The story continues in its weird and wonderful way as Mary reads about Dr Landey's plan for her husband's brain!

Stories to Stimulate!

Will and Mary Part 4

In this story, an aeroplane named Seven is using a secret energy source. But the assistant engineer might know what it is. 
This is Part 3 of 5. 

It was 12:00pm and Seven was playing cards with Zack the pilot in their hangar.
 
Seven picked up a few cards and slammed five down on the table. “Once again, I’m winning, Zack. When will you ever learn? You can’t beat me—Hah!” 

Zack, looking frustrated, said, “Next time I’ll beat you. I’m going to practice online. You’ll see. Next time.” 

Tobee arrived for work and went straight to the office. He noticed the security camera system was blinking, alerting some kind of action needed. Tobee took care of it and turned to exit the office. 

But what was this? In front of him there were several huge barrels labelled ‘7-Up’. Tobee thought that it was illegal to use 7-Up. He understood it was a cheaper fuel source, but he believed it wasn’t worth the risk. Tobee believed in the government’s decision to ban 7-Up as a fuel source. 

Tobee stepped out into the main hangar and confronted Zack. 

“Boss? There are seven giant barrels of 7-Up in the office. Have you been giving it to Seven? You know that’s illegal, right? Why are you doing this? You’re risking your entire business.” 

Zack looked undeniably suspicious and worried. He struggled to speak confidently and said, “Oh that… that’s left over from my son’s 14th birthday party last week. Want some?” 

Tobee said, “Uh… okay. But… I’m a bit… hurt that you didn’t invite me…” 

Zack laughed nervously. “Yes… I only just invited family and friends… Sorry, Tobee. Maybe next time. Uhh, feel free to take some home if you want.” 

As Tobee left the main hangar, Seven whispered to Zack, “Phew, that was a close one. Thankfully he bought it.” 

Tobee didn’t believe Zack’s improvised story, but he tried to play along. He didn’t want Zack catching onto him. Tobee thought that he’d discover the truth for himself. 


Being a Cloud

Seven the Aeroplane

和中国小学生一起学汉语

Chinese Finals:aoe

The Chinese grammar AA的(de) where the adjective is duplicated is a common pattern used to describe people or things. In this episode Karen and 柏威 take a deep dive into this structure.


Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

语法 - AA的 Grammar - AA de (Duplication of Adjectives)

*This story contains graphic and explicit material it is not recommended for children, only for mature audiences*
The Faithful Setter by David Sedaris concerns a couple of dogs who debate whether or not it's cheating for the male dog to be a "stud" used to impregnate other dogs. He husband argues that it's not cheating, it's only work.
Send me a message me for your free pdf copy of this book and if you would like discuss it.
I hope you enjoy it.
https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/13365914

Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk and other stories from David Sedaris ( Adult 18+) 

The Faithful Setter  (Adult 18+)

غَالِبًا السوشال ميديا تِعْرِض أَشْيَاء مْفَلْتَرَة مِن الحَيَاة, لأنو الناس يشَارْكُوا الأَحْدَاث المُهِمَّة بَس.
وهَذا الشِي يِعْكِس صُورَة مِثَالِيَّة لحَيَاة بَعْض النَاس اللي هي عَكْس الصُورَة الحَقِيقِيَة.
بَس كَمَان هَذا الشَي يِسَبِّب ضَغْط عَالِي على هَذُول الأَشْخَاص لأنو لازم يِظْهَرُوا دَائِمًا بِصُورَة مِثَالِيَّة.
بِالمُقَابِل, الأَشْخَاص الآخَرِين يقَارْنُوا حَيَاتْهُم مَع حَيَاة هَذُول الأَشْخَاص. 
بَس لِلْأَسَف هذه المُقَارَنِة ممكن تْأَدِّي للشُعُور بِالإِكْتِئَاب.
لازم نِتْذَكَّر دَائِمًا إِنُّو الأشياء اللي قَاعْدِين نْشُوفْهَا على السوشال ميديا ما بِتْكُون الصُورَة الكَامْلِة, وكُل إِنْسَان عِنْدُه مَشَاكِل بِالحَيَاة والحَيَاة المَثَالِيَّة مَا مَوجُودِة!

Mostly social media shows filtered things from life, because people share only the important events.
And this reflects a perfect image of the life of some people which is the opposite of the real image.
But also this thing causes high pressure on these people because they always have to appear in a perfect image.
In contrast, the other people who compare their life with the life of those people.
But unfortunately, this comparison can lead to the feeling of depression.
We should always remember that the things that we are seeing on social media are not the full picture, and every human has problems in life, and the perfect life does not exist.

Gulf Dialect (Level 2)

السوشال ميديا / Social Media 🎭

What are your thoughts before an exam?

How do you prepare yourself before the test?

What should you tell yourself before taking the test?

What should the state of mind be like before taking the test?

I'll do deeper into these questions and the suggestion is to listen with your heart and to see what it feels like when listening to my voice.

Enjoy it and see you in my classes!

IELTS-SPEAKING 8-9 BAND IS POSSIBLE. DAILY SPEAKING PRACTICE PART 1,2 & 3. Listen daily.

IELTS SPEAKING - The state of mind

こんばんは！Atsushiです。
このPodcastをはじめの方から聞いてくれている人は知っているかもしれませんが、僕は妻と今年の6月に岡山から北海道へ引っ越してきました。

ですので、北海道の冬は今年がはじめてです。
どれぐらい雪が降るのかわからない不安もありますが、岡山や大阪で雪が降ることはほとんどないので、楽しみでもあります。

そして、とうとう雪が降りました。
今年の冬にちゃんと降ったのははじめてでした。
昼から夜にかけて、降っていました。
気温が低い雪はサラサラしているので、いいですね。
積もると大変だと思いますが。


ぼくの個人的な雪の経験は、鳥取に住んでいた時のことです。たくさん降った経験があるわけではないですが、降る時はどかっと降るので、その時は大変でした。

雪が積もっている時に、クルマを出すのはめっちゃ大変なんです。まず、雪かきをしてからじゃないと出せないんですね。ですので、いつもより早めに家を出て、車のエンジンをかけて、雪かきをしますね。雪かきをしている間に車の中があたたまり、フロントガラスの氷がとけていきます。そして、やっと車を出せるようになります。

雪の積もり方によりますが、多いと30分とかかかってました。寒い中雪をかいていくので、結構大変ですね。

北海道と同じような緯度の国や地域は同じようなことがあるかもしれないですね。

ヨーロッパの国々や中国やアメリカの北部、韓国、ロシア、カナダなどなど。

もしかしたらニュージーランドの冬も同じようになるんですかね。どうなんでしょう。

ということで、今回は雪が降りました！という話から、僕の以前の雪かきの経験の話をしました。

雪かきなど毎年してるよ！という方、いや、雪は見たことがない！という方もよければオンラインレッスンでお話しましょう！ということで、今回は以上です。

最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！
ではまた！














Atsushi のJapanese podcast (travel/news /文法・漢字・語彙/Osaka/Hokkaido/🇹🇷🇬🇪🇦🇲🇪🇸🇵🇹)

#150 雪が降りました！について

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yghYK30YUu0CAYmAclkpxp_tCP5TAb1K/view?usp=drivesdk