So you have an IELTS speaking test. How should you spend that 1 minute you have to prepare for part 2? What kind of notes should you take? This podcast tells you what to do with your 1 minute preparation time. Listen, and don't forget to take the quiz!

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IELTS speaking test part 2. How do your prepare?

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⭐ Where is Rocamadour, in France? I will tell you now, in French, first at slow speed, then at very slow speed, and finally at normal speed

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#08 Rocamadour

        李白(701- 762), 是中国唐朝时期著名的诗人，他小时候对学习很不感兴趣，经常跑到外边玩儿。一天，李白在河边发现一位老婆婆竟然在磨一根铁棒子。李白觉得很好奇，就走过去问老婆婆在干什么，原来老婆婆的孙女要学绣花，她要给孙女做一根绣花针。
        李白听完以后，像大部分孩子一样哈哈大笑，因为他认为把铁棒子磨成绣花针太浪费时间了，等老婆婆磨好了，她孙女可能也变成老婆婆了。可是，老婆婆自信地告诉他：“只要功夫深，铁杆磨成针。”
        听完老婆婆的回答，李白突然明白了一个道理：无论做什么事情，只要坚持就可能成功。从此，李白就开始努力学习、积累知识，最终成为一名伟大的诗人。

        看完这个谚语故事，你知道努力和坚持对成功有多么重要了吧？

功夫 [gōng fu] workmanship; skill
铁杵磨成针[tiě chǔ mó chénɡ zhēn]
an iron pestle can be ground down to a needle — perseverance will prevail
老婆婆[lǎo po pó] granny(used by children in addressing an old woman)
绣花[xiù huā]embroider; do embroidery


Li Bai (701- 762) was a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty of China. When he was young, Li Bai was not interested in learning at all, and he often went out playing. One day, Li Bai saw an old woman grinding an iron pestle by the river. He felt so curious that he went over and asked the old woman what she was doing . It turned out that she was making a needle for her granddaughter to learn embroidery. 
Having heard this, Li Bai laughed as most kids would do, because he thought it was a waste of time to grind an iron pestle into a needle and that by the day the needle was made, her granddaughter would have turned into an old woman herself. However, the old woman told him with confidence: "As long as you work hard enough, an iron pestle can be ground down to a needle." 
Suddenly Li Bai realized that perseverance would help one succeed in everything. From then on, Li Bai began to study hard and accumulate knowledge. He finally became a great poet! 
After reading this story, you must have learned how important hard work and perseverance are to success.

HSK6 Vocab Based - Short Story Podcast

04. 中国谚语--只要功夫深, 铁杵磨成针 Chinese proverb - As Long as You Work Hard Enough, an Iron Pestle Can Be Ground Down to a Needle 

 ¡México el Segundo lugar en potencia turística a nivel mundial! 😍

Por supuesto nosotros 🧒🧑hicimos una lista de los 5 mejores lugares turísticos para visitar este hermoso país. 🇲🇽

Si te gusta viajar✈️, disfrutar del turismo 🤩 y aprender Español…🤯 ¡Escucha completo este podcast!🎧

✴️¡Nos vemos en clase! ✴️

Aprende México 

Episodio #2 - Los 5 lugares más turísticos de México.

Welcome to Speak Korean with Juhee! I'm Juhee, your friendly Korean teacher.
This Korean podcast episode covers the topic of 동물원 ZOO, introducing useful Korean expressions, vocabulary, and common phrases you can use in daily conversations.
If you want to improve your Korean listening and speaking skills, this podcast is perfect for you!

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Korean Podcast Ep 8 Learn Korean Vocabulary & Expressions - 동물원 ZOO (with FREE PDF)

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Amrutham 

Short Story on Presence of mind  

En este episodio hablaré de mi viaje por la Costa Oeste de los Estados Unidos , comenzaré haciendo algunas recomendaciones para quienes quieran hacer este tipo de viajes y después comienzo a contar paso a paso las etapas de mi viaje, la descripción de los paisajes en la playa, la ciudad y las cosas que se encuentran en los muelles norteamericanos. Utlizo tiempos del pasado como el pretérito indefinido, y el presente de indicativo. 

Viviendo entre dos lenguas 

Viaje por la Costa Oeste de los Estados Unidos, primera parte.

Whether you live to work or you work to live, having a healthy work-life balance is good for both you and your employer.

Here are just a few ways to keep your balance healthy!

Plan
It can help to plan your time, making sure to include social activities in those plans, says Allaya Cooks-Campbell from job coaching website BetterUp.

Even scheduling a night in front of the TV is enough — it will give you a bit of time to switch off.

If you're able to, you could also plan to take short breaks during the day, and perhaps even use them to take a walk or read a few pages of a book.

Use apps to help
Cooks-Campbell also suggests using an app to block distracting websites during the work day — which might include things like social media.

You can then do the same in the evening and block work apps, if you find it difficult to stop checking them.

Be kind to yourself
It's important to be realistic about your work-life balance, and not to get too stressed if you don't follow your plan. That's according to Kate Eby from work management company Smartsheet.

Being kind to yourself, she says, can help you improve your mental health.

Talk to your boss
If you're finding it difficult to get your work-life balance right, speaking to your manager may be a good idea — although not everyone will feel comfortable doing this.

It may be that you have been given too much work to do, or there is a better way to do it — and talking to your boss could help you work smarter, not harder.

However, Cooks-Campbell says different things work for different people — so you have to find what's right for you!