So, picture this: two brand new bars have popped up, and they're turning language learning on its head. How? By banning Japanese and giving the English language the spotlight it deserves. Can you believe it?


English Vibes

Sick! English-Only Bars Make Waves in Tokyo and Osaka

Petite interview avec Benjamin, un Américain qui a eu l'occasion de séjourner à Lyon.

Aujourd'hui, dans Douce France, on découvre un nouveau quartier lyonnais : Confluence. 


Douce France

Un Américain à Lyon

U ovoj epizodi govorim o putovanjima, zimovanju i letovanju: šta nam je potrebno za putovanje, kako ga možemo organizovati, kako provodimo odmor leti, a kako zimi, itd.

Srpski A2 

Putovanja

Cam Fairbairn was working in restaurants when he started a side hustle — work he did on top of his regular job — making and selling his own jam.

Making jam was a hobby, but he'd been encouraged by a friend to make it an extra source of income.

However, he soon stopped enjoying it when his hobby became a business. He went back to focusing on his day job.

But not everyone is so lucky. For some, a side hustle is not just a good way to make extra money from something you love — it's a necessity.

Shonnita Leslie had big education debts to pay, so while she was working at a university during the day, her side hustle was delivering food. She needed the extra money to pay off those debts.

And according to new data, Leslie is not alone.

A survey by Bankrate found that more than one third of Americans have a side hustle. Among those aged between 18 and 27, it's 48%.

Of the Americans with a side job, 36% use that extra money to pay for daily necessities like housing and food. And 32% said they think they'll always need a side hustle to make ends meet.

"People are telling us they're side hustling because they have to, not because they want to," Ted Rossman from Bankrate told CNBC.

The survey of more than 2,300 Americans also found that about 28% of people with a side hustle make at least $500 per month from their second job. Around 9% of people said they make more than $2,000.



Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

36% of Americans Need Side Hustles to Pay the Bills

今回のトピックは奈良県で起きた事件についてお話ししたいと思います。 A birthday, a madman, and why you shouldn't do somersaults in a skirt.

The Konnichiwa Podcast

No Ginger

Weekly Chinese Tuesday
Express “Cheap” in Chinese

Rachel's Weekly Chinese Podcast

Weekly Chinese

Konnichiwa! Welcome to Slow Japanese! In this episode, program host Akari will talk about herself, the self-introduction episode. 

Usage of Slow Japanese:
STEP 1. Listen to the episode without seeing scripts.
STEP 2. Go to mochifika.com and check "Key vocabularies of this episode", listen again to the episode while seeing the list.
STEP 3. Check the whole script, it'll fill the gap in your understanding.

Scripts and key vocabularies of this episode are here:
https://mochifika.com/podcast-script/slow-japanese-episode-1-about-me/

Slow Japanese

Episode #1 - About me

中国人的家庭树Chinese Family Tree
中国人常说 “家和万事兴”，家庭对我们很重要。一个大的家庭中有有爸爸妈妈爷爷奶奶，可能还有其他家庭成员。今天，我们跟着来自澳大利亚的麦克，一起学习中国人的家庭树。​
我的学生麦克来中国学习，他和李华是好朋友。春节快到了，李华和麦克说：“麦克，春节很好玩，来我家过年吧！” 麦克说：“好啊”​
春节那天，麦克来到李华家，见到了李华的家人。他们在厨房忙着做年夜饭呢，很热闹。李华和麦克，走到爸爸妈妈面前，对麦克说：“这是我的爸爸，这是我的妈妈。” 麦克说：“叔叔、阿姨新年好！” 李华的爸爸妈妈说：“麦克，你的中文说得真好！”​
这时，李华的爷爷戴着眼镜，拿着春联出来了。李华对麦克说：“这是我爷爷，爷爷是爸爸的爸爸。” 麦克说：“爷爷新年好！” 爷爷笑着说“欢迎你”​
不一会儿，李华的奶奶端着饺子出来了。李华对麦克说：“这是我奶奶，奶奶是爸爸的妈妈。” 麦克说：“奶奶新年好，饺子看起来很好吃！” 奶奶说：“是的，快尝一尝”​
吃年夜饭时，李华的叔叔、婶婶带着孩子来了。麦克问李华：“他们是谁？” 李华一边吃饺子，一边说：“这是我叔叔，我爸爸的弟弟，这是我婶婶，叔叔的妻子。” 大家听了都笑了，麦克也跟着笑，向叔叔、婶婶问好。​
晚饭后，大家坐在一起聊天。李华拿起一张照片，对麦克说：“麦克，这是我伯伯，爸爸的哥哥，这是我姑姑，爸爸的妹妹。” 麦克问：“那你妈妈的哥哥也是伯伯吗？” 李华说：“妈妈的哥哥和弟弟都叫舅舅，妈妈的姐妹叫姨妈。”​
麦克说：“中国人的家庭里称呼好多啊！在澳大利亚，很多亲戚称呼差不多，不像中国分得这么清楚。” 李华的爷爷说：“中国很大，很多地方亲戚称呼不一样。有的地方把爸爸的姐妹叫‘嬢嬢’。” 麦克说：“真有意思！”​
这个春节麦克学习了关于中国春节的知识，也知道了中国人的“family tree”。

Intresting Chinese有趣的中文

中国人的家庭树Chinese Family Tree

En los años cincuenta, ya corría en el imaginario de las autoridades de Ciudad de México la idea de construir un sistema de transporte ferroviario subterráneo, ahora metro, para atender a, los entonces, cuatro millones de habitantes de la capital mexicana. 

Con un tráfico en aumento y un sistema de transporte que se comenzaba a volver insuficiente, la idea de un transporte subterráneo se antojó ambiciosa pero necesaria para la gran urbe latinoamericana. 

Fue hasta 1969 que se inauguró el metro de CDMX. La primera ruta corrió de Zaragoza, en el oriente de la ciudad, a Chapultepec, en el centro.

Medios de aquel entonces describieron al sistema de transporte como “lo más limpio, seguro y eficiente que se haya visto en la capital”. 

En septiembre de 1970, inició operaciones la Línea Azul, de Tasqueña a Tacuba. Siguió la Línea 3, que corrió en su momento genésico de Tlatelolco a Hospital General. 

Actualmente, existen en CDMX 12 líneas del Transporte Colectivo Metro. Algunas de ellas conectan con puntos neurálgicos de la urbe mexicana como el Aeropuerto Internacional de CDMX, el Centro Histórico, Ciudad Universitaria y Toreo. 

Guadalajara también tiene su metro 
En el afán de llevar la vanguardia a Guadalajara, la segunda urbe más grande del país, las autoridades de esta urbe llevaron el metro en 1989. Posteriormente, en 1994, se creó la segunda línea de este tipo de transporte para la ‘Perla Tapatía’. 

Actualmente se encuentra en construcción la Línea 3, que conectará con la Central Camionera de la ciudad.

