槐树是中国北方常见的一种树木，它树冠宽广、枝叶茂盛。Pagoda tree are common in northern China. They have broad crowns and lush branches.
    槐树全身都是宝，它的花蕾、果实、树皮、树叶等都可以入药。Pagoda  trees are full of treasure. Their buds, fruits, bark and leaves can be used as medicine.
槐树开花是很灿烂的。The pagoda tree is very brilliant in bloom.


新鲜事儿（Anecdote）

七月槐花飘

오랜만이에요, 여러분. 잘 지냈어요?
저는 요즘 매일 바쁜 하루를 보내고 있어요. 
그래서 우울할 때도 많았는데 지난 주에 한 유튜브 영상을 봤어요.
긍정적인 마음을 가져야 한다는 내용이었어요.

It's been a while, everyone! How have you been?
I've been so busy lately. So sometimes I felt blue but then I came across this video on Youtube.
It was about having a positive mind.

Yejin's Podcast for Korean Learners

긍정적인 마음 will bring you some good luck

Beginner Chinese Listening：开会  Have meeting

Beginner Chinese Listening

¡Bienvenidos a "Consejos de la abuela"! En esta segunda parte, Pablo nos contará algunas creencias suyas, de su familia y los peruanos en general. Hablamos de cómo ver fantasmas, lo importante que son los perros en los Andes, especialmente los perros negros, y dónde NO sentarse a la hora de comer.

Te invitamos a conocernos más en: 
María: https://linktr.ee/spanishwithmariap  
Pablo: https://linktr.ee/pabloalejos

Maria & Pablo Spanish

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In this lesson or podcast, you will learn how to pronounce letters (alphabet) in Indonesian. Selamat belajar dan semangat!

BAHASA INDONESIA WITH DIANA 

HURUF DAN ABJAD IN BAHASA INDONESIA

熱中症に気をつけて、暑い夏を楽しみましょう♪

Natural Nihongo Chat

暑い夏は熱中症に気をつけて！

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. 


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IELTS Speaking Practice

Strategy 1 - paraphrasing

Impariamo alcuni proverbi e modi di dire. 
Continuiamo a conoscere Simone.

Il dolce far niente

1. Proverbi e modi di dire

China is sweltering under its strongest heatwave of the year. Citizens adopt creative cooling strategies—from facekinis to water mahjong.