The sad story of how one ambitious, but reckless, young executive brought down one of the most respected and oldest merchant banks in the City of London. 

The Bumper Book of Great English Stories

Great business stories 2: Barings Bank and Nick Leeson

¿Leer en español te parece difícil o aburrido? En este episodio descubrirás cómo usar la lectura como una herramienta poderosa para multiplicar tu vocabulario y mejorar tu fluidez. Aprenderás técnicas como la lectura por interés, la creación de un “banco de palabras” y la combinación de lectura + audio.

👉 Recuerda: “Don’t translate, absorb.”

Cada palabra nueva es una victoria en tu camino hacia la fluidez.


Español No Excuses: Level-Up Your Mind, Speak Out Loud

Lectura inteligente: cómo potenciar tu vocabulario y fluidez en español

4 tips for you before learning Cantonese so that you can learn more efficiently. Please explore more through this episode. Hope you could keep learning Cantonese with me!

Ms. NG Cantonese Learning Resources

Learning Tips Before Your Cantonese Journey

Are you a student, or are you working?
What do you study?
What’s  your major?
Why did you choose this major? ( Choose is an irregular verb, so lets see if you can use the past tense of choose!)
Did your family influence you in your choice?
How did you make this choice?
What do you like most about your studies?
Does your study require the use of any technology?
Do you study better in the morning or afternoons?
Is there anything that you don’t enjoy about your studies?
What’s the most interesting part of your major?
What university do you go to?
What do you like most about your university or school?
Is there anything that you don’t like about it?
Do you prefer to study alone or with classmates?
Do you get along well with your classmates?
 Does your school/university have any extracurricular activities?
Are you looking forward to working?

IELTS 85 Speaking

Talking about your studies - IELTS speaking part 1.

Charlotte rencontre Pierre

1 - Dans la rue

Letter M
Listen and repeat then sing along.
mouse, monkey, milk, money
I like the mouse.
I like the monkey.
I like the milk.
I like the money.

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Phonics The Alphabet 

Letter M


   a. Better late than never - It's better to do something late than to not do it at all.
      Example: "He finally apologized, saying better late than never."
   b. Kill time - To occupy oneself during a period of waiting or when there's nothing else to do.
      Example: "I usually read a book to kill time during my commute."
   c. Against the clock - To be in a race against time or running out of time.
      Example: "They worked against the clock to finish the project before the deadline."
   d. In the nick of time - Just in time or at the last possible moment.
      Example: "She arrived in the nick of time to catch the train."
   e. Time flies - Time passes quickly.
      Example: "It feels like yesterday, but time flies, and now they're all grown up."


IELTS Podcast 雅思博客

Time-related idioms

こんにちは、あかりです。今回(こんかい)は引(ひ)っ越(こ)しについてのエピソードです！お知(し)らせもあります。

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", and listen again to the episode while seeing the list.
STEP 3. Check the whole script, it'll fill the gap in your understanding.

👉Support Mochifika project, and see full scripts + access to the additional materials on Patreon!

Slow Japanese

Episode #38 - Moving to another country

Even the most famous people struggled to get their work going at the beginning of their career. Like Sir James Dyson who gave us those vacuum cleaners as well as Steven Spielberg.