Listen to me reading an American news article about 'Blue Zones', areas in the world where people live longer because of their diet.

Listen to English with Pip

News article: How diet affects people's health

हम इस कहानी से देख सकते हैं की एक छोटा और बुद्धिमान उल्लू एक खूंखार शेर को हरा सकता  है। 

Stories from Panchatantra 

शेर और उल्लू की कहानी 

Hey guys, this is Aneleh, your favorite Portuguese tutor. In today’s podcast we’ll talk about some Portuguese expressions. If you feel like, you can skip directly to the portuguese part at one minute and thirty seconds.
And you can  check out the podcast description by clicking at this link: 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TzxnKy0KP2qpHvHZRmQ9x6cbg4iMhlACJ_5nEWK6BKQ/edit?usp=sharing
 Let 's go? 

Portuguese Drops 

Portuguese Expressions (4)

De volta à nossa infância com este conto, um dos meus favoritos

Contos de Fadas - Fairy tale 

Hansel e Gretel

What does confronting death, freedom, and the meaning of life have to do with learning Spanish? 🧠💀

Everything.

Most language advice focuses on the how. But what about the why that lies beneath it all?

In Episode 104 of 111 Tips for Learning a Language, we dive deep into Existential Therapy to explore how facing life's biggest questions can unlock your most powerful learning potential. Discover how to:

• 🗽 Embrace the freedom and responsibility of being the author of your language journey
• 🌉 Use language to bridge our fundamental human isolation and achieve real connection
• 🎨 Create meaning out of arbitrary grammar and vocabulary, making your practice profoundly personal
• ⏳ Harness the awareness of your finite time to fuel a powerful, productive urgency

This isn't just about learning to speak. It's about learning to live more fully through your target language.

We explore how the principles of Existential Therapy can transform language learning from a mere academic task into a profound journey of personal growth. By confronting life's core "givens"—freedom, isolation, meaninglessness, and mortality—this episode reveals how you can harness existential anxiety to fuel your progress. Learn how to take radical responsibility for your learning, find deep connection through communication, create personal meaning, and leverage the urgency of your finite time to become a more authentic and courageous speaker.

💃🏻111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 104 - How🗽Existential Therapy📷 can help you learn a language

Being scared will make you fail a job interview or IELTS speaking!

What kind of attitude does it create?

Imagine yourself worrying about the past; what went on inside your mind?

Can you remember the thoughts you held? What were they?

Did you see the event in darker colors?

Were you afraid to take the next step? 

I can tell you that most people are the same, regardless of where we are from—we are humans; therefore, it's universal.

Listen to the recording and be inspired to take action towards your successes over your failures, as right now it's what most minds are occupied by.

To your success, and when you are ready to see me, apply for my classes, and let me help you take the next step in your English development journey.

The Habits of Professionals Growing Into Strong, Confident English Communicators

Being scared will make you fail a job interview or IELTS speaking!

They say you can't have too much of a good thing — but according to a new study, maybe you can!

Researchers from the University of Toronto in Canada found that people are feeling more bored than in the past, even though there are endless types of entertainment available.

Could this endless entertainment actually be causing increased feelings of boredom?

Possibly, the researchers say.

In their study, published in Communications Psychology, Katy Tam and Michael Inzlicht looked at data from 2009 to 2020. They also looked at the relationship between digital media and reported feelings of boredom.

They found that people are reporting higher levels of boredom than ever before, with young people and college students feeling bored more often.

Many people reported feelings of boredom after engaging with digital media, leading Tam and Inzlicht to believe this type of entertainment is increasing feelings of boredom.

Digital media, they explain, is highly stimulating, which could cause people to be less interested in activities with lower stimulation, like reading a book.

And with technology offering so many distractions, people find it more difficult to focus on a single activity and take enjoyment from it, the researchers added.

For example, looking at your phone while watching television makes it difficult to focus on what you're watching on TV, which makes it more difficult to enjoy the show.

There's also so much information available online that people often engage with quick, unrelated pieces of media, instead of longer, more meaningful information, which can leave people feeling unsatisfied and bored.

Earlier research by Tam and Inzlicht supports this idea, after it showed that switching between short videos resulted in increased feelings of boredom.

The researchers said we may need to become more comfortable with feeling bored — since not everything in life is meant to be constantly interesting!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

'Endless Entertainment' May Actually Increase Boredom

肠粉、油条、粥…… 说到早餐，中式早餐选择可太多了！你的最爱是什么？告诉我们吧！


Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

中国早餐哪家强 Which Chinese breakfast is the best?

欢迎来到Chillchat全中文系列～ 本系列第一集献给Karen第一次去新加坡旅行的经历，所见所感，敬请收听。
