My 4 minute summary of the book The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Luiz.
Book a lesson with me: https://teach.italki.com/teacher/1947582

Streetwise English

SWE # 8 Excellent Book Recommendation - The 4 Agreements

练习3
（1）A: 你想什么呢？
B: 桌子上  放着  这么多好吃的，你说我吃什么好？
A: 水果  或者  面包都会对你的身体好。
B: 那我吃水果吧。

（2）A: 我们什么时候去上海？
B: 我不  记得  了。你看看机票。
A: 机票上  写着  12月4号。
B: 那就是后天。

（3）A: 我的笔呢？你看见了吗？
B: 红的  还是  黑的？
A: 红的那个。
B: 电脑旁边  放着一个  ，是你的吗？

（4）A: 你家楼上  住着  很多人吗？
B: 不，只有两个学生。
A: 他们是大学生  还是  中学生？
B: 大学生。

练习4
（1）明天小刚去做什么？小丽也去吗？
明天小刚要去爬山，小丽不去。
（2）周太太买裤子了吗？为什么？
周太太没买裤子，因为她已经有两条一样的裤子了。
（3）周太太买什么了？多少钱？
周太太买了一件衬衫，320元。
（4）周明和太太买了什么水果？
他们买了西瓜和苹果。
（5）小刚喜欢喝什么？
他喜欢喝茶和咖啡。
（6）小丽喜欢喝什么？为什么？
她喜欢喝茶，因为天冷了或者工作累了的时候，喝杯热茶会让她觉得很舒服。


HSK3 第3课2 桌子上放着很多饮料

In this brief retelling of the fairy tale about Six Brothers under a magical spell and made to live as Swans, we look at a few different kinds of commonly used phrases so that we can understand them in context.

A Stone's Throw Podcast

The Six Swans

You may sometimes notice people at airports wearing a green lanyard with sunflowers on it. This is usually worn by people who have a hidden disability — disabilities that can't always be seen from the outside, such as learning difficulties or autism.

But soon, you might start noticing the Sunflower lanyard somewhere new: Lego pieces.

The toy company announced on December 3 — International Day of Persons with Disabilities — that it has partnered with Hidden Disabilities Sunflower, the UK company that first created the lanyards in 2016.

Lego is releasing three sets featuring the lanyard: one for its Duplo toys, which are for kids under the age of 8; an airport set for older children; and a set with over 3,000 pieces for adults. The sets will go on sale between January and June 2025.

People will also be able to add the Sunflower lanyard when customizing their own Lego pieces at official Lego stores in parts of Europe and North America.

The Lego Group said it's proud to have created what it calls "the world's first toys to feature the official Sunflower lanyard," and hopes the sets will promote inclusion for people of different ages and with different disabilities.

On Lego's website, Martin Moxness, an adult Sunflower lanyard user, said seeing the lanyard on Lego pieces will help normalize hidden disabilities.

"As a child, this would have been life-changing and would have made me feel seen and accepted," he added.

According to the World Health Organization, one in six people around the world lives with some form of disability, many of them hidden. Disability inclusion is an important part of achieving health for all, it said.

Over 280 airports around the world now recognize the Sunflower lanyard, Hidden Disabilities said.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Lego Announces New Toys with 'Hidden Disability' Lanyards

Describe a city you think is very interesting

You should say:

What city is it
How you know of this city
What it’s famous for

And explain why you think it’s interesting





"A city I really find extremely interesting is Venice, which I think has to be one of the most amazing, and fascinating cities in the world. Venice is located in… I think….the north of Italy, on the coast,and is one of the most popular tourist destinations… not just in Italy but anywhere in the world today.
 
