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Teacher Robert's Podcast

The Benefits of Home-Cooked Meals (with transcript and quiz)

El uso o tratamiento del “usted” como una de las primeras formas de contacto cultural y que es la forma en que nos podemos dirigir a una persona desconocida, ya sea para pedir información sobre una dirección, solicitar algún servicio o para presentarnos a una persona que queremos conocer. 

Hablando Español

DEL USTED

Life can be tough, but staying motivated makes all the difference! In this episode of English Learners Boost, Teacher Ian shares practical strategies to help you stay inspired and push through challenges. Learn how to find your "why," break big goals into small steps, embrace failure, and stay positive—all while improving your English skills! Plus, don’t miss the chance to book an English lesson with Teacher Ian on iTalki and experience his unique teaching approach. Tune in and stay motivated! 🚀🎧

English Learner's Boost

How to Stay Motivated When Life Gets Tough

This time I'm talking about Takamatsu in Kagawa. I really hope to live in this amazing city one day. 
I hope everyone is enjoying their lessons and I hope to see you all sometime! 

April in Tokyo

#6: 高松、香川県

Learning expressions is important, because they can't be translated directly.

The Social Evolutionary

"Not Enough Room to Swing a Cat" - Weird Expression Explained.

De entre ese archipiélago de islas preciosas que es Indonesia, hay una que es muy especial: La isla de Flores. Cuando el barco va llegando al puerto ya lo notas en el paisaje y una vez en tierra, nada más ver a los autóctonos, con su anatomía peculiar, te das cuenta de que es como estar en otro tiempo. Ese pequeño trozo de la Tierra estuvo durante milenios aislado y eso trajo consecuencias que se pueden ver en este trozo de paraíso.

AUDIO-ARTÍCULOS (Nivel B2-C1)

En poSItivo

A bluefin tuna was sold for 36.04 million yen -- around $273,000 -- at the first auction of the year at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market.

The price of the 212-kilogram fish was more than double that of the most expensive fish at last year's New Year's auction: a 211-kilogram fish that sold for 16.88 million yen -- at that time worth $145,000.

Both fish were caught off the coast of the town of Oma in Aomori prefecture.

This year's auction began at 5:10 a.m. on January 5, and around 230 tuna were sold in just 15 minutes.

Seafood wholesaler Yamayuki bought this year's most expensive fish for the sushi restaurant Ginza Onodera. The tuna was served to the restaurant's customers later that same day.

This is the third year in a row that Yamayuki has bought the most expensive tuna. However, prices had fallen in recent years as the restaurant industry suffered during the coronavirus pandemic.

Yamayuki's president Yukitaka Yamaguchi told The Yomiuri Shimbun that the increased price this year "is good news that symbolizes the gradual recovery from the pandemic."

This year's top price was the sixth highest since records began being kept in 1999.

The highest price recorded was at the New Year's auction in 2019 -- just after Tokyo's fish market moved from Tsukiji to Toyosu. At that auction, a 278-kilogram fish was sold for 333.6 million yen -- at that time $3 million -- to Kiyomura Corp., whose owner, Kiyoshi Kimura, runs the Sushi Zanmai restaurant chain.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Tuna Sells for ¥36 Million at Tokyo New Year Auction

Today we're talking about a professional piece of vocabulary that we can use to talk about ourselves in a critical way, especially in the form of a jokes. This is "self-deprecating". Take a listen to today's episode of the podcast for a full explanation and I hope you find it useful!

Don't forget that if you're an international professional who want's to improve the way they use English at work then I help people like you every day, right here on iTalki. Feel free to book some of my time and let's get to work!

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

I'm really bad at making podcasts!

In this episode we will learn some interesting "Color" phrase, you will learn how to say 【furious,jealous,malnutrition】 ect.
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It is recommended that you study in the following ways:
1st time: listen without looking at the text.
2nd time: look at the text and write down the new words, later look up the dictionary. 
3rd time: listen again without looking at the text.
4th time: repeat after it without looking at the text.
大家好，我是Yuli。欢迎收听我的播客。
今天想和大家聊一聊【颜色】的话题。
我们先从红色开始吧。如果我们说“她脸红了”，意思是“她害羞了。”因为害羞的时候我们的脸会变红。一个人很生气的时候，也可以说“他气得脸红。”。除了“脸红”，还有一个词叫“眼红”，意思是嫉妒别人。例如：“我看到他那辆漂亮的新车就非常眼红。”“红”还有“有名”的意思，我们可以说“他是个很红的明星。”也可以说“他是个很火的明星。”
第二个是黄色。如果一个人休息不好，或者营养不良，他的脸色看起来不太健康，我们可以说“他脸色发黄。”“黄”还有“没有了，失败了”的意思，例如：客户突然说不买他的房子了，这笔买卖黄了。 有一句俗语叫做“黄花菜都凉了”，意思是等一件事或者一个人等了很久，例如：你怎么才来，我等到黄花菜都凉了。黄色还有一个不好的意思，黄色笑话指的是blue jokes。
第三个是绿色。一个人很恐惧的时候，我们可以说他的脸绿了。例如：他吓得脸都绿了。生气的时候也可以说“他气得脸都绿了。”绿色的帽子在中国还有一个特别的意思，我们说一个人戴绿帽子，意思是他的另一半出轨了别的男人或者女人。
在西方股票市场，绿色代表股价上升；而在中国股票市场则相反，红色是上升，绿色是下跌。主要原因是，中国人喜欢红色。
你还知道哪些颜色的俗语？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。
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害羞	hài xiū	shy
嫉妒	jí dù	envy
营养不良	yíng yǎng bù liáng	malnutrition
黄色笑话	huáng sè xiào huà	porn jokes
恐惧	kǒng jù	fear，scared
出轨	chū guǐ	cheat(on sb.)
股票	gǔ piào	stock
股价	gǔ jià	share price
上升	shàng shēng	rise
下跌	xià diē	fall,decline