Conversation Starters #4 "Food"

A topic we ALL love and enjoy, food, is a super simple way to connect with others and use simple language. Let's unpack it together in this short and sweet podcast episode. :)

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FOOD

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In this episode of English Learners Boost, Teacher Ian—licensed professional science teacher and English tutor—dives into the power of experiential learning and how it can transform your English skills. Backed by brain-based research and practical classroom examples, you’ll discover how learning by doing helps you remember better, speak more confidently, and enjoy the process. Plus, find out how you can experience this method firsthand by booking a personalized lesson with Teacher Ian on iTalki!

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Are you a fan of spooky stories and unexplained phenomena? In this episode of The Real English Conversations Podcast on italki, Canadian italki English teachers Amy and Curtis share their own personal experiences with UFOs, ghosts, and haunted houses - all while improving your English listening skills! Whether you're a believer in the supernatural or simply enjoy a good scare, this episode is sure to entertain and intrigue you. 

And if you're looking to improve your English even further, book a lesson with Curtis on italki today! Follow this link to book your lesson now: https://www.italki.com/teacher/4672521/english

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IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 1 - School.

Q. Did you go to a secondary/high school near to where you lived? [Why/Why not?]
Q. What did you like about your secondary/high school? [Why?]
Q. Tell me about anything you didn’t like at your school.
Q. How do you think your school could be improved? [Why/Why not?]

Some examiners will speak in an fast pace.. How are you preparing for that?



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IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 1 - School.

Customer: Excuse me, do you work here?
Staff: Yes, I do. Can I help you?
Customer: Yes. I need some pastries.
Staff: The pastries are in the bakery section - that’s in aisle 7. They’re next to the bread.
Customer: Ok, thank you.

English Conversation/Dialogue

At a Supermarket 1

Tea and the Industrial RevolutionA Cambridge professor says that a change in drinking habits was the reason for the Industrial Revolution in Britain. Anjana Abuja reports

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Alan Macfarlane, professor of anthropological science at King’s College, Cambridge has, like other historians, spent decades wrestling with the enigma of the Industrial Revolution. Why did this particular Big Bang – the world-changing birth of industry-happen in Britain? And why did it strike at the end of the 18th century?

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Macfarlane compares the puzzle to a combination lock. ‘There are about 20 different factors and all of them need to be present before the revolution can happen,’ he says. For industry to take off, there needs to be the technology and power to drive factories, large urban populations to provide cheap labour, easy transport to move goods around, an affluent middle-class willing to buy mass-produced objects, a market-driven economy and a political system that allows this to happen. While this was the case for England, other nations, such as Japan, the Netherlands and France also met some of these criteria but were not industrialising. All these factors must have been necessary. But not sufficient to cause the revolution, says Macfarlane. ‘After all, Holland had everything except coal while China also had many of these factors. Most historians are convinced there are one or two missing factors that you need to open the lock.’

C and D parts will be added below.

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Here are two questions about Bicycles and also here are 2 answers inside the recording.

Q1. How popular are bicycles in your hometown? [Why?]

Q2. How often do you ride a bicycle? [Why/Why not?]

Let me know how you'd answer these questions yourself?

Stay tunes for more answers + join my classes to improve the quality of your spoken English fluency.

IELTS SPEAKING PART 1 - Topic- Bicycles:

こんにちは！
Japanese daily life podcast のAtsushiです。
このPodcastは、日本語を勉強しているみなさんに向けたPodcastです。


今週の月曜日にアジア旅行から帰ってきました。
約1か月の旅行中で、4つの国に行きました！

シンガポール
マレーシア
ベトナム
タイ

です。

今回のPodcastでは、タイの良いところをあげます！


・食べ物がおいしい
　おいしい食べ物がたくさんありました！　

ソムタムーパパイヤのサラダ

カオマンガイーゆでた鶏肉とジャスミンライスの料理

ガパオー鶏肉、バジル、野菜とジャスミンライスの料理

パッタイーライスヌードルを卵や魚介、野菜と一緒に炒めた焼きそばみたいな料理

カオニャオマムアンーマンゴー、ココナッツミルクと砂糖で炊いたモチ米、それにココナッツミルクがかかったスイーツ
　　
　などなど、いろんな料理を食べましたが、どれも美味しかったです！

　場所によってはとても安く食べることができました。

・言語がやさしい音
　少しだけタイ語を勉強していたからかもしれませんが、マレー語、ベトナム語よりも音は聞きやすかったです。そして、語尾が特に柔らかい印象がありました。日本語のそうやんなぁ、みたいな音で、サワディカー、とかコップンカーなど、日本人にとっては優しく聞こえる音の言葉でした。

・電車が安い
　タイの電車は日本の電車のように整っていました。VISAのカードで改札に入れるのでとても簡単でした。それから、路線も難しくなく、わかりやすかったです。並んでいる人たちも、きれいに並んでいました。何よりも運賃がめっちゃ安いです。たぶん一回乗って行くのに日本円で¥100もかからなかったです。1時間以上乗る場所でも、¥150かからないぐらいでした。交通費はとても安く生活できます。

・お辞儀など日本に似ている
　最後は振る舞いに関してです。信仰度合いは違うと思いますが日本もタイも仏教が広く浸透している国だと思います。それが理由かはわからないですけど、お辞儀をするのは日本と同じ感じでした。またありがとうという時に、丁寧に伝える時は手を合わせたりしていたので、これも日本と似ているなと感じました。日本よりもそういう振る舞いを大切にしているようにも感じました。


こんな感じでした！
ということで、今回は以上です。

最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！ではまた！

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