How to build and successfully prepare a mock debate or discussion.

Baffling Lingo

Mock Debate 

En este episodio te enseñaré expresiones coloquiales con el verbo "morir" como "me muero de ganas por conocerte", "estoy muerta de calor" ... 
Los españoles utilizamos mucho lenguaje coloquial y puede resultar difícil entendernos cuando usamos algunas palabras fuera del contexto habitual y con un significado totalmente diferente.
También, me gustaría que aprendieras un poco sobre el tono y la melodía que usamos junto con las palabras.
Si quieres la transcripción del episodio puedes escribirme y te la enviaré. ¡Muchas gracias por escuchar español!

Español con Maite

¡Me muero de ganas de ....! Expresiones coloquiales con "morir"

IELTS Speaking Part 3 Topic: Historic Place. Questions 1-3

Q. 1: How do people in your country feel about protecting historic buildings?
Q. 2: Do you think an area can benefit from having an interesting historic place locally? In what way?
Q. 3. What do you think will happen to historic places or buildings in the future? Why?

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IELTS-SPEAKING 8-9 BAND IS POSSIBLE. DAILY SPEAKING PRACTICE PART 1,2 & 3. Listen daily.

IELTS Speaking Part 3 Topic: Historic Place. Q. 1-3

Let's see what { It's a long shot } means :



It means :

it's unlikely but it's still possible
There is still a small chance so let's try
it's difficult or kinda unlikely but still it's possible, let's do that

English for Work with James

Episode 12 : It's a long shot

「みんなのにほんご」２かのごいです。
Let's practice the vocabulary of Minna no Nihongo Lesson 1.
Write down the vocabulary you hear.

本	　ほん	　book
辞書	じしょ	dictionary
雑誌	ざっし	　magazine
新聞	しんぶん	　newspaper
ノート	のーと	　notebook
手帳	てちょう　	pocket notebook
名刺	めいし	　business card
カード　	かーど	　card
鉛筆	えんぴつ	　　pencil
ボールペン　	ぼーるぺん　	ballpoint pen
シャープペンシル	　しゃーぷぺんしる	mechanical pencil
鍵	かぎ	　key
時計	とけい	watch, clock
傘	かさ	umbrella
かばん	かばん	bag, briefcase
テレビ	　てれび	　television
ラジオ	　らじお　	radio
カメラ	　かめら　	camera
コンピューター	こんぴゅーたー	computer
車	　くるま　	car
机	　つくえ	　desk
椅子	いす	chair
チョコレート	　ちょこれーと	chocolate
コーヒー	　　こーひー　　	coffee


ごいのれんしゅう

みんなのにほんご_２か‗ごい

nside a dimly lit cave, a group of people sit huddled around glowing amphoras. These vessels are no ordinary pottery; they're meticulously painted with images of legendary wrestlers, engaged in eternal combat. The flickering light from a small fire casts these images onto the walls, animating the wrestlers in a primitive, captivating dance of shadows.



The cave's inhabitants watch these images, interpreting the epic battles as the ultimate expression of wrestling. They debate the techniques, celebrate the victories, and mourn the defeats, all from the moving images on the amphoras. To them, these representations are the entirety of wrestling—there is no world beyond the wrestlers on the pottery.


Nikostratos, ever the curious and skeptical cat, notices a sliver of light peeking through a crack in the cave wall. The murals and their tales don't satisfy his curiosity. One day, driven by a particularly pungent smell of the outside world—a mix of fresh earth and sweat—he finds a loose stone and wiggles his way through the crack.

Everything Zenified 

Wrestling, skeptical Cats, and Allegory of the Cave

Nếu bạn muốn thử 1 món ăn dễ ăn, dễ tìm thì có lẽ bánh mì là sự lựa chon của bạn. Không đâu ở Việt Nam mà bánh mì lại đa dạng như vậy. 

Bạn là người ăn chay? Bạn có thể chọn bánh mì nấm, bánh mì rau củ hoặc thậm chí là ổ bánh mì không. Bánh mì đặc ruột với lớp vỏ giòn rụm và phần ruột bánh thơm thơm, dẻo dẻo. 

Bạn thích ăn thịt? Bạn đam mê vị đậm đà. Hãy đến với bánh mì thịt quay, bánh mì cá hộp, bánh mì bò, bánh mì chả thịt, bánh mì bơ pate, bánh mì xá xíu, bánh mì phá lấu, bánh mì xíu mại, v.v.

Bạn vừa thích món ngọt vừa thích món mặn? Hừm, bạn có vẻ khó chiều đấy. Nhưng không sao, bánh mì kem trứng, bánh mì nhân phô mai lát, bánh mì nhân dừa, bánh mì nhân xúc xích phô mai gà,bánh mì mật ong, bánh mì phô mai sẽ làm bạn hài lòng. 

Bánh mì Việt Nam có nguồn gốc từ bánh baguette của Pháp nhưng đã được thay đổi hương vị để phù hợp với khẩu vị người Việt. Giá cả có thể từ 2k vnd cho tới vài chục thậm chí vài trăm  là bình thường. Tất cả nằm ở sở thích của bạn mà thôi. Chúc bạn ngon miệng nhé!

Chi - italki Vietnamese

Nên ăn gì khi đến thành phố Hồ Chí Minh?

Hello!  Today, I'm talking about this year's Autumn.  I think that Autumn came late this year, but the autumn leaves have finally started.  They are so beautiful. It's a shame that I can't show it to you living abroad. I don't know how much I can express this beautiful Autumn scenery in words, but I'd try it.  Thank you for listening! 
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ゆっくりやってきた秋
今年は11月になっても、昼間の気温が高い日が多く、少し動くだけで汗ばむ陽気でした。でも、11月の半ばを過ぎて、ようやく秋らしい気候になってきました。
朝晩は空気がひんやりと冷たく、毛糸のセーターを着てちょうどいいくらいです。
最近、時間のあるときは、できるだけ　歩くようにしています。うちから　20分ほど歩いたところに、ジブリ映画「ホタルの墓」の舞台になった池があります。そこには、桜の木などいろいろ植えられていて、今ごろになると　葉が赤や黄色に紅葉します。　1年中、緑色の木とのコントラストがとても美しいです。　その景色が　池の水面にも映っていて、写真に撮ると1枚の絵画のように見えます。　その池の周りを　ぐるっと一周　回るように歩きます。歩いている間も、風が吹くたびに、色づいた木の葉が、枝から離れて　ひらひらと　舞い落ちて行きます。地面には　落ちた木の葉が　たまって、　近くに住む家の人が、それらを　ほうきでかき集めて　道路をきれいにしています。全部の木の葉が落ちきるまで、しばらくは　この人たちの苦労は続くと思います。でも、私はただの通行人なので、「たいへんそうだなあ」と思うだけです。　その人たちの苦労を横目に、その落ち葉さえ秋の景色の一つとして楽しんでいます。
私は　歩きながら　景色の写真をたくさん撮ります。日本は季節があるので、同じ場所でも、季節によってまったく見え方が違います。雲も違います。夏、あれだけ力強く空にあった入道雲はもうありません。　すうっと線を引いたような薄い雲がいろんな方向から伸びていたり、小さくちぎれた雲がたくさんあったり。そうかと思えば、雲一つない青空だったりします。　池には、夏にはいなかった渡り鳥の群れが　何百羽も来ていました。ざっと数えただけでも200羽以上はいたと思います。冬を前に、引っ越ししているんですね。私たちも　冬支度を少しずつ始めないといけません。かぜも　インフルエンザもコロナも　かかりたくありませんからね。
