In this episode, we’re practicing the UH sound, as in: but, butt, love, enough, month, cut, won, one, money, young, etc.

To pronounce the UH /ʌ/ sound correctly, keep your lips relaxed and neutral, with your tongue in the center of your mouth.

Accent Free

UH the fundamental sound of American English

🥇 Do you enjoy reading? Do you wish to understand some sophisticated literary terms?
Don't miss this EP because I'll be introducing the news of the Nobel Prize in Literature! Welcome to contact me if you want to listen and read the transcription at the same time!
🥇你喜欢阅读吗？你想学一些文学的专业术语，用起来让自己看起来比较厉害？
那你今天一定不要错过这一集，我会介绍诺贝尔文学奖的新闻（Nobel Literature prize）！
如果你想边听边看逐字稿，可以DM我哦～
[00:00] introduction
[02:51] explanation
[09:55] discusion

生词：
得主 recipient (of an award),
悠悠 long drawn out
歲月/岁月 years, time
人稱/人称 person (first person, etc in grammar)
自傳/自传 autobiography
體裁/体裁 genre

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News with zhe

#17诺贝尔文学奖得主作品《悠悠岁月》 

Olá, aqui é o Professor Smith falando e você está ouvindo isso agora porque está procurando por um professor de inglês que irá te ajudar a aprender como se expressar em inglês. Não é que você não conheça muitas palavras, é só que você não sabe como usá-las para se expressar. Se este é o seu problema, então agende uma aula comigo e eu te ensinarei como se expressar em inglês.

LEARN BY LISTENING

Eu sou o seu professor de inglês.

Once again, the Mediterranean diet has been named the world's best by US News & World Report.

The diet, which is eaten across the world but is based on foods and recipes from countries around the Mediterranean Sea, has now been at the top of the list for six years.

Its focus on fruit, vegetables, olive oil and fish has helped the Mediterranean diet to the top, according to US News.

A team of experts looked at 24 different diets, putting them in order from best to worst.

There were also a number of different category winners.

The Mediterranean diet was chosen as the best plant-based diet, and, along with the flexitarian diet, it tied as the best for families. It also tied with the DASH diet as the best for healthy bones.

The flexitarian diet encourages people to eat a vegetarian diet most of the time, but still allows some meat.

The DASH diet is meant to help people with high blood pressure. It focuses on fruit, vegetables and whole grains, as well as low-fat products.

The flexitarian and DASH diets also tied for second place on the overall list.

The Mediterranean diet is not exactly the same across all Mediterranean countries, but these countries do share the same basic eating principles.

This low-fat way of eating — which also includes beans and grains, and not much red meat or butter — has been shown to reduce the risk of heart disease and other health problems.

Speaking to CNN, Gretel Schueller from US News said we can all use these ideas to eat a Mediterranean diet wherever we are in the world.




Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Mediterranean Diet Named World's Best — Again

I Libri In  Pillole di Federica

Sesto capitolo: Storia di un gatto e del topo che divento' suo amico

Today let’s try to practice some Russian tongue twisters! 
Tongue twisters are a great tool to improve your pronunciation, focus on difficult sounds and increase your speech speed (and more importantly – make it clearer). 
Try to repeat after me (I’m reading each one 2 times – super slow and then closer to normal speed):

от тОпота копЫт пЫль пО полю летИт.

на дворЕ травА, на травЕ дровА. не рубИ дровА на травЕ дворА!

кукУшка кукушОнку купИла капюшОн, надЕл кукушОнок капюшОн, в капюшОне кукушОнок смешОн.

These tongue twisters focus on different Russian sounds. Please try to articulate them as clear as possible, don’t chase the speed. Good luck! 


Russian with Elina

Russian tongue twisters - part 1

You will know some places to visit in Bogota:

El centro histórico de Bogotá

Teatro Colón

Museo del Oro

Cerro de Monserrate

Barrio La Macarena

Andrés Carne de Res

Catedral de Sal de Zipaquirá

Remember that I teach Spanish on italki, you can book a class for more information you can look at it on my profile :)

Colombia

Bogotá, una ciudad de lugares únicos para visitar

Describing the different ways to say "but" that are appropriate for the contrast level.

The English Toolbox

Levels of "But"

IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 3 - Photography Q1-Q.3.

1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of taking photographs?
2. How has modern technology changed the way we take photographs?
3. How has sharing photographs changed since your grandparents’ time?

What was difficult to understand when you listened?