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Episode 1 of The Travel Podcast deals with my TAIWAN trip! A unique location in East Asia, I hope you can learn a bit more about this place after listening to my podcast :)

The Travel Podcast

Taiwan! - Episode 2

This week we discuss the expression: 

RAIN ON SOMEONE'S PARADE


Brentoni's English Podcast

034 - rain on someone's parade

What is Doppiaggio? And what is Doppiaggese? Why are Hollywood movies always late to arrive to Italian cinemas? 
Are there positive sides of the Fascism repression? 
What grants the success of a Hollywood movie in Italy more - the movie itself or its dubbed version? 
Have a listen and let's find out together!


Language Tales

Impact of Fascism on Italian language

This expression originates from the Middle Ages and is used in all Spanish-speaking countries.

SPANISH IDIOMS

"El que quiere celeste, que le cueste"

Host: Welcome back to the podcast everyone. I’m joined today by Naseem, an IT consultant from 
Delhi and Deepa, an HR consultant from Bangore. Today we’ll be discussing the increase in the number of people moonlighting and what the future holds for companies and workers. So, Deepa, I’ll ask you first: What has created this problem?

Deepa: Well, as with many places around the world, during the pandemic, there was a big increase in the number of people working from home and also economic instability. So, at the same time, we had more people working without any supervision and people were more worried about being able to make a living. So, the increase in online moonlighting was a consequence of that situation really.

Naseem: That’s certainly what happened to me. At the time, you read about all of these companies that were *laying off * their staff and there wasn’t much you could do about it if it happened to you. So suddenly working for just one company seemed like a bad idea. I have a family to feed: three boys and a girl. I felt a lot of insecurity and was terrified of losing money, or maybe even worse, my house. So, I took two jobs.

Host: What effect did that have on you and your family?

Naseem: It gave us some comfort, financially, as I started making more money than I had before the pandemic. But I was also working very long hours each day. I saw the children every day of course, but I couldn’t spend any real time with them as I had to work from almost as soon as I got up, until late in the evening. My wife was working as well, so it was quite hard to manage everything. When the crisis was averted, we had gotten used to having the extra money, so although I cut back on my hours in both jobs, I still continued to work at both.

Host: Do you see anything wrong with doing what you are doing?

Naseem: Not at all. I’m a professional and I work hard at both jobs. My main job is in IT as you mentioned, but my second is in design. 




English Conversation/Dialogue

MOONLIGHTING 

News in Slow English

24th May 2025 (BBC)

Happy New Year! 
Today, I'm going to talk about one of ivents on New year's Eve.
We have Ohitakisai in Hirota shrine on New Year's Eve. It's an ivent for Shinto ritual.  In Ohitakisai, a large bonfire is lit at the shrine. The flame will cleanse us of one year of impurities.
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あけましておめでとうございます。
今年は　西暦で2023年です。　日本の元号では　令和5年です。　干支はうさぎです。
前回　ポッドキャストをアップしてから2週間以上空いてしまいました。
おかげさまで、部屋の片づけもかなりできました。お正月の用意もそれなりに整えることができました。
12月31日大晦日の夜は、家から２０分ほど歩いて行ける廣田神社に行きました。この日は、午後9時から　大晦日御火焚祭（おひたきさい）という行事がありました。これは、知らないうちに溜まった1年間の罪や穢れを祓い清めるために、大きな焚火をする行事です。　焚火の火にあたると、悪いものが取れ、きれいな心と体で新しい年を迎えることができるそうです。また、これは「福火（ふくび）」とも言われています。「福火」は、その火にあたることで、福を授かることができるそうです。
神社の広場で焚かれる御火焚祭（おひたきさい）の火は、とても大きいです。2メートルぐらいまで炎が上がります。めらめら　ゆらゆら動く炎は　まるで　龍が空に昇る姿に見えます。新しい薪を　放り込む度に火の粉が舞い上がります。　風に吹かれてその火の粉が周りにいる人たちに降りかかってくることもあります。みんな2メートル以上　離れたところに立っていますが、火の粉が自分たちのほうに飛んできたら、急いで逃げていました。　この日の夜の気温は5℃ぐらいで寒かったので、焚火はとても暖かく気持ちよかったです。30分ぐらい　焚火の炎の勢いを眺めてから、神社にお参りをして帰りました。
帰宅後、年越しそばを作って　みんなと一緒に食べました。　そうこうしている内に、
深夜０時、２０２３年の１月１日になりました。　「あけましておめでとうございます。今年もよろしくお願いします」と　新年のあいさつをして忘年会はお開きです。友人たちはそれぞれ家へ帰っていきました。
こんな風に私の２０２２年は終わり、無事に２０２３年を迎えることが出来ました。
それでは、みなさん、今年もどうぞよろしくお願いいたします。



やさしい日本語（にほんご）

大晦日御火焚祭（おおみそかおひたきさい）Ohitakisai on New Year's Eve

CLEPTOMANÍA.
-¿Cómo está usted señor Paniagua?
Y su hijo, ¿ya se ha curado de su cleptomanía?
-Todavía no, pero en cierto modo ha mejorado. Ahora ya trae a la casa objetos de más valor.