The right and wrong way to ask for something, or to ask permission, in English.

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Making Polite Requests in English

Ini cerita tentang Malin Kundang yang pergi merantau, meninggalkan ibunya untuk mencari uang. Tetapi hatinya berubah setelah ia menjadi kaya.

Cerita Pendek Indonesia (B1-B2)

01 Malin Kundang

啊，是星星吗？ Ah! You mean the stars? 对了，就是星星。 Yes, that's it. The stars. 你要拿这五亿星星做什么？ And what do you do with Five-hundred millions of stars? 五亿一百六十二万七百三十一颗星星。 Five-hundred-and-one million, six-hundred-twenty-two thousand, seven-hundred-thirty-one. 我是严肃的人，我是非常精确的。 I am concerned with matters of consequence: I am accurate. 你拿这些星星做什么？ And what do you do with these stars? 我要它做什么？ What do I do with them? 是呀 Yes. 什么也不做。它们都是属于我的。 Nothing. I own them. 星星是属于你的？ You own the stars? 是的。 Yes. 可是我已经见到过一个国王，他… But I have already seen a king who... 国王并不占有，他们只是进行‘统治’。这不是一码事。 Kings do not own, they reign over. It is a very different matter. 你拥有这许多星星有什么用？ And what good does it do you to own the stars? 它可以使我变得富有。 It does me the good of making me rich. 变富有了你想干什么？ And what good does it do you to be rich? 富了就可以去买别的星星，如果有人发现了别的星星的话。 It makes it possible for me to buy more stars, if any are ever discovered. 小王子自言自语地说：“这个人想问题有点象那个酒鬼一样。” "This man," the little prince said to himself, "reasons a little like my poortippler..."

小王子-The Little Prince-Read in Chinese

小王子第三十章：拥有星星

Hablemos de la navidad y sus orígenes y por qué no de algunas tradiciones inusuales alrededor del mundo.
¿Sabían que en Ucrania decoran el árbol de navidad con telarañas? 
¿Has golpeado a alguien para limar asperezas durante las festividades? ¿No?
Entonces no te pierdas esta nueva entrega.
En el siguiente enlace podrás encontrar el artículo del podcast, no te pierdas las imágenes de los platos navideños y de las tradiciones poco comunes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LTPYFMv_fet0bB7zTiGywA_H8DBUvsrhZtaZW9XH2YA/edit?usp=sharing

Voces Difusora

Navidad: celebraciones inusuales alrededor del mundo.

Comment utiliser "en" et "y" que nous utilisons très souvent en français ? 

Edmond FLE

"En" et "y"

Javier tiene una entrevista de trabajo y debe coger un tren, pero algo parece querer impedírselo...

Cuentos cortos

El billete de tren

Ayer 10 y hoy 11 de julio trascurren las fiestas patronales del pueblo donde vivo. Ahora se llaman “Fiestas Mayores” pero hace pocas décadas se llamaban patronales porque se celebran en honor al patrón de cada población. El patrón no es un jefe o un empresario, ni un narcotraficante no, usamos la acepción religiosa.

AUDIO-ARTÍCULOS (Nivel B2-C1)

Fiesta Mayor...

En este episodio exploramos uno de los pilares de la cultura argentina: el mate. ¿Es solo una bebida o hay algo más detrás de esta tradición? Hablamos sobre el ritual de cebarlo, su importancia cultural y cómo conecta a las personas. Si alguna vez te preguntaste por qué los argentinos somos tan fanáticos del mate, ¡este episodio es para vos!

¡Unos mates con Alex!

01. ¿Qué es el mate en Argentina?

Across the world, millions of people are watching other people play video games on platforms such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitch.

Twitch in particular has become the world's biggest video game streaming platform, with over 240 million people using the site each month, and over 7 million people actively streaming.

Imagine that — a whole business, worth billions of dollars, based on people wanting to watch other people play video games.

But why do people want to do this — instead of just playing the games themselves?

One possible reason is the personality of the players. People enjoy watching how these gamers react and make jokes as they play the games. One study in 2021 found that people like to watch gamers simply because they find their personalities attractive.

They may also be attracted by a player's skill. Some simply find it enjoyable to watch a professional gamer play a difficult video game, while others may hope to learn and improve their own skills by watching.

Another study in 2016 looked at people who watch gamers on Twitch in particular. It found that people watch these gamers not only to learn from them, but also to see what a game is like before they decide whether or not to buy it.

The same study found that people also watched games online because they could interact with other people who liked games, and it gave them a sense of community.

This kind of online community would become especially important during the COVID-19 pandemic, when Twitch's audience grew by about 80%.

However, according to the 2016 study, the biggest reason people like to watch video gamers is simply because they want to relax and forget about their daily life.

Just as there are many different kinds of video games, there are also many different kinds of gamers. And it seems people's reasons for watching these gamers are just as varied.