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Olá, tudo bem? Seja muito bem-vindo a mais um episódio do podcast Aprenda português. 

Como será que a República Federativa do Brasil se organiza política e administrativamente? Temos um Parlamento? Há primeiro-ministro e presidente ou apenas presidente? Por quanto tempo governam? Vamos descobrir esses e outros fatos interessantes sobre o Brasil neste episódio.

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Aprenda português

Episódio 15 - Os Poderes no Brasil

In this episode, Kev Dean explores a bold new approach to OET Speaking preparation—treating roleplay as performance. Drawing on drama pedagogy, clinical communication theory, and AI-enhanced rehearsal tools, Kev shares how medical candidates can rehearse tone, empathy, and genre-specific phrasing to reduce fillers and sound more like real clinicians.

🎭 Highlights include:

Why “Hamlet with a stethoscope” reframes OET as rehearsable dialogue

How drama pedagogy boosts fluency, intonation, and emotional clarity

Using AI-generated audio scripts for shadowing and rehearsal

Replacing “ums” and “ahs” with structured, empathetic phrasing

Building a tonal repertoire: clinical, conversational, and examiner styles

Real examples from Turkish and Ukrainian learners

Whether you're a doctor, nurse, or educator, this episode offers a fresh lens on how performance theory can transform medical English training...
Read the article on LinkedIn...https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kevinanthonydean_something-new-yet-as-old-as-timeperformance-activity-7385374683753328640-XrI4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAATZ2wQBsScNosriHviq3tl6EgWv7Ey2ga4

Kev's English Podcast

Kep 41: OET Roleplay as Performance: Drama Pedagogy for Medical English Fluency

Unleash your imagination. Tell a story from scratch...

💃🏻111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 22 - Be the master storyteller

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
4月4日月曜日　天気/はれ　気温/3℃

恵庭市/えにわし
・羊の赤ちゃんがたくさん生まれている
・すでに150匹生まれた
・ベビーラッシュは5月まで続く
・羊は約1年で大人の羊とだいたい同じ大きさになる
・羊を見ることができる

［単語］
羊/ひつじ…白い動物。羊の毛はセーターになる。
すでに…今までに
1匹/いっぴき
2匹/にひき
3匹/さんびき
150匹/ひゃくごじゅっぴき
ベビーラッシュ/べびーらっしゅ…赤ちゃんがたくさん生まれること

北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#30〉4月4日月曜日　羊のあかちゃん

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A London-based smartphone maker valued at $1.3bn is slowly building a global brand

The Short And Sweet English Learning Podcast

Nothing wants to make a dent in Apple’s universe

第八课  我想喝茶
一、听力  第一部分
1. 茶
2. 一个杯子
3. 吃米饭
4. 三个人

第二部分
5. 男：你想吃米饭吗？
女：好。
6. 男：明天你想吃什么？ 
   女：我想吃中国菜。
7. 男：请问，这个杯子多少钱？
女：38块。
8. 女：你朋友家有几口人？
 男：他家有四口人。

第三部分
9. 明天他想去商店买一个杯子。
   问：他想买什么？
10. 我想喝茶。你呢？
   问：他想喝什么？
11. 大卫今天下午去中国朋友家喝茶。
问：大卫今天下午去哪儿？
12. 这个菜38块，那个菜49块。
问：那个菜多少钱？


hsk1  第八课  我想喝茶

The character "头 - Tóu " is a pictophonetic character.
 Let's have a look at the traditional writing to make it easier to understand. 

 頭= 豆+页

 It consists of two parts: the radical "页" (pronounced xié) and the phonetic "豆 - Dòu ".

In this type of pictophonetic characters, the radical provides the meaning category of the character, while the diaphragm indicates the pronunciation . 

The original meaning of "页- xié" is head, Therefore "头 - Tóu" primarily means "head." It can also refer to a person's mind or intellect, and it can be used to describe the top or leading position of something, such as in a group or series.

Now let's go for the Usage

1.Noun:
General: "头 - Tóu" refers directly to the head of a person or an animal.
例如（For example）: 他的头很大。-Tā de tóu hěn dà 。 (His head is very big.)

 老头儿 - Lǎo tóur : Used informally to refer to an elderly man, where "头儿 - tóur" adds a sense of familiarity or endearment.
例如：公园里有几个老头儿在下象棋。- Gōng yuán lǐ yǒu jǐ gè lǎo tóu er zài xià xiàng qí 。
 (There are a few old men playing chess in the park.)

插头 - Chā tóu: Refers to the plug that connects devices to a power source, emphasizing the endpoint of the connection.
例如：请拔掉插头以断开电源。- Qǐng bá diào chā tóu yǐ duàn kāi diàn yuán 。
(Please unplug the plug to disconnect the power.)

2.Measure Word:

 "头" is also used as a measure word for livestock and some other animals.
例如：三头牛。- Sān tóu niú 。 (Three cows.)

3.Leadership or Priority: 
It can indicate the foremost or leading element.
例如：队伍的头。- Duì wu de tóu 。 (The head of the line.)

4. Idiomatic Expressions: 

例如：头痛 - Tóu tòng  (headache), 开头 -Kāi tóu (beginning), 破头 - Pò tóu (literally 'crack one's head', meaning to go to a lot of trouble), 抢破头 - Qiǎng pò tóu  (desperately competing, literally 'fighting until one's head breaks').

Chinese Item:
"虎头虎脑" (hǔ tóu hǔ nǎo) is an idiomatic expression in Chinese that describes someone, usually a child, who appears strong, energetic, and lively. 



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