Young and old people often come up in the IELTS test. Today, Nick helps you form some ideas to answer this question about retirement. 

IELTS with Nick - World Knowledge 

Should people retire at a certain age? 

🤦‍♂️天啊～又地震了！感觉好可怕！
希望大家都很平安无事，也为台湾的人祈福🙏！
今天就来听听，台湾地震的消息～

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生词：
地牛翻身 dì niú fānshēn
酿 niàng
揆 kuí
余震 yúzhèn
部会 bùhuì
严阵以待 yánzhènyǐdài




News with zhe

#08 地牛翻身酿灾情

Aujourd'hui, on visite Grenoble, la ville assiégée par les montagnes !

* chanson de l'épisode * La complainte de Mandrin, interprétée par Marc Ogeret, raconte l'histoire du plus grand brigand français, Louis Mandrin. 

Douce France

Grenoble, au bout de chaque rue, une montagne

Learn about the people and the businesses that thrived during the pandemic.

New English US

Business English: Pandemic Millionaires (upper-intermediate)

In this episode of Hey Alexis!, two ESL teachers swap stories about working remotely, traveling the world, and the ups and downs of the digital nomad lifestyle. Perfect for adult ESL students who want to boost their listening skills, learn useful work-related vocabulary, and pick up natural English expressions for talking about remote work and life abroad!

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!

Remote Work Life: ESL Teachers Talk Digital Nomad Life 🌎💻

This episode is part of a series that assists English language learners with their knowledge and pronunciation of adjectives related to personality.

Daily English with Rebecca Green-Parkinson

Adjectives - Words for Personality

抽象的な会話の挑戦
日本語会話を料理に例えてみる話し合い。
日本語会話(他言語を使った会話)を料理で例えると
仮説

A. 文法と語学 要素
1. 文法 = 料理法・調理法
文法 言語を「調理」する方法に相当します。例え 、洗う、加熱する、焼く、煮るなど 調理法
が適切であることで、美味しい料理が作れるように、正しい文法構造が自然で理解しやすい文章
を生み出します。
2. 語彙・表現 = 材料・素材
語彙や表現 、会話 「材料」や「素材」です。パン、パスタ、米、野菜、果物といった多様な食材
が料理を豊かにするように、多彩な語彙 会話 幅を広げ、表現力を高めます。
3. 発音・アクセント・抑揚 = 味付け・調味料
発音やアクセント、抑揚 言語 「味付け」です。辛すぎる、甘すぎるといった強すぎる味付けが
料理を台無しにするように、過度な抑揚や不自然なアクセント 意味 伝達を妨げます。


B. 料理 感覚と会話 理解
1.美味しさと会話 関連性
伝統料理が地域文化 影響を受けるように、日本語 伝統表現もグローバルな要素と融合して
います。また、個人 好みによる「言語スタイル」も存在します。
2.理解と味覚 対応関係
● 美味しい = 心地よい表現、良い言語使用
● 美味しくない = 不自然な表現、理解しにくい言葉
● 食べる = 理解する
● 食べられる = 理解できる
● 食欲がある = 話したい・聞きたい意欲
● 食欲がない = 話したくない・理解したくない気持ち

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Vol.117 マリアさんと日本語会話を料理に例えてみる話し合い。

👉 This episode of Stairway to English is a very special conversation edition! This is Part 1. Part 2 will be available very soon! 

👉 Marisa and I talk about her life, her background with language learning, where her family is from, and growing up as an English language learner. Marisa speaks with a Texan accent. I hope you enjoy the episode!

👉 Vocabulary
Commute - Travel some distance between one's home and place of work on a regular basis

Stay put - To stay in one place

Public Relations - A type of employment where you work with companies to help them in the news or stay out of the news

Birth certificate - A certificate received at birth to show where you were born

Immigrant - A person who moves to and lives in a different country

Pull out - Take something out

Drop off - Leave someone or something somewhere

Hand me over - Give someone something or someone

Siblings - Brothers and/or sisters

Pick up - Collect a person or a thing from a place

Accelerates - Move quickly

Y’all - You all. This is used mainly in the southern part of the USA.

Carried on a long distance relationship - Dated while living far apart from one another

No brainer - An easy decision

Ma’am - A polite way to address women

Sir - A polite way to address men

Mannerisms - The way you act and handle yourself

👉 Have questions about the episode? Comment below or send me a message!

👉 If you would like to take a lesson with me, send me a message here on italki! Right now, I can't accept new students because my italki schedule is full, but I will be able to very soon! Get on my waiting list now so you will be first in line for lesson openings!