I talked about my local library, and what you can expect from it.

Scott's Podcast

The Library

Este es un cuento popular tanto en Ecuador como en muchos Países del mundo, aquí estará la narración del cuento. Aquí podrás mejorar tu comprensión auditiva y tu vocabulario. 

Historias, leyendas y dias

Cuento "El Lobo y los siete cabritos"

How do you improve your IELTS band score. In this podcast I’m going to give you 1 simple strategy to help you get the band score you need.

The technique I’m going to teach you is paraphrase. Yes, paraphrasing is very important, and it’s something that IELTS examiners listen out for. In the IELTS band descriptors you will see that you can not get a band score 6 or 7 unless you can paraphrase effectively.

Let me give you an example.

Let’s say in part 1 the examiner asks you about your hometown and asks you this question: Is your hometown a popular destination for foreigners?

You should answer the question by choosing a synonym for foreigners, for example, tourists.

You could also choose a synonym  for destination, for example visit.

So, when the examiner asks you “Is your hometown a popular destination for foreigners?” you could answer like this:

Yes, many tourists visit my hometown. 

So, you’ve answered the question using paraphrase.

Instead of foreigners you said tourists and instead of destination, you said visit.

Let me teach you again. If the examiner asks you “Is your hometown a popular destination for foreigners?” you could answer:

Yes, many tourists visit my hometown. 

Book an IELTS speaking exam preparation lesson with me to improve your IELTS score.




IELTS Speaking Practice

1 IELTS strategy to improve your IELTS score - paraphrase

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Persian Podcasts / پادکست فارسی 

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In this episode we will talk about exercise, you will learn how to say high calories, lack of, yoga, stretch, stimulate ect.
It is recommended that you study in the following ways:
1st time: listen without looking at the text.
2nd time: look at the text and write down the new words, then look up the dictionary. 
3rd time: listen again without looking at the text.
4th time: shadow reading without looking at the text.
https://www.purpleculture.net/chinese-english-dictionary/
大家好，我是Yuli。这是我的第2期播客。今天想和大家聊一聊运动的话题。
大家听说过“生命在于运动”吗？这句话告诉了我们，运动的重要性。
现代人的生活越来越忙碌，我们经常忙得没有时间好好吃饭，只能吃高热量的快餐。也经常在电脑前久坐，缺乏运动。多吃少动造成了肥胖问题。为了身体健康，大家一定要注意饮食，加强运动啊！
可能你会说，我太忙了，根本没有时间运动。那我问你，你有十分钟吗？应该有吧。十分钟其实也可以做运动的。我经常在早上起床的时候，打开KEEP，找一些十分钟左右的运动，跟着视频一起做。晚上睡前，我也会做做瑜伽，帮助睡眠。甚至在中午吃完饭的时候，可以做一做拉伸动作，放松下你的脖子、肩膀、手臂和腰部。
一开始的时候不需要做很长时间的运动，最重要的是养成运动的习惯。一开始每天十分钟，慢慢地增加时间，到二十分钟，三十分钟，一个小时。运动可以刺激大脑分泌内啡肽，使我们感到快乐。
这种免费又简单的快乐。你难道不想要吗？你想开始做什么运动呢？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。

重要性	zhòng yào xìng	importance
忙碌	máng lù	busy
高热量	gāo rè liàng	high calories
缺乏	quē fá	lack of
瑜伽	yú jiā	yoga
拉伸	lā shēn	stretch
刺激	cì jī	Stimulate
分泌	fēn mì	secrete
内啡肽	nèi fēi tài	endorphins


Yuli's Chinese Channel

运动 exercise

Spanish México

MI PUEBLO EPISODIO 1

There's a video on TikTok in which a user takes a jar of seasoning called "Everything But the Bagel" and carefully separates the ingredients into small piles to find out the secret to the recipe.

The video has been viewed almost 2 million times — a sign of just how popular this seasoning mix, made by US company Trader Joe's, has become.

People like to put it on top of bagels and use it in lots of different meals.

However, fans of the mix have been finding out that it's not welcome everywhere in the world.

Signs have been posted at Incheon Airport in Seoul, telling passengers they can't bring jars of the seasoning into the country.

The reason is that one of the ingredients is banned in South Korea.

The mix contains things like sesame seeds, dried garlic, dried onion and salt — but poppy seeds are the problem.

Poppy seeds are banned in South Korea because they are narcotic-related items, according to the airport. The ban is not new but travelers have said that airports are now cracking down on the seasoning mix.

The seeds are also banned in a number of other countries, including Saudi Arabia and Singapore.

The poppy plant is used to make drugs like heroin and morphine, although the seeds don't contain any opiates.

However, the country worries that the seeds could be contaminated by opiates.

In fact, in the US, members of the armed forces have been advised not to eat products containing poppy seeds in case they affect the results of drug tests.

Drug tests can be very sensitive but experts say that it would be almost impossible to eat enough poppy seeds to feel any narcotic effect.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Greece Uses Drones to Keep Sunbeds Off Beaches

Many of us know that learning a second language isn't easy — it takes a lot of time and practice. It can be very rewarding, but also very frustrating, so many people might not even think about trying to learn a third language.

But it may not be as difficult as you think.

In fact, many polyglots — that is, people who speak many languages — say that learning a third language is actually easier than learning the second.

But why?

One reason could be that, when learning a third language, you have a better understanding of different language structures.

When we learn our first language, as children, we don't really learn how the language works — we just naturally start using it.

But when you learn a second language, you start getting used to language structures, including ones that might be different from your first language. In some languages, for example, nouns are often either masculine or feminine — while in English, there's no such difference.

Learning these things in our second language often makes it easier for our brains to recognize different structures like this in other languages.

When you learn a second language, you also develop different skills, like memorization techniques. These skills can then be used when learning your third language, making the process faster and more efficient.

Finally, learning your second language might have felt scary at first, but you did it! This may give you more confidence when learning your third language, because you have more of an idea of what to expect.

If you'd like to learn a third language, it might be helpful to choose one that's part of the same language family as one of your other languages, because the similarities could make the process a lot easier.