Each week I read an interesting news article from the BBC. Listen along to the words and pronunciation and I will also share with you the link to the story so that you can read along as well. This week's news article can be found here: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63562005

The Breaking News Podcast

Cornwall space mission: Satellites prepared for first UK orbital launch

JAKE: Where should we take a vacation this year? Let’s 
decide soon.
MELISSA: Well, I’d like to go somewhere warm. How about
the beach? Or we could rent a cabin on the lake.
JAKE: You want to go to the beach, again? I want to ski 
this winter. How about a compromise? What about 
traveling to the Alps in Europe next April? We can 
find a ski resort on a lake.
MELISSA: Oh, we’ve never been to Europe before! But I don’t 
know if it will be sunny and warm then. I need to 
do some research first. That will help me make up
my mind.



LANGUAGE NOTES
• Decide is a useful verb to express choice. The idiom “to make up my mind” also 
means “to decide”: “There are so many choices in this menu. It’s going to take awhile 
to make up my mind/decide.” You can finish this sentence with either the idiom or the 
verb “decide.”
• How about This phrase presents an alternative. This phrase can be followed by a 
subject plus a conjugated verb or by a noun: How about we go swimming? / How about 
a movie tonight?
• Many verbs express opinions: to think / to believe / to suppose / to assume, etc. They 
are not all synonymous. For example, “to suppose” and “to assume” express that the 
speaker has a preconceived idea: He came back late from work, so I assumed that traffic 
was bad. /I suppose that may not have been the case, and that he might just have had a 
lot of work.

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day 27: Giving your opinion

MEG: Well, hello there, Julia! Long time no see!
JULIA: Meg! Hi! What a coincidence! I haven’t seen you in ages! What 
are you doing here?
MEG: I just got a new job in the city, so I’m shopping for some 
clothes. Hey, what do you think of this shirt?
JULIA: Hmmm … well, you know how much I love blue. See? I’ve got 
the same shirt!
MEG: You always did have good taste! What a small world.



LANGUAGE NOTES
• Well, hello there … Notice the emphasis on “hello,” which shows that Meg did not 
expect to see Julia.
• Long time, no see! This is a common expression used to say hello to someone you 
haven’t seen in a long time.
• What a ___! This exclamation shows a great degree of surprise, joy, disappointment, 
etc. (What a surprise to see you here! What a joy to have you with us! What a shame 
that you have to leave so soon! What a wonderful idea that is!)
• You always did have good taste! Notice the stress on “did,” which Meg uses to 
emphasize the fact that Julia DOES have good taste! Meg says it in a joking way 
because Julia likes the same thing that she does.
• What a small world is a common expression used to describe a chance meeting or 
other such coincidence.

Day 8: Coincidences

Ayer SpanisHolidays “se vistió de etiqueta”. Este modismo lo utilizamos para indicar que alguien o algo se adapta a una situación en la que se requiere formas, protocolo y elegancia. No es que fuera a la ópera, no. Si no que por primera vez, lo presenté en una feria de turismo: el B-Travel, que es un encuentro internacional en Barcelona, del sector del turismo en  el que instituciones, países e iniciativas privadas presentan a sus países, y también exponen empresas de gestión turística en un espacio común.

AUDIO-ARTÍCULOS (Nivel B2-C1)

Un día de etiqueta

Learn Thai With bee

How to say hello and how are you in Thai

이 생선 얼마예요?
这条鱼多少钱? 

원래 한 마리에 2만원인데, 곧 문을 닫아서 두 마리 3만원에 드릴게요.
本来一条2万韩币, 快关门了, 两条3万韩币给你。 

정말요? 그럼 낙지도 한 마리 주세요.
真的吗? 那我还要一条章鱼。

네, 제일 신선한 것으로 드릴게요.
好的, 我给你一个最新鲜的。

마리 条
원래, 본래 本来
낙지 章鱼
문을 닫다 关门
신선하다 新鲜

[YOON] 1분 한국어

이 생선 얼마예요? 这条鱼多少钱? 

Comerse unos taquitos en la banqueta es la primera fila de un espectáculo de suadero que se susurra lentamente al hervor del aceite en comales hondos, del oloroso vapor de los tacos sudados y del pastor que se dora y rebana con habilidad, vuela la piña, cebolla, cilantro, salsas, unos pedazos de limón y ¡salen cinco!

Es un ritual nocturno, a veces también mañanero, durante décadas varias taquerías se han ganado la fidelidad de los glotones, porque los chilangos podrán no tener contador, pero sí un taquero de confianza.

La Ciudad de México es el estado con más taquerías en el país, según el mapa llamado “Universo del Taco”, creado en 2019 por el el geógrafo Baruch Sanginés, quien mapeó 1.6 millones de lugares basado en datos del Directorio Estadístico Nacional de Unidades Económicas del Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI).

“Aquí en Ciudad de México prácticamente te podría decir que 95 por ciento de la gente tiene un puesto de tacos a 400 metros de su casa, no importa dónde vivas, casi casi a 400 metros vas a tener un puesto a la mano. Eso habla de la popularidad del taco”.

los clásicos de suadero, longaniza, pastor, bistec o campechanos, pero si se piden “con cochi” se les echa encima un aderezo grasoso que surge de los restos de carne quemados en el comal.

Existen tacos monumentales, de tortilla grande, con copia, cebollitas y nopales para acompañar la carne: bistec, milanesa, longaniza, chuleta, enchilada, alambre campechanos o pechuga.

Por si fuera poco, puedes terminar de armar esa montaña de sabor con jícamas, pepinos, pico de gallo con chicharrón y salsa.

Hay de todo: suadero, tripa, longaniza, pastor, cabeza, bistec, chuleta, pechuga, lengua, sesos, arrachera, costilla, “machos”, en tortilla de maíz, de harina, tortas, “suaquesos”, “choquesos” y gringas.







