成语故事：揠苗助长，Pulling on the plant shoots to help them grow----spoil things through impatience 

中国成语故事

揠苗助长

This podcast series gives you strategies to succeed on each part of the IELTS Speaking Exam. The three parts are very different from one another so you need to use strategies that are specific to each part. In this episode I look at the ways to succeed on Part 2 of the exam.

IELTS Speaking Success

IELTS Speaking Strategies 1 2 3 - Episode 3: Part 2 of the Speaking Exam

"Gossip" in English. Te contamos sobre si es o no popular en Argentina y México, y posibles consecuencias al implementarlo.
Aprovechá para sumar vocabulario!

Me acompaña Martin!

Perfil de Martin, profe acá también en Italki: https://www.italki.com/teacher/5211013

Dale Play al Español

El chisme

just a cute little episode about New Year Movies

Операция «Ы» и другие приключения Шурика

Этот _________ про простоватого, но неунывающего и находчивого _________ Шурика, который состоит из трех новел: про _____________ на стройке, студенческую любовь во время летней ____________ и настоящую _____________ _____________ с троицей комических антигероев-жуликов – Труса, Балбеса и Бывалого.
Например, в первой части хулиган Федя получает 15 суток административного ареста за ___________ в автобусе со студентом Шуриком, хитростью вынудившим его уступить место беременной женщине. Отбывать наказание Федю отправляют на ________________ жилого дома, где подрабатывает и Шурик. В этой части вы услышите ставшую крылатой фразу: «Надо, Федя, надо!». и увидите историю становления Феди.

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You just got into bed after a long day, and you're exhausted. You plan to spend a few minutes on your phone — maybe scrolling Instagram or TikTok — and then sleep.

But when you try to sleep, it's not as easy as you thought it would be. You were so tired — what happened?

According to a new study, your phone may be the problem.

The study, done by researchers at New Zealand's University of Otago, involved 85 kids aged 11 to 14. They each spent a week wearing a body camera on their chest starting from three hours before they got into bed.

A second camera was also placed in their bedrooms to monitor their phone use once they were in bed. They also wore a device that tracked their sleep.

The researchers found that 99% of the participants used their phones in the two hours before bed. More than half used their phones while they were in bed, and about a third used their phones after trying to go to sleep.

The results showed that screen time in bed affected participants' sleep — it stopped them from going to sleep for about half an hour, and also reduced the amount of sleep they got.

The impact was larger when participants had a more interactive experience — such as playing a game — or if they used more than one screen. For every additional 10 minutes of this type of screen time, sleep time was reduced by the same amount.

Interestingly, phone use in the two hours before bed had little impact on sleep.

According to lead researcher Bradley Brosnan, the results suggest that, while current guidelines recommend no screen time in the hour or two before bed, keeping phones out of the bedroom might be enough for a better night's sleep.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Keep Screens Out of Bed for Better Sleep

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Spanish in the Workplace

#1 My Journey into Teaching (English)

音楽はいろいろな思い出をよみがえらせてくれますね！

Natural Nihongo Chat

音楽のふしぎなちから

Ah, with the Grape my fading Life provide,
And wash my Body whence the Life has died,
And in the Windingsheet of Vine-leaf wrapt,
So bury me by some sweet Garden-side.