There are lots of reasons why libraries are still useful in the modern world, but also some reasons why they are less relevant in today's society.

Nick discusses both sides of this topic in today's podcast.

This will help you form opinions and ideas for the IELTS speaking and writing tests. 

IELTS with Nick - World Knowledge 

Are libraries still relevant in today's world? 

We're going to be talking about Halloween terms, idioms and things that might happen

English My Way

Halloween the start

Find out what it is and how to celebrate it. What's the most absurd thing you've ever done? 

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Lisa's Podcast

National Absurdity Day 20th November

Um importante vocabulário que pode ser útil em qualquer ocasião

Portuguese Audios for Intermediate Advance B2 -Áudios em Português para Intermédios Avançados B2

Diálogo no consultório médico

Lo prometido es deuda así que aquí te dejo la segunda para de esta expresión...

Comenta, practica y suscríbete 

Expresiones idiomáticas en español 

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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 

In this episode of Stairway to English, learn how to use the common idiom "drop the ball"

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Stairway to English: Short easy to understand episodes to improve your English grammar and fluency

Don't drop the ball on that deadline! Learn how to use the English idiom "drop the ball"

In this American English language podcast I talk about my visit to a raptor center in Oregon. https://italki.com/teacher/1947582 Thanks for listening! Visit my website for more of my podcasts (Streetwisenglishdotcom) 