Stories for both kids and adults.  They are hilarious, funny stories that create good sense of humor once understood completely. Some are fables with characters as animals that speak/ act like humans.

It's Story Time with Teacher Rose Jane

En esta historia el personaje principal tomará una decisión muy importante y arriesgada. 

¡Cuéntame!

El martín pescador

日本語の先生のTinaです！
今日は、「〜ほど…（は）ない」という言葉を紹介します。
少しむずかしいかもしれません。れんしゅうしましょう！

italkiでのレッスンの予約もお待ちしています♪
いっしょに、日本語の勉強をがんばりましょ〜！

Tina Japa Go!

Episode 21. 〜ほど…（は）ない

Molti dei miei studenti di Italiano spesso mi raccontano del loro desiderio di trasferirsi in Italia per qualche mese. Per questo motivo ho deciso di creare una puntata del mio Podcast dedicata alla ricerca di un appartamento. 

Italiano Chiaro

All'agenzia immobiliare

* Get familiar with Iranian food and their eating habits
**Improve your  Persian listening skill through Persian Podcasts
***Don't hesitate to write me if you have any questions
****Hope you enjoy listening to this podcast :)

Persian Podcasts / پادکست فارسی 

غذاهای ایرانی  / Iranian foods

关于狗的介绍，以及如何照顾一条狗，了解养宠物的基本常识。 An introduction to dogs, and how to take care of a dog, learn the basics of keeping pets.

Yasmine's Chinese Reading - intermediate

照顾一条狗 Take care of a dog - part 3

Fewer young people in the US are vaping this year than at any point in the last decade, government officials have reported.

The latest survey numbers show the teen vaping rate fell to under 6% this year, down from 7.7% in 2023. More than 1.6 million students aged between 11 and 18 reported vaping in the previous month — about one-third the number in 2019, when underage vaping peaked.

Brian King from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said the decline was good news but added: "There's clearly more work to do to further reduce youth use."

It is illegal for a retailer to sell any tobacco product to anyone aged under 21.

King and other officials noted that the drop in vaping hasn't led to an increase in the use of other tobacco industry products, such as nicotine pouches.

Sales of small, flavored pouches like Zyn have increased among adults. The pouches come in flavors like mint and cinnamon and slowly release nicotine when placed behind the lips. This year's US survey shows 1.8% of teens are using them, which is about the same percentage as last year.

The survey involved more than 29,000 students, who completed an online questionnaire in the spring.

Officials from the FDA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention attributed the big drop in vaping to recent age restrictions and more aggressive enforcement against retailers and manufacturers, including Chinese vaping companies who have sold their e-cigarettes illegally in the US for years.

Use of the most popular e-cigarette among teens, Elf Bar, fell 36% in the wake of FDA warning letters to stores and distributors selling the brightly colored vapes, which come in flavors like watermelon ice and peach mango.

Nearly 90% of the students who vape used flavored products, with fruit flavors the most popular.

In 2020, FDA regulators banned fruit and candy flavors from reusable e-cigarettes like Juul. 

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Number of US Teens Vaping at 10-Year Low

Sigue la entrevista a este amable chico brasileño que lleva cerca de dos años viviendo en España. Descubre qué le motivó para mudarse y empezar una nueva vida en español.  

Café con acento

Café con acento - Entrevista a Victor 2 (Brasil)

有yǒu 两liǎng 个gè 老太太lǎo tài tai 在zài 一起yī qǐ 说话shuō huà ，她们tā men 中zhōng 的de 一yī 个gè 问wèn ：“你nǐ 儿子ér zi 还hái 好hǎo 吧bɑ ？”

“真zhēn 是shì 不幸bù xìng ！”老太太lǎo tài tai 说shuō ：“他tā 的de 老婆lǎo pó 太tài 不bù 好hǎo 了le ，不bù 做饭zuò fàn 、不bù 洗xǐ 衣服yī fú 、不bù 带dài 孩子hái zi ，天天tiān tiān 就是jiù shì 睡觉shuì jiào ，我wǒ 儿子ér zi 还hái 每měi 天tiān 做好zuò hǎo 饭fàn ，送sòng 到dào 房间fáng jiān 里lǐ 给gěi 她tā 吃chī 呢ne ！”

“那nà 女儿nǚ ér 呢ne ？”

“那nà 她tā 可kě 就jiù 好hǎo 了le 。”老太太lǎo tài tai 笑xiào 了le ：“她tā 有yǒu 一yī 个gè 不错bù cuò 的de 老公lǎo gōng 。所有suǒ yǒu 的de 事shì 都dōu 是shì 老公lǎo gōng 来lái 做zuò ，洗xǐ 衣服yī fú 、带dài 孩子hái zi ，她tā 老公lǎo gōng 还hái 每天měi tiān 做好zuò hǎo 饭fàn ，送sòng 到dào 房间fáng jiān 里lǐ 给gěi 她tā 吃chī 呢ne ！”