An explanation of when to use "some" or "any" to tell how much/many things there are.

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Some vs. Any

Explication du texte de Jean de la Fontaine : Le corbeau et le renard

Maître Corbeau, sur un arbre perché,
Tenait en son bec un fromage.
Maître Renard, par l'odeur alléché,
Lui tint à peu près ce langage :
Et bonjour, Monsieur du Corbeau.
Que vous êtes joli ! que vous me semblez beau !
Sans mentir, si votre ramage
Se rapporte à votre plumage,
Vous êtes le Phénix des hôtes de ces bois.
À ces mots, le Corbeau ne se sent pas de joie ;
Et pour montrer sa belle voix,
Il ouvre un large bec, laisse tomber sa proie.
Le Renard s'en saisit, et dit : Mon bon Monsieur,
Apprenez que tout flatteur
Vit aux dépens de celui qui l'écoute.
Cette leçon vaut bien un fromage, sans doute.
Le Corbeau honteux et confus
Jura, mais un peu tard, qu'on ne l'y prendrait plus.

Littérature franco latine en quelques minutes seulement !

L'enseignement moral des petits écoliers français : #3 le corbeau et le renard

こんにちは！さゆりです。
今回のトピックは「日本の電車のマナー6つを紹介🚃」です。
いつも聞いてくださってありがとうございます♡

你好！我是さゆり。
這次的主題是「日本電車禮儀 6 大重點告訴你！」。
感謝大家一直以來的收聽♡

Hi, i'm Sayuri!
Today's topic is "6 Japanese Train Etiquette Tips!".
Thank you for listening to my podcast♡




にほんごタイム🇯🇵Learn Japanese with Sayuri!

日本の電車のマナー6つを紹介🚃｜日本電車禮儀 6 大重點告訴你！｜6 Japanese Train Etiquette Tips!

What if an influencer becomes a new president of Montenegro?🤷‍♀️Who knows! Enjoy the normal pace reading for B1 level and above.😎
Срећно учење / Srećno učenje!📚
See you in class!👋


SERBIAN TO GO

Influenser Jodžir među kandidatima za predsednika Crne Gore - Influencer is among the candidates for the president of Montenegro (News B1 and above)

Listening is Learning. Sharing with you all the very first Podcast for learning Hindi. 

Learn Hindi by listening a Native Speaker 

Learn Hindi Daily words just by Listning 

En este episodio hablaré de mi viaje por la Costa Oeste de los Estados Unidos , comenzaré haciendo algunas recomendaciones para quienes quieran hacer este tipo de viajes y después comienzo a contar paso a paso las etapas de mi viaje, la descripción de los paisajes en la playa, la ciudad y las cosas que se encuentran en los muelles norteamericanos. Utlizo tiempos del pasado como el pretérito indefinido, y el presente de indicativo. 

Viviendo entre dos lenguas 

Viaje por la Costa Oeste de los Estados Unidos, primera parte.

Did you know?

Airplanes

Like many other grandmothers, Daisy likes to knit, and she isn't very good with technology.

Or, at least, that's what she might tell people on the phone.

Daisy also describes herself as "your worst nightmare." But don't worry, she's not talking to you — she's talking to phone scammers.

That's because Daisy is actually an AI chatbot. She was created by UK phone company Virgin Media O2 to speak to scammers on the phone and make them believe they're talking to a real person.

Older people are very vulnerable to scams. In July, a UK study found that about 67% of people over the age of 75 were victims of at least one scam attempt in the six months before the study — with almost 75% being phone scams.

Enter Daisy, who has been trained to have conversations with phone scammers and waste their time.

Virgin Media O2 worked with Jim Browning, a YouTuber who has spent years "scambaiting" — that is, pretending to be a clueless victim to waste scammers' time.

And that's the whole point — Daisy can't stop scammers, but she can slow them down.

"Whenever she's on the phone with a scammer, your parents, your grandparents, your relatives, are not being scammed," Browning told Sky News.

The company says Daisy is already "wasting hundreds and hundreds of hours of scammers' time," and has shared real-life conversations the chatbot has had with scammers.

Some conversations last nearly an hour. She talks about her cat, Fluffy, and people in her family. In some conversations, she gives the scammers what they want — bank details. But of course, they're not real.

Murray Mackenzie from Virgin Media O2 said Daisy is also a reminder that the person you're speaking to on the phone might not always be who they say they are.