Strasbourg, sa choucroute, sa cathédrale, ses légendes !


Douce France

Le vieux Strasbourg

In this episode, I will teach you how to introduce yourself to your new Brazilian Portuguese teacher or tutor and make the best out of your first lesson here on italki. Show them you're ready to start this journey by having the answer to the most frequent "first-conversation-questions" under your belt.

Teach Yourself Portuguese

02 - How to introduce yourself to your brazilian tutor or teacher

Learn in this IELTS Speaking Episode lots of vocabulary, idioms and collocations to describe people, their personality traits, what they look like, how they are, and what they do. This is a great IELTS topic for learning the best idioms and phrases to Hack IELTS speaking questions on talking about people. If you would like to book a class with Carlita, ask her a question and she will respond!

IELTS Speaking Preparation

Episode 3 - Describing People 

Sin la letra eñe no sería lo mismo nuestro idioma: español, tampoco España, sonaría incompleto señor, mañana, niño y año. ¿Lo imaginas? 
Hoy hablaremos del origen de la letra ñ, así como algunas curiosidades. Comencemos.

Español con todo 

La letra Ñ: origen y curiosidades

En este episodio te cuento brevemente sobre la familia Ocampo y más particularmente sobre Silvina Ocampo, una de las mejores cuentistas argentina. ¡Súper recomendada!

Porteña

Ciclo literatura - Silvina Ocampo

画龙点睛 [huà lóng diǎn jīng]：draw;paint/loong/touch lightly /eyes；
The idiom means bringing the painted dragon to life by putting in the pupils of its eyes,and it  emphasizes the critical adjustment or embellishment made after completing a task to achieve the best possible outcome.
南北朝 nán běi cháo：The Northern and Southern Dynasties in Chinese history
画家 huà jiā：painter
张僧繇 zhāng sēng yáo：A famous ancient painters
寺庙 sì miào：temple
墙壁 qiáng bì：wall
说大话 shuō dà huà：brag；boast；talk big
顿时 dùn shí：suddenly；at once
电闪雷鸣 diàn shǎn léi míng：the lightning flashed and thunder crashed
腾空 téng kōng：rise high into the air; soar

乐读中文 (Lè Dú Zhōngwén) - "Joyful Chinese Stories"

画龙点睛 [huà lóng diǎn jīng]

「げんき」L1のAdditional Vocablaryです。Repeat and shadow them, remembering and recalling their meanings!

げんきのごい

L1のたんごAdditional Vocablary

I discuss some of my favorite idioms! 
Can't see the forest for the trees
better late than never 
fishing for compliments 
could care less 
go above and beyond (the call of duty) 
go the extra mile 
You give them an inch and they take a mile. 
on the fence/in two minds about
Take it easy