When sweet tarts dare to combine sweet and tart, they thought, why not stop there?
Why not create other exciting and unexpected combinations, like rainbows and ropes or fruity and gummy or chewy and more chewy?
That's why they created fun and tasty treats like sweet tarts twisted rainbow ropes and gummy halos.
When you dare to combine, it's sure to blow your mind.
Sweet Tarts Dare to Combine.
Visit SweetTartsCandy .com to shop now.
Hello sunshine. I'm Maria.
And my name is Rory.
And we're the host of the IELTS Picking for Success podcast, the podcast that aims to help you improve your speaking skills as well as your listening skills along the way.
We've started this podcast to give you gorgeous grammar and super vocabulary for your high IELTS school.
Your Bad Night school.
Bad night school. Oh Rory, what's that book next to you?
Oh, it's the one I'm plowing through at the moment.
it's an autobiography of one of our prime ministers.
Oh, I see. Shall we talk about books?
Let's talk about books.
Books, books, books, Dear Listener, is a very popular topic in IELTS.
Reading, reading habits, books.
It can be like everywhere in IELTS, speaking part one, two, three and also essays.
All right. Do you often buy books?
Not as much as I used to, mostly because I've just built up a collection of unread ones, and it seems quite wasteful to buy more when I already have that stockpile just sitting there.
And if I buy more, then I'll never get through them all, will I?
Do you often read books?
I do, I try and get through about two a month just by reading a chapter from them each day.
For one of them, it will be in the middle of the day on my break from work.
And for the other it's in bed before going to sleep.
I find it helps me unwind more easily than just scrolling through my phone or scrolling through social media.
Do you prefer reading books or watching movies?
GG I think that depends largely on who I'm with.
If it's a group of people, it's a more fun social experience to go to the cinema.
But if I'm by myself or just my partner and I are having a quiet day in, then I'd rather chill out with my nose in the book, frankly speaking.
Hannah Have you ever read a novel that has been adapted into a film?
GG Not recently, though I did read Jurassic Park as a child.
That's about genetically engineered dinosaurs being let loose in the theme park.
It's much gorier and more violent than the movie though, but I think it took me weeks to read just because of all the vocabulary in it and I was younger and didn't know so much back then.
Are your reading habits now different than before?
Well definitely. For example I used to read until I got bored or tired, but now I try to limit myself to chapter a day to keep my exposure regular and to let myself mull over the ideas more effectively.
It's harder with some books than others though.
Like, if they are real page -turners then I tend to revert to form.
Eczema isn't always obvious but it's real.
And so is the relief from Eglis.
After an initial dosing phase of 16 weeks, about four in 10 people taking EBLIS achieve itch relief and clear or almost clear skin.
And most of those people maintain skin that's still more clear at one year with monthly dosing.
EBLIS, LebriKizumab LBKZ, a 250 milligramme per 2 milliliter injection is a prescription medicine used to treat adults and children 12 years of age and older who weigh at least 88 pounds or 40 kilograms with moderate to severe eczema, also called atopic dermatitis that is not well controlled with prescription therapies used on the skin or topicals or who cannot use topical therapies.
EBLIS can be used with or without topical corticosteroids.
Don't use if you are allergic to EBLIS.
Allergic reactions can occur that can be severe.
Eye problems can occur.
Tell your doctor if you have new or worsening eye problems. You should not receive a live vaccine when treated with EBLIS.
Before starting EBLIS, tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection.
Searching for real relief?
Ask your doctor about EBLIS and visit eblis .lily .com.
Or call 1 -800 -LILY -RX or 1 -800 -545 -5979.
You know that feeling when someone shows up for you just when you need it most?
That's what Uber is all about.
Not just a ride or dinner at your door.
It's how Uber helps you show up for the moments that matter.
Because showing up can turn a tough day around or make a good one even better.
Whatever it is, big or small, Uber is on the way, so you can be on yours.
Uberโฆ on our way. As you know, we now release all of our premium content for free and it's available for one month.
After one month it goes into our super secret archive.
To sign up for the archive click the link in the description below.
See you soon! So dear listeners, books...
At the start of this episode Rory said I'm plowing through at this book at the moment.
To plow through is a very nice phrasal verb, which Rory means what?
To work hard to complete something usually something big finish reading eating or dealing with something with difficulty Alright, but it kind of it means something difficult that you are doing for example.
It's a book on science or a Difficult book with difficult ideas and maybe philosophy, you know or in Japanese Chinese language that you don't really know so you can say I'm plowing through this book at the moment and Rory reads super challenging books, science, engineering, medicineโฆ Hold on a minute...
I don't read any books on engineering.
Oh, no, not yet, okay, farming, agriculture, no?
Yes, I have read books about agriculture.
Yeah, there you go.
