Most of my students are IT professionals -- from programmers to product testers, etc. I am making podcasts to help them with their pronunciation and general English level.

English for IT Pros

This podcast is for all those involved in business who wish to excel in their English skills.

English for Business

Почему мы проще запоминаем что-то необычное, и как это использовать при обучении иностранным языкам
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Why do we remember unusual things more easily, and how can this help in learning foreign languages?

Speak Russian Creatively

Учимся через удивление: о силе креативного запоминания // Learning Through Wonder: The Power of Creative Memory

Zwyczaje zakupowe Polaków (Shopping habits of Poles)

The Polish Course

#1 Zwyczaje zakupowe Polaków (Shopping habits of Poles) – C1

Impersonal verbs are verbs that do not use a specific subject, but instead use the generic subject it. They’re often called “weather verbs” or “meteorological verbs” because they’re commonly used to describe the weather, like in the impersonal verb examples “it’s raining” or “it’s snowing.” 

 Words and phrases with asterisks mean that they are not always impersonal, depending on the meaning. 

be*
blizzard
come to*
darken*
drizzle*
get*
go without saying*
hail*
happen*
look like*
occur*
pour*
rain
say*
sleet
snow
storm
thunder

Dusty's LETS TALK!

A Guide to Impersonal Verbs

in this Episode I tried to share some advices in order to make you  feel better in just 15 minutes.
If you tried some of them and you felt more better, I would be so happy to hear that.so write about for me !

feeling good

feeling better in just 15 minutes.2nd Episode

If you look up “get” in a dictionary, you might see anywhere from 10 to 20 definitions.  That is really scary.  However, I have some good news.  There is a much easier way to remember how to use “get.”  

Instead of memorizing dozens of meanings, it’s better to organize the meanings of “get” into groups.  Each group is easy to recognize because it is based on what comes after “get.” 

For the full text of this podcast, please go to https://www.difficultenglishexplained.com/the-verb-get-not-as-complicated-as-it-looks/ . 
 

Difficult English Explained

The Verb “Get” --- Not as Complicated as it Looks

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Why in Italy we celebrate 25 april? Perché in Italia si festeggia il 25 aprile?

Physiologists Alanda Lennox and Allen Goodship found an explanation for this paradox in 2008. They discovered that pregnant bears were able to increase the density of their bones before they started to build their dens. In addition, six months later, when they finally emerged from the den with their cubs, there was no evidence of significant loss of bone density. Hibernating brown bears do not have this capacity and must therefore resort to major bone reformation in the following spring. If the mechanism of bone remodelling in polar bears can be understood, many bedridden humans, and even astronauts, could potentially benefit.

The medical benefits of the polar bear for humanity certainly have their importance in our conservation efforts, but these should not be the only factors taken into consideration. We tend to want to protect animals we think are intelligent and possess emotions, such as elephants and primates. Bears, on the other hand, seem to be perceived as stupid and in many cases violent. And yet anecdotal evidence from the field challenges those assumptions, suggesting for example that polar bears have good problem-solving abilities. A male bear called GoGo in Tennoji Zoo, Osaka, has even been observed making use of a tool to manipulate his environment. The bear used a tree branch on multiple occasions to dislodge a piece of meat hung out of his reach. Problem-solving ability has also been witnessed in wild polar bears, although not as obviously as with GoGo. A calculated move by a male bear involved running and jumping onto barrels in an attempt to get to a photographer standing on a platform four metres high.

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