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Hello and welcome to another episode of Engine English. Today's episode is part two of my 21 essential business English idioms. People still seem to have doubts about the differences there are between general and business English.  Although there’s substantial overlapping, there are some clear differences. I will give you 11 useful idioms that you can use in the office with examples that will help you understand how you can use them.

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Episode 5: 21 Essential Business Idioms Part 2

La parola protagonista di questo nuovo podcast è un sostantivo maschile: ISTANTE. Io lo utilizzo molto spesso nella vita quotidiana perché è molto utile. Fammi sapere cosa ne pensi!

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📝 ISTANTE

Hello, in this episode I talk about assessment and how to find out what you can really do in English. I talk about the various exam options and give some ideas for how you can assess yourself.

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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.




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Nissan Tests Self-Driving Car on Yokohama's Roads

We have a lot of rain during Tsuyu, which is rainy seaon in Japan.  It's especially hot and muggy in this season from the end of July to mid. July.  I think we've had more rain than usual this year. Because of that, there are damages in various places.

今日は2023年7月13日。　
今年の梅雨は　ほんとうによく雨が降ります。
６月の終わりごろ、テレビで天気予報を聞いていたら、こんなことを言っていました。日本は、沖縄で梅雨が明けたら、九州、四国、本州、北海道が　梅雨に入ると。　
今年２０２３年は　６月２５日に沖縄の梅雨が明けました。　そして、入れ替わるように、日本のほとんどが梅雨入りしました。　
日本気象協会の雨雲レーダーの過去の記録を見てみました。６月―７月は雨雲が日本列島にかかっていない日は、ほとんどないぐらい　日本のどこかで雨が降っています。
私が住んでいるところは、あまり強い雨が降っていませんが、今年は九州や日本海側の雨がすごいです。　線状降水帯という現象が発生しています。これは、雨雲が次々と大きくなってつながり、数時間、同じ場所に　はげしい雨が降る現象です。　例えば、３時間に約２００～３００ミリを超える雨が降ったりします。このように、短い時間に　たくさんの雨が降るので、川から水があふれだしたり、山が崩れたりします。　早めに安全な場所に逃げることができればいいのですが、夜　寝ている時や朝早い時間に　起きると、逃げることもできない人もいます。　今年も　土砂崩れが起きて、家が押しつぶされたというニュースをいくつか聞きました。運よく助かる人のいれば、残念ながら　土砂崩れに巻き込まれてしまう人もいます。　
今日も朝からずっと　曇り空。夕方になって、雷が鳴りだし、雨も降りだしました。私の部屋は　気温28℃、湿度６０％です。部屋の中はエアコンをつけているので、たぶん、外の気温と湿度はもう少し高いでしょう。　気象庁の梅雨明けの予想は７月１８日ごろからとなっています。梅雨が明ければ、夏本番！　日差しが一段ときつくなります。　体調をくずさないようにしたいものです。皆さんも、お気を付けてお過ごしくださいね。