In fact, it's mentioned in the book I'm reading right now, which is much more interesting than the lessons we have at school.
I've built up a collection of unread books, so, built up I've collected so many books that I haven't read.
So, unread books, books that you haven't read yet.
So, you can say I don't buy new books, because I have built up, I've built up a a collection of unread books or it's quite wasteful to buy more books, when I have a lot of unread ones.
Ones meaning books.
And if something is wasteful, you just waste your money or your time, so kind of you use it in a careless way.
And I have a stockpile of unread books.
so a stockpile is just like a pile of books, like a lot of books not a lot of anything yeah for example like a stockpile of food, goods, weapons so I have a stockpile of what?
of chocolate, of cash I have a stockpile of cash you know?
like in mafia movies they enter flat and then everything is in money money is everywhere you know Oh, they have a stockpile of cash.
And you can say that when I get through them I'll buy more.
Get through books means to read books.
So, we have one phrase or verb which means to read something difficult, plow through.
Or if you just read books you get through a book.
So I got through this book very quickly.
It took me one day to read it.
It's kind of very interesting question like do you buy books?
Do you read books? Like no I just buy books...
Like you know I... Well you could borrow books from a library I suppose.
Yeah but some people buy books, but they never read them.
They're for decoration.
I try and get through about two books a month.
Look at you Rory, wow!
Super reader band nine.
So get through, again I try to read two books a month.
So, I usually get through two books a month.
I read a chapter each day.
Oh, you're reading two books at the same time, right?
Yeah! Oh... OK, so Rory reads two books at the same time and he reads a chapter from each book every day.
Wow! Look at you. I try to.
So it's been difficult recently with everything that's been going on.
And I usually read before going to sleep.
It helps me unwind more easily.
Unwind means relax.
It helps me to relax.
It helps me to unwind.
Actually, a very good sentence.
Reading helps me to unwind.
C2D listener unwind, proficiency level Band 9.
So reading helps me to unwind.
Well, it's quite relaxing to read, isn't it?
Yeah, but if you're reading a book on, I don't know, agriculture, and you understand maybe two words from a sentence, is it relaxing?
Does it help you to unwind?
Well, for me generally I understand more than a few things.
Like, I usually don't have that problem so it's not really a big deal for me.
Reading helps me to unwind more easily than scrolling through my phone.
Cause usually we scroll through our phones and then we go to sleep.
But Rory reads. Well do we?
That's the thing. The blue light interferes with your natural body rhythms. Reading books or watching movies or films. And Rory tells us that it is a more fun, social experience to go to the cinema.
So watching movies is a more fun social experience.
And if I'm by myself, if I'm alone, if I'm having a quiet day or if I have a day in, which means if I stay at home, I'd rather chill out with my book.
So I would rather relax with my book.
So would prefer. So I'd rather chill out with my nose in a book." Rory, what did you mean when he said that?
Chill out with my nose in a book.
Like, you put your nose in your book?
Just relax by reading.
But ignoring everything else that's happening around.
To have your nose in a book is an idiom which means to be reading.
For example, she always has her nose in a book she's always reading and Rory always has his nose in a book so you can say like well I prefer to chill out with my nose in the book Ben 9 super nice.
At Capelli University you can learn at your own pace with our Flexpath learning format.
Take one or two courses at a time and complete as many as you can in a 12 -week billing session.
With FlexPath, you can even finish the bachelor's degree you started in 22 months for twenty thousand dollars.
A different future is closer than you think.
With Capella University.
Learn more at Capella .edu.
Fastest, twenty -five percent of students.
Cost varies by pace, transfer credits and other factors.
Fees apply. five four i think five five wow look at you so Rory has written he has written five books can you imagine he's been so productive and you can buy his books on amazon right Rory you sell your books on amazon i do but we've already had a podcast episode on advertising then a very strange question like have you ever read a novel that has been adapted into a film so there is a novel The Lord of the Rings and they made a movie based on a novel.
And maybe you've read Sherlock Holmes or you've read Harry Potter, there you go.
Or you can just lie and say I've read Harry Potter the first book.
Oh my god, yeah I have read Harry Potter haven't Oh, I've listened to all Harry Potter books.
Audio books. Beautiful.
Ooh. Yes, that would work.
Yeah. So you can see, like, not recently, but a long time ago, I read da -da -da as a child.
When I was a child, as a child, I read, blah, blah, blah about dinosaurs and then they made a violent movie.
A violent and gory movie.
That means there's lots of blood and guts.
Not very nice things to see.
When dinosaurs just eat people.
Mmm. Jurassic Park.
And Rory, what are popular novels that have been adapted into films?
I don't know. I'm not very good at this.
Starship Troopers was a movie that was adapted from a book, and that's quite violent as well actually, thinking about it now.
Contact is also adapted from a book.
