Do you want these ”吃香”的工作？ :)

Blabla Chinese 

13. the Most Popular Jobs in China  中国最吃香的职业

Hoy vamos a viajar a un lugar muy diferente de las playas tropicales que normalmente asociamos con Venezuela.

Vamos a viajar a Cubiro, un pequeño pueblo de montaña ubicado en el estado Lara.

¿Sabías que en Venezuela puedes encontrar lugares donde hace bastante frío?

Pues sí. Y Cubiro es uno de ellos.

Hoy vamos a conocer su historia, su clima, sus paisajes, su comida, sus tradiciones, las actividades que puedes hacer y algunas palabras que te ayudarán a hablar como un venezolano.

Spanish with Nathy

🎙️CUBIRO, LARA — The town of the mountains and cool climate🎙️🌄

Brief article regarding then president Joe Biden's cognitive health, following weak debate performance against Donald Trump. 

News in Hebrew with David Joseph

 President Biden's Cognitive Health: Selection from Yediot Achronot Israeli Newspaper

Episode 107 explores how to harness the Metal Element (Jīn, 金) from Chinese philosophy to bring precision, beauty, and clarity to your language learning. Discover how to refine your writing, appreciate elegant prose, and crucially, let go of perfectionism and past mistakes. This episode also reveals how this discerning approach helps heal your Lungs (Fèi, 肺) and Large Intestine (Dà Cháng, 大肠), relieving grief and promoting mental clarity by releasing what no longer serves you.

Tired of being a language hoarder? 🗃️ What if the key to fluency isn't adding MORE, but refining what you have—and letting the rest GO?

In Episode 107 of 111 Tips for Learning a Language, we unlock the power of the Metal Element (Jīn, 金)! Discover how to:

⚱️ Refine your writing from "rough draft" to "elegant prose"
💎 Appreciate the true beauty of your target language
🗑️ Let go of perfectionism, mistakes, and outdated resources
🧘 Breathe new clarity into your practice and heal from the inside out

Stop accumulating. Start refining.

💃🏻111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 107 - How The Metal Element can help you learn a language

Halo, apa kabar semua? Semoga semua sehat ya.
Cuaca di Jepang sekarang semakin sejuk. Saya menantikan musim gugur! Daun-daun di musim gugur sangat indah.

Ngomong-ngomong, dua hari lalu saya pergi ke bank. Meskipun sekarang ini banyak bank-bank digital menjamur di mana-mana, tapi di Jepang, beberapa bank masih konvensional. Jadi saya harus pergi ke bank untuk mengganti buku bank. Dan… saya lupa membawa stempel nama saya!  Di Bahasa Jepang, "stempel nama" artinya "はんこ”, di Bahasa Inggris artinya "personal seal". 

Saya bertanya ke orang Bank, apakah boleh mengganti stempel nama saya dengan tanda tangan. "Tanda tangan" itu artinya "signature" di Bahasa Inggris dan di Bahasa Jepang artinya "サイン”. "Maaf, tidak bisa, harus memakai stempel" jawab orang Bank. Aduh…. saya harus kembali lagi ke Bank minggu ini. 

Di Indonesia, kami memakai tanda tangan untuk identitas diri. Tapi di Jepang, hampir semua orang menggunakan stempel nama untuk dokumen-dokumen penting dan resmi. Bagaimana di negara kamu? Apakah juga memakai stempel nama untuk identitas diri? Atau menggunakan tanda tangan? Coba tulis di kolom komentar ya. 

Ok, sampai di sini cerita saya. Sampai jumpa lagi! 


Akhir minggu

Tanda tangan

US and China agree to framework deal to restore trade war truce.

Delegations to present plan to Donald Trump and Xi Jinping after Geneva ceasefire came under pressure


The Short And Sweet English Learning Podcast

US and China agree to framework truce framework

This episode gives students of English some advice about how to answer a common question type from Part 3 of the IELTS speaking test. Students will focus particularly on different forms of the "there is"/"there are" structure which will help them to compare advantages and disadvantages (in this case, relating to working from home).

Please send me your own answers to this question, and I'll give you some advice about how to improve.

IELTS-style speaking questions

IELTS Part 3: "What are the advantages and disadvantages of working from home?"

A:	Next. Passport, please.

B:	Hello. Here you are.

A:	How long will you stay?

B:	Once again, please.

A:	How long will you stay?

B:	For 2 weeks.

A:	Where will you stay?

B:	At the L Hotel.

A:	What’s the purpose of your stay?

B:	Once again, please. Slowly please.

A:	What’s the purpose of your stay?

B:	I'm here on business, and to sightsee.

A:	Okay. Thank you. Welcome to the United States.