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📌 An important piece of information ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ✨🎉🎉 Welcome to 2024 🎉🎉✨ To mark this new year, I'm announcing some exciting news for 𝚕𝚘𝚐·๏·𝚙𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎's subscribers. Throught the year ahead, there will be an upcoming new variant of activities. Along with so many posts and their various types, I've catalogued and organized them into their respective categories, making it easier for you to find what you're looking for. Simply tap on the hashtag, and posts falling into the same categories will appear – easy peasy! #TongueTwister | #Story | #Poem | #FunFact | #HiddenMessage | #RolePlayingTime | #ConversationPractice | #SingASong | #BeingAPodcaster | Lastly, a heartfelt thank you for being an essential part of this channel's growth. It's still incredible for me to witness its development, and I feel blessed. Keep practicing and learning through reading and recording activities. You're well on your way to English proficiency! 🚀🚀🚀 ㅤㅤ

📚🎙READ AND RECORD📖🎤 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 🗣🗣 Topic: A Question of Money Brian: Where would you like to go for dinner tonight? Joan:  Well, there’s a new French restaurant downtown, or we can go to the seafood place on Lincoln Avenue. What do you think? Brian:  It’s up to you. Whatever you say is fine with me. Joan:  You should choose the restaurant if you’re going to foot the bill. Brian:  Actually, I thought we could go Dutch this evening. I don’t have much money. Joan:  Oh. On second thought, let’s go to Hamburger Heaven. I haven’t been there for a long time. Brian: That’s a great idea. That way we won’t have to dress up. ㅤㅤ #ConversationPractice

📚🎙READ AND RECORD📖🎤 WAIT... WHAT? A carpenter who was nearing retirement told his boss that he was ready to end his career and spend his time with his wife and family. He would miss his work, but he felt it was time to spend his time with the people who were important to him. His boss was saddened by this news, as this carpenter had been a good, reliable employee for many years. He asked the carpenter if he could do him a favor and build just one more house. The carpenter reluctantly conceded, even though his passion for building had faded. While he was building this last house, his normal work ethic faded and his efforts were mediocre, at best. He used inexpensive and inferior materials and cut corners wherever he could. It was a poor way to finish such a dedicated career that he once had. When the carpenter was finished, his boss came to look at the house. He gave the key to the carpenter and said, “This house is my gift to you for all of the hard work you have done for me over the years.”  The carpenter was astonished. What a generous gift this was to receive from his boss, but if he had known he was building a house for himself, he would have made his usual efforts to create a high-quality home. ㅤㅤ #Story

📚🎙READ AND RECORD📖🎤 It's 𝙍𝙤𝙡𝙚-𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 time! 👉👉Instructions for reading: Imagine... You are a Bank Sales At Logophile Bank ᵂʰᵒ ʷⁱˡˡ ᵈᵒ Banking Safe Deposit Box Services Pitch Hi, Jason. I’m [Your Name], and I’m calling to tell you about the safe deposit box services available through Logophile Bank. As you know, safe deposit boxes are an affordable way to keep your valuables and important documents safe. I’d like to explain how useful our safe deposit boxes are in keeping your most precious and vital belongings secure. Will you be able to meet with me briefly later this week, say on Thursday afternoon? [Pause] That’s great news. I’ll see you at 2:30 p.m. in your office on Thursday. Thanks for taking my call, and I hope you have a nice day. ㅤㅤ #RolePlayingTime

𝙰𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛 »» "Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it." — Steve Jobs ㅤㅤ

📚🎙READ AND RECORD📖🎤 Hi 𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚛 🔎🔎🔎 I dare you to find & record the 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚐𝚎 in 14 seconds! “Yuor wrok is giong to flil a lrgae prat of yuor lfie, and the olny way to be tulry sfseatiid is to do waht you bivelee is gaert wrok. And the olny way to do gaert wrok is to lvoe waht you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep lnokiog. Don't stlete. As wtih all mrtates of the hraet, you'll konw wehn you fnid it." — Steve Jobs ¶ Did you find it? Check your 𝙰𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛 ¶ #HiddenMessage