Those are both examples from science fiction.
We already mentioned Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter.
What else Maria? Forest Gump, for example Solaris, if we want a Russian example or a Soviet example, I don't know which era that comes from Dracula A Fight club?
Alright Oh The Devil Where's Prada?
Roar, your favourite book, come on Oh yeah, I read that book didn't I?
I forgot about that Yeah, well, the Harry Potter series is this, yeah, amazing.
The Silas of the Lambs, Anthony Hopkins film, amazing.
The talented Mr. Ripley, yeah just listen, just, you know, go for it.
Reading habits. My reading habits have changed since I was a child, you can say.
I like these questions.
It's a good chance to use used to.
Exactly. So when the questions are about your childhood, what has changed, now and before you said I used to read coursebooks at school, but now I read fiction or science fiction.
You can listen to our previous episodes about reading your books where we discuss different genres and we give you more vocabulary which you can use in all speaking parts and essays.
I used to read until I got bored or I used to read until I got tired.
But now I limit myself to a chapter a day.
See? So I keep my reading regular, I keep my exposure to books regular.
So I read regularly every day but I limit myself to a chapter a day.
Which is a very nice strategy, Rory, well done.
And I I let myself mull over the ideas.
Do you listen, a Ben Knight is a verb for you.
If you mull over something, yeah, you think carefully about the ideas for a long time.
So not just like you read the book and you forget the book.
You kind of if you mull things over.
You mull over the ideas.
See, you are processing a book.
You're digesting a book.
You kind of think about the ideas.
Mmmm. And some books are real page turners.
So a page turner is a book that you can't put down.
So you can't stop reading it, right?
It's so interesting, so exciting, that you want to read it quickly.
And for example you could say, his latest novel is a real page turner.
I kind of find, I read it, I turn the pages and I can't stop.
And if that's a new For you you could say it's a novel experience.
Oh, it's a joke. Do you get the pun?
No, you should explain it.
Oh Well a novel experience is a new experience But also the word novel is the kind of book we're talking about books and reading it just occurred to me there Oh don't say that in your exam though.
Oh My god. We're gonna wrap this episode up with a joke Rory but you should teach our listener one word. Rory who is a bookworm?
A bookworm. Oh, a bookworm is someone that likes to read.
So if I say, I am a real bookworm, I enjoy reading.
For example, Rory is a bookworm.
Is the positive or negative?
Is it like something like cruel and rude like oh you're a bookworm?
It depends on how you say it rather than just the word itself.
Right dear listener, so the joke goes, what should we take when we go fishing?
Bookworms! Fire! So we go fishing, we go and kind of fish the fish out of water, okay?
Go fishing. And what should we take?
Bookworms! So pretty much like people who enjoy reading books, but when we go fishing, we take worms. worms like these little thingies that the fish usually eat.
I feel like a fish out of water in this explanation.
Thank you very much for listening.
We'll get back to you with more stupid jokes in our next episode, okay?
Bye! Byee!! In case you haven't heard, it's officially in Abercrombie Summer.
The ANF Vacation Shop has everything on your Packing Mood Board. I desperately need their new one -piece, the ANF Marina.
It's strapless, self -wattering and paired with denim shorts will be my go -to beach outfit this summer.
Finally, your suitcase isn't complete without finding that dress, you know, the one for the photoshoot.
Abercrombie's Boho dresses have that perfect beachy romantic look.
Make it an Abercrombie summer, shop their newest arrivals in store, online and in the app.
Do you often buy books?
Not as much as I used to, mostly because I've just built up a collection of unread ones and it seems quite wasteful to buy more when I already have that stockpile just sitting there.
And if I buy more then I'll never get through them all, will I?
Do you often read books?
I do! I try and get through about two a month, just by reading a chapter from them each day.
For one of them it will be in the middle of the day on my break from work and for the other it's in bed before going to sleep.
I find it helps me unwind more easily than just scrolling through my phone or scrolling through social media.
Do you prefer reading books or watching movies?
I think that depends largely on who I'm with.
If it's a group of people it's a more fun social experience to go to the cinema.
But if I'm by myself or just my partner and I having a quiet day in, then I'd rather chill out with my nose in the book, frankly speaking.
Have you ever read a novel that has been adapted into a film?
Not recently, though I did read Jurassic Park as a child.
That's about genetically engineered dinosaurs being let loose in the theme park.
It's much gorier and more violent than the movie though.
But I think it took me weeks to read just because of all the vocabulary in it, and I was younger and didn't know so much back then.
Are your reading habits now different than before?
Oh, definitely. For example, I used to read until I got bored or tired, but now I try to limit myself to a chapter a day just to keep my exposure regular and let myself mull over the ideas more effectively.
It's harder with some books than others though, like if they are real page turners, then I tend to revert to form.
