In this Chillchat episode, Karen and Baiwei chatted about Thanksgiving traditions and gratitude, as well as sentence patterns for expressing appreciation to others.

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Let's Talk About Gratitude! 聊聊感恩

Na pytanie "Skąd jesteś?" odpowiadasz "jestem amerykański/ jestem amerykańska?", a ktoś ciągle Cię poprawia? Co takiego powiedziałeś źle? Czy na pewno nigdy nie możemy powiedzieć, że ktoś jest amerykański?
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Po polsku_002_John jest amerykański czy jest Amerykaninem?

Hello again, in this episode I talk about a problem some of my students had recently. They were taking OET and kept getting low listening scores, hear my strategy to combat this...



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 Kev's English Podcast: Episode 14: How to improve your listening skills for exams..

En este episodio les cuento como es vivir en Colombia. Tenemos un país muy diverso y lleno de cultura. Pero bueno, sé que 3 minutos no son suficientes para contarte todo sobre mi país, así que si quieres saber algo más puedes preguntarme en los comentarios... 

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Como es vivir en Colombia

南京的梧桐树真正的名字叫“悬铃木”。So its real name is " plane ".
悬铃木的果实有一个球的、叫“一球悬铃木”，三个球的叫“三球悬铃木”。The fruit of sycamore with one ball is called "Sycamore with one ball", and the fruit with three balls is called "Sycamore with three balls".
这二者的杂交，产生了“二球悬铃木，简称”悬铃木“。The hybrid of these two, produced "two ball sycamore, short for" Sycamore."
那为什么叫“法国梧桐“呢？因为它的确与法国有些渊源。Why is it called " plane "? Because it does have something to do with France.
1872年，一位法国传教士在南京的石鼓路栽下了第一棵梧桐树。In 1872, a French missionary planted the first plane tree on Shigu Road in Nanjing.


新鲜事儿（Anecdote）

南京的梧桐树

Сегодня мы читаем статью про Новый год в России. Как его празднуют? Кто сопровождает Деда Мороза? Что делают в новогоднюю ночь?

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Новый год в России - Традиции и Символы

An Indian movie about a woman who agrees to be a surrogate for an American couple.

Vocabulary:
surrogate: a person who carries an embryo in her womb for someone else
lakh: 1 lakh = 100 thousand, Indian currency
IVF: in vitro fertilization, when the egg is fertilized in a lab to create life
manure: horse dung, used to fertilize crops
impregnate: to make pregnant
DNA: genetic code
gig: a job doing a stage performance
Down Syndrome: a genetic disorder
cops: police officers
Hindi: language spoken in northern India
deliver: to give birth
delivery room: the room where a woman gives birth
caucasian: a person of European descent
fair: having light skin

Idioms:
to leave someone hanging: to end support for someone
to break the news to someone: to tell someone bad news
to take someone to court: to file a lawsuit against someone

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Spanish star Rafael Nadal is retiring from professional tennis at the age of 38, he has announced.

Nadal won 22 Grand Slam singles titles during his career, including the French Open 14 times.

He has been one of the greatest players of the modern game, sharing his time at the top with his longtime rivals Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.

The tennis world has long debated which man should be called the "Greatest of All Time" — or "GOAT."

Nadal hasn't been able to compete much during the past two seasons because of injuries. He has entered just two of the last eight major tournaments.

He said that next month's Davis Cup finals — when he'll play for Spain — will be his final tournament.

"It is obviously a difficult decision, one that has taken me some time to make," he said. "But in this life, everything has a beginning and an end."

Nadal was known for his physical style of play — he played every point as though it were his last, but he was especially strong on clay courts.

There is a statue of Nadal outside those slow, red courts in Paris on which he enjoyed so much success.

As well as his French Open titles, he won the US Open four times and won Wimbledon and the Australian Open twice each.

"I think it is the appropriate time to put an end to a career that has been long and much more successful than I could have ever imagined," Nadal said.

His last major title came in Paris in June 2022. Nadal's tally of Grand Slams has since been surpassed by Djokovic, who has now won 24 majors.

In total, the Spaniard won 92 singles titles, spent 209 weeks as the world's number one player and earned almost $135 million in prize money.

He said: "Really, everything I have experienced has been a dream come true."