Learn how to introduce yourself and ask other people's names, nationalities, professions, and some basic questions/answers. 

Target audience: English-speaking beginners
Length: ~14 minutes

Music used in the podcast
Song: Brazilian Sunsets, by Ketsa
Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/
Free to use with attribution

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🎙️ Episode 3: Introducing Yourself in Portuguese

This story is made from '2000 most common words in English'

The owner spoke, as if he was a host on a TV cooking show. 

“Both these dishes are mighty fine, and soon it will be revealed which will take the title of World’s Best Main Meal.” 

The owner prepared his chopsticks and reached to pick up Little Ball. But then, a mysterious noise sounded, a kind of ring-ring. 

“Ugh, what is it now?” groaned the owner as he returned to the living room. 

Little Ball turned to the serving of shredded, dried kelp. “Did you hear that? World’s Best! That’s us. You’ve got no chance at winning the title.” 

Dried Kelp, who hadn’t made a sound or a movement until now, slowly came to life and said, 
“Whatever, dude, titles are for books…” 

Little Ball whispered to its 5-piece family, “Pfffft, did you hear that? I know Dried Kelp secretly wants the title and we can’t let it win. If it does, then the owner will look down on us, and shame us, and never buy us ever again. We will bring shame to all the unborn octopus balls. No. I won’t allow it. Dried Kelp is the side dish and we’re the main dish.” 

Raising its voice to an intimidating roar, Little Ball, with all of its power, said, “We’re six large balls, but you’re only a few dozen little strips. Good luck beating us!” 

Dried Kelp took a moment to think. “It’s not the amount of pieces that’s important; It’s the owner’s experience that truly matters.” 

Little Ball was confused. Did Dried Kelp just prove my point? We’re less in numbers, but far superior, thought the bite-sized mashed octopus ball. “Exactly, pieces don’t matter—it’s about flavor! And you’re bland!” 

Dried Kelp seemed insulted, or so Little Ball thought. 

Being a Cloud

Little Ball the Octopus Ball 

Зора Нил Херстон была американской писательницей, антропологом и фольклористом. Она родилась в Алабаме, штат Алабама, в 1891 году. Зора училась в Харварде и Барнарде. Она была известна своим исследованием афроамериканской культуры и фольклора в Южной Америке и на Карибах. Она путешествовала по многим странам, включая Кубу, Доминиканскую Республику, Гаити и Бразилию. Зора написала много книг и статей, в том числе "Their Eyes Were Watching God". Она является важным представителем афроамериканской литературы и культуры.

Check out the text on molodetsell.com

Molodets! Подкаст по изучению английского языка и американской культуре для носителей русского языка

2.4 Зора Нил Херстон

Can you work out how to say 'My treat' in Chinese by listening to the movie clips of this episode? 

******************Script for your second time listening*********************

片段一Clip one
A：我们~去唱卡拉OK吧。我请客
B:  就这么定了！换衣服，收拾东西。 
A：wǒ men ~qù chàng kǎ lā OK ba 。wǒ qǐng kè 
B:  jiù zhè me dìng le ！huàn yī fú ，shōu shi dōng xi 。  
出自From《致我们终将逝去的青春》
片段二
A：所以我说，你付了那么昂贵的旅馆费，那我就付餐费。
B：我有钱，我请客。
A：suǒ yǐ wǒ shuō ，nǐ fù le nà me áng guì de lǚ guǎn fèi ，nà wǒ jiù fù cān fèi 。
B：wǒ yǒu qián ，wǒ qǐng kè 。
出自《七月与安生》
片段三
A：老易你怎么来了？
B：我在隔壁请客。
A：lǎo yì nǐ zěn me lái le ？
B：wǒ zài gé bì qǐng kè 。
出自《色戒》
片段四
A: 王总！
B: 老严，你说你请客你还迟到！
A:  wáng zǒng ！
B：lǎo yán ，nǐ shuō nǐ qǐng kè nǐ hái chí dào ！
出自《戒烟不戒酒》


Iris' screening room

How to say "My treat" in Chinese?——Improve Chinese with movie clips

Si eres un poco curioso y te gustan las letras, ¡no puedes perderte este episodio! En el te cuento la historia del abecedario español, sus orígenes, las letras que formaban parte de él en un principio, las que se fueron añadiendo más tarde y las razones para añadirlas y cuales se han acabado eliminando.

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101 – Historia de las letras

IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 3 - Inventions and copyright Q4-Q6.

4. Do you think intellectual property laws are too strict? Why do you think that is?
5. What is your opinion about the copyright of an intellectual property and idea?
6. Can you cite one example when you noticed a copyright violation? What was it?

Which question was the hardest? What were some keywords you could use to illustrate your ideas?

Let me know how I can help you in your IELTS speaking preparation

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IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 3 - Inventions and copyright Q4-Q6.

CHISTES MEXICANOS

SIGNOS DEL ZODIACO.

There's a video on TikTok in which a user takes a jar of seasoning called "Everything But the Bagel" and carefully separates the ingredients into small piles to find out the secret to the recipe.

The video has been viewed almost 2 million times — a sign of just how popular this seasoning mix, made by US company Trader Joe's, has become.

People like to put it on top of bagels and use it in lots of different meals.

However, fans of the mix have been finding out that it's not welcome everywhere in the world.

Signs have been posted at Incheon Airport in Seoul, telling passengers they can't bring jars of the seasoning into the country.

The reason is that one of the ingredients is banned in South Korea.

The mix contains things like sesame seeds, dried garlic, dried onion and salt — but poppy seeds are the problem.

Poppy seeds are banned in South Korea because they are narcotic-related items, according to the airport. The ban is not new but travelers have said that airports are now cracking down on the seasoning mix.

The seeds are also banned in a number of other countries, including Saudi Arabia and Singapore.

The poppy plant is used to make drugs like heroin and morphine, although the seeds don't contain any opiates.

However, the country worries that the seeds could be contaminated by opiates.

In fact, in the US, members of the armed forces have been advised not to eat products containing poppy seeds in case they affect the results of drug tests.

Drug tests can be very sensitive but experts say that it would be almost impossible to eat enough poppy seeds to feel any narcotic effect.