This is a classical idiom story that almost everyone knows in China. Idiom stories not only tell people stories, but also convey great truths. Hope you enjoy it.

Learn Chinese with Lia

Idiom story  刻舟求剑 Make a mark on the boat side to get the sword

Mental blockers in job interviews, IELTS speaking or communication as a whole.

Have you heard of such a thing as a mental blocker? Or psychological filtering?

Most techers never talk about this because they care too much on helping you with the language (grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing). There is nothing wrong with it but why 60-90% of language learners aren't satisfied about their spoken language performance?

Mental blockers or filtering is when we focus too much on the bad things and ignore the good things. 

This can make us only see the negative parts of a situation and not notice the positives. It's like when you only pay attention to one mean comment and ignore all the nice ones. 

This can make us feel bad about ourselves and not appreciate the good things around us.

Have you found yourself in it? We all do it, I do too in various aspects and my student Savi inspired me to help you become aware of it and deal with it and succeed as the result.

Take your time listening to it as it is the first time in your life you came across this topic and again - it's not what English teachers talk about so please meditate on my thoughts, let yourself grow and come to my vip 1-1 training to ask questions and be helped.

You can do it!

The Habits of Women Growing Into Strong, Confident English Communicators

Mental blockers in job interviews, IELTS speaking or communication as a whole

In this episode, we will be discussing the topic of weather. You will learn the most common phrases and vocabulary used to describe different weather conditions, as well as practical expressions that you can easily use in everyday conversations

Mister Bakur

How to talk about "Weather" in Egyptian Arabic? 

In this episode I talk about a Mexican Wedding parade on my YouTube Channel.
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

Streetwise English

SWE 74 Mexican Wedding 👰🎥 Video Description

In this episode, Karen and Baiwei chatted about the latest AI technology tool - ChatGPT, their experiences and their outlook of AI in the future.

Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

真的人工智能终于来了吗? Is Real AI Finally Here?

日本の一番南に、沖縄（おきなわ）という県があります。ビーチリゾートで、日本語のテキストにもよく出てくる、有名な島です。けれども、実は戦争のあとの27年間、日本ではなくアメリカの島でした。そんな「オキナワ」が日本の「沖縄」にもどった日。それが50年前の5月15日です。今月は、お祝いのムードがあって、とてもいい感じ。たぶん今年中、続くでしょう。私は沖縄人（ウチナーンチュ）ではありませんが、沖縄の皆さんを尊敬しています。だから記念に、アルゼンチンで感じた「沖縄の思い出」を書いておこうと思います。

スクリプトと文法や言葉のリストはこちら。
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楽しみ方はこちらを見てください。 
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じゃあ、またね！







すずまりの日本語「ききみみ」ずきん

第10話　沖縄（オキナワ）の日

مرحبا وأهلا وسهلا فيكم بأول حلقة إلي بالمدونة الصوتية على أيتوكي
Language: Arabic
Dialect: Jordanian-Palestinian

The Arabic Coach

INTRO - مقدّمة

🎬 Diálogo: Decidiendo qué Película Ver 🍿

Lucas: Oye, Sofía, ¿qué te parece si vemos una película esta noche?

Sofía: ¡Me encanta la idea! Pero… ¿qué película vemos?

Lucas: Hmm, no sé… ¿Tienes ganas de algo de acción, comedia o terror?

Sofía: No quiero algo de terror, quiero relajarme.

Lucas: Ok, descartamos terror. ¿Qué tal una película de acción?

Sofía: Puede ser… pero nada con demasiadas explosiones sin sentido.

Lucas: Jajaja, entonces descartamos las de Michael Bay. ¿Qué te parece Misión Imposible?

Sofía: Ya la vi. ¿Otra opción?

Lucas: Hay una nueva de ciencia ficción que dicen que está buenísima.

Sofía: Hmm, ¿de qué trata?

Lucas: Es sobre un futuro donde la inteligencia artificial controla todo.

Sofía: ¡Eso suena interesante! ¿Tiene buenas críticas?

Lucas: Sí, tiene 92% en Rotten Tomatoes.

Sofía: ¡Perfecto! ¿Dónde la vemos?

Lucas: Está en streaming, podemos verla en mi casa.

Sofía: ¡Genial! Entonces yo llevo las palomitas.

Lucas: ¡Trato hecho! Vamos a preparar todo.

Sofía: ¡Sí! Espero que valga la pena.

Lucas: Si no, siempre podemos cambiarla por una comedia.

Sofía: ¡Exacto! Pero primero, le daremos una oportunidad.

Learn Spanish Conversation

Learn Spanish conversation part 54

4-Year-Old Signs Book Deal to Publish Poems
A 4-year-old boy from the UK has signed a book deal to publish his collection of poems.

Nadim Shamma-Sourgen was discovered by poet and teacher Kate Clanchy, who won the 2020 Orwell Prize for political writing. Clanchy knew Shamma-Sourgen's mother, who teaches the study of poetry at the University of Reading.

Clanchy began sharing Shamma-Sourgen's poems on Twitter, where they became popular with her followers. Speaking to The Guardian, Clanchy said that she didn't share them because they were like an adult's poems, but because they were so much like a child's way of thinking.

The young poet has now signed a book deal with Walker Books, a children's book company, making him one of the youngest writers to get a book deal.

According to Guinness World Records, Dorothy Straight from the US is the youngest female to publish a book. She wrote a book in 1962 when she was 4 years old. It was published in 1964.

The youngest male writer is Thanuwana Serasinghe from Sri Lanka, who wrote a book when he was 4 years and 9 months old. It was published nine days before his 5th birthday.

In an interview with Sky News, Shamma-Sourgen's mother said that he's still learning to read and write, so he speaks his poems out loud and she writes them down for him.

"I like writing poems especially about nature. I feel happy that my poems will be in a book," Shamma-Sourgen told The Guardian. As well as nature, Shamma-Sourgen's poems talk about things like love, being lonely and bugs in his garden.

The book of poems will be published in summer 2021.