📚🎙READ AND RECORD📖🎤 Where were the fortune cookies invented? Much to most Americans' surprise, the fortune cookie is not a Chinese invention. Fortune Cookies Actually Originated in California! It is actually an American invention originating in California. There are many theories, and much speculation surrounding the mysterious origin of the fortune cookie, regarding in which city the fortune cookie originated and who invented it--Chinese-American, Japanese-American or 14th century revolutionists--there has been much debate. In 1983, there was even a mock trial held in San Francisco's pseudo-legal Court of Historical Review to determine the origins of the fortune cookie. Source: fancyfortunecookies ㅤㅤ

📚🎙READ AND RECORD📖🎤 Poetry ᴾᵒᵉᵐ ᵇʸ Marianne Moore - 1887-1972 I too, dislike it: there are things that are important beyond all this fiddle.    Reading it, however, with a perfect contempt for it, one discovers that there is in    it after all, a place for the genuine.       Hands that can grasp, eyes       that can dilate, hair that can rise          if it must, these things are important not because a high-sounding interpretation can be put upon them but because they are    useful; when they become so derivative as to become unintelligible, the    same thing may be said for all of us—that we       do not admire what       we cannot understand. The bat,          holding on upside down or in quest of something to eat, elephants pushing, a wild horse taking a roll, a tireless wolf under    a tree, the immovable critic twinkling his skin like a horse that feels a flea, the base—    ball fan, the statistician—case after case       could be cited did       one wish it; nor is it valid          to discriminate against “business documents and school-books”; all these phenomena are important. One must make a distinction    however: when dragged into prominence by half poets, the result is not poetry,    nor till the autocrats among us can be      “literalists of       the imagination”—above          insolence and triviality and can present for inspection, imaginary gardens with real toads in them, shall we have    it. In the meantime, if you demand on the one hand, in defiance of their opinion—    the raw material of poetry in       all its rawness, and       that which is on the other hand,          genuine, then you are interested in poetry. ㅤㅤ

📚🎙READ AND RECORD📖🎤 The Flies & the Honey A jar of honey was upset and the sticky sweetness flowed out on the table. The sweet smell of the honey soon brought a large number of Flies buzzing around. They did not wait for an invitation. No, indeed; they settled right down, feet and all, to gorge themselves. The Flies were quickly smeared from head to foot with honey. Their wings stuck together. They could not pull their feet out of the sticky mass. And so they died, giving their lives for the sake of a taste of sweetness. ✏ Be not greedy for a little passing pleasure. It may destroy you. ㅤㅤ

📚🎙READ AND RECORD📖🎤 TOᑎGᑌE TᗯIᔕTEᖇ (Challenge 17 seconds) Ivy, privy, famous; clamour And enamour rhyme with hammer. River, rival, tomb, bomb, comb, Doll and roll and some and home. Stranger does not rhyme with anger, Neither does devour with clangour. Souls but foul, haunt but aunt, Font, front, wont, want, grand, and grant, Shoes, goes, does. Now first say finger, And then singer, ginger, linger, Real, zeal, mauve, gauze, gouge and gauge, Marriage, foliage, mirage, and age. ㅤㅤ

📚🎙READ AND RECORD📖🎤 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 🗣🗣 Topic: Robbing Peter to Pay Paul Sam: How much money have you got today? Frank: Oh, about twenty dollars. Why? Sam: Well, I’m broke and I really need ten dollars. Could you lend it to me? Frank: Why don’t you ask your brother? Sam: That’s the problem. I borrowed ten dollars from him last month and now he wants his money right away. Frank: Can’t you see that borrowing from one person to pay another doesn’t make sense?; You had better learn to manage your money. Sam: I guess you’re right. Now, about that ten dollars? ㅤㅤ

📚🎙READ AND RECORD📖🎤 WATCHING A MOVIE Kenny went to the movie theater. He likes to watch action movies. The more action, the better. He waited for his friends. They had planned to meet at 5 p.m. He waited outside. Twenty minutes passed. His friends were not there. He called one of them. It went straight to voicemail. He wondered where his friends were. He was getting upset. He called his other friends. They did not answer. He went back to the theater. He bought a ticket. He went to the concession stand. He bought popcorn and soda. He went inside the viewing room. He found a comfy seat. He sat down. He watched the movie all by himself. ㅤㅤ

