In this episode, a student from David's 'Movies, TV, and Podcasts' course discusses a new movie; 'Downton Abbey - The end of an era'. This quintessential English drama reveals a great deal about life in an upper-class English family. Listen as Helen tells us why she was attracted to the movie, who her favourite character is, and whether she would recommend the movie to other students of English. If you've watched the movie, please send me your comments, and let me know whether you agree with Helen's review.

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Movie Review: Downton Abbey - The end of an era

"Hold up your head! You were not made for failure; you were made for victory."

A 30-day positive affirmation journey with Rose

Day 25

POSTAL CLERK: What can I do for you today?
CAROL: I need to mail this package to New York, please.
POSTAL CLERK: OK, let’s see how much it weighs … it’s about 
five pounds. If you send it express, it will get there 
tomorrow. Or you can send it priority and it will get 
there by Saturday.
CAROL: Saturday is fine. How much will that be?
POSTAL CLERK: $11.35 [eleven thirty-five]. Do you need anything else?
CAROL: Oh, yeah! I almost forgot. I need a book of stamps, too.
POSTAL CLERK: OK, your total comes to $20.35
[twenty dollars and thirty-five cents].


LANGUAGE NOTES
• What can I do for you today? Notice that this question starts with “What,” so the 
intonation drops at the end of the question.
• Or you can send it priority … Notice the stress on “or,” which emphasizes that there is 
another possibility.
• $11.35 ... $20.35 Notice the two different ways the postal clerk says the price. First he 
says eleven thirty-five (without the words dollars and cents), then he says twenty dollars 
and thirty-five cents.
• Oh, yeah! is an expression used here to mean “I just remembered something.” It’s often 
followed by “I almost forgot.”
• Your total comes to … is a way of saying “the cost is ….”

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day 16 : At the post office

Las aventuras de una tortuga divertida y con mucha personalidad.

Spanish with Lucia

Marta, la tortuga.

Text：
老师：要去中国旅行，你需要准备什么？yào qù zhōngguó lǚxíng ， nǐ xūyào zhǔnbèi shénme ？
Teacher：What do you need to prepare for a trip to China?

学生：我需要护照、签证、机票、预定酒店。wǒ xūyào hùzhào、qiānzhèng、jīpiào、 yùdìng jiǔdiàn 。
Student：I need a passport, a Visa, an air ticket, and a hotel reservation.

老师：很好，还要带一个行李箱。hěn hǎo, hái yào dài yī gè xínglǐxiāng 。
Teacher：Very good, and don't forget to bring a suitcase.

学生：出发！chū fā！
Student：Let's go!

New words：
1.旅行 (lǚ xíng): Travel
2.需要（xū yào）：Need/require
3.准备 (zhǔn bèi): Prepare
4.护照 (hù zhào): Passport
5.签证 (qiān zhèng): Visa
6.机票 (jī piào): Airfare/Air ticket
7.酒店 (jiǔ diàn): Hotel
8.带dài：Bring/take
9.行李箱 (háng lǐ xiānɡ): Suitcase/trunk

Welcome to visit China ”欢迎来中国!“

L1 旅行准备[lǚ xínɡ zhǔn bèi]～Preparations for a journey

IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 1 - Friends. Q3-Q4.

Q.3. The last time you saw your friends, what did you do together?
Q.4.  In what ways are your friends important to you?

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In this episode of Your Spanish Journey, I'll talk albout the difference between two confusing verbs- conocer y saber. I'll give you some practical examples to use them properly. 

Your Spanish Journey

CONOCER vs SABER: ¿cuál es la diferencia?

In this episode we will learn more interesting "Color" phrase, you will learn how to say 【evil mind,put sb. in blacklist,rejoice too soon】 ect.
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It is recommended that you study in the following ways:
1st time: listen without looking at the text.
2nd time: look at the text and write down the new words, later look up the dictionary. 
3rd time: listen again without looking at the text.
4th time: repeat after it without looking at the text.
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大家好，我是Yuli。欢迎收听我的播客。
今天继续和大家聊一聊一些有趣的颜色短语。颜色我们一般用“深”和“浅”来形容。例如，浅蓝色，light blue，深蓝色，dark blue。如果一件衣服的颜色很多，或者很亮，我们可以说这件衣服颜色很鲜艳。“给点儿颜色看看”你知道是什么意思吗？它的意思是“让对方知道你的厉害，使对方感到害怕。”例如“他总是欺负我的好朋友，今天我要给他点儿颜色看看。”
我们来看看黑色有什么有意思的用法。第一个，黑心，一个人的心是黑色的，说明他的心很坏。例如“他是一个黑心商人，为了赚钱竟然卖过期的食品。”第二个，黑车。黑车不只是黑色的车，还有一个意思是“不合法经营的出租车”。如果一个人不小心上了黑车，那是很危险的。第三个，“拉黑”，拉到黑名单。如果你的微信上有一个朋友，你不想再收到他的信息，那你可以把他拉黑。最后一个，“黑脸”。如果我们说：“他黑着脸”，意思是他很不高兴。
接着我们来看看白色。第一个，小白，我们说一个人是小白，意思是他没有经验。例如“我刚接触这个工作，还是个小白，要向各位多多学习。”第二个，“白”加动词或者形容词。例如，“我去他公司找他，结果他不在，我白跑一趟了。”“本来以为他能陪我过生日，结果他要加班，我白高兴一场。这里的“白”是没有结果的意思。
哪个用法你觉得最有意思呢？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。
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鲜艳	/	xiān yàn	/	bright-colored
给点儿颜色看看	/	gěi diǎn ér yán sè kàn kàn	/	give sb. a lesson
欺负	/	qī fù	/	bully,tease
黑心	/	hēi xīn	/	black heart; evil mind
黑车	/	hēi chē	/	unlicensed/illegal car
拉黑	/	lā hēi	/	put sb. in blacklist
黑着脸		hēi zhe liǎn		a face like thunder,pull/wear a long face
小白	/	xiǎo bái	/	green hand
接触	/	jiē chù	/	get in touch with
动词	/	dòng cí	/	verb
形容词	/	xíng róng cí	/	adjective
白跑一趟	/	bái pǎo yí tàng	/	go to a place in vain
白高兴一场	/	bái gāo xìng yì chǎng	/	rejoice too soon

Yuli's Chinese Channel

有趣的“颜色”短语（二）Interesting "Color" phrase Part 2（Intermediate level）

A different technique for accent reduction.