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CELEBRACIONES MAS IMPORTANTES EN COLOMBIA 

Stop using basic vocabulary for your job or major! Learn the exact phrases needed to hit a Band 8+ standard.• Band 5: "I am a student..." ❌• Band 6.5: "I study business administration..." ⚠️• Band 8: "I’m pursuing a degree in..." 🎉👇 Book a 30-minute exam prep trial lesson with me for live mock practice!

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IELTS Speaking Part 1. From Bands 5.5, 6.5 to band 8: Work or Studies

AI tools can help you prepare and rehearse — but they cannot replace a real human reaction. Learn how to combine AI practice and human coaching to build genuine confidence in any professional English situation.



Job Interview English & Workplace Communication

AI Can Help You Prepare — But It Cannot Replace This

Oi gente, aqui é a Aneleh, sua tutora de português favorita. No episódio de hoje trouxe mais uma fábula famosa para vocês se divertirem e aprenderem palavras novas. No final desse episódio, trarei o vocabulário com seus significados em inglês para ajudar caso vocês tenham dificuldades. Se quiser acompanhar o script do podcast é só clicar neste link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dgiVCEzLRaUVoWaK8ttVzQ3at3JpJHxgjqoQu8ILl3o/edit?usp=sharing
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Hey guys, this is Aneleh, your favorite Portuguese tutor. In today's episode I brought another famous fable for you to have fun and learn new words. At the end of this episode, I will bring the vocabulary with its meanings in English to help if you have difficulties. If you want to follow the podcast script, just click on this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dgiVCEzLRaUVoWaK8ttVzQ3at3JpJHxgjqoQu8ILl3o/edit?usp=sharing
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O burro e a cobra  

Why is Women's Day called Goddess Day? 为什么妇女节叫女神节？

Intermediate Chinese Listening

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In the 1920s the boss of the Ford Motor Company, Henry Ford, attempted to build a huge rubber plantation in the Amazon jungle. It didn't quite go to plan…

English Learning for Curious Minds

Fordlandia

From fast-food counters to Michelin-starred restaurants, the hamburger is much loved in the Western diet, but where did it come from?

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a hamburger as both "ground beef" and "a sandwich consisting of a patty of hamburger" on a bun. Although these might be the simplest forms of a hamburger, the sandwich is often eaten with other things added, such as lettuce, cheese, sauces and even other meats.

But this popular food didn't start out with all the extras. In fact, it's thought that one of the earliest forms of the hamburger was closer to a steak tartare — raw minced steak mixed with egg.

While a recipe from the Roman Empire suggests the earliest version of this meal, some believe that it came from Mongolian horsemen, who would place beef under their saddles while riding, so that by the end of the day it was tender enough to eat raw.

However, others say these riders placed meat under their saddles only to help heal their horses' sores, and any meat prepared this way would be too dirty to be edible.

A later version is thought to have come from the German city of Hamburg, where chefs around the 17th or 18th century cooked minced beef with onions and breadcrumbs. This came to be known in English as the "Hamburg steak," and made its way to the US during the 19th century, where it was later called the "hamburger."

Although it isn't known who first thought to put this minced meat on bread, adding a bun made the hamburger popular as a sandwich in the US. The first fast-food hamburger chain — named White Castle — was opened in 1921, and still sells its famous square-shaped hamburgers to this day.

Now, hamburgers can be found worldwide thanks to popular American fast-food restaurants such as McDonald's, Burger King and Wendy's. In 2012, PBS reported that an estimated 50 billion hamburgers are eaten in the US alone every year.