I discuss English for travel, for work, & for families settling into the USA. I live in Florida, & love going to the beach, swimming, & learning languages. 

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English from the Beach

in this podcast you will learn many useful vocabularies in daily life to show your feelings, what make you dislike.  i hope you enjoy listening Chinese with no stress. 

Story learning Chinese with Annie

Story learning Chinese with Annie------ 10 things i hate

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¿Sabían que Montevideo es la ciudad, en América Latina, en donde más montan bicicleta las mujeres?

En este nuevo episodio hablaremos sobre la bicicleta, su historia y cómo ha sido un vehículo imprescindible en el proceso de emancipación de la mujer hasta la actualidad. Igualmente escucharemos algunos testimonios sobre la experiencia de montar bici en la ciudad y discutiremos los actuales retos que enfrentan las mujeres ciclistas en las calles. 

Esperamos disfruten esta nueva entrega, así como esperamos sus respuestas a las preguntas hechas al final del episodio. 
Recuerden que en el siguiente enlace, pueden encontrar el documento del audio: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wicgB6tkdOoKhzwWJ40k6LVLUdYcYSdl-7CeEbdhYek/edit#heading=h.oosgst8a0mj4

Voces Difusora

Mujeres y bicicletas: vivencias del vehículo en la ciudad. 

Online reviews are everywhere, whether you're looking for a movie to watch, a hotel to stay in or a new air fryer.

Many of us read these reviews carefully, even though we probably know that not all reviews are unbiased — or even real.

Now, researchers have found out something interesting about online reviews: women generally rate things higher than men.

The researchers looked at more than 1 billion online reviews on five different websites, including Amazon, Google and the movie site IMDb.

They found that, on average, women rate things more positively than men, and are more likely to give five-star reviews.

The research team then did two smaller studies to find out why this might be. They said women don't actually like things any more or any less than men, but they still generally leave better reviews.

In one of those smaller studies, more than 1,100 people were asked to rate art made by artificial intelligence software. They were asked to rate the art privately and then publicly.

Privately, there was not much of a difference between male and female ratings.

But when participants were asked to write public reviews, women were less likely to post lower ratings, especially when they really didn't like the art.

The researchers said women may feel more worried than men about the consequences of writing bad reviews.

They added that everyone should be able to write reviews without being worried about the consequences.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Women More Likely to Write Positive Reviews Online

Join the adventure with Sam, as he tries something new.

I Love Stories!

Green Eggs and Ham

Último día del año. En este episodio te cuento las tradiciones típicas del 31 de diciembre, La nochevieja española.
¡Feliz salida y entrada de Año! 


Blanca to go 

Especial Navidad 6-Nochevieja

1. One second
2. It depends
3. Really?
4. Ok, then
5. Over there
6. Got you 
7. Forget it / Never mind
8. You ok?
9. Sorry?
10. Sounds good
11. Sure
12.  We’ll see
Please tell me in the comments if you’ve passed this challenge or not

chinesewithserana

Can you translate these everyday English phrases into Chinese?

I present some sound clips from my favourite podcasts and examine their presentation. The podcasts are "Betty in The Sky With a Suitcase" and "Alistair Cooke's Letter from America".