计划和努力都很重要！Planning and hard-working are very important!

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Imagine living without the words "left" and "right", "behind" or "ahead". This is reality in some cases of indigenous Australian languages. But how do they refer to the position of things? Well, this short cut-out from our podcast will tell you.

The Age of Humans

Episode 1: Which direction does time flow?

For the past few years, companies around the world have been testing out a four-day work week. In many cases, this means allowing employees to spread their work hours over four days instead of five.

Many of these tests have been successful, and people in the UK may soon get more rights to ask for a four-day work week.

Since April, employees in the UK have had the right to ask for more flexible working conditions, but companies do not have to agree to it.

But under the government's plans to increase flexibility for workers, companies may have to offer flexible working hours from the day the employee starts working — although it's not yet clear what this means.

"One possibility is for the government to make it more difficult for employers to refuse such requests, because at present it is quite easy for them to do so," Charlie Thompson, an employment lawyer who works for law company Stewarts, told Sky News.

Education Minister Jacqui Smith said more flexibility could be better for productivity.

"You're still doing the same amount of work, but perhaps you're doing it in a way that enables you, for example, to need less child care, to spend more time with your family, to do other things, that encourages more people into the workplace," she told LBC Radio.

But not everyone is happy with the idea of a four-day work week, and some tests weren't as successful as others.

UK supermarket Asda tested a four-day week, but changed back to the five-day week after staff said the longer work days were too demanding.

Another supermarket, Morrisons, also tried a four-day work week at its head office, but to make it work, staff sometimes had to work on Saturdays, which they weren't happy about.

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UK Workers May Get More Rights to Four-Day Week

Tocaremos la curva numero 2 del libro The dip de Seth Godin y como se aplica en el aprendizaje de idiomas. Este episodio es la parte numero 2 de "The dip en el aprendizaje de idiomas"

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The dip en el aprendizaje de idiomas(2 de 3)

Learn about how local people feel about Chinese hot pot

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17. Chinese Hot Pot 中国美食-火锅

In this episode, Saam (my son) and I are narrating the wonderful story of Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne Lang (in Farsi and English).  Hope you enjoy! 

Farsi with Zubin 

Episode 3: Grumpy Monkey 🐒 کی گفته من بد اخلاقم؟ 

la salade : alface, lettuce
une pomme de terre : batata, potato
une carotte : cenoura, carrot
les petits pois : ervilhas, peas
une aubergine : beringela, eggplant
une courgette : abobrinha, courgette
un oignon : cebola, onion
un haricot vert : vagem, green bean
un radis : rabanete, radish
un poireau : alho-poró, leak
un poivron : pimentão, pepper
un concombre : pepino, cucumber
un champignon : cogumelo, mushroom
un chou-fleur : couve-flor, cauliflower
un brocoli : brócolis, broccoli
L’épinard : espinafre, spinach
L’ail : alho, garlic
Le céleri : aipo, celery
un navet : nabo, turnip
une betterave : beterraba, beetroot
une asperge : aspargo, aspargus
un potiron : abóbora, pumpkin
une tomate : tomate, tonato
un artichaut : alcachofra, artichoke
une patate douce : batata doce, sweet potato
une endive : endívia, endive
un cornichon : pickles, pickle
Le maïs : milho, corn
un avocat : abacate, avocado
un chou : couve, cabbage
les lentilles : lentilhas, lentils
une échalote: tipo de cebola cumprida, shallot
Le fenouil : funcho, fennel
un chou de Bruxelles : couve de Bruxelas, Brussels sprout


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Les légumes

"Rest at the end and not in the middle."-- Kobe Bryant
If you have goals, there is no holiday and no rest, you must know how to pay the price of success.

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DON'T REST IN THE MIDDLE

In this episode I talk about how to improve your English speaking abilities. My italki teacher profile: https://italki.com/teacher/1947582 Thanks for listening! Visit my website for more of my full-length podcasts . https://www.streetwisenglish.com