In this episode for upper-intermediate and advanced English learners, I’ll talk about my experiences delivering food with DoorDash, and you'll have the opportunity to practice your listening comprehension skills by answering a set of questions at the end of the episode. 

I welcome you to share your answers and other thoughts in the comments!

The idioms I mention near the beginning of the episode are:
- to keep a roof over one's head
- to make ends meet
- to put food on the table

(Music by Lesfm from Pixabay)


Conversations With a Friend

Working as a Restaurant Delivery Driver - English Listening Comprehension

To express numbers and dates in Chinese, to buy airplane ticket and bargin

Basic communication conversations

第三课 有没有到北京的飞机票？lesson 3 Do you have a ticket to BeiJing?

Hi, and welcome back to Captain Seasalt and the ABC Pirates with Teacher Alyse!
Today, we’re going on an adventure to learn words that start with the letter N Are you ready? Listen carefully, repeat after me, and then try reading them on your own.

nightingale, nest, newt, narwhal, nook, nectarine, nuts, newspaper, numbat, naked mole-rat, napkin

Great job! Keep practicing, and if you’d like free flashcards to follow along, send me a message. You can also watch this Super Simple Songs Captain Seasalt video on YouTube to learn even more!
See you next time—bye for now!

Captain Sesalt & The ABC Pirates

Letter N

Jag berättar om min resa som jag och Matilda planerade i avsnitt 11!
Så häng med och lyssna på allt bra, och allt negativt som hände! Och om du är Patreon så får du även se lite bilder och videos från resan! 😃

Easy Swedish with Viktoria

Ep. #19 - Cypern - Del 1 Generellt

In this episode I talked to Laylla, a Portuguese teacher for foreigners and creator of the project "Portuguesing". She is from São Paulo and in this conversation in Brazilian Portuguese we talked about the cultural differences between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. We also talked about the difference in accents and words between our cities.

You can find the audio transcript of this episode at this link: https://unclebrazil.com/podcast/a-carioca-talking-to-a-paulista-uncle-brazil-podcast-02/

Uncle Brazil Podcast

A Carioca talking to a Paulista

Hi, and welcome back to Captain Seasalt and the ABC Pirates with Teacher Alyse!
Today, we’re going on an adventure to learn words that start with the letter V. Are you ready? Listen carefully, repeat after me, and then try reading them on your own.

Vulture, violets, vampire bat, vegetables, vole, volleyball, violin, vinegar, vanilla

Great job! Keep practicing, and if you’d like free flashcards to follow along, send me a message. You can also watch this Super Simple Songs Captain Seasalt video on YouTube to learn even more!
See you next time—bye for now!

Letter V

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Ты со мной? 

Здоровый образ жизни

This is the next episode of the Lingua Motivator thread. Meet Brigitte, my friend and student from Austria, who's an editor of an Austrian publishing house and a big fan of theater!

RUSSIAN BRIDGE PODCAST

Lingua Motivator. Бригитта (B1-B2)

As it's already May, a lot of the part 1 and part 2 topics are changing in the IELTS speaking exam. Let's start with the topic "Describe a positive change you made in your life" with some good idioms which are explained below.

Remember this is just an example answer, and you should never learn example answers off by heart. It's very important to speak naturally in the speaking exam.


Idioms used in the example answer:

Out of shape

If someone is unhealthy or not able to do a lot of physical activity, we can say they are out of shape.

“He drinks and smokes too much, and has become very out of shape.”



In good shape

If you’re in good shape, you are fit and healthy. This  especially refers to the physical condition of your body ( being at a healthy weight, not overweight, getting plenty of exercise)


Run down

If you’re feeling run down, you are tired and lacking energy, usually after a sustained period without enough rest.

“After working late in the office every night for the last 2 weeks, he started to feel very run down.”


Full of beans

Someone who has a lot of energy might be described as full of beans.

“Young children are always full of beans, and love to run around, and play.”


Fit as a fiddle

Fit as a fiddle means ‘in very good health’ and may more often be used to refer to older people.

“My grandfather is 86, but is still as fit as a fiddle, and goes to exercise in the park every morning.”


Picture of good health

To look the picture of health simply means to look very healthy and well.

“Wow! Have you been going to the gym recently? You look the picture of health.
