The Spanish have lots of yummy food. But when you see what their name means, it doesn't sound so good.
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The Social Evolutionary

Spanish Food Translates Badly!

Aspect جنبه
 Breed پروررش حیوانات - گونه و نوع
 Diurnal فعالیت در روز
 Endue تحمل کردن
 evolve نمو و رشد توسعه
 Fascinate جذب کردن
 Feat شاهکار - کار بزرگ
Hemisphere نیم کره
 Imperative امری و لازم و دستوری و ضروری
 Inhabit ساکن شدن در جایی
 Migration مهاجرت
 Navigation ناوبری مسیر یابی
 Nocturnal فعالیت در شب
 Observer ناظر شاهد مراقب
 Obscure مبهم نا مفهوم گمنام
 Optimal بهینه
 Species گونه و نوع
 Stray ولگرد سرگردان
 windswept بادزده - بسیار بادی

IELTS Essential Words  دوره هضم لغات ضروری آیلتس  English/ Persian

بخش اول : The Natural World > Bird Migration

Listen to me reading a short news extract on why people are forced to leave their homes and seek to move to another country, as part of my Conversational English course 

Listen to English with Pip

Seeking asylum

Welcome back, and you’re watching the Olympic Winter Games Review… and they are getting ready now… about to start the race… This will be a very exciting skiing event. Everyone is talking about it. Almost ready now… 

“Aaron… Aaron… Can you hear me? Or are you too busy watching TV?” says an angry voice. 

Aaron is a handsome black cat. Right now, he’s lying on the couch watching TV. His hands are on his belly and his head is on a pillow. 

His mother is standing over him. She looks upset and angry. She is wearing wet rubber gloves. 

“When will you stop?” says Aaron’s mother while looking for the TV remote. “You have been watching this show all day!”

She finds it under a pillow. She turns off the TV.

“Hey!” cries Aaron. “I was watching that! They were just about to start!” 

“I should tell your father. He won’t approve of this.”

Aaron sits up and grabs the remote from his mother’s hands. “Go tell him! I don’t think he will hear you. He’s in his bedroom watching TV too!” 

Aaron turns the TV back on and lies back down. 

Aaron’s mother breathes deeply and gives up. She goes back into the kitchen and continues washing the dishes. 

Being a Cloud

Aaron the Black Cat

IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 3 - Life experience Q1-2.

1. Do you agree that we learn best from our mistakes?
2. What’s the best way to gain experience in life? Why is so?

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IELTS-SPEAKING 8-9 BAND IS POSSIBLE. DAILY SPEAKING PRACTICE PART 1,2 & 3. Listen daily.

IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 3 - Life experience Q1-2.

This is a short conversation between  a student and a teacher.
 The script is as follows:
M: Hello, teacher, how are you? sà-wàt-dee kráp kroo bpen yang ngai bâang kráp
T: Hello, fine and you Meng? sà-wàt-dee kâ · sà-baai dee · láew Meng lá kâ
M: Life is fine. I have been to Thailand for 2 days. (ago)
      chee-wít sà-baai · sà-baai kráp · maa bprà-têt tai sŏng wan láew 
T: Are you coming for a visit, right?  maa tîieow châi măi?
 M: Not at all. I moved to work  here. mâi châi loiie kráp  pŏm yáai maa tam ngaan têe nêe
T: Very good. Tomorrow Thailand will have an important festival.
     Dee mâak · prûng-née bprà-têt tai jà mee têt-sà-gaan săm-kan
M: What is the festival? I've never been to Thailand in this period.
      têt-sà-gaan à-rai kráp · pŏm mâi koiie maa bprà-têt tai  chûuang née
T:   Songkran, do you know ?  sŏng-graan · róo jàk măi
M:  I've never heard,  what is it?  mâi koiie dâai yin · keu à-rai kráp
T: Thai New Year's Day Tourists know that Songkran is a water play day for Thai people.
       wan bpee mài tai · nák tông tîieow róo jàk sŏng-graan keu wan lên náam kŏng kon tai
M: Very interesting, I'm glad to be able to visit Songkran Festival.
      nâa sŏn jai mâak · pŏm dee jai têe jà dâai tîieow têt-sà-gaan sŏng-graan
T: not just play with water. We have many activities such as going to the temple to make merit. release the bird, release the fish,  visit family , pay respect to parents and elders and carry sand into the temple
   mâi châi kâe lên náam · rao mee gìt-jà-gam lăai yàang · chên · bpai tam bun têe wát · bplòi nók bplòi bplaa · bpai yîiam krôp kruua · wâai pôr mâe láe pôo sŏong aa-yú láe kŏn saai kâo wát
M: Really excited! Tomorrow I will go to the city and temple to see the Songkran atmosphere.
     róo sèuk dtèun dtên jing jing · prûng-née pŏm jà bpai nai meuuang láe wát · pêuua doo ban-
     yaa-gàat
     Sorry, I have to go. I have an appointment with my boss.
     kŏr tôht kráp · pŏm dtông bpai láew · pŏm mee nát gàp jâo naai kráp

Learning Thai with Kru Tarntawan

Conversation about Songkran Festival

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This expression has always been used in Argentina, if you like to go out at night you can have fun using it.

SPANISH IDIOMS

"La noche está en pañales"

こんにちは！
Japanese daily life podcast のAtsushiです。
このPodcastは、日本語を楽しく勉強しているみなさんに向けたPodcastです。


今日はぼくの新しい生活について話します。

実は今週の金曜から海外へ行きます。
旅行ではないです。でも旅行のような感じでもあります。

約1年間、いくつかの国を回ります。
旅行しながら生活する、
生活しながら旅行する、
そんな風にすごすつもりです。

このために、いろんな準備をしてきました。
今は自分たちの家もないし、車もありません。
この短い期間だけ、実家におじゃましています。

持っていく荷物以外のほとんどは手放しました。
売ったり、あげたりしました。

自分の物がなくなっていくにつれて、気持ちはどんどん軽くなります。不思議な感覚です。

ここからの1年は1か月ごとに滞在する場所を変えながら移動していこうと思います。

Podcastでもその生活のはなしをします。
それだけではなくて、もちろん、日本の話もたくさんしていきます。

今回は
トルコからスタートして、ジョージアやヨーロッパの方へいつもりです。

ヨーロッパでオススメの場所があれば、教えてください。


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