and evidence mounts about the effects that alcohol has on human health.

His suggestion for a label would require approval from the US Congress.

Americans should be better informed about the link between alcohol and cancer, in particular, Murthy argues, noting that alcohol consumption was to blame for nearly one million preventable cancer cases in the US over the last decade.

About 20,000 people die every year from those alcohol-related cancer cases, he said.

Bottles of beer, wine and liquor already carry warning labels that say pregnant women should not drink alcohol and that alcohol consumption can impair a person's ability to drive a car.

But Murthy's proposed label would go even further, raising awareness about the risk for cancer, too.

"It's pretty crazy that there's a lot more information on a can of peas than on a bottle of whiskey," said Timothy Naimi, who directs the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research at the University of Victoria in British Columbia.

"Consumers have the right to basic information about health risks, serving size and drinks per container."

Consuming alcohol raises the risk of developing at least seven types of cancer, including liver, breast and throat cancer, research has found.

Murthy said that as a person's alcohol consumption goes up, so does the risk for developing those illnesses.

However, it's unlikely that Congress would act quickly to enact a new warning on alcohol products.

It's been nearly four decades since Congress approved the first government warning label on alcohol and no updates have been made since then.

Any effort to add a cancer warning label to alcohol would face significant pushback from a well-funded and powerful beverage industry, which spends nearly $30 million every year lobbying Congress.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

US Doctor Wants Cancer Warnings on Alcoholic Drinks

할아버지, 맛있는 냄새가 나요.
爷爷好香。 

너 주려고 할아버지가 직접 김밥이랑 떡볶이를 만들었어.
爷爷亲自为你做了包饭和炒年糕。 

와! 할아버지 최고예요!
哇! 爷爷是最棒的! 

먹고 싶은 게 있으면 언제든지 말해. 만들어줄게.
想吃什么就随时告诉我。给你做。 

맛있는 냄새가 나다 好香
직접 亲自
김밥 包饭
떡볶이 炒年糕
언제든(지)  随时