天冷了、跨年了，需要放松一下，你想去哪里？It's cold, New Year's Eve and you need to relax. Where do you want to go?
相信很多广东人的第一反应就是：“泡汤、泡温泉去。” I believe the first reaction of many Cantonese people is: "Soak in hot springs."
找一个安静的地方，让身体泡在温柔的泉水里、洗尽疲惫，这是一段美好的时光。It is a wonderful time to find a secret place where you can soak your body in a gentle warm spring water and wash away your exhaustion.


新鲜事儿（Anecdote）

汤汤水水的生活

Do you always say "How are you?" to your English teacher and English speaking friends? While we DO use this common expression in everyday spoken English, there are many more informal and more popular ways of asking this question amongst friends! Learn my favorites in this episode of Stairway to English!
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Stop saying "How are you"! 

In this English language podcast we talk about ping pong.
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Streetwise English

SWE22 I Love Ping Pong!

NASA has given SpaceX an $843 million contract to build the vehicle that will help to destroy the International Space Station (ISS).

Space X, a company that's controlled by Elon Musk, will build the vehicle but the mission will be led by NASA.

The ISS was launched in 1998 and it's likely that it will have to be removed from space in the next few years.

The station is operated by space agencies from the US, Europe, Japan, Canada and Russia. All the countries involved have said they'll operate the station until 2030 except Russia, which has said it will operate it until 2028.

Teams of astronauts have been living in the space station since 2000. During that time, they have done more than 3,300 experiments in space.

It's expected that the SpaceX vehicle will pull the ISS through space before landing it in the sea. Both are likely to break apart as they re-enter Earth's atmosphere.

NASA said that it will be focusing on "commercially owned space destinations closer to home" as life on the ISS comes to an end.

The contract is seen as another vote of confidence for the company that Musk founded in 2002.

But experts say it won't be easy bringing such a large space station back to Earth safely.

Meghan Bartels from Scientific American said it will be a "delicate" challenge.

She said it took 42 different launches to send the ISS into space, where it was put together in orbit.

She added: "The orbiting laboratory contains about as much internal space as a six-bedroom house spread over an area the size of a football field," and that it weighs almost as much as three blue whales.

It's not yet known what the vehicle will look like or exactly when the mission will take place.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

SpaceX Given Contract to Destroy Space Station

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Bulgarian Today

Великден в България

Un viaggio pieno di sorprese! 

Capitolo 5 - Roma

Сегодня читаем отрывок из рассказа "Легкие шаги" Вениамина Каверина. Объясняю некоторые слова и фразы, а остальное, надеюсь, вы поймете сами! 
Слова из эпизода: натира́ть полы́ - мыть, делать чистыми полы - to rub floors; кружи́ться - делать движения по кругу - whirl, circle; застила́ть крова́ть - make the bed; произноси́ть - выговаривать - pronounce; привы́кнуть - привычка к чему-нибудь - get used to, be accustomed to; ненагля́дный - любимый, дорогой - beloved; гляде́ть - смотреть - look, see; бессо́нница - insomnia, sleeplessness; устро́ить - сделать, создать, организовать, (разг.) помочь в получении, в достижении чего-либо - arrange; пе́карь - специалист по выпечке хлеба - baker; не случа́ться - не было, не происходило - not happen; пошути́ть - joke, kidding; раста́ять - melt; до после́дней снежи́нки - until the last snowflake; кля́сться - давать клятву - swear, vow; пове́рить - believe; ничу́ть - нисколько - not a bit, not at all; со́лнце стоя́ло ни́зко - the sun was low; над по́лем - over the field; и́зо всех сил - очень - with all my might; зака́тываться - (о солнце) опуститься за горизонт - set; взлете́ть - подняться и полететь - take off, zoom, take wing; подхвати́ть - поддержать, поднять, держа снизу, схватить - pick up, catch up; разделя́ющая - separating, dividing; хлебну́ть - пить, выпивать - drink, take a sip; выпива́ть - (разг.) любить пить алкоголь - drink, liquor; ла́сточка - swallow; не реши́лась - didn't dare; стоя́ли моро́зы - there were frosts.
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Reading Russian

Отрывок из рассказа "Легкие шаги" В.А. Каверин

¿Qué significa realmente la buena y la mala suerte? En este episodio de 'Tales from de Macondo Man', nos sumergimos en la fascinante parábola china de 'El hombre que perdió su caballo'. Acompaña al narrador mientras desentrañamos esta historia sobre un hombre cuya vida da giros inesperados, demostrando que lo que a primera vista parece una desgracia puede convertirse en una bendición, y viceversa. Además, exploramos la riqueza de la sabiduría popular española a través de dichos como 'No hay mal que por bien no venga', 'Cuando una puerta se cierra, ciento se abren' y otros, revelando cómo estas expresiones encapsulan la misma verdad universal. Un episodio lleno de reflexiones sobre el destino, la resiliencia y la interconexión de los acontecimientos.

The Macondo man stories

Sabiduría en Palabras

Hola, soy Jania y soy mexicana. El día de hoy Martín y yo presentamos un episodio sobre el trabajo presencial vs el trabajo remoto. Ventajas y desventajas, ¿Cuál nos gusta más? y situaciones graciosas del trabajo remoto.

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