Improve your comprehension of Swahili with this passage about my mother 

Jifunze kusikiliza Kiswahili na somo hili kuhusu mama yangu 

Swahili With Shaz 

Mama Yangu | My Mother 

Do you know when to use brand names or generic terms? Find out what "genericization" is and impress your friends (and teachers)!

Word up: Vocabulary Adventures

May I Have a Kleenex® ? Well, Maybe Not...

Second chapter of the story Pocket Rainbow. We are introduced to Joe Mbuti, a truck driver and his wife. 

Pocket Rainbow

Cyan

Today’s Whiteboard きょうのホワイトボード

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🔗Japanese cedar pollen hay fever season begins in Tokyo

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🔗 Japanese cedar pollen hay fever season begins in Tokyo

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Japanese cedar pollen hay fever season begins in Tokyo

Давайте восклицать

Давайте восклицать, друг другом восхищаться.
Высокопарных слов не стоит опасаться.
Давайте говорить друг другу комплименты —
ведь это все любви счастливые моменты.
Давайте горевать и плакать откровенно
то вместе, то поврозь, а то попеременно.
Не нужно придавать значения злословью —
поскольку грусть всегда соседствует с любовью.
Давайте понимать друг друга с полуслова,
чтоб, ошибившись раз, не ошибиться снова.
Давайте жить, во всем друг другу потакая, —
тем более что жизнь короткая такая.

Нескучные истории - Not boring stories

Булат Окуджава. "Давайте восклицать"

小兔子的生日

小兔子今天过生日，妈妈为它准备了一场生日派对。小兔子的朋友们都来了，有小熊、小猫和小狗。大家带来了很多礼物，小兔子很开心。妈妈还做了一个大蛋糕，大家一起唱生日歌，吃蛋糕，玩游戏，度过了一个快乐的生日。
问题和选项：

    小兔子今天在做什么？
        A. 过生日
        B. 去学校
        C. 买东西
        D. 看电影

    小兔子的朋友们都来了，有哪些朋友？
        A. 小熊、小猫和小狗
        B. 小猪、小羊和小马
        C. 小鸟、小鱼和小虫
        D. 小鹿、小象和小猴

    妈妈为小兔子做了什么？
        A. 一个大蛋糕
        B. 一顿晚餐
        C. 一件新衣服
        D. 一幅画


开口说汉语    "Chinese Chit-Chat"

小兔子的生日

If you think of the jobs robots could never do, you would probably put doctors and teachers at the top of the list. It's easy to imagine robot cleaners and factory workers, but some jobs need human connection and creativity. But are we underestimating what robots can do? In some cases, they already perform better than doctors at diagnosing illness. Also, some patients might feel more comfortable sharing personal information with a machine than a person. Could there be a place for robots in education after all?

British education expert Anthony Seldon thinks so. And he even has a date for the robot takeover of the classroom: 2027. He predicts robots will do the main job of transferring information and teachers will be like assistants. Intelligent robots will read students' faces, movements and maybe even brain signals. Then they will adapt the information to each student. It's not a popular opinion and it's unlikely robots will ever have empathy and the ability to really connect with humans like another human can.

One thing is certain, though. A robot teacher is better than no teacher at all. In some parts of the world, there aren't enough teachers and 9–16 per cent of children under the age of 14 don't go to school. That problem could be partly solved by robots because they can teach anywhere and won't get stressed, or tired, or move somewhere for an easier, higher-paid job.

Teachers all over the world are leaving because it is a difficult job and they feel overworked. Perhaps the question is not 'Will robots replace teachers?' but 'How can robots help teachers?' Office workers can use software to do things like organise and answer emails, arrange meetings and update calendars. Teachers waste a lot of time doing non-teaching work, including more than 11 hours a week marking homework. If robots could cut the time teachers spend marking homework and writing reports, teachers would have more time and energy for the parts of the job humans do best.

The Habits of Highly Effective English Communicators

Will robots replace teachers? Improve your listening

Borders between countries sometimes change after wars or international agreements, but part of the border between Italy and Switzerland is changing because of melting glaciers.

Large sections of the border are defined by different parts of the glacier, for example the lines of ridges in the ice.

But climate change has caused glaciers across Europe to melt and this has changed the positions of the glaciers' ridges and the natural boundaries between the countries.

The two countries have been talking about the new borders for a number of months. Switzerland signed the new border agreement at the end of September and it's waiting for Italy to do the same.

Part of the border is close to the popular Swiss ski resort of Zermatt. Some of the slopes will be affected by the border change, although skiers shouldn't need to worry about carrying their passports up the mountain!

In fact, both countries are in the Schengen area, so anyone with a visa to visit one of them will usually be able to visit the other without any problems.

The changes have been made so that it is clear which of the two countries is responsible for maintaining certain areas.

But both countries' economic interests were also considered when the new borders were agreed, Bloomberg said.

According to 2023 data, Switzerland's glaciers lost 4% of their volume in 2023, after losing a record 6% of their volume in 2022.

The region has had less snow and warmer summers in recent years.

Some glaciers have no ice left, and the situation will only get worse if nothing is done about climate change, experts say.

According to a 2023 study, up to half of the world's glaciers could disappear by 2100, even if we make progress with targets limiting climate change.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Italy, Switzerland Change Borders as Glaciers Melt

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