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Native English

Interesting news articles read in English help you to explore new vocabulary and improve your pronunciation.
Articles vary in level - Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced.

English News

This podcast series is based on current events about unusual news stories. With each episode usually less than 30-seconds, it's a great way for beginners to improve vocabulary!

Weird News: 30-second long news episodes to improve your listening and vocabulary

Enjoy the sixth podcast from Culture To Grow, which allows you to travel the world from the comfort of your home, your car, or if you are still half asleep in your bed. 

This episode focuses on 5 Tooth Fairy traditions from around the world that give us an insight into what happens to baby teeth. Some of the stories have animals involved, while other traditions give luck or strength to the child. 

August 22nd -- National Tooth Fairy Day

There will be a new episode every other Monday, so subscribe.

Culture To Grow

Episode 6: Tooth Fairy Traditions from Around the World

You will know of some Guinness records imposed by Colombians:

- La taza de café más grande

- La mayor cantidad de personas encendiendo un glow stick al tiempo

- El ponqué colombiano más largo del mundo

- El mural a lápiz más grande

- El tapete de flores colombianas más grande

- Betty la fea: la telenovela colombiana con más adaptaciones

- 86 horas de chistes colombianos

- La zona con mayor biodiversidad

Remember that I teach Spanish on italki, you can book a class for more information you can look at it on my profile :)

Colombia

Records Guinness impuestos por colombianos

#Halloween
Maria, profe quiteña, me cuenta una historia de terror con tripas y voces de ultratumba.


Mucho que decir

Mariangula Ft. Maria (Ecuador)

In this episode, I answer the question many of my students ask me, "Which English test is easier?". As you will hear, it is not quite so simple...

Kev's English Podcast

Kev's English Podcast: Episode 17: Which English test is best for you?

El coaching es un método para guiar y entrenar personas que necesitan mejorar un aspecto de su vida personal o profesional. Actualmente está muy extendido su uso, aplica en varias áreas del quehacer de las personas

De todo un poco

Temporada 1 Episodio 7 Coaching

大卫： 	您好！ 	我 	想 	租 	一 	套 	房子。 
Zhōnɡjiè 	rényuán: 	Hǎo 	de. 
中介 	人员： 	好 	的。 
Dàwèi: 	Wǒ 	yào 	lí 	dìtiězhàn 	jìn 	de. 
大卫： 	我 	要 	离 	地铁站 	近 	的。 
Zhōnɡjiè 	rényuán: 	Nín 	kàn, 	zhè 	tào 	fánɡzi 	de 
中介 	人员： 	您 	看， 	这 	套 	房子 	的 
dōnɡbiɑn 	shì 	Xīzhímén 	dìtiězhàn, 
东边 	是 	西直门 	地铁站， 
zǒulù 	wǔ 	fēnzhōnɡ. 
走路 	5 	分钟。 
Dàwèi: 	Fùjìn 	yǒu 	chāoshì 	mɑ? 
大卫： 	附近 	有 	超市 	吗？ 
Zhōnɡjiè 	rényuán: 	Yǒu, 	dìtiězhàn 	de 	běibiɑn 
中介 	人员： 	有， 	地铁站 	的 	北边 
jiù 	shì 	yí 	ɡe 	dà 	chāoshì. 
就 	是 	一 	个 	大 	超市。 
Dàwèi: 	Tài 	hǎo 	le, 	zhè 	tào 	hěn 	héshì, 	ɡuì 
大卫： 	太 	好 	了， 	这 	套 	很 	合适， 	贵 
bú 	ɡuì？ 
不 	贵？ 
Zhōnɡjiè 	rényuán: 	Hái 	kěyǐ, 	yí 	ɡe 	yuè 
中介 	人员： 	还 	可以， 	一 	个 	月 
sānqiānwǔbǎi 	kuài. 
3500 	块。 


日常用语

租房

Konnichiwa! Welcome to Slow Japanese! In this episode, program host Akari will talk about her hobby. (She has a lot of hobbies!)
Do you have any hobbies? What are they?

Usage of Slow Japanese:
STEP 1. Listen to the episode without seeing scripts.
STEP 2. Go to mochifika.com/podcast/ and check "Key vocabularies of this episode", listen again to the episode while seeing the list.
STEP 3. Check the whole script, it'll fill the gap in your understanding.

Scripts and key vocabularies of this episode are here:
https://mochifika.com/podcast-script/slow-japanese-episode-4-hobby/

Slow Japanese

Episode #4 - Hobby

Waiting for the Tram (no transcript today)