This episode is all about persuasion,  how to convince others of your ideas or opinions. We will be looking at some useful adjectives and persuasive expressions to help you explain why others should follow your advice or recommendations. To assist us with this topic, Miss Finesstocrat will be telling us of her experience working as a sales representative in a homeware store. How will she get on?

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ENGLISH IN A TEACUP

EP2: THE ART OF PERSUASION PART 1

कुनै ठाउँमा एउटा ठूलो वन थियो । वनमा बाघ, सिंह, भालु, हात्ती, गैंडा, खरायो, जरायो, बाँदर आदि थिए । सिंहचाहिँ वनको राजा थियो । सिंहले मनपरी ढङ्गले वनका जनावर मारेर खान्थ्यो ।

एकदिन सबै जनावर एकै ठाउँमा भेला भए । सिंहको आहारा हुन पालैपालो जाने सल्लाह भयो । यो कुरो जनावरहरुले सिंहलाई पनि भने । सिंह पनि दिनदिनै सिकारको खोजीमा जानुनपर्दा खुसी भयो ।

जनावरहरु आ-आफ्ना पालामा सिंहको आहारा हुन जान थाले । एकदिन एउटा खरायोको पालो आयो । “मर्नका लागि किन छिटो जाने ?” भनेर खरायो सिंहकहाँ ढिलो गयो ।

अबेरसम्म केही खान नपाउँदा सिंहलाई खुब भोक लागेको थियो । उसलाई जनावरदेखि निकै रिस उठेको थियो । उसले खरायोलाई देख्नासाथ गर्जेर सोध्यो, “किन यति ढिलो आइस् ?”

खरायोले नरम भएर भन्यो, “महाराज! मलाई हजुरजस्तै सिंहले बाटामा समायो । उसले मलाई खान लागेको थियो । मैले ऊसँग हजुरकहाँ भेट गरेर आउने बाचा गरेँ । अनि मात्र म यहाँ आउन सकेँ ।”

सिंहले अझै गर्जेर भन्यो, “मेरो राज्यमा अर्को सिंह कसरी आयो ? त्यो कहाँ छ, मलाई देखाइहाल् । म त्यसलाई जिउँदो छोड्दिनँ ।”

खरायोले “जो हुकुम महाराज” भनेर सिंहलाई आफू आएको बाटो लिएर गयो । खरायोले सिंहलाई एउटा इनार देखायो । उसले सिंहलाई भन्यो, “महाराज! त्यो यही इनारमा लुकेको छ ।”

सिंहले इनारभित्र हेर्‍यो । उसले इनारमा अर्को सिंह देख्यो । उसलाई त्यो सिंह देखेर रिस उठ्यो । सिंह त्यसलाई मार्न इनारमा हाम फाल्यो । मुर्ख सिंहले आफ्नै छाया पनि चिनेन । ऊ इनारमा डुब्यो ।

जनावरहरुलाई अब सिंहको डर भएन । उनीहरु रमाएर बाँच्न पाउने भए । सबैले खरायोलाई स्याबासी दिए ।

हाम्रो कथा सकियो । 
अनि हामीले यो कथा बाट के सिक्नुपर्छ भने- सधैं बलले मात्र जितिँदैन , बुद्धिले पनि काम लिनुपर्छ।  

हामीले सुनेको सिंह र खरायोको कथा आशा छ तपाईंलाई  मन पर्यो होला। सुनिदिनुभएकोमा धन्यवाद l


SIMPLE AND SHORT STORIES IN NEPALI

#8 सिंह र खरायो ( The lion and the Rabbit) 

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I = pŏm/chăn (ผม/ฉัน)

You = kun (คุณ)

Hungry = hĭw (หิว)

I’m hungry = pŏm/chăn hĭw (ผม/ฉัน หิว)

You’re hungry. = kun hĭw (คุณ หิว)

No, not = mâi (ไม่)

I’m not hungry = pŏm/chăn mâi hĭw (ผม/ฉัน ไม่ หิว)

You’re not hungry = kun mâi hĭw (คุณ ไม่ หิว)

Yes or No? = mái (มั้ย)

Are you hungry? = kun hĭw mái (คุณหิวมั้ย)

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Thai in 10! 

Thai in 10! (Part #1)

Shannon’s Easy English

Cats! 🐱 🐈 🐈‍⬛ 

Every billionaire in the world who is under the age of 30 has inherited their wealth, according to new research by Forbes magazine.

Forbes recently published its World's Billionaires List. And all 15 people on the list who are aged 30 or younger did nothing to create their wealth — they simply received it.

According to Forbes this is the first time since 2009 there have been no self-made billionaires aged under 30. And the magazine says it's a sign that a "great wealth transfer" has begun from aging billionaires to the younger members of their families.

The youngest billionaire on the list is 19-year-old Livia Voigt of Brazil. She is worth $1.1 billion thanks to her late grandfather, who founded the electrical equipment company WEG Industries.

The richest of the young billionaires are the Mistry brothers, Firoz, 27, and Zahan, 25. They are each worth $4.9 billion thanks to their shares in the multi-industry Indian company Tata Sons. They inherited their wealth from their father, who died in a car crash in 2022.

Among the 25 youngest billionaires on the list — who are all aged 33 or younger — a few in their early 30s are self-made. However, just one of those self-made billionaires is new: 33-year-old Shunsaku Sagami of Japan. Sagami is the founder of M&A Research Institute, and is worth $1.6 billion.

One self-made billionaire who is still fairly young at 34 is Taylor Swift, who is worth $1.1 billion. In 2023, she became the first musician to become a billionaire mainly from the money she makes from her music.



Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Every Billionaire Under 30 Inherited Their Wealth

Learn the basic music industry terminology so that you can do business as a musician.

New English US

English for Musicians

This week we discuss the phrase:


to egg someone on


As always, you can find the full episode transcript at american-idiom.com

Brentoni's English Podcast

026 - to egg someone on

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

Desde un humilde pueblo con Laguna de la Costa Mirandina en Venezuela le extendemos UN calido pero sabroso saludo a los italkoescucha que me escuchan desde cualquier parte del globo terraqueo.

En Venezuela no celebramos Los Viernes 13 como lo celebran en Estados Unidos, pero tenemos muchas historias interesantes que compartir tambien para Este dia.

"Si El Domingo cae quincena, desde El viernes SE celebra" o "Fin de Semana Cayo quincena y Tengo real pa' rumbear en Chirimena" son Los lemas de Los lugareños con ganas de comenzar la fiesta.

Hoy saldrá "El bañador"/ "La bañadora" o "Los Bañadores"??? Lo malo de salir y no amanecer en El Lugar es El Camino de Vuelta, por la madrugada.

Mucha Gente SE ha desaparecido sin causa ni razon alguna, no aparece ni El cuerpo, ni rastro ni pista, muchos creen que fue caiman, otros dicen que la recluta (alistamiento militar), pero muchos estan convencidos de que son Los encantos de la Laguna de Tacarigua.

Y es que en Venezuela CADA pueblo tiene una historia popular bastante similar catalogado como #MitosYLeyendas Venezolanas.

En la Laguna de Tacarigua o Tacarigua de la Laguna dicen que salen "espantos" o "encantos".

Te asustan y espantan dependiendo de TU Energia o TU aura o sencillamente tu augurio ya que si Ellos quieren Ellos te ayudan con Buena pezca a cambio