Making scarecrows is a very strange custom across many UK towns and villages. I examine it in this podcast.

Teacher Joseph's Podcast

Scarecrow Festivals.

Students regularly ask me, "How do I know what comes after a verb?" If a verb takes another verb as a complement, it is usually either a full infinitive or a gerund (e.g., "to do" or "doing").  Bare infinitives (e.g., "do") can only be complements for a small number of verbs, but these verbs are very common.  In this article, I take a look at some verbs that take bare infinitives as complements.  

To access the full text of this podcast, please go to https://www.difficultenglishexplained.com/what-comes-after-verb-2/.

Be sure that you read the first post in this series!  You can find it at: https://www.difficultenglishexplained.com/what-comes-after-a-verb-to-do-do-or-doing-part-1/

Difficult English Explained

What comes after a verb? "To do", "do," or "doing"? (Part 2)

If you have a bad experience at a restaurant or hotel, what do you do? Do you tell the staff? Do you ask them to apologize — maybe even ask them to give you something for free?

Or do you maybe just say nothing, go online, and write a bad review about the place? Then others might see your review, and decide to go somewhere else.

If you're in Italy, however, soon you may not be able to leave a bad review without being able to prove that you had a bad experience.

In a new law being proposed by the country's government, review websites like TripAdvisor will need to make sure that the people leaving reviews have actually visited the places they're reviewing.

The law, which would be the first of its kind in Europe, would require reviewers to be verified with an ID, and show proof that they had been to the place not more than two weeks before their review.

It's already against the law to leave fake reviews in Italy, but it's not always easy to know which reviews are fake. This law would make sure that the reviewer has, at least, visited the place.

The law would also let businesses ask for bad reviews to be removed after two years if they can show that the problem mentioned in the review has been fixed.

The idea is to protect businesses and make sure reviews are honest — which also means people like influencers won't be able to be paid to leave positive reviews.

In fact, many people who agree with the law believe it should extend to all social media, not just review websites, because with so many influencers being paid by companies online, it's not always easy to know which reviews are honest.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Leaving a Review in Italy? You May Need to Prove It's True

When the word after "不" is the first, second, or 
third tone, "不" should be read in the fourth tone, 
and when the word after "不" is in the fourth tone, 
"不" should be read in the second tone.


HSK vocabulary

“不”variation of tone

最近在中国很多人“三阳”了，也有一些人是“二阳”，那“一阳”、“二阳”、“三阳”的数字是什么意思呢？让我来给大家解读一下吧~

Chinese Learning with Lily

关于“一阳”、“二阳”、“三阳”的数字

Spanish México

MÉXICO NACIÓN MESTIZA.

YouTube link: https://youtu.be/m4zaTjy2kAw

Today we’re talking about “무슨 말인지 알겠어요?”

무슨 literally means “which or what”
Because “말” is “a word” in Korean, 무슨 말 can be “what word” or “which word”.
And “~인지 알겠어요?” can be translated into “do you get it?”

Let’s practice. 
Please take your cue from me. 

“무슨 말인지 알겠어요?”
“네.”

“무슨 말인지 알겠어요?”
“아니요.” 

한 걸음씩(One Step At A Time)

무슨 말인지 알겠어요?(You got it?)

Conoce a este amable chico brasileño que lleva cerca de dos años viviendo en España. Descubre qué le motivó para mudarse y empezar una nueva vida en español.  

Café con acento

Café con acento - Entrevista a Victor 1 (Brasil)

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日本人ならみんなが知っているヒーロー「アンパンマン」の歴史を調べてみました👊✨みなさんの国の子供に人気があるアニメは何ですか？