Joy to Our World

The blind leading the blind. Can it get any worse?

Детские загадки с разбором сложных слов!

Говори как носитель

Загадки! 

How do you improve your IELTS band score. In this podcast I’m going to give you 1 simple strategy to help you get the band score you need.

The technique I’m going to teach you is paraphrase. Yes, paraphrasing is very important, and it’s something that IELTS examiners listen out for. In the IELTS band descriptors you will see that you can not get a band score 6 or 7 unless you can paraphrase effectively.

Let me give you an example.

Let’s say in part 1 the examiner asks you about your hometown and asks you this question: Is your hometown a popular destination for foreigners?

You should answer the question by choosing a synonym for foreigners, for example, tourists.

You could also choose a synonym  for destination, for example visit.

So, when the examiner asks you “Is your hometown a popular destination for foreigners?” you could answer like this:

Yes, many tourists visit my hometown. 

So, you’ve answered the question using paraphrase.

Instead of foreigners you said tourists and instead of destination, you said visit.

Let me teach you again. If the examiner asks you “Is your hometown a popular destination for foreigners?” you could answer:

Yes, many tourists visit my hometown. 


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IELTS Speaking Practice

Strategy 1 - paraphrasing

Here's today's news. Please share your thoughts at the end when I ask a question.
You can check the script at the link provided.

今日(きょう)のニュースです。最後(さいご)に質問(しつもん)をしますので、感想(かんそう)を聞(き)かせください。スクリプトはリンクで確認(かくにん)できます。

■ハロウィーンに外で酒を飲むことを禁止 - Drinking alcohol outside on Halloween is prohibited - 
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/k10014583881000/k10014583881000.html

NEWS for beginners - Native Japanese Accent -

ハロウィーンに外で酒を飲むことを禁止 - Drinking alcohol outside on Halloween is prohibited - 

Как вы считаете, любая ли слава это хорошо? Все ли средства хороши для пиара? 

Russfriend  (all about russia) 

"Радость" А.П. Чехов

‘Ali: as-salâmu ‘aláikum
‘Ammâr: wa ‘aláikumu s-salâm
‘Ali: hadzihi sûrat usra-tî** / This is the picture of my family
‘Ammâr: mâ shâ Allah! (OMG) man hadzâ? / Who is this?
‘Ali: hadza wâlid-î ‘Adnân, huwa muhandis / This my father, ‘Adnân, he is an engineer.
‘Ammâr: wa man hadzihi? / And who is this?
‘Ali: hadzihi wâlida-tî Sa‘îda, hiya tabîba / This is my mother, Sa‘îda, she is a doctor
‘Ammâr: wa man hadzâ? / And who is this?
‘Ali: hadzâ aj-î ‘Îsâ, huwa tâlib / This is my brother ‘Îsà, he is a student
‘Ammâr: wa man hadizhi? / and who is this? 
‘Ali: hadzihi ujt-î ‘Abla, hiya mu‘allima / mudarrisa; wa hadzâ ŷadd-î, wa hadzihi ŷadda-tî / this is my sister, ‘Abla, she is a teacher; and this is my grandfather and this my grandmother. 
‘Ammâr: mâ shâ Allah!
 
عـلي: السـلام عـلـيـكـم
عـمّار: وعـلـيـكـم السـلام
عـلي: هـذه صورة أسـرتــي
عـمّار: مـا شـاء الله! مـن هـذا؟
عـلي: هـذا والـدي عـدنان، هـو مـهـنـدس
عـمّار: ومـن هـذه؟
عـلي: هـذه والـدتـي سـعـيـدة، هي طـبيـبة
عـمّار: ومـن هـذا؟
عـلي: هـذا أخـي عـيـسـى، هـو طالـب
عـمّار: ومـن هـذه؟
عـلي: هـذه أخـتـي عـبـلة، هـي مـعـلـمة. وهـذا جـدّي، وهـذه جـدّتـي
عـمّار: مـا شـاء الله!
 



Aprende árabe con Radia 

The family

En el Episodio 06 de "Segurola y Habana", el Podcast donde el idioma de los argentinos es explicado por argentinos, hoy les traemos la expresión "Chongo". ¿Qué es un chongo? Argentinos responden en su idioma.


Segurola y Habana Podcast

6 - Chongo

In this episode we will learn how to use 我想你!

HSK2

Learn how to use 想（Miss）

In Chinese there’s a word called 衣食住行 (yi1 shi2 zhu4 xing2), representing the 4 essential aspects in our life: clothing, food, place to live and going out. In today’s episode we are tackling the last aspect ‘行’. What are the most popular transportations in China? What transportation we DO NOT have in China? And many more! 