Over that past four years I have met many wonderful people from around the world.   I have gained more from these relationships than I have given.   Thank you!   Also I will talk a bit about group classes.



Reflections

Thanks To My Students!

 Portuguese Audios for Intermediate B1 -Áudios em Português para Intermédios B1

Dias de Calor

Olá, tudo bom? 

Neste episódio vamos falar sobre como se apresentar e falar um pouco sobre sí. 
Segue abaixo o texto de apoio: 
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Meu nome é Sérgio Ferraz, tenho 28 anos e moro em Juiz de Fora, cidade que amo de paixão. Trabalho no Centro de distribuição de cartas dos correios da cidade. Isso significa que sei trabalhar com cuidado e dedicação com o que é dos outros e falta de responsabilidade não é uma característica minha. Sou casado há três anos com a Noêmia e ela está esperando nosso primeiro neném. Escrever é uma paixão recente que tem lugar de destaque em meu coração, assim como ler bons livros.

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Easy peasy Portuguese

Introducing yourself - Apresentando-se

This episode will take you for a tour of Malta's best secret places to visit (if you ever visit). I include places in Malta and in Gozo! I hope you enjoy the listening and can't wait to know more about what YOUR country has to offer! 

Introducing my country: MALTA 🇲🇹   ... What about yours?!

Nice Places to Visit in Malta (...that not many tourists know about)

This is the first episode of a podcast about the childhood in Lebanon of a Lebanese woman. 

Discovering the Francophones of Lebanon 

 Chirine : Mon enfance au Liban 

How to say the interrogative pronoun in Chinese

HSK vocabulary

Chinese words in life

Many people don't know what to do with their old clothes. Some give them to charity, others get them repaired — but what about clothes that can't be repaired?

These clothes usually end up in the garbage. A 2017 report estimated that 83 million metric tons of clothes and shoes were thrown away in 2015, and this could increase to over 130 million metric tons by 2030.

Clothes are difficult to recycle because they're often made up of different components. Even a T-shirt that's 100% cotton may still have labels and threads made from other materials like polyester.

Separating those materials isn't easy, making any piece of clothing difficult to recycle.

But researchers at the University of Delaware believe they've found a new way to recycle blended fabrics, and it only takes 15 minutes.

They developed a process using chemicals and microwaves to break down polyester and spandex while leaving cotton and nylon intact. The nylon is then dissolved off the cotton using a simple solvent.

The broken down and dissolved components are then collected, and can be used to make polyester, spandex and nylon again. And while the remaining cotton isn't high quality, the researchers say it could be mixed with new cotton to make stronger recycled yarn, for example.

Erha Andini, who led the study, told The Washington Post that clothes companies aren't always clear about what's in their clothes. But a process like this can be used even if you don't know what your clothing is made from.

However, the researchers say it could be some time before their process is used on a large scale.

And Tasha Lewis from Ohio State University — who wasn't part of the research — told The Washington Post that while processes like this are good, they should be used as a last resort.

She said it's cheaper and simpler to just buy used clothes. She added that companies should also make clothes that last longer, and make them out of one type of fabric so they're easier to recycle.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

US Researchers Find New Way to Recycle Clothes

Teacher Joseph's Podcast

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