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Real English Skills

Lær om hva folk har i stua og hva disse tingene brukes til i vår episode i dag. 

Norsk for nybegynnere (A1-A2)

Nybegynnere EP. 11 – I stua (in the living room)

What kinds of things do you like to study or work on with other people?

We've got 6 new, and really useful expressions for you in this episode.  Take your time and have fun thinking about your own answers to this question--along with the 6 example questions.

When you're done, try using these expressions the next time you're speaking to a native speaker.

Don't forget to subscribe and send me a message if you like what you've heard.

Speak English With Muki

Episode 13: Collaborating With Others

In today's episode, Nick is joined by a fashion designer to talk about this IELTS question. 

IELTS with Nick - World Knowledge 

Is the fashion industry good or bad for the environment?

In many parts of the world, summer has kicked in, and people are really feeling the heat.

But people in one city in the Middle East may have more reason to complain about the heat than anywhere else in the world.

This place is so hot that birds fall from the sky, some streets are air-conditioned, and, allegedly, fish boil in the sea.

This is Kuwait City, the capital of Kuwait, often called the hottest city in the world.

Temperatures often get as hot as 50 degrees Celsius in the summer — and sometimes even higher. In July 2016, the temperature reached 54 degrees Celsius in the north, which is the highest temperature Kuwait has experienced.

People are rarely seen walking outside in the summer, and many residents leave the city while it's this hot.

Kuwait has always been hot, but climate change has made the summers hotter and longer.

According to the Emirates Policy Center, between 1962 and 1999 there were 18 days when the temperature in Kuwait was 50 degrees Celsius or higher. Between 2000 and 2021, the number of days was 80 — and 64 of those were between 2010 and 2021.

The country is also getting less rain than before. As a result, it's experiencing more frequent and intense dust storms.

Living in these high temperatures is not good for humans. A study by the University of Roehampton in London found that the human body has an upper temperature limit of between 40 degrees and 50 degrees before it starts to malfunction.

At higher temperatures, a person may start to experience "heat stress," which can cause things like confusion, nausea, dizziness and fainting — and can be fatal.

Some may say that Kuwait is contributing to its own problems, since it's one of the world's largest emitters per capita of carbon dioxide, and uses only fossil fuels for energy.

But things may be changing. According to the International Energy Agency, the country plans to generate at least 15% of its energy from renewable sources by 2030.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Life at 50 Degrees: Kuwait City May Be World's Hottest City

Olá, tudo bem? Seja muito bem-vindo a mais um episódio do podcast Aprenda português. 
Neste episódio vamos sugerir diversos canais brasileiros no YouTube para você praticar ainda mais seu português.
Segue o link para acessar o texto com a transcrição do episódio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15fPMVE3kY97aBfuj9ZKcS96nIPzpwU7F/view?usp=drivesdk
Venha aprender português comigo!
Até 2024! Boas festas!

Aprenda português

Episódio 12 - O que assistir no YouTube

En français, quand faut-il dire "vous" et quand faut-il dire "tu"? Selon les situations, on emploie le vouvoiement ou bien le tutoiement. Je vous explique tout dans ce podcast

Les coutumes françaises

Le vouvoiement et le tutoiement en français ("tu" ou "vous")

안녕하세요. Hello~
한국어 듣기 수업 시작해요. Let's start with the Korean listening class.
선생님 읽어요. I read it.
잘 들으세요. Please listen well.

I posted the sentences on my blog.
https://blog.naver.com/laramcraft/223105743730
https://youtu.be/P6LJMBCcIAQ

The basics are important.
It is also good to check the basics of 한글 Hangeul before this listening class.
1-1. Korean alphabet - Vowels 모음 - What is Hangeul?
https://youtu.be/0YzhJ9p2lcs
2-1. Korean alphabet - Consonants 자음 -what are the consonants 자음?
https://youtu.be/lckgvQ_vreA
3-1. Korean alphabet - Final Consonants 받침 - What are the final consonants 받침?
https://youtu.be/sLlFmG30fNI

This is a class to listen to Korean conversational sentences.
In this voice recording for listening,
After reading many sentences with Korean grammar in Korean conversations sentences,
Check out how much you understand the sentences with a voice recording.
Never look at the sentences when listening to the voice recording.
And Listen to the sentence repeatedly until you hear it completely.

You are listening to the Sejong Korean conversation. (세종학당)
There are four books in total. (Korean conversation, 1, 2, 3, 4.)
It consists of 1st and 2nd courses for beginners and 1st and 2nd courses for intermediate.
Each course is conducted in 14 units. (2 grammar - for each unit.)
This listening class you are taking is Korean Conversation 4. (Intermediate 2)
Please listen carefully.