Whether one should learn an American or British accent is a constant debate among English learners. Here's my take on it. To give me suggestions for future podcast episodes follow me on Twitter @tanatswaforever.

Slice of English 

Do I Really Need an Accent Part 2

In questo primo episodio di "Voci della letteratura italiana", viaggiamo nella Firenze del 1300 per incontrare l'uomo che ha cambiato per sempre la lingua italiana: Dante Alighieri.

Voci della letteratura italiana

Dante Alighieri

Korean Podcast with Naeun

성공한 인생 | What does it mean to live a successful life? | Korean Podcast for Intermediate

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Russian podcast 

Что делать, если вас пригласили на свадьбу иди День рождения?

Todos los alumnos que vienen a España me dicen que las tiendas cierran a la hora de comer porque la gente va a dormir la siesta, ¿es esto verdad? También me dicen que los españoles trabajamos menos, ¿es esto verdad?

Curiosidades sobre el español y su cultura

¿Los españoles dejan el trabajo para dormir la siesta?

Learn about how Arab celebrate Aid al-Fash in Egypt. 


Aprende árabe con Radia 

عيد الفصح

        这个星期六，白雪和我一起去看看她喜欢的那套公寓，那套公寓价格一个月1800，包括水电费。对她来说挺便宜。

        我们是坐地铁去的，一路上，白雪想她以后的生活：她可以在公寓的大阳台上种一些花花草草，而且这个公寓离公司很近，工作日的早上，她可以多睡一个小时的懒觉！
        
        下了地铁站，我们按照地图来到公寓附近，但这个地方并不是很容易找到。
        
        不一会儿，介绍人就来了，他带我们上去。白雪并不知道，这个公寓竟然在九楼，而且还没有电梯！
        到了九楼，我们都累坏了。介绍人开了门，我们发现客厅比照片上小很多，沙发也不是新的，卧室和阳台不很大。从阳台上看，小公园里非常多人，一些人在放音乐非常吵。

        这个公寓在照片上看起来很漂亮，但是实际上，一点儿也不！这不是照片，这是照骗，骗人的骗！白雪太失望了。

包括Bāo kuò  to include
睡懒觉 shuì lǎn jiào to sleep in(late)
按照 àn zhào according to ; in accordance with
不一会儿 bù yí huìr  in a moment ; in a little while
竟然jìng rán unexpectedly; to one's surprise
发现 fā xiàn  find out ; discover
实际上shí jì shang  actually ; in fact ; in reality 
一点儿也不 yīdiǎn er yě bù 
骗 piàn to deceive; to fool; to cheat
失望shīwàng  disappointment



This Saturday, Baixue and I went to see the apartment she liked. The price of the apartment was 1800 yuan a month, including water and electricity fees. It's cheap for her.

We went there by subway. On the way, Bai Xue thought about her future life: she could plant some flowers on the balcony of the apartment. Moreover, the apartment is very close to the company. On weekdays, she could sleep in for an extra hour!

After getting off the subway station, we followed the map to the apartment, but this place is not easy to find.

Soon, the introducer came and took us up. Baixue doesn't know that this apartment is on the ninth floor, and without an elevator!

Arrived at the ninth floor, we were all exhausted. When the introducer opened the door, we found that the living room is much smaller than the photo shows, the sofa is not new, and the bedroom and balcony is not large. From the balcony, we saw there are many people in the small park. Some people are playing music and making a lot of noise.

The apartment looks beautiful in the photos, but in fact it's not at all! This is not a photo, this is a photo cheat! (骗人 and 照片 are having same piàn骗, 片) Bai Xue was so disappointed.

HSK4 Vocab Based - Short Story Podcast

03. 白雪被骗啦！Báixuě bèi piàn la! Baixue got cheated!

In this episode you will learn how to say"deliver"

HSK2

Made Chinese easy

You just got into bed after a long day, and you're exhausted. You plan to spend a few minutes on your phone — maybe scrolling Instagram or TikTok — and then sleep.

But when you try to sleep, it's not as easy as you thought it would be. You were so tired — what happened?

According to a new study, your phone may be the problem.

The study, done by researchers at New Zealand's University of Otago, involved 85 kids aged 11 to 14. They each spent a week wearing a body camera on their chest starting from three hours before they got into bed.

A second camera was also placed in their bedrooms to monitor their phone use once they were in bed. They also wore a device that tracked their sleep.

The researchers found that 99% of the participants used their phones in the two hours before bed. More than half used their phones while they were in bed, and about a third used their phones after trying to go to sleep.

The results showed that screen time in bed affected participants' sleep — it stopped them from going to sleep for about half an hour, and also reduced the amount of sleep they got.

The impact was larger when participants had a more interactive experience — such as playing a game — or if they used more than one screen. For every additional 10 minutes of this type of screen time, sleep time was reduced by the same amount.

Interestingly, phone use in the two hours before bed had little impact on sleep.

According to lead researcher Bradley Brosnan, the results suggest that, while current guidelines recommend no screen time in the hour or two before bed, keeping phones out of the bedroom might be enough for a better night's sleep.