Brief introduction and some tips for practicing English at the gym.

Everyday English with Nick

Introduction

L'ispettore Malvisi e il sergente Arimanno trovano una lista della spesa sul luogo del delitto. La vittima è la signora Genitti. La lista appartiene sicuramente all'assassino. Nella lista troviamo scritto: latte, sigarette, frutta, verdura, collutorio rinfrescante, raccoglitore con 20 fogli, acqua e crema per le mani. In questa lista ci sono gli indizi per trovare il colpevole. Come sempre, scrivi il suo nome nei commenti.

Se io fossi Sherlock Holmes

La lista del mistero

¿Alguna vez se te ha roto un hueso?
Aquí vas a escucharnos hablar de algunas anécdotas con esta pregunta tan común entre los hispanohablantes.

Mucho que decir

🎧¿Alguna vez...?

Do you find it harder to be nice and cooperative when you're tired? You're not alone — and there's actually science behind that feeling.

Researchers in Italy looked at how being tired affected people's brains and the decisions they made.

They looked at a total of almost 450 people. The participants all started by doing a set of similar tasks for about 45 minutes — but for one group, the tasks were made much more difficult to make the participants mentally tired.

For example, the mentally tired group was given more difficult quiz questions to answer. And while everyone watched funny videos, the mentally tired group was told to try not to smile or laugh.

Participants then played several economic games that asked them to make decisions that would give different benefits to themselves and others, like deciding how to share points in a group.

It was found that mentally tired participants were much less likely to make cooperative decisions in the games. They were also more likely to choose "antisocial" and "spiteful" options — where they could, say, choose to use some of their own points to reduce someone else's points instead of using them to help themselves or the group.

Why did this happen?

Among the mentally tired group, the researchers found a much stronger increase in "slow-wave" activity in parts of the brain used for things like planning, paying attention, controlling emotions and understanding others. These "slow waves" are similar to the ones seen in our brains when we sleep.

The researchers said this increase in slow waves may explain tired participants' less cooperative decisions.

So when you're tired after a long day, you may be less nice because the parts of your brain you need to help you cooperate are actually going to sleep!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Science of Spite: Why We're Meaner when We're Tired

好聽的中文故事 | 好听的中文故事✨ 

明明通過賣檸檬汁掙了多少錢呢？一起來聽聽看！
明明通过卖柠檬汁挣了多少钱呢？一起来听听看！


好听的中文故事 | 好聽的中文故事 | Great Chinese Stories

檸檬汁和小鳥 | 柠檬汁和小鸟🐦

El dinero es un tema universal, está en todos los lugares. Por eso he pensado que un episodio sobre vocabulario y expresiones relacionadas con el dinero podría ser útil. En este episodio vas a aprender algunas formas coloquiales de llamar al dinero y algunas expresiones para referirse a personas que tienen (mucho, no mucho) dinero.

Espero que, como siempre, disfrutes el episodio. Cuando lo hayas escuchado no te olvides de dejar un comentario o pasarte por mi Instagram y decirme:

-si conocías estas formas coloquiales para dinero y

-si en tu idioma también tienes expresiones similares a las que menciono en el episodio.


Blanca to go 

51 – hablamos de dinero

7 Easy Tips on How to Remember New English Words 
Background music by Pixabay and Bensound

Learn English with Trina

EPISODE ONE: 7 Easy Tips on How to Remember New English Words 

Understanding the most common prefixes and suffixes in English is a great way to build your vocabulary. In this blog post, I cover the prefixes "dis-" and "mis-." They may seem the same, but there are some subtle differences.

For the full text of the article, go to
https://www.difficultenglishexplained.com/what-is-the-difference-between-dis-and-mis-making-negative-words-in-english/

Visualizer: https://youtu.be/ZE2AaUxq2n0




Difficult English Explained

What is the Difference between “dis-” and “mis-”? — Making Negative Words in English

En este episodio te invito a conocer el origen y las características del voseo en el Río de la Plata.