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Daily English Podcast Chapter # 9

In this episode, I will share with you some cafes in Pampanga that I like and enjoy.
Cafes Mentioned　言ったカフェ: 
1. Singku Cafe
2. Chello 
3. Paya Street Coffee 
4. Fine and Coarse
5. Twenty7º

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My Top 5 Cafe Recommendations in Pampanga

Physiologists Alanda Lennox and Allen Goodship found an explanation for this paradox in 2008. They discovered that pregnant bears were able to increase the density of their bones before they started to build their dens. In addition, six months later, when they finally emerged from the den with their cubs, there was no evidence of significant loss of bone density. Hibernating brown bears do not have this capacity and must therefore resort to major bone reformation in the following spring. If the mechanism of bone remodelling in polar bears can be understood, many bedridden humans, and even astronauts, could potentially benefit.

The medical benefits of the polar bear for humanity certainly have their importance in our conservation efforts, but these should not be the only factors taken into consideration. We tend to want to protect animals we think are intelligent and possess emotions, such as elephants and primates. Bears, on the other hand, seem to be perceived as stupid and in many cases violent. And yet anecdotal evidence from the field challenges those assumptions, suggesting for example that polar bears have good problem-solving abilities. A male bear called GoGo in Tennoji Zoo, Osaka, has even been observed making use of a tool to manipulate his environment. The bear used a tree branch on multiple occasions to dislodge a piece of meat hung out of his reach. Problem-solving ability has also been witnessed in wild polar bears, although not as obviously as with GoGo. A calculated move by a male bear involved running and jumping onto barrels in an attempt to get to a photographer standing on a platform four metres high.

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IELTS Reading & Comprehension. Why we need to protect polar bears Pt.2 

第一课  九月去北京旅游最好
1.下午他要踢足球。
2.妈妈买了几件新衣服。
3.她的眼睛很漂亮。
4.我们去买一个新的桌子吧。
5.王小姐最喜欢运动。

第二部分
6. 男：你想喝点儿什么？
女：我想喝茶。
7. 男：我们下午一起去运动吧。 
   女：好啊，我最喜欢跑步了。
8. 女：你几点能回来？
男：七点多，不会太晚。
9. 女：你的猫多大了？
 男：一岁多。
10. 女：什么时候去北京旅游最好？
男：九月和十月北京天气最好，你九月去吧。

第三部分
11. 女：你觉得什么时候去北京旅游最好？
男：我觉得九月去最好。
   问：几月去北京旅游最好？
12. 女：你喜欢上海吗？
男：上海冬天太冷了，我不喜欢。
   问：男的为什么不喜欢上海？
13. 女：我要去商店，你去吗？
男：我也去，我要买几个新椅子。
问：男的要买什么？
14. 女：王医生的女儿今年多大了？
男：十四岁了。
问：王医生的女儿今年多大了？
15. 女：我觉得这个杯子很漂亮。
   男：你也很喜欢？这是我在北京买的。
问：女的觉得什么很漂亮？


hsk2  第一课  九月去北京旅游最好

La Llorona es una figura que aterra a generaciones en toda Latinoamérica, y en Colombia tiene su propia versión. Cuenta la leyenda que una mujer, desesperada por el abandono de su esposo, perdió la razón y terminó ahogando a sus propios hijos en un río. Al darse cuenta de lo que había hecho, llena de culpa y remordimiento, se lanzó también al agua.

Desde entonces, su espíritu vaga por los caminos, especialmente cerca de los ríos, llorando por sus hijos y buscando a los niños que encuentra a su paso. Su grito es desgarrador y aterrador: “¡Ay, mis hijos!” Es común escucharla en las noches de luna llena, y muchos dicen que si alguien escucha su llanto cerca, en realidad está lejos; pero si la oyes a lo lejos, es mejor que corras, porque significa que está muy cerca de ti.

Colombian Legends

La llorona

Los árabes estuvieron en España, que entonces no era España, por muchos años. Eso dejó una gran influencia del árabe en la arquitectura, el arte, la cultura, y la lengua. Hoy voy a hablar de algunas palabras españolas muy usadas que vienen del árabe.

Espero que disfrutes el episodio. Una vez que lo hayas escuchado dime qué te parece. Dime también has usado estas palabras en tus conversaciones en español, y si conoces otras palabras españolas de origen árabe.


Blanca to go 

48– palabras españolas de origen árabe 

Neil McTaggart makes his first journey into town after settling in Canada.
The air is clean, the world quieter than the mills of Kilbirnie he left behind. In a warm little café, he meets Mrs Brant, a woman with her hair pinned up and a strong puritan look that reminds him of his grandmother. Through her quiet kindness, Neil begins to sense what belonging might feel like in this new land.

This gentle, reflective story captures the rhythm of early immigrant life in rural Canada — the small kindnesses, the silence, and the slow building of community far from home.

🎧 Part of the “Neil McTaggart” storytelling series — following a young Scottish man’s journey of migration, memory, and identity in 1920s Canada.