IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 1 - Living Place.

Q. Where do you live?
Q. What kind of place is it?
Q. What’s the most interesting part of your town/village?
Q. What kind of jobs do the people in your town/village do?
Q. Would you say it’s a good place to live? (why?)

Imagine speaking this way... reeeelaxedddd and comfortable and easy to pick words/ideas and letting them out... How would it feel?

IELTS-SPEAKING 8-9 BAND IS POSSIBLE. DAILY SPEAKING PRACTICE PART 1,2 & 3. Listen daily.

IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 1 - Living Place.

En este episodio descubriremos qué hay detrás del famoso ron cubano. ¡Descúbrelo!

Cafecito con Ale

Los Saberes del Ron Cubano

La leyenda de la Isla de las Muñecas está situada en los canales de Xochimilco, se cuentan historias de muñecas poseídas que cuelgan de los árboles.
Pon atención al sonido de la X en el nombre de Xochimilco. En este caso suena como "sh" por ser una palabra proveniente de las lenguas precolombinas, es decir conservaron su pronunciación, a diferencia de "México" que suena como "j" o del uso más general que es el sonido de "ks" como "existe".
Puedes encontrar estas tres palabras en la primera frase de la leyenda. Trata de encontrar las demás.


Día de Muertos

La isla de las muñecas

Zwyczaje zakupowe (Shopping habits) – B1

The Polish Course

#2 Zwyczaje zakupowe (Shopping habits) – B1

Reading a book in Japanese/Relaxing reading 

''Buying Mittens'' #10　(Written by Nankichi Niimi)
『手袋を買いに』(てぶくろを かいに）
新美南吉・著　第十話
It's a heartwarming story with
beautiful winter portrayal.

You can practice shadowing, and repeating with
this reading and the text below.📚
Also, it's a relaxing story reading for sleep🌛
📚My lessons: https://www.italki.com/ja/teacher/6185061

「お母さんは、人間は恐ろしいものだって
おっしゃったが　ちっとも恐ろしくないや。
だって僕の手を見てもどうもしなかったもの」

と思いました。
けれど子狐は いったい人間なんてどんなものか見たい
と思いました。
ある窓の下を通りかかると、人間の声がしていました。
何というやさしい、何という美しい、何と言う
おっとりした声なんでしょう。

「ねむれ　ねむれ
　母の胸に、
　ねむれ　ねむれ
　母の手に――」

子狐はその歌声は、きっと人間のお母さんの声に
ちがいないと思いました。
だって、子狐が眠る時にも、やっぱり母さん狐は、
あんなやさしい声で ゆすぶってくれるからです。


【漢字】

お母さん・・・おかあさん
人間　　・・・にんげん
恐ろしい・・・おそろしい
僕　　　・・・ぼく
手　　　・・・て
見て　　・・・みて
思いました・・おもいました
子狐　　・・・こぎつね
窓の下　・・・まどのした
通り　　・・・とおり
声　　　・・・こえ
何という・・・なんという
美しい　・・・うつくしい
母　　　・・・はは
胸　　　・・・むね
眠る　　・・・ねむる


朗読クラブ📚Reading to Japanese language learners 

朗読 『手袋を買いに』第十話 Buying Mittens #10 

Guessing what your interviewer will ask you can be difficult, but you can always count on the question, “Can you tell me about yourself?” That means that you can be well-prepared for at least one question! When you deliver a great answer at the start of your interview, it will give you confidence and impress your interviewer.

In this episode, you will learn the three goals you need to achieve in an interview to be successful. Then, you’ll learn about what the interviewer is looking for when they ask, “Can you tell me about yourself?” You’ll also hear three well-crafted answers to the question and tips for how you can answer the question.

If you want to increase your English vocabulary, continue listening to the end, where you’ll hear definitions of five idioms and phrases that came up during the episode.

Episode originally published on May 4, 2020.
Transcript at https://www.express-to-impress.com/tell-me-about-yourself/.
Infographics for this episode at https://www.pinterest.com/ExpresstoImpress/.

Express to Impress

How to Answer "Can You Tell Me About Yourself?"

how to say hello and how r u in Thai? lets seee

finn ur thai friend

Basic greeting ~

With many teens spending almost all of their time online, parents are concerned that social media is exposing them to harmful content. Faced with growing pressure to stop online harm, Instagram has introduced a major new update to protect young people and give parents more control.

Under 18s now signing up for Instagram in the US, UK, Canada and Australia will be automatically enrolled into a restricted teen account. Existing accounts will be transferred by mid-November.

The European Union will get teen accounts later this year, and the rest of the world in January. Other Meta services like Facebook will get teen accounts next year.

What limits will teen accounts have?
Instagram already prohibits anyone under 13 from signing up.

Now, teen accounts will automatically be set to private, so they'll have to accept or reject new follower requests. Other users won't be able to see their posts or tag the account.

Teens will also only receive direct messages from people they're following or who follow them.

Teens won't be shown content involving sensitive topics and an anti-bullying feature will screen out offensive words in comments and message requests.

To reduce their screen time, teens will get a notification to stop using the app after it's been open for over an hour — which they can ignore.

Sleep mode between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. will mute notifications and send auto-replies to direct messages. However, they can still use Instagram and answer messages if they want to.

Are there workarounds?
These limits will be turned on automatically for all teens, but 16 and 17-year-olds can turn them off. Kids under 16 will need permission to do so and parents can make changes and approve or deny any requests.

However, if parents want to use teen controls, they'll need an Instagram account.

New controls for parents

