IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 3 - Photography. Question 4.

When can an image be worth a thousand words?

Here are some relevant vocabulary you can use:

Humans, responsive, visual, cues, feel, happy, sad, disgusted, excited and curious, picture, arouses, emotions, convey, complex, unique, ideas, image.

I hope it helps you get closer to your IELTS speaking goal!

Let me know how I can assist your spoken English development.

IELTS-SPEAKING 8-9 BAND IS POSSIBLE. DAILY SPEAKING PRACTICE PART 1,2 & 3. Listen daily.

IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 3 - Photography. Question 4.

Brief article regarding then president Joe Biden's cognitive health, following weak debate performance against Donald Trump. 

News in Hebrew with David Joseph

 President Biden's Cognitive Health: Selection from Yediot Achronot Israeli Newspaper

You will learn the 8 levels of adjective placement in the English language so you can correctly use and place adjectives to describe nouns in sentences. Remember the more adjectives that you use, the more descriptive your sentences are BUT they must be used in the RIGHT order!

🖊️ You will want to take notes so get out a pen!

👉 Book class with me! https://italki.com/teacher/8476284 
👉 My students receive bonus podcast content! 
👉If you don't see an opening on my calendar that is ok for you, send me a message!

Stairway to English: Short easy to understand episodes to improve your English grammar and fluency

Correctly use adjectives in sentences by learning the 8 levels!

双十一是中国的购物狂欢节，有点像美国的黑色星期五。双十一，也就是11月11日，原本是单身节，因为在中国单身的人被叫做光棍，而11月11号的4个阿拉伯数字“1”很像四根光滑的棍子,所以被称为光棍节。11月11日在十月一号国庆节和圣诞节之间，是一个理想的促销时间点，所以网购平台淘宝在2009年借此机会把双十一变成了网络促销日。如今双十一经过十几年的发展，已经不仅限于线上，线下商店也参与其中。那么今年的双十一有什么变化呢，我们一起来听听看。
昨天晚上朋友圈冷冷清清的，再也没有往年那种晒购物车的疯狂了。凭直觉，我还以为今年双十一应该是凉了呢。但是官方数据却显示，今年的双十一成交额居然是创了新高了。那这是咋回事呢？根据数据显示，今年双十一天猫成交5,403亿，京东3,491亿，都创了历史新高。历史数据天猫2019年成交额是2,684亿，2020年突然暴增到了4,982亿，那今年是5,403亿，相当于全国人民平均每个人贡献了400块。难道说经过了疫情之后大家反而更有钱了吗？那倒不是，只是说这个统计的时间变长了而已。从2020年开始，双十一就不再限于11月11号这一天了，而是会提前一个月就正式进入到购物节。去年和今年数据这么好，并不是大家更有钱，消费更多了，只是说这个统计的周期变长了而已。从双11当天的数据来看，这两年的数据反而是下滑的。2019年双11当天全网，注意是全网啊，成交额到了一个顶峰4,101亿之后，2020年就下滑到了3,328亿了，同比下滑18.8%。而今年呢，又下滑到了3,146亿，那些做物流快递的朋友可能会更有感觉一点，那就是今年双十一的业务没有想象中那么繁忙了。那问题来了，就本来一天就能搞定的购物节，怎么突然就变成一个月了呢？或许是为了照顾更多商家的利益吧。双11的当天首页和热门推荐的版面是有限的，只有几个店铺能上头条。上头条肯定是需要花钱的，那为了争夺头条的位置，店铺就会陷入内卷，把头条的坑位费是越炒越高，损人还不利己，而更多的店铺是压根没有机会享受双11广告的。但是如果把双11从一天变成一个月，首页推荐的坑位就多了不少，这就会更加有利于更多店铺的曝光了。那么，以后的双11会不会慢慢变成常态呢？从一个月变成全年呢？我觉得吧，双11常态化肯定是最终必然的归宿。电商的使命是什么呀？让商品变得更便宜，因为相对实体店电商有很多成本优势。一方面呢，店面成本省掉了，不需要开实体店交店租，不需要雇店员了。第二呢是渠道成本，不需要再给超市支付货架费，也没有经销商赚差价，可以从工厂直接出来就卖给消费者了。第三是规模效应，销量越大的话，那么单件商品的成本就会越低。薇娅和李佳琦之所以能卖那么便宜，离不开销量的支持。而双11为什么能更便宜呢？它只是把这个规模效应再次给放大了。但是你看现在，有一些头部主播的规模效应俨然都已经超过双11了，你会发现有一些商品它在双十一的价格并不比平时的直播间里的价格
便宜多少。如果没有办法更便宜，那双十一其实就失去意义了呀。就只能够巧立名目，比如说什么优惠券，满减折扣，让表面看上去好像更便宜一些。但是呢，这几年消费者也更加理性了，也更加贫穷了，恐怕也很难再上当了。所以，这个双11就这么随它去吧。
狂欢节/kuáng huān jié/Carnival
促销/cù xiāo/sales promotion
晒/shài/bask→show off
凉/liáng/cool→fail
咋/zǎ/怎么
统计/tǒng jì/statistics
同比下滑/tóng bǐ xià huá/Year-on-year decline
成交额/chéng jiāo é/Turnover
物流快递/wù liú kuài dì/Logistics&Express
版面/bǎn miàn/Page layout
上头条/shàng tóu tiáo/dominate headline
内卷/nèi juǎn/over-competition
坑位费/kēng wèi fèi/Advertising slot Fee
损人利己/sǔn rén lì jǐ/harm others to benefit oneself
曝光/bào guāng/(flow)exposure
归宿/guī sù/destination
渠道/qú dào/channel
规模效应/guī mó xiào yìng/scale effect
头部主播/tóu bù zhǔ bō/top streamer
俨然/yǎn rán/clearly
巧立名目/qiǎo lì míng mù/concoct various pretexts
满减折扣/mǎn jiǎn zhé kòu/such as 299-100
上当/shàng dàng/be tricked

