I will give you 4 words, honestly, only 4 words, which will make you sound more natural instantly. They are words all my students know, but never use!!

Sometimes trying to replace simple vocabulary has the opposite effect of sounding natural :) Stick to the basics!

Please comment if you like what you hear, or leave me a comment to focus on something in particular.   

I have a transcript available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C6uqVQLjxQI0MqNP7zNi57jkcjwtfI_DBJ-hS57KBwY/edit?usp=sharing

English With Craig  - Natural English, Natural Learning

Episode Two:  4 words to sound WAY more natural! 

How to immerse yourself in English! Top Tip 3- Speech Shadowing!

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!

Top Tip 3- Speech Shadowing!

Let's start from Zero

What did he /she say?

聊中西文化，也聊很多东西！
第二期，我们聊聊父亲节，和东西方对打孩子的看法。

聊聊东西 - Talk to Me in Chinese

002. 父亲节聊聊小时候被打的事儿 Chitchat on Father’s Day - ttmiChinese

Hay tanto para escoger que llega un momento que no sabes cuál es mejor, cual es más útil y más pertinente en tu caso cuando aprendes español. Por eso hoy, aquí, traemos una recopilación de análisis y características de cada modalidad de lectura para considerar en tu proceso de dominio del idioma. Escucha y dame tu opinión...

Español con todo 

Audiolibros, libros digitales o libros de papel ¿Cuál es mejor para aprender español?

Новые слова 生词 new words:

Тыква -  a pumpkin;
Картофель - patatoes;
Лук - an onion;
Чеснок - a garlic;
Сливки - cream;
Масло оливковое - olive oil;
Соль - salt;
Вода - water.

Вопросы:

Что нужно нарезать кусочками?
Что нужно налить в сковородку?
Как долго мы тушим тыкву с морковью?
Для чего нам нужен миксер?
Какими семечками нужно посыпать суп? 



Виниловые пластинки

Тыквенный суп

Do you find it harder to be nice and cooperative when you're tired? You're not alone — and there's actually science behind that feeling.

Researchers in Italy looked at how being tired affected people's brains and the decisions they made.

They looked at a total of almost 450 people. The participants all started by doing a set of similar tasks for about 45 minutes — but for one group, the tasks were made much more difficult to make the participants mentally tired.

For example, the mentally tired group was given more difficult quiz questions to answer. And while everyone watched funny videos, the mentally tired group was told to try not to smile or laugh.

Participants then played several economic games that asked them to make decisions that would give different benefits to themselves and others, like deciding how to share points in a group.

It was found that mentally tired participants were much less likely to make cooperative decisions in the games. They were also more likely to choose "antisocial" and "spiteful" options — where they could, say, choose to use some of their own points to reduce someone else's points instead of using them to help themselves or the group.

Why did this happen?

Among the mentally tired group, the researchers found a much stronger increase in "slow-wave" activity in parts of the brain used for things like planning, paying attention, controlling emotions and understanding others. These "slow waves" are similar to the ones seen in our brains when we sleep.

The researchers said this increase in slow waves may explain tired participants' less cooperative decisions.

So when you're tired after a long day, you may be less nice because the parts of your brain you need to help you cooperate are actually going to sleep!