It's the world's favourite sweet snack, and the chocolate industry is worth over $100 billion. Discover the fantastic history of where it comes from, how it became so popular, and learn about some of the economics of chocolate production.

English Learning for Curious Minds

Chocolate

En esta clase vamos a aprender un verbo nuevo, el verbo TENER.

Este verbo es irregular, por eso lo vamos a conjugar juntos.

Yo tengo

tú tienes

él tiene

nosotros tenemos

vosotros tenéis

ellos tienen

Un bocado de español

EL VERBO TENER, LOS NÚMEROS Y LA DESCRIPCIÓN FÍSICA en español

Nick discusses this unusual IELTS question. 

IELTS with Nick - World Knowledge 

What are the benefits of uniforms at work? 

Ayer SpanisHolidays “se vistió de etiqueta”. Este modismo lo utilizamos para indicar que alguien o algo se adapta a una situación en la que se requiere formas, protocolo y elegancia. No es que fuera a la ópera, no. Si no que por primera vez, lo presenté en una feria de turismo: el B-Travel, que es un encuentro internacional en Barcelona, del sector del turismo en  el que instituciones, países e iniciativas privadas presentan a sus países, y también exponen empresas de gestión turística en un espacio común.

AUDIO-ARTÍCULOS (Nivel B2-C1)

Un día de etiqueta

Oi gente, aqui é a Aneleh, sua tutora de português favorita. Nessa nova temporada do Portuguese Drops trarei uma fábula famosa em cada episódio. No final, trarei algumas palavras com seus significados em inglês para ajudar caso vocês tenham dificuldade com o vocabulário. E se quiserem acompanhar o script desse episódio é só clicar no link a seguir: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1000gvAwgHM4DckbVlofKaBP-sfP95uaaFLQtOsulo1E/edit?usp=sharing
Vamos lá?

Hey guys, this is Aneleh, your favorite Portuguese tutor. In this new season of Portuguese Drops I will bring a famous fable in each episode. In the end, I will bring some words with their meanings in English to help if you have difficulty with vocabulary. And if you want to follow the script of this episode just click on the following link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1000gvAwgHM4DckbVlofKaBP-sfP95uaaFLQtOsulo1E/edit?usp=sharing
Let's go?

Portuguese Drops 

A cigarra e a formiga 

I'm talking about my hometown Hachioji in this episode.
Sorry for that it's a little bit noisy in the background.
I hope you'll enjoy this!

Super Casual Japanese with Teppei

ぼくの　ふるさと　はちおうじ　About mmy hometown

In this episode I read a news article about identifying writing as AI or human.
Take an English Lesson with Carl https://italki.com/teacher/1947582

Streetwise English

SWE 147 Written by AI or Human?  News Article

Some animals have been known to use tools such as sticks, rocks and even bait to hunt for food. And humpback whales have been found using their own unique tool to hunt — bubbles.

A study published in Royal Society Open Science in August observed the hunting behaviors of more than 70 humpback whales in Stephens Passage in southeast Alaska, documenting how the whales blow bubbles to catch more prey.

Humpback whales hunt for krill — small, shrimp-like creatures that are around the same size as a paperclip, and which swim in swarms.

Whales can take in large amounts of krill in one mouthful. And to make this easier, humpback whales trap swarms of krill in "bubble nets" before feeding on them.

The whales create these "nets" by releasing air from their blowhole as they swim in circles below the surface of the water. The bubbles rise in a spiral pattern, which, from above the water's surface, looks more like artwork than a tool for hunting.

The rising bubbles create "curtains" of air around the krill that they are reluctant to swim through, although researchers aren't yet sure why this is. The whales then swim up through the "net" with an open mouth to eat the trapped krill.

The study data showed that as a whale swam in tighter circles and the "net" got smaller, the krill caught inside became, on average, more than seven times denser. This allowed the whales to catch more krill in a single mouthful.

A whale doesn't have to move very fast to create a net or eat trapped krill, allowing it to get more food without using any more energy.

While not many other animals create their own tools to catch prey like the humpback whale, there are examples of animals using other tools to hunt.

For example, chimpanzees have been observed using sticks to dig for bugs, while sea otters use rocks to open mussels. Certain species of heron have even been found to use food as bait to attract fish.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Humpback Whales Use Bubbles to Hunt

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