A flight attendant approaches Matt to offer him a drink.


Flight Attendant
Would you like something to drink? We have soda, coffee and tea as well as alcoholic beverages.


Matt
Sure, how much are the drinks?


Flight Attendant
Non-alcoholic beverages are free of charge. Alcoholic drinks are five dollars each.


Matt
Ok. I'd like to have a cup of coffee, please. Are meals going to be served on this flight?


Flight Attendant
Dinner will be served halfway through the flight. I will also bring you a snack with your beverage.


Matt
Can we choose what we will have for dinner?


Flight Attendant
Certainly. I will be bringing the menu for you to choose from. We have chicken, fish, and beef.


Matt
Is a vegetarian meal available?


Flight Attendant
Yes, but only if you have requested a special meal when you booked your flight. If not, I will try to find some extra servings of vegetables for you.


Matt
That would be great. Thank you very much.

English Conversation/Dialogue

Airline Food Services

What do you do on Saturday？ Shopping？Sleeping？Watching movie？Let's learn some words through the story. -
我的星期六
昨天是星期六，上午我和爸爸、妈妈去商店买东西，我们买了衣服、菜、水果、也买了八个杯子，杯子很小很漂亮。我很喜欢。商店前面有一个宠物医院，很多人带着小狗去看医生。我的同学也在那儿，我问他，这是你的小狗吗？我的同学说“是的，它叫钱钱，它昨天和今天不吃也不喝，我希望钱钱好起来。”
下午下雨了，我和爸爸、妈妈在家里。爸爸看书，妈妈看电视，我学习汉语。我喜欢学汉语，你呢？

Wǒ de Xīngqī liù 
Zuótiān shì Xīngqī liù ， Shàngwǔ wǒ hé Bàba 、 Māma qù Shāngdiàn mǎi dōngxi。 Wǒmen mǎi le Yīfu 、 cài 、 shuǐguǒ 、 yě mǎi le bā gè bēizi ， bēi zi hěn xiǎo hěn piàoliang 。 Wǒ hěn xǐhuan 。 Shāngdiàn qiánmian yǒu yí gè Chǒngwù Yīyuàn ， hěnduō rén dàizhe xiǎogǒu qù kànYīsheng 。 Wǒ de Tóngxué yě zài nàér ， wǒ wèn tā ， zhè shì nǐ de xiǎogǒu ma ？ Wǒ de Tóngxué shuō " Shìde ， tā Zuótiān hé Jīntiān bù chī yě bù hē ， wǒ xīwàng tā hǎoqǐlái 。 " 
Xiàwǔ xiàyǔ le ， wǒ hé Bàba 、 Māma zài jiā lǐ 。 Bàba kànshū ， Māma kàndiànShì ， wǒ xuéxí Hànyǔ 。 Wǒ xǐhuan xué Hànyǔ ， nǐ ne ？


Learn Chinese through stories - HSK1  （more podcast：https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk_Q-vfEdpBJCRJviEEY0KQ）

My Saturday

Liu- Zaai1 is a famous  fiction of gosts stories  of China. The author is Pou4-Cung4-Ling4(莆松龄）in Qing-Dynasty。 
The stories are really interesting and fantastic.

Easy  Cantonese 

聊斋故事 之 《小猎犬》liu4 zaai1 gu3 si6 ，siu2 lip6 hyun2

In today's episode we talk about "Bribery" the ability to get special treatment and the cost of secret illegal payments.

Today's Vocabulary will include:

• to fine vs to be fine
• a bribe
• to bribe
• a curfew
• quarantine
• odd vs even
• to forge 
• influence 
• reward
• perks

Teachers:
Jerome: https://www.italki.com/user/4075458
Alexis: https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/9464070


The Jerome Meadows Experience

Bribery & Corruption

¿Qué sabemos sobre el Vudú? 
Las narrativas occidentales sobre esta religión han tergiversado los saberes ancestrales y prácticas de un pueblo que ha luchado contra el racismo desde siempre. 
En el siguiente google docs, encontrarán el artículo del podcast: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F0lHiW82gMLbUyv6DxMpEHOhO2Vh8oPyCnlQX8kLqXo/edit#

Voces Difusora

El vudú: otras prácticas de espiritualidad 

Making suggestions is an essential skill when you want to offer advice or ideas to someone. So, let's dive right in and explore these five useful ways to make suggestions.
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Five useful ways to make suggestions in English. Let's do a quick recap:
1.	"How about…?" for proposing new ideas or alternatives.
2.	"Why don’t you… ?" for offering suggestions to someone who's unsure.
3.	"Maybe we should… ." for collaborative and friendly proposals.
4.	"I’d recommend… ." for advice based on personal experience or expertise.
5.	"Have you thought about… ?" for introducing new ideas or options.


Learn With Kimiya

"5 Ways to Make a Suggestion" 

富士山と山中湖が一望できる「石割山」について話しています。

楽しく毎日過ごしましょう

富士山と山中湖が一望できる「石割山」

For the next 6+ episodes we're going to be going into details about Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions. This research changed my life when I first learned about it over 10 years ago, giving me a true sense of what culture is, and what the subtle differences in culture are between countries at the fundamental level. More than just knowing that one country or culture does something 'this' way and another does it 'that' way, learning about Hofstede's dimensions can help you to truly understand the WHY.

More Than English Podcast

Introduction to HOFSTEDE'S CULTURAL DIMENSIONS | More than English Podcast #009

Have you ever hurt your neck while watching TV and wondered if it's been mounted too high? Well, you're not the only one. In fact, there are hundreds of thousands of people who discuss the subject on Reddit every day.

From breaking news to fandoms, and from memes to life's biggest questions, Reddit is a website that encourages people to discuss any subject that interests them.

The platform has over 100,000 communities, or "subreddits," that are created by users. And a subreddit about TV placement is in the top 1% of popular communities.

The community known as "TV Too High" is among the website's largest, with over 200,000 members. Here, photos of TVs in homes, hotels and other spaces are posted and often met with hundreds of comments discussing whether or not the TV has been placed at a good height.

One photo posted to the community in September 2024 showed a TV mounted above a door, with one user commenting, "Spiders on the ceiling fan have a great view."

Another photo showing a TV mounted above a staircase received over 500 comments, with one user saying, "This might be the worst one I've ever seen."

But is there a perfect height for a TV?

One user posted a guide based on advice from the subreddit. It included things like: "If when standing the TV is at eye level, IT IS TOO HIGH," and, "If the TV is angled down, IT IS TOO HIGH."

Another user posted a photo of a guide from a TV manufacturer. It said the best height for a TV when viewing while sitting down is 107 centimeters from the center of the TV screen to the floor — although some users said this was still too high!