The second installment of this wonderfal, eery tale by Roald Dahl. 

Stories to Stimulate!

The landlady part 2

jūn wèn guī qī wèi yǒu qī ，
君问归期未有期，
bā shān yè yǔ zhàng qiū chí 。
巴山夜雨涨秋池。
hé dāng gòng jiǎn xī chuāng zhú ，
何当共剪西窗烛，
què huà bā shān yè yǔ shí 。
却话巴山夜雨时。

最美古诗词Chinese poetry

夜雨寄北

TOPIC: Where you live now.
QUESTION: Is it a good place for young people?

Answer Structure: 
Answer + Reason + Example

Answer: I live in Melbourne.
Opinion: Yeah, I think it’s a great place for young people.
Reason: There are lots of job opportunities, a lively nightlife, and plenty of parks and cafes to hang out in.
Example: For example, the city has tons of events and festivals throughout the year, so there’s always something fun going on.

IELTS SPEAKING TIPS and STRATEGIES

How to Answer Part 1 IELTS Speaking Question

Molti di noi sono ossessionati dalla "pronuncia perfetta" , è veramente necessario? 
In questo episodio vi do la mia opinione a riguardo. Buon ascolto e buona domenica!

The Italian Miscellaneous Podcast🖐 

Cosa penso della pronuncia

Host: Welcome back to the podcast everyone. I’m joined today by Naseem, an IT consultant from 
Delhi and Deepa, an HR consultant from Bangore. Today we’ll be discussing the increase in the number of people moonlighting and what the future holds for companies and workers. So, Deepa, I’ll ask you first: What has created this problem?

Deepa: Well, as with many places around the world, during the pandemic, there was a big increase in the number of people working from home and also economic instability. So, at the same time, we had more people working without any supervision and people were more worried about being able to make a living. So, the increase in online moonlighting was a consequence of that situation really.

Naseem: That’s certainly what happened to me. At the time, you read about all of these companies that were *laying off * their staff and there wasn’t much you could do about it if it happened to you. So suddenly working for just one company seemed like a bad idea. I have a family to feed: three boys and a girl. I felt a lot of insecurity and was terrified of losing money, or maybe even worse, my house. So, I took two jobs.

Host: What effect did that have on you and your family?

Naseem: It gave us some comfort, financially, as I started making more money than I had before the pandemic. But I was also working very long hours each day. I saw the children every day of course, but I couldn’t spend any real time with them as I had to work from almost as soon as I got up, until late in the evening. My wife was working as well, so it was quite hard to manage everything. When the crisis was averted, we had gotten used to having the extra money, so although I cut back on my hours in both jobs, I still continued to work at both.

Host: Do you see anything wrong with doing what you are doing?

Naseem: Not at all. I’m a professional and I work hard at both jobs. My main job is in IT as you mentioned, but my second is in design. 




English Conversation/Dialogue

MOONLIGHTING 

It describes the link between teenagers addiction to short videos (such as those on TikTok, Instagram and Youtube) and issues with sleep and social anxiety.

English Corner

Short Video Addiction Linked to Poor Sleep, Anxiety part 1

On this episode my guest Jerome and I discuss different useful phrases related to Halloween🎃🎃 Take a listen and try using one in your next English conversation!

Thanks to Jerome for being such a great guest!!!

Alexis : https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/9464070
Jerome: https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/4075458

Hey Alexis!

Useful Halloween Idioms

В этом подкасте я назову 10 идиом о еде. Приятного прослушивания!


Привет, это Наташа!

Эпизод 25. Идиомы о еде в русском языке.

こんにちは！Atsushiです。
今カタールでは、ワールドカップが開催中ですね！
日本は次がスペイン戦です。
相手はとても強いチームですが、がんばってほしいですね。

この時期、オンラインレッスンでいろんな国の人と話しているので、それぞれの国のいろんな話が聞くことができます。

カタールの人もいますし、ドイツや韓国、アメリカ、オーストラリアなどなど、本当にいろんな国の人がいます。

カタールのワールドカップに関する、いろんなニュースがありますが、一つの側面からしかとらえていないようなこともありますね。

ニュースだけに影響されるのではなく、自分の目で見て、耳で聞いて、世界を知りたいなと思います。


さてさて、話は全然変わりますが、昨日の夜、奥さんと餃子を作りました。僕の家では、時々餃子を作ります。
餃子の皮はさすがに買いますが、中に入れる具は自分たちで作ります。

僕の家の餃子は簡単な餃子です。
ミンチ
キャベツ
玉ねぎ
しいたけ
を入れて、
調味料は
醤油
ごま油
しょうが
にんにく
塩、こしょう

これらを混ぜます。
それから、この具を皮に包みます。

そして、僕の家ではホットプレートを使って焼きます。

コロナ禍の後、ほとんど自宅でご飯を食べるようになりました。みなさんもそうだと思います。

家で作ることや食べることが楽しくなり、今は家で食べる方が好きです。日本では家で作った方が安くすみます。

家で2人でご飯を作る時は、
お好み焼き
もつ鍋
たこ焼き
ピザ
他にもあるものだけでいろいろ作ったりします。

日本食で人気の寿司とか、ラーメンは家では作りません。
外で食べます。
焼肉は家でも外でも食べます。


ということで、今回は家で餃子を作りました！という話でした。

みなさんは家でどんなご飯を作りますか？
ぜひオンラインレッスンでお話しましょう！

今回も最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！
ではまた！
