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Este es un episodio, como otros anteriores, sobre el vocabulario y los temas que suelen aparecer en el DELE B2 y C1. En este caso es un episodio sobre el alquiler de vivienda.

DELE exam (B2-C1)

20. Vocabulario: alquiler de vivienda

Feeling burned out by language learning? 😓 You might be all Fire and no Water.

In Episode 105 of 111 Tips for Learning a Language, we dive into the healing power of the Water Element (Shuǐ, 水). Discover why forcing yourself to study is draining your core vitality (Jīng, 精) and how to learn in a way that actually RESTORES your energy.

We'll show you how to:
💧 Learn through "marination," not just memorization
🧘 Heal your body's energy systems by learning calmly
💪 Build unshakable willpower (Zhì, 志) without the struggle

Stop fighting the current. Start flowing with it.

Ready to learn from a deeper well?
Tap the link in our bio to listen to "The Deep Well: Learning Languages with the Power of the Water Element (Shuǐ, 水)" 🎧

Episode 105 explores how to harness the Water Element (Shuǐ, 水) from Chinese philosophy for transformative language learning. This episode reveals why passive immersion, rest, and deep listening are not signs of laziness, but essential practices for building intuition and fluency. Learn how this approach conserves your vital energy, heals your Kidney (Shèn, 肾) and Bladder (Pángguāng, 膀胱) systems, and strengthens your core willpower (Zhì, 志), protecting you from burnout and fear.

💃🏻111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 105 - How🐳The Water Element 🐳can help you learn a language

Life's too short to read the small print, right? The small print, sometimes called the "fine print" is the name for the terms and conditions you find on websites, contracts and other documents.

The size of the text is often a little smaller and there can be quite a lot of it. For these reasons, some of us don't read it all — even though we know it can be very important.

A company from the UK decided to test how many people really do read the small print.

The company, called Tax Policy Associates, hid a little surprise in the privacy policy on its website, offering to send a nice bottle of wine to anyone who read it.

It was the idea of company founder Dan Neidle. He wrote in the policy: "We will send a bottle of good wine to the first person to read this."

The policy was posted online in February, but the company was only contacted about the wine in May!

He told the BBC that it was a "childish protest" because "all businesses have to have a privacy policy" even though no one reads them.

Neidle added: "Every tiny coffee shop has to have a privacy policy on their website, it's crazy."

He said that the person who found the sentence about the wine had been writing their own privacy policy, and they were looking for examples.

That lucky person was sent a bottle of French red wine and the sentence offering the free wine has now been taken out of the policy!



Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Company Hides Offer of Free Wine in 'Small Print'

There are a number of useful phrases you can use when you want to give your views about controversial subjects. Here are some examples:

I strongly believe that...
As far as I am concerned...
I'm strongly against...
I'm strongly in favor of...
I'm convinced that would work because...
I'm not convinced that would work because...
I'm skeptical of the idea that...
I must admit I think...


Everyday English with Teacher Alyse

Views on controversial subjects

TELL ME ABOUT A SUGGESTION YOU HAVE MADE - Have a good one ready. Be sure and use a suggestion that was accepted and was then considered successful. One related to the type of work applied for is a real plus. / WHAT IRRITATES YOU ABOUT CO-WORKERS? - This is a trap question. Think real hard but fail to come up with anything that irritates you. A short statement that you seem to get along with folks is great. / WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST STRENGTH? - Numerous answers are good, just stay positive. A few good examples: Your ability to prioritise, your problem-solving skills, your ability to work under pressure, your ability to focus on projects, your professional expertise, your leadership skills, and your positive attitude.

All Ways Business

3 Interview Questions (3)

日本に来てから和菓子を食べるのをやめられません。毎日お昼ご飯の後に必ず食べています。和菓子はケーキにくらべてヘルシーと思うかもしれませんが、そんなことはありません。確かに脂肪は洋菓子に比べてかなり少ないですが、砂糖はたくさん使われています。特に5月からは私の好きなわらび餅や水羊羹（みずようかん）などの冷たい和菓子がたくさん出てくるので、誘惑がいっぱいです。
もし、日本に来て、和菓子を食べるなら、和菓子屋さんで買うことをオススメします。和菓子はコンビニでも買うことができますが、すごく甘かったり、生クリームが入っているものが多いです。生クリームを使った和菓子もたまにはいいですが、私はあっさりした和菓子の方が好きです。
ちなみに日本のケーキもすごくおいしいです。日本にはパティシエがたくさんいるので質が高く、外国のケーキに比べて、あっさりしています。
皆さんは和菓子を食べたことがありますか？
どんなスウィーツが好きですか？


やめられない：I can’t stop ~
確かに：たしかに certainly, surely
脂肪：しぼう fat
洋菓子：ようがし　Western style sweets
誘惑：ゆうわくtemptation
和菓子屋：Japanese sweets shop
生クリーム：whipped cream
あっさりした：light
質が高い：しつがたかい　the quality is high
外国：がいこく　foreign

わらび餅：わらびもち　
Warabi mochi is a traditional Japanese dessert made from bracken starch, soybean flour and topped off with syrup

水羊羹：みずようかん
Mizu-yokan is Japanese confectionery, and is a type of yokan.

Nihongo Short Story by Noriko

和菓子をやめられない（I can’t stop eating Japanese Sweets）

Learn three ways to ask How are you? as Gaeilge, and listen to a sample conversation. 

Gaeilge Gan Brú A1-A2

Conas atá tú? How are you?

Levels of English [with transcript for study]

Transcript:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/17XuuSTQMGv1cCTLpd47w0J5nooveXl7f/view?usp=drivesdk