Welcome to my podcast where we explore conversational English. My goal is to help everyone improve their everyday communication skills and explain common phrases in simple language.

Conversational English with Tersha

Listen to this short conversation where two friends talk about the man of their dreams. 

Aprende árabe con Radia 

Desribing someone

Physiologists Alanda Lennox and Allen Goodship found an explanation for this paradox in 2008. They discovered that pregnant bears were able to increase the density of their bones before they started to build their dens. In addition, six months later, when they finally emerged from the den with their cubs, there was no evidence of significant loss of bone density. Hibernating brown bears do not have this capacity and must therefore resort to major bone reformation in the following spring. If the mechanism of bone remodelling in polar bears can be understood, many bedridden humans, and even astronauts, could potentially benefit.

The medical benefits of the polar bear for humanity certainly have their importance in our conservation efforts, but these should not be the only factors taken into consideration. We tend to want to protect animals we think are intelligent and possess emotions, such as elephants and primates. Bears, on the other hand, seem to be perceived as stupid and in many cases violent. And yet anecdotal evidence from the field challenges those assumptions, suggesting for example that polar bears have good problem-solving abilities. A male bear called GoGo in Tennoji Zoo, Osaka, has even been observed making use of a tool to manipulate his environment. The bear used a tree branch on multiple occasions to dislodge a piece of meat hung out of his reach. Problem-solving ability has also been witnessed in wild polar bears, although not as obviously as with GoGo. A calculated move by a male bear involved running and jumping onto barrels in an attempt to get to a photographer standing on a platform four metres high.

I'll add the remaining pieces of the reading material in the box below.

The Habits of Professionals Growing Into Strong, Confident English Communicators

IELTS Reading & Comprehension. Why we need to protect polar bears Pt.2 

Petite interview avec Benjamin, un Américain qui a eu l'occasion de séjourner à Lyon.

Aujourd'hui, dans Douce France, on découvre un nouveau quartier lyonnais : Confluence. 


Douce France

Un Américain à Lyon

L’as du ski
Tout est blanc. Aucun bruit. Il a neigé cette nuit. Quelle joie ! Lapin Blanc et ses amis vont faire du ski. Ils glissent vite, vite et patatras ! Tombent dans la neige.
Ils recommencent. C’est très amusant ! Cochon Rose veut en faire autant.
Il s’élance... et s’enfonce jusqu’aux yeux.
- C’est froid, aidez-moi !
Les lapins le tirent, Cochon Rose est lourd, c'est difficile ! Enfin le voilà !
Il est tout blanc ! On dirait un bonhomme de neige. Seules ses deux petites oreilles dépassent.
- Je n’aime pas l’hiver, dit Cochon Rose. Je rentre chez moi attendre le printemps !

Des Milliers D'histoires

Histoire 14 - L’as du ski

La gastronomía mexicana es sin duda una de las mejores de todo el mundo, hay tantos sabores y colores que hacen fácil de reconocer todos estos platillos tan tradicionales de México, pero... ¿Alguna vez te has preguntado cuál es el ingrediente clave que da vida a todos los platillos mexicanos? ¿Qué da vida a los tan famosísimos tacos, quesadillas, huaraches, etc? ¿Qué hace que todo esto sepa tan rico?
La respuesta es muy sencilla: EL MAÍZ. Éste es el ingrediente secreto que da origen a toda la gastronomía mexicana, y no exagero al decir que sin el maíz México se muere.
En este episodio hablaremos de la importancia que tiene el maíz en la comida mexicana así como también mencionaremos varios de los platillos más comunes que sin el maíz no existirían.
Si deseas leer la transcripción de este podcast para no perderte ni una sola palabra de lo que decimos, puedes hacerlo yendo a este enlace: https://esdeverdad.com/podcast/el-maiz

Es De Verdad

T2 E10 - El maíz: Símbolo gastronómico de México

Episode n° 1 : Découverte des Pyrénées Occidentales

Français avec Cathy

Occitanie , terre de soleil et de richesses ! 

In questo podcast spiegherò perché amo imparare una lingua, dal mio punto di vista.

I podcast secondo San Luca

Perché amo imparare una nuova lingua

В этом выпуске я рассказываю о некоторых суевериях и приметах. Приятного прослушивания! Словарь: погружаться/ погрузиться в культуру = to immerse oneself in the culture
потусторонний мир = otherworld
разбиваться/ разбиться = to shatter
осколки = fragments
убеждаться/ убедиться = to make sure
поверхность = a surface
ладонь = a palm
сплетничать = to gossip
икать = to hiccup
загробная жизнь = afterlife