Hey everyone! Here is the second instalment. Today, we'll look at the following vocab: 

TO MOOCH
CRESTFALLEN
BRAWNY 
KITCHEN-SINK DRAMA 
and TO VIE 

Feel free to do the quizzes attached and message me if you have any questions! 

Happy listening! 

English Gym for Word Nerds

EPISODE 2 (Boost your vocab to C2)

Рассказываю как прошёл мой день, какие планы на будущее

Русский язык для B2-C2. Живая настоящая речь

Дневник. День 1, 27 июня

“I’m not actually a huge fan of TV, but there is one show that I do enjoy watching every weekend. It’s called _______ idol, which is a hugely popular reality show, where aspiring singers compete against each other for a shot at fame, or even a record contract.




The show is on every Sunday night at about 8pm, and I normally watch it at home with my family.




Young people who dream of being a famous singer, can have the chance to be chosen to perform on the show in front of judges who select the best performers. Later on the public can also get involved, and vote for their favourite singer by phone or online, and the singer with the most votes becomes the winner.




One of the things I love about this show is that it gives any Joe Bloggs off the street, not only a genuine chance to show off their talent, but to also have a shot at fame.




I think we all dream of what it might be like to be a star, and this show really opens doors for some of these dreamers, if of course they have the talent.




On top of that, it’s a lot of fun watching the early stages of the show, and passing judgement on the different contestants as well as supporting the best singers, as if I had discovered them myself.

IELTS 85 Speaking

Describe a TV program that you like to watch - IELTS speaking part 2

从 cóng...到dào：from...to...
地域 dì yù:  region ; area 
广阔 guǎng kuò:  broad ; wide
丰富 fēng fù：rich；abundant
主食 zhǔ shí：staple food ; principal food
各式各样 gè shì gè yàng：all kinds of ; all sorts of
大年三十 dà nián sān shí：the Chinese new year's eve
饺子 jiǎo zi：Dumplings
尤其 yóu qí：especially
民间 mín jiān： folk；among the people
包 bāo：wrap
煮 zhǔ ：boil
围坐 wéi zuò：sitting around
更岁交子 gēng suì jiāo zǐ：The transition between the old and new years is alternated at around 12 o'clock, indicating that the new year has arrived
寓意 yù yì：implied meaning; moral



Journey on the Tip of the Tongue“舌尖上的中国话”

The staple foods for Chinese~中国人的主食[zhōng guó rén de zhǔ shí]

Impariamo quando usare le preposizioni semplici: di, a, da.

ItaliAnto (L'italiano con Antonella)

Di, a, da.

Let's talk about Turkey a beautiful and people. My students love to talk about their country.

English with Uncle Billy

Can I Say Can I Do

Spanish México

EL GUERRERO JAGUAR.

Books are there to give you concepts and sentence structures, as well as ideas but I always caution students that overdoing textbook English will make you sound robotic during a normal conversation. You can memorize all the advanced vocabulary but when you talk to people in a social setting, it is a different matter. You will sound like someone reading something.

KRISTEL TALKS

HOW TO SPEAK NATURALLY? (NOT TEXTBOOK ENGLISH)

Double deckers, shuttle buses, bendy buses..... I look at what we call them in British English.