The next creepy installment of this fantastic Roald Dahl story. Enjoy!

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The landlady part 3

Un viaggio pieno di sorprese! 

Intro

[Conversation 1]

앤디 : 안녕하세요? 앤디예요. 이름이 뭐예요?
소라 : 소라예요.
앤디 : 소라 씨, 한국 사람이에요?
소라 : 네, 한국 사람이에요.
앤디 : 저는 미국 사람이에요.
소라 : 아, 그래요? 반갑습니다.

[Conversation 1]

Andy : Hello. I am Andy. What is your name?
Sora : I am Sora.
Andy : Sora, are you Korean?
Sora : Yes, I am.
Andy : I am American.
Sora : Oh, really? It is nice to meet you.

[Conversation 2]

앤디 : 소라 씨, 이분이 누구예요?
소라 : 미나 씨예요.
앤디 : 안녕하세요? 미나 씨. 앤디예요.
미나 : 안녕하세요? 앤디 씨.
앤디 : 회사원이에요?
미나 : 아니요, 학생이에요.

[Conversation 2]

Andy : Sora, who is this person?
Sora : This is Mina.
Andy : Hi, Mina. I am Andy.
Mina : Hi, Andy.
Andy : Are you an office worker?
Mina : No, I am a student.

[Grammar]

이다 :  attaches to the end of a noun to make it the predicate of the sentence.
이다 is used to express that the subject and predicate are the same thing.
The corresponding informal forms, 예요/이에요, are the same for both the descriptive 
and interrogative forms, with the interrogative form rising in intonation as it is pronounced:예요?이에요?
이에요/예요

[Vocabulary]

Korean : 한국 사람
American : 미국 사람
office worker : 회사원
student : 학생
name : 이름

Reading Korea.

Self-introduction

🏞️ Diálogo: Tour en Medellín 🇨🇴🚋

Guía (Sofía): ¡Bienvenidos a Medellín! Soy Sofía, su guía turística de hoy. ¿Están listos para explorar esta hermosa ciudad?

Carlos: ¡Claro! Tenía muchas ganas de conocer Medellín.

Sofía: ¡Qué bien! Empezaremos aquí, en el Pueblito Paisa, una réplica de un pueblo tradicional antioqueño.

Ana: ¡Qué lindo! Me encanta la arquitectura colonial y esas casas de colores.

Carlos: Sí, parece un viaje al pasado. ¿Podemos tomar fotos aquí?

Sofía: Por supuesto, ¡adelante! Además, desde aquí pueden ver una vista espectacular de la ciudad.

Ana: ¡Guau! Mira esa panorámica, Carlos. Se ve toda la ciudad entre las montañas.

Carlos: Increíble. No sabía que Medellín estaba rodeada de tantas montañas.

Sofía: Sí, por eso se conoce como "La ciudad de la eterna primavera". Ahora vamos al siguiente destino: la Comuna 13.

Carlos: He oído mucho sobre ese lugar. ¿Es seguro visitarlo?

Sofía: Sí, ha cambiado mucho. Ahora es un ejemplo de transformación social y arte urbano.

Ana: ¡Mira esos murales! Son tan coloridos y llenos de historias.

Carlos: ¡Y qué ambiente tan animado! Hay música, bailes… esto es increíble.

Sofía: Así es. La Comuna 13 es famosa por su arte callejero, su cultura y las escaleras eléctricas al aire libre.

Ana: ¡Escaleras eléctricas en un barrio! Nunca había visto algo así.

Carlos: Me encanta cómo el arte refleja la historia y la esperanza de la comunidad.

Sofía: Exactamente. Ahora iremos al Metrocable para ver Medellín desde el aire.

Ana: ¡Qué emocionante! ¿Podemos ver el Parque Arví desde ahí?

Sofía: Sí, el Metrocable nos llevará directo al parque. Es una experiencia que no olvidarán.

Carlos: Medellín realmente tiene una mezcla perfecta entre naturaleza, historia y modernidad.

Learn Spanish Conversation

Learn Spanish conversation part 48

Günlük hayat hakkında bilgi sahibi olur.

Orta Düzey Türkçe

Günlük Hayat

Las abuelas son fuentes de conocimiento, tienen soluciones para todo. En el episodio de hoy vamos a hablar de algunas de estas soluciones tradiciones que tienen las abuelas españolas y que se encargan de pasar de generación en generación. Estos remedios son conocidos como remedios de la abuela.

¿Conocías estos remedios tradicionales? ¿Conoces algún otro? ¿Cuáles son los remedios típicos de las abuelas en tu país?


Blanca to go 

73 – remedios de la abuela española

IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 3 - Life experience Q1-2.

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You're lying on the couch, bored, looking at videos on TikTok or YouTube. You watch a video of a dog swimming, and then switch to a cooking video, then to someone doing a weird dance.

But it doesn't help your boredom.

In fact, according to new research, it could make it even worse.

Researchers in Canada found that switching from one video to another, or moving forward or backward in the same video, can increase feelings of boredom.

In a study published by the American Psychological Association, the researchers did several experiments with more than 1,200 people.

In one experiment, participants were first given seven different five-minute videos they could switch between over 10 minutes. They were then given one 10-minute video to watch, without being able to fast-forward.

The participants reported lower levels of boredom when they watched the single 10-minute video, and found the experience to be more engaging and meaningful than when they switched between the shorter videos.

In another experiment, participants were found to be less bored when they watched a single 10-minute video than when they were given 10 minutes to skip forward and backward through a 50-minute video.

Katy Tam, one of the researchers, said digital switching — switching between videos or within a video itself — can make watching something feel meaningless, because you don't have time to engage with it or understand it.

"If people want a more enjoyable experience when watching videos, they can try to stay focused on the content and minimize digital switching," she said. "Just like paying for a more immersive experience in a movie theater, more enjoyment comes from immersing oneself in online videos rather than swiping through them."

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Swiping Through Online Videos Can Increase Boredom

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