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This episode is dedicated to people who are worrying about their speaking exam - here is some essential information about ALL of the speaking exams. 

English with Emily 

Speaking Exam Criteria | English With Emily 

Do you know this expression in Spain? Listen to the podcast to find it out.

De todo un poco

Ser un/a plasta 😒

This is a story about first Thanksgiving.. How it came to being who started Thanksgiving and did? we eat? the Europeans came to the Americas for a life that they could practice their own religion.

English My Way

The story of Thanksgiving

I Libri In  Pillole di Federica

Secondo capitolo.Storia di un Gatto e del Topo che divento' suo amico

胸有成竹[xiōng yǒu chéng zhú]：chest;mind/has/become/bamboo；to have a well-thought-out plan；have a preconceived idea at heart; have a well-thought-out plan beforehand;
eg：他对明天的考试胸有成竹。 tā duì míngtiān de kǎoshì xiōng yǒu chéng zhú。
         我的朋友总是胸有成竹。wǒ de péngyou zǒngshì xiōng yǒu chéng zhú 。
宋朝 sòng cháo：Song dynasty
文与可 wén yǔ kě：the name of a person
画家 huà jiā：painter; artist
房前屋后 fàng qián wū hòu：In front and behind the house
形态 xíng tài：form;shape;pattern
生动 shēng dòng：vivid;lively
逼真 bī zhēn：lifelike;true to life
形象 xíng xiàng：image;form;figure

乐读中文 (Lè Dú Zhōngwén) - "Joyful Chinese Stories"

胸有成竹[xiōng yǒu chéng zhú]

Whether you live to work or you work to live, having a healthy work-life balance is good for both you and your employer.

Here are just a few ways to keep your balance healthy!

Plan
It can help to plan your time, making sure to include social activities in those plans, says Allaya Cooks-Campbell from job coaching website BetterUp.

Even scheduling a night in front of the TV is enough — it will give you a bit of time to switch off.

If you're able to, you could also plan to take short breaks during the day, and perhaps even use them to take a walk or read a few pages of a book.

Use apps to help
Cooks-Campbell also suggests using an app to block distracting websites during the work day — which might include things like social media.

You can then do the same in the evening and block work apps, if you find it difficult to stop checking them.

Be kind to yourself
It's important to be realistic about your work-life balance, and not to get too stressed if you don't follow your plan. That's according to Kate Eby from work management company Smartsheet.

Being kind to yourself, she says, can help you improve your mental health.

Talk to your boss
If you're finding it difficult to get your work-life balance right, speaking to your manager may be a good idea — although not everyone will feel comfortable doing this.

It may be that you have been given too much work to do, or there is a better way to do it — and talking to your boss could help you work smarter, not harder.

However, Cooks-Campbell says different things work for different people — so you have to find what's right for you!

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Plan, Be Kind: Tips for a Healthy Work-Life Balance

Yayla turizmi, Türkiye'de hem yerel halk hem de turistler için büyük bir öneme sahiptir. Türkiye'nin Karadeniz, Akdeniz ve Doğu Anadolu bölgelerinde yaygın olarak görülen yaylalar, doğal güzellikleri, temiz havası ve serin iklimiyle özellikle yaz aylarında ilgi çekmektedir. Yaylalar, geleneksel yaşam tarzlarını ve kültürel mirası koruma fırsatı sunarken, aynı zamanda sürdürülebilir turizm uygulamaları için de önemli bir alan sağlar. Türkiye'yi öğrenmek ve ziyaret etmek isteyenler için de yaylalar, ülkenin eşsiz doğasını ve kültürel zenginliklerini keşfetmeleri gereken yerler arasında olmalıdır. 

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Yayla Turizmi (Highland Tourism)

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