You’re just mingling at a networking event. Someone suddenly starts pitching a business idea. You can’t just walk away — you need a way to step out without making it awkward. 


Situational Chinese with Yancy Grey 

 When Someone Starts Pitching Business  | Ep06 

What is your favourite Disney film?

Use three words (or more) to describe one of the main characters in that film.

Let's all guess which character you are referring to :) 

My favourite film is Lion King :( 

I would use the following three words to describe one of the main characters in Lion King
1) manipulative
2) deceptive
3) liar 

Good luck!

English with FatimaHB

Film Club: Your Favourite Disney Movie!

☁️ Not in the mood? Feeling a bit "meh"? 🔋📉

Sometimes you aren't sick and nothing bad has happened, but you just feel "off" or restless. In these moments, saying "I'm sad" sounds a bit too basic and textbook-ish! So, how do native speakers describe that feeling of being low or just not feeling like themselves?

💬 I’m feeling a bit down.
/aɪm ˈfiːlɪŋ ə bɪt daʊn/
(I'm feeling a bit low / I'm not in a great mood)

✅ Examples for different levels:

🔸 B1 (Intermediate):
"I’m feeling a bit down today, so I think I’ll just stay home and watch a movie."

🔸 B2 (Upper-Intermediate):
"I’ve been feeling a bit down lately, but I can’t really put my finger on why."

🔸 C1 (Advanced):
"Whenever the weather is this gloomy, I tend to feel a bit down in the dumps."

Daily English

☹️ DailyEnglish 04

✅ Practice your listening skills with the stories from my everyday life. 

✅You'll find the whole transcription as well as translation into English and Russian in the special GoogleDoc I created for you
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WrRMa-XQjG9K0Du4irYNNljd-n5ceo2IutqgooWUyNE/edit?usp=sharing 

❓ Et toi, c'est quoi la dernière chose que t'as annulée ?

Here are some notes on grammar and vocabulary:
*j’ai dû - passé composé du verbe devoir - I had to // мне пришлось 
*en extérieur - outside, outdoors // на свежем воздухе 
*depuis hier - since yesterday // со вчерашнего дня 
*je me demandais - imparfait du verbe se demander - I was wondering // я думала 
*y - there // там, туда 
*plein de choses - familier - lots of things // куча всего 
*le boulot - familier - job, work // работа 
*aprèm = après-midi
*si j’étais allée - plus que parfait - if I had gone // если бы я пошла 
*je n’aurais pas eu - conditionnel passé - I wouldn’t have had time  // у меня не было бы 
*du coup - familier - so // и поэтому 
*j’aurais dû organiser - conditionnel passé - I should have organized // я должна была бы планировать 
*on ne sait pas bien - you don't know how // ты не умеешь 
*c’est quoi - what is ? // какой 

👍If the podcast was useful and taught you something. 
🗨Contact me if you want to improve your speaking skills and practice your French.


En français avec Victoria

🇫🇷 1 minute in slow French. 1. J'ai annulé mon rendez-vous. 

In this episode, we explore how music profoundly supports language learning by shaping memory, focus, and emotional engagement. Happy music increases dopamine, boosting motivation and vocabulary recall. Sad music deepens introspection, making grammar and writing easier to master. Neutral background music enhances attention for reading and listening. Steady rhythms improve fluency and pronunciation, while tempos around 60–80 BPM align with optimal brainwave states for learning. Finally, metronomes and chimes help structure study sessions and sustain focus. Music becomes not just background noise but a powerful partner in your journey to fluency.

💃🏻111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 80 - The Soundtrack to Fluency: How 🎼Music🎼 can help you speak volumes in language learning

小猫咪咪是一个小小的猫咪。她的家在大树下的一个小盒子里。有一天，咪咪要出去玩。她玩得很开心，跑来跑去，结果迷路了。

咪咪走到了一个大花园里，看到了一只小狗。小狗非常友好，对咪咪说：“你好，小猫，你迷路了吗？”咪咪点点头，小狗决定帮助她。

小狗带着咪咪找到了一个大树，小狗说：“这是你的家附近的大树，你可以在这里找到你的家。”

咪咪很高兴，她谢谢小狗，然后跑回家了。从那以后，咪咪每天都和小狗一起玩，成为了好朋友。

开口说汉语    "Chinese Chit-Chat"

小猫找家

Spanish México

CHIHUACHUA, MÉXICO.



五百年后，小牧童转世轮回成为了一名医生，名叫做许仙。 

今年，他已经二十多岁，相貌堂堂，医术高明。在京城，他拥有一个医馆，名为济世堂。每天来找他看病的人络绎不绝。人们对他的医术赞不绝口。

一天，他的医馆里来了一个不速之客。这人径直向许仙走去。许仙心里一惊，定眼望去，这是一名穿着一袭白纱裙的姑娘，只见她眉若青黛，皓齿明眸，肤如凝脂，长得那叫一个倾国倾城。要说，许大夫也是见过世面的的人，但这样绝美的女子倒是头一回遇见。他毕竟也是到了谈婚论嫁的年龄了，突然这么个绝色美人出现在他的面前，近在咫尺，何况发生在这在那个男女授受不亲的年代，许仙顿时觉得心都要跳出来了。

发了一分钟的呆，他就回过神来，马上向这名姑娘道歉，毕竟他那么直勾勾地盯着人家姑娘发呆，也是有些冒犯。

许仙问，“请问小姐尊姓大名？ 您今天是有什么需要我帮助的吗？”
姑娘娇羞一笑说，“许大夫，我名叫白素贞，我不是来看病的，我是来跟您学习医术的。”
许仙忙说，“感谢姑娘抬举，可是，本医馆暂时不招收学徒。”
姑娘说，“没关系的，我可以帮您打扫卫生，帮您照顾一下看病的人。而且，我不收一分的工钱。这样总可以了吧？”
许仙斩钉截铁地说，“姑娘还是先请回吧，我这里已经有个帮手了。”
姑娘说，“好吧，我今天回去，明天再来。”
说完，她也没有生气，只是，转身就走了。

许仙以为是那个大小姐，闲来无聊，拿他打趣，也就不再把这件事放在心上。可是，第二天，第三天，接连好几天，这位姑娘不厌其烦地过来央求许仙留下她，她保证，不学医术也行，她就打打杂，而且保证不用管吃住，不用发工钱。

许仙见她留意已决，而且，看她聪明伶俐，手脚利索，就答应让她留下。他心想，这看起来就是千金小姐，哪天干得苦了，自己就知难而退了。

许仙说，“您可以留下来，但是，您要遵守我们一贯的规矩，而且保证每天按时来医馆。不许喊累，不许影响正常的医馆正常运营。而且还要保密患者的隐私，在患者就诊的时候，不许偷听。好吧，我们还有很多其他的规矩，你且慢慢学吧。”
白素贞说，“谢谢，许大夫，我明天一早就过来帮您。”

只见白素贞婀娜多姿地给许仙行了个礼，转身就翩然离去了... …


小小说

第二节  不速之客

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jogP09SnAhe4S6nNpa0DSKuhgThgy97k/view?usp=drivesdk