南(方) nán (fānɡ) n. south, southern part
北方   běi fānɡ    n. north, northern part

xiǎolì：xiàgèyuèwǒqùlǚyóu，nǐnénggēnwǒyīqǐqùma？
xiǎogāng：wǒháiméixiǎnghǎone。nǐjuédenǎérzuìhǎowánér？
xiǎolì：nánfānga，wǒmenqùniánjiùshìzhègèshíhòuqùde。
xiǎogāng：nánfāngtàirèle，běifānghǎoyīxiē，bùlěngyěbùrè。

小丽：下个月我去旅游，你能跟我一起去吗？
小刚：我还没想好呢。你觉得哪儿最好玩儿？
小丽：南方啊，我们去年就是这个时候去的。
小刚：南方太热了，北方好一些，不冷也不热。


HSK3--materials and exercises for listenning, reading and speaking

聊旅游计划  liáolǚyóujìhuà

Phrases to avoid in English! 

Thanks to Jerome for being such a great guest!!!

Alexis : https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/9464070
Jerome: https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/4075458

Hey Alexis!

Things you SHOULDN'T say in English!

文法や漢字、基本的なことも勉強しなきゃ上手に話すことはできないよね。
だから僕も英語、スペイン語、頑張ります！
僕も上手に英語を話したいからさ！

Japanese "Taka" it easy

ぼくも教科書の勉強は大嫌い！　でも、、、

El mundo del cine lleva décadas mostrándonos un futuro lleno de robots, pero hoy, aunque podemos ver a muchos de ellos en plantas de producción, su presencia es casi nula en el ámbito doméstico. Eso es justo lo que quiere cambiar la empresa china Fourier Intelligence.

Cafecito con Ale

El robot que ejercerá de enfermero

Don't know how to take calls? Listen to this week's story to get some tips from Don on how to handle phone orders.

Here are the comprehension questions"
- Who told Don how to take messages?
- What are the 4 “W” questions? 
- What does the word receive
 mean?
- Where will the flowers be delivered? 
- What kind of flowers were ordered? 

Wyn's Way to English

Wyn's Way to English - Listening Practice "Taking Messages"

In the 1920s the boss of the Ford Motor Company, Henry Ford, attempted to build a huge rubber plantation in the Amazon jungle. It didn't quite go to plan…

English Learning for Curious Minds

Fordlandia

TikTok has announced it will block young users on the social networking platform from using certain beauty filters on photographs.

The filters allow users to edit photos and do things like make people's skin look clearer, their eyes a little bigger or their lips a little fuller.

Some filters also allow users to change their skin color, and it can be hard to see when a photograph has been edited in this way.

People under the age of 18 will be blocked from using these filters, some of which are created by users and others that are made by the app.

TikTok announced the changes after a report by Internet Matters, a children's online safety organization. The organization found that these beauty filters could be damaging to children's mental health because they put young people under pressure to look a certain way.

This can damage children's self-esteem and cause anxiety, experts say.

Christine Grahn from TikTok said on LinkedIn: "If our users don't feel safe, they won't bring their true selves to TikTok and the platform just wouldn't be the same."

One TikTok user told The Guardian in 2022 that she had considered getting cosmetic surgery after a period of using beauty filters on the app.

Fun filters that allow children to add dog noses or rabbit ears to images will still be available to use.

One problem with the ban is that not all users enter their real ages when signing up to TikTok. The company said it would soon be trying out new machine learning systems that could help find out when users had entered the incorrect age.

TikTok is under pressure to stop under 13s from using the platform by giving false dates of birth.

Children's safety charities want all social media sites to do more to make the platforms safe spaces for young people.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

TikTok to Ban Under 18s from Using Beauty Filters

А вы соблюдаете все правила?

Russfriend  (all about russia) 

Человек, который делал всё правильно

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最近日本では「推し」という言葉をよく聞きます😉みなさんは「推し」という言葉の意味を知っていますか？みなさんの推しは誰ですか？🫶