This podcast is intended for my students who want to improve their listening skills but also learn about Polish culture and traditions. Enjoy!

Odkryj Polski 

In this episode you will get to practice part 1, part 2 and part 3 questions and learn some vocabulary you need for talking about different experiences,  travelling, vacations, and even more phrases for being forgetful about things!

IELTS Speaking Preparation

IELTS Part 2 on Describing a Memorable Journey, Holiday, Place, or Experience

⬅️ Left–right political spectrum➡️ Where will you put yourself on?
The world tend to be more and more extreme, I mean, more and more far-right parties won the election, and far-left parties seems become more extreme.
Let's take a look on the win for far-right party in Italy.


⬅️左派和右派➡️ 你会怎么定义你自己呢？
世界似乎越来越极端，越来越多右翼政党赢得政权，而左翼政党也变得更偏激。
因此我们来看看意大极右翼政党赢得大选的新闻吧！

生词：
国会 guóhuì
右派 yòupài
胜利 shènglì
总理 zǒnglǐ
法西斯主义 fǎxīsī zhǔyì
复活 fùhuó

News with zhe

#14义大利国会大选极右派胜利

人人都租屋，唔通人人都想租屋咩？第一次租屋有d咩要注意？雞胸就因為唔清楚合同押金呢d條款野比人上咗一課。酱爆第一次住apartment唔知有咩費用真系要自己交導致屋企被停點。租屋呢家嘢，真系鑊鑊新鲜鑊鑊甘。朱古力最大嘅建議就係租屋之前小紅書搜“北美租房”，或者“xx地區租房”，总有好心人寫咗好詳細嘅建議，讀多幾篇，總會幫到你。

夠鐘煲粥 Congee Time

EP3.租屋搬屋血淚史

HSK3

HSK3-1-Text2

En este episodio les cuento sobre una incendio que ocurrió hace muchos años en un "boliche" donde estaba tocando un grupo de música llamado "Callejeros", que quedó grabado en mi memoria como si hubiera sido ayer. Causas, consecuencias, héores hombres y mujeres, fallecidos, heridos, cambios políticos y culturales, y más...

Argentina en carne propia

Tragedia en la Discoteca "Republica de Cromañón"

You can read the podcast here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IktpBtsT3Cje5x_WiXeFMmp7bXTpz5cz/view?usp=sharing


Lisa's Podcast

Jeff Bezos Joins the Satellite Internet Race with Amazon Kuiper

It's no secret that Hawaii is a favorite destination for Japanese tourists. In 2023, the islands welcomed around 573,000 visitors from Japan — the most from any country.

But did you know there's a connection between Japan and Hawaii that goes beyond travel and into clothing?

Aloha shirts, also known as Hawaiian shirts, have roots in Japanese culture, beginning with Japanese immigrants in Hawaii.

In the late 1800s, Japanese immigrants in Hawaii started importing Japanese clothing as well as rolls of fabric to make clothes with.

In the 1920s, locals in Hawaii saw these fabrics and started using them to make casual dress shirts with Japanese patterns on them. These shirts became popular with tourists to Hawaii.

Soon after, aloha shirts were made in bulk, but instead of using fabric made for Japanese clothing, stores in Hawaii started bringing in printed fabrics made just for aloha shirts.

And by the late 1930s, the designs had changed from Japanese patterns to the Hawaiian inspired patterns we're used to today — images of Mount Fuji and Japanese pine trees were replaced with things like coconut trees, surfers and fish.

But even though today's aloha shirts don't look very Japanese inspired, they still remain popular within Japan.

Yosuke Seki, an aloha shirt aficionado who goes to Hawaii every year, told CNN he wears his shirts daily, and hopes to inspire others to try them.

"Right now, I'm wearing a replica of one of the expensive designs," Seki said, adding that his shirt cost between $130 and $200. The more expensive shirts can cost thousands of dollars, he explained.

And for some fans, aloha shirts are not just clothing — they're collectable items, or even considered art.

Yoshihiro Nakano is the brand director of Sun Surf, a Japanese company that has been making aloha shirts for about 50 years. Many customers don't even wear the aloha shirts they buy, and instead just collect them or frame them, Nakano told CNN.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

From Japan to Hawaii: The History of Aloha Shirts

Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17gxy9GKIHUbIDKpFoEvPVFFSm9VHD1QQ/view?usp=drivesdk