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Teacher Joseph's Podcast

At the Coffee Shop (with transcript)

AudioLiber presenta con un audiolibro i primi capitoli di Zadig o il destino. Storia orientale è un racconto filosofico di Voltaire, scritto tra il 1745 e il 1747.
Zadig è un uomo che crede in qualcosa ma è vittima di sé stesso e di alcune disavventure.


Voice: Gaspare Del Vecchio

AudioLiber

Audiolibro_Zadig (Capitoli I_II_III)

Pros and Cons

Wednesday January 14th

Слова из эпизода: высокий - очень значительный, возвышенный (книжн.) - high; чистая красота - pure beauty; непременно - обязательно - necessarily; глупый - неумный - silly, foolish; вглядеться - пристально рассматривать - gaze, scrutinize; всмотреться - рассмотреть внимательно - take a close look, examine closely, peer; черта - особенность, качество - trait, characteristic, feature; взгляд - gaze, look, sight; мало-помалу - постепенно, понемногу - little by little, gradually; поразительное безобразие - ужасное, неприятное зрелище - shocking ugliness; увлечься - целиком отдаться занятию, чувству -  fall for, take a fancy to, be fascinated; удовлетвориться - быть довольным - be satisfied, content; гарем - harem; исполненный - полный, наполненный чем-то - filled, full of; необычайный - выдающийся, удивительный - extraordinary, remarkable; двигать - приводить в движение, перемещать - move; исполнять - в значении создавать, творить сейчас, осуществлять - do, fulfill, accomplish; строить судьбу - создавать судьбу, планировать будущее - build one's destiny; явно или тайно - открыто или скрыто - openly or secretly; присутствовать - находиться, быть на месте - be present, attend; событие - то, что случилось - event, happening, occasion; грация - изящность, элегантность - grace; своего рода - определенного типа, особого рода - a kind of, a sort of; воплощение - олицетворение - embodiment, incarnation; дурной собой - некрасивый человек - bad-looking, ugly; блестеть - сверкать, сиять - shine, glitter; материя - вещество, материал - matter, substance; палить - гореть, сжигать - burn, scorch; будить - пробуждать, вызывать - awaken, arouse; шевелить мысль - внушать идеи, активизировать мысль - stir up thoughts; поднимать дух - вдохновлять - lift spirits; на высоте своего достоинства - во всей красе, на пике своей значимости - at the height of one's dignity; мелочь - незначительная вещь - small detail; не грязнить чистоту - сохранять чистоту, не пачкать - keep purity, not soil.

Reading Russian

Отрывок из романа "Обрыв" И.А. Гончаров

¿Te gusta el fútbol? A nosotros, los argentinos, nos encanta. Hoy en "Español muy muy fácil" vamos a hablar sobre este deporte.
Transcripción: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E1N7FuKD-XDogElFQ0jPN_xk47Vovtck/view?usp=sharing


Español muy muy fácil

Episodio 3: el fútbol en Argentina

In this brief retelling of the fairy tale about Six Brothers under a magical spell and made to live as Swans, we look at a few different kinds of commonly used phrases so that we can understand them in context.

A Stone's Throw Podcast

The Six Swans

If you're doing online dating in the English-speaking world, you might see people talking about their "icks."

This is a slang word — icks are things that give you "a sudden feeling that you dislike someone" or are no longer attracted to them, according to the Cambridge Dictionary.

Icks are not always really big things. Being rude to an employee at a store, for example, might be an ick for someone, or eating with your mouth open.

People will often say they "got the ick" when they noticed something about a person that made them feel they were no longer attracted to them.

If they get to that point, it may be hard for them to feel attracted again!

If you're looking through dating profiles on an app, the most common ick is people who are negative or bitter.

That's according to a survey for Forbes Health. One thousand Americans who had used a dating app in the last year were asked about their dating habits.

And about 70% said people who are negative or bitter in their bios, perhaps about a previous relationship, give them the ick.

Other common icks include people with edited photos, people who are too interested in their possessions, and people with bad spelling or grammar.

And when using the apps, daters often make their decisions quite quickly.

According to the survey, the average person takes about two-and-a-half minutes to make a decision about whether they like a person or not.

So what makes daters attractive to others? Having a profile that shows a good sense of humor is a good thing, according to 80% of people.

The same number said they like people who have hobbies and interests, while many others like people who are interested in travel — or who show a pet in their photo!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

A Sudden Dislike: The Most Common Dating 'Icks'

Learn some amazing business English today! We're covering the different elements of IKEA's business model that have led to the company's success. Best for upper-intermediate business English students!

New English US

The IKEA Business Model (upper-intermediate)

Robert Burns Night (with transcript)
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