A veces la vida nos sorprende con encuentros que parecen casualidad, pero terminan marcándonos para siempre. En este episodio exploramos esas conexiones inesperadas: personas que aparecen en el momento justo, conversaciones que cambian el rumbo de un día, y coincidencias que parecen tener un propósito oculto. Historias que nos recuerdan que lo impredecible puede ser lo más especial.

Spanish adventures

conexion inesperada

☁️ Not in the mood? Feeling a bit "meh"? 🔋📉

Sometimes you aren't sick and nothing bad has happened, but you just feel "off" or restless. In these moments, saying "I'm sad" sounds a bit too basic and textbook-ish! So, how do native speakers describe that feeling of being low or just not feeling like themselves?

💬 I’m feeling a bit down.
/aɪm ˈfiːlɪŋ ə bɪt daʊn/
(I'm feeling a bit low / I'm not in a great mood)

✅ Examples for different levels:

🔸 B1 (Intermediate):
"I’m feeling a bit down today, so I think I’ll just stay home and watch a movie."

🔸 B2 (Upper-Intermediate):
"I’ve been feeling a bit down lately, but I can’t really put my finger on why."

🔸 C1 (Advanced):
"Whenever the weather is this gloomy, I tend to feel a bit down in the dumps."

Daily English

☹️ DailyEnglish 04

It's very important to learn numbers in Chinese. Are you a Chinese beginner?　How do you say numbers in Chinese? Let's learn about it! 

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Sherri Chinese

EP.8 Numbers 數字(shu4 zi)

Esta semana continuaremos con nuevos episodios donde podrás aprender el uso de la palabras: FINALMENTE, AL FINAL, POR FIN, AL FINAL DE, EN FIN, A FINALES DE y A LA FINAL, que tienen un uso muy particular.

Empecemos con las palabras FINALMENTE / AL FINAL. 

ASI HABLAMOS  ESPAÑOL CON MARISENY

Uso de las palabras "FINALMENTE / AL FINAL"

How to immerse yourself in English! Top Tip 4- Reading!

Implicit learning is how humans have evolved to learn language! Learn how you and your family can work smarter not harder and learn natural sounding English. Find more video tips and lessons on https://www.youtube.com/@englishteacherzoe.

Teacher Zoe- The Easy Way to Learn Natural English!

English with Uncle Billy

🏥 Medical & Health Spanish

Cápsula informativa sobre la fibrilación auricular.

¿Quieres la transcripción de la cápsula? Mándame un mensaje.

Medical Spanish

Fibrilación auricular | Atrial Fibrillation

Welcome to Masincokole!

Join me for our first IsiXhosa conversation.

In Episode 1, let's get to know each other, practise IsiXhosa and build your confidence. 

Listen, learn and speak.

Masincokole with Lwandi

Episode 1

Sleep plays an important role in how well our memory works, making it essential for learning. But as everyone who's ever stayed up late studying for an exam knows, you don't always get as much sleep as you need!

The good news is that a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that exercise can give your memory some protection when you haven't slept.

Researchers worked with 53 participants aged 18 to 35 who came to a lab where they were kept awake for 30 hours non-stop.

Then they were each put in one of three groups. One group did a 20-minute workout on exercise bikes, while a second group took a 90-minute nap. The remaining participants — the control group — did neither.

Then all participants viewed 150 images while having the electrical activity in their brains recorded. They weren't told they'd be tested on the images, but three days later, they were brought back to the lab to do exactly that.

The participants were shown a mix of new images and images they'd seen before, and asked which ones they remembered.

Unsurprisingly, the participants who took a nap before first seeing the images did 23% better than the control group. But the exercise group did nearly as well, scoring 21% better on their memory test than the participants who didn't get to sleep or exercise.

Interestingly, the brain activity recordings revealed that while naps and exercise help memory to a similar degree, they work in different ways. Napping seemed to help the brain recharge, making it easier to take in new information. Exercise, however, appeared to help the brain use its remaining resources more efficiently.

The researchers said that exercise can't replace sleep. But these results suggest that it can help people at least function better when they haven't had enough rest.