Ημέρα του Αγίου Βαλεντίνου 

it's all Greek to me!

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⭐ In this B2-level podcast I will talk about agriculture, sustainable development and local agricultural initiatives in France and Africa. We will practise the vocabulary related to plants, pesticides, farming, livestock farming, intensive and mechanized farming, we will learn many French idioms with names of food and animals, and much more!

⭐ In the first part of this podcast, I will speak French at normal speed, and in the second part I will repeat everything I said at slow speed with some explanations in English.

⭐ Contents: 1/ L'évolution de l'agriculture 2/ La question des pesticides 3/ Des initiatives agricoles au Maghreb 4/ Une initiative agricole à Madagascar 5/ L'élevage et l'écopâturage 6/ Les expressions paysannes

Learn French with Anthony

#20 (B2) Agriculture et initiatives agricoles

I want to talk to you about two very often confused words advice and advise. 
Advice. 
- Advice is a noun, an uncountable noun.It is spelled a-d-v-i-c-e. The ‘c’ sounds like an ‘s’. Advice. It is used to mean a suggestion about what you should do. 
Advise
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Advise is spelled a-d-v-i-s-e, and is a verb. The ‘s’ sounds like a ‘z’. Advise. It means to suggest what should be done, to recommend or to give information to someone. 
The main difference between advice and advise is the grammar.  So obviously, you can't use a noun in the place of a verb or a verb in the place of a noun. So if you know which is which and which pronunciation goes with which, you will never get it wrong. But a big problem is with advice being uncountable. So many times I hear, can I give you an advice? No no… it to give me a piece of advice or some advice - depending on whether you mean something singular or plural.
In theory it is very simple to understand, but if you don’t pay attention to learning the rules it can make a  big difference to you getting it right or wrong in Business English.
Every day, I hear so many advanced speakers who use these words wrong. So have a look, learn it, fix it, never get it wrong again. That's it today. Bye.


All Ways Business

Advice or Advise

L'ispettore Malvisi e il sergente Arimanno trovano una lista della spesa sul luogo del delitto. La vittima è la signora Genitti. La lista appartiene sicuramente all'assassino. Nella lista troviamo scritto: latte, sigarette, frutta, verdura, collutorio rinfrescante, raccoglitore con 20 fogli, acqua e crema per le mani. In questa lista ci sono gli indizi per trovare il colpevole. Come sempre, scrivi il suo nome nei commenti.

Se io fossi Sherlock Holmes

La lista del mistero

Escucha esta entrevista a la profe Karol Cruz, ella es de Portugal.
Ella me platica sobre cómo inició su carrera profesional como maestra de idiomas y también por qué Italki es la mejor plataforma para aprender idiomas.

Karol Cruz:
https://www.italki.com/teacher/8094803

Mucho que decir

Entrevista a la profe Karol

¿Te gusta el fútbol? A nosotros, los argentinos, nos encanta. Hoy en "Español muy muy fácil" vamos a hablar sobre este deporte.
Transcripción: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E1N7FuKD-XDogElFQ0jPN_xk47Vovtck/view?usp=sharing


Español muy muy fácil

Episodio 3: el fútbol en Argentina

LA PINTA EN UN MURO EN TIEMPO DE ELECCIONES EN MÉXICO.

CHISTES MEXICANOS

Spanish star Rafael Nadal is retiring from professional tennis at the age of 38, he has announced.

Nadal won 22 Grand Slam singles titles during his career, including the French Open 14 times.

He has been one of the greatest players of the modern game, sharing his time at the top with his longtime rivals Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.

The tennis world has long debated which man should be called the "Greatest of All Time" — or "GOAT."

Nadal hasn't been able to compete much during the past two seasons because of injuries. He has entered just two of the last eight major tournaments.

He said that next month's Davis Cup finals — when he'll play for Spain — will be his final tournament.

"It is obviously a difficult decision, one that has taken me some time to make," he said. "But in this life, everything has a beginning and an end."

Nadal was known for his physical style of play — he played every point as though it were his last, but he was especially strong on clay courts.

There is a statue of Nadal outside those slow, red courts in Paris on which he enjoyed so much success.

As well as his French Open titles, he won the US Open four times and won Wimbledon and the Australian Open twice each.

"I think it is the appropriate time to put an end to a career that has been long and much more successful than I could have ever imagined," Nadal said.

His last major title came in Paris in June 2022. Nadal's tally of Grand Slams has since been surpassed by Djokovic, who has now won 24 majors.

In total, the Spaniard won 92 singles titles, spent 209 weeks as the world's number one player and earned almost $135 million in prize money.

He said: "Really, everything I have experienced has been a dream come true."

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Rafael Nadal Retires from Professional Tennis at 38

Concorde and Hovercrafts (with transcript)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ENR0_w8qe1l-GRixhpntMAC_ZaWQbGr9/view?usp=drivesdk