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The Little Prince (Küçük Prens) - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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World Classics (Dünya Klasikleri) 1 

你...吗？  Nǐ... ma?  
你忙吗？ Nǐ máng ma?  Are you busy?
你渴吗？ Nǐ kě ma?  Are you thirsty?
你饿吗？ Nǐ è ma?  Are you hungry?
你累吗？ Nǐ lèi ma?   Are you tired?
是的，我有点忙/渴/饿/累。Shì de, wǒ yǒudiǎn máng/kě/è/lèi.  
Yes, I'm a little busy/thirsty/hungry/tired.
不，我不忙/渴/饿/累。 Bù, wǒ bù máng/kě/è/lèi.  No, I'm not busy/thirsty/hungry/tired.


零基础汉语---zero basic Chinese

第三课 lesson 3

If you think of the jobs robots could never do, you would probably put doctors and teachers at the top of the list. It's easy to imagine robot cleaners and factory workers, but some jobs need human connection and creativity. But are we underestimating what robots can do? In some cases, they already perform better than doctors at diagnosing illness. Also, some patients might feel more comfortable sharing personal information with a machine than a person. Could there be a place for robots in education after all?

British education expert Anthony Seldon thinks so. And he even has a date for the robot takeover of the classroom: 2027. He predicts robots will do the main job of transferring information and teachers will be like assistants. Intelligent robots will read students' faces, movements and maybe even brain signals. Then they will adapt the information to each student. It's not a popular opinion and it's unlikely robots will ever have empathy and the ability to really connect with humans like another human can.

One thing is certain, though. A robot teacher is better than no teacher at all. In some parts of the world, there aren't enough teachers and 9–16 per cent of children under the age of 14 don't go to school. That problem could be partly solved by robots because they can teach anywhere and won't get stressed, or tired, or move somewhere for an easier, higher-paid job.

Teachers all over the world are leaving because it is a difficult job and they feel overworked. Perhaps the question is not 'Will robots replace teachers?' but 'How can robots help teachers?' Office workers can use software to do things like organise and answer emails, arrange meetings and update calendars. Teachers waste a lot of time doing non-teaching work, including more than 11 hours a week marking homework. If robots could cut the time teachers spend marking homework and writing reports, teachers would have more time and energy for the parts of the job humans do best.

The Habits of Highly Effective English Communicators

Will robots replace teachers? Improve your listening

être content : estar feliz, to be happy
être triste : estar triste, to be sad
être stressé(e) : estar estressado(a), to be stressed
être occupé(e) : estar ocupado(a), to be busy
être fatigué(e) : estar cansado(a), to be tired
être patient : ser paciente, to be patient
être malade : estar doente, to be sick
être à l’aise : estar bem, sentir-se confortável, to be at ease
être en colère : estar aborrecido, to be angry
être en forme : estar muito bem, to be great
être en vacances : estar de férias, to be on holiday
être d’accord : concordar, to agree
être fier : ter orgulho, to be proud



Professeur Maxime

Quelques expressions avec "être" (première partie)

One word is wrong in each sentence. Cross it out and write the correct word.
The planets are in the solar space. .........................................
2 The earth revolves around the moon. ···························-·-········
3 The sun is a planet. ···--·-·-····-·····-···········-·
4 Man first walked on the sun in 1969. ···-·························-·········
5 Mars is a star. . ....................................... .
6 We can send planes into space ......................................... .
7 We've learned a big deal about space.........................................
8 The world is the whole of space and everything in it.....................

English Mini Lessons

The Universe

I wrote this crazy anecdote that I lived with my friend Nicolas. In order not to make it longer than it already is, I divided it into 2 parts. This 1st one is about how we went on vacation without knowing that we were not going to return to our destination, thanks to the coronavirus. Cancelled tickets, chaotic airports, and an exotic country .
In the 2nd: how we got a ticket to get out of there, how they didn't want to put us up anywhere and how I ended up in Ezeiza (Argentina's main airport) on top of a bus with people I didn't know.
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Viajes, viajes y mas viajes 🚲

ABOUT HOW I LIVED IN AUSTRALIA, WENT ON HOLIDAY IN SRI LANKA AND ENDS UP IN ARGENTINA: CHRONICLE OF A PANDEMIC - Part 1.

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Kris Kristofferson Dies aged 88

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