Name: How a Coal Polluter Became a Renewable Energy Leader by Harvard University
Duration: 19 min 16 s
Description: Enel, Italy’s state-owned power company, was one of Europe’s largest coal users and polluters. Now it is recognized as a leader in renewable energy services. How did it engineer that monumental change? Mark Kramer discusses how CEO Francesco Starace’s vision of sustainability drove innovation and fostered a completely new enterprise around developing and promoting renewable energy.

In this tutorial, we will look at:

-new words and phrases to speak about fashion and shopping
-sample questions and answers for speaking part 1 and part 2
-more difficult part 3 questions related to fashion and shopping

Read the full tutorial here: https://www.ieltspodcast.com/ielts-speaking/fashion-shopping/

Read the full transcript here: https://www.ieltspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Transcript-433-blog-Vocabulary-about-Shopping.docx_watermark.pdf

Speaking vocabulary about fashion and shopping

IELTS Speaking Course

IELTS Speaking Vocabulary about Shopping

Band 8 Grammar for the writing is an incredibly high level to attain. 

This tutorial breaks down five different grammatical features you can use in your next essay. 

These features go beyond Band 7.

We cover: 
- Cleft sentences 
- Participle clauses 
- Relative clauses 
- Inversion 
- Advanced conditional sentences

Read the full tutorial here: https://www.ieltspodcast.com/audio-tutorials/grammar-and-accuracy-2021/

Read the full transcript here: https://www.ieltspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Transcript-439-App-Grammatical-Range-and-Accuracy.docx_watermark.pdf

IELTSPODCAST

Grammatical Range and Accuracy at Writing Band 8

IELTS Essay Correction

A short story about a family robot who wakes up and becomes aware, and the daughter of the family discovering that the robot isn't just a machine anymore.

You can read the story and do a quiz to test understanding at 
http://www.englishclass.xyz/68/english-fluency-mark-three-becomes-aware/

English Fluency - Mk3 Becomes Aware

Welcome to this pilot (test) episode of the TF Podcast. In this episode, my wife and I talk about Thanksgiving.

Watch on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp--TdCU9GI

This gives you a great way to listen to a real conversation in both British and American English.

*** LESSON NOTES ***

☆ We're hoping she's going to be quiet - notice that I use 'hope' in the continuous? Learn more about 'hope' here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azx3kbTAI4M

☆ Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - Learn more about this here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macy%27s_Thanksgiving_Day_Parade

☆ That's what it boils down to - this is a great phrase to mean "the main reason for something."

☆ Put on a parade - to organize a parade (phrasal verb)

☆ It's a pretty big milestone - a significant event

☆ I did not grow up eating that - learn about grow up here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEkUHx5qVP8

☆ Potluck - a party where everyone brings a dish. For Thanksgiving, people are assigned a certain dish

☆ To go back for seconds - to get another plate of food after eating your first

☆ It has a special place in everyone's heart - This means that's it's emotionally important. Learn more here: http://www.phrasemix.com/phrases/something-holds-a-special-place-in-ones-heart

☆ Black Friday has become a huge thing now - this means that Black Friday is important and widespread

☆ I'm a person who leaves it to the last minute - I wait until near the deadline to do something. I use this phrase here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbYNHJHzSNA

☆ I didn't take those days off - I worked those days

☆ It's going to be very difficult to travel with two children - I'm sure you know what this means!

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What did you think about this podcast? I hope you enjoyed it. If so, we'll make more episodes soon!

Learn English Podcast - Episode 0 (Pilot) - A Conversation About Thanksgiving

IELTS Listening Recent Actual Test Vol1 - Test 4

Daytime television was once thought of as the nursery slopes of a TV career. Today its complex formats and production requirements are seen by many as more challenging than peak-time programming.

“You will learn more making a daytime show than any other.”– Rachel Innes-Lumsden

Smaller teams, smaller budgets and tighter schedules mean there’s little room for error. That makes a daytime production team a well-oiled machine where everyone knows their job.

