In this podcast you will know about some things you should not do in Colombia


Decirle no a un trago de aguardiente

No te preocupes por el tiempo

Solicitar un café con leche

Hacer chistes de Pablo Escobar o La Guerrilla

Rechazar una invitación a bailar


Remember that I also teach Spanish on italki, in case you want to book a class with me :)

Colombia

Cosas que no puedes hacer en Colombia

Are you “ticking the boxes” in your OET Speaking test but still stuck at a borderline score? In this episode, Kevin Dean (IELTS & OET teacher at theenglishnative.com
) breaks down the biggest OET Speaking mistake — failing to respond to the patient — and shows you exactly how to fix it.

Learn how to:

Identify and respond to patient cues (B1, B2, A4, E4)

Show empathy and gather more information naturally

Rotate your phrases to sound more like a real clinician

Avoid the “task checklist trap” that keeps candidates at C grade

This episode is packed with real examples from official OET role-plays, practical language you can use in your next test, and tips to sound like the kind of doctor or nurse patients want to visit.

Feel free to book a lesson or message me any time!

Kev's English Podcast

KEP 40: OET Speaking: The #1 Mistake That Costs Candidates Marks (And How to Fix It)

❥ In this podcast, Melo reads from The Aesop for Children found for free online at: https://www.read.gov/aesop/001.html
❥ Listen and learn the moral of each story.
❥ Practice listening and/or reading comprehension by answering the quiz questions.
❥ Today's fable is called “The Heron” and can be found here:
https://www.read.gov/aesop/015.html
❥The moral of today’s fable is: 
“Do not be too hard to suit or you may have to be content with the worst or with nothing at all.”

❥ 在这个播客中，梅洛朗读了《儿童伊索》，可在网上免费找到：https://www.read.gov/aesop/001.html
❥聆听并学习每个故事的寓意。
❥ 通过回答问答问题练习听力和/或阅读理解。
❥ 今天的寓言叫"苍鹭号"，可以在这里找到：
https://www.read.gov/aesop/015.html
❥今天的寓言故事的寓意是： 
"不要太难适应，否则你可能不得不满足于最差的情况，或者什么都不满足。"

Life Lessons from Aesop's Fables

Episode 14: The Heron

In this episode you will learn how to ask want。

HSK2

Learn how to ask want :要

今(いま)日本(にほん)で一番(いちばん)あぶないもの
The most dangerous things in Japan
지금 일본에서 제일 위험한 것

NANAのにほんごpodcast 

【Japanese Podcast#28】今(いま)日本(にほん)で一番(いちばん)あぶないもの | The most dangerous things in Japan

"Con base en" es una expresión muy utilizada en la lengua española para afirmar, para sustentar, para fundamentar algo. Ejemplo: Con base en las investigaciones realizadas, escribí un artículo académico, es decir gracias a las investigaciones pude escribir este artículo. Esta expresión es muy utilizada por los hispanohablantes tanto en la oralidad como en la redacción.  Te invito a escuchar podcast y no dudes en escribir tus dudas o preguntas al respecto.

Mejorando mi español

¿Conoces la expresión "con base en"

yì tiān，huǒ rè de tài yánɡ zhào zài dà dì shànɡ，
一天，火热的太阳照在大地上，
tiān qì rè jí le。
天气热极了。
hú li zǒu le hěn yuǎn de lù，
狐狸走了很远的路，
mǎn tóu dà hàn，yòu è yòu kě。 
满头大汗，又饿又渴。
tā yì biān zǒu yì biān zì yán zì yǔ de shuō：
他一边走一边自言自语地说：
“rú ɡuǒ yǒu chī de、hē de nà ɡāi duō hǎo ɑ！”
“如果有吃的、喝的，那该多好啊！”
hú li zǒu zhe zǒu zhe，lái dào yí ɡè pú tao yuán， 
狐狸走着走着，来到一个葡萄园，
kàn jiàn yí chuàn chuàn yòu dà yòu yuán de pú tao 
看见一串串又大又圆的葡萄
ɡāo ɡāo de ɡuà zài pú tao jià shànɡ。
高高地挂在葡萄架上。
tā ɡāo xìnɡ jí le：“hā hā！
他高兴极了：“哈哈！
jīn tiān de yùn qì zhēn bú cuò！ 
今天的运气真不错！
wǒ cónɡ lái méi jiàn ɡuò zhè me dà、zhè me hǎo de pú tao，
我从来没见过这么大、这么好的葡萄，
tā yí dìnɡ hěn tián，hěn hǎo chī。”
它一定很甜，很好吃。”
yú shì，tā kàn zhǔn yí chuàn yòu dà yòu hǎo de pú tao 
于是，他看准一串又大又好的葡萄，
yònɡ lì xiànɡ shànɡ tiào，shēn chū shǒu qù zhāi。
用力向上跳，伸出手去摘。
kě shì，tā zěn me yě ɡòu bù zháo nà chuàn pú tao。
可是，他怎么也够不着那串葡萄。
tā tiào le yí cì yòu yí cì，shǐ zhōnɡ zhāi bú dào pú tao。
他跳了一次又一次，始终摘不到葡萄。
zuì hòu，tā lèi de yì diǎnr lì qì dōu méi yǒu le， 
最后，他累得一点儿力气都没有了，
zhǐ hǎo chuí tóu sànɡ qì de zǒu kāi le。
只好垂头丧气地走开了。
hú li yì biān zǒu yì biān zì yán zì yǔ de shuō： 
狐狸一边走一边自言自语地说：
“zhè zhǒnɡ pú tao yǒu shén me hǎo！ 
“这种葡萄有什么好！
quán shì suān de，wǒ cái bù xǐ huān chī ne。” 
全是酸的，我才不喜欢吃呢。”
hú li chī bú dào pú tao，jiù shuō pú tao shì suān de。 	
狐狸吃不到葡萄，就说葡萄是酸的。

CHINESE STORY中文故事

狐狸和葡萄

In these past months, it seems that a lot of political drama has been spinning around like a 24/7, in my world, in other people's world, everywhere. That has brought my memories to a bedtime story that I will never forget. I still can picture in mind how the book looked like, how I sat next to Mom as she read the book to me. The title was, "The Man, The Boy, and The Donkey". At that time I thought, "This boy and his father are foolish." That's why I couldn't forget the story. 

However, as I grew up, I realized that indeed, yeah, stupid things I do. Even worse, I do it because I have been told to.

The story I'm reading to you now is from https://www.fablereads.com/en/fable/the-man-the-boy-and-the-donkey. If you are interested in learning English through stories, please feel free to check out my lesson "Learning English through Stories" here: https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/24647106/english

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