IELTS Speaking Preparation. 

Q. 5. Do you think that people have become more materialistic when it comes to giving gifts, as compared to your grandparents’ time?

Linking words: Besides, in addition, finally.

Relevant vocabulary: materialistic, society, culture, commercial, expensive, turned int, booming, industry,  play a crucial role, fostering, unrealistic expectations.

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IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 3 - Gift. Q5.

A smile, a “hello” and a “how are you” will make an immediate
positive impression. Thailand is known as the Land of Smiles, and
you will soon be saying “hello” and smiling with more people than
you can remember.
TOP TIP: When referring to the self in Thai, as in “I”, there is a
form for male and a form for female, just as there is with khrup and
ka. Men say “Phom”, and women say “Chan”, or “Di-chan” when
speaking very politely.
There are also forms where age is concerned. When speaking to
an elder, you should refer to that person as “Pii”. To get the
attention of an elder you would say, “Pii khrup/ka”. To get the
attention of a younger person you would say, “Nong khrup/ka”.
When referring to a child you can use the word “Luuk”, which
literally means child. 


Thai for Everyone with Kru Robert

Ep 1 Saying Hello in Thai 5 words

这是我最喜欢的中文歌 
=zhè shì wǒ zuì xǐ huan de zhōng wén gē
=This is my favourite Chinese song

Song List：
后会无期 (hòu huì wú qī)=Never meet again
传奇（chun qí）=Legend
中国话-（zhong1 guo2 hua4）=Chinese language


Crystal Gao's Chinese Language Journey

9、这是我最喜欢的中文歌=zhè shì wǒ zuì xǐ huan de zhōng wén gē =This is my favourite Chinese song

Transcript 
https://saracasalino-books.weebly.com/blog/the-scholar-and-the-vampire-chapter-5

Learn English with Stories

The Scholar and the Vampire- Chapter 5

New York is known for its yellow taxis. They're everywhere: pushing through the busy streets like bees.

They are a symbol of the city and there are more than 13,500 of them buzzing around the "Big Apple."

That's a lot of taxis. But there are some other things buzzing around the city and they aren't always quite so easy to see — millionaires.

The city of yellow taxis is also the city of millionaires, and according to a new report there are about 26 times more millionaires in New York than there are taxis!

The 2024 World's Wealthiest Cities report, by investment company Henley and Partners, says New York has almost 350,000 millionaires.

That number grew by 48% between 2013 and 2023, and there are also 60 billionaires in the city.

But like so many wealthy cities, the gap between the rich and the poor in New York is big, and it's getting bigger.

According to 2023 data, the top 20% of earners in the city make almost six times as much as the bottom 20% of earners.

New York is also the world's second most expensive city to live in.

There are 11 US cities in the top 50 wealthiest cities in the world.

The Bay Area, which includes San Francisco and California's tech area of Silicon Valley is second in the list. More than 300,000 millionaires live there, along with 68 billionaires.

Tokyo is third with 298,000 millionaires, although the Japanese capital has seen a small decrease in the number of millionaires over the last 10 years.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

The Big Golden Apple: The World's Richest City

日本語の先生のTinaです！
今日は、「自動詞（じどうし）」と「他動詞（たどうし）」についてお話しします。
おぼえるのは、たいへんですが、練習しましょう！

Podcastを聞いて、クイズに答えよう！
レッスンの予約もお待ちしています♪
いっしょに、日本語の勉強をがんばりましょ〜！
Episodeのリクエストは、ぜひコメントしてくださいね。

Tina Japa Go!

Episode 10. 自動詞と他動詞

https://linktr.ee/atsushi_japanese

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

今日は、今の大阪について。
今、僕は実は大阪にいます。

昨日飛行機で大阪に来ました。
北海道の空港もそうでしたが、特に大阪の空港は、海外の人がとても多かったです。

年末年始に近づいているからかもしれないですが、観光の人が確実に戻ってきていますね。

自宅に帰る前に、大阪のキタというエリアの梅田によりました。空港から家に帰る途中に梅田があります。

梅田も人がたくさんいました。
クリスマス前というのもあり、プレゼントなどを探している人が多かったですね。

みなさんはクリスマスプレゼントは買いましたか？
僕と妻は、プレゼントを買いあうことはしていません。
はじめは少しだけしたと思いますが。

本当に欲しい物ならいいんですが、どうしても物を増やしてしまうことになります。2人ともできるだけ物を増やしたくない、できるだけ少ない物で生活をしたいので、プレゼントは買っていません。

ちょっと話がそれましたが、今の大阪は、コロナ前と同じぐらいの人がいます。

もちろん、マスクも必要ですが、前ほど気にする必要はなさそうだなと思いました。

旅行で大阪に行く予定の人は楽しんでくださいね！


ということで、今回は今の大阪について話しました。
最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！

ではまた！





Atsushi のJapanese podcast (travel/news /文法・漢字・語彙/Osaka/Hokkaido/🇹🇷🇬🇪🇦🇲🇪🇸🇵🇹)

#164  今の大阪、について

Speaking Better

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TDI7IUkoTfsxPmSgA-q7_Ppp1T-3PA8-/view?usp=drivesdk

Teacher Joseph's Podcast

Speaking Better (with transcript for study)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jg_e-WxUKF8jEyPmkElssFaPz9Udf9lt/view?usp=drivesdk