小猫拉车   （岸冈）
小猫拉车，老鼠不坐。
黄鼠狼拉车，小鸡不坐。
灰狼拉车，山羊不坐。
老虎拉车，谁也不坐。

Read Rhymes With Shirley

小猫拉车

最近世界卫生组织正式宣布阿斯巴甜可能致癌的消息。
阿斯巴甜是一种人工甜味剂，常用于食品和饮料中，包括减肥饮料、冰淇淋、酸奶、早餐麦片、牙膏等......

HSK 5 & Superior Soundscapes

HSK 5 & Superior Soundscapes：阿斯巴甜的危害

Students of English will hear some examples of how to use relative clauses to answer the question above - a common question type from Part 3 of the IELTS speaking test.

Try to answer the question yourself, using relative clauses, and send me your response.

IELTS-style speaking questions

IELTS Part 3: "Should parents teach their children to save money?" (Relative Clauses)

Please check if you know these words before you start:
am/is/are
country
do
have
how long
introduce
language
learn
meet
month
name
say
see
speak
what
where
practice the conversation between Jose and Keiko:

Jose:Hi. What's your name?
Keiko: My name's Keiko.
Jose: I'm Jose. I haven't seen you in this school before.
Keiko: This is my forst year here.
Jose: Where are you from?
Keiko: I'm from Tokyo, Japan.
Jose: How long have you been in this country?
Keiko: I've been here for 10 months.
Jose: What languages do you speak?
Keiko: I speak Japanese and  a little English.
Jose: It's nice to meet you.
Keiko: Nice to meet you too.

Anything that pops up!

Introduction in English

Text
学生：你好，我要入住。
xuésheng：Ní hǎo, wǒ yào rùzhù.
Student: Hello, I am checking in.

前台：您好！请问您有预订吗？
qián tái：Nín hǎo! Qǐngwèn nín yǒu yùdìng ma?
Reception: Hello! Do you have a reservation?

学生：有的，我预订了房间。
xuésheng：Yǒude, wǒ yùdìng le fángjiān.
Student: Yes, I reserved a room.

前台：好，请出示您的护照.
qián tái：Hǎo , qǐng chūshì nínde hùzhào.
Reception: Sure, please show me your passport.

学生：在这里。
xuésheng：zài zhè lǐ.
Student: Here it is.

前台：谢谢，请稍等。您的房间在5楼508。这是您的房卡。
qián tái：xièxie,qǐng shāoděng! nínde fángjiān zài 5 lóu 508.zhèshì nínde fángkǎ.
Reception: Thanks, please wait a minute. it's on the 5th floor Room 508. This is your room card.

学生：好的，谢谢。
xuésheng：Hǎode, xièxie.
Student: All right, thank you.

New words:
入住 rù zhù：check in; move into (a house)
房间 fáng jiān：room
出示 chū shì：show; produce; offer
护照 hù zhào：passport
稍等 shāo děng：wait a moment/minute
房卡 fáng kǎ：room card


Welcome to visit China ”欢迎来中国!“

L4 入住酒店[rùzhù jiǔdiàn]-Check in the hotel

In this episode of Streetwise English Podcast, I talk about going to see the doctor. My teacher profile: https://italki.com/teacher/1947582 Thanks for listening!
Vocab words
Blood Pressure
Stethoscope
Fracture
Nurse
Doctor
Primary Care Doctor
Radiologist
ER
Pain Killer
Anti inflamatory medication


Streetwise English

SWE 113 Going to see the Doctor

The Step Pyramid of Djoser

A

The pyramids are the most famous monuments of ancient Egypt and still hold enormous interest for people in the present day. These grand, impressive tributes to the memory of the Egyptian kings have become linked with the country even though other cultures, such as the Chinese and Mayan, also built pyramids. The evolution of the pyramid form has been written and argued about for centuries. However, there is no question that, as far as Egypt is concerned, it began with one monument to one king designed by one brilliant architect: the Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara.

B

Djoser was the first king of the Third Dynasty of Egypt and the first to build in stone. Prior to Djoser’s reign, tombs were rectangular monuments made of dried clay brick, which covered underground passages where the deceased person was buried. For reasons which remain unclear, Djoser’s main official, whose name was Imhotep, conceived of building a taller, more impressive tomb for his king by stacking stone slabs on top of one another, progressively making them smaller, to form the shape now known as the Step Pyramid. Djoser is thought to have reigned for 19 years, but some historians and scholars attribute a much longer time for his rule, owing to the number and size of the monuments he built.

C

The Step Pyramid has been thoroughly examined and investigated over the last century, and it is now known that the building process went through many different stages. Historian Marc Van de Mieroop comments on this, writing ‘Much experimentation was involved, which is especially clear in the construction of the pyramid in the center of the complex. It had several plans … before it became the first Step Pyramid in history, piling six levels on top of one another … The weight of the enormous mass was a challenge for the builders, who placed the stones at an inward incline in order to prevent the monument breaking up.’

Part 2 will be added later today. Stay tuned.


The Habits of Highly Effective English Communicators

Cambridge IELTS Reading & Comprehension

みなさんには子供の頃から大事にしている、お気に入りのぬいぐるみはありますか？
私はおととしのクリスマスプレゼントにゴリラのぬいぐるみをもらいました。
このぬいぐるみはドイツの有名なメーカー、シュタイフ（Stiff）のものです。
シュタイフは世界で初めてぬいぐるみを作った会社と言われていて、すべてのぬいぐるみが手作りです。
特にテディベアは世界中で人気があります。
私のぬいぐるみの好きなところはぷっくりした丸みのあるおなかとくりくりした目です。
とてもかわいくて、見るたびにいやされます。

ぬいぐるみ：stuffed toy
〜を大事（だいじ）にしている：take good care of 〜,  treasure it〜
有名な：ゆうめいな famous
世界で：せかいで in the world
手作り：てづくり handmade
丸（まる）みのあるおなか：curvy belly 
見るたびに：every time I see
いやされる：it soothes me  

Nihongo Short Story by Noriko

お気に入りのぬいぐるみ

UK Government Proposes a Ban on Smoking outside Pubs