Today we're talking about the idioms "free rein" and "carte blanche" 

For instance, "the architect given carte blanche to design the store", or "you have free rein to hire anyone you want".

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

You're free! Do whatever you want!

Crea historias con verbos irregulares en 5 tiempos verbales para que aprendas a dominar y memorizar estos verbos más fácil. 
En este episodio te daré como ejemplo una pequeña historia en la que he usado Pasado, Presente, Futuro y Condicional Simple, con el fin que identifiques más fácil los verbos irregulares en sus 5 tiempos.
Al final del episodio te dejaré 3 opciones de verbos irregulares en primera persona para que crees tu historia usando uno de los verbos que te he dejado, ya sea, VENIR, SER O QUERER

 Exact minute where I say the correct use of the verbs in each tense: 4:03 

VERBO VENIR= Yo vengo, venía, vine, vendré, vendría 
VERBO SER= Yo soy, era, fui, seré, sería 
VERBO QUERER= Yo quiero, quería, quise, querré, querría 

Aprendiendo a lo Smart 

Domina verbos IRREGULARES con historias en español

One more tones practice , let's learn together.

wai1        wai2     wai3       wai4           wai5        wai6
威             位          喂           围                伟             卫
power     seat      feed      surround   great        guard

jau1             jau2        jau3     jau4       jau5       jau6
优                 油           幼         游           有           又
excellent    petrol    kid        swim     have      again

seoi1     seoi2     seoi3      seoi4      seoi5      seoi6 
需          水           税            谁            绪             睡
need     water    tax         who       mood       sleep


Easy  Cantonese 

Take easy to learn about tones of Cantonese (2)

Littérature avec Isa

Nuits de juin

speaker:   陈丹青  Chén Dānqīng   艺术家、作家、文艺评论家。
代表作品：《西藏组画》，参与了2008年北京奥运会开幕式的策划设计活动。
Chén Dānqīng (born 11 August 1953, Shanghai, China) is a Chinese-American artist, writer, and art critic. He is well known for his realist paintings of Tibetans. Chen participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games opening ceremony with planning and design.
script: 
我从现在年轻人的表达当中我没有看到个性，我看到的是共性。我很少很少看到一个年轻人，给我有个性的表达，让我一惊。我*，这话，他这么说？这么看？我几乎看不到。语言都趋同，表达方式趋同，词语趋同。我不觉得今天的孩子比我们那会儿孩子更有个性，真的一点没有。为什么？还是因为你们每个人有个手机，有一个网络。网络和整个的媒体在教你们怎么说话。然后你们统一性越来越强。
表达   biǎo dá fāng shì；the way they speak
个性   gè xìng；personality 
译文translation:
I can't see the personality in the expressions of young people now, what I see is the commonality. I seldom see a young man who gives me a speech of personality that surprises me. Which can makes me think ‘Why did he say that? Why did he have this idea?’ I can barely see it. Languages are the same, the way they speak are the same, and words are the same. I don't think the young people now have stronger personality than our times, really not at all. Why? That’s because each of you has a cell phone, the Internet and the entire media is teaching you how to speak. Then you guys become more and more unifie.   


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04.陈丹青：手机让每个人变得一样 Chen Danqing:Mobile phones make everyone the same

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Estoy segura de que al menos recibes una felicitación navideña, en el pasado igual lo hacías por correo ordinario, hoy en día por correo electrónico, porque todo evoluciona, pero el significado es el mismo. 

Estas felicitaciones son las conocidas tarjetas de Navidad y en el episodio de hoy te cuento como aparecieron.