Venice is known as the city of canals, but there are so many other things Venice is famous for including its beautiful bridges, gondola rides, historical buildings…. interesting old streets…..Oh! and also the Venice carnival, which looks like so much fun.
I remember I first learned about Venice back when I was in high school, and we studied the Shakespeare play “The merchant of Venice……. I can still remember my English teacher showing us a short video showing all the sites of Venice……… I remember thinking…..wow! This has to be one of the most amazing cities i’ve ever seen, and decided this was a place i must visit in the future.
Venice with all of its magnificent….. historical buildings, ancient bridges and water really seems like no other city in the world today. It almost looks like something from a movie set, and is really out of this world. It’s amazing to think that this is actually a real place that still remains and looks the same as it did hundreds of years ago. I think that's what really makes it so interesting, and  makes it stand out from other cities around the world today.
  I really think there are no other cities that can be compared to Venice, and it is truly a unique city, with more interesting and fascinating sites than you can shake a stick at"
 
Thank you……


IELTS 85 Speaking

Describe a city you think is very interesting


Script

おはようございます。日本語だんだんポットキャストのゆかりです。

今週(こんしゅう)は花の話(はなし)をします。🌸

花‥さくらや、マーガレット、チューリップなどの
「はな」のことです。

顔の真ん中(まんなか)にある、
「鼻(はな)」ではありませんよ。👃

では、花の話にもどります。

日本の花といえば、そう、桜(さくら)ですね。
私も桜の花がだいすきです。

本当に、うつくしいと思います。

でも、まって下さい！
桜もきれいなんですが、
日本では梅(うめ)の花も
楽しむことができます。

台湾(たいわん)や、韓国(かんこく)、
中国(ちゅうごく)でも、梅がきれいですね。

毎年(まいとし)、
3月の中旬(ちゅうじゅん)から、
4月頃(しがつごろ)に見ることができます。

今年(ことし)の冬(ふゆ)はあたたかいため、
いつもより少し、早いみたいです。

いま、3月になったばかりですが、
一番(いちばん)きれいに見ることができます。

これを「見頃(みごろ)」といいます。

「いま、京都(きょうと)では、

梅が見頃です。」

といいます。

では、桜の見頃はいつでしょうか？

つづきます。

今日も最後まで聞いてくれて、だんだんです。

また、明日！

Japaneseだんだんpodcast

68. 梅(うめ)の見頃(みごろ)になりました/花の話①

Kao i svako dijete i ja sam trebao ime... Roditelji su me nazvali Tomislav u čast prvog Hrvatskog kralja.

Priče iz Hrvatske

Epizoda 1 : Kralj Tomislav

(Update 2023) IELTS Speaking Part 1 Topic Social Media. Q1.

Do you or your friends like using social media?

Relevant vocabulary: 

active users (n)  an active user is a person who accesses an app for a given period of time

stay up to date with having the most recent information, or using the newest methods or tools

latest news (n)	the most recent news or information about something

current affairs (n) political news about events happening now

stay in touch with (idiom) seeing someone or communicating with someone regularly

indispensable (adj) Something or someone that is indispensable is so good or important that you could not manage without it, him, or her

drown in something (phrasal verb) to have more of something than you are able to deal with

isolated (adj) feeling unhappy because of not seeing or talking to other people

prevalence (n)  the fact that something is very common or happens often.

Was it useful? How different will your answer be now if you'll decide to use some ideas above & from the recording?

If you are struggling with expressing yourself in IELTS speaking part 1,2 and 3 - book my classes now and receive 3 bonuses.

A 5 day self-practice immersion online speaking training that focuses on speaking and it’s creating the speaking environment that you don't have. You’ll find 1000 are useful verbs, words for every day use, synonyms to sound professional and exercises to help you output more without leaving your home! You'll get it for free once purchasing my package courses.

The other 2 massive bonuses will help you to reduce 50-90% of your grammar mistakes while speaking!

Read about my class types thoroughly 

and book my one-on-one trainings now.

See you in 5!



IELTS-SPEAKING 8-9 BAND IS POSSIBLE. DAILY SPEAKING PRACTICE PART 1,2 & 3. Listen daily.

(Update 2023) IELTS Speaking Part 1 Topic Social Media. Q1.

Big Daddy - UK Wrester in the 1970s [with transcript for study]

Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ld9_1Yzb0_s9O-_RQ1nCnhgp595uck0v/view?usp=drivesdk