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English Syndicate

Part 3: Creativity

I hope this video is not too long to watch it, i want to share this nice picture book of a small neighbourhood, the best way is relaxing and watch more times, you don't have to understand every single words, but try to understand the story first. if it is necessary, watch it more times. Sometimes i watch the pictures for a long time, i want to share the book with you. 
INTRODUCE OF THIS BOOK   https://youtu.be/SJRAPSU6BhI
Annie

Story learning Chinese with Annie

WANT TO LEARN CHINESE? WATCH THIS!!! (COMPREHENSIBLE INPUT for beginners and intermediate)

李华的新学期

今天是新学期的第一天，李华早上去了学校。他遇到了他的新同学王天。王天是从美国来的留学生，他不仅喜欢学习汉语，还喜欢听音乐和看书。王天对中国文化非常感兴趣，特别是中国的茶文化。

李华和王天一起去了图书馆，王天找到了一本关于中国茶的汉语课本。他非常高兴，并说：“这本书太棒了！我可以用它来更好地了解中国茶。” 李华也找到了他需要的英语书，因为他想提高自己的英语水平。
下课后，李华邀请王天去吃饭。他们一起吃了米饭和面包，并喝了咖啡和茶。王天对中国的食物和饮料印象深刻，他说：“我喜欢这里的食物，尤其是蛋糕和茶。”

1. 王天是哪国人？
   - A. 英国
   - B. 美国
   - C. 新加坡
   - D. 德国

2.他们吃了什么？
   - A. 米饭和面包
   - B. 蛋糕和可乐
   - C. 苹果和咖啡
   - D. 面包和蛋糕

开口说汉语    "Chinese Chit-Chat"

李华的新学期 Li hua's new semester

Everyone has their preferred way of drinking coffee. Maybe you like yours black, or maybe you prefer a bit of sugar in it.

But have you ever tried drinking coffee with salt?

Adding a pinch of salt to your cup of coffee is said to make it taste less bitter.

And putting salt in coffee isn't new. In some countries, such as Turkey and Hungary, people have done this for years.

But a cafe in Vietnam is believed to have started the newest trend — salt coffee.

It's a little different from just putting salt in your coffee, though. Salt coffee is said to have come from a small cafe in Hue ("hwEH"), a city in central Vietnam.

The cafe's name, Ca Phe Muoi, is also the name of the drink, since ca phe means "coffee" and muoi means "salt" in Vietnamese.

Salt coffee is made by mixing sweet condensed milk with a base of Vietnamese coffee, and adding salted cream to the top.

The cafe's owners hoped this unique drink would bring in more customers, and it did.

"In Hue, salt coffee became a daily drink like black coffee or white coffee," the cafe's owners told CNN Travel in June.

And it wasn't just in Hue where people fell in love with salt coffee — the cafe's website sells bottles of it to send around the country, and now Starbucks even sells its own version of salt coffee.

Vietnam is one of the world's largest coffee growers, and has a rich coffee culture.

Salt coffee is just one of many unique Vietnamese coffee drinks.

Others include egg coffee (which has a topping of egg yolks and condensed milk), coconut coffee, and yogurt coffee.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Salt Coffee: A Sweet Drink from Vietnam

All the fun I had in my second year in Russia

Living in Russia

My Second Year in Russia

Some common words describing the mood in Greek

Learn Greek with Akis

Your mood in Greek

In this podcast, you will learn the 5 signs that you have  a GOOD EQ . This is taken by the book of Daniel Goleman.
Emotional Intelligence is extremely important in life. A high EQ allows us to have better relationship with others and even a higher chance to succeed. Know thyself is the perfect phrase to motivate you to do self analysis. Do you have enough EQ? How can you improve it?

FLO TALKS 

What are the signs that you have EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE? 

BOB: We’d like two tickets for the 3:30
show, please.
TICKET SALES: Here you go. Enjoy the movie!
[Inside the theater]
BOB: Would you mind moving over one,
so my friend and I can sit together?
WOMAN: No, not at all.
BOB: Thanks a lot!



LANGUAGE NOTES
• The 3:30 show Movies are shown at different times throughout the day. This refers to 
the movie that starts at 3:30. Notice the emphasis on 3:30.
• Enjoy the movie! Notice how the intonation rises on movie. This is said in a friendly 
way, and is followed by an exclamation point.
• Would you mind is a polite way to ask “Can you do something for me?” Notice the 
verb ends in “-ing.” Compare this structure to “Would you mind if I” plus a verb that 
ends in “-ed” (Would you mind if I opened the window?).
• Moving over one Here “one” is short for “one seat.”
• No, not at all is a way of saying “No, I don’t mind” or “I will be glad to.” Notice the 
answer to “Would you mind” is in the negative form.

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day 21: At the Movies

Chiste mexicano corto, especialmente dirigido a escritores y literatos... con un nivel del idioma español: "Ultra Avanzado".