In this episode, Daniel and Golnaz continue their discussion of the IELTS exam with Moses, an IELTS examiner and IELTS trainer. 

He shares many useful tips, strategies and advice to help you be successful in your IELTS exam!

ESL Talk

IELTS Tips and Strategies for Success!

✈️ 오늘은 일본으로 여행가요! 

안녕하세요! 
오늘은 삿포로라는 일본의 도시에 대해 말해볼게요. 
삿포로는 일본 북쪽에 있는 도시예요. 
눈이 많이 오고 겨울에는 정말 추워요. 
제가 여행을 갔을 때는 2월이어서 정말 추웠어요. 
그래서 온천에 갔어요. 
온천을 하고 라면과 초밥도 먹었어요.
삿포로에서는 2월에 항상 눈축제가 열려요. 
눈축제에서 많은 것들을 구경할 수 있어요. 
 
✅ New Vocabulary 
도시 
북쪽
온천
초밥
눈축제 
구경 

[Korean] Culture & Travel Talk  

눈의 도시, 삿포로 

To give a helping hand
ხელის გამართვა 
Examples: 1. ყველას ყოველთვის ხელს ვუმართავ,თუ შემიძლია.
                    2.მან ბევრჯერ გამიმართა ხელი.
                    3.რომ მივმართო,გამიმართავს ხელს?

Lamzira's Georgian podcast

Georgian phrasal 2

Đây là gia đình ông Hùng. Ông Hùng là nhà báo. Bà Lan là vợ ông Hùng. Bà Lan làm nội trợ. Anh Trung là con trai của ông Hùng và bà Lan. Anh Trung là kĩ sư. Chị Hoa, vợ anh Trung, là diễn viên. Chị Hoa và anh Trung có 2 con. Bé Oanh và bé Dũng là học sinh.   


Learn Vietnamese with Hiền

Đây là gia đình ông Hùng

Spanish México

TRADICIONES MEXICANAS DE AÑO NUEVO.

In this episode I'll end my long monologue about the effectiveness of some of the most popular language study apps. Do they actually work? If yes, in which areas of language learning are they useful? How should you use them?

Subtitled Italian

Season 01 / Episode 04 - Are study apps really worth it? (part 2)

I’ll introduce Japanese culture in easy Japanese.
Today’s Theme is “七五三の歴史《The history of Shichi-go-san》”.
This episode is JLPT-N3 level.

I created a quiz on this episode.
After listening, please take the quiz!

Please use this audio for listening and shadowing practices.

☆Words☆
七五三（しちごさん）：Shichi-go-san is an annual Japanese festival to celebrate the growth of children. It takes place on or around November 15. The festival is for boys aged three and five, and girls aged three and seven. That’s why it is called shichi-go-san (seven-five-three).
お祝（いわ）い：celebration
成長（せいちょう）：growth
中旬（ちゅうじゅん）：middle of a month
江戸時代（えどじだい）：Edo period (1603-1868 CE)
剃（そ）る：shave
袴（はかま）：man's formal divided skirt
帯（おび）：belt (e.g. of a kimono)
千歳飴（ちとせあめ）：longevity candy, long red-and-white stick candy
On shichi-go-san, children eat long red-and-white stick candy, called chitose ame. Chitose means “one thousand years.” It symbolizes health and longevity.

☆Script for this episode
The scripts (URL) are listed in the overview section of the channel.

☆Quiz for this episode
https://www.italki.com/quiz/set/8878?utm_source=copylink_share&utm_medium=share_content&utm_campaign=share_quiz

Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#39 Japanese culture / 七五三の歴史《The history of Shichi-go-san》 // N3 Level /Japanese listening

Welcome to episode 4 of English on the Road - an English podcast for English learners about geography, nature and travel. In this episode, we talk about the 10 smallest countries in the world. I hope you enjoy listening and good luck studying English. If you want to chat with me about geography, nature, travel, or any other topic, book a lesson with me on italki. 
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English on the Road 

The 10 Smallest Countries in the World 

According to data from the World Food Program, nearly 20% of all food produced each year is wasted or lost before it reaches our tables. This adds up to about 1 billion meals going to waste every day.

Wasting food is not only costly but also harmful to the planet. Growing food requires a lot of land, water and energy, and these resources are all wasted when food is thrown away. Also, food waste in landfills produces harmful greenhouse gases.

In fact, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature, food waste accounts for up to 10% of all human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. And cutting global food waste by 50% by 2030 is a key goal of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

So it's clear that food waste is a huge problem, but what can the average person do to help?

For a start, several apps have been created to help reduce food waste, one of which is called Too Good to Go.

Restaurants, cafes and bakeries create a "surprise bag" — a collection of surplus food items that would otherwise be thrown away because they're close to expiring — and advertise it on the app.

Although users can't choose what goes into their surprise bag, the food in the bag is much cheaper than it would usually be.

Too Good to Go was founded in 2015 in Denmark, as a solution to the large amounts of food that were being wasted at buffet restaurants.

Many big stores now list their surplus food on Too Good to Go, such as Starbucks and Burger King. And the app's founders say their users have saved over 330 million meals from going to waste.

So while dealing with the issue of food waste may seem overwhelming, there are steps we can all take to make a difference.