A second batch of 5 Idioms that you can use for business and every day life!

5 Weekly Idioms 

5 Idioms - Week 2

Nell'episodio di oggi parlerò dei miei progetti futuri, della lingua e del viaggio che ho in programma di fare. Parlerò del Natale e dei regali che si fanno di solito e di cosa significa per me questa festività.

Ascolta e impara con Anna

Viaggi, Natale e regali

Hello and welcome back! Today we are going to read a funny book by Dr. Seuss called Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! This story is about a character named Marvin who is told again and again that it’s time to go. The book uses playful rhymes, repetition, and silly ideas to make reading fun and to help practice English rhythm and sounds. Send me a message for your free digital copy of this book to follow along. Let’s get started!


Dr Suess stories

Marvin K. Mooney Will you Please Go Now!

Speaker 1: For me, having a dumbphone would be …dumb. I really like surfing the web on my phone to find out about things. If I hear the name of an actor I don’t know about, I can look them up, or if I‘m in a new place and I want to find a restaurant to go to, I can find somewhere easily. Plus, I love Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. I follow loads of celebrities and I love to watch concerts and live-tweet what is happening. Without my smartphone, my friends wouldn’t know what I was doing. It would feel very strange.

Speaker 2: I’m seriously thinking about getting a dumbphone. I hate how the battery on my smartphone is in control of my life. I always have to find somewhere to charge the phone when I’m out and I’m always worried about it. I also don’t like the way search engines record your history and use it to sell you things. I feel as though my attention is always taken away from everything I do with my smartphone because I use it so much. I was with a friend the other day and after a while, we were sitting there not talking, just looking at our phones. It was like our phones just killed the conversation. We didn’t even realize it was happening.

Speaker 3: I like the idea of a dumbphone. I’m just not sure if I would like it in practice. I travel a lot with my work, so it really helps being able to access my inbox when I’m out. If I didn’t, I would spend all my time in the office answering emails. I also have a favorite podcaster who I listen to all the time when I’m traveling. I can download his latest episode and pass the time when I’m on a flight or a train. I do enjoy being offline as I feel as though I am always using my phone to communicate, with email, Skype, phone calls, and text. But I think if I didn’t have access to the Internet most of the time, I would worry.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

DUMBPHONES

In today's podcast, I would like to share my thoughts about some common misconceptions about business.

FLO TALKS 

BUSINESS IS NOT EASY MONEY

Aprenda em 1 minuto como usar uma divertida expressão em português

Português em 1 minuto com o Júlio

O que significa a expressão "Mamão com açúcar"?

遥远的森林里，住着一只凶猛强壮的老虎，小动物们都非常怕它。 有一天，它抓到了一只狐狸，狐狸说：“我是上天派下来做万兽之王的，如果你吃掉我，就会受到惩罚！如果你不信，就跟着我在森林里走一圈，看看动物们是不是见到我就害怕。”于是老虎便跟在狐狸后头走，它们每到一个地方，那里的动物都会吓得四处逃散。老虎见状就相信了狐狸说的话，但它并不知道动物们真正害怕的猛兽其实是自己。

CHINESE STORIES

Story1：狐假虎威（The fox takes advantage of the tiger's might）

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Podcast: Povej mi več - Tell me more!

Povej mi več o slovenskem valentinovem

Model IELTS 2023 Answer. Part 2.  Describe a person you met at a party and enjoyed a conversation with.

You should say

Who was the person?
What topics did you discuss?
How did you feel?

Please Note: You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you are going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.

Please listen to all words that will stand out and record some of your own ideas to employ in your IELTS answers to have more flexibility when communicating your ideas in the test.

If you feel frightened about the test and want to speak at ease - join one of my private classes and be better prepared for the test.

See you in my next class.

To Your Success,
Anatoly