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Phonics Short Vowels

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   a. Beat around the bush - To avoid addressing an issue directly.
      Example: "Stop beating around the bush and tell me what you really think."
   b. By the book - Following the rules and procedures precisely.
      Example: "The project must be done by the book to meet all the regulations."
   c. Lost in translation - Misunderstood or not effectively conveyed when translated from one language to another.
      Example: "The humor in the movie was lost in translation when it was dubbed into another language."
   d. Keep someone posted - To provide updated information to someone.
      Example: "Please keep me posted on any updates regarding the project."
   e. Break the ice - To initiate or start a conversation or social interaction.
      Example: "He told a joke to break the ice at the party."


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 Communication idioms

Chiacchierata con Caro senza la quale non avrei mai potuto realizzare un video di presentazione così elaborato. Vi invito a darci un'occhiata e a farci sapere cosa ne pensate. Buon ascolto e buono studio a tutti!!!!!

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Ciao a tutti e ben ritrovati in questo nuovo episodio. Come ben sapete sono un gran appassionato dei viaggi, dai quali è nato il mio amore per le lingue straniere. L'episodio di oggi sarà dedicato proprio a loro, i viaggi, cosa significa viaggiare e come è cambiato il nostro concetto di viaggio negli ultimi cinquant'anni! Buon ascolto!

Sì, viaggiare!

Привет! J'utilise la méthode TPRS. Écoutez, répétez, répondez aux questions et vérifiez. Bonne chance!

Сегодня воскресенье. Уже конец сентября, но погода прекрасная. Солнечная и тёплая, как летом. В России этот осенний период называют «бабье лето». Катя решила провести выходной день с друзьями. Они катались на велосипедах, ели бутерброды, много разговаривали и смеялись. Было весело.

Vocabulaire:
воскресенье - le dimanche
суббота -  le samedi
выходные – les week-ends
сентябрь – le septembre
солнечная и тёплая погода - ensoleillé et chaud
пасмурно  и холодно - nuageux et froid
решать/решить – décider
проводить/провести день - passer la journée
кататься на велосипедах - faire du vélo
смеяться  - rire
было весело - c'était amusant

По-русски легко!

Короткие истории. 7. Воскресенье.

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A Short story in Arabic 1

Crowds of people queued up at Australia's Royal Sydney Botanic Garden on January 23, with some people waiting as long as three hours.

And for what?

A very smelly flower.

The titan arum, known as the "corpse flower," is a tall, pointed plant that releases an unpleasant smell when it blooms. The smell has been likened to things like decaying flesh, gym socks or rotting garbage.

The endangered plant is only found in the Sumatran rainforests in Indonesia, where there are thought to be fewer than 300 of them. It only blooms every 7 to 10 years in its natural habitat.

"The fact that they open very rarely, so they flower rarely, is obviously something that puts them at a little bit of a disadvantage in the wild," said Sophie Daniel from the Royal Sydney Botanic Garden. "When they open, they have to hope that another flower is open nearby, because they can't self-pollinate."

The flower at the botanic garden is the first to bloom there in 15 years, and she's been named Putricia — a combination of "putrid" and "Patricia" — by her fans.

Putricia's online fandom grew quickly and globally. A 24/7 live stream established by the botanic garden drew close to a million views in under a week, and people on social media planned to hurry to the garden as the plant opened. In just 24 hours, Putricia's bloom — and her stench — would be gone.

As she opened, the plant heated to 37 degrees Celsius to better spread her scent. In the wild, the smell tricks pollinators into landing on what they think is rotten meat and spreading pollen between flowers.

Up to 20,000 people filed past for a moment in her pungent presence, leaning in for a sniff or taking selfies.

It was difficult to say why the flower attracted such a following — but perhaps the answer lay in the "reverence" viewers felt in the presence of "such an amazing living being," Daniel said.




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Crowds Gather in Sydney for Smelly Flower

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