This is for students of English who are preparing to take the IELTS exam.

IELTS-style speaking questions

In this podcast series, students will be able to hear some advice on the skills needed for English exams like the IELTS test.

English exam skills

The word “vacation” in Thai is พักร้อน (pák-rón)
พัก (pák) = to rest
ร้อน (rón) = ฤดูร้อน (réu-doo-rón) = summer
พักร้อน (pák-rón) = to go on vacation or to take a vacation/annual leave 

You can ask someone:
คุณจะไปพักร้อนที่ไหน (kun jà bpai pák-rón têe-nai) = Where are you going on vacation?
จะ (jà) = will
ไป (bpai) = to go
พักร้อน (pák-rón) = vacation/ annual leave 
ที่ไหน (têe-nai) = where

Now, let’s learn more phrases 

1. ไปเที่ยว (bpai-tîiao) = to go visit somewhere or go on vacation.
ไป (bpai) = to go
เที่ยว (tîiao) = to travel/ visit somewhere 

ผมจะไปเที่ยวเชียงใหม่ (pǒm jà bpai tîiao chiiang-mài) = I’m going to visit Chiang Mai.

ฉันอยากไปเที่ยวทะเลแล้วก็ดำน้ำ (chan yàak bpai-tîiao tá-lay láew-gôr dam-náam) = I want to go to the sea and snorkel.
อยาก (yàak) = to want to do sth
ทะเล (tá-lay) = sea
แล้วก็ (láew-gôr) = and, and then
ดำน้ำ (dam-náam) = to snorkel/ dive 

2. เที่ยวให้สนุกนะ (tîiao hâi sà-nùk ná) = Have fun. Have a great trip.
สนุก (sà-nùk) = fun

3. เดินทางปลอดภัย (dern-taang bplòt-pai) = Have a safe trip.
เดินทาง (dern-taang) = to travel
ปลอดภัย (bplòt-pai) = safe

4. กลับบ้าน (glàp-bâan) = to go back home
กลับ (glàp) = to go back
บ้าน (bâan) = home

This can also mean to go back to hometown to visit their family as well.

All right. We have seven phrases today. Let’s repeat again.

1. พักร้อน (pák-rón) = to go on vacation or to take a vacation/annual leave 

2. คุณจะไปพักร้อนที่ไหน (kun jà bpai pák-rón têe-nai) = Where are you going on vacation?

3. ผมจะไปเที่ยวเชียงใหม่ (pǒm jà bpai tîiao chiiang-mài) = I’m going to visit Chiang Mai.

4. ฉันอยากไปเที่ยวทะเล แล้วก็ดำน้ำ (chan yàak bpai-tîiao tá-lay láew-gôr dam-náam) = I want to go to the sea and snorkel.

5. เที่ยวให้สนุกนะ (tîiao hâi sà-nùk ná) = Have fun. Have a great trip.

6. เดินทางปลอดภัย (dern-taang bplòt-pai) = Have a safe trip.

7. กลับบ้าน (glàp-bâan) = to go back home

How was it? Hope these words and phrases are useful for you. See you after my vacation. แล้วเจอกันคะ Bye-Bye!

Thai - Tea La Nid (ไทยทีละนิด) Podcast

Thai - Tea La Nid (ไทยทีละนิด) - EP.8 - พักร้อน On Vacation! (with transcript for study)

speaker: 
        刘亦菲Liú Yìfēi 华裔美籍的女演员, 2020年从迪士尼《花木兰》真人版电影试镜中脱颖而出，成为花木兰一角的饰演者. 
 Chinese-American actress.In 2020, Yifei became known to international audiences for starring as the titular character in the Disney live-action film Mulan.
script:
   你不是你的情绪，你不是你的认知，你不是你的过去，你也不是你的将来。那...你是什么？其实就是一个非常好的一个课题。我相信对任何一个人也是，每一个人都会有开心的时候，有难过的时候，其实他的这样的一个方式，其实让你在很轻松的一种状态里面能够跳出来，可能你会找回一些更多属于自己的力量。有时候犯个小小的错误也挺好挺可爱的，这就是人生吧。
力量   lì liang ；power ,strength
犯错   fàn cuò ；make a mistake
translation:
You are not your emotions, you are not your cognition, you are not your past, and you are not your future. So... what are you? It's a very good subject actually. . . I believe that it suits anyone. Everyone has happy times and sad times. In fact, this allows you to jump out of a very relaxed state of mind. Maybe you will gain more strength within yourself. Sometimes it's nice and cute to make some small mistakes. This is life,isn’t it?


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"Che ajab az invara"                                                                                                               !چه عجب از اینورا
This expression is used  when someone visits you after a long time.
The script :
سلام بچه‌ها شکیبا هستم. سلام من صوفیا هستم. خواهر من، من و صوفیا توی این درس به شما یاد میدیم چطوری از اصطلاح "چه عجب از اینورا" استفاده کنید. پس من و صوفیا در قالب یک مکالمه این اصطلاح رو به شما یاد میدیم
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پس آماده ای؟ بزن بریم، بزن بریم.
بفرمایید؟
 سلام شکیبا خوبی؟
به به صوفیا خانوم! چه عجب از اینورا!
واقعا خیلی سرم شلوغ بوده وگرنه خیلی می خواستم بیام بهت سر بزنم
می دونم عزیزم، اشکال نداره، بفرمایید تو
مرسی
دقیقا! پس ما از این اصطلاح وقتی استفاده می کنیم که یک نفر رو برای مدت طولانی ندیدیم. دقیقا این اصطلاح "long time no see"مثل 
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!چه عجب از اینورا

Hey guys, this is Aneleh, your favorite Portuguese tutor. In today’s podcast we’ll talk about: Portuguese/English false friends (2).
Before I start, everything that I say here will be in the podcast description for you to read, you just need to click on this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-ugmjR8Qhtxsbgtqitz7UnrBNHEjRk6iU5QXD6ZsnOo/edit?usp=sharing
And  if you’re an advanced student you can skip directly to the Portuguese part at one minute and forty seconds. Let 's go?

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