The easiest way to learn and remember idioms is to learn about their history. When you understand where they came from, it's a lot easier to remember what they mean.  This episode covers idioms that are drawn from different types of transportation.

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In this episode, I want to teach you how to use numbers in Bahasa Indonesia. This phrase could be very useful when you don't know how to say or express something in Bahasa Indonesia. Let's listen to it.

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Hello people :)

Les comparto mi primer truco o estrategia para mejorar DRAMÁTICAMENTE mi aprendizaje de idiomas. Tómate un tiempo y escucha, estaré muy feliz de responderte cualquier pregunta que tengas al respecto y si comienzas a hacer esto de forma regular verás como llevas tu español al siguiente nivel. Or your money back. lol

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Un truco que llevará tu aprendizaje al siguiente nivel :) 

It's no secret that Hawaii is a favorite destination for Japanese tourists. In 2023, the islands welcomed around 573,000 visitors from Japan — the most from any country.

But did you know there's a connection between Japan and Hawaii that goes beyond travel and into clothing?

Aloha shirts, also known as Hawaiian shirts, have roots in Japanese culture, beginning with Japanese immigrants in Hawaii.

In the late 1800s, Japanese immigrants in Hawaii started importing Japanese clothing as well as rolls of fabric to make clothes with.

In the 1920s, locals in Hawaii saw these fabrics and started using them to make casual dress shirts with Japanese patterns on them. These shirts became popular with tourists to Hawaii.

Soon after, aloha shirts were made in bulk, but instead of using fabric made for Japanese clothing, stores in Hawaii started bringing in printed fabrics made just for aloha shirts.

And by the late 1930s, the designs had changed from Japanese patterns to the Hawaiian inspired patterns we're used to today — images of Mount Fuji and Japanese pine trees were replaced with things like coconut trees, surfers and fish.

But even though today's aloha shirts don't look very Japanese inspired, they still remain popular within Japan.

Yosuke Seki, an aloha shirt aficionado who goes to Hawaii every year, told CNN he wears his shirts daily, and hopes to inspire others to try them.

"Right now, I'm wearing a replica of one of the expensive designs," Seki said, adding that his shirt cost between $130 and $200. The more expensive shirts can cost thousands of dollars, he explained.

And for some fans, aloha shirts are not just clothing — they're collectable items, or even considered art.

Yoshihiro Nakano is the brand director of Sun Surf, a Japanese company that has been making aloha shirts for about 50 years. Many customers don't even wear the aloha shirts they buy, and instead just collect them or frame them, Nakano told CNN.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

From Japan to Hawaii: The History of Aloha Shirts

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— Oi! Como você está?

— Oi! Estou bem, e você?

— Estou bem também. E o trabalho como está?

— Ah, está indo. Estou cansada mas nada fora do normal. E você?

— Eu saí do meu antigo emprego. Estou procurando um novo. Você tem alguma dica?

— Sim, você pode procurar online. Sites como LinkedIn costumam ter boas vagas de emprego.

— Boa ideia. Vou dar uma olhada. Obrigado!

— De nada! Boa sorte na busca e me diga se precisar de ajuda!

— Pode deixar!


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Le chevalier et les gardes du roi Andur voyagent hors du royaume. Sur le chemin, le chevalier Lars
leur raconte une histoire. Le roi Andur s’est battu contre son frère dans une bataille. Ils se sont
battus pour obtenir la source d’eau magique. L’eau magique donne beaucoup de force à celui qui la
boit. La bataille a eu lieu dans la Forêt Silencieuse. Le roi Arthuren a gagné la bataille. Maintenant,
Andur doit payer pour obtenir de l’eau magique. Tous les cinq ans, il envoie de l’or à son frère,
Arthuren.

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Listen to hear about a man who built a pyramid out of pennies!

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<Transcript>
最近、スマホを見ている時間が長くなっていませんか？
日本人の成人１０００人に対する調査で約５０％の参加者がスマホ依存症になっていて、本人がそのことに気づいていないという結果が出ました。
私もレッスンのリクエストが来ているかどうかを確認するために、よくスマホを見ています。ポッドキャストを投稿した直後もどれぐらいの人が聞いているのかが気になって、スマホを見てしまいます。
私もスマホ依存症になっていると言っても過言ではないです。

このスマホ依存症の問題はリラックスする時間が減ったり、勉強や他のことに集中できなくなることだと思います。
なので、たまにはスマホの電源をしばらく切ったり、スマホを家に置いて外出したりして、”デジタルデトックス”をした方がいいかもしれません。
スマホを置いて散歩に行くと、春が来たことをもっと実感できるかもしれませんね。
依存症：いぞんしょう　addiction
成人：せいじん　adults
調査：ちょうさ　research
参加者：さんかしゃ　participants
本人：　ほんにんthe person themselves
気づく：きづくrealize notice
結果：けっか　result
投稿する：とうこうする　post
直後：ちょくご　right after ~
過言（かごん）ではない：It is not an exaggeration to say〜
集中(しゅうちゅう)する：concentrate
電源（でんげん）を切（き）る：turn off
春が来たことを実感（じっかん）する：to truly feel that spring come　