Listening&Speaking Boost. Elementary Level.

Unit 4b

Circle the correct word.
1 Ice is solid /  liquid.
2 How does the situation effect / affect you?
3 It's all very predictable / unpredictable: you never know what's going to happen.
4 My brother is studying the effect of the problem on the environment / the pollution.
s Global warming is caused by people / human activity.
6 There was snow in the mountains, but now it's spreading / melting.
7 If there is a gradual change in something, it happens slowly / quickly.
a Water is a liquid / gas.
9 The rainforest is gradually disappearing / melting.
10 There are harmful gases in the atmosphere / effect.

English Mini Lessons

Climate change

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Russian Daily with Yaroslava

Ep12 Не судьба (waiting for better times)

Экзамен ТРКИ B1. Аудирование, часть 3.
Прослушайте текст 3 — фрагмент радиопередачи «Отдых в выходные дни», чтобы решить, куда поехать на экскурсию. Выполните задания к тексту.

Transcription: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HQHKqCi_IzAe0_EQvO2WT8LkqYncNVmjpuTxLcbbc_M/edit?usp=sharing

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# 10 Exam TORFL (ТРКИ) B1 - Listening _part 3

        李白(701- 762), 是中国唐朝时期著名的诗人，他小时候对学习很不感兴趣，经常跑到外边玩儿。一天，李白在河边发现一位老婆婆竟然在磨一根铁棒子。李白觉得很好奇，就走过去问老婆婆在干什么，原来老婆婆的孙女要学绣花，她要给孙女做一根绣花针。
        李白听完以后，像大部分孩子一样哈哈大笑，因为他认为把铁棒子磨成绣花针太浪费时间了，等老婆婆磨好了，她孙女可能也变成老婆婆了。可是，老婆婆自信地告诉他：“只要功夫深，铁杆磨成针。”
        听完老婆婆的回答，李白突然明白了一个道理：无论做什么事情，只要坚持就可能成功。从此，李白就开始努力学习、积累知识，最终成为一名伟大的诗人。

        看完这个谚语故事，你知道努力和坚持对成功有多么重要了吧？

功夫 [gōng fu] workmanship; skill
铁杵磨成针[tiě chǔ mó chénɡ zhēn]
an iron pestle can be ground down to a needle — perseverance will prevail
老婆婆[lǎo po pó] granny(used by children in addressing an old woman)
绣花[xiù huā]embroider; do embroidery


Li Bai (701- 762) was a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty of China. When he was young, Li Bai was not interested in learning at all, and he often went out playing. One day, Li Bai saw an old woman grinding an iron pestle by the river. He felt so curious that he went over and asked the old woman what she was doing . It turned out that she was making a needle for her granddaughter to learn embroidery. 
Having heard this, Li Bai laughed as most kids would do, because he thought it was a waste of time to grind an iron pestle into a needle and that by the day the needle was made, her granddaughter would have turned into an old woman herself. However, the old woman told him with confidence: "As long as you work hard enough, an iron pestle can be ground down to a needle." 
Suddenly Li Bai realized that perseverance would help one succeed in everything. From then on, Li Bai began to study hard and accumulate knowledge. He finally became a great poet! 
After reading this story, you must have learned how important hard work and perseverance are to success.

HSK6 Vocab Based - Short Story Podcast

04. 中国谚语--只要功夫深, 铁杵磨成针 Chinese proverb - As Long as You Work Hard Enough, an Iron Pestle Can Be Ground Down to a Needle 

En este episodio vas a aprender 5 expresiones que no tienen traducción y que suenan un oco graciosas pero son muy comunes y útiles

Spanish Shortcut

EP 37. 5 EXPRESIONES AVANZADAS EN ESPAÑOL

Aunque la mayoría de las veces los adjetivos van detrás del nombre en español, hay ciertos adjetivos que podemos usar delante sin que esto cambie su significado. Pero algunas veces este cambio si cambia lo que queremos decir. 

En el episodio de hoy te hablo de los adjetivos en español, su colocación, cuales podemos poner delante y detrás, y cuáles de ellos cambian su significado cuando los ponemos delante del nombre.

Espero que este episodio te resulte útil. Después de escucharlo no te olvides de dejarle una valoración ni de visitarme en mi Instagram para decirme qué te ha parecido. 

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116 – La colocación de los adjetivos en español.

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