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The Nature of Business | Advanced English

Host: Welcome back to the podcast everyone. I’m joined today by Naseem, an IT consultant from 
Delhi and Deepa, an HR consultant from Bangore. Today we’ll be discussing the increase in the number of people moonlighting and what the future holds for companies and workers. So, Deepa, I’ll ask you first: What has created this problem?

Deepa: Well, as with many places around the world, during the pandemic, there was a big increase in the number of people working from home and also economic instability. So, at the same time, we had more people working without any supervision and people were more worried about being able to make a living. So, the increase in online moonlighting was a consequence of that situation really.

Naseem: That’s certainly what happened to me. At the time, you read about all of these companies that were *laying off * their staff and there wasn’t much you could do about it if it happened to you. So suddenly working for just one company seemed like a bad idea. I have a family to feed: three boys and a girl. I felt a lot of insecurity and was terrified of losing money, or maybe even worse, my house. So, I took two jobs.

Host: What effect did that have on you and your family?

Naseem: It gave us some comfort, financially, as I started making more money than I had before the pandemic. But I was also working very long hours each day. I saw the children every day of course, but I couldn’t spend any real time with them as I had to work from almost as soon as I got up, until late in the evening. My wife was working as well, so it was quite hard to manage everything. When the crisis was averted, we had gotten used to having the extra money, so although I cut back on my hours in both jobs, I still continued to work at both.

Host: Do you see anything wrong with doing what you are doing?

Naseem: Not at all. I’m a professional and I work hard at both jobs. My main job is in IT as you mentioned, but my second is in design. 




English Conversation/Dialogue

MOONLIGHTING 

It describes the link between teenagers addiction to short videos (such as those on TikTok, Instagram and Youtube) and issues with sleep and social anxiety.

English Corner

Short Video Addiction Linked to Poor Sleep, Anxiety part 2

Money Money Money, Always funny 🎵
Today, we are going to talk about an Economic news.
Recently, USD price is really high. Let's take a look on the news of how it effect China.
今天我们就来谈谈钱～ 谈谈经济～🎵
最近美金涨很多，对中国有什么影响呢？
欢迎到 spotify, apple podcast, google podcast 收听

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人民币 Rénmínbì
美元 Měiyuán
兑 duì
汇率 huìlǜ
破 pò
百姓 bǎixìng

来源：https://www.sohu.com/a/586093540_121123709?scm=1101.topic:475520:110061.0.2.0-1101_topic:475520:110061&spm=smpc.topic_147.tpl-pc-top-feed.1.1663518109937KznKrsA_475520

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#10 人民币兑美元汇率破“7”

Hoy exploraremos algo esencial para aprender un idioma: la cultura. Hablaremos de algunas tradiciones y festividades importantes en España y Latinoamérica que reflejan la riqueza cultural de los países hispanohablantes. 

Español en Acción

Temporada 1 Episodio 8 Cultura Española y Latinoamericana - Un Vistazo a Tradiciones y Festividades

English on the Road Episode #1 - Canadian Provinces
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In this episode, I talk about the ten provinces of Canada. 

English on the Road 

Canadian Provinces

La famille de Marc s’appelle Dupont. Madame Dupont est la mère de Marc et Monsieur Dupont est le père de Marc. Ils habitent à Paris dans un immeuble de six étages. Aujourd’hui à Paris, il y a des immeubles de quarante étages.
L’appartement de Monsieur et Madame Dupont est confortable, mais il n’a pas l’air conditionné.
Dans l’appartement, il y a un salon immense avec vue sur la Seine et la tour Eiffel. Dans le salon, il y a un piano et trois portraits de famille. Un des portraits est de la mère de Marc.
Dans la chambre de Marc il y a un lit, deux lampes, quatre chaises, une télé et une guitare.
Marc a un frère. Il s’appelle Jean. Il n’a pas de sœurs. La chambre de Marc est à côté de la chambre de Jean. La chambre de Jean est à côté du salon.
Le père de Marc est pilote. Il est un des pilotes d’Air France. La mère de Marc est chef de cuisine dans un restaurant chic.

Activités :

Vrai ou Faux :

L’immeuble des Dupont a quarante étages.

L’appartement des Dupont a l’air conditionné.

La chambre du frère de Marc est à côté du salon.

Marc a une sœur.

Dans le salon des Dupont, il n’y a pas de piano.

Il y a des portraits dans la chambre de Marc.

Dans le salon, il y a un lit.

Dans la chambre de Marc il y a quatre chaises et deux lampes.

Il y a quatre personnes dans la famille de Marc.
