This podcast focuses on Part 2 of the Speaking test; specifically, it deals with losing your fear of going slightly off topic (within reason) in order to increase your talk-time and make sure you speak for the full two minutes!

IELTS Speaking Tips

Don't be afraid to go a little off-topic!

 We’re still with our friend Ranim and today we learn about verb be in Arabic. The text is entitled “Eggplants at the fruit seller’s”. Let’s find out how a bag of eggplants ended up among a bunch of fruits!  Episode 3 
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In this bilingual podcast we read a Standard Arabic text together, translate it and comment on some vocabulary, grammar points and cultural insights. Arabic Zone- Esma’ni helps you practice your Arabic listening skills while doing other activities such as driving, exercising or doing chores. 
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Finally if you’re interested in taking online Arabic or English lessons with me, you can contact me on my italki account: https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/2632419 

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3- Eggplants at the Fruit Seller's - Verb Be

Послухай. Напиши у теблюцю розклад на тиждень та нідшли мені у особисті повідомлення.
Listen. Write a schedule for the week on a spreadsheet and send it to me in a private message.

Тексти на різні теми

Розклад на тиждень

In the 1920s the boss of the Ford Motor Company, Henry Ford, attempted to build a huge rubber plantation in the Amazon jungle. It didn't quite go to plan…

English Learning for Curious Minds

Fordlandia

In this episode, I introduce myself in N2～N1 Japanese. Sentences are more complex and the vocabulary I'm using is almost the native level. Though I wrote it's for advanced learners, also other learners can try it!

たつきのにほんご

Introduction (Advanced level)

📩 Apúntate a mi boletín de noticias para aprender una palabra coloquial al día: https://acortar.link/d8H9at

Español coloquial

Mi compañera de piso no da un palo al agua

NASA has given SpaceX an $843 million contract to build the vehicle that will help to destroy the International Space Station (ISS).

Space X, a company that's controlled by Elon Musk, will build the vehicle but the mission will be led by NASA.

The ISS was launched in 1998 and it's likely that it will have to be removed from space in the next few years.

The station is operated by space agencies from the US, Europe, Japan, Canada and Russia. All the countries involved have said they'll operate the station until 2030 except Russia, which has said it will operate it until 2028.

Teams of astronauts have been living in the space station since 2000. During that time, they have done more than 3,300 experiments in space.

It's expected that the SpaceX vehicle will pull the ISS through space before landing it in the sea. Both are likely to break apart as they re-enter Earth's atmosphere.

NASA said that it will be focusing on "commercially owned space destinations closer to home" as life on the ISS comes to an end.

The contract is seen as another vote of confidence for the company that Musk founded in 2002.

But experts say it won't be easy bringing such a large space station back to Earth safely.

Meghan Bartels from Scientific American said it will be a "delicate" challenge.

She said it took 42 different launches to send the ISS into space, where it was put together in orbit.

She added: "The orbiting laboratory contains about as much internal space as a six-bedroom house spread over an area the size of a football field," and that it weighs almost as much as three blue whales.

It's not yet known what the vehicle will look like or exactly when the mission will take place.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

SpaceX Given Contract to Destroy Space Station

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
6月7日火曜日　天気/晴れ　気温/14℃ 

札幌市/さっぽろし
・子どもたちが犯罪から身を守る方法を学ぶ防犯教室が小学校であった。
・子どもたちは、「伝える」や「逃げる」ということを覚えました。
・「おかしをあげる」と言ってくる不審者に、「できません」と言うことを学んだ。

［単語］
犯罪/はんざい…悪いこと
身を守る/みをまもる…自分の体を守る
学ぶ/まなぶ…勉強する
防犯/ぼうはん…悪いことが起きないようにする
教室/きょうしつ…授業
不審者/ふしんしゃ…変な人

レッスン待ってます♪
