There are lots of reasons why libraries are still useful in the modern world, but also some reasons why they are less relevant in today's society.

Nick discusses both sides of this topic in today's podcast.

This will help you form opinions and ideas for the IELTS speaking and writing tests. 

IELTS with Nick - World Knowledge 

Are libraries still relevant in today's world? 

Neste mais novo episódio musical, você vai poder conhecer uma música e um pouco da história de mais um grande cantor brasileiro e a grande influência que ele teve na música brasileira.

⚡️Agende uma aula com Hugo 🤓 : https://teach.italki.com/teacher/5610652


Keep Speaking Portuguese

Gostava tanto de você - análise musical

同学们可以看着歌词学唱这首经典老歌。
歌词：
你问我爱你有多深
我爱你有几分
我的情也真
我的爱也真
月亮代表我的心
你问我爱你有多深
我爱你有几分
我的情不移
我的爱不变
月亮代表我的心
轻轻的一个吻
已经打动我的心
深深的一段情
教我思念到如今
你问我爱你有多深
我爱你有几分
你去想一想
你去看一看
月亮代表我的心


Merry's voice (HSK四）

HSK 四   歌曲：《月亮代表我的心》

会話の間に入れる言葉
あの　それで　そうですね　やっぱり　まぁ　etc

真似してみよう★

教科書
わたしはアメリカ人です。ニューヨークで生まれました。いま日本語を２年勉強しています。仕事はグラフィックデザイナーです。お好み焼きが大好きです。

日本人
私はアメリカ人でニューヨーク出身です。あと、日本語を二年勉強してます。あ、それに、わたしはグラフィックデザイナーです。それと、そうですね、お好み焼きがだいすきです。


Japanese "Taka" it easy

ネイティブっぽい話し方

Simon Fowler: So what do you think you will have to eat?

Eduardo Gonzales: I know you said the barbecue is good and it does look fantastic, but I see they also have curry here.

Simon Fowler: Yes, they do. It’s really good. You see there are 12 different kinds. The one at the bottom is very mild and as they go up, they get more and more spicy. The one at the top - well, phew! It’s really tasty, but a little too hot for me. There’s a lot of garlic in it, so if you choose that, you need to be brave. And you may not be popular on the plane home tomorrow (laughs).

Eduardo Gonzales: (Laughs) I do like a strong curry though. What I do is I order a dish of yogurt to go with it. It’s nice and thick and cool so if I feel it’s too spicy, I can eat some or add it to my curry to cool it down.

Simon Fowler: That’s a really good idea. I might try that in future.

Eduardo Gonzales: I also like the sound of the cheeseburger, but at the same time, I could have a good cheeseburger in a lot of places.

Simon Fowler: Oh, it’s really special here though. They bake the burgers for a little which makes them taste really good, and then they fry them quickly in olive oil. There are a lot of restaurants where they just put it in the microwave and it tastes terrible.

Eduardo Gonzales: The only thing I used a microwave for is heating up my coffee when I have left it too long. I don’t think you should ever use one for food.

Simon Fowler: Well, here comes the waitress, so it’s decision time.

English Conversation/Dialogue

Eating Out

Ciao e buon venerdì santo! Dopodomani in Italia si festeggia la Pasqua!
Hello and happy Good Friday! In 2 days we are going to celebrate Easter!

Ascolta questo episodio per imparare parole nuove relative a questa festa: c'è anche la traduzione in inglese.
Listen to this episode to learn new words in Italian related to this holiday: there is also an English translation.

Download the pdf "Italian for travelers". Click here. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cocaiitaliano/e/120663

Learn Italian from scratch https://cocai-italiano.com/

More content https://linktr.ee/Cocaiitaliano

3 minutes Italian

La Pasqua - 3 minutes Italian

Use these tips to improve your IELTS speaking band score.

When we are preparing for our IELTS speaking part 2, we must make sure that we use connectors.

But what are connectors?

Connectors, also known as linking words or discourse markers, are words and phrases we use to connect our sentences.

For example, let’s imagine we’ve been given the subject of speaking about a member of our family that we get on well with.

It’s a good idea to introduce your speaking with a phrase like “Let’s begin” or “let’s make a start.” These are both connectors.

Secondly, use a variety of adverbs: actually, surprisingly, similarly, really, very, extremely, rarely, sometimes, never, always etc.

Thirdly, if you can, use an idiom. In the following example I used an idiom at the end. See if you can spot it.

Here is an example of the speaking part 2 exercise.

Let’s make a start.

Surprisingly, I get on really well with my sister. In fact, my sister is a really inspiring person. Actually, she’s younger than me. 

I find her inspiring because she’s a champion swimmer. I would never race her. She’s so fast. To be honest, she trains really hard, especially when she has to finish her homework and then go to the swimming pool as well.

Unfortunately, I don’t get to hang out with her very much, because she’s always busy. But when we do meet up, we always have fun. Usually we go shopping. Sometimes we play video games. 

My sister is extremely funny. She has a great sense of humour. We always have a laugh when we spend time together. We rarely argue. Mostly, we get on like a house on fire.

Please do the exercises and find the missing words.


IELTS Speaking Practice

IELTS Speaking Part 2

Reading a book in Japanese/Relaxing reading

''Buying Mittens'' #12 Final Episode　(Written by Nankichi Niimi)
『手袋を買いに』(てぶくろを かいに）
新美南吉・著　第十二話 　最終話

It's a heartwarming story with
beautiful winter portrayal.
You can practice shadowing, and repeating with
this reading and the text below.📚
Also, it's a relaxing story reading for sleep🌛

📚My lessons: https://www.italki.com/ja/teacher/6185061

お母さん狐は、心配しながら、坊やの狐の
帰ってくるのを、今か今かと ふるえながら
待っていましたので、坊やが来ると、
暖かい胸に抱きしめて 泣きたいほど
よろこびました。
二匹の狐は森の方へ帰っていきました。
月が出たので、狐の毛なみが銀色に光り、
その足あとには、コバルトの影がたまりました。

「母ちゃん、人間ってちっとも恐かないや」
「どうして？」
「坊、間違えて ほんとうのお手々出しちゃったの。
でも帽子屋さん、つかまえやしなかったもの。
ちゃんと こんないい暖い手袋くれたもの」

と言って手袋の はまった両手を
パンパンやって見せました。
お母さん狐は、「まあ！」とあきれましたが、

「ほんとうに人間はいいものかしら。
ほんとうに人間はいいものかしら」

と つぶやきました。



【漢字】

お母さん・・・おかあさん
狐　　　・・・きつね
心配　　・・・しんぱい
坊や　　・・・ぼうや
帰ってくる・・かえってくる
今か　　・・・いまか
待って　・・・まって
暖かい　・・・あたたかい
胸　　　・・・むね
抱きしめて・・だきしめて
泣きたい・・・なきたい
二匹　　・・・にひき
森　　　・・・もり
方　　　・・・ほう
月　　　・・・つき
毛なみ　・・・けなみ
銀色　　・・・ぎんいろ
光り　　・・・ひかり
足あと　・・・あしあと
影　　　・・・かげ
人間　　・・・にんげん
怖かない・・・こわかない
間違えて・・・まちがえて
お手々　・・・おてて
出しちゃった・だしちゃった
帽子屋　・・・ぼうしや
手袋　　・・・てぶくろ
言って　・・・いって
両手　　・・・りょうて
見せました・・みせました


朗読クラブ📚Reading to Japanese language learners 

朗読 『手袋を買いに』第十二話 Buying Mittens #12 Final Episode

Vol.2 ヒージンさんと会話、ヘブンバーンズレッドについて