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MEG: Well, hello there, Julia! Long time no see!
JULIA: Meg! Hi! What a coincidence! I haven’t seen you in ages! What 
are you doing here?
MEG: I just got a new job in the city, so I’m shopping for some 
clothes. Hey, what do you think of this shirt?
JULIA: Hmmm … well, you know how much I love blue. See? I’ve got 
the same shirt!
MEG: You always did have good taste! What a small world.



LANGUAGE NOTES
• Well, hello there … Notice the emphasis on “hello,” which shows that Meg did not 
expect to see Julia.
• Long time, no see! This is a common expression used to say hello to someone you 
haven’t seen in a long time.
• What a ___! This exclamation shows a great degree of surprise, joy, disappointment, 
etc. (What a surprise to see you here! What a joy to have you with us! What a shame 
that you have to leave so soon! What a wonderful idea that is!)
• You always did have good taste! Notice the stress on “did,” which Meg uses to 
emphasize the fact that Julia DOES have good taste! Meg says it in a joking way 
because Julia likes the same thing that she does.
• What a small world is a common expression used to describe a chance meeting or 
other such coincidence.

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day 8: Coincidences

☕ Diálogo: La cita más rara que tuve 🎭

Sofía: Oye, Juan, ¿alguna vez has tenido una cita súper rara?

Juan: ¡Uf, sí! Una vez, salí con alguien que trajo a su mamá a la cita.

Sofía: ¡¿Qué?! ¿En serio? ¿Cómo pasó eso?

Juan: Dijo que su mamá quería conocerme antes de que saliéramos solos. Yo pensé que era broma, pero no… ¡se sentó con nosotros todo el tiempo!

Sofía: ¡Eso es demasiado extraño! Pero bueno, ahora tengo que contarte la mía.

Juan: A ver, dime. Seguro no es peor que lo de la mamá en la cita.

Sofía: Bueno… fui a cenar con un chico y todo iba bien hasta que sacó su teléfono y empezó a hablar con su ex… ¡enfrente de mí!

Juan: ¡No puede ser! ¿En serio hizo eso?

Sofía: Sí, le decía cosas como "Te extraño" y "No sé por qué terminamos". Yo estaba ahí, confundida, preguntándome si debía irme.

Juan: ¡Eso es incómodo! ¿Qué hiciste?

Sofía: Me levanté, le dije "buena suerte con tu ex" y me fui.

Juan: ¡Bien hecho! Esa fue la mejor reacción.

Sofía: Definitivamente. Desde entonces, siempre pregunto si alguien sigue en contacto con su ex antes de una cita.

Juan: Lección aprendida. Y yo, por mi parte, evito salir con alguien que traiga a su mamá.

Learn Spanish Conversation

Learn Spanish conversation part 38

Hi！I am Sylvia, your native mandairn teacher from China.
Are you confused with the expression of "a little bit" in mandrain?
Why can't you just say "一点儿“ in mandarin to show all the "a little”?

Hope you will understand how to say the  correct " a little" after listening this audio!

Welcome to leave your comments if you have any questions!
 

Sylva Mandarin

一点儿VS有点儿VS一下儿， how do we say “a little” in mandarin？

In this episode I talk about a Mexican Wedding parade on my YouTube Channel.
Here is Carl's italki teacher profile: https://italki.com/teacher/1947582 
Thanks for listening! Visit my website for more of my full-length podcasts . https://www.streetwisenglish.com

Streetwise English

SWE 74 Mexican Wedding 👰🎥 Video Description

This Podcast includes the first part of Chapter 1, which is the geography of the Roman Empire or Imperium Romanum.

The Questions at the end of the podcast include section 2 of Chapter 1 for the last questions, so make sure to read the full chapter before answering the questions at the end.

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Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata Capitulum Primum Pars I

At what age do we become "old?"

This is a question a team of European researchers has been asking.

The age at which people think old age begins has moved in time, according to a new study.

Many people also like to believe they haven't yet reached old age, even as they get older.

The research team looked at data from the German Ageing Survey, which included more than 14,000 participants.

The participants were born between 1911 and 1974, and answered survey questions over a 25-year period between 1996 and 2021.

They were aged between 40 and 85 when they began answering the questions, and more participants joined the survey in time.

People were asked a lot of questions, including: "At what age would you describe someone as old?"

The researchers found that when people born in 1911 got to the age of 65, they thought old age began at 71.

But when those who were born in 1956 got to 65, they thought old age began at 74, on average.

However, the study also found that people's perceptions of old age changed as they got older.

At the age of 64, the average participant said old age began at about 75. But at the age of 74, the average participant said old age began at about 76.

Study author Markus Wettstein said he wasn't sure if this meant people had a positive or negative view of old age.

Better health care and increased life expectancy in recent years may also have affected people's perceptions, he said.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

When Does 'Old Age' Begin? People Can't Decide

Anche i madrelingua commettono errori, all'inizio dopo aver detto 07/09/2022, ho detto aprile invece di settembre, senza alcuna ragione apparente. In questo episodio vi aggiorno sulle ultime novità di questi giorni! Buono ascolto e buono studio a tutti!

The Italian Miscellaneous Podcast🖐 

Aggiornamento sulle ultime novità

In dieser Episode von Deutsch durchdacht spreche ich über Kulinarisches in Deutschland. 