In the 1920s the boss of the Ford Motor Company, Henry Ford, attempted to build a huge rubber plantation in the Amazon jungle. It didn't quite go to plan…

English Learning for Curious Minds

Fordlandia

Хліб, як у дитинстві

У цьому епізоді ви почуєте зворушливу історію про Андрія — чоловіка, який здійснив свою мрію та відкрив невелику пекарню в тихому містечку. Це історія про любов до справи, традиції, пам’ять про бабусин хліб і про те, як справжнє тепло передається через прості речі.

Дізнайтесь, як йому вдалося здобути довіру мешканців, чому він відмовився від вигідних пропозицій супермаркетів і що насправді робить його хліб особливим.


Розмови та Історії з Альоною (B2-C1)

Історія пекаря

In this episode, we discuss two (often-not-talked-about) ideas surrounding language learning. Going beyond grammar & vocabulary!

Motivation Monday

Exploring Self-Confidence in Language Learning

Practica tu listening con este bonito cuento... ¡Prepárate para expandir tu mente y descubrir un nuevo mundo a través de tus auriculares!

Practice your listening with this beautiful story... Get ready to expand your mind and discover a new world through your headphones!

Hablar por hablar (Listening)

Martín y Sofia: un cuento para practicar tu listening 

Southern California is experiencing its most devastating winter fires in more than four decades.

Fueled by powerful Santa Ana winds, fierce wildfires around the Los Angeles area have sent residents fleeing from their burning homes.

Santa Anas are warm, dry northeast winds that blow from the interior of Southern California toward the coast, moving in the opposite direction of the normal winds that carry moist air from the Pacific.

Thousands of firefighters have been battling multiple blazes, from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena, just north of Los Angeles, with new fires breaking out in the Hollywood Hills on the evening of January 8.

One of the fires is already the most destructive in Los Angeles history.

By early morning on January 9, more than 1,900 structures had been destroyed and over 130,000 people were under evacuation orders, with five people reported dead.

The fires have already consumed an area of about 110 square kilometers — nearly the size of the entire city of San Francisco.

Fires don't usually blaze at this time of year. But Santa Anas are happening later and later in the year, and this year's winds are much faster than usual — helping the flames spread faster once they ignite.

California had two extremely wet winters that caused lots of plants to grow, followed by a sudden drought that dried them out — which experts say has provided the perfect tinder for the flames.

AccuWeather estimated damage from the latest fires could reach $57 billion, with the weather company's Jonathan Porter saying "it may become the worst wildfire in modern California history."

Among those who have lost their homes are a number of celebrities, including actor Billy Crystal, who lost his home in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood that he had lived in for 45 years.

Another celebrity who lost his home, The Princess Bride star Cary Elwes, wrote on Instagram: "Sadly we did lose our home but we are grateful to have survived this truly devastating fire."

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Southern California Battles Devastating Winter Fires

大家好，我是Chinese with Ben的网红Ben老师, 欢迎来到我的中文播客！
今天给大家带来一则经典的寓言故事，叫做《农夫与蛇》，请大家听完故事后留言告诉我，
你觉得这个故事的寓意和道理是什么？你在生活中有没有遇到过农夫与蛇的案例？
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Chinese with Ben

农夫与蛇 The farmer and the snake

词汇 1--10
爱ai4  
八ba1
爸爸ba4  ba   
杯子bei1 zi   
北京bei3 jing1 
 本ben3    
不客气bu2  ke4  qi   
不bu4  
菜cai4  
茶cha2


hsk1    词汇 1--10

The Global Professional Podcast

Get out and start talking to people - Communication Gems

・東北地方の方言「んだ」の活用形について
・んだ⇒そう
・んだべ⇒そうでしょう？
・んだでば⇒そうだってば
・んだなや⇒そうですよねえ
・んだすべ⇒（やっぱり）そうでしょ
・んだんだ⇒そうそう
・んだから⇒そうだよね！
・んだおん⇒そうなんですよ
・んだがや？⇒そうかな？
・んだごって⇒それならば
・んだべっちゃ⇒そうですよ！
・んだげんど⇒そうだけど
・んだげっども⇒そうは言っても
・肯定の「そう」に相応する表現は相当ある
・まとめ「んだ」は東北各地で広く使われます。※地域によって多少言い方は変わるかもしれません。
