This podcast is aimed at people who have not taken the IELTS or who took it once without preparing and now want to prepare for a second try.
I'll describe how the test is organized, what the different types of questions are,
how the test is scored (banded) and the issues that are scored.

Accelerate Your IELTS Speaking with Ralph

IELTS Speaking Test Overview

A leaf before the eye shuts out Mount Tai (have one's view of the important overshadowed by the trivial)

成语故事-Stories of Ancient Chinese Idioms

一叶障目，不见泰山

¡No te creo ni madres que ya es 2022! Wow, como vuela el tiempo.
Si quieres dar el siguiente paso en tu nivel de español y empezar a hablar más fluido y natural como nosotros lo hacemos, entonces este episodio es sin duda para ti. Alejandro y yo nos encargamos de traerte hasta la puerta de tu casa este episodio en el que aprenderás bastantes usos de la palabra "Madre", expresando emociones tales como: 
- Enojo
- Alegría
- Indiferencia
- Negación
- Y mucho más...

No voy a mentir, el uso de esta palabra (Madre), aunque es muy informal, es sin duda de lo más importante en el español mexicano. Es más importante que saber el nombre del presidente. Te garantizo que cuando termines de escuchar este episodio, tu español habrá pasado de algo académico sin uso y aburrido a algo más natural, nativo y super útil que oirás y/o usarás cuando visites México.

Si deseas leer la transcripción de este podcast para no perderte ni una sola palabra de lo que decimos, puedes hacerlo yendo a este enlace: https://esdeverdad.com/podcast/palabras-con-madre

Es De Verdad

T1 E2 - Aprender a usar la palabra "Madre" en el español mexicano

孔融让梨

孔融小时候聪明好学，才思敏捷，巧言妙答，大家都夸他是奇童。4岁时，他已能背诵许多诗赋，并且懂得礼节，父母亲非常喜爱他。
一日，父亲买了一些梨子，特地拣了一个最大的梨子给孔融，孔融摇摇头，却另拣了一个最小的梨子说：“我年纪最小，应该吃小的梨，你那个梨就给哥哥吧。”父亲听后十分惊喜,又问:“那弟弟也比你小啊?"孔融说"弟弟比我小,我也应该让给他.”孔融让梨的故事，很快传遍了曲阜，并且一直流传下来，成了许多父母教育子女的好例子。

Vivi甜讲中国故事

孔融让梨

嗨，大家好，我是史密斯老师。你现在正在听这个是因为你正在寻找一位英语老师，他会帮助你学会如何用英语表达自己。并不是说你不认识很多单词，而是你不知道如何运用它们来表达自己。如果这是你的问题，那就预约一堂课程和我一起学习如何用英语表达自己吧。

LEARN BY LISTENING

 我是你的英语老师。

【なぞなぞとは、ちょっとおもしろい問題のことです。言葉遊びです☆

① 紙やペンを持っていないのに、走りながらかけるものって何？

② どんなものでもおいしそうに食べる動物って？

③ 1羽しかいないのに2羽いるって言われる鳥ってなぁに？

なぞなぞで遊びながら、
いろいろな単語を覚えていきましょう！

レッスン待ってます♪


①汗
②馬
③にわとり


なぞなぞPodcast

〈#12〉どんなものでも美味しそうに食べる動物って？

I'm pleased to provide you a podcast that will give you an idea and glance about the use of the expressions with examples in Arabic language.

Arabic expressions with ArabicLights - Aymaro

Learn Arabic Expressions 10 - I can 1 in Arabic/ Je peux en arabe/ -ebilir,-abilir arapça'da with 8 examples - يمكنني in arabic

Man 1: Several years ago, I was in a car accident that left me with a back injury. As a computer programmer, I am still able to do my job, but I often have to take painkillers. When the pain gets particularly bad, I sometimes have to lie down on my back for a while until it goes away because sitting up really hurts. When we were in the office, I would worry that my colleagues would see me taking pills. Since we’ve been working from home, it has been much better. I can go and see my physical therapist more often too. I don’t have to worry as much and if I need to lie down for a little while to help my back, I can. When we were in the office, I’d sometimes be in a lot of pain but didn’t feel like I could say anything.

Woman: I have suffered from depression for a long time. Most of the time I manage it, but I often feel very nervous. Working in an office was really hard as I was always scared that I might panic and my colleagues would wonder why I was acting strangely. Working at home has been so much better for me as I don’t have to talk to so many people and I can have a relaxed environment and play peaceful music. Management is talking about going back to the office soon and I can already feel a lot of anxiety about it. I’m worried that I will not be able to hide that I’m depressed and people will judge me.

Man 2: I’m quite deaf in one ear. I don’t like to mention it when I’m at work because I feel as though there is often a stigma around disabilities. I worry that people will treat me differently. The problem is, sometimes I don’t hear when people are talking to me and then they think I’m ignoring them or I’m not listening. Working at home has been great for me because all of our communication has been online or video calls and I can wear headphones like everyone else. I’m not looking forward to going back to the office and I don’t see the point as I can do my job perfectly well from home.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Living With Disabilities 

It's no secret that Hawaii is a favorite destination for Japanese tourists. In 2023, the islands welcomed around 573,000 visitors from Japan — the most from any country.

But did you know there's a connection between Japan and Hawaii that goes beyond travel and into clothing?

Aloha shirts, also known as Hawaiian shirts, have roots in Japanese culture, beginning with Japanese immigrants in Hawaii.

In the late 1800s, Japanese immigrants in Hawaii started importing Japanese clothing as well as rolls of fabric to make clothes with.

In the 1920s, locals in Hawaii saw these fabrics and started using them to make casual dress shirts with Japanese patterns on them. These shirts became popular with tourists to Hawaii.

Soon after, aloha shirts were made in bulk, but instead of using fabric made for Japanese clothing, stores in Hawaii started bringing in printed fabrics made just for aloha shirts.

And by the late 1930s, the designs had changed from Japanese patterns to the Hawaiian inspired patterns we're used to today — images of Mount Fuji and Japanese pine trees were replaced with things like coconut trees, surfers and fish.

But even though today's aloha shirts don't look very Japanese inspired, they still remain popular within Japan.

Yosuke Seki, an aloha shirt aficionado who goes to Hawaii every year, told CNN he wears his shirts daily, and hopes to inspire others to try them.

"Right now, I'm wearing a replica of one of the expensive designs," Seki said, adding that his shirt cost between $130 and $200. The more expensive shirts can cost thousands of dollars, he explained.

And for some fans, aloha shirts are not just clothing — they're collectable items, or even considered art.

Yoshihiro Nakano is the brand director of Sun Surf, a Japanese company that has been making aloha shirts for about 50 years. Many customers don't even wear the aloha shirts they buy, and instead just collect them or frame them, Nakano told CNN.