📚🎙READ AND RECORD📖🎤 It's 𝙍𝙤𝙡𝙚-𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 time! 👉👉Instructions for reading: Imagine... You are a Tour Guide 💁🏼‍♀💁💁‍♂ From Logophile Tours ᵂʰᵒ ʷⁱˡˡ Introduce special events and offers Logophile tours offers a variety of special discounts depending on your travel plans. We have golf packages, as well as guided whale boat tours, and fishing charters. There will be a short information session at 1pm in the lobby of the hotel tomorrow where you can learn all about these offers. We recommend that you do not purchase packages from street vendors as they are not always 100 percent reliable. They also may charge you more than what they say. Please take my advice and allow Logophile tours to book all of your day trips and activities while you are here. ㅤㅤ

𝙰𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛 »» “Some men are just as sure of the truth of their opinions as are others of what they know.” — Aristotle ㅤㅤ

📚🎙READ AND RECORD📖🎤 Hi 𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚛 🔎🔎🔎 I dare you to find & record the 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚐𝚎 in 6 seconds! “Smoe men are jsut as srue of the turth of teihr onnpiios as are ohters of waht tehy konw.” — Aristotle ¶ Did you find it? Check your 𝙰𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛 ¶

📚🎙READ AND RECORD📖🎤 How many eyes does a bee have? Bees have two types of eyes — simple and compound.  On the front of the head are three dots set out in a triangle formation — the simple or ocelli eyes. Compound eyes are two oversized eyes situated on either side of the bee’s head.  In total, bees have five eyes. Bizarrely, the two eyes on either side of the head are hairy. They’re also very noticeable compared to the simple eyes. Their distinct features and size have an essential role to play. The ability of bees’ eyes to detect light as well as distinguish between shapes has a vital role to play in their daily lives, especially when in danger. It keeps them living and going about their activities safely. For instance, if a predator approaches a bee, the three ocelli eyes can help sense the threat.  Source: Dan Greenwood, How many eyes do bees have?, beehivehero ㅤㅤ

📚🎙READ AND RECORD📖🎤 The Red Wheelbarrow  ᴾᵒᵉᵐ ᵇʸ William Carlos Williams so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens ㅤㅤ

📚🎙READ AND RECORD📖🎤 The Lion's Share A long time ago, the Lion, the Fox, the Jackal, and the Wolf agreed to go hunting together, sharing with each other whatever they found. One day the Wolf ran down a Stag and immediately called his comrades to divide the spoil. Without being asked, the Lion placed himself at the head of the feast to do the carving, and, with a great show of fairness, began to count the guests. "One," he said, counting on his claws, "that is myself the Lion. Two, that's the Wolf, three, is the Jackal, and the Fox makes four." He then very carefully divided the Stag into four equal parts. "I am King Lion," he said, when he had finished, "so of course I get the first part. This next part falls to me because I am the strongest; and this is mine because I am the bravest." He now began to glare at the others very savagely. "If any of you have any claim to the part that is left," he growled, stretching his claws meaningly, "now is the time to speak up." ✏ Might makes right. ㅤㅤ

📚🎙READ AND RECORD📖🎤 TOᑎGᑌE TᗯIᔕTEᖇ (Challenge 10 seconds) How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? He would chuck, he would, as much as he could,and chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would if a woodchuck could chuck wood. ㅤㅤ

📚🎙READ AND RECORD📖🎤 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 🗣🗣 Topic: Getting in Shape Joe: Would you like to play volleyball with us this weekend? Dave: I’d love to, but I’m really out of shape. I haven’t exercised much all winter. Joe: That’s okay . None of us are professionals.                          , Dave: How often do you play? Joe: Every other Saturday. We’d rather play more often, but it’s diffi­cult to find a time when everyone can get together. Dave: What time do you begin? Joe: At 9:00. I’ll look forward to seeing you then. ㅤㅤ