Listening is really important to hear the pronunciation of words, because spelling is often very confusing in English.

Listen to last week's podcast about the "U" sound for words written with "OU": https://www.italki.com/en/podcast/episode/cawtvs1tf05wdkmzgz9t5g

The Social Evolutionary

How do yOU pronOUnce the letters "OU"?

I was sick so I took the opportunity to focus on casual vocabulary we use in English when we're not feeling well.

It's a shorter episode because it was only me, but in describing my illness, I focus on more vocabulary than usual:

under the weather
come down with (something)
a bug going around
burning the candle at both ends
be out of sorts
blow your nose
be stuffed up
run a fever
pull through
be on the mend

Brentoni's English Podcast

020 - Sick and Tired

Привет.
Это мой первый подкаст. С него мы начинаем чтение книги о эмоциональной гибкости. Надеюсь вам понравиться. Приятного прослушивания. 

Not Prickly Russian

Эмоциональная гибкость. История с кораблем

Do you get enough sleep?  Why do we need to sleep?
Angela reads the basic text from this lesson, (transcript available when you take this lesson).

English with Angela -  conversation 

TASK 14  - SLEEP  

Learn Three Sentences a Day：Day24
S70—S72

Master Mandarin Daily : Learn Three Sentences a Day!

Learn Three Sentences a Day：Day24

友美是學生，十九歲。她早上六點三十分起床，七點去學校，八點四十分上課；中午十二點下課、吃午飯；下午一點去圖書館；四點回家做飯，晚上六點吃飯，十點睡覺。友美很忙！

Modern Chinese(時代華語)B1- Reading(短文)

Hoy les traigo un cuento del famosísimo Gabriel García Márquez leído para poner en práctica tu escucha 👂 y comprensión 🧐. 

El cuento es muy breve así que podrás escucharlo como podcast mientras vas al trabajo, mientras tomas un break, mientras haces las tareas de limpieza, etc! No es excusa encontrar un tiempo para hacerlo ✔. Si tienes más tiempo te invito a leer la transcripción que te dejo en el link de abajo y hacer las actividades. 📄


- Descarga el cuento ⬇:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LIJ9...


Aprende con Prof Sol

Leemos a García Márquez con Prof Sol

Standing desks have been promoted as a healthy alternative for office workers who don't want to stay seated in front of a computer all day. But a new study suggests that standing desks may not be so good for us after all.

A research team, led by scientists at the University of Sydney, has found that standing for over two hours a day may increase the risk of developing circulatory diseases that can prevent the proper flow of blood in the body.

The researchers looked at data from over 83,000 adults in the UK who were not suffering from heart disease at the start of the study. For seven days, the participants wore a device on their wrists that recorded the time they spent sitting or standing each day.

After collecting this data, the researchers recorded any heart disease or circulatory health problems the participants experienced over the following seven years.

The research team calculated that after standing for two hours, every extra 30 minutes someone stands increases their risk of having a circulatory disease by 11%.

And although standing was not associated with an increased risk of health problems like heart disease or stroke, standing does not reduce the risk of developing such health problems either.

Speaking to The Guardian, Matthew Ahmadi, one of the authors of the study, said the key point of the study's findings is that standing instead of sitting doesn't provide any health advantage, and could increase health risks for some people.

Emmanuel Stamatakis, one of the other authors of the study, told The Guardian that moving around during the day and getting regular exercise are better ways to reduce the risk of heart disease.

"Take regular breaks, walk around, go for a walking meeting, use the stairs, take regular breaks when driving long distances, or use that lunch hour to get away from the desk and do some movement," he said.