Verdun, le cimetière de nombreux soldats français et allemands pendant la première guerre mondiale.  Ce podcast, c'est la voix des fantômes qui errent encore dans la région. 

Douce France

Sur le front de Verdun 

В този епизод ще разгледаме най-желаните професии, които младите хора в България избират за своето бъдещо развитие! А дали са същите и във вашата държава? :) 

Bulgarian Today

Кои са най-желаните професии в България?

Use these tips to improve your IELTS speaking band score.

When we are preparing for our IELTS speaking part 2, we must make sure that we use connectors.

But what are connectors?

Connectors, also known as linking words or discourse markers, are words and phrases we use to connect our sentences.

For example, let’s imagine we’ve been given the subject of speaking about a member of our family that we get on well with.

It’s a good idea to introduce your speaking with a phrase like “Let’s begin” or “let’s make a start.” These are both connectors.

Secondly, use a variety of adverbs: actually, surprisingly, similarly, really, very, extremely, rarely, sometimes, never, always etc.

Thirdly, if you can, use an idiom. In the following example I used an idiom at the end. See if you can spot it.

Here is an example of the speaking part 2 exercise.

Let’s make a start.

Surprisingly, I get on really well with my sister. In fact, my sister is a really inspiring person. Actually, she’s younger than me. 

I find her inspiring because she’s a champion swimmer. I would never race her. She’s so fast. To be honest, she trains really hard, especially when she has to finish her homework and then go to the swimming pool as well.

Unfortunately, I don’t get to hang out with her very much, because she’s always busy. But when we do meet up, we always have fun. Usually we go shopping. Sometimes we play video games. 

My sister is extremely funny. She has a great sense of humour. We always have a laugh when we spend time together. We rarely argue. Mostly, we get on like a house on fire.

Please do the exercises and find the missing words.


IELTS Speaking Practice

IELTS Speaking Part 2

New words  
1. 丈夫  zhàngfu  n. husband
2. 钥匙  yàoshi  n. key
3. 在  zài  v. to be in/on/at
4. 哪儿  nǎr  pron. where
5. 妻子  qīzi  n. wife
6. 桌子  zhuōzi  n. table, desk
7. 上  shàng  n. on (the surface of sth.)
8. 沙发  shāfā  n. sofa
9. 下边  xiàbiān  n. under, below
10. 电话  diànhuà  n. telephone
11. 旁边  pángbiān  n. beside, side
12. 手  shǒu  n. hand
13. 里  lǐ  n. inside, in
 

中文每日一练

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Try it now！ 
听播客回答问题，Listen to the podcast and answer the questions below. There will be a text tomorrow after you finish the exercise! 
1. zhōng guó běi fāng de tiān qì zěn me yàng ？ shì nèi ne ？ 
1. 中    国  北  方   的 天   气 怎  么 样   ？ 室  内  呢 ？ 
2. nán fāng de wēn dù zěn me yàng ？ 
2. 南  方   的 温  度 怎  么 样   ？ 
3. nán fāng rén zěn me ràng zì jǐ nuǎn huo yì dián ér ？ 
3. 南  方   人  怎  么 让   自 己 暖   和  一 点   儿 ？ 

他们在聊啥？What are they talking about？

中国南北差异zhōng guó nán běi chā yì ：North-south differences in China

Cosa si può fare per viaggiare meglio quando si viene in Italia?

I podcast secondo San Luca

Viaggiare in Italia brevi consigli parte prima

When we see English learning as a vocation, we are required to change our thinking. To see ourselves as having positive visions of the future instead of negative affirmations of how bad our English is.

Teacher Joseph's Podcast

English Learning as a Vocation

Lessons Learnt

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w4JA22COWz_iJe47JYFP_seO1ovjKwjv/view?usp=drivesdk