When you are too tired to wait for a table during meal time, and you want to ask if you can share the table with others, you may say’不好意思，可以拼桌吗？(bù hǎo yì si , kě yǐ pīn zhuō ma?)-Excuse me, would you mind sharing the table?’ ‘拼’ means ‘put together’, so several people using one table actually indicates putting these people together. 

Crystal Gao's Chinese Language Journey

7、不好意思，可以拼桌吗？- Excuse me, would you mind sharing this table?

Hoy viajaremos a El Calafate, al sur de Argentina; una tierra de naturaleza y aventuras.

Viajando con Facundo

El Calafate: caminando entre glaciares

Aprenda a falar sobre os seus passatempos de forma divertida

Portuguese Audios for Beginners A2 -Áudios em Português para Principiantes A2

O Passatempo

Ciao studenti e studentesse di tutto il mondo e benvenuti nel quinto episodio di “Impara l'italiano con Isa”! 🌍📚😃 In questo podcast, come vi ho anticipato in quello precedente, parleremo di un simbolo segreto. Ho scoperto, dopo aver acquistato la mia auto, che sono ormai quasi vent’anni che su ogni auto di nuova produzione dello stesso marchio della mia, viene inciso e nascosto da qualche parte nell’abitacolo uno squalo. Vuoi scoprire di quale auto sto parlando e la motivazione di questa scelta di design? Ascolta il podcast per scoprirlo! 🦈🚗
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Impara l’italiano con Isa

Lo squalo nell’auto 

Buonasera a tutti! Il tema di oggi è uno dei giocattoli che marcò gli anni novanta e continua a far parlare di sé tutt'oggi. 

The Italian Miscellaneous Podcast🖐 

Barbie Pizzaiola

it starts with a Dream!

Whether you are and into IELTS speaking or job interview preparation or business English enhancement - you might want to read on and listen to the podcast.

Most people, however, spend their time on 'the negative' part of their dreams.

Do you know what it is?

It's about visualizing terrible things taking place at the time of the event or after.

They break down in great details how they fail, they see other people laughing at them, they envision everything falling apart while they are performing.

It's called 'doubters syndrome', the doubting thought clutter their minds, acting like a filter - helping people to fail over succeeding...it's a sad story and most teachers never talk about it :(

You have the answer in this podcast - what to do to overcome it and how to think in a new way. 

Listen to it and see yourself succeeding with it!

If you want me to save you the time and money - come to my 1-1 success activation meetings and we'll develop a roadmap that will help you achieve your goals faster whether IE;TS speaking, job interview preparation or business English.

To Your Success,
Anatoly

The Habits of Women Growing Into Strong, Confident English Communicators

It starts with a Dream (For IELTS/Job preparation students) + for other language learners.

We’ve been told that positivity is the key to learning a language. But what if the opposite is true? In Episode 94 of 111 Tips for Learning a Language, I explore how pessimism—or clear-eyed realism—can actually make you calmer, happier, and more consistent in your studies. By accepting limits, releasing the struggle for perfection, and embracing mistakes as inevitable, you may find more freedom and even more fluency. Listen now and discover the bright side of gloom in your language journey.

Which part of “pessimism as freedom” resonates most with your language learning?

Facing reality and acting for its own sake?

Accepting limits and stopping the struggle?

Embracing failure as non-destructive?

Using defensive pessimism to prepare better?

Episode 94 challenges the idea that positivity is the only path to language learning success. Instead, we explore how pessimism—rooted in reality and acceptance—can set you free. Facing reality helps you value learning for its own sake rather than for a distant fantasy. Accepting limits reduces stress and allows you to appreciate small wins. Embracing failure as inevitable removes the fear of mistakes, and defensive pessimism turns anxiety into thorough preparation. Research in intrinsic motivation (Deci & Ryan), acceptance-based coping strategies, and defensive pessimism (Norem) shows that this approach can reduce stress, improve memory, and keep you consistent. The episode concludes with an invitation to stop bracing for perfection and instead find joy in the imperfect but deeply worthwhile present of learning.

💃🏻111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 94 - (ง ◉ _ ◉)ง Do you have what it takes to be a pessimist? How it can help you learn a language.

Es la 1:00 p. m. y se han realizado dos viajes redondos a la mina. Es hora del tradicional break. La proximidad de su casa le permite a Jesús regresar con su madre para disfrutar de la merienda, pero antes de partir llega una noticia inesperada: se necesita más material en la mina y se ocupan cinco carros. Hay que transferir ciento sesenta cajas de dinamitas con sus respectivos detonadores. Lo hacen sin ningún problema.

Concluidas las tareas, Jesús regresa a su casa y encuentra a su madre más preocupada que en la mañana. Tiene un mal presentimiento y le ruega a su hijo que se quede en casa. Este intenta consolar a su madre y le dice que solo le faltan dos viajes a la mina antes de terminar su jornada. El cielo sigue nublado y parece que se acerca una fuerte tormenta. Con la bendición de su madre, regresa a concluir sus labores. 
Son las 2:00 p. m. Los obreros dejaron disipar el fuego lo cual ha disminuido la presión del vapor. El garrotero José Romero y Jesús intentan alimentar el fuego para incrementar la presión, pero se percatan de un grave problema: la chimenea de la máquina está dañada. El cedazo de alambre que cubre la parte superior para evitar que escapen brazas de la caldera está roto. Los trabajadores del departamento de mecánica han ignorado la situación. Esto representa un grave problema, ya que la tripulación había acomodado los furgones con dinamita justo detrás de la máquina, ignorando las medidas de seguridad que lo prohíben. Justo en ese momento, los fuertes vientos arrojan chispas y brazas de la chimenea por el lado roto a lo largo de la locomotora y caen en las primeras dos góndolas sobre las cajas de dinamita. 

El incendio no se hace esperar. La tripulación intenta sofocar las llamas, pero el viento intensifica el fuego. Es inútil. El río lleva agua, pero está muy alejado. La dinamita empieza a arder, pero sin hacer explosión. Debajo de la carga hay cañuelas y detonantes; cuando el fuego los alcance, hará explosión la dinamita...