Everything about business related phone calls

Business English with Ali

Mastering the Art of Professional Phone Calls

¿Te consideras una persona puntual?

Si tu respuesta es sí. ¡Genial! Ser una persona puntual es algo muy bueno. Pero si tu respuesta es no, no te preocupes, es más normal de lo que parece. Ojo, no estoy diciendo que es bueno ser impuntual, solo digo que es bastante normal.

De hecho, en mi país usamos la expresión “hora ecuatoriana” para hablar de eso. Y en este episodio te quiero contar sobre eso.

Spanish with Andres T.

La hora Ecuatoriana

En este episodio tengo el placer de charlar con Miguel, un hombre jubilado que conoce como pocos la geografía, la historia y las costumbres de España. Durante la entrevista, Miguel nos lleva de viaje por distintas ciudades, nos cuenta anécdotas curiosas y comparte su visión sobre cómo ha cambiado la vida en nuestro país a lo largo de los años. Si te interesa la cultura española y quieres practicar tu comprensión auditiva con una conversación auténtica y pausada, este episodio te va a encantar.

VAMOS AL LÍO

UN PASEO POR ESPAÑA

a simple story about a tourist ordering food at a Sudanese restaurant and learning a new idiom " 7aja tania?" which means "anything else?" or "something else"  

Sudaniyat

The lost tourist - السائح الضايع

The vocabulary of verbs and nouns with examples of each word. 

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Important vocabulary 1

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农夫与蛇 The farmer and the snake

An exploration into the cruel and sadistic world of catch 22s 

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The Jerome Meadows Experience

CATCH 22!

If you see someone sitting alone in a restaurant, you might assume they're waiting for someone, or perhaps they're grabbing a quick lunch on their break.

But more and more people around the world are purposely dining alone.

Japan has a special word for this: ohitorisama, which refers to people confidently doing things alone without worrying about what others think.

A recent survey found that 23% of Japanese people eat out alone, up from 18% in 2018. And in the US, solo dining reservations have risen 29% over the last two years, according to restaurant reservation site OpenTable.

OpenTable CEO Debby Soo thinks remote work is one reason for the increase, with people looking for a break from their home offices.

The increasing popularity in solo dining comes as more people are living alone. In 2019, the Pew Research Center found that 38% of US adults ages 25 to 54 were living without a partner, up from 29% in 1990. In Japan, single households now make up one-third of the total; that’s expected to increase to 40% by 2040, according to government data.

Growing interest in solo travel — particularly among travelers ages 55 and over — is also leading to more meals alone.

But Soo thinks there could be more to it than that.

"I think there's a broader movement of self-love and self-care and really … enjoying your own company," Soo said.

As a result, many restaurants are redoing their seating, changing their menus and adding other special touches to appeal to solo diners.

But some aren't always happy to seat one diner. A Michelin-starred London restaurant caused a stir last year when it started charging solo diners the same price as two customers. The restaurant, which has 34 seats, offers an eight-course menu costing about $280 per person.

Other restaurants say it's worth seating one person because solo diners will often come back and eat there again.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Party of One: Solo Dining Increasing in Popularity

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