Street Auction (above) and Dom on the Spot are two BBC One daytime series that were given the green light by commissioning editor Lindsay Bradbury. Alongside Lindsay in this week’s podcast are Julia Foot, series producer of Street Auction, and Rachel Innes-Lumsden, executive producer from the independent production company TwoFour which makes Dom on the Spot

In this podcast you’ll learn:

- the pros and cons of working on daytime programmes
- the daytime TV production process
- the relationship between commissioning editors and programme producers
- the schedules for daytime productions

Find out more about BBC Academy:
Website – www.bbc.co.uk/academy 
Facebook – www.facebook.com/bbcacademy 
Twitter – www.twitter.com/bbcacademy

Inside daytime television: Ideas, reveals and hard work

Enel, Italy’s state-owned power company, was one of Europe’s largest coal users and polluters. Now it is recognized as a leader in renewable energy services. How did it engineer that monumental change? Mark Kramer discusses how CEO Francesco Starace’s vision of sustainability drove innovation and fostered a completely new enterprise around developing and promoting renewable energy.

How a Coal Polluter Became a Renewable Energy Leader

Learn English And Improve Vocabulary Through Story Swan Lake (level 1)

Do you want to improve your listening skills in English? Today, I’m going to explain why listening in another language is so difficult, why this skill is very important, and how you can actually improve your listening skills.

English for Everyone ESL Podcast

Episode 18 - How to Improve Your Listening Skills

An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young adult and adult intermediate learners of English.

Olly's top-notch language-learning insights are right in line with the best of what we know from neuroscience and cognitive psychology about how to learn effectively. I love his work - and you will too!  - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for Numbers

Short Stories in English for Intermediate Learners has been written specifically for students from a low-intermediate to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, and most importantly - enjoyment! Mapped to B1-B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference, these eight captivating stories will both entertain you, and give you a feeling of progress when reading.

What does this book give you?

·         Eight stories in a variety of exciting genres, from science fiction and crime to history and thriller - making reading fun, while you learn a wide range of new vocabulary
·         Controlled language at your level to help you progress confidently
· Realistic spoken dialogues to help you learn conversational expressions and improve your speaking ability
·         Pleasure! Research shows that if you're enjoying reading in a foreign language, you won't experience the usual feelings of frustration - 'It's too hard!' 'I don't understand!'
·         Accessible grammar so you learn new structures naturally, in a stress-free way

With intriguing plots that will spark your imagination and keep you reading, Short Stories in English will take your grasp of Italian to the next level with key features to support and consolidate your progress, including:

·         A glossary for bolded words in each text
·         A bilingual word list
·         Full plot summary
·         Comprehension questions after each chapter.

As a result, you will be able to focus on enjoying reading, delighting in your improved range of vocabulary and grasp of the language all without ever feeling overwhelmed. From science fiction to fantasy, to crime and thrillers, Short Stories in English for Intermediate Learners uses reading as the perfect tool to not only delight in learning English, but to accelerate your journey towards fluency.

SHORT STORIES IN ENGLISH FOR INTERMEDIATE LEARNERS

SHORT STORIES IN ENGLISH FOR INTERMEDIATE LEARNERS by Olly Richards, read by Terence Wilton

Adam is humble a farmer who lives with his wife, Martha. One day, they receive a letter of them son Saul, who is living in London. Saul sent they a money order of 100 pounds. But Adam will discovery how hard is try to exchange this money order without know how to read.

Rich Man Poor Man By Irwin Shaw

Harvard University's SoundCloud channel shares audio content about life and learning that takes place here on campus and around the world.

Harvard is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders in many disciplines who make a difference globally. The University has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.

Based in Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts, Harvard has an enrollment of over 20,000 degree candidates, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. Harvard has more than 370,000 alumni around the world.

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How a Coal Polluter Became a Renewable Energy Leader

Harvard University

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