Just talking about life in general with my students and what's been going on.

English with Uncle Billy

Just Saying Hi

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100% Real Korean Conversation

100% Real Korean Conversation Ep.2 Restaurant, Cafe

In this story, a piece of toast named Buttersy has an uncomfortable bus ride to work. How will she deal with the terrible smell? This is Part 3 of 5. 

The bus kept going as the morning sun rose higher and higher. The candy passengers begun to seem uncomfortable. They wiped sweat off their foreheads and fanned themselves using their wrappers. The temperature was rising. 

Buttersy had a painful look on her face as she sniffed. “What’s that smell?” 

She scanned the bus and found the offender. 

In the middle of the bus was a middle-aged piece of cheesecake. He sat at the window and almost took up two seats because of his size. He was sweating, breathing heavily and groaning. The passenger next to him left her seat and decided to stand at the front. 

“Ugh, it’s disgusting,” said Buttersy, now holding her nose, not worried about what others will think. “How can he be so inconsiderate? A thing like that shouldn’t leave the house without a wrapper!” 

Choco laughed, knowing that Buttersy wasn’t serious, but only expressing her frustration. He said, “This is public life. Just keep breathing through your mouth; we’re not far from our stop.” 

Buttersy held her nose, getting angrier and angrier. She noticed the bus was equipped with a huge air conditioning system, but it was only blowing a tiny breeze. 

“What’s going on!? Are these candies all crazy?” she said, noticing how the others just tolerated the sour smell that filled the bus. “I’d prefer to have a bird peck out my eyes than this.” 

As the journey continued, the smell only got worse and worse. 


Being a Cloud

Buttersy the Piece of Toast

Godisavsnittet-Swedish candy!

Vad vet du om svensk godis? 

Vi fortsätter språkresan mot flytande svenska med lite nostalgi om svensk godis!! Här får du veta mer om godis i Sverige och varför det smakar så läckert gott med mjukt lösgodis.      

Prata Flytande Svenska/Speak Swedish Fluently  

Godisavsnittet

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
7月22日金曜日　天気/くもり　気温/23℃ 

富良野市/ふらのし
・特産『富良野メロン』の収穫が盛ん
・大きくて糖度も高い
・農家さんは「メロンを食べて幸せになってほしい」

［単語］
 特産/とくさん…特にその場所で作られていること
メロン/めろん…うすい緑色の果物
収穫/しゅうかく…おいしくなった食べ物を取る
盛ん/さかん…たくさん
糖度/とうど…あまさ　　
農家/のうか…野菜や果物を作ってる仕事の人

〈美和Miwa〉
日本語の先生
Podcast「どこでも.JAPANESE」も放送中！

北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#94〉7月22日金曜日　メロンがおいしい！［北海道と東京でちがうこととは？］

Oaxaca es una ciudad única. Calles coloridas, comida deliciosa (¡¡las tlayuadas me encantaron!!) y un ambiente único en el mundo. Además: visito el árbol más ancho del mundo, pruebo diferentes mezcales y me baño en Hiervelagua. ¿Te vienes a descubrir esta ciudad conmigo? ¡VAMOS!

La vida de Héctor (Spanish Podcast)

Capítulo 26 - OAXACA

En este episodio vamos a estudiar el verbo "soltar" a través de ejemplos reales en diferentes situaciones.
Para ver las imágenes de los ejemplos puedes visitar:  https://youtu.be/FEjhy1ViKao


Natural Spanish Fluency

El verbo "soltar"

Nissan has begun testing its new self-driving car on the streets of Yokohama.

The Japanese carmaker has been testing a Nissan LEAF prototype that uses its own self-driving technology.

During testing, the vehicle traveled on the busy roads of Japan's second largest city, close to the company's offices.

Nissan said the vehicle was able to predict the behavior of pedestrians, change lanes, and decide when it was safe to enter an intersection.

The prototype has 14 cameras, 10 radars and six sensors, and there was a safety driver in the driver's seat during testing.

This vehicle has more of this equipment than previous versions, according to Nissan, and has a number of sensors on the roof.

The company wants to release self-driving cars in 2027 and plans to do more tests this year in other busy parts of Yokohama.

It said that self-driving vehicles could help to make it easier for older people to get around towns and cities.

Japan is getting ready to have self-driving technology on its roads. The government changed its traffic laws last April to make this possible.

And according to a Kyodo News survey from the start of 2024, 36 of the country's 47 prefectures are thinking about using self-driving technology on their buses.

Many of the country's bus companies have had problems finding drivers and they have had to reduce bus services because of this.

Self-driving buses would help with this problem, but people are still worried about the safety of the new technology.

A self-driving bus service began in Fukui prefecture in 2023 but this was stopped after one of the buses collided with a bicycle.


