This is a controversial topic, and one that you may have strong views about. 

Today, Nick looks at both sides of this argument to help you with IELTS Speaking Part 3 and Writing Part 2.

IELTS with Nick - World Knowledge 

What are the advantages and disadvantages of animal research?

“—下” is used after a verb to indicate a short action, similar to the reduplicative form of a verb.
The object of the verb can be omitted. 
For example:
wǒ kàn yí xià shū 。 
我看一下书。Let me read the book.

nǐ xiū xi yí xià bɑ 。 
你休息一下吧。You can take a break.

nǐ wèn yí xià lǎo shī 。 
你问一下老师。You ask the teacher.

wǒ tīnɡ yí xià zhè shǒu ɡē 。 
我听一下这首歌。Let me listen to this song.


JOJO CHINESE

Verb+一下

On last podcast, I talked about what we do before new year's day. Today I talk about after new year come.

Akari Talks Japan

After new year comes  新年が明けてから何をするか

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
6月2日木曜日　天気/くもり　気温/15℃ 

苫小牧市/とまこまいし
・消防隊員がドローンの使い方を勉強
・災害があった時の救助のため
・今年10月から

［単語］
消防/しょうぼう…火を消すこと
消防隊員/しょうぼうたいいん…火を消す仕事の人
ドローン/どろーん…空を飛ぶ小さなもの。飛行機とは形が違う。
災害/さいがい…地震やおおきな事故
救助/きゅうじょ…人を助けること


レッスン待ってます♪


北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#71〉6月2日木曜日　救助のため、ドローンの勉強

Todos nos sentimos desanimados a veces, por eso es esencial recordar lo positivo. Motivate y aprende al mismo tiempo.
En este episodio aprende palabras nuevas recordando lo positivo.

Cuentos breves de motivación.

Recuerda lo positivo.

春秋时代，齐国有个人叫毛空，他爱听那些没有根据的传说，然后再把自己听到的津津有味地讲给别人听。

有一次，毛空听到一只鸭和一块肉的事，他觉得非常稀奇，便告诉他的朋友艾子。他说:“有一个人，养了一只特别能生蛋的鸭，那鸭一天能生一百多个蛋。” 他见艾子笑了，又说:“那天，从天上掉下一块肉，那块肉长有三十丈, 宽有十丈。”

艾子笑着问道:“真的吗?有那样长的肉吗?” 毛空急忙说:“噢，那就是长二十丈。”艾子仍不相信。

他又改口:“一定是十丈长了。” 艾子说:“你说的那只鸭是谁家养的?你说的那块肉掉在了什么地方?” 毛空支支吾吾说不出来，只好说:“我是在路上听别人说的。”

后来人们就用“道听途说”这个成语指不可靠的，没有根据的传闻。

举例：

现在网络这么发达，在网上我们可以看到各种各样的信息，有些并非是真的。我们需要有自己的想法，而且要正确地判断那些信息的真实性，不要道听途说，否则就变成散播谣言啦。




In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a man named Mao Kong in the state of Qi. He liked to listen to those baseless legends, and then told others what he heard with interest.
Once, when Mao Kong heard about a duck and a piece of meat, he felt very strange, so he told his friend Aizi. He said, "There was a man who raised a duck that can lay eggs. That duck can lay more than 100 eggs a day." Seeing AI Zi smiling, he said, "That day, a piece of meat fell from the sky. It was 300 feet long and 100 feet wide."
AI Zi smiled and asked, "Really? Is there REALLY such long meat?" Mao Kong hurriedly said, "Oh, that's twenty feet long, then." AI Zi still doesn't believe it.
He changed his words again: "It must be 200 feet long." AI Zi said, "Who raised the duck you said? Where did the meat you said fall?" Maokong hesitated and couldn't say it, so he had to say, "I listened to others on the road."
Later, people used the idiom "dào tīng tú shuō" to refer to unreliable and groundless rumors.

An example:
Now the Internet is so developed that we get all kinds of information online, some of which are not true. We need to have our own ideas and correctly judge the authenticity of those information. Don't listen to hearsay, otherwise it will become spreading rumors.

HSK6 Vocab Based - Short Story Podcast

02. 成语故事--道听途说 Idiom Story--dào tīng tú shuō

Listen and guess the name of this animal.
Learn some interesting facts about this animal.

Key words: nightvision; camouflage; weight; guitar.

Animal Facts

What animal is it?

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💻https://youtu.be/SDxxY9nkbKA

Through this show, 모범택시, we can indirectly taste a gratifying revenge that we cannot see in reality. 
Now, let's learn some Korean expressions from the drama "Taxi Driver1".
Because so many people loved season 1, season 2 has just come out this year! 😍 You are gonna love it too!😉 

✔K-Universe 1on1 Class: https://www.italki.com/teacher/9928310


그거 봤어? Did you watch it?

2 things you should know about "Taxi Driver"

Bienvenidos al podcast "aprende español hablando". En este séptimo podcast, aprenderemos varias expresiones relacionadas con el clima a través de ejemplos fáciles y prácticos.