Yuli's Chinese Channel

”双十一“购物节 Double 11 shopping festival （Advanced level）

In the second episode of No Such Thing as a Synonym, we explore a common pair of adverbs: "nearly" and "almost".   

When you look up these words in a dictionary you’ll find they have virtually identical definitions. However, I want to let you in on a secret – the dictionary isn’t telling you the whole story.

In this episode, we’ll explore the pragmatic and subtle differences between the two words, including the difference between "nearly perfect" and "almost perfect" and why we don’t usually use "nearly" with emotions, as in "I felt nearly giddy with excitement".

Listen along to learn something new!

No Such Thing as a Synonym

02: Nearly & Almost

日本に住んでいるみなさん、これから日本に来るみなさん。
日本に住んでいる日本人はときどき、春に体調を崩します。
みんなにも起こるかもしれない。
体調を崩す理由と対処方法についてお話しています！

Nihongo_Hanaso（N3+）

N3+春日本人は体調を崩す？！

In today’s episode, I explore how the heart chakra—Anahata—guides us in language learning and healing. The heart chakra, glowing green and resonating with the sound YAM, supports compassion, balance, and authentic expression. Science shows that activating the vagus nerve lowers stress, regulates heart rate, and improves memory recall. When we engage with vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, speaking, and listening, we not only strengthen our fluency but also nurture our heart. Vocabulary connects to emotional memory, grammar creates balance, reading calms through breath, writing heals stress, speaking vibrates through the chest, and listening fosters compassion. Different languages such as Malay, English, Chinese, French, Dutch, and Italian resonate with the heart chakra in unique ways, from soothing rhythm to expressive melody. By studying through the heart, we don’t just learn words—we cultivate love, resilience, and healing in both body and soul.



💃🏻111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 75 - Love is in your Heart: How the ❤️ Chakra can Assist in your Language Learning Journey

EL PALACIO NACIONAL DE MÉXICO.

Construido sobre las ruinas de las Nuevas Casas de Moctezuma Xocoyotzin, Palacio Nacional ha sido la sede del poder y de la soberanía del pueblo mexicano desde el siglo XVI. Dentro de sus muros han habitado y trabajado grandes personajes de la historia nacional, desde virreyes, emperadores y presidentes, como el famoso conde de Revillagigedo, Agustín de Iturbide, Benito Juárez y Porfirio Díaz, hasta importantes figuras de la literatura universal, como Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Este recinto no solamente ha sido el corazón, sino también fiel testigo y partícipe del devenir de nuestro país.

Hoy en día, este inigualable recinto alberga al poder ejecutivo y a la Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público, y, al mismo tiempo, abre sus puertas al público para conocer los murales de Diego Rivera, sus impresionantes jardines, dos museos, escalinatas decimonónicas, fondos históricos y un extraordinario patio central en el que se llevan a cabo algunas de las ceremonias cívicas de mayor relevancia.   

Incluso desde la era previa a la llegada de los españoles, se tienen noticias de zonas que estaban destinadas a resguardar y exhibir todo tipo de especies animales y vegetales dentro del perímetro de lo que hoy es Palacio Nacional. Si bien, estos espacios fueron destruidos durante la Conquista, la importancia y el deseo de poseer un jardín dentro del recinto político más relevante de México no se perdieron de vista. En el presente, es posible visitar la nueva versión de los Jardines de Palacio, en donde se conservan diversas especies vegetales, tanto nacionales como internacionales, entre los cuales se destacan el maguey, agave azul, nopales, cazahuate, árbol de las manitas e imponentes ahuehuetes.



Spanish México

EL PALACIO NACIONAL DE MÉXICO.

https://linktr.ee/atsushi_japanese

こんにちは！
Japanese daily life podcast のAtsushiです。
このPodcastは、日本語を勉強しているみなさんに向けたPodcastです。

今回はScriptなしで話しています。

