We always inspire ourselves with asome inspiring words, such as: faster, higher or stronger! These words usually came from some successful examples. Among them, the invention of trains are mentioned a lot. When the people who laught at the first train that ran slower than a horse, they wouldn't believe that a trin's speed can reach up to over 350 kilometres per hour one day. Some people who alway tell others to protect the environment, but think that gas-powered cars are the best choice. They refuse to try an electric car which is thought to be a toy in their minds. They can tell a lot of disadvantages of electric cars, though they never drived one of them. They just live in their world and can't accept the other things. They are really like the people who laught at trains 200 years ago. Maybe electric cars are not perfect, but plenty of people try their best to improve them .When less gas was consumed, I believe that more and more people will choose electric cars and our environment will be better, too!

Being able to talk on a wide variety of topics is really helpful for getting a higher mark on the IELTS test. In this podcast I will help you to form opinions and ideas for Speaking Part 3 and Writing Part 2. You can also book a private lesson with me on my profile. Hope to see you in a lesson soon!

Why “capture” in “The company captured a market share”, but “occupy” in “He occupies the position of manager”?

A few months ago, I shared a podcast in Argentine Spanish here on italki in honor of my bunny, Pucky, who passed away. Today, I’d like to invite you to listen to it again. This podcast is important to me because it’s not just about loss — it’s about language as a way of processing emotions, memory, and affection. I recorded it in a very honest moment, speaking slowly, naturally, and from the heart. If you’re learning Spanish (or simply enjoy listening to real, personal stories), this episode might resonate with you. And if you do listen, know that it truly means a lot to me. Thank you for being here 🤍

When I worked in school,I allowed kids to search their own tongue twisters- it's fun. However,the best tongue twisters are in Latvian,for example: "šis žagaru saišķis,nav mans žagaru saišķis!" The faster you say it,the more difficult it gets😂try it out yourself!

🟢🟢🟢FOR IELTS CANDIDATES: Common Mistakes in bands 6.0 - 7.0 Select the correct sentence in the exercise below: Can you say why the one you chose is correct? Put your answer in the comments.

Stress exists whenever and wherever for everyone, but different people's feeling about stress are different. Stress usually comes from many sources. For example, children are often concered of their academic achievement, adults may worry about their marriage or living. Everyday, many people tries their best to reduce the bad feeling from stress. Someone succeed, others fail. Why someone can't reduce stress? I think that they don't make a change on a correct way. If education makes you feel stressed, but you choose to relax youeslf in a park, it's definitely result in making you feel more stressed. In that case, the best way of reducing stress is to study hard. Maybe at the beginning, you feel much more stressed, but everything postively changes until you find that stress disappears soon. If you can't support your family, you can't stay home , you should to look for a better job and work hard to earn more money. So, as for me, how to successfully reduce stress depends on what it comes from, then make a great plan!

'How do you aspire without comparison potentially to your detriment?' How would native speakers paraphrase this sentence?