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Today, we’re going long a vowels. Are you ready? Listen carefully, repeat after me, and then try reading them on your own.

rain, tail, wait, nail

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Phonics Long Vowels and Consonant Blends

rain, tail, wait, nail

In this episode we'll learn a Internet word-躺平。
Do it just mean lying flat on the ground? Let's find out!

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Idioms and Slangs Episode5-躺平

Recycled Human Hair Is Cleaning Belgian Water
Imagine if the hair caught in your drain could actually help to clean it.

That's what's happening in Belgium, where human hair is being recycled to help clean the country's water.

Around the country, hairdressers are taking the hair they cut from their customers' heads and putting it into bags. These bags of hair are then collected by a non-profit organization that runs a project called "Hair Recycle."

The hair collected by Hair Recycle is put through a machine and made into 60-centimeter-wide square mats. These mats can then be put into a drain to absorb oil and other pollution before it gets into a river or stream.

According to the Hair Recycle website, 1 kilogram of hair can absorb up to 8 liters of oil.

To take part in the project, hair salons have to pay a small fee. They then receive bags to collect the hair, and a sticker for their window, so they can show their customers that they are helping the environment.

Salons in Luxembourg and the Netherlands are also taking part in the Hair Recycle project.

Belgium's Hair Recycle is not the only hair recycling project, however. In the UK and Ireland, a company called Green Salon Collective is recycling hair and other waste from salons, including metal, paper, plastic and chemicals.

And a similar company called Green Circle Salons is recycling hair and other salon waste in the US and Canada.

So maybe hair in the drain can be a good thing?

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Recycled Human Hair Is Cleaning Belgian Water

CHISTES MEXICANOS

CHISTE DE PEPITO

Continuamos aprendiendo vocabulario relacionado a la comida peruana. Esta vez les traigo información sobre la papa (potato).
En otros países hispanohablantes, especialmente en España, se le conoce como patata.
Transcripción disponible en: https://conpedepatria.blog/2022/08/23/la-papa/
¡Gracias por escuchar!

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5. La papa o patata (potato)

dàwèi：ānnī，jīntiānshìnǐdeshēngrì。
大卫：安妮，今天是你的生日。
zhùnǐshēngrìkuàilè！
祝你生日快乐！
ānnī：xièxiè！zhèshìwǒdeshēngrìlǐwùma？
安妮：谢谢！这是我的生日礼物吗？
dàwèi：duì！
大卫：对！
ānnī：zhèshìshénme？
安妮：这是什么？
dàwèi：yīběnyīnghàncídiǎn。
大卫：一本英汉词典。
ānnī：xièxiènǐ！nǐdeshēngrìshìjǐyuèjǐhào？
安妮：谢谢你！你的生日是几月几号？
dàwèi：wǒdeshēngrìshìshíyuèshíèrhào。
大卫：我的生日是十月十二号。


HSK2--materials and exercises for listenning, reading and speaking

我的生日是五月九号    wǒdeshēngrìshìwǔyuèjiǔhào

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LECTURA COMPRENSIVA.


ESTE CUENTO NOS HABLA DE: El Enigmático Mensaje parte 1.


Elena se encontraba en su estudio, frente a su ordenador, intentando encontrar la inspiración para su próxima novela. De pronto, un golpe sordo resonó en la puerta principal. Al abrir, se encontró con un sobre manila sin remitente. Con el corazón acelerado, lo abrió y encontró un solo papel con una frase escrita a mano: "El mar guarda secretos".

Intrigada, Elena salió a la calle y se dirigió al faro, un lugar al que solía ir para encontrar paz y tranquilidad. Allí, mientras contemplaba el inmenso océano, recordó una antigua leyenda local que hablaba de un tesoro escondido en las profundidades del mar y de una maldición que pesaba sobre aquellos que intentaran encontrarlo.

Al regresar a su casa, Elena se encontró con Martín, quien había venido a informarle sobre una serie de extraños sucesos que habían estado ocurriendo en el pueblo: desapariciones inexplicables, pesadillas recurrentes entre los habitantes y un creciente sentimiento de temor.

Martín, al escuchar la historia de Elena y el mensaje misterioso, se dio cuenta de que ambos hechos podrían estar conectados. Juntos, decidieron investigar más a fondo, adentrándose en un laberinto de secretos y peligros que los llevarían a descubrir una verdad oculta que sacudiría los cimientos del pueblo.