Episode 9, Google’s AI Mode rolls out to US with E-commerce features

Short & Sweet Daily Business English News

Another unexpected short story by the world-famous British writer. This story will be read in one episode.  

Stories to Stimulate!

The Butler - by Roald Dahl

一yī个gè男人nán rén对duì他tā的de朋友péng yǒu说shuō：我wǒ做zuò了le一yī次cì手术shǒu shù，手术shǒu shù后hòu医生yī shēng把bǎ一yī块kuài海绵hǎi mián忘wàng在zài我wǒ的de身体shēn tǐ里lǐ了le。

朋友péng yǒu说shuō：太tài糟糕zāo gāo了le！你nǐ会huì觉得jué de疼téng吗ma？

这zhè个gè男人nán rén说shuō：不bù疼téng，只是zhǐ shì经常jīng cháng很hěn渴kě。

A short and interesting Chinese daily article  for every day

Thirsty 口渴

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kwyz4LPkTOzdjCnE9cUcC9ZL0gdQAUtY/view?usp=sharing

Teacher Robert's Podcast

What motivates me to do a podcast (with transcript)

láng tūn hǔ yàn

意思是形容吃东西又猛又急的样子。

Chinese idioms (中国成语)

狼吞虎咽

Korean Speaking Practice 5. 
Grammar : N(time)-에, N(place)-에서, 안 V/A
                   ex) 저는 아침 7시에 일어나요. 
                         저는 학교에서 공부해요. 
                         저는 청소를 안 했어요. 
                         그 여자는 안 예뻐요. 
Expression : 이제 N을/를 그만하세요. 
                      ex) 이제 게임을 그만하세요. 

Speaking Practice - Beginner

5. N(time)-에, N(place)-에서, 안V/A

お金が2倍になる期間が簡単にわかる便利な計算方法についてくわしく話します。

「72の法則」って聞いたことありますか？
これは、貯蓄や投資をしたお金を複利運用で2倍に増やそうとしたとき、「何年」で「何％」で運用すればいいかを教えてくれるものです。
計算式は簡単。
「72÷利回り≒お金が2倍になるのに必要な期間（年）」
期間と利回りを入れ替えても成立するので、10年で2倍にしたいなら、72÷10年で約7.2%となります。
5％で運用するなら、72÷5%で約14.4年かかります。

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[Intermediate-Upper level] Interesting Japanese Not Taught In Schools About Japanese business culture, Japanese habits & Osaka

お金が2倍になる期間が簡単にわかる便利な計算方法

这个表达与一个复杂且难以解决的情境有关。它经常出现在我们的说法中，这就是为什么你应该使用它。我现在为你解释!。

西班牙语表达

Estar entre la espada y la pared 

Working from home and avoiding the journey to and from the office is saving many of us at least an hour every day, according to a 2023 study.

But we're not always using that saved time for ourselves — we're actually spending a lot of that time working.

The US-based National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) did a survey that looked at how workers in 27 countries used their time when working from home.

On average, the daily time saved by working from home was found to be 72 minutes.

Workers in China saved 102 minutes per day, while in Japan it was 100 minutes, and in India it was 99.

But the study also found that, on average, 40% of that saved time was spent working — either on the worker's main job or on an additional one.

Workers in Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan said they used more than half of their saved time to work.

So what happened to the rest of that extra time?

According to the study, an average of 34% was used as leisure time — with people in Germany and Austria using almost half of their extra time for leisure.

And 11% — about eight minutes per day — was spent looking after children or other family members.

The NBER said children had gotten a better deal with parents working from home — but that the big winners were employers, who got extra work time from their employees.

