Learn English with The Alphabet of Idioms: The letter S

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Idioms with the letter S

In 1950s America, smoking was cool, with movie stars like James Dean and Marlene Dietrich making it look stylish. Cigarette companies even claimed smoking was good for you, with one famous advertisement claiming, "More doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette."

But things started to change in 1951, when a British scientist found a link between smoking and lung cancer.

Today, things look very different, and smoking in the US is at its lowest level in 80 years.

In the 1950s, nearly half of US adults smoked. Now, according to a poll from Gallup, only 11% of American adults say they've smoked in the past week — half the number from 10 years ago.

One reason is that more people now see smoking as bad for you, with 79% of Americans agreeing that cigarettes are very harmful.

Another major reason is that fewer young adults are smoking.

Young adults used to smoke the most out of any age group, but now they're the least likely to smoke. In the early 2000s, 35% of US adults under 30 smoked, but today, it's just 6%. Instead, it's the older generation that are the biggest smokers these days, with 18% of adults aged 50 to 64 saying they smoke.

Although smoking may be declining, vaping is becoming more popular.

Vaping, or using e-cigarettes, is less common than smoking, with just 7% of adults saying they vape. But vaping is more popular with young adults, and nearly 1 in 5 of American adults under 30 vape.

And if they keep vaping into middle age — and if young people today start vaping as they grow up — vaping might soon become more common than smoking.

Health experts say even though vaping is less harmful than smoking, it's best to avoid both.

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US Smoking Hits 80-Year Low

第1回　「〜てみる」TRY! N4 p 18-19
参考として”TRY! N4”という教科書を使っていますが、教科書を見なくても聞けます。
I use a textbook “TRY! N4" as a reference, but you don't need to look at it to listen.

雪まつり　ゆきまつり：北海道札幌市で冬に行われるまつり。
Yukimatsuri: A festival held in Sapporo, Hokkaido, in winter.

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「〜てみる」について

talk about mjob and my time of working on I TALKI 

ADEL ALBANNA: A PROFISSIONAL ARABIC TEACHER

En este episodio te ayudo a decidir qué examen es mejor para ti y en qué momento es mejor hacer el SIELE o el DELE. ¿Cuál tiene más prestigio? ¿Cómo se hacen en papel o con el ordenador? Estas y otras preguntas tienen respuesta en este episodio. 

DELE exam (B2-C1)

DELE o SIELE ¿Cuál es el mejor para mí?

In this episode we are going to learn how to say family members in Chinese. Let's learn it in a song!
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As a beginner, there're some vocabularies that you didn't learn before, and native speaker's speed seems too fast to understand. But don't worry, let's do it step by step. 
Step 1: listen and catch the words you know already, have a guess about the content.
Step 2: look at the text to check if you guessed it right. 
Step 3: listen one more time, repeat after it.
Step 4: practice until you can speak as the normal speed without looking at the text. 
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爸爸的爸爸叫什么？
bà bà de bà bà jiào shén me ？
What do we call Dad's dad?
爸爸的爸爸叫爷爷。
bà bà de bà bà jiào yé yé 。
Dad's dad is Grandpa.
爸爸的妈妈叫什么？
bà bà de mā mā jiào shén me ？
What do we call Dad's mom?
爸爸的妈妈叫奶奶。
bà bà de mā mā jiào nǎi nǎi 。
Dad's mom is Grandma.
爸爸的哥哥叫什么？
bà bà de gē gē jiào shén me ？
What do we call Dad's older brother?
爸爸的哥哥叫伯伯。
bà bà de gē gē jiào bó bó 。
Dad's elder brother's name is Uncle.
爸爸的弟弟叫什么？
bà bà de dì dì jiào shén me ？
What do we call Dad's younger brother?
爸爸的弟弟叫叔叔。
bà bà de dì dì jiào shū shū 。
Dad's younger brother is Uncle.
爸爸的姐妹叫什么？
bà bà de jiě mèi jiào shén me ？
What do we call Dad's sister?
爸爸的姐妹叫姑姑。
bà bà de jiě mèi jiào gū gū 。
Dad's sisters are called aunts.

Yuli's Chinese Channel

家庭称呼歌 ① Learn family members in a song （Beginner）

This episode is about a common slang in Farsi.You can listen and learn at any level you are.

Hope you enjoy it.

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God as an attorney! خداوکیلی؟

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What do professional coaches do right before a game starts? That's right - they will try their best to ramp up the spirits of athletes. They will tell stories, tell jokes, maybe get angry or shout if they have to. Why? To create a certain state of mind in the heads of those boys and girls with which they'll achieve the goal! 

The missing element in IELTS preparation is the word Attitude! Listen to the ideas in this audio and move into Episode 3 to discuss The Magic of Positive Attitude.