Smartphones are everywhere these days.

How many advantages and disadvantages of using them can you think of?

In this episode, Nick gives you some more ideas...

IELTS with Nick - World Knowledge 

What are the advantages and disadvantages of using smartphones every day?

⭐ Contents: 1/ La tendance générale 2/ Le e-commerce en France 3/ Le profil des consommateurs 4/ La consommation responsable 5/ Donner des objets, au lieu de les jeter 6/ Echanger des services, au lieu de les acheter 7/ Le minimalisme 8/ L'art du rangement 9/ Que faire ?

⭐ To go further, visit www.explorefrench.com. On my website, you can become a Premium Member and gain full access to all transcripts, games and language activities for both of my podcast channels "Learn French with Anthony" and "Explore France with Anthony". On my website, you'll also gain full access to my French online courses, "Skills Trainer" modules to enhance your proficiency in French, "Word Builder" modules to expand your French vocabulary, and audiobooks specially designed for learners of French. 

⭐ In this A2-level episode, we will talk about consumption, the development of online shopping, initiatives to consume less and differently, and minimalism. We will practice relative pronouns and the comparative, learn how to describe the use and function of something, and review the vocabulary of everyday life objects in French, among many other things.

⭐ In the first part of this podcast, I will speak only in French, and in the second part, I will translate and explain everything in English.

Learn French with Anthony

A2#01 Consommation et minimalisme

la salade : alface, lettuce
une pomme de terre : batata, potato
une carotte : cenoura, carrot
les petits pois : ervilhas, peas
une aubergine : beringela, eggplant
une courgette : abobrinha, courgette
un oignon : cebola, onion
un haricot vert : vagem, green bean
un radis : rabanete, radish
un poireau : alho-poró, leak
un poivron : pimentão, pepper
un concombre : pepino, cucumber
un champignon : cogumelo, mushroom
un chou-fleur : couve-flor, cauliflower
un brocoli : brócolis, broccoli
L’épinard : espinafre, spinach
L’ail : alho, garlic
Le céleri : aipo, celery
un navet : nabo, turnip
une betterave : beterraba, beetroot
une asperge : aspargo, aspargus
un potiron : abóbora, pumpkin
une tomate : tomate, tonato
un artichaut : alcachofra, artichoke
une patate douce : batata doce, sweet potato
une endive : endívia, endive
un cornichon : pickles, pickle
Le maïs : milho, corn
un avocat : abacate, avocado
un chou : couve, cabbage
les lentilles : lentilhas, lentils
une échalote: tipo de cebola cumprida, shallot
Le fenouil : funcho, fennel
un chou de Bruxelles : couve de Bruxelas, Brussels sprout


Professeur Maxime

Les légumes

A 38-year-old from Alaska has become the fastest woman to cycle around the world.

Lael Wilcox finished her 29,000-kilometer ride in 108 days, breaking the previous record by more than two weeks.

The American, who is waiting for her record to be confirmed by Guinness World Records, started and ended her journey in Chicago.

However, to break the record, Guinness doesn't ask cyclists to actually ride all the way around the world.

They must start and end in the same place, and their whole journey — including flights — must be at least 40,000 kilometers. That's the circumference of the Earth's equator.

Cyclists must travel at least 28,970 kilometers by bicycle.

After leaving Chicago in May, Wilcox rode to New York before flying to Europe. She then cycled from Portugal in the west to the Georgian capital of Tbilisi in the east.

She flew to Perth, Australia, and cycled east to Brisbane before cycling across New Zealand and then flying to her home city of Anchorage.

She cycled down to Los Angeles, and then back across to Chicago on the famous Route 66.

Her wife, Rugile Kaladyte (pronounced "RUE-gil-ay KAL-ah-dee-tay"), is a filmmaker. She traveled with Wilcox, taking videos and posting updates on social media.

Wilcox is an experienced cyclist, but the first woman to cycle around the world had only learned to ride a bike a few days before her journey began!

In 1894, Annie Cohen Kopchovsky, a mother of three young children, left Boston and cycled around the world in 15 months — all to win a bet!




Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

US Woman Sets Record for Cycling Around the World

En aquest podcast veurem com algunes combinacions de lletres canvien la seva pronunciació. Per exemple: "ig", "ix", "tx"...
In this episode we'll look at how some combinations of letters change their pronunciation. For example: "ig",  "ix", "tx"...
This is very important because it will make the different between being understood or not!

Català for beginners

Combinations of letters in Catalan| Sound Change Rules| Lesson 2

En este breve pódcast os hablo de la vida en el barrio cuando era pequeño. ¡Cómo ha cambiado todo desde entonces! Empezando por los parques; que no tienen nada que ver con los de antes. Los de antes eran de tierra y estaban llenos de árboles. Los de ahora son de cementos y no hay quien pueda jugar en ellos.

Reyes from Spain

Cómo era la vida en el barrio antes

Leonard: I couldn't agree more!
Alisha: Wait, you don't agree with me?
L: No, I said, I couldn't agree more. That means I completely agree with you.
A: What? Then why did you say you couldn't agree with me!

I think we can all relate with Alisha. There are so many indirect ways of saying something so simple and direct. We use such structures to add nuance to our meaning!

But it 'can' be confusing for a language learner.

In this series on the Confusing Structures in the English Language, we will discuss these very structures so that the next time Leonard says 'he couldn't agree more,' or 'he couldn't care less' or some such phrase, you'd know exactly what he is saying. 

All Things English

Confusing Structures in the English Language - Introduction

Enjoy the twelfth episode of Culture To Grow, which allows you to travel the world from the comfort of your home, your car, or if you are still half asleep in your bed.

In this episode, you will hear from listeners about animals and the connections they have with cultures around the world! Animals have long been symbols of different countries, cultures, and regions and have been a source of inspiration for many cultures and traditions. 

Australia - Kangaroo 
China - Panda
Italy- Wolf
Malaysia - Malayan Tiger
Nepal - Cow  
Pakistan - Markhor
Puerto Rico - Coqui
USA - Bald Eagle
Bonus: My dad's passion of animals

Culture To Grow

Episode 12: Animals Symbolism - What Do Different Animals Represent

In this episode I talk the world's top 4 spoken languages and the international 普通话.
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