Ditch the boring textbooks and dive into the world of language learning with memes! 
Discover how laughter and creativity can supercharge your journey to fluency. Get ready to LOL your way to learning with memes. 

💃🏻111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 28 - LOL to Fluency: How you can use memes to learn a language

Wishing you all a very happy New Year in a prosperous 2024 in Italy.

English My Way

Italy happy New Year

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English Psychology Podcasts

Addiction and its mechanism in brain

Want to use more natural expressions when you speak English? Tune into the latest Express to Impress Podcast episode to learn English sayings for everyday conversations. Specifically, you’ll learn six idioms, phrases, adjectives, and adverbs. 

This episode is a follow-up to the previous episode, Less is More: Tips for Effective International Business Communication.

When you use these English sayings in everyday conversations, you’ll connect better with native English speakers. 

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Episode originally published April 22, 2022

Read the transcript at https://www.express-to-impress.com/english-sayings/

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Original theme music by Lucas Knutter

Express to Impress

English Sayings for Everyday Conversations

Vamos saber como foram as férias da Tatiana

 Portuguese Audios for Intermediate B1 -Áudios em Português para Intermédios B1

As minhas férias de sonho

روزی ز سر سنگ عقابی به هوا خاست
واندر طلب طعمه پر و بال بياراست

بر راستی بال نظر کرد و چنين گفت
امروز همه روی زمین زير پر ماست

بـر اوج فلک چون بپرم از نظـر تــيز
می‌بينم اگر ذره‌ای اندر ته درياست

گر بر سر خـاشاک يکی پشه بجنبد
جنبيدن آن پشه عيان در نظر ماست

بسيار منی کـرد و ز تقدير نترسيد
بنگر که ازين چرخ جفا پيشه چه برخاست

ناگـه ز کـمينگاه يکی سـخت کمانی
تيری ز قضا و قدر انداخت بر او راست

بـر بـال عـقاب آمـد آن تير جـگر دوز
وز ابر مر او را به سوی خاک فرو کاست

بر خـاک بيفتاد و بغلـتيد چو ماهی
وانگاه پر خويش گشاد از چپ و از راست

گفتا عجب است اينکه ز چوب است و ز آهن
اين تيزی و تندی و پريدن ز کجا خاست؟

چون نیک نگه‌کرد و پر خويش بر او ديد
گفتا ز که ناليم که از ماست که بر ماست

Persian Poetry

روزی ز سر سنگ عقابی به هوا خاست، ناصر خسرو

If you don't already lift weights, it may be time to start. According to researchers from Japan, just 30 to 60 minutes of muscle-strengthening exercise a week is enough to lower a person's risk of early death.

Muscle-strengthening exercise can include activities like push-ups, yoga and walking up steps, among others.

The research was based on 16 previously published studies that had between 4,000 and 480,000 adult participants.

The studies were done in the US, England, Scotland, Australia and Japan. The participants had no serious health issues, and they were monitored for at least two years.

The results, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, showed that those who did between 30 and 60 minutes of strength or weight training a week had a 10% to 20% lower risk of early death from all causes.

This type of exercise was also found to lower the risks of heart disease and cancer by about the same amount.

Participants who reported doing a combination of muscle training and aerobic activity were found to have a 40% lower risk of death from all causes, 46% lower risk of heart disease, and 28% lower risk of death from cancer.

However, after 130 to 140 minutes of muscle training, the positive health effects decreased, and were only seen in issues related to diabetes.

Speaking with CNN, University of Minnesota professor William Roberts, who was not part of the study, said the results are good for people who want to improve their health but don't have much time for exercise.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

30 Minutes of Muscle Training Can Lower Risk of Death

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Teacher Joseph's Podcast

The Royals begin to look at Slavery (with transcript)

Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WPZU-s8D4P4LUITYUwFF1F2M6QkFJzNO/view?usp=drivesdk