Listen to me reading an American news article about what parents can do to tackle school bullying, as part of my Conversational English course. 

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News article: how to stop school bullying

Interesting concept to get people in Japan to improve their English at a bar called Bar Sick... What do you think?

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English Only Bar in Japan

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夠鐘煲粥 Congee Time

EP44. 莫桑比克南非體驗之旅

Ready to express yourself in Spanish? Join us in this video where we'll teach you the essentials of complaining in Spanish! From expressing dissatisfaction to making requests, you'll learn practical phrases and strategies to handle everyday frustrations with confidence. Get ready to level up your Spanish communication skills!

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Learn How to Complain in Spanish (A2-B1)

日本のチェーンカフェを４つ紹介しました☕️
みなさんはいくつ知っていましたか？✨

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Ep.57 日本のチェーンカフェ４つ！☕️🍰💖

Walnuts Could Help Students with Stress, Says Study

University isn't all sleeping, parties, and video games — many students find it a stressful time, with exams and the beginning of adult life.

But a recent study has suggested that there's a food that could help with some of that stress — walnuts.

Walnuts are known to be a healthy snack. They contain healthy fats and proteins, which are good for the body and the mind.

They may not be the most exciting food for young adults to snack on in a world of pizza and burgers, but they could have a positive effect both on academic stress and on the health of the body.

That's according to researchers from the University of South Australia, who had 80 students take part in their study.

One group of students was asked to eat about half a cup of walnuts every day for 16 weeks. They could eat them as a snack or add them to meals at any time of the day.

The other participants were told not to eat nuts for those 16 weeks.

The researchers found that academic stress was having a negative effect on student's mental health, on the amount of protein in their bodies, and — in female participants — on the diversity of bacteria in their guts.

But these things all improved among those who had been eating walnuts.

Larisa Bobrovskaya, one of the study's authors, said not only are walnuts good for students, they're an easy thing to add to lots of different meals.

However, she also said just having something extra to eat might have made the students feel better, so more research is needed.

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Walnuts Could Help Students with Stress Says Study

If there is one valuable lesson about humility and personal development that I learned from the book of Ryan Holiday, "it is the fact that for you to improve, you have to accept the fact that you are not as good as you think."  TRAIN like a NEWBIE in everything.

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"You are NOT as GOOD as you think." (EGO IS THE ENEMY."

Following a verb, both 一下 ((yí xià, lit. “once”) and(一)点儿 ({yì} diǎnr “a bit”) can soften the tone in a question or an imperative sentence, therefore making it more polite. When used in this way, 一下(yí xià) modifies the verb, while(一)点儿 ({yì} diǎnr) modifies the object.

For example:
nǐ kàn yí xià ， zhè shì shuí de zhào piàn ？ 
你看一下，这是谁的照片？   Take a look. Whose photo is this?

nǐ xiǎnɡ chī diǎnr shén me ？ 
你想吃点儿什么？       What would you like to eat?

nǐ jìn lái yí xià 。 
你进来一下。Come in for a minute.

wǒ men hē yì diǎnr chá bɑ 。 
我们喝一点儿茶吧。  Have a little tea.

qǐnɡ nǐ kāi yí xià mén 。 
请你开一下门。   Please open the door.