Nick discusses a number of positive and negative factors around this point. 

This question might come up in IELTS Writing Part 2 or Speaking Part 3. 

IELTS with Nick - World Knowledge 

How has globalisation affected small businesses?

Un vecchio leone decide di procurarsi il cibo ricorrendo all'astuzia. Ma la volpe è più furba di lui.

Vittorio per Voi

Il vecchio leone e la volpe

Learn English Through Listening – Perfect for Kids & O-Level Students! 🌟🎙️ "Kickstart your English journey with our playful and engaging podcast! Tailored for young learners.


DIALOGS FOR EVERYDAY USE 🎧📚

Dialogue for Beginners 🎉📚 (Day # 19)

Master the difference between the short /ɒ/ (as in what and hot) and the long /ɔː/ (as in water and talk). In this lesson, you’ll practice mouth positioning, tongue placement, and vowel length through repetition, word pairs, and tongue twisters. Perfect for sharpening your ear and improving your British English pronunciation. Exaggeration techniques included for maximum effect.
Transcript: 
  /ɒ/- What,  hot, not, dog, lot, shop, clock, pocket, follow, hobby, What, watch, want, wallet, wash, wander,
/ɔː/-  water, law, talk, walk, warm, thought, short, more, board, quarter, water, walk, talk, warm, wardrobe, warning,
(Minimal pairs 1)
hot — haaaawl, not — nooorth, dog — dawwwwrn, what — waaa-ter, cot — cooourt
(Minimal pairs 2)
what — water, dog — talk, watch — walk, lot — law, want — warm, clock — caught, pocket — board, shop — short, follow — fall, wander — warning, wash – warm, wallet – wardrobe, quantity – quarter, not — north
(Minimal pairs 3)
dog — dawn, cot — court, rot — road,  got — gore, pop — pour, shock — shore, cross — coarse, body — board, hobby — hoard,  off — or
(Tongue Twisters)
“Tom’s small shop sold lots of hot chocolate pots.”
“Tall Paul taught four warm dogs to walk by the shore.”
“Wanda watched Walter walk past the shop with a long, warm stopwatch.”
“Short dogs got lost on the long walk to the old forest.”


British Pronunciation Tips 

British Vowel Sound Masterclass – Lesson 3: What & Water Practice - The Short /ɒ/ and Long /ɔː/

EP 33 Learn Thai _ How to make sentence with _ เพื่อที่จะVSจะได้ _ In order toVS Will be #learnthai_ #thai

Thai for Everyone with Kru Robert


Description for students listening to this podcast
This episode describes a simple room with basic furniture and items in both Tibetan and English. Listen carefully to improve your vocabulary and understanding of everyday objects and settings. The story helps you learn common Tibetan words while hearing their English meanings, perfect for building your language skills step-by-step.

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ཤག﻿
 (shag) - room

bed - ཉལ་ཁྲི﻿
 (nyal khri)

lamp - རྐུབ་བཀྱག﻿
 (rkub bkyag)

table - ཅོག་ཙེ﻿
 (cog tse)

carpet - ས་གདན﻿
 (sa gdan)

pillow - སྔས་མགོ﻿
 (sngas mgo)

door - སྒོ﻿
 (sgo)

window - སྒེའུ་ཁུང﻿
 (sgeu khung)

blanket - ཉལ་ཆས﻿

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A0-04 Letter to Mother

Pedro Paulo Pereira Pinto, pequeno pintor português, pintava portas, paredes, portais. Porém, pediu para parar porque preferiu pintar panfletos. Partindo para Piracicaba, pintou prateleiras para poder progredir. Posteriormente, partiu para Pirapora. Pernoitando, prosseguiu para Paranavaí, pois pretendia praticar pinturas para pessoas pobres. Porém, pouco praticou, porque Padre Paulo pediu para pintar panelas, porém posteriormente pintou pratos para poder pagar promessas. Pálido, porém perseverante, preferiu partir para Portugal para pedir permissão para papai para permanecer praticando pinturas, preferindo, portanto, Paris. Partindo para Paris, passou pelos Pirineus, pois pretendia pintá-los. Pareciam plácidos, porém, pesarosos, percebeu penhascos pedregosos, preferindo pintá-los parcialmente, pois perigosas pedras pareciam precipitar-se principalmente pelo Pico, porque pastores passavam pelas picadas para pedirem pousada, provocando provavelmente pequenas perfurações, pois, pelo passo percorriam, permanentemente, possantes potrancas. Pisando Paris, pediu permissão para pintar palácios pomposos, procurando pontos pitorescos, pois, para pintar pobreza, precisaria percorrer pontos perigosos, pestilentos, perniciosos, preferindo Pedro Paulo precaver-se. Profundas privações passou Pedro Paulo. Pensava poder progredir pintando, porém, pretas previsões passavam pelo pensamento, provocando profundos pesares, principalmente por pretender partir prontamente para Portugal. Povo previdente! Pensava Pedro Paulo… Preciso partir para Portugal porque pedem para prestigiar patrícios, pintando principais portos portugueses. Passando pela principal praça parisiense, partindo para Portugal, pediu para pintar pequenos pássaros pretos. Pintou, prostrou perante políticos, populares, pobres, pedintes. Paris! Paris! Proferiu Pedro Paulo. -Parto, porém penso pintá-la permanentemente, pois pretendo progredir *não coube todo o texto, caso queria integrar, me mande uma mensagem que lhe passo! 

Brasileiríssimo

O texto da letra P


問題

①　もしもし、すみませんが10分【　ぐらい　・　頃　】　遅れます。

②　彼は11時【　ぐらい　・頃　】に来ます。

③　きのう2時間【　ぐらい　・　頃　】　に勉強しました。

➃　1週間【　ぐらい・頃　】りょこうへ行きたいです。

⑤　日本には冬【　　ぐらい　・頃　】に行きます。






・こたえ　
①　もしもし、すみませんが10分【ぐらい】遅れます。

②　彼は11時【ぐらい・頃】に来ます。Both

③　きのう2時間【ぐらい】勉強しました。

➃　1週間【ぐらい】りょこうへ行きたいです。

⑤　日本には冬【ぐらい・頃】に行きます。Both


・頃（ごろ）
✕period＋頃
〇time noun　＋　頃

✕きのうは1時間頃べんきょうしました。



・ぐらい
〇10分ぐらいべんきょうしました。
〇3時間ぐらいねました。
〇私は身長180センチぐらいです。
〇この荷物は10キロぐらいです。


ようへい先生　N4～N3　レベルの生徒（せいと）へ　(^^♪

ぐらい　ｖｓ   頃（ごろ）

Petit conte pour enfant, écoutez et répondez aux question 
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