A summary of the news reported by the Guardian newspaper. 

News in Slow English

23rd May 2025 (First Episode)

✈️ 오늘은 일본으로 여행가요! 

안녕하세요! 
오늘은 삿포로라는 일본의 도시에 대해 말해볼게요. 
삿포로는 일본 북쪽에 있는 도시예요. 
눈이 많이 오고 겨울에는 정말 추워요. 
제가 여행을 갔을 때는 2월이어서 정말 추웠어요. 
그래서 온천에 갔어요. 
온천을 하고 라면과 초밥도 먹었어요.
삿포로에서는 2월에 항상 눈축제가 열려요. 
눈축제에서 많은 것들을 구경할 수 있어요. 
 
✅ New Vocabulary 
도시 
북쪽
온천
초밥
눈축제 
구경 

[Korean] Culture & Travel Talk  

눈의 도시, 삿포로 

Un pericoloso criminale, il Camaleonte, appena evaso dallla prigione, vuole vendicarsi dell'ispettore Malvisi che lo ha catturato alcuni anni prima. Il Camaleonte è un abile trasformista, quindi, l'ispettore Malvisi e il sergente Arimanno devono fare molta attenzione: il malvivente potrebbe prendere le sembianze di qualsiasi individuo...                                           
Come sempre, scrivete il nome del colpevole nei commenti.

Se io fossi Sherlock Holmes

Il pericolo è in agguato

今天看《天天向上》读到了席慕容的《一棵开花的树》，我觉得汪涵老师读的很美。分享给大家。

如何让你遇见我
在我最美丽的时刻
为这
我已在佛前求了五百年
求佛让我们结一段尘缘
佛于是把我化作一棵树
长在你必经的路旁
阳光下
慎重地开满了花
朵朵都是我前世的盼望
当你走近
请你细听
那颤抖的叶
是我等待的热情
而当你终于无视地走过
在你身后落了一地的
朋友啊
那不是花瓣
是我凋零的心

Chilling Chinese 

一棵开花的树——席慕容

It's important to be charismatic and also to have good character but what is the difference between the two?  How important is it? What are the situations that charisma and character is important? 

FLO TALKS 

CHARISMA vs. CHARACTER

Learn how to use the Past Continuous tense and its structure!

English Syndicate

How to use the Past Continuous tense

Ever heard someone being described as savvy?  Are you savvy in anything?  Find out what we mean when we use this word in the fourth episode.

Grammar Without The Rules

Episode Four: Savvy

Nissan has begun testing its new self-driving car on the streets of Yokohama.

The Japanese carmaker has been testing a Nissan LEAF prototype that uses its own self-driving technology.

During testing, the vehicle traveled on the busy roads of Japan's second largest city, close to the company's offices.

Nissan said the vehicle was able to predict the behavior of pedestrians, change lanes, and decide when it was safe to enter an intersection.

The prototype has 14 cameras, 10 radars and six sensors, and there was a safety driver in the driver's seat during testing.

This vehicle has more of this equipment than previous versions, according to Nissan, and has a number of sensors on the roof.

The company wants to release self-driving cars in 2027 and plans to do more tests this year in other busy parts of Yokohama.

It said that self-driving vehicles could help to make it easier for older people to get around towns and cities.

Japan is getting ready to have self-driving technology on its roads. The government changed its traffic laws last April to make this possible.

And according to a Kyodo News survey from the start of 2024, 36 of the country's 47 prefectures are thinking about using self-driving technology on their buses.

Many of the country's bus companies have had problems finding drivers and they have had to reduce bus services because of this.

Self-driving buses would help with this problem, but people are still worried about the safety of the new technology.

A self-driving bus service began in Fukui prefecture in 2023 but this was stopped after one of the buses collided with a bicycle.




Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Nissan Tests Self-Driving Car on Yokohama's Roads

Handling the Fear of Learning - Finding a Language exchange partner and what to expect.