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«Stories & Mind»

А little story  — “The Jackdaw and the Pitcher.”

This podcast discusses the critical role of figurative language—such as idioms, metaphors, and similes—within the context of Business English. It outlines numerous benefits, explaining how this type of language enhances clarity, strengthens persuasive arguments, and builds rapport by signaling cultural fluency. It provides a detailed list of eight main reasons why figurative language is important, including its ability to simplify complex technical jargon and facilitate compelling storytelling.

The importance of figurative language for Business Communication

Why figurative language is so important for Business English

just a cute little story about a first day at a new working place

New words 生词：

офисная одежда - business clothes, 办公室衣服;
сложный день - a difficult day, 一个艰难的一天;
первое впечатление - first impression, 第一印象;
коллеги - colleagues, 同事;
внутренние процессы - internal processes, 内部流程;
крупная компания - a big company, 一家大公司;
общее обсуждение - general discussion, 一般性讨论;
ввести в курс дела - bring up to date, 更新;
совещание, встреча - a meeting, 一次会议;
рабочий чат - group chat, 群聊;
добавить в рабочий чат - to add to a group chat, 加群聊;
сложные задания - difficult tasks, 复杂的任务;
нестандартные задачи - non-standard tasks, 非标准任务;
собеседование - an interview, 采访.



Виниловые пластинки

Несколько советов, что делать в первый день на работе

日本語の先生のTinaです！
今日は、「遠距離恋愛（えんきょりれんあい）」という言葉を紹介します。
Tinaといっしょに日本語の勉強しましょう♪
▼レッスンで待っています :)
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Tina Japa Go!

Episode 49. 遠距離恋愛

En este episodio sabrás cuales son los acentos más dificiles de entender en español, sus caracteristicas y palabras únicas que usan las personas que hablan con este acento

Spanish Shortcut

EP 29. ACENTOS HISPANOS DIFICILES

In this episode, you'll translate your first sentence from Luxembourgish into English.

Sproochentest: Start Here

3. Your First Translation

In English there are many words related to temperature to describe a person's personality. Let's have a look at some.

The Social Evolutionary

How Hot is Your Personality?

Textile waste is an urgent global problem, with only 12% recycled worldwide, according to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a fashion sustainability nonprofit.

Nowhere is the problem greater than in China, the world's largest textile producer and consumer, where more than 26 million tons of clothes are thrown away each year, according to government statistics. Most of it ends up in landfills.

The country's clothing industry is dominated by "fast fashion" — cheap clothes made from unrecyclable synthetics. And Chinese e-commerce brands Shein and Temu make the country one of the world's largest producers of cheap fashion, selling in more than 150 countries.

Currently, only about 20% of China's textiles are recycled, according to the Chinese government. And many Chinese consumers are unwilling to buy used items anyway.

Still, among younger Chinese, there is a growing awareness of sustainability and some "remade" clothing businesses have emerged.

Designer Zhang Na's fashion label, Reclothing Bank, sells clothes, bags and other accessories made from materials such as plastic bottles, fishing nets and flour sacks.

The items' labels have QR codes that show their composition, how they were made and the source of the materials.

Reclothing Bank began in 2010 to give "new life to old things," Zhang said of her store in Shanghai. A large used clothes deposit box sits outside the entrance.

Zhang said she has seen sustainability consciousness grow since she opened her store, with core customers in their 20s and 30s.

But recycled garments sold at stores like Reclothing Bank cost much more than fast-fashion brands due to their production methods.

And that's the real problem, said Sheng Lu, professor of fashion and apparel studies at the University of Delaware.

"Studies repeatedly show consumers are not willing to pay higher for clothing made from recycled materials" he said.




Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

26 Million Tons of Clothes Discarded in China Each Year

https://drive.google.com/file/d/11zgEYDqxpxrEfkWXromj7uOVH-vUofl4/view?usp=drivesdk