1. Have you ever been on a blind date? How did it go?
2. Have you been on any boring or awkward dates?
3. Do you know any couples who met online? Have they been together long?
4. What are the most romantic places to go on a date in your town or city?

English Corner

Dating Study Asks What Behaviors Lead to Second Dates

I Libri In  Pillole di Federica

Settimo capitolo: Storia di una gatto e del topo che divento' suo amico

In this episode, we will be discussing the topic of weather. You will learn the most common phrases and vocabulary used to describe different weather conditions, as well as practical expressions that you can easily use in everyday conversations

Mister Bakur

How to talk about "Weather" in Egyptian Arabic? 

Segunda parte conociendo Ecuador y sus principales partes

Viajando con Andres

Ecuador Mágico II

❥ In this podcast, Melo reads from The Aesop for Children found for free online at: https://www.read.gov/aesop/001.html
❥ Listen and learn the moral of each story.
❥ Practice listening and/or reading comprehension by answering the quiz questions.
❥ Today's fable is called “The Stag & His Reflection” and can be found here:
https://www.read.gov/aesop/017.html
❥The moral of today’s fable is: 
“We often make much of the ornamental and despise the useful.”

❥ 在这个播客中，梅洛朗读了《儿童伊索》，可在网上免费找到：https://www.read.gov/aesop/001.html
❥聆听并学习每个故事的寓意。
❥ 通过回答问答问题练习听力和/或阅读理解。
❥ 今天的寓言叫"雄鹿和他的倒影"，可以在这里找到：
https://www.read.gov/aesop/017.html
❥今天的寓言故事的寓意是： 
"我们常常夸大装饰性，而轻视实用性。"

Life Lessons from Aesop's Fables

Episode 16: The Stag & His Reflection

INside you'll find 3 simple tips you can do that will help you to feel at ease.

Which one you'd choose and why?

The Habits of Professionals Growing Into Strong, Confident English Communicators

I don't feel relaxed when speaking in English

Read the podcast here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nuN4IifKJ5fFCHUHo1Bjd7O83P0Yb_Z5/view?usp=sharing

Lisa's Podcast

If You’re A Morning Person, Thank Your Neanderthal Genes, Says Study

f you're going to exercise, you have to stretch, right?

Well, maybe not.

The answer might depend on your goals, and what you mean by "stretch."

There are different types of stretches.

In what are known as "static" stretches, you hold a single position for perhaps as long as 60 to 90 seconds. These stretches are great for increasing flexibility.

But there are also "dynamic" stretches, where you repeatedly — but carefully — move your joints through their full range of motion.

Expert opinion on how to use these stretches has changed over the years. But it's now generally believed that dynamic stretching is best before you exercise, while static stretching is better after.

As Alisa Bowman writes for the Mayo Clinic, dynamic stretching helps improve blood flow and joint mobility, which gets your body ready to exercise. Studies have even found that dynamic stretching before exercise can improve your performance.

Meanwhile, some research has found that static stretching can temporarily weaken your muscles, which is why it's generally no longer recommended before certain sports — and especially not for high-performance athletes.

Instead, static stretches are typically recommended for helping to relax your muscles after exercise. Since you've been moving and increasing blood flow to your joints and muscles, you'll actually be more flexible, so you'll get more benefit from those stretches.

But while you may have been told that stretching will reduce soreness after you exercise, research has found that it really doesn't make much difference.

You've also probably been told to stretch to avoid injuries. But research doesn't seem to support that either — especially for static stretching.

Writing for WebMD, Sonya Collins says that, as long as you stretch sometime, it's fine if you don't do it around the time you exercise.

In fact, some experts say if you're short on time, it's better to exercise without doing any stretching than to cut your workout short!