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12. Chinese Variety Shows (Part2) 中国综艺节目（下）

La cultura popular está llena de creencias, mitos y leyendas que construyen la identidad de un pueblo y forma parte del imaginario colectivo de sus habitantes. Cuba no es la excepción y posee un montón de historias con seres únicos.

Cafecito con Ale

El güije, criatura mitológica cubana

Shadowing Practice- repeat after me.

저는 편의점에서 일해요.
[저는 펴니저메서 일해요]
I work at a convenience store.
저는 제 친구랑 일해요.
[저는 제 친구랑 일해요]
I work with my friend.
저는 매일 일해요.
[저는 매일 일해요]
I work every day.
저는 열심히 일해요.
[저는 열씨미 일해요]
I work hard.
저는 제 친구랑 편의점에서 일해요.
[저는 제 친구랑 펴니저메서 일해요]
I work with my friend at a convenience store.
저는 제 친구랑 매일 편의점에서 일해요.
[저는 제 친구랑 매일 펴니저메서 일해요]
I work with my friend at a convenience store every day.

저는 제 친구랑 매일 편의점에서 열심히 일해요.
[저는 제 친구랑 매일 펴니저메서 열씨미 일해요]
I work hard with my friend at a convenience store every day.


Speak That Korean

S001 저는 편의점에서 일해요 I work at a convinience store

Today we're talking about the words "diligent" and "rigorous". Two words that you can use to describe the way that you work if you take a lot of care to ensure that every little detail is correct. I hope you find them useful!

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DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

Did you notice this small detail?

In this episode you will learn how to ask what's time do you get up.

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How to Speak like a Native: The Power of Lexical Chunks
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Episode 2: How to Speak like a Native: The Power of Lexical Chunks

Some animals have been known to use tools such as sticks, rocks and even bait to hunt for food. And humpback whales have been found using their own unique tool to hunt — bubbles.

A study published in Royal Society Open Science in August observed the hunting behaviors of more than 70 humpback whales in Stephens Passage in southeast Alaska, documenting how the whales blow bubbles to catch more prey.

Humpback whales hunt for krill — small, shrimp-like creatures that are around the same size as a paperclip, and which swim in swarms.

Whales can take in large amounts of krill in one mouthful. And to make this easier, humpback whales trap swarms of krill in "bubble nets" before feeding on them.

The whales create these "nets" by releasing air from their blowhole as they swim in circles below the surface of the water. The bubbles rise in a spiral pattern, which, from above the water's surface, looks more like artwork than a tool for hunting.

The rising bubbles create "curtains" of air around the krill that they are reluctant to swim through, although researchers aren't yet sure why this is. The whales then swim up through the "net" with an open mouth to eat the trapped krill.

The study data showed that as a whale swam in tighter circles and the "net" got smaller, the krill caught inside became, on average, more than seven times denser. This allowed the whales to catch more krill in a single mouthful.

A whale doesn't have to move very fast to create a net or eat trapped krill, allowing it to get more food without using any more energy.

While not many other animals create their own tools to catch prey like the humpback whale, there are examples of animals using other tools to hunt.

For example, chimpanzees have been observed using sticks to dig for bugs, while sea otters use rocks to open mussels. Certain species of heron have even been found to use food as bait to attract fish.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Humpback Whales Use Bubbles to Hunt

Listen to this Reading comprehension exercise.
For levels A2 and B1.

Mucho que decir

Reading comprehension

Do you like to do things, or do you prefer watching other people do things?  Are you a spectator or a participant?

Angela reads the basic text from this lesson, (transcript available when you take this lesson).

This topic is also available for intermediate and higher-level learners.
