Did you know butterflies can smell each other from miles away?

Did you know?

Butterfly

In this episode we discuss breaking down points, like nervouse breakdowns
we also look at ways that would help balance out our lifes, so that we could avoid burnout.

Teacher Koko

Mental Awareness

An exploration into the cruel and sadistic world of catch 22s 

Are your children safe?

The Jerome Meadows Experience

CATCH 22!

Hear the fascinating story of Arabic, and its relation to the English language, and learn about words in English that come from Arabic. Prepare to be amazed!

English by Eric

Does English come from Arabic?

In this episode of Your Spanish Journey, I'll give you some helful tips on how to discern and choose the best teacher for you.

Your Spanish Journey

Colombia

¿Que es el tamal y como se prepara tamal tolimense?

IETLS Speaking Part 1 - Topic - Living place.

Q. Where do you live?
Q. What kind of place is it?
Q. What’s the most interesting part of your town/village?
Q. What kind of jobs do the people in your town/village do?
Q. Would you say it’s a good place to live? (why?)

It's fairly easy topic togo through. What have you answered for these questions? You can leave a voice recording too if you like.

Let me know how I can be of assistance.

IELTS-SPEAKING 8-9 BAND IS POSSIBLE. DAILY SPEAKING PRACTICE PART 1,2 & 3. Listen daily.

IETLS Speaking Part 1 - Topic - Living place.

Parrots are known for being able to copy some of the sounds that people make — they might squawk "hello" or "how are you?" if they get used to hearing words and phrases like these. They might even say some rude things!

Some birds are also able to learn the names for objects — and identify them.

And a 5-year-old parrot in the US has been recognized by Guinness World Records after correctly identifying 12 objects in three minutes.

That record-breaking bird is an African gray parrot named Apollo, who lives in Florida. He can identify things like books, bugs and socks.

He's become popular on TikTok, where he has about 3 million followers. He also has around 1.5 million subscribers on his YouTube channel called "Apollo and Frens."

And a TikTok video of Apollo asking questions from 2023 has been watched 66 million times.

Apollo actually broke the record in 2023 but he's among the stars in the Guinness World Records book that was released in September.

The parrot is owned by a couple named Dalton and Victoria Mason. They're content creators and they've been working hard to train the bird.

The owners say they teach Apollo as if he were a child of preschool age.

"We teach him as much as we can," the couple told Guinness, adding that they focus on things that Apollo wants to focus on.

Researchers have found that some African gray parrots are able to do better at some cognitive tasks than 5-year-old children.

And Apollo's owners plan to keep teaching the bird to see how much he can learn and how many more records he can break.




Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Record-Breaking Parrot Can Identify and Name Objects

lesson on italki 
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こんばんは！
Japanese daily life podcast のAtsushiです。
このPodcastは、日本語を勉強しているみなさんに向けたPodcastです。

今回は、～わりに、です。
意味は、これぐらいかな、と思ってたよりは良い時、悪い時、両方使いますね。

・あのラーメン、値段のわりにおいしかったなー。

・かぜひいてるわりに、元気やな。

・連休のわりに今日の札幌は人少ないなぁ。

・期待したわりにはあんまりおもしろくなかったなー。

・はじめてやったわりに、結構うまいやん。


こんな感じですね。
結構使いやすいです。

ぼくもよく使います。
思ってたよりも良い、悪いという感想は日常生活でよくありますね。

みなさんもぜひ練習したり、例文作ったりしてみてください！

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ではまた！
