IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 3 - Gifts. Question 4.

Q. What is more important when it comes to giving a gift, cost or effort? Why?

Relevant vocabulary: expensive, partner, doesn't go, doesn't match, style, style of clothes, color preferences, costly, give a lot of thought, surely go a long way, impress.

Linking words: besides, for instance, on the other hand.

I hope it's useful and I hope it goes you another perspective on things.

Use it and let me know how I can assist you in building your confidence, reducing your grammar mistakes and helping you with bettering your answers for part 1,2 and 3.

To Your Success!




IELTS-SPEAKING 8-9 BAND IS POSSIBLE. DAILY SPEAKING PRACTICE PART 1,2 & 3. Listen daily.

IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 3 - Gifts.

摆烂 (bǎi làn) literally means “to let things rot” or “to give up.” It’s a slang term used to describe a passive attitude when someone gives up trying to fix a difficult situation and just lets it go.

Learn Chinese with Hot Topics

摆烂 (bǎi làn)

As time goes by more and more characters are created. How many Chinese characters do we have? And how many characters should a foreign learner master that can manage daily conversations ? Am I suppose to learn all Chinese characters? Don't be worry, this audio will give you an answer.

Learning Chinese culture with Miss Zhang

Chinese characters 2

みなさんは味覚に自信がありますか？
アヤは食べることが好きですが、残念ながらバカ舌です…
今回はアヤがアイスクリームの味について長年誤解していたことを話します。

Do you feel confident about your sense of taste?
Aya likes to eat but she has no sense of taste.
This time, Aya talks about her many years of misunderstanding about the taste of ice creams.

♤ キーワード 
・先入観（せんにゅうかん：preconception）  
・配合（はいごう：combination of ingredients）
・違和感がある（いわかんがある：feel strange） 

♧ 理解度チェッククイズ 
1.  アヤさんが最近まで同じ味だと思っていたのは何味と何味？
2.  今回の雑談を経て、２人の宿題になったことは？

♢ 前回のクイズの答え 
1. フミさんが「土用の丑の日」にアナゴを買った理由は？ 
→ ウナギよりアナゴのほうが値段が安いから。
2. フミさんが「土用の丑の日」に矛盾を感じたのはなぜ？ 
→ 最近メディアを通して「サステナブル」が謳われているものの、スーパーではウナギが大量に仕入れられて余っているから。

BGM special thanks：MusMus

アヤさんとフミさんの日本語雑談（Aya and Fumi’s Japanese Chit-Chat）

Episode 11：アイスクリームの味

In this small episode I'd like you to go into your pefect picture of you succeeding when learning another language.

What is it like? How clear is the picture? What's noticable about the picture? What can you see in the picture? What do you look like in the picture? What do you like about the picture?

What what you'd like to see in the future - don't follow the thoughts, ideas, images of what you don't want to have happened - write down your aspirations and your desire down as if it's real.

Send me a message with your perfect picture and your Own Discovery!

i'd love to know more about you!

See you in my private classes.

The Habits of Women Growing Into Strong, Confident English Communicators

What is your perfect picture?

Hi! :) In this episode we will take a look at some commonly used idioms that will help you improve your vocabulary and better understand Czech native speakers.

We will discuss the following expressions and provide examples to illustrate their usage:

"dát někomu za uši" 
"běhá mi mráz po zádech"
"být za vodou" 
"být v sedmém nebi" 
"dát si do nosu" 
"tahá tě za nos." 
"dej mi pokoj" a "vlez mi na záda" 

Transcript available at: http://www.learnczechwithsteve.com/

Learn Czech with Steve

1. České idiomy 1 - Czech Idioms 1

From this episode, we are going to learn how to read time.

點dím/dim2 ( o‘clock)
分fān/ fan1（minute）
半bun/ bun3（half）
字jih/ zi6（5 minutes）

1.	5:00：五點（鐘）
ńgh dím( jūng) /ng5 dim2( zung1)

2.	2:37 兩點三十七分
léuhng dím sāam sahp chāt fān/ loeng5 dim2 saam1 sap6 cat1 fan1

3.	7:30：七點半chāt dím bun/ cat1 dim2 bun3   

4.	4:05 : 四點一個字sei dím yāt go jih/ sei3 dim2 jat1 go3 zi6
or 四點一sei dím yāt/ sei3 dim2 jat1
or四點零五分sei dím lìhng ńgh fān / sei3 dim2 ling4 ng5 fan1

而家幾（多）點呀？(What time is it now?)
yìh gā géi( dō) dím a?
ji4 gaa1 gei2( do1) dim2 aa3?

而家八點。(It is 8 o’clcok.)
yìh gā baat dím. 
ji4 gaa1 baat3 dim2.

Practice：
3:00   5:30   4:48   9:35   


Daliy Conversations for Cantonese (粵語會話）

11. Reading Time（讀時間）part1

En este episodio de Latido Latino, exploramos la fascinante Ruta de los Cenotes en Yucatán, México. Descubre la historia sagrada de los cenotes, considerados portales al inframundo por la civilización maya, y conoce la belleza natural y la biodiversidad de estos pozos de agua cristalina. Acompáñanos mientras recorremos desde el Cenote Dos Ojos hasta el famoso Cenote Ik Kil, sumergiéndonos en leyendas y aventuras que conectan con la cultura y el misticismo de México. Ideal para estudiantes de español y viajeros interesados en los tesoros naturales de Latinoamérica

Latido Latino

Ruta de los Cenotes: Aventura y Misticismo en Yucatán

El tiempo es un tema muy común en las conversaciones, y de hecho en España, tenemos muchos refranes, o dichos relacionados con el tiempo. En este episodio te menciono alguno.
Después de escucharlo, no te olvides de pasarte por mi Instagram o dejar un comentario y decirme:
-si conocías estos refranes en español.
-si en tu país hay también dichos relacionados con el tiempo, ¡Comparte alguno conmigo! 
