People in the UK have no money to boil potatoes
The cost of living crisis is hitting people's pockets hard all across the world. Soaring oil and gas prices have made basic necessities like food, heating and transport unaffordable for many people. In the UK over the past few months, the debate has been over the shocking dilemma of "heating or eating". Energy prices have more than doubled this year for many consumers, resulting in those on low incomes or on benefits facing the choice of heating their home, or eating. Life is so hard for some that they do not have enough money to use gas or electricity to boil potatoes. This situation will be exacerbated by rises in contributions to the country's health care system, which come into effect next week.
Former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown lambasted the man responsible for controlling Britain's finances, chancellor Rishi Sunak. Mr Brown said: "Any caring and compassionate chancellor would want to do something about this poverty.…You cannot ignore the needs of parents who are having to choose between putting their heating up and feeding their children." He added that it was urgent for the chancellor to act, or the ruling Conservative Party will be known as the "nasty" party. Further price hikes and food shortages are on the horizon as the war in Ukraine will see the price of wheat rise. Government critics are calling for a one-off "windfall tax" on the huge profits of energy companies to help the disadvantaged.
#Listening
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فعلا قابلیت پخش رسانه در مرورگر فراهم نیست
مشاهده در پیام رسان ایتا
Amazing performance of an Iranian boy ,singing in TV show
#Song
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فعلا قابلیت پخش رسانه در مرورگر فراهم نیست
مشاهده در پیام رسان ایتا
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|🌏••⏰| انسان ها تنها موجودات روی زمین هستن
Human beings are the only creatures on earth ...
که ادعا میکنن خدایی وجود داره
That claim a God .
و تنها موجوداتی هستن که
... and the only living thing that ...
طوری رفتار میکنن که انگار خدایی وجود نداره ...
Behaves like it hasn't got one ...
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🌺 بهشت مکان نیست، زمان است
▫️زمانی است که ميل به عشق ورزی
▫️و انديشه های مثبت
▫️در وجودمان می‌درخشد.....
🔥 جهنم مکان نيست، زمان است...
▫️زمانی که کينه ورزی
▫️و انديشه های منفی قلبمان را می‌آلايد.
🌺 Heaven is not a place, it is time, it is a time when the desire for love and positive thoughts shines in us .....
🔥 Hell is not a place, it is a time, when hatred and negative thoughts contaminate our hearts.
#Motivational
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لطفا در ایتا مطلب را دنبال کنید
مشاهده در پیام رسان ایتا
🎧 Listen and Read 🗣
Company makes smartphone you can repair yourself
Most of us have felt the exasperation of feeling helpless when our smartphone breaks. Phone manufacturers seem to go to extraordinary lengths to deter consumers from opening the back of their phones to try DIY repairs. Help is at hand. Fairphone is a new company that has produced a self-repairable mobile phone. The founder is Bas van Abel, a Dutch design engineer who set out to make "the world's first ethical smartphone". He started his company in 2013 with four basic principles. First, he wanted to use raw materials from non-conflict mining areas. He also wanted to make a product that was recyclable, durable and repairable. The new Fairphone embodies these aims.
The Fairphone website outlines the philosophy that underpins the company. It says its mission is to motivate "a massive industry to take responsibility for its impact on the world, by establishing a viable market for ethical electronics". It highlights the fact that many workers who produce technology are working in unacceptable conditions. It also points out the, "staggering amount of waste the electronics industry generates". Finally, it says: "Communication technology is on track to account for 14 per cent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions by 2040." The Fairphone comes with a screwdriver and is easily repairable. The plastic used is 40-per-cent recycled, and the minerals are ethically sourced.
#Listening
#Advance
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🔰Idiom of the Day🔰
🗨cup of tea
📌 Meaning:
The type of person or thing that one generally likes
📝Example:
🗣Cricket isn't Franz's cup of tea. He prefers soccer.
🗣I know Wanessa is nice, but she's simply not my cup of tea.
🗣Classical music is not my cup of tea.
🗣learn English in a traditional way. It is definitely not my cup of tea!
🗣Cold weather is definitely not my cup of tea. I really love hot sunny days.
#Idiom
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√READING PRACTICE√ 🗣
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Language is a vital tool for communication. It is not only a means of communicating thoughts and ideas, but it builds friendships, economic relationships and cultural ties. We can communicate only with signs without language. More over a language distinguishes the differences and also celebrates the uniqueness of cultures in a country or in a region or in a community. A Language shapes the way people perceive the world and it also helps to define culture of any society. Any language is a gift the knowledge of more than one language makes a man more efficient and skilful in many ways. It opens our minds and guides us into a magical world of fancies and dreams. To certain the proper learning of language helps us to develop ourselves, our minds, and also our personality. Human language is unique because it is a symbolic communication system that is learned instead of biologically inherited for some people.
#Reading
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⚪️Present perfect tense with FOR and SINCE
◽️Present Perfect + for and since
👉🏻Using the present perfect, we can define a period of time before now by considering its duration, with for + a period of time, or by considering its starting point, with since + a point in time.
