Hi there! Welcome to today’s mini podcast. Let’s talk about the idiom “break the ice.”  
This means to do or say something to make people feel more comfortable, especially in social situations. For example, if you’re at a party and nobody’s talking, you might tell a funny story to break the ice. Here’s a quick tip: jokes or compliments are great icebreakers. Try using it in your conversations today!  

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Break the Ice

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Counting in Dutch from 1 to 10 and back. Please practise with me!

Learning Dutch with Jeroen!

Lesson 2.1 - Counting to 10!

Master the difference between the short /ɒ/ (as in what and hot) and the long /ɔː/ (as in water and talk). In this lesson, you’ll practice mouth positioning, tongue placement, and vowel length through repetition, word pairs, and tongue twisters. Perfect for sharpening your ear and improving your British English pronunciation. Exaggeration techniques included for maximum effect.
Transcript: 
  /ɒ/- What,  hot, not, dog, lot, shop, clock, pocket, follow, hobby, What, watch, want, wallet, wash, wander,
/ɔː/-  water, law, talk, walk, warm, thought, short, more, board, quarter, water, walk, talk, warm, wardrobe, warning,
(Minimal pairs 1)
hot — haaaawl, not — nooorth, dog — dawwwwrn, what — waaa-ter, cot — cooourt
(Minimal pairs 2)
what — water, dog — talk, watch — walk, lot — law, want — warm, clock — caught, pocket — board, shop — short, follow — fall, wander — warning, wash – warm, wallet – wardrobe, quantity – quarter, not — north
(Minimal pairs 3)
dog — dawn, cot — court, rot — road,  got — gore, pop — pour, shock — shore, cross — coarse, body — board, hobby — hoard,  off — or
(Tongue Twisters)
“Tom’s small shop sold lots of hot chocolate pots.”
“Tall Paul taught four warm dogs to walk by the shore.”
“Wanda watched Walter walk past the shop with a long, warm stopwatch.”
“Short dogs got lost on the long walk to the old forest.”


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British Vowel Sound Masterclass – Lesson 3: What & Water Practice - The Short /ɒ/ and Long /ɔː/

स्याल र पाठो ( The fox and the lamb)
एकपटक एउटा स्यालले बाख्राको पाठो देख्यो। स्यालले बाख्राको पाठो खाने विचारले पाठाको पछिपछि लाग्यो l तर पाठो अलि टाढै थियो, उसले पनि स्याललाई देख्यो र स्यालबाट बच्न दौडिँदै भाग्न थाल्यो l तर पाठो  जति दौडिए पनि स्याल भने नजिक नजिक आउँदै थियो। यस्तैमा तिनीहरू एउटा घरको नजिकै पुगे l .............................................................




SIMPLE AND SHORT STORIES IN NEPALI

#2 स्याल र पाठो (The fox and the lamb )

Four corvesations:

1- En la tienda paraíso del paraguas
2- Vamos de compras
3- Hablando de la salud y los ejercicios
4- Una boda limeña tradicional

this podcast is to improve your listening and vocabulary

Learn Spanish Conversation

Learn Spanish Conversation parte 2

Lucas goes to school every day of the week. He has many subjects to go to each school day: English, art, science, mathematics, gym, and history. His mother packs a big backpack full of books and lunch for Lucas.

His first class is English, and he likes that teacher very much. His English teacher says that he is a good pupil, which Lucas knows means that she thinks he is a good student.

His next class is art. He draws on paper with crayons and pencils and sometimes uses a ruler. Lucas likes art. It is his favorite class.

His third class is science. This class is very hard for Lucas to figure out, but he gets to work with his classmates a lot, which he likes to do. His friend, Kyle, works with Lucas in science class, and they have fun.

Then Lucas gets his break for lunch. He sits with Kyle while he eats. The principal, or the headmaster as some call him, likes to walk around and talk to students during lunch to check that they are all behaving.

The next class is mathematics, which most of the students just call math. Kyle has trouble getting a good grade in mathematics, but the teacher is very nice and helpful.

His fourth class is gym. It is just exercising.

History is his last class of the day. Lucas has a hard time staying awake. Many lessons are boring, and he is very tired after doing gym.

Which classes were your favorite? :)

Let's continue with reading & comprehension tomorrow.

The Habits of Women Growing Into Strong, Confident English Communicators

Daily reading & comprehension. At school

Today we're talking about an idiom that you can use when something has advantages and disadvantages. I hope you find it useful!

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

We're going back in time a few hundred years in today's podcast!

En el podcast de Hot Yoga Parte 2 habíamos hablado sobre la densidad ósea y el consumo de calorías.

En esta oportunidad te voy a hablar de otro aspecto muy importante de esta disciplina, que es que ayuda a disminuir los síntomas de la depresión. Según un estudio realizado en el año 2018 por Military Medicine, los veteranos que sufrían depresión notaron una mejoría general en su estado de ánimo después de practicar yoga durante seis semanas. Y de acuerdo con un estudio llevado a cabo en 2019 por la Revista de Medicina Alternativa y Complementaria (Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine), un curso de ocho semanas de Hot Yoga redujo los síntomas de la depresión en mujeres de mediana edad, incluyendo también el deterioro cognitivo.
¡Qué buena excusa para empezar a moverse! ¿no?

Y sumado a lo anterior, un beneficio adicional de esta actividad es el de regular los niveles de glucosa en sangre. Así es, las personas con diabetes tipo 2 pueden beneficiarse del yoga, porque ayuda a controlar los niveles de azúcar en sangre, de acuerdo con un estudio que tuvo lugar en el año 2013, organizado por la Revista de Terapias de Trabajo Corporal y Movimiento (Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies). Las investigaciones demostraron que incluso en un periodo corto de tiempo (8 semanas), la rutina de Hot Yoga mejoró la tolerancia a la glucosa en adultos que tendían a la obesidad.

Pero esto no termina acá. Existe otro efecto positivo de esta práctica. Es que además de lo ya mencionado, nos ayuda a gestionar el estrés. Quienes practican esta disciplina de forma regular, comprenden cómo las técnicas de respiración, la tranquilidad y el calor de la sala pueden ayudar al cuerpo y a la mente a relajarse. En un estudio realizado en 2017 y publicado por Journal of Mental Health, un programa de 16 semanas de Hot Yoga con adultos sedentarios mejoró su estado de ánimo y redujo los niveles de estrés después de una sola sesión de 90 minutos.