In this episode I talk about scanning, intensive reading and guessing meaning of words from context for the IELTS exam.

IELTS with Ali

reading skills for IELTS

Chapter 11: The Vain Man
The Little Prince meets a man who only wants to be admired. 🌟

Once Upon a Time

شازده کوچولو، فصل یازدهم

Pratar om min relation till min kropp sedan jag var liten till vuxen ålder. Nämner också samhällets ideal och finns verkligen en ideal kroppsvikt eller vill man alltid förändra kroppen?

Några glosor:
bristningar - stretch marks
estetiskt tilltalande = aesthetically pleasing
pendlat = to oscillate
slank = slender
självvärde = self worth

Tankar på svenska

Tankar På Svenska : Om relationen till kroppen och vikt (B1+)

There are 6 tones in Cantonese, tone 1 to 6, let's split them into 3 groups.
Group 1: tone1/ Group 2: tone2 and 5/ Group 3: tone3, 4 and 6
Group 1:
Tone 1 is the easiest tone to find, it equals to stressed syllables in English or other Western languages, for example, father has 2 syllables, one is fa, the other is ther, the first one fa is stressed, because it's higher in pitch, this sound exactly equals to tone 1 in Cantonese.For example I want to pronounce: tik1 (means tick in Cantonese), let's pronounce ticking first, ticking has 2 syllables, the first is stressed, so ti is tik1.
Group 2:
Tone 2 and 5 are both rising tones and are the same in question tones, like WHAT? WHERE? WHO? So to find these 2 tones, you just need to pronounce "WHAT?" then you got the correct tones!
However, what are the differences between tone 2 and 5? Well, you want to be very strict, tone 2 is relatively higher compared to tone 5, but actually when local people are speaking, to speak faster, they will omit details while talking in conversations, so you can just treat these 2 tones as the same tone.For example, if you want to pronounce hou2 (means good in Cantonese), we pronounce WHAT? first, then use the pitch of WHAT? you can find hou2 very easily.
Group3:
Similarly, just like tone 2 and 5, because these 3 tones are so close to each other and quite familiar too, so when talking in conversations, they sound just like the same tone. These 3 tones are just like our unstressed syllables, let's take father as the example again. The second syllable ther is not stressed, and this equals to tone 3, 4 or 6 in Cantonses.For example, if you want to pronounce daap3 (means take transportation in Cantonese), you can produce Linda first, Lin is stressed and da isn't, here da is our tone 3 for daap.
try below: 生活 saang1 wut6 Life/的士 dik1 si6 Taxi/啤酒 be1 zau2 Beer/學生 hok6 saang1 Student/老師 lou5 si1 Teacher/屋企 nguk1 kei5 Home/公司 gung1 si1 Company/酒吧 zau2 baa1 Bar/餐廳 caan1 teng1 Restaurant

Ms. NG Cantonese Learning Resources

How to find correct Cantonese tones

Colombian slang and words

The meaning and correct use of these Colombian slangs are explained

Colombia

Frases y dichos colombianos

En el podcast #1  les cuento quién soy y cuáles son los temas que vamos a desarrollar en este canal.  Hablaremos música, viajes, dichos, refranes, choque cultural, tradiciones y fiestas, turismo, equivalencias y contrastaremos un poco la grámática española  con la inglesa y la francesa,  entre otros. 

HABLAR ESPAÑOL

¿QUIEN SOY?

The Little Prince in Cantonese - Chapter 5
Book: https://www.cantonese.com.hk/lepetitprince/text-jyutping/ch5

RealLife Cantonese with Grace(细菌)

The Little Prince in Cantonese - Chapter 5

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English With Janet

Welcome to English with Janet

The phrase to lash out and some news about the Mayor of London and the metro system. 
Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fBz2Rr3Z9fjX--cHdPNZTlo63mOnJm1G/view?usp=drivesdk