The collected adventures of a traveling teacher who encounters various cultural differences.
The first story "Time" will be posted in four parts.

Teacher who came in from the Cold

In these podcasts, I will provide some guidance to English vowel pronunciation and sentence speaking patterns.  These are for B1 to C1 students who want to be better understood or take the IELTS.

Accelerate your English Pronunciation with Ralph

These podcasts are for anyone who is preparing for the IELTS.
There will be a variety of lengths of podcasts featuring advice for some aspect of the Speaking test. 

Accelerate Your IELTS Speaking with Ralph

This episode introduces three idioms that use the word eye. Listen to the examples to hear how to use them. Please send me a message if you would like a copy of the audio script.

Idiom Corner

Brève histoire sur Napoléon.  Voici le script :

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dHLdOJUS13P8J_Me-qlxTXukroi2V2_WlbJPhmF17Rg/edit?usp=sharing

Bonne écoute!

1 podcast 1 personnage 

Napoléon Bonaparte : Une Figure Historique Incontournable (B2)

En este nuevo episodio escucharemos a Sabrina, ella nos leerá el horóscopo de este mes y nos dará algunos tips para este nuevo año, mientras prácticamos el Futuro Simple. 
En el siguiente enlance, encontrarán el material de trabajo: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RS63Ub45-lpItDJeHa9TPcDK3kF6-2E0i-XX2h7tn4k/edit?usp=sharing

Real Spanish Podcast

El horóscopo

People who spend a lot of time sitting down might reduce their health risks by drinking coffee, a new study suggests.

Researchers from China wanted to look at the health effects of coffee drinking and time spent sitting.

They looked at health data for nearly 11,000 people in the US and followed them for up to 13 years.

During the period of the study, 945 people died, including 284 from heart disease.

The research team found that people who sat for over eight hours a day were almost 50% more likely to die from all causes, and nearly 80% more likely to die from heart disease.

That's compared to people who sat for fewer than four hours per day.

Sitting for a long time has been linked to increased risks of diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity and more.

The researchers also found that people who drank the most coffee — three or more cups per day — reduced their risk of death from all causes by over 30% compared to those who drank no coffee. And they were more than 50% less likely to die from heart disease.

And drinking coffee even seemed to protect people from the health risks of sitting down: coffee drinkers could sit for more than six hours a day and still have about the same risk of death as non-coffee drinkers who sat for less than six hours.

However, the researchers said they didn't look at the effects of different types of coffee on our health, so they couldn't be sure which type was best.

They wrote that more research would be needed on this "miracle" drink.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

 Spend Too Long Sitting? Coffee Could Help!

In this lesson, we will focus on learning Swahili Fundamentals, Grammar and Basic conversation for both complete beginners and intermediate learners. Pronunciation , Forming sentences, words and expressions, Grammar, comprehension, Greetings, Swahili culture and tradition.

Lets Learn Swahili

Swahili For Beginners

In this story, a wax bowl of stinky tofu named Stinfu wants to transform into real food. How does he do it? This is Part 3 of 4. 

The night market had finished and all the satisfied customers had left. There was only the restaurant staff, working very quickly to pack up. They didn’t want to spend another minute around a kitchen. They wanted to get home to their warm houses and relax. 

Stinfu stayed where he was. From his view in the showcase, he couldn’t see any of the workers, but he could definitely hear them. He heard plates being washed and stacked; and he heard spray bottles used to clean tables. 

Then, right on time, just like every night, Stinfu was picked up and moved out onto the counter. A waiter then reached inside the showcase and wiped the glass. 
Stinfu looked out at the lonely, empty night market and wished for a miracle. 

I’ve done my service… I’ve attracted thousands of customers to eat stinky tofu… I’m done. I’m tired of living a fake life. I know I’m something real, something more than this wax figure. 

And with that thought, Stinfu saw the homeless man return. 

The homeless man creeped forward, trying to stay hidden from the restaurant workers. He crouched down behind a table and looked straight at Stinfu. The homeless man’s eyes said everything: I’m going to get that stinky tofu or die trying! 

Stinfu lit up with absolute joy and sung a little song in his mind. 

Eat me, eat me, eat me—I’m ready. Eat me, eat me, eat me—I’m delicious! 

When the time was right, and the workers were nowhere to be seen, the homeless man ran forward to the counter and snatched Stinfu. 

Being a Cloud

Stinfu the Stinky Tofu 

Hey guys, this is Aneleh, your favorite Portuguese tutor. In today’s podcast we’ll talk about some Portuguese expressions. If you feel like, you can skip directly to the portuguese part at one minute and thirty seconds.
And you can  check out the podcast description by clicking at this link: 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TzxnKy0KP2qpHvHZRmQ9x6cbg4iMhlACJ_5nEWK6BKQ/edit?usp=sharing
 Let 's go? 

Portuguese Drops 

Portuguese Expressions (4)

马上要过节了，大家是不是要开始吃吃吃了？吃完以后，一起健身起来吧！
