Nick looks at both sides of this topic to help give you ideas for Speaking Part 3 or Writing Part 2 in the IELTS test. 

IELTS with Nick - World Knowledge 

Is advertising to children acceptable?

        今天我们要读书的部分是如何修炼自己的内在气质，包括但不限于经历、读书以及爱好。
岁月难静好，女人尤需要内心强大，只有这样，才能有内向外散发气质。

                                              【今日话题】
爱好是乐趣，是修炼，也是品味。
你平时有什么爱好呢，这种爱好对于你来说意味着什么呢？

欢迎发表你的想法！

每天陪你读书，每天打卡，不见不散！

Ruby's  Reading club of  Chinese

优雅是种力量(三）幸福的人，都在宠自己

British food has a bad reputation. It's often considered boring, uninspiring, and tasteless. But it hasn't always been this way. Discover what role William the Conqueror, Henry VIII, The French Revolution and Colonialism all played in making British food taste the way it does.

English Learning for Curious Minds

The Curious Taste of British Food

A businessman in China has announced that his workers can take days off if they're not in a good mood.

It has been called "unhappiness leave." And Yu Donglai, who is the founder of a supermarket chain called Pang Dong Lai, said his employees can use 10 days of this leave each year.

"I want every staff member to have freedom. Everyone has times when they're not happy, so if you're not happy, do not come to work," Yu said earlier this year.

He added that shop managers cannot deny workers this leave if they ask for it.

This leave is in addition to the days off that the company's employees already have.

According to the South China Morning Post, Pang Dong Lai workers get between 30 and 40 days of leave each year, as well as five days off during New Year. Their working days are seven hours long, and employees don't work on weekends.

Yu said of his company: "We do not want to be big. We want our employees to have a healthy and relaxed life, so that the company will too."

The average monthly salary at Pang Dong Lai is about $970, which is much higher than the average in China for workers in similar jobs.

Yu has 13 shops in Henan province, and they have become known for their customer service. He's known as a good boss in a country where many workers are said to be feeling burned out at work.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

'Not Happy? Have a Day Off,' Says Boss in China

Consejos para mejorar tu pronunciación .

Español -Recomendaciones y Curiosidades 

10 tips para mejorar tu pronunciación en Español

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“꼼짝 마!”

꼼짝 마가 뭐예요? What is 꼼짝 마? 

"꼼짝" is a kind of mimetic word meaning a sluggish and slow movement. 
And when the imperative ending "-아" is added to the verb "말다", it becomes "마".
So if we put things together, 
“꼼짝 마”
Don’t do any slow movement! Don’t move! Freeze!

Especially in K-dramas, police officers often use this expression toward criminals.

무슨 말인지 알겠어요? You got it?


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그거 봤어? Did you watch it?

How to say "Freeze!" in Korean? OOO!

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
〈#176〉3月22日水曜日　天気/晴れ　気温/10℃ 

・海鮮/かいせん

・ラーメン/らーめん

・スープカレー/すーぷかれー

・ジンギスカン/じんぎすかん

・スイーツ/すいーつ

レッスン待ってます♪

北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#176〉　北海道のおいしい食べ物は？

f you're going to exercise, you have to stretch, right?

Well, maybe not.

The answer might depend on your goals, and what you mean by "stretch."

There are different types of stretches.

In what are known as "static" stretches, you hold a single position for perhaps as long as 60 to 90 seconds. These stretches are great for increasing flexibility.

But there are also "dynamic" stretches, where you repeatedly — but carefully — move your joints through their full range of motion.

Expert opinion on how to use these stretches has changed over the years. But it's now generally believed that dynamic stretching is best before you exercise, while static stretching is better after.

As Alisa Bowman writes for the Mayo Clinic, dynamic stretching helps improve blood flow and joint mobility, which gets your body ready to exercise. Studies have even found that dynamic stretching before exercise can improve your performance.

Meanwhile, some research has found that static stretching can temporarily weaken your muscles, which is why it's generally no longer recommended before certain sports — and especially not for high-performance athletes.

Instead, static stretches are typically recommended for helping to relax your muscles after exercise. Since you've been moving and increasing blood flow to your joints and muscles, you'll actually be more flexible, so you'll get more benefit from those stretches.

But while you may have been told that stretching will reduce soreness after you exercise, research has found that it really doesn't make much difference.

You've also probably been told to stretch to avoid injuries. But research doesn't seem to support that either — especially for static stretching.

Writing for WebMD, Sonya Collins says that, as long as you stretch sometime, it's fine if you don't do it around the time you exercise.

In fact, some experts say if you're short on time, it's better to exercise without doing any stretching than to cut your workout short!

Do You Really Need to Stretch When You Exercise?

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