Teacher Joseph's Podcast

Inside the Railway Station

Hey, how are you? I hope you are well. I'm Milo, a Spanish tutor at italki, and today we're going to talk about some Colombian words that you may not find in your regular dictionary. Let's see what they mean!

1. Estrenar: Esta palabra significa "to use something for the first time". En Colombia, "estrenar" se usa mucho cuando compras algo nuevo, como ropa, zapatos o incluso un carro. Ejemplo: "Hoy voy a estrenar mi camiseta nueva."

2. Intenso: Aunque en inglés "intense" tiene un significado similar, en Colombia "intenso" no solo describe una persona o una situación fuerte, sino que también puede referirse a algo o alguien que es un poco demasiado, como una persona que está siempre hablando o buscando atención. "Mi amigo es muy intenso, no para de hablar."

3. Parcero: Esta es una palabra muy común en Colombia para referirse a un amigo cercano, como si dijieras "buddy" o "pal" en inglés. Es una manera muy cariñosa y amigable de dirigirse a alguien. Ejemplo: "¿Qué más, parcero? ¿Cómo vas?"

4. Enguayabado: Esta palabra describe a una persona que tiene resaca, generalmente después de haber bebido mucho alcohol. "Enguayabado" es el estado en el que estás al día siguiente de una fiesta. Ejemplo: "Ayer me fui de fiesta y hoy estoy enguayabado, no puedo con la vida."

And that's all for today. If you have questions or want to learn more about Colombian Spanish, don't hesitate to book a class with me. You can find more information in my profile. See you next time!

Colombia

Spanish Words with No Direct English Translation ( parte 2 )

❄️Today is “立冬Lì Dōng“, the solar term of beginning of winter.Don't get cold, put some clothes on! We will learn about the tomorrow’s American election and some useful words in the political domain! Don’t miss out this episode.  

❄️今天是「立冬」，多穿点衣服，别着凉了。我们今天会学到有关明天美国大选的新闻，还有跟政治有关系的字喔。不要错过这一集的内容！   

[00:00] introduction
[03:44] explanation
[11:14] discussion   

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#29 美国中期选举进入冲刺阶段

Читаем стихотворение «Мистер и Миссис Корстон», автор — Вера Полозкова.
Текст стихотворения: https://goo.su/zlymv

Lera teaches Russian

#5. Читаем стихотворение «Мистер и Миссис Корстон»

Диктант сегодня на основе романа Льва Толстого “Война и мир”. 

Буду говорить текст вместе со знаками препинания: точка (.), запятая (,), тире (-), точка с запятой (;), кавычки открываются («), кавычки закрываются (»), вопросительный знак (?), восклицательный знак (!), многоточие (...). Еще в тексте есть сложное слово “артиллерист”. 

Отправьте мне сообщение "третий диктант готов", как только закончите, и я пришлю вам его текст для проверки. 

Пишите грамотно, говорите свободно! Удачного диктанта, друзья!

Writing Russian

Отрывок про небо Аустерлица из романа “Война и мир” (диктант)

La mayoría de personas confunden Gaudí = Barcelona. ¡No! Gaudí NO nació en Barcelona, NO todas sus obras están en Barcelona y su primera gran obra NO está en la ciudad de Barcelona: La Colonia Güell. ¡Descúbrela!

AUDIO-ARTÍCULOS (Nivel B2-C1)

Una joya fuera del joyero de Gaudí

IELTS Speaking Part 3 topic: Role models. Question 1-3.

1. Which types of people become role models in your society?
2. Do you agree that famous people have more responsibilities than ordinary people?
3. What happens when young people lack good role models?

How did you answer these questions yourself? 

If you had the time to prepare - what key words would you write?

Let me know how I can be of assistance to you.

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

IELTS Speaking Part 3 topic: Role models. Question 1-3

Disc Golf 
Transcript by italki teacher Carl.
Improve your spoken English and book a lesson with me: https://teach.italki.com/teacher/1947582
Welcome back to another episode of Streetwise English. I'm your host, Carl. Today I want to talk to you about a new sport. This sport is growing, and it is very similar to golf. However, this is disc golf. So disc golf is like golf, except for you use a disc and instead of holes there are baskets and you will see the baskets with these chains hanging down and with a kind of a bucket thing.

And you throw the disc or the Frisbee into the chains. And then that counts  like putting the ball into a hole in golf. So the sport is great because there are a lot of free courses that you can play disc golf or Frisbee golf in. And just like golf, there are usually nine or 18 holes or baskets.

And the goal is to throw the disc, the Frisbee into the basket with as few throws as possible. So, for example, like in golf, you might have a course that is like par, par three. It takes three shots to get it into the hole So the same thing with disc golf, you have a par three course or par four.

So you're trying to get the disc into the basket in three throws or less. Now, some of the challenges with the disc golf courses are trees or obstacles. So sometimes the course will have a tree in the way and you'll have to throw the disc in a way that the disc curves around and goes around the tree so that you can get a clear look at the basket. Another interesting thing is that the discs are made of plastic according to Wikipedia.

Here it says that the discs are made of polypropylene, which is a thermoplastic polymer resin. So it's a very dense plastic And they're smaller in size than a Frisbee that you think of. Like from when I was a kid, I remember the Frisbees were quite large. But these Frisbees are small and there are different Frisbees for different throws.
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Streetwise English

SWE12 What the heck is Disc Golf?

Hoy hablaremos de algo esencial en cualquier idioma: los saludos y las despedidas. Estos son puntos de partida en cualquier conversación y, al dominarlos, podrás dar una excelente primera impresión.