yī jiàn zhōng qíng

指男女之间一见面即产生爱情。亦借指对人或事物一看见就发生了很深的感情。

Chinese idioms (中国成语)

一见钟情

Ce deuxième épisode est une lecture d'un des contes du mille et une nuit arabe sur l'histoire de l'âne qui a voulu aider son ami le bœuf et qui s'est pris à son propre jeu, bonne écoute :) 

This second episode is a reading of one of the Arabian night tales about the story of the donkey who wanted to help his friend the ox and got caught up in his own game, good listening :) 

French mindfully 

L'âne, le bœuf et le laboureur ! (The bull and the ass) 

In this podcast I talk about the advantages of the mobile phone cameras over traditional DSLR cameras. If you like taking pictures this episode will be interesting for you!  Book a lesson with me and lets talk about your favorite camera or phone.

Streetwise English

SWE #5 Mobile Camera vs. DSLR Camera


You just got into bed after a long day, and you're exhausted. You plan to spend a few minutes on your phone — maybe scrolling Instagram or TikTok — and then sleep.

But when you try to sleep, it's not as easy as you thought it would be. You were so tired — what happened?

According to a new study, your phone may be the problem.

The study, done by researchers at New Zealand's University of Otago, involved 85 kids aged 11 to 14. They each spent a week wearing a body camera on their chest starting from three hours before they got into bed.

A second camera was also placed in their bedrooms to monitor their phone use once they were in bed. They also wore a device that tracked their sleep.

The researchers found that 99% of the participants used their phones in the two hours before bed. More than half used their phones while they were in bed, and about a third used their phones after trying to go to sleep.

The results showed that screen time in bed affected participants' sleep — it stopped them from going to sleep for about half an hour, and also reduced the amount of sleep they got.

The impact was larger when participants had a more interactive experience — such as playing a game — or if they used more than one screen. For every additional 10 minutes of this type of screen time, sleep time was reduced by the same amount.

Interestingly, phone use in the two hours before bed had little impact on sleep.

According to lead researcher Bradley Brosnan, the results suggest that, while current guidelines recommend no screen time in the hour or two before bed, keeping phones out of the bedroom might be enough for a better night's sleep.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Keep Screens Out of Bed for Better Sleep

Transcript: https://www.patreon.com/posts/zhong-wen-shi-95740701?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

Lily's Chinese 对话

20240227高尔基致罗曼罗兰的信

Bu qısa hekayə Çarli Çaplinin həyatında olan bir hadisədən bəhs edir. O, atası ilə sirkə gedir və orada atasının necə gözəl bir şəxsiyyət olduğuna şahid olur.

İt is a real story from Charlie Chaplin' s life. Chaplin goes to the circus with his father and there he admires his father for his behaviour.

Podcast Azerbaijan

Çarli Çaplin- Ən böyük tamaşa

En este episodio aprenderás diferentes formas de responder a la pregunta típica "¿cómo estás?" con diferentes situaciones y dependiendo de la cercanía que tengas con la persona que estás hablando

Spanish Shortcut

EP 3. NO DIGAS “ESTOY BIEN”

Listen to me reading a short news extract on why people are forced to leave their homes and seek to move to another country, as part of my Conversational English course 

Listen to English with Pip

Seeking asylum

In this episode you will learn about the celebration of day of candles in Colombia. A special celebration to kick off holiday season. 