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Lettura del primo capitolo del libro "Il Piccolo Principe" di Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

📖 IL PICCOLO PRINCIPE di Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

🌖 CAPITOLO 1

Letter R
Listen and repeat then sing along.
rice, rose, rabbit, robot

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Phonics The Alphabet 

Letter R

Be birader buraya bak… Başı bereli, burma bıyıklı beti benzi bembeyaz, beberuhi boylu Bilal’in 
burnuna biber kaçırıp, bir bebek gibi bar bar bağırması, bir bakıma hoş, bir bakıma boş, berbat bir 
hal değil midir? 


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B Harfi

Use these tips to improve your IELTS speaking band score.

When we are preparing for our IELTS speaking part 2, we must make sure that we use connectors.

But what are connectors?

Connectors, also known as linking words or discourse markers, are words and phrases we use to connect our sentences.

For example, let’s imagine we’ve been given the subject of speaking about a member of our family that we get on well with.

It’s a good idea to introduce your speaking with a phrase like “Let’s begin” or “let’s make a start.” These are both connectors.

Secondly, use a variety of adverbs: actually, surprisingly, similarly, really, very, extremely, rarely, sometimes, never, always etc.

Thirdly, if you can, use an idiom. In the following example I used an idiom at the end. See if you can spot it.

Here is an example of the speaking part 2 exercise.

Let’s make a start.

Surprisingly, I get on really well with my sister. In fact, my sister is a really inspiring person. Actually, she’s younger than me. 

I find her inspiring because she’s a champion swimmer. I would never race her. She’s so fast. To be honest, she trains really hard, especially when she has to finish her homework and then go to the swimming pool as well.

Unfortunately, I don’t get to hang out with her very much, because she’s always busy. But when we do meet up, we always have fun. Usually we go shopping. Sometimes we play video games. 

My sister is extremely funny. She has a great sense of humour. We always have a laugh when we spend time together. We rarely argue. Mostly, we get on like a house on fire.

Please do the exercises and find the missing words.


IELTS Speaking Practice

IELTS Speaking Part 2

元の記事/ Original Article↓
https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/535052

｢マリカー8｣全世界で圧倒的に支持される理由」という記事を音読しつつ、思うことを話しました。マリカーのファンの方は8の良さを教えてください！

☆目次
0:00 オープニング
0:45 (1p)1-3
1:34 売り上げすごい
2:28 (1p)4-7
3:35 最近のゲーム
5:12 (1p)8-9
5:49 対戦
7:39 (2p)1-5
9:15 アイテム
11:40 (2p)6-12
13:28 運ゲー
15:28 (3p)1-5
16:45 配信
18:28 (3p)6-9
19:27 まとめ

☆語彙
事情（じじょう）
醍醐味（だいごみ）
真（ま）に受（う）ける
熟練（じゅくれん）
拮抗（きっこう）
一発逆転（いっぱつぎゃくてん）
肉弾戦（にくだんせん）
親和性（しんわせい）
新時代（しんじだい）
補填（ほてん）

☆引用文献
赤木 智弘. "｢マリカー8｣全世界で圧倒的に支持される理由: ゲーマーが勧める｢最初に買うべき最高の1本｣". 東洋経済ONLINE. 2022-03-12. http://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/535052, (accessed 2022-03-12).

"After 5" by Japanese Teacher

“The reason why Mario Kart 8 is popular in all over the world” ｢マリカー8｣全世界で圧倒的に支持される理由」

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyMEh-NmjCs&list=PLNirmnzqjsohokfe4CVIBjB7qzL8k9BXE&index=4