*** This audio is about the happiest and unhappiest countries in the world
**Hope you enjoy listening to it 
*Feel free to send me a message if you have any questions

 خبرهای کوتاه جهان به فارسی   / Short World news in Persian

کشورهای شاد /  The happiest countries

有个闺蜜叫面膜
面膜对于作者来说不仅仅是护肤，更是一种生活态度，是日日伴随，从不离身，就像一个形影不离的闺蜜。
那你呢，面膜对于你意味着什么？

Ruby's  Reading club of  Chinese

优雅是种力量（一）爱美懂穿，女人活出高级感

How to immerse yourself in English! Top Tip 4- Reading!

Implicit learning is how humans have evolved to learn language! Learn how you and your family can work smarter not harder and learn natural sounding English. Find more video tips and lessons on https://www.youtube.com/@englishteacherzoe.

Teacher Zoe- The Easy Way to Learn Natural English!

Top Tip 4- Reading!

Another current part 2 topic with example answer.
As I commute into the city for work every day, I always do my best to avoid the rush hour traffic, which is not always easy. I usually get up at 6 am and catch the bus at 6.30 to beat the heavy traffic, and go for a relaxing coffee before starting work. 

 However, about 2 weeks ago, I slept in on a monday morning and didn’t wake up until 8am,missing the early bus, and not catching the next one until 8.30, which i knew would mean being late for work due to the traffic.

Normally the bus ride into the city centre takes about 45 minutes, but because of taking the bus during the peak rush hour it now took almost 2 hours. The traffic was unbelievable, and cars were bumper to bumper, moving at a snail’s pace, for the entire journey.

What made it even worse was that the bus was full, and passengers were packed like sardines , which also meant I had to stand for the full journey. To try and pass the time, I just read the  news using my mobile phone, as well as messaging my boss to let him know I would be late for work due to the heavy traffic.

I’m not the  most patient person and being stuck in a traffic jam like this is something I really hate, and always something I try to avoid. I also take pride in always being on time for work, and felt absolutely terrible  to be over an hour late on this day. I now set 2 alarms every night to make sure that this doesn’t happen again. 

IELTS 85 Speaking

Describe a traffic jam you were stuck in - IELTS speaking part 2

"So" and "such" both mean "very," but there are rules for when you use either "so" or "such" in a sentence.  This episode explains.

The English Toolbox

So vs. Such

アクセント　一文字から

手、目、毛、血　hands,eyes,hair,blood

[関西弁]

てー、めー、けー、ちー
てえ、めえ、*けえ、ちい
LH       *LH      *HL     同音

二文字　LH

いぬ、くま、しか、いか  [dog, bear,deer,squid] 
あし、うで、ひざ,みみ   [foot,arms,a knee,ears]

[関西弁]
二文字　逆　　抑揚つける いか(同音),ひざ(同音)

いぬ、くま、しか、*いか(同音)

あし、うで、*ひざ(同音),みみ

二文字　標準語　LH

みず、はな、うし、むし、行く、
[water,nose, cows,insects,to go]

[関西弁] *同音

みず、はな(鼻),うし,むし、行く

標準語

さる、かめ、見る HL 
[a monkey, a tortoise, to see(watch,look)

[関西弁] LH

さる、　かめ、見る

*ねこ(cats)同じ？　二つある？

[挨拶]

こんにちは　　　こん　にち　わー　LH LL HH
おはよう　　　　おは　よー　　L L HL
ありがとう　　　あり　が　とー　LL L HL

SAMURAI BROADCAST　侍放送  継続は力ニャり

Vol.14 We Talked about Kansai Direct 1.

In this Chillchat you will become a “water connoisseur” (not really) and learn how to talk about different kinds of water in Chinese. E.g. ice water, room temperature water, sparkling water, etc.