 Megumi will talk about my daily discoveries and topics in my daily life.　I will also talk about my recommended travel destinations. Listen for Japanese listening comprehension practice.

Megumi's Daily Japanese Adventures

Bienvenidos a un nuevo podcast. Continuamos con la 2da entrega de nuestro libro Juan Salvador Gaviota, una historia inspiradora y que explora temas de libertad, autoconocimiento y la búsqueda del propósito en la vida.
Les leeré otro fragmento y nos tomaremos el tiempo para buscar vocabulario nuevo y su significado. Espero sus preguntas, dudas y sugerencias para mejorar nuestra comunicación.
Adentrémonos pues a esta maravillosa aventura de la conversación en español a través de la literatura.

Conversando en Español sin Miedo. Hablemos de todo un poco.

Juan Salvador Gaviota

In questo episodio descrivo brevemente il dipinto Autunno, della serie pittorica dedicata alle stagioni, di Arcimboldo.

Due parole d'arte in italiano

Giuseppe Arcimboldo - Autunno

¡Hola! En este episodio escuchamos el cuento "La reina de las abejas" que narra un viaje de tres hermanos en busca de aventuras. Cuando llegan a un castillo encantado sólo uno de ellos podrá romper el hechizo.

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¡Cuéntame!

La reina de las abejas

Continuamos con el tema de los gauchos. En este episodio de Porteña les contaré sobre este poema, su trasfondo sociopolítico y leeré algunos de sus famosos versos. 

Porteña

El Martin Fierro

¿Te han dado gato por liebre alguna vez? ¡Ojalá que no! A mí, sí, con mi móvil concretamente :(

Expresiones en español

Dar gato por liebre

Book my class!  https://teach.italki.com/teacher/1947582
Welcome back to another episode of Streetwise English podcast. My name is Carl. Today I want to talk about breaking the ice. So breaking the ice means meeting someone new that you don't know for the first time. So when you go to a party or you go to a new workplace or a new school, you're always going to have the occasion where you need to meet people for the very first time.


And sometimes this can be awkward and you can feel embarrassed about talking to someone if you don't know them and they don't know you and you're not friends yet. So I just wanted to talk really briefly about some advice that I have for you to meet people for the first time in any environment. And this is especially true if you are not a native speaker of their language.


So the first tip I have is to simply smile. Make your face look friendly and welcoming and give eye contact to the person that you want to talk to. It sounds really simple and obvious, but if you missed this step um, you know, this is a very important step and this is half the battle. So make sure that you look approachable yourself and you smile And you might even make a slight hand gesture, like, uh, a mini wave of some sort.  And the next thing is to simply say hello.


You don't have to come up with any kind of clever saying or pick up line or joke just simply saying hello. And you can see if the other person is interested in having a conversation with you.


And another tip is that you can be observant of what the person looks like or what clothes they're wearing and use that as a clue um, to tell you about who they are. For example, if the person is wearing very nice running shoes you kind of have the idea that this person likes to run or this person may be a runner or if you notice that the person has, um, cauliflower ears, you know, scarred ears from wrestling OK, this guy is probably a fighter. (please subscribe to the Streetwise English Podcast)





Streetwise English

SWE17 How to Break the Ice?

This episode introduces three idioms that use the word tooth. Listen to the examples to hear how to use them. Please send me a message if you would like a copy of the audio script.

Idiom Corner

Tooth

Today we're talking about a phrase that we can use to discuss hobbies, interests, or background, that we share with our colleagues. This phrase is to have things "in common". We also discuss a common mistake that international English speakers make when using this word. I hope you find it useful!

If you're trying to improve the way that you communicate in English at work then feel free to book some of my time, it would be great to meet you. See you soon!