〽️👉🏻For + a period of time
👉🏻for six years, for a week, for a month, for hours, for two hours.
💜Examples
◽️I have worked here for five years.
〽️👉🏻Since + a point in time
👉🏻since this morning, since last week, since yesterday,
💜Examples
◽️since I was a child, since Wednesday, since 2 o'clock.
◽️I have worked here since 1990.
〽️👉🏻present perfect with for
💜Examples
◽️She has lived here for twenty years.
◽️We have taught at this school for a long time.
◽️Alice has been married for three months.
◽️They have been at the hotel for a week.
〽️👉🏻present perfect with since
💜Examples
◽️She has lived here since 1980.
◽️We have taught at this school since 1965
◽️Alice has been married since March 2nd.
◽️They have been at the hotel since last Tuesday.
⛔️Note:
〽️👉🏻For and since can both be used with the past perfect.
〽️👉🏻Since can only be used with perfect tenses, for can also be used with the simple past.
#grammar
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🫐MUST and SHOULD
✍🏻The difference between MUST and SHOULD
👉🏻Must' and 'should' are both modal verbs.
✍🏻MUST is used when expressing obligation or an unavoidable requirement,
✍🏻whereas SHOULD is more of a recommendation, or simply a desirable goal.
🟡MUST
✍🏻Similar to 'have to' strong obligation.
👉🏻You must abide by the law.
👉🏻You must not smoke indoors, it's illegal.
⚪️SHOULD
✍🏻SHOULD is similar to 'ought to’ a suggestion
👉🏻You should try to get some sleep; it's very late, and you have to do a lot of work tomorrow.
👉🏻You shouldn't be so close friend with Hamid, he's just helping you improve your grammar.
#grammar
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💞READ AND RECORD💞
Mother's Love
It is our mother who has the most special place in our hearts and our lives. Since the birth of a child, a mother forms a precious and special bond with him. Without thinking about herself, she thinks about her child and his happiness. She works day and night for her children so that she can make them happy.
A newborn child recognizes her mother from her unique fragrance. And before we start speaking, our mother understands our needs through our actions. This is all because a mother and a child share a special bond, which cannot be described in words. All a mother wants is the betterment of her child and to achieve that, sometimes she supports her child and sometimes becomes strict with him. But her intentions are always pure and honest. She always wants the best for us, and she does everything to give us the best.
When we grow up, we want to spend our lives on our terms and in doing so, many times we misunderstand our parents. We become selfish sometimes and fail to understand her love, but she never complains or demands anything from us. All she wants is some respect and love from her child, and every child must provide that to her.
#Reading
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لطفا در ایتا مطلب را دنبال کنید
مشاهده در پیام رسان ایتا
📚READ AND RECORD⏺
RIDING A HORSE
Sarah was very excited today. It was the first time she was going to ride a horse. Her uncle took her to the stables where the horses were. Horses have always been her favorite animal. When she saw the horses, her heart was filled with excitement. She picked one of the horses to ride. She got her equipment. All laced up and ready to go, she got on the horse. At first the ride was bumpy. Soon enough, she got the hang of it. She felt like she was flying. When it was time to leave, all she could think was when the next time was going to be.
#Listening
#Reading
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آقا چه خبرتونه 😂😐
همش دو روز نبودم ، راستی دلم براتون یه عالمه تنگ شد .
دوباره برگشتم با کلی پست های درجه یک و خلاصه دیگه خودتون بهتر میدونین.... 😄
نه حافظه م پر نشده بود رفته بودم هوا خوری...
#سطلمون
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#idiom #advance
✅ Disagree with me
✅ It doesn't agree with me
بهم نمیسازه
Exp
✴️ spring and fast food disagree with me.
بهار و فست فود بهم نمیسازه.😕
#disagree_with_me
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فعلا قابلیت پخش رسانه در مرورگر فراهم نیست
مشاهده در پیام رسان ایتا
Snow:
#listening #phrase #advance
🎯thanks for the heads up=thanks for letting me know.
🐙ممنون که بهم گفتی.☺️
#thanks_for_the_heads_up
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#mistake #grammar #beginner
📝 یک اشتباه رایج
🌺 I agree (with you)
🌺 I disagree (with you)
🔷 وقتی میخواهیم بگوییم "من با شما موافقم" نباید از جمله "I am agree with you" استفاده کنیم و در واقع نیازی به استفاده از فعل کمکی am نیست ، چون خود agree یک فعل است.
همینطور برای فعل disagree به معنی مخالف بودن نیز نباید از am استفاده شود.
➖ I am agree with you. ❌
➖ I agree with you. ✅
➖ I disagree with you. ✅
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فعلا قابلیت پخش رسانه در مرورگر فراهم نیست
مشاهده در پیام رسان ایتا
مغتنم بشمریم امروز رو
جمعۀ آخر ماه شعبان، فرصتی برای جبرانِ کوتاهی‌های ما در این ماه
Let's count today
The last Friday of Sha'ban is an opportunity to make up for our shortcomings in this month
#ماه_شعبان
#استاد_میرباقری
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