Ever been stuck at the airport and don't know how exactly to ask for help? Take a listen as we go over some useful questions at the airport with our wonderful guest Jerome!

Thanks to Jerome for being such a great guest!!!

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Hey Alexis!

Traveling Soon? How to ask for help when you're stuck at the airport

Привет!

В этом выпуске подкаста мы поговорим про зимние праздники. Конечно, это Новый год и Рождество. Мы узнаем, когда отмечаются эти праздники, и какие бывают традиции.

Приятного прослушивания!

Speak fluent Russian A1-A2

Выпуск 18. Новый год и Рождество / New Year and Christmas

Do you think some films should be banned, why or why not? You might get asked this question in Speaking Part 3 of the IELTS test. 

In this episode, Nick looks at reasons for and against banning some films.

IELTS with Nick - World Knowledge 

Should some films be banned? 

This is a reading from the Aozora Bunko "Raccoon and Yotaro" with some expressions changed to easy Japanese for learners of Japanese.
Vocabulary explanations are provided after the reading, so please make use of it for studying Japanese.

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青空文庫「狸と与太郎」より、日本語学習者向けに一部の表現をやさしい日本語に変えて、朗読しています。
朗読の後に語彙の解説がありますので、日本語の勉強にお役立てください。


OYASUMI にほんご

#1　Raccoon and Yotaro（Tanuki to Yotarô）

It is always impossible to learn a language without knowing the culture and customs. Today we talk about another famous Russian filmmaker, Andrei Tarkovsky

RUSSIAN BRIDGE PODCAST

Culture Vultures. Советское кино: имена и фильмы II (B1+ B2)

Vamos a hablar de esta expresión exagerada pero útil ;)

Expresiones en español

Ser más largo que un día sin pan

Una empresa de Corea del Sur, llamada Deepbrain AI, ofrece un servicio con el que las personas
pueden tener videollamadas con sus seres queridos fallecidos

Cafecito con Ale

Re;memory, la plataforma que te permite "hablar" con personas fallecidas

Debate trains fluency under friendly pressure. You practice “pushed output” by defending claims, rebutting opposing views, and weighing trade-offs. This strengthens vocabulary range, complex grammar, discourse markers, and prosody. Interactional back-and-forth sharpens listening and rapid retrieval, while structured rounds keep arousal helpful, not overwhelming. You learn solo (stance sprints, rebuttal drills), online (prompt exchanges, shadow-and-switch), or with a teacher (openings, cross-questions, rebuttals, closings) and get targeted feedback on clarity, structure, evidence, and language accuracy.

💃🏻111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 92 - Become a debater. 🛑LIVE 🎞️🎥 How Debates can help you learn a language

Why we need to protect polar bears

Polar bears are being increasingly threatened by the effects of climate change, but their disappearance could have far-reaching consequences. They are uniquely adapted to the extreme conditions of the Arctic Circle, where temperatures can reach -40°C. One reason for this is that they have up to 11 centimetres of fat underneath their skin. Humans with comparative levels of adipose tissue would be considered obese and would be likely to suffer from diabetes and heart disease. Yet the polar bear experiences no such consequences.

A 2014 study by Shi Ping Liu and colleagues sheds light on this mystery. They compared the genetic structure of polar bears with that of their closest relatives from a warmer climate, the brown bears. This allowed them to determine the genes that have allowed polar bears to survive in one of the toughest environments on Earth. Liu and his colleagues found the polar bears had a gene known as APoB, which reduces levels of low-density lipoproteins (LDLs) – a form of ‘bad’ cholesterol. In humans, mutations of this gene are associated with increased risk of heart disease. Polar bears may therefore be an important study model to understand heart disease in humans.

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