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You'll improve your listening skills while learning or reviewing some grammar, phrasal verbs or topic vocabulary.

Katie's English Podcast

Today we're talking about the noun, workhorse. I have several things around me, on my desk, that I could describe as workhorses. Maybe you do too! I hope you find todays podcast useful.

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

I have several horses in my office.

Full episode is coming soon, Stay tuned!
Gabriela y yo platicamos sobre el salario mínimo en México. Esto es solo una probadita, el episodio completo va a estar disponible pronto. Stay tuned!

Mucho que decir

Minimum Wage in Mexico


You just got into bed after a long day, and you're exhausted. You plan to spend a few minutes on your phone — maybe scrolling Instagram or TikTok — and then sleep.

But when you try to sleep, it's not as easy as you thought it would be. You were so tired — what happened?

According to a new study, your phone may be the problem.

The study, done by researchers at New Zealand's University of Otago, involved 85 kids aged 11 to 14. They each spent a week wearing a body camera on their chest starting from three hours before they got into bed.

A second camera was also placed in their bedrooms to monitor their phone use once they were in bed. They also wore a device that tracked their sleep.

The researchers found that 99% of the participants used their phones in the two hours before bed. More than half used their phones while they were in bed, and about a third used their phones after trying to go to sleep.

The results showed that screen time in bed affected participants' sleep — it stopped them from going to sleep for about half an hour, and also reduced the amount of sleep they got.

The impact was larger when participants had a more interactive experience — such as playing a game — or if they used more than one screen. For every additional 10 minutes of this type of screen time, sleep time was reduced by the same amount.

Interestingly, phone use in the two hours before bed had little impact on sleep.

According to lead researcher Bradley Brosnan, the results suggest that, while current guidelines recommend no screen time in the hour or two before bed, keeping phones out of the bedroom might be enough for a better night's sleep.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Keep Screens Out of Bed for Better Sleep

Nǐhǎo! Zhèɡe bēizi duōshao qián?
A：你好！这个   杯子    多少    钱？
    èrshíbā kuài.
B：  28         块。
    Nàɡe bēizi duōshao qián?
A：那个  杯子   多少     钱？
    Nàɡe bēizi shíbā kuài qián. 
B：那个  杯子     18     块     钱。


日常对话 daily conversation

在商店 In a store

Neste episódio, conto um poquinho sobre a minha experiência em Berlim com nível A1 em alemão e como isso serviu de motivação para continuar aprendendo! Espero que gostem!

Praia e Dolce Vita

Minha experiência em Berlim com nível A1 em alemão

Coge un papel y un bolígrafo. Escucha el audio y escribe las horas correctamente. ¿Puedes entender las horas en español?

A1.1. Español básico para principantes. 

Clase 5. ¿Qué hora es?

Un sacré cuisinier
Tire-Bouchon, le petit cochon rose est terriblement gourmand mais vraiment pas doué pour la cuisine. Heureusement, ce sont ses parents qui s’en occupent.
Aujourd'hui, cependant, il a décidé de confectionner un gâteau. Il suit la recette avec application et enfourne le gâteau dans la cuisinière.
C’est une réussite totale et Tire-Bouchon est très fier.
Hélas, la cuisine est dans un état lamentable : du chocolat sur les murs, de la pâte sur le buffet, deux bols et un saladier cassés. Tire-Bouchon est tellement sale que sa mère a du mal à le reconnaître.
Fera-t-il encore souvent la cuisine ?

Des Milliers D'histoires

Histoire 13 - Un sacré cuisinier

In this episode we are going to learn how to say family members in Chinese. Let's learn it in a song!
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As a beginner, there're some vocabularies that you didn't learn before, and native speaker's speed seems too fast to understand. But don't worry, let's do it step by step. 
Step 1: listen and catch the words you know already, have a guess about the content.
Step 2: look at the text to check if you guessed it right. 
Step 3: listen one more time, repeat after it.
Step 4: practice until you can speak as the normal speed without looking at the text. 
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爸爸的爸爸叫什么？
bà bà de bà bà jiào shén me ？
What do we call Dad's dad?
爸爸的爸爸叫爷爷。
bà bà de bà bà jiào yé yé 。
Dad's dad is Grandpa.
爸爸的妈妈叫什么？
bà bà de mā mā jiào shén me ？
What do we call Dad's mom?
爸爸的妈妈叫奶奶。
bà bà de mā mā jiào nǎi nǎi 。
Dad's mom is Grandma.
爸爸的哥哥叫什么？
bà bà de gē gē jiào shén me ？
What do we call Dad's older brother?
爸爸的哥哥叫伯伯。
bà bà de gē gē jiào bó bó 。
Dad's elder brother's name is Uncle.
爸爸的弟弟叫什么？
bà bà de dì dì jiào shén me ？
What do we call Dad's younger brother?
爸爸的弟弟叫叔叔。
bà bà de dì dì jiào shū shū 。
Dad's younger brother is Uncle.
爸爸的姐妹叫什么？
bà bà de jiě mèi jiào shén me ？
What do we call Dad's sister?
爸爸的姐妹叫姑姑。
bà bà de jiě mèi jiào gū gū 。
Dad's sisters are called aunts.