In this episode, students will discover Tokyo, the vibrant capital of Japan. They will listen, answer questions, and learn vocabulary related to urban living. 🎧🌆

Famous Places 🌍🏛️ 

Tokyo 🇯🇵 

Fao nos cuenta como explora sur, centro y norte de Vietnam, enamorandose de su cultura, de su música y en especial del Danbau. 

Ritmos del mundo

26 Vietnam

Most people fail in English not because they lack skill —
but because everything they learned disappears the moment pressure appears.

Job interviews. Important meetings. Evaluations.
The mind panics. Scripts collapse. Memory blanks.

What nobody tells you is this:

You’ve already succeeded in hard situations before — just not in English.
You already know how to focus, adapt, recover, lead, and perform.

The problem is not learning more.
The problem is failing to transfer what already works.

In this short recording, I share:

why techniques break under stress

why smart, capable professionals freeze

and how past success can become the foundation for future confidence

This isn’t language teaching.
It’s perception, identity, and performance under pressure.

If English matters to your future — 10 minutes here may save you years of frustration.

🎙 One-Minute Speaking Challenge by Anatoly Glazkov – Voice Unlock Method™

The One Thing English Courses Never Prepare You For

In this podcast you will know what Natilla is and how it is prepared.

5 tazas leche entera o baja en grasa
canela al gusto
1/2 taza azúcar blanca
1/2 taza azúcar morena
1 1/8 tazas fécula de maíz
1 cda mantequilla
1/2 taza coco rallado (opcional)
canela en polvo o dulce de mora (opcional) para servir.

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Colombia

¿Que es la Natilla y como se prepara?

BLESSING IN DISGUISE

Meaning: an apparent misfortune that eventually has good results.

“It was a blessing in disguise that the boss got caught in traffic.
It meant we got to be fully prepared for the presentation.”

A STONE’S THROW

Meaning: a short distance

“My new office is just a stone’s throw from my house. It only
takes me 10 minutes to get to work now!”

ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS

Meaning: what someone 'does' is more important than what someone 'says'

“Dmitry, actions speak louder than words. Stop telling me you
will put your plan into action and just do it!”

ADD INSULT TO INJURY

Meaning: to act in a way that makes a bad or displeasing situation worse.

“Anna hadn’t prepared for her presentation at all. The fact
that she rocked up half an hour late added insult to injury.”

ALL EARS

Meaning: to be listening eagerly and attentively.

“I’m sorry I didn’t have time to listen to your proposal earlier,
Sergei. Now I’m all ears. Fire away!”

BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE

Meaning:  following the wrong course of action because a persons beliefs or ideas about something are incorrect.

“Susanna seems to think I told her boss she went home early
on Friday. She’s barking up the wrong tree. I think it was Julie.”

BEATING AROUND THE BUSH

Meaning: to discuss a matter without getting to the point.

“Stop beating around the bush and get to the point!”

Business English Idioms and Phrases

001 Business Idioms and Phrases

Today we're talking about the noun, "momentum" and how we can use it to talk about when things are going really well at work, we have lots of energy, and past successes are making us really excited for our current work.

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DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

This is going really well!

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20. Rat-race or Fun-employed?  内卷？躺平？

ANGELICA: Doesn’t the bride look beautiful in that wedding dress?
MARIA: Yes. She looks amazing. And the groom is so romantic. 
I just heard the story of how they got engaged! He 
proposed to her during a candlelight dinner in London. 
Did you know that was where they went to school?
ANGELICA: Oh? Wonderful. And the honeymoon! What a great 
idea! Most people just go to the beach for a week 
after they tie the knot. But they plan on heading to 
California and cruising the coast on their motorcycle.
MARIA: Really! What a fantastic idea. This is by far the best 
wedding I’ve ever been to



LANGUAGE NOTES
• Doesn’t …? When you have a negative question, the expected answer is “yes.” As 
such, it expresses the exact opposite of what is being conveyed (i.e., the bride DOES 
look absolutely beautiful).
• Listen to the stress on honeymoon. There are three syllables in “honeymoon,” with the 
stress on the first syllable [HO-ney-moon]. This content word is culturally important, so 
it’s emphasized: It means a trip or vacation taken by a newly married couple.
• Tie the knot is an informal way of saying “get married.”
• Can you find and explain the two usages of just in this dialogue? “Just” is an adverb 
that can be used in two different ways:
 a) To indicate a very recent past (I just heard the story). When used to convey 
time, “just” is commonly used with a simple past verb because the action is 
complete. Sometimes it can also be used with the present perfect (He’s just 
finished writing a book).
 b) To indicate contrast or emphasis (Most people just go to the beach). In that 
case, “just” can be replaced by “simply” and emphasize the word it relates to 
(a verb, adjective or other adverb) by denoting contrast. Compare the following 
sentences: “They just got married yesterday” (adverb of time). “The wedding 
reception was just wonderful” (adverb of emphasis).

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day 29: Weddings

A review of of the book "His Bright Light" which is about the tragic life of Nick Traina, written by his Mother, the author Danielle Steel.