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I forgot to upload this yesterday. I hope your day (Wednesday) is off to a great start.

As an English language learner, you are probably bombarded with content from all of the popular social media platforms. 

Some good and some questionable. 

In this short podcast, I will tell you one thing to look out for.

Good luck!


English with FatimaHB

"Simple" English is Not "bad" English

It's all Greek to me 

Neste episódio vamos misturar aventura, magia e romance! 

Colecção Formiguinha - 60 Histórias

03 - O Rapaz do Cavalinho Branco

ADEL ALBANNA: A PROFISSIONAL ARABIC TEACHER

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твари́на – animal
занáдто - too, extremely 
купувáти/купи́ти - to buy
руди́й - red-haired (for animals and people) (m)
незгрáбний - clumsy (m)
товсти́й - fat (m)
ледáчий - lazy (m)
навпаки́ - vice versa
глáдити - to pet
дря́пати - to scratch
дивáн - sofa
годувáти - to fees
при́вид - ghost
сподівáтися - to hope
дóвго - for a long period of time
крáще (adv) – better
personal pronoun in Dative+стрáшно - (I)’m scared
тíльки - only, just
гóрдий - prideful
життя́- life
без + Gen - without 
нуднé - boring (adj m)
сумнé - sad (adj m)
так сáмо - likewise, just the same

У вас є домашні тварини?
 У мене, наприклад, є кіт. Я хотів мати пса, але тато сказав, що наша квартира занадто маленька для пса, тому мені купили кота.
Йому́ вже 6 ро́ків. А мені́ 9 ро́ків. Це значить, що я на 3 ро́ки ста́рше. Кота звати Рудо́льф, він рудий та незграбний. А ще він ду́же товсти́й. Мабу́ть, тому він таки́й леда́чий. Чи навпаки́, він леда́чий, тому що зана́дто товсти́й. 
Мені́ подо́бається його́ гла́дити. А він не лю́бить, коли́ його́ гла́дять. Тому́ він ча́сто мене́ дря́пає. Він дряпає мене і диван. І ніколи не дряпає маму, тому що вона його годує.
Кажуть, що коти бачать привидів. Я сподіваюсь, що це неправда, тому що Рудольф іноді довго дивиться в одне місце. Краще я не буду про це думати, тому що мені страшно.
Що він там бачить?
Але я дуже люблю нашого кота. І він любить нас так сáмо. Тільки він занадто гордий. Життя без тварин нуднe і сумнe. Як добре, що у нас є кіт!

Everything is going to be Ukraine!

Episode 9: життя без тварин дуже нудне

¡OJO con la gramática de estos dos verbos! Porque el significado es el mismo, PERO no los usamos igual en las oraciones, tienen distintas reglas. 

¿Las aprendemos juntos/as?

¡DALE PLAY Y MEJORA TU ESPAÑOL CONMIGO HOY!

Disfruta de aprender

RECORDAR vs ACORDARSE

Each fast food meal we eat in a week could increase our risk of developing depression by as much as 4%, according to a new study.

Researchers from Iran also found that eating more than two fast food meals per week could increase the risk by almost a quarter.

They wanted to look at the effect of eating fast food on both obesity and depression.

Previous studies have found that eating a lot of heavily processed foods could lead to depression.

The research team thought that eating a lot of fast food was likely to cause obesity and that this could lead to depression.

However, they found obesity was not as much of an important factor as they thought it would be, and perhaps it was fast food consumption — and not obesity — that increased the risk of depression.

The researchers looked at data from more than 31,000 people in the US, taken between 2008 and 2018.

The participants were asked how many fast food meals they ate in a typical week, and they answered a survey that asked them about symptoms of depression.

During the study period, 11% of women and 7% of men showed signs of depression, although those with higher levels of education were less likely to be depressed.

Those who ate more than two fast food meals a week had a 24% higher risk of depression compared to those who ate fewer than two fast food meals per week.

However, the researchers say they can't prove that the cause of the participants' depression was eating fast food.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Each Fast Food Meal Could Increase Depression Risk

El murmullo de las abejas fue una obra escrita en 2015 por Sofía Segovia, escritora mexicana, quien retrata la historia de una familia de terratenientes mexicanos en el contexto histórico de México del siglo XX. La historia habla de la familia Morales y la llegada de un niño que es llamado de Simonopio, a través del cual se desarrollarán muchas de las situaciones de la historia y la familia.

Una novela para sentir, para cautivarse, dejarse emocionar y poder vivenciar con pequeños toques de realismo mágico desde la pluma mexicana. Sin duda una historia que te hará identificarte por momentos con personajes y situaciones bien particulares.

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EL MURMULLO DE LAS ABEJAS

In this episode I talk about a story of when I thought I was going to be shot or held up at gunpoint while travelling in Mexico. Here is Carl's italki teacher profile: https://italki.com/teacher/1947582 Thanks for listening! Visit my website for more of my full-length podcasts . https://www.streetwisenglish.com