This podcast describes English language[British English], it's innuendos, expressions, slangs, elisions and idioms. It is for people wanting to understand the language better, and sound like natives.

The English Way

If you've reached B2 level, your pronunciation will probably be good.  But there are still things that you might be able to improve, to sound more like a native speaker.  

You can use sentence stress, intonation and connected speech to add more meaning and to speak faster.  This podcast contains examples of how we use these features to speak more fluidly.

Please read the transcript as you listen; it contains more notes and some exercises.  

TRANSCRIPT:   
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1NHd8AkwPBjvMRA76WFucbBRoL5h6wr-u&usp=drive_fs

English for Business

Sound like a native speaker

Descubre cómo Medellín y Bogotá forjaron identidades únicas a través de su historia, economía y cultura. ¿Emprendimiento paisa vs poder rolo? ¡Te lo contamos en menos de 45 minutos!

"¿Sabes por qué Medellín y Bogotá son tan diferentes? 🏙️☕
Desde el urbanismo social hasta la gentrificación, exploramos cómo estas ciudades definen a Colombia.

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The Macondo man stories

Paisas vs Rolos/Cachacos: Las Dos Caras de Colombia

TikTok has announced it will block young users on the social networking platform from using certain beauty filters on photographs.

The filters allow users to edit photos and do things like make people's skin look clearer, their eyes a little bigger or their lips a little fuller.

Some filters also allow users to change their skin color, and it can be hard to see when a photograph has been edited in this way.

People under the age of 18 will be blocked from using these filters, some of which are created by users and others that are made by the app.

TikTok announced the changes after a report by Internet Matters, a children's online safety organization. The organization found that these beauty filters could be damaging to children's mental health because they put young people under pressure to look a certain way.

This can damage children's self-esteem and cause anxiety, experts say.

Christine Grahn from TikTok said on LinkedIn: "If our users don't feel safe, they won't bring their true selves to TikTok and the platform just wouldn't be the same."

One TikTok user told The Guardian in 2022 that she had considered getting cosmetic surgery after a period of using beauty filters on the app.

Fun filters that allow children to add dog noses or rabbit ears to images will still be available to use.

One problem with the ban is that not all users enter their real ages when signing up to TikTok. The company said it would soon be trying out new machine learning systems that could help find out when users had entered the incorrect age.

TikTok is under pressure to stop under 13s from using the platform by giving false dates of birth.

Children's safety charities want all social media sites to do more to make the platforms safe spaces for young people.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

TikTok to Ban Under 18s from Using Beauty Filters

When our circumstances change, so does our mind. Some people may not be able to see the way things were before, and might not be able to appreciate them. There are many things to take away from this story, not just one.
This is one of the inspirational short stories that left me speechless.


Short Stories with Rose 

the blind girl (change)

This folktale is from Wales, and tells the story of how water lilies came to grow in a lake in the Welsh mountains.

Folktale Friday

HOW WATER LILIES BEGAN

 我感觉不舒服 
wǒ gǎn jué bù shū fù

日常中文（Daily Chinese）

I don't feel well  我感觉不舒服

How do you say family members in Chinese? Is it more complicated than your language?