Correct stress points are crucial to proper English speech.

English for IT Pros

English Pronunciation: Important Facts

En este episodio, Lewis y Yo hablamos sobre la gramática del condicional y futuro, también hablamos un poco del subjuntivo. 

Pa' Que Sepáis Podcast

Futuro, condicional y subjuntivo.

Chinese Learning with Lily

我的家人

This episode introduces three idioms that use the word bush. Listen to the examples to hear how to use them. Please send me a message if you would like a copy of the audio script.

Idiom Corner

Bush

Fao nos cuenta como explora sur, centro y norte de Vietnam, enamorandose de su cultura, de su música y en especial del Danbau. 

Ritmos del mundo

26 Vietnam

In part 2 of your IELTS test you have to speak on a topic for 2 minutes. Here are three things you should do in your one minute preparation time. 

1.Make a note of synonyms. Paraphrasing is an important skill to master when taking your IELTS exam. In fact, if you want to score a band score 6, you have to be able to generally paraphrase successfully. If you want a band score 7, you have to be able to paraphrase effectively. 

2. Think about idioms. Idioms are very important if you want to score above band score 6. To get band score 7, you have to use some less common idiomatic expressions. That’s a tricky thing to wrap your head around. Using idioms are extremely important. If you use idioms more than once in a blue moon, you will have a greater chance of achieving a band score 7. This is just a stab in the dark, but I expect most students would like to achieve a band score 7.

3. Think about connectives - linking words. Discourse markers are also important and will help you to move through the subheadings on your card smoothly and effortlessly. Phrase like “Now let me tell you about” or “Now I’d like to explain why…” or “let me tell you the reason why I….” will make your English speaking sound natural and fluent.

Don’t forget to book a lesson with me so I can help you achieve the band score you need.


IELTS Speaking Practice

3 strategies to help you in part 2 of your speaking test.

不同 bù tóng：different ; diverse
类型 lèi xíng：kind; type;style
动作片 dòng zuò piàn：Action movies
喜剧片 xǐ jù piàn：Comedy movies
爱情片 ài qíng piàn：Romance movies 
科幻片 kē huàn piàn：Science Fiction movies 
奇幻片 或者 魔幻片 qíhuàn piàn huòzhě móhuàn piàn：Fantasy movies
动画片 dòng huà piàn：Cartoons or Animations
悬疑片 xuán yí piàn：Mystery movies
侦探片 zhēn tàn piàn：Detective movies
剧情片 jù qíng piàn：Drama movies
恐怖片 kǒng bù piàn：Horror movies
古装片 gǔ zhuāng piàn：Ancient Costume movies
音乐片 yīn yuè piàn：Musical movies
剧情片 jì lù piàn：Documentary

Key Sentence：
你 喜欢 看 什么类型 的 电影？nǐ  xǐhuan kàn shénme lèixíng de diànyǐng ？
我 喜欢 看...、...和...，你呢？wǒ xǐ huān kàn ...、... hé ...， nǐ ne ？


“龙”年中国话（“ lóng ” nián zhōng guó huà）

What kind of movies do you like？你喜欢看什么类型的电影？

With many teens spending almost all of their time online, parents are concerned that social media is exposing them to harmful content. Faced with growing pressure to stop online harm, Instagram has introduced a major new update to protect young people and give parents more control.

Under 18s now signing up for Instagram in the US, UK, Canada and Australia will be automatically enrolled into a restricted teen account. Existing accounts will be transferred by mid-November.

The European Union will get teen accounts later this year, and the rest of the world in January. Other Meta services like Facebook will get teen accounts next year.

What limits will teen accounts have?
Instagram already prohibits anyone under 13 from signing up.

Now, teen accounts will automatically be set to private, so they'll have to accept or reject new follower requests. Other users won't be able to see their posts or tag the account.

Teens will also only receive direct messages from people they're following or who follow them.

Teens won't be shown content involving sensitive topics and an anti-bullying feature will screen out offensive words in comments and message requests.

To reduce their screen time, teens will get a notification to stop using the app after it's been open for over an hour — which they can ignore.

Sleep mode between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. will mute notifications and send auto-replies to direct messages. However, they can still use Instagram and answer messages if they want to.

Are there workarounds?
These limits will be turned on automatically for all teens, but 16 and 17-year-olds can turn them off. Kids under 16 will need permission to do so and parents can make changes and approve or deny any requests.

However, if parents want to use teen controls, they'll need an Instagram account.

New controls for parents



Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Instagram Introduces New Teen Accounts Settings

In this episode we will learn some interesting "Color" phrase, you will learn how to say 【furious,jealous,malnutrition】 ect.
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It is recommended that you study in the following ways:
1st time: listen without looking at the text.
2nd time: look at the text and write down the new words, later look up the dictionary. 
3rd time: listen again without looking at the text.
4th time: repeat after it without looking at the text.
大家好，我是Yuli。欢迎收听我的播客。
今天想和大家聊一聊【颜色】的话题。
我们先从红色开始吧。如果我们说“她脸红了”，意思是“她害羞了。”因为害羞的时候我们的脸会变红。一个人很生气的时候，也可以说“他气得脸红。”。除了“脸红”，还有一个词叫“眼红”，意思是嫉妒别人。例如：“我看到他那辆漂亮的新车就非常眼红。”“红”还有“有名”的意思，我们可以说“他是个很红的明星。”也可以说“他是个很火的明星。”
第二个是黄色。如果一个人休息不好，或者营养不良，他的脸色看起来不太健康，我们可以说“他脸色发黄。”“黄”还有“没有了，失败了”的意思，例如：客户突然说不买他的房子了，这笔买卖黄了。 有一句俗语叫做“黄花菜都凉了”，意思是等一件事或者一个人等了很久，例如：你怎么才来，我等到黄花菜都凉了。黄色还有一个不好的意思，黄色笑话指的是blue jokes。
第三个是绿色。一个人很恐惧的时候，我们可以说他的脸绿了。例如：他吓得脸都绿了。生气的时候也可以说“他气得脸都绿了。”绿色的帽子在中国还有一个特别的意思，我们说一个人戴绿帽子，意思是他的另一半出轨了别的男人或者女人。
在西方股票市场，绿色代表股价上升；而在中国股票市场则相反，红色是上升，绿色是下跌。主要原因是，中国人喜欢红色。
你还知道哪些颜色的俗语？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。
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害羞	hài xiū	shy
嫉妒	jí dù	envy
营养不良	yíng yǎng bù liáng	malnutrition
黄色笑话	huáng sè xiào huà	porn jokes
恐惧	kǒng jù	fear，scared
出轨	chū guǐ	cheat(on sb.)
股票	gǔ piào	stock
股价	gǔ jià	share price
上升	shàng shēng	rise
下跌	xià diē	fall,decline