Did you know sloths are really slow when it comes to digestion?

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Slow sloth

How can you use critical thinking more? Listen to the podcast to find some tips.

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In English exams like the IELTS test, there are speaking or writing questions that require critical thinking skills. If you feel weak in this area, you’re not alone. Many people do. The reason is that critical thinking is challenging, and this isn’t helped by the fact that not all education systems or schools focus the same energy on developing such skills. So what does it mean to think critically, and how can you do it more often?

***What is critical thinking?***

There are many different aspects to critical thinking. It may be about using your knowledge to predict what consequences different actions will have. It may be about looking at information and then forming opinions or reaching conclusions. It may also be about understanding when some important information is missing, and being able to gather the extra information that you need. In your work life or student life, these skills are vital for finding solutions to problems. If you have them and can present your analyses to other people effectively, you will be a valued member of any forward-thinking team.

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If you want to work on your critical thinking with a qualified, experienced teacher, and to practise applying it when speaking or writing, please get in contact with me or book a class.

English exam skills

Critical thinking

En este episodio te invito a conocer Celestún, una reserva natural ubicada en Yucatán. Mientras lo escucha trata de encontrar los 16 verbos en subjuntivo. Saludos
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Celestún, Yucatán. Practica el subjuntivo

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Stai per andare in Italia?
Are you about to visit Italy?

Let's study together a real situation dialogue, in order for you to be prepared during your trip.

Let's see how to buy a museum ticket!

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3 minutes Italian

Dialogo vero: al museo - 3 minutes Italian

Text zum Mitlesen:

Ich sitze im Garten, im warmen Halbschatten, mit einem kühlen Getränk und lasse die Seele baumeln. Die Sommerzeit ist perfekt zum Seele-baumeln-lassen, wenn man gerade nicht arbeiten muss. Die Vögel zwitschern, und die Blumen duften herrlich. Alles ist ruhig und friedlich. In solchen Momenten kann man die Sorgen vergessen und einfach nur entspannen.

„Die Seele baumeln lassen“ ist eine schöne deutsche Redewendung. Sie bedeutet, dass man sich entspannen und wohlfühlen soll. Es ist wie eine kleine Pause vom Alltag. Man macht nichts Wichtiges, sondern genießt einfach den Moment. Man kann die Seele baumeln lassen, wenn man im Garten sitzt, ein Buch liest oder einen Spaziergang macht. Es ist wichtig, solche Momente zu haben, um sich zu erholen und neue Kraft zu tanken.

Was bedeutet das Bild „Seele baumeln lassen“ genau? Das Wort „Seele“ beschreibt den inneren Teil eines Menschen. Es ist das, was man fühlt und denkt, das, was einen glücklich oder traurig macht. Die Seele ist etwas ganz Persönliches. Außerdem ist die Seele nach religiösem Glauben der körperlose Teil des Menschen, der unsterblich ist und nach dem Tode weiterlebt. Das Wort „baumeln“ bedeutet, dass etwas locker hin- und herschwingt, wie zum Beispiel eine Hängematte. Wenn man die Seele baumeln lässt, stellt man sich vor, dass die Seele ganz entspannt und ruhig hin- und herschwingt. Es ist ein Bild dafür, dass man sich gut fühlt und keine Sorgen hat.

Also, wenn du das nächste Mal Zeit hast, probiere es aus: Setze dich hin, entspanne dich und lasse einfach die Seele baumeln!

Die kleine Dosis Deutsch

Redewendung: Die Seele baumeln lassen

Gabby is from Vietnam and lives and works in the Philippines. I decided to record our conversation for the podcast.

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Gabby from Vietnam

The Nordic countries of Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden are regularly top scorers in world happiness rankings. These countries have placed in the top 10 of the World Happiness Report (WHR) every year since 2013 — so what's their secret?

These five countries score well in all six of the things considered in the WHR: GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom, generosity and corruption.

But the WHR has noted that there might be another thing these countries have more of than others — trust.

Trust is very important, says WHR editor John F. Helliwell, a former professor at the University of British Columbia. And he developed a study to test how community trust is linked to better well-being.

In Helliwell's study, he looked at how likely people thought it would be for a lost wallet to be returned to them, and he compared this to their life satisfaction score from zero to 10.

He found that those who expected their wallet to be returned had a higher life satisfaction score.

"We find people are much, much happier if they feel they're in an environment where people are going to watch their back," Helliwell told Euro News.

In a 2023 experiment by Reader's Digest, wallets were actually left for people to find in cities around the world. And where was a lost wallet most likely to be returned? In Helsinki, the capital of Finland.

The WHR has noted that a high level of trust may be among the things that explain Nordic happiness.

However, as Forbes has suggested, it may not be so much about big-smile "happiness" as quieter "contentment."

Rather than always trying for something better, people in Scandinavian countries are more often content with what they have. As a result, few of them will say they are unhappy — which helps these countries do well in world happiness rankings.

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What's the Secret to Nordic Countries' Happiness?

The Grand Egyptian Museum has finally opened some of its galleries to the public, as part of a trial run ahead of the still-unannounced official opening.

The museum, a mega-project near the Giza Pyramids, which has cost well over $1 billion so far, has opened 12 halls featuring ancient Egyptian exhibits.

Up to 4,000 people have been able to visit each day since the middle of October.

The museum has been under construction for more than a decade, but the official opening has been delayed for various reasons, including the coronavirus pandemic and political problems.

The idea, which was first announced in the early 1990s, was to collect ancient artifacts from around the country in one place.

The government wanted the new museum to be outside of Cairo, the busy capital city, to make it easier to get to.

Some sections have been open since 2022 for limited tours, to test the visitor experience and the museum's preparedness.

More than 100,000 of Egypt's ancient treasures will be displayed in the world's largest archaeological museum, according to the Egyptian state information website.

The grand staircase — six stories high and with a view of the pyramids — and the commercial area are open to the public, showcasing monuments and artifacts that include sarcophagi and statues.

Other parts of the museum, including the King Tutankhamun treasure collection, are set to open at later dates.

All halls are equipped with advanced technology and feature multimedia presentations to explain the lives of the ancient Egyptians, including its kings, according to Eissa Zidan from the museum.

One of the halls will use virtual reality to explain the history of burial and its development throughout ancient Egypt.

Some of the first tourists to visit said they were impressed by the museum, which Zidan called "a gift to all the world."

He said: "The museum is not only a place to display antiquities, but it also aims to attract children to learn about ancient Egyptian history."