If you say that a task was "plain sailing" then it's easy to complete. You didn't have any difficulty doing it. Of course, you could also say that a task was not plain sailing, meaning that it was a bit of a challenge!

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

It's a beautiful day to go sailing!

In this episode, let's learn more names of countries and nationalities in Vietnamese.

Hello Vietnamese Pod

Countries and Nationalities in Vietnamese

En este episodio, están resumido las dos partes de la obra de Miguel de Cervantes Don Quijote de la mancha.

Fragmentos de Don quijote de la mancha

Breve resumen de Don Quijote de la Mancha

Vas a escucharnos hablar de algunos errores muy frecuentes entre quienes aprenden español como lengua extranjera. Pónles atención para que los corrijas.🏆💪



Mucho que decir

🎧Algunos errores comunes

Charlotte rencontre Pierre

3 - La fête d'Émilie

Välkommen till min svenska podd för dig som är på väg att prata flytande svenska. Idag ska jag prata om hur det var för mig att komma till ett nytt land med kulturkrockarna.   

Svenskarna säger: borta bra men hemma bäst. Är det sant eller inte? Vad tycker du? Har du någon gång flyttat till ett nytt land? Eller ska du göra det? 


Prata Flytande Svenska/Speak Swedish Fluently  

Kulturkrocken/Att Komma Till Ett Nytt Land 

In this intermediate-level dialogue, practice your listening skills with a phone conversation between two friends. You'll learn key phrases, expand your vocabulary, and discover new verbs to use in everyday situations.

Grammar bits in Ukrainian

 Phone conversation (Intermediate level)

A social media ban for children under 16 has passed the Australian Senate and will soon become a world-first law.

The law will make social media platforms — TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram — liable for fines of up to $33 million for failures to prevent children younger than 16 from holding accounts.

The platforms will have one year to work out how they could implement the ban before penalties come into effect.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the ban is necessary, having previously argued that there is a "clear, causal link" between social media and the harm done to the mental health of young Australians.

Opposition Senator Maria Kovacic shared similar views.

"The core focus of this legislation is simple: It demands that social media companies take reasonable steps to identify and remove underage users from their platforms," she told the Senate.

"This is a responsibility these companies should have been fulfilling long ago, but for too long they have shirked these responsibilities in favor of profit," she added.

But while many support the ban, some argue the legislation could cause more harm than it prevents.

Senator David Shoebridge, from the Greens party, said mental health experts agreed that the ban could dangerously isolate many children who used social media to find support.

"This policy will hurt vulnerable young people the most, especially in regional communities and especially the LGBTQI community, by cutting them off," Shoebridge told the Senate.

Opponents also argue the ban would isolate children, deprive them of the positive aspects of social media, drive them to the dark web, discourage children too young for social media to report harm and reduce incentives for platforms to improve online safety.

While the law is the first of its kind worldwide, other countries have discussed similar measures.



Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Australia to Ban Under-16s from Social Media in World First

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