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Сегодня читаем перевод на русский отрывка из романа Элизабет Гилберт “Ешь, молись, люби”. О том, как важно брать на себя ответственность и выбирать в жизни то, что ты можешь выбирать.

Слова, которые объясняю в эпизоде: 
судьба́ - fate, destiny, fortune; подвла́стный - находится под чьей-то властью, зависимый - subject, dependent; прямико́м - прямо, напрямик - straight ahead; подпада́ть - to fall under; юрисди́кция - право производить суд, решать правовые вопросы - jurisdiction; увели́чить - to increase; тра́тить - to spend; дели́ть - to share; неуда́чный - unsuccessful; обстоя́тельство - circumstance; ста́ну ли - will I (become); воспринима́ть - to perceive; прокля́тие - curse; сли́шком - выше меры, чересчур - too much; жале́ть - to regret; хотя́ бы - даже если, даже, например - even if, though, even though; взгляд - sight, view, look; тон - звук определённой высоты, оттенок речи - tone, sound; мысль - think, thought, idea.

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Reading Russian

Отрывок из романа "Ешь, молись, люби" Э. Гилберт

Lectura de una carta anónima del profundo yo al consciente. Autor anónimo.

Reflexiones y poemas de Abel

Querido yo

Почему слово "должен" так часто используется в русском языке? 

Русский в любую погоду (All-Weather Russian)

Почему в России все друг другу должны? 

In this heartfelt episode of "English Learners Boost," host Ian shares a personal story about a life-changing motorbike accident. Ian, a licensed professional science teacher and English tutor, reflects on the incident and the profound lessons it taught him about slowing down and appreciating life's moments. He draws parallels between his recovery journey and the process of learning English, emphasizing the importance of taking things one step at a time. Tune in for an inspiring message about resilience, gratitude, and the power of perseverance.

English Learner's Boost

The Accident that Changed my Life

龙马精神[lóng mǎ jīng shén]：dragon/horse/ vigour; vitality; drive；
This idiom means vim and vigor, full of life, often used to describe people's fighting spirit and healthy state.
龙马lóng mǎ：The mythical beast with a dragon head and a horse body in ancient legends of Chinese.
饱满 bǎo mǎn：full; plump; well-stacked; flush; filled
充满 chōng mǎn：be filled with;be full of
追求 zhuī qiú：seek; aspire; pursue
梦想 mèng xiǎng：dreams

eg：龙年到了祝您龙马精神! lóngnián dàole zhù nín lóng mǎ jīng shén!
         他是用自己的龙马精神战胜了懒惰的性格。
         tā shì yòng zìjǐ de lóng mǎ jīng shén zhàn shèng le lǎnduò de xìnggé。
       我中午睡了一觉后觉得龙马精神，一下子干了很多的活儿。
        wǒ zhōngwǔ shuì le yī jiào hòu jiàode lóng mǎ jīng shén, yī xià zi gànle hěnduō de huór。


“龙”年中国话（“ lóng ” nián zhōng guó huà）

龙马精神[lóng mǎ jīng shén]

An online quiz might tell you that you're more outgoing if you like hip-hop, or that you're more conservative if you like classical music.

But is it true?

A number of studies have looked into this over the years.

For example, a 2010 study from Scotland's Heriot-Watt University asked over 36,000 people about 104 different types of music from around the world.

It found some connection between people's personalities and their musical tastes — in particular, creative people were more likely to enjoy classical music.

However, connections for other personality types weren't so strong. Instead, people's gender, income and age had more connection to their musical taste — with older people more likely to enjoy folk and jazz, and less likely to enjoy dance music, for example.

In fact, when researchers in Germany compared the results of 30 different studies in 2017, they found nearly no connection between musical taste and personality. Instead, they noted that age seemed to be the most important factor — since people tend to have the strongest connection to the music they heard as teens and young adults.

However, these results haven't satisfied everybody.

In 2022, for example, researchers in Israel, the UK and the US looked at data from nearly 360,000 people across six continents. And they said they did find connections between music and personality.

Creative people were again found to prefer classical music — as well as jazz, opera and dance music. Outgoing people preferred things like hip-hop and reggae. And empathetic people preferred country and gospel — as well as pop.

So that's it, right?

Well, not exactly.

Other studies have found different results — for example, that empathetic people prefer gentle music like soft rock and R&B, or that outgoing people enjoy folk and country.

So what does your taste in music say about you?

Well, it depends on which study you trust — and it might just tell people how old you are!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

What Does Your Taste in Music Say About You?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W8aRChc5hF_sxC88ci2AsjWXthYfD1PZ/view?usp=drivesdk