This podcast series gives you strategies to succeed on each part of the IELTS Speaking Exam. The three parts are very different from one another so you need to use strategies that are specific to each part. In this episode I look at the ways to succeed on Part 2 of the exam.

IELTS Speaking Success

IELTS Speaking Strategies 1 2 3 - Episode 3: Part 2 of the Speaking Exam

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Czech Easily: Slow & Easy

1. Představení

In this episode on Samhain, otherwise known as Halloween, we will briefly look at where this festive holiday came from and learn some new words and phrases in just under 6 minutes.

Philosophical Friday

Samhain or Halloween

Ciao a tutti e benvenuti all'episodio di oggi 🎉 Oggi vediamo insieme un’espressione molto curiosa e utile da conoscere: arricciare il naso. Avete mai pensato a quanto questo gesto sia ricco di significati, sia letterali che figurati? Allora preparatevi a scoprire come questa piccola espressione possa svelare emozioni, opinioni e persino qualche “non detto”. Pronti? Allora, cominciamo!

Italiano espresso

Espressioni idiomatiche in italiano: arricciare il naso 

Listen to this short extract for A2 level English learners as part of my Learn English with Pip course.

Learn English with Pip

Reading extract: a police story (English A2 level) 

I sitdown with Carl Honoré is a bestselling author, broadcaster and two-time TED speaker. He is also the voice of the Slow Movement. 

After working with street children in Brazil, Carl covered Europe and South America for the Economist, Observer, Miami Herald, Houston Chronicle, National Post (Canada), Time and other publications. 

His first book, In Praise of Slow, chronicles the global trend toward putting on the brakes in everything from work to food to parenting. The Financial Times said it is “to the Slow Movement what Das Kapital is to communism”.

Carl’s second book, Under Pressure explores how to raise and educate children in a fast world and was hailed by Time as a “gospel of the Slow Parenting movement”.

Carl’s third book, The Slow Fix, explores how to tackle complex problems in every walk of life, from health and relationships to business and politics, without falling for superficial, short-term quick fixes.

His fourth book, Bolder: How To Age Better And Feel Better About Ageing, is a spirited manifesto against ageism.

Carl recently published his first children’s book, It’s The Journey Not the Destination
Published in 36 languages, Carl has landed on bestseller lists in many countries. 

In Praise of Slow was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week and the inaugural choice for the Huffington Post Book Club. It also featured in a British TV sitcom, Argentina’s version of Big Brother and a TV commercial for the Motorola tablet. 

Under Pressure was shortlisted for the Writers’ Trust Award, the top prize for non-fiction in Canada. 

Bolder was also a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week as well as a Reader’s Digest (UK) Book of the Month.

Carl featured in a series for BBC Radio 4 called The Slow Coach in which he helped frazzled, over-scheduled people slow down. He also presented a television show called Frantic Family Rescue on Australia’s ABC 1.

Carl lives in London. While researching his first book on slowness he was slapped with a speeding ticket.

All American Podcast 

Carl Honoré  (Best-selling author) "The Slow Movement" 

Africa is a continent full of surprises!  
Angela reads the basic text from this lesson, (transcript available when you take this lesson).

This topic is also available for intermediate and higher-level learners.


English with Angela -  conversation 

TASK 23 - AFRICA

こんばんは！Atsushiです。
昨日ポッドキャストを取れなかったので、2本取っています。


今日は、47都道府県シリーズ3つ目を話します。
今日は、秋田県です。
秋田県の場所は日本の北の方です。
青森の下にあります。

面積、大きさは、約11,600㎢
人口は、約934,000人です。

平均気温は高い時は28℃、低い時は−2℃ぐらいまで下がるようです。

県の木は、秋田杉
県の花は、フキノトウ
県の鳥は、ヤマドリ

特産物は、
日本酒、お酒ですね。
きりたんぽ、鍋にするみたいです。きりたんぽはお米をかために炊いて、それをすりつぶしてちくわのように形を作り、鍋に入れるそうです。食べたことないので、これは食べてみたいですね。
あと、がっこというものがあります。がっこは漬物ですね。
これも有名だそうです。

観光では、
秋田竿燈(かんとう)まつり、というものがあります。毎年、8月にしていました。コロナ禍でこの2年はしていませんでしたが、今年2022年は開催するようです。

東北三大祭りのひとつで、約270年の歴史があります。
光の稲穂(いなほ)に見立てた竿燈という約10メートルぐらいの高さの大きな竿を持ち上げます。持つ人はただ持つのではなく、手のひら、ひたい、かた、こし、など体のいろんな場所で持ち上げます。秋田の夏をたくさんの灯りできれいにいろどります。

お米が生活で大切な地域だったので、お米の豊作を願ったり、祝ったりする祭りだったのかもしれません。

今日は秋田県について簡単に紹介しました。
青森や秋田の祭りはおもしろそうですね。

ということで、今日も最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！

ではまた！



Atsushi のJapanese podcast (travel/news /文法・漢字・語彙/Osaka/Hokkaido/🇹🇷🇬🇪🇦🇲🇪🇸🇵🇹)

25 秋田県について(47都道府県シリーズ3)

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