A gerund is a verb in its present participle form (root verb + “ing”) that acts as a noun in a sentence. 

What are the different kinds of gerunds?
Subject
Direct object
Indirect object
Object of a preposition
Subject complement
Object complement

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What Is a Gerund? Not just "ing"

Modern Chinese(時代華語)B1- Reading(短文)

This is an American science fiction movie about three astronauts who are on a mission to Mars. When they find a stowaway on board, the crew must figure out a solution, since they only have enough oxygen for three people.

Vocabulary:
space shuttle: a space vehicle 
stowaway: a person on board a ship who wasn't supposed to be there
lifeguard: a person who works at a pool or beach to protect people from drowning
oxygen: the element we use for breathing
ethical or moral dilemma: a problem in which it's not clear what decision is right or wrong
unconscious: not awake
concussion: injury caused by being hit on the head

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Movie: Stowaway

Le russe pour tous. Ruso para todos

Dia de Maria. Le jour de Marie. EN RUSSE

The Nordic countries of Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden are regularly top scorers in world happiness rankings. These countries have placed in the top 10 of the World Happiness Report (WHR) every year since 2013 — so what's their secret?

These five countries score well in all six of the things considered in the WHR: GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom, generosity and corruption.

But the WHR has noted that there might be another thing these countries have more of than others — trust.

Trust is very important, says WHR editor John F. Helliwell, a former professor at the University of British Columbia. And he developed a study to test how community trust is linked to better well-being.

In Helliwell's study, he looked at how likely people thought it would be for a lost wallet to be returned to them, and he compared this to their life satisfaction score from zero to 10.

He found that those who expected their wallet to be returned had a higher life satisfaction score.

"We find people are much, much happier if they feel they're in an environment where people are going to watch their back," Helliwell told Euro News.

In a 2023 experiment by Reader's Digest, wallets were actually left for people to find in cities around the world. And where was a lost wallet most likely to be returned? In Helsinki, the capital of Finland.

The WHR has noted that a high level of trust may be among the things that explain Nordic happiness.

However, as Forbes has suggested, it may not be so much about big-smile "happiness" as quieter "contentment."

Rather than always trying for something better, people in Scandinavian countries are more often content with what they have. As a result, few of them will say they are unhappy — which helps these countries do well in world happiness rankings.

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What's the Secret to Nordic Countries' Happiness?

IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 1 - Fast Food. Q3-Q4.

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Q. When would you go to a fast-food restaurant? [Why/Why not?]

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Joy to Our World

I have an appetite! 

なんで日本語(にほんご)を勉強(べんきょう)しているのに、会話(かいわ)ができないの！？ 
How come I can't speak Japanese even though I'm studying Japanese!?


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なんで日本語(にほんご)を勉強(べんきょう)しているのに、会話(かいわ)ができないの！？ | How come I can't speak Japanese even though I'm studying Japanese!?

直接取引(ちょくせつ とりひき)してみた！
Craigslist in JAPAN !?
당근마켓 인재팬

こんにちは！日本語教師(にほんごきょうし)のNANAです👩‍🏫
Hello! I'm Japanese teacher NANA 
안녕하세요! 일본어강사 나나입니다

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English, Korean Subtitles on YOUTUBE
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