Learn 3 more idioms to use in your IELTS speaking exam.

IELTS Speaking Practice

Idioms for IELTS

This week is a review of the last 2 episodes so that these 10 idioms will truly become part of your active vocabulary.

5 Weekly Idioms 

5 Weekly Idioms  - Review

LOUISE: Hey, Julia … Look at those desserts! How about baking 
some cookies today?
JULIA: Hmm … Yeah, that’s a great idea! While we’re here, let’s 
pick up the ingredients.
JULIA: OK, what do we need?
LOUISE: The recipe calls for flour, sugar and butter. Oh, and we 
also need eggs and chocolate chips.
JULIA: Why don’t you get the dairy ingredients? You’ll find those 
in the refrigerated section in the back of the store. I’ll get 
the dry ingredients — they’re in aisle 10.
LOUISE: Great! Let’s meet at the checkout.
JULIA: OK. See you there.



LANGUAGE NOTES
• How about is a casual way to suggest doing an activity. Notice that “how about” is followed 
by an “-ing” verb.
• Hmm … Notice that Julia pauses for a moment. “Hmm” is an expression used to think about 
something first before speaking.
• That’s a great idea! Notice the emphasis on “great.” Julia has thought about it and then 
decided that she really does want to bake cookies.
• The recipe calls for is a way of saying “the recipe says we need.” The phrase “call for” can 
also be used to talk about the weather forecast. (They’re calling for rain.)
• … flour, sugar and butter. Notice that this is a list, so there are short pauses between each 
item. Notice also that each ingredient is stressed because this information is important.
• Why don’t you … This expression is used to ask someone to do something. It can also be 
used to give advice — but in this case two friends are deciding on who does which task.
• Aisle Notice the silent “s” in aisle. An aisle is an orderly lane in a supermarket, with shelved 
products on both sides. Each aisle has a number, so that it is easy to find what you need.

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day 14: At the supermarket

¡OJO con la gramática de estos dos verbos! Porque el significado es el mismo, PERO no los usamos igual en las oraciones, tienen distintas reglas. 

¿Las aprendemos juntos/as?

¡DALE PLAY Y MEJORA TU ESPAÑOL CONMIGO HOY!

Disfruta de aprender

RECORDAR vs ACORDARSE

Odyssea is stranded on Circes' island.

https://saracasalino-books.weebly.com/blog/the-adventures-of-odyssea-ch-21-circes

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The Adventures of Odyssea: Ch 2.3 - Circes

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Describe something you did to learn another language.
You should say: 
What language did you learn.
What you did.
How did it help you learn the language.
And explain how you felt about it.





“I’ve always had a great interest, and fascination with  anything related to Japan, especially Japanese manga comics and movies….so, about 2 years ago I decided that I’d try to learn the language, and also made a plan to visit Japan someday. 

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IELTS 85 Speaking

Describe something you did to learn another language

Ciao a tutti, oggi facciamo insieme un esercizo di ascolto in italiano. Ho registrato 35 frasi molto semplici. Provate ad ascoltarle più volte e poi a capirle. 


Hi everyone, today we're doing a listening exercise together in Italian. I recorded 35 very simple
 sentences. Try listening to them several times and then understanding them.




Italiano espresso

esercizio di ascolto: 35 frasi semplici 

こんにちは！Atsushiです。

今日の天気は晴れ。
気温は27℃。暑いですが、北海道は風もあって涼しいです。


今日は天神祭(てんじんまつり)について。
前回は祇園祭でした。今回も日本三大祭りの1つ、天神祭の話をします。

天神祭とは、平安時代の貴族であり、政治家の菅原道真の命日(亡くなった日)にちなんだ祭のことです。

天神祭は大阪天満宮が建てられた951年より始まったとされています。
太鼓(たいこ)や神輿(みこし)が歩いて通る陸渡御(りくとぎょ)や、大川という大阪の川で神鉾(かみほこ)を流して、流れ着いた場所でおはらいをする船渡御(ふなとぎょ)、奉納花火があります。

歴史の中で、途切れたこともありますが、千年以上の時を超えて、今も続けられているというこの祭は、とても日本的な文化そのものですね。

私は、先日実際に見にくことができました。
とても親しみのある楽しい祭でした。
京都の祇園祭では、警備がしっかりされていて、行事を進める人と、観客が完全に別れていましたが、大阪の天神祭では、行事で歩いている人たちは、その途中でも、歩道で知り合いを見つけたら、あいさつと会話を交わしたり、時々、見にきている家族と写真を撮ったり。みんな楽しそうで、和やかな祭でした。

日本三大祭り、あともう一つの祭りは東京の神田祭、というものです。
見たことがないので、今は説明できませんが、また見る機会があれば、みなさんに紹介したいと思います。

今日も最後まで聴いていただきありがとうございます！
ではまた！




