Learn why small talk matters in the U.S., what to say (and avoid), and how to sound natural in everyday conversations — starting with the weather!

Thanks to Jerome for being such a great guest!!!

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Why Americans Really Talk about the Weather

Escucha a estas dos amigas hablar sobre su rutinad diaria. 

Aprende árabe con Radia 

La rutina diaria en árabe

Hier lernst du, wie man sich förmllich aber auch leger vorstellt.

A1-Niveau

01_Begrüßung

Impara come fare una ordinazione al ristorante.

Italiano Chiaro

Fare una ordinazione al ristorante

🇬🇧The United Kingdom has chosen a new Prime Minister AGAIN. It took me by surprise and astonished me. *facepalm* 🤦 😮 What is his name? What is his history? Do you have any idea how to talk these topics in Mandarin? Listen to the 10 minute Chinese Headline News program.

🇬🇧英国又选出了新的首相，真的很让我傻眼 🤦😮他是谁？叫什么名字？他的背景如何？想知道中文怎么说？欢迎来听这一集Podcast！

[transcription] Turn on CC subtitles
[00:00] introduction
[02:37] explanation
[10:03] discusion

当选 dāngxuǎn 
党首/党魁 dǎngshǒu/dǎngkuí 
举办 jǔbàn 
告别 gàobié 
闪辞 shǎn cí

来源：https://k.sina.com.cn/article_2011075080_77de92080200198bg.html
https://news.sina.com.cn/w/2022-10-24/doc-imqqsmrp3631077.shtml

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#24苏纳克当选英国保守党党首

Conhecer o uso dos "PORQUÊS" em português brasileiro é muito importante no começo do aprendizado. Hoje você que esta aprendendo português terá a oportunidade de conhecer de forma completa o seu uso e a sua pronuncia com acento nativo da língua.

Brasileiro Automático Podcast

04. O uso dos PORQUÊS na língua portuguesa

Insects bring disease, so should be kill them?
Angela reads the basic text from this lesson, (transcript available when you take this lesson).

English with Angela -  conversation 

TASK 2 - MOSQUITOES AND OTHER CREEPY CRAWLIES 

Have you ever accidentally gotten on a bus that was going out of service?

What do you expect would happen next? The driver would probably open the door and tell you to get off, and they wouldn't start driving until the bus was empty.

But that's not what happened to two tourists in Kyoto.

When they accidentally got on a bus that was going out of service in early June, the driver just closed the doors and drove away with them still on board.

And yes, he knew they were there.

But he was afraid to talk to them because they were foreigners, and he didn't know how to communicate with them.

As The Asahi Shimbun reported, the tourists — a man and a woman — got on the bus through the back door after all the other passengers exited at Kyoto station.

When they realized what had happened, the tourists asked the driver to stop, but he didn't understand them and just kept driving.

He later said he thought it would be best to deal with them at the bus terminal office.

When the driver wouldn't stop, the tourists called the police. An officer spoke to the driver over the phone, and the driver finally stopped.

They had been driving for around 20 minutes, traveling a distance of about 4 kilometers.

The West Japan JR Bus Company said: "We are very sorry for the inconvenience caused. Our employee training was insufficient, and our employee did not handle the situation correctly. We will thoroughly train our employees in the future."

Kyoto has a number of train and subway lines, but some of its most famous sites are most conveniently visited by bus — including Kiyomizudera temple in the east, and the gold-covered Kinkakuji temple in the northwest.