Spanish México

LAS BARRANCAS DEL COBRE.

In this episode, I share one of the best methods to quickly improve your vocabulary and retain what you study. 



You can read the transcript here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BRxA8XFOemheZo4EA3XgNFJ0tRWzw7SK/view?usp=sharing

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T.E.A. Time with Tayvin Bayless 

Reading for better vocabulary

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
6月12日月曜日　天気/くもり　気温/17℃ 

・6/10から外国人観光客の受け入れ再開について、北海道知事が会見をした。
・感染対策と経済の両立をすると言った。

［単語］
知事/ちじ…北海道や東京、大阪などの大きな場所で、いろいろ決めることができる人。
観光客/かんこうきゃく…景色を見たり、いろいろな食べ物を食べたりして、楽しむ人のこと。
受け入れ/うけいれ…入っていい
再開/さいかい…止まっていたことが、また始まること。
会見/かいけん…考えをみんなに伝えること
感染/かんせん…病気になること
対策/たいさく…問題が起きないようにすること
経済/けいざい…お金が動くこと
両立/りょうりつ…２つとも大事にする

レッスン待ってます♪

北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#78〉6月13日月曜日　6/10から、外国人観光客の受け入れ再開

Aqui você vai entender de vez a diferença entre usar TUDO e usar TODO (todos, toda, todas)

Suas Aulas de Português

Diferença entre TUDO e TODO

Get ready for a special treat! In this episode, I talk with Cara Leopold, an English Teacher known as the Listening Expert. We covered a lot of topics, so this will be the first of two episodes with our conversation. The main theme of our conversation was building great listening skills in another language. In this first episode, we talk about the importance of listening when learning another language, including pronunciation, and what to do when you don’t understand your colleagues in meetings.  Here are some gems from this episode:

“People might think, “I spend most of my time speaking.” But listening is actually the skill that dominates. So by that logic, the foundation for also learning future languages should be listening.”

“So what’s really helped me to get fluent in French is observing what people say, understanding them, and then copying them.”

“Notice the expressions that people keep using and then use them. You will sound more authentic because you'll be using what the people around you actually say, as opposed to what you read in a book or what you got out of a list of 100 idioms.”

Tune in to get more valuable insights from Cara, so you’ll understand more of what people say around you! The second part of our conversation will be released in the next episode. 

Read the transcript here: https://www.express-to-impress.com/listening-skills/.

Original theme music by Lucas Knutter 

Express to Impress

How to Improve Your Listening Skills With Movies With Cara Leopold

Physiologists Alanda Lennox and Allen Goodship found an explanation for this paradox in 2008. They discovered that pregnant bears were able to increase the density of their bones before they started to build their dens. In addition, six months later, when they finally emerged from the den with their cubs, there was no evidence of significant loss of bone density. Hibernating brown bears do not have this capacity and must therefore resort to major bone reformation in the following spring. If the mechanism of bone remodelling in polar bears can be understood, many bedridden humans, and even astronauts, could potentially benefit.

The medical benefits of the polar bear for humanity certainly have their importance in our conservation efforts, but these should not be the only factors taken into consideration. We tend to want to protect animals we think are intelligent and possess emotions, such as elephants and primates. Bears, on the other hand, seem to be perceived as stupid and in many cases violent. And yet anecdotal evidence from the field challenges those assumptions, suggesting for example that polar bears have good problem-solving abilities. A male bear called GoGo in Tennoji Zoo, Osaka, has even been observed making use of a tool to manipulate his environment. The bear used a tree branch on multiple occasions to dislodge a piece of meat hung out of his reach. Problem-solving ability has also been witnessed in wild polar bears, although not as obviously as with GoGo. A calculated move by a male bear involved running and jumping onto barrels in an attempt to get to a photographer standing on a platform four metres high.

I'll add the remaining pieces of the reading material in the box below.

The Habits of Highly Effective English Communicators

IELTS Reading & Comprehension. Why we need to protect polar bears Pt.2 

¡Bienvenidos a Cómo le llamas a esto en tu país! En esta segunda edición continuamos aprendiendo más palabras de Colombia y Perú.

En esta ocasión les contaremos dos anécdotas distintas, cada una incluye 6 palabras propias de nuestros países. Estas anécdotas tratan de nuestra rutina diaria. Ustedes deberán identificar estas palabras únicas, las respuestas estarán en la descripción del episodio y en la página web.

Minibus: el micro - la buseta
Workplace/Job: la chamba - el camello 
Cap: la gorra - la cachucha 
Backpack: la mochila - el morral
Pen: el lapicero - esfero, bolígrafo
Sweater: la chompa - el suéter

Maria & Pablo Spanish

6. ¿Cómo le llamas a esto en tu país? Edición anécdotas

When we talk about "screen time," we're often thinking about the effect that time spent on devices has on young people.

But what about the effect that those screens have on our eyes?

Whether you're using Instagram or Microsoft Excel, experts say that spending a lot of time looking at a screen isn't good for you.

But if you have to use a computer for work, what can you do to stay healthy?

Many eye experts say you should follow the "20-20-20 rule." This means taking a 20-second break every 20 minutes to look at something about 20 feet away — that's about 6 meters.

This gives your eyes a break and makes them change their focus from the screen that's near to you, to something that's farther away.

Make sure the screen is the right brightness, too. A screen that's too bright or too dark will make you strain your eyes. But your device can help you with this.

The idea is to reduce the amount of blue light that your eyes are getting, something that "night mode" on your device does. And some companies now sell blue light glasses that can help.

Sitting the right distance from the screen is also a good idea: at least 50 centimeters away is often given as a suggestion.

If you find you're moving close to the screen and straining your eyes to see, you could try making the fonts on your screen larger.

And don't forget to blink! Blinking stops your eyes from getting dry and it can also help to reduce eye strain.

