This week Mona and I discuss the idiom: play it by ear. 


You can read along by accessing the full transcript at ⁠american-idiom.com

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028 - play it by ear

Want to reserve a table in Spanish without any hassle? We’ve got the perfect episode for you! In this episode, you'll learn useful phrases to call a restaurant, ask about availability, and even specify seating preferences like a local.

🎙️ Listen in to hear Carla as she calls a restaurant to make her reservation.
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EP11: Restaurant Booking Decoded 🔓

Here's today's news. Please share your thoughts at the end when I ask a question.
You can check the script at the link provided.

今日(きょう)のニュースです。最後(さいご)に質問(しつもん)をしますので、感想(かんそう)を聞(き)かせください。スクリプトはリンクで確認(かくにん)できます。

■高校生がVRで木を切る仕事を体験 - High school students experience tree cutting work through VR -
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/k10014506851000/k10014506851000.html

NEWS for beginners - Native Japanese Accent -

VRで木を切る仕事を体験 - experience tree cutting work through VR -

In todays episode I would like to discuss the importance of sleep, and the reasons you should follow good sleeping patterns. 

Let's have a chat (Discussions In English) 

Episode 3 : Why is sleep important for us? 

Welcome to episode 4 of English on the Road - an English podcast for English learners about geography, nature and travel. In this episode, we talk about the 10 smallest countries in the world. I hope you enjoy listening and good luck studying English. If you want to chat with me about geography, nature, travel, or any other topic, book a lesson with me on italki. 
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English on the Road 

The 10 Smallest Countries in the World 

建议反复听，直到听懂为止。不懂的词或短语，自己查一下，你会记得更牢！ 最好录下你读的词语，然后发给我，我会为你纠正发音。 

关键词和短语： 
挺冷的、紧张、信心、能力、招聘、应聘、提供、负责、本来、材料、符合、通知、律师、专业、另外、收入、工资 、薪水、咱们、安排、首先、正式、留学生、其次、诚实、改变、感觉、判断、顾客、准时、不管、约会、注意、好印象、交通、理想、

Merry's voice (HSK四）

HSK 四   你能听懂这些词和短语吗？（3）

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

Join us in this episode where Karen and Baiwei try to express what some of the popular emojis mean in CHINESE!
