Welcome to the More than English Podcast and welcome to a new series! I'm your host Stephen. Today we will introduce the concepts of culture and cultural dimensions before exploring cultural dimensions further in future episodes. 

For example, we will examine Deal & Kennedy's (2000) definition of culture: "Culture is the way we do things around here" before talking about some of the many benefits of studying cultural dimensions more specifically.

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Introduction to CULTURE & CULTURAL DIMENSIONS | More than English Podcast #001

The vocabulary of verbs and nouns with examples of each word. 

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Important vocabulary 1

Reading a book in Japanese ''The Music Box Planet'' #13
You can practice shadowing, and repeating with this reading and the text below. Besides, it's helpful to study Kanji. 😊 

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　「まあ、カンパネラ。眠れないの？」
カンパネラは 肩で息をしながら こたえます。
    「『好き』でしか人はつながることができないと思っていた。」
    「どうしたの、カンパネラ？」
    「空中帝国では、いまも争いがおこっている。ヨナヨナのいう とおりだ。
       それぞれの『好き』がちがうから争いがおこるんだ。
       なん年たっても、ずっとそのくりかえし。
       でもぼくらには『好き』という感情を捨てることはできない」
     「..........」
     「そして、空中帝国と『森』のあいだにある溝は、それよりももっと深い。
        このままでは世界はずっとバラバラのままだ。だけど.....」

カンパネラはヨナヨナをまっすぐに見すえていいました。
      「見つけたんだよ、ヨナヨナ」
      「.....見つけた？」
      「いや、もうすでに、ずっとずっとまえからあったんだ！」
      「なにがあったの？」
      「世界をつなぐ魔法だよ」


【Kanji】

眠れない　　ねむれない　G1verb ねむる
肩　　　　　かた
息　　　　　いき
好き　　　　すき
思っていた　おもっていた　G1verb おもう
争い　　　　あらそい
年　　　　　ねん
感情　　　　かんじょう
捨てる　　　すてる　G2verb 
溝　　　　　みぞ
深い　　　　ふかい
見すえて　　みすえて　G2verb みすえる



朗読クラブ📚Reading to Japanese language learners 

朗読：『オルゴールワールド』#13  にしのあきひろ著

Sono tornato e ho tante cose da raccontarvi!

Bedside Italian

Bedside Italian #46 -Ho conosciuto altri ascoltatori!

You are going to listen a letter that Angela sends to Pedro about her summer plans. What is she going to do in the summer?

Answer the following questions to verify that you have understood the text!

1) ¿Dónde va a viajar Ángela en verano?
a) Al norte de España
b) Al sur de España
c) Al norte de su ciudad

2) ¿Cómo va a viajar Ángela?
a) en coche
b) en moto 
c) en tren

3) Ángela tiene todo preparado
a) excepto la maleta
b) sí, pero tiene que hacer aún algunas compras.
c) sí, pero tiene que comprar ropa de baño

4) ¿Dónde vive Pedro?
a) en Bilbao
b) en Madrid
c) en San Sebastián



Comprensión auditiva

El verano de Ángela

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How movies can boost your English Skills!

In today's podcast, the topic is about why looks matter and how to find ways to respect your body and take care of your physique. 
Fix your body to gain confidence.

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LOOKS MATTER BECAUSE IT IS A SIGNAL OF SELF ESTEEM

In this episode I talk about the different types of pollution.  Book an English class with me . My teacher profile: https://italki.com/teacher/1947582 Thanks for listening! Visit my website for more of my full-length podcasts . https://www.streetwisenglish.com

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SWE 86 🏭 Air/Water/Noise/Light Pollution🐄

Shipbuilding today is based on science and ships are built using computers and sophisticated tools. Shipbuilding in ancient Rome, however, was more of an art relying on estimation, inherited techniques and personal experience. The Romans were not traditionally sailors but mostly land- based people, who learned to build ships from the people that they conquered  namely the Greeks and the Egyptians.

There are a few surviving written documents that give descriptions and representations of ancient Roman ships, including the sails and rigging. Excavated vessels also provide some clues about ancient shipbuilding techniques. Studies of these have taught us that ancient Roman shipbuilders built the outer hull first, then proceeded with the frame and the rest of the ship. Planks used to bulld the outer hull were initially sewn together. Starting from the 6th century BCE, they were fixed using a method called mortise and tenon, whereby one plank locked into another without the need for stitching. Then in the first centuries of the current era, Mediterranean shipbuilders shifted to another shipbuilding method, still in use today, which consisted of building the frame first and then proceedlng with the hull and the other components of the ship. This method was more systematic and dramatically shortened ship construction t›mes. The ancient Romans built large merchant ships and warships whose size and technology  were unequalled  until the 16th century CE.

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