In this episode Boris describes his boss in a meeting and then he walks around his neighbourhood

Easy stories and texts for beginners

Boris tiene una reunión de trabajo y luego pasea por su barrio

Czech Easily: Slow & Easy

5. Sladké Česko plné včel

it's toxic to translate in your head for your language study.

Build Your English Thinking

BYET14 Stop translating in your head!

Cuentos en Español

La Cenicienta Part 1

🎙 The Shame Loop — When Confidence Collapses in English

You don’t sound small in English because you lack words —
you sound small because you carry shame.

This episode of The Woman Behind the Words isn’t about fixing English.
It’s about understanding what happens inside when your confident self disappears the moment you speak.

You’ll hear a story, a truth, and a reframe that might help you reconnect with the voice you thought you’d lost.

💭 Because confidence isn’t a skill — it’s self-trust under pressure.

What if your next breakthrough in English isn’t about learning more — but about trusting yourself more?

“The Pro Behind the Words” - You don’t need new words. You need the REAL YOU who speaks them.

🎧 The Shame Loop / The Woman Behind The Words Podcast Series

🌍The G20 meeting is coming to an end today; we will look at the news of the meeting between Biden and Xi Jinping; what are the reactions from China, Taiwan, and the United States?

🌍G20高峰會在今天閉幕，我們今天就要來聊聊拜登跟習近平會面的新聞，看看中國、台灣、美國怎麼說？

🌍G20高峰会在今天闭幕，我们今天就要来聊聊拜登跟习近平会面的新闻，看看中国、台湾、美国怎么说？

[00:00] introduction
[03:10] explanation
[10:00] discussion 

Please don't hesitate to contact me.

News with zhe

#33 如果有人在G20跑题

From Two Sales to Bestseller: UK Author Goes Viral
When English author Vicky Ball sold two of her books at an event in December, she was delighted.

She shared the news on X, and said she was pleased because at some previous events she had not sold any books at all.

But she's now sold many more copies than that, after her post went viral and was seen millions of times by people around the world.

Her first novel, called Powerless, quickly climbed up Amazon's bestseller lists in the teen and young adult categories.

Ball, who is 48, told The Guardian that it was "amazing" to hear from people around the world who had bought her books.

Her second novel — Abandoned — has also been doing well on Amazon, and has gotten good reviews from customers.

Like so many authors, Ball had to fit in her writing around her work and family life.

She wrote her first book during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. She was working as a teacher at that time, so she spent weekends writing with her laptop on her knees.

Now Ball works at a university, and she's also studying writing in her free time.

She also said she's gotten lots of support from other writers on social media.

Asked by The Guardian if she had advice for other authors she said: "Just write!"

She said she begins writing before she has planned all of her story. "It's like a journey," she said. "You never know where it's going to go."

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

From Two Sales to Bestseller: UK Author Goes Viral

#gender #inequality 

元の記事/ Original Article↓
https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/589504

☆目次
0:00 オープニング
0:38 Introduction
1:21 C1: “ロンドンは東京よりも生きづらくないけれど”
5:12 “フェミニズムってよくわからない”
8:54 C2: “普通の社会生活の根底にまだ残る性差別意識”
11:18 制度上の差別
13:00 C3: 明らかになる二重基準
15:07 会社の中で
17:01 C4: 彼とはきちんと話ができなかった
19:12 彼の本音
21:51 C5: フェミニズムは男性にとって脅威的な存在に
23:33 制度と意識

☆語彙
定義（ていぎ）
性差別（せいさべつ）
〜嫌悪（けんお）
浸透（しんとう）
転換（てんかん）
筋（すじ）合（あ）いがない
嫌悪感（けんおかん）を示（しめ）す
自覚（じかく）
顕著（けんちょ）
大前提（だいぜんてい）
育休（いくきゅう）

☆引用記事
鈴木綾. “東京⇒ロンドン､33歳の私が痛感した男女不平等”. HUFFPOST. 2022-05-20. https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/589504, (参照 2022-05-23).

"After 5" by Japanese Teacher

“Gender inequality that I was feeling when I moved to London from Tokyo” 東京⇒ロンドン､33歳の私が痛感した男女不平等

Nordic countries are often said to be some of the happiest in the world — and they may be some of the most sustainable places to visit too.

If you're not sure what it means to travel sustainably, the Global Destination Sustainability (GDS) Index may be able to help.

Now in its ninth year, it ranks places across the world based on things like destination management and environmental performance.

One hundred destinations were included in the 2024 index, with Helsinki in first place.

More than 50% of the Finnish capital's electricity is renewable, more than 30% of its buses are electric, and 49% of its waste is recycled.

Helsinki has also set a goal of being carbon neutral by 2030, and there are lots of green spaces around the city — almost 10,000 hectares per 100,000 people, according to Condé Nast Traveler.

Helsinki has previously ranked well in the GDS index, coming in fourth place in 2023, although this is the first time it's taken the top spot.

"Being named the world's most sustainable travel destination is proof of the long-term work that has been done in Helsinki," Helsinki Mayor Juhana Vartiainen said.

The other cities in the GDS' top five for 2024 are also in Nordic countries, with Gothenburg in second place. The city, which is in the west of Sweden, ranked first in 2023.

Copenhagen, Denmark, ranked third, Norway's Bergen came in fourth, and another Danish city, Arthus, was in fifth place.

Most of the top 20 cities were in Europe, too, with the exception of Singapore in seventh place, Sydney, Australia, in 10th place, and Goyang, South Korea, in 16th place.


