Jorge is shopping at a clothing store.

Salesperson (Lily):
This jacket fits you really well! Would you like to size up and try a bigger size?

Customer (Jorge, confused):
Size up? You mean bigger size?

Lily (nodding):
Yes, exactly! "Size up" just means trying a larger size than the one you have.

Jorge (scratching his head):
Hmm… Size up? You mean, when I grow bigger?

Lily (laughing):
Haha, no, no! "Size up" just means trying a bigger jacket. Not growing, just a bigger size!

Jorge (still confused):
So… Size up means I wear bigger clothes, but I don’t grow taller?

Lily (smiling):
Yes! "Size up" means getting a bigger size of the same jacket. You don’t need to grow taller for that!

Jorge (nodding, still unsure):
Okay, okay, I try bigger size jacket. I think I understand!

Jorge (curious):
By the way, your English is really good. How do you speak so well?

Lily:
Well, I took speaking lessons with Teacher Smith on italki! She’s amazing for improving English.

Jorge:
Really? How I book  lesson with her?

Lily:
It’s super easy, just click on her profile on italki and book a speaking lesson!

Jorge:
Wow, easy? I book it now!

LEARN BY LISTENING

Have You Ever Sized Up?

Tocaremos la curva numero 2 del libro The dip de Seth Godin y como se aplica en el aprendizaje de idiomas. Este episodio es la parte numero 2 de "The dip en el aprendizaje de idiomas"

Hablando sobre libros en los idiomas

The dip en el aprendizaje de idiomas(2 de 3)

Hey guys.😎 Today I'm gonna talk about 保重. It's such a sooo meaningful word in Chinese.
Hi, 朋友们。😎今天想跟大家聊聊中文里“保重”这个非常有含义的词。它可是中文的其中一个精髓，看似简单，但意味深长！

RealLife Chinese With Grace(细菌)

Different meanings of 保重 that you MUST know!

For the past few years, companies around the world have been testing out a four-day work week. In many cases, this means allowing employees to spread their work hours over four days instead of five.

Many of these tests have been successful, and people in the UK may soon get more rights to ask for a four-day work week.

Since April, employees in the UK have had the right to ask for more flexible working conditions, but companies do not have to agree to it.

But under the government's plans to increase flexibility for workers, companies may have to offer flexible working hours from the day the employee starts working — although it's not yet clear what this means.

"One possibility is for the government to make it more difficult for employers to refuse such requests, because at present it is quite easy for them to do so," Charlie Thompson, an employment lawyer who works for law company Stewarts, told Sky News.

Education Minister Jacqui Smith said more flexibility could be better for productivity.

"You're still doing the same amount of work, but perhaps you're doing it in a way that enables you, for example, to need less child care, to spend more time with your family, to do other things, that encourages more people into the workplace," she told LBC Radio.

But not everyone is happy with the idea of a four-day work week, and some tests weren't as successful as others.

UK supermarket Asda tested a four-day week, but changed back to the five-day week after staff said the longer work days were too demanding.

Another supermarket, Morrisons, also tried a four-day work week at its head office, but to make it work, staff sometimes had to work on Saturdays, which they weren't happy about.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

UK Workers May Get More Rights to Four-Day Week

CHISTES MEXICANOS

DICHO MEXICANO 4

元の記事/ Original Article↓
https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/615513

☆目次
0:00 オープニング
0:45 「まずは相手のことを知ることから始める」
3:49 自己紹介
5:57 「相手のことを知りたいなら、先に自分のことを話す」
7:27 自分から話す
8:35 「学生時代のことや趣味などを話してみる」
10:40 聞きたいなら話す
13:46 「自分のやってきたことを丁寧に説明する」
16:17 会話のコツ

☆語彙
過程（かてい）
前例（ぜんれい）
実践（じっせん）する

☆引用記事
岩崎徹也. “初対面でも｢すぐ懐に入れる人｣がしている3つの技”. 東洋経済ONLINE. 2022-09-05. https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/615513

"After 5" by Japanese Teacher

“Three skills to get along with people who you meet for the first time”「初対面でも｢すぐ懐に入れる人｣がしている3つの技」

En este episodio te daré 5 consejos para que aprendas más rapido y facil vocabulario en español.

Spanish Shortcut

EP 26. ¿CÓMO APRENDER MÁS VOCABULARIO EN ESPAÑOL?

In this episode, I introduce the series of this podcast and myself. I also talk about what the weather and seasons are like in the Philippines. このエピソードでは、ポッドキャストのシリーズと私を紹介します。フィリピンの天気と季節も話し合います。