Jag hade en fundering häromdagen som handlade om spindlar  och rädsla. Vad tycker du? Håller du med mig?

Easy Swedish with Viktoria

Ep. #20 - Spindlar och rädsla

Il migliore amico di Jimmy è un ragazzo italiano di nome Marco. Marco è di Venezia, ha 30 anni e vuole imparare l’inglese. A volte la sera Jimmy incontra Marco e insieme chiacchierano in italiano e in inglese.

Jimmy conosce Marco da solo un mese. Marco è giovane, un po’ basso, magro ma è in forma. Secondo alcune persone è bello, secondo altre persone è brutto.

Marco ha i capelli corti, castani e ricci. Ha gli occhi piccoli e neri, le labbra carnose, il naso aquilino come molti italiani e ha la pelle scura.

Jimmy è anziano, alto, un po’ robusto. Ha i capelli lunghi, biondi e lisci. In realtà i suoi capelli stanno diventando brizzolati. Ha gli occhi grandi e verdi, le labbra sottili e il naso a patata.

Marco e Jimmy hanno due caratteri diversi. Marco è estroverso, gentile ma pigro. Jimmy è timido e introverso, a volte scontroso, ma molto diligente.

Sono due brave persone: Jimmy è molto generoso, Marco è molto simpatico e sorridente. Però Jimmy, quando è arrabbiato, è un po’ antipatico. Marco invece è un po’ tirchio e lascia pagare sempre Jimmy!

Nonostante le differenze, Jimmy e Marco vanno molto d’accordo e sono felici di trascorrere del tempo insieme.



Language points



Secondo + persona = Secondo me oggi piove!/Secondo Luigi, arriveremo a destinazione fra due ore.
Lascia pagare = Lascia + infinito. Lasciami stare in pace!/Lascia andare Gianni in giardino.
Nonostante = Nonostante il prezzo, voglio comprare questo biglietto aereo./Nonostante la pioggia, il cane è in giardino.
Andare d’accordo = Io e i miei fratelli andiamo molto d’accordo./Tu vai d’accordo con la tua famiglia?
Trascorrere del tempo = Ami trascorrere del tempo con i tuoi amici?

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Il mio migliore amico

Bedside Italian #39 - L'ortica nella cucina italiana.

Bedside Italian

In this episode we will talk about guilty pleasures! What they are, how they come to be, and some examples. A guilty pleasure is defied as 'an activity or piece of media that someone enjoys but would be embarrassed by if other people found out about it'. I hope you enjoy the episode :)

The English Umbrella

Talking about Guilty Pleasures!

Tra ieri ed oggi ho avuto finalmente modo di prendere due lezioni, una in Francese e una in Giapponese, vi racconto come è andata!

The Italian Miscellaneous Podcast🖐 

La mia esperienza da studente!

In this American English language podcast I talk about going to a baseball game in Las Vegas. Book a class with me and lets talk about sports ! https://italki.com/teacher/1947582 Thanks for listening! Visit my website for more of my podcasts (Streetwisenglishdotcom)

Streetwise English

SWE39 American Las Vegas Baseball Game

Practice all 5 E sounds in British English with targeted exercises and tongue twisters. This lesson revisits the long and short E, the distinctive /ɜː/ sound that gives Southern British accents their signature "posh" quality, and the tricky /eɪ/ diphthong. Perfect for anyone looking to refine their British pronunciation through hands-on practice.

Transcript: 
Long e /iː/: protein - Japanese - guarantee - committee - serene - believe, receive, degree, theme, scheme, 
Short  /ɪ/.:   English, pretty, bucket, pocket, started,  helmet, velvet, secret, women, gifted 
Short e:  bed, get, end, ever, ten, red, lend, help, next, step, send, tell, men, check  

Minimal pairs: 
bet / beat
met / meet 
pet / Pete
sec / seek
stem / steam
breath / breathe
/ɜː/: her, term, serve, learn, fern, verse, perk, stern, mercy, permanent 

Tongue twisters: 
Her perfect purple purse was purchased in the service of a merchant.
The poet’s verse was first rehearsed in the perfect church.
The stern clerk served the fresh herbs with perfect purpose.
Myrtle curled her fingers around the purple purse, sure it was hers.
The surgeon gave a stern service to every patient with perfect care.

/eɪ/ : hey, great, eight, neighbour, they, vein, prey, weigh, rein, obey. 

Sequence: 
bed – bid  – bade 
met  – mitt  – mate 
pen – pin – pain 
sell – sill – sail 
get – git – gait


British Pronunciation Tips 

British Vowel Sound Masterclass: Lesson 8: The E - Practice 

Fao nos cuenta cómo llega a tocar en las calles de Taiwan, va en búsqueda del camino del Tao,  el Taichi, la caligrafía  y el Guqin, y en el camino, hace bailar a los taiwaneses.  

Ritmos del mundo

#14 Taiwan

In this story, an hourglass named Timer comes alive and is able to time travel. This is Part 5 of 6.  

Waking up at 5am, his most precious time of day when his genius flows like a mighty waterfall, Henry looked out his laboratory window and saw a magic moment: a baby chick was hatching from its egg. This was a sign, today Henry would complete his greatest invention. 

It looked like a simple household object, fairly inconspicuous, except for its futuristic black appearance. It had two chambers, one on the top and one on the bottom; the bottom was filled with yellow sand. They were connected by a narrow passage in which the sand flowed through. If an ordinary person had seen it, they would have believed it was an ordinary hourglass. 

But there was nothing ordinary about this hourglass. It was Henry’s latest attempt at engineering a time machine. 

Henry poured the remaining yellow sand into the top chamber and watched it fall to the bottom. He then tightly attached its cap. Taking a step back, Henry was overwhelmed with both exhilaration and trepidation. At that moment, a strong gust of wind came in through an open-window and scattered several documents across the floor. 

Henry flipped the hourglass and watched the yellow grains of sand travel through the narrow passage. As they hit the bottom, the grains changed to dark red. Henry looked out the window and saw the proud rising sun, a symbol of a new day. He watched as it slowly went back behind the mountains. He watched as the scattered documents flew up onto his desk and organized themselves as they previous were. He saw the baby chick return to its egg and the egg reassembled itself. 

Finally, the last grain of sand hit the bottom. Henry had traveled thirty minutes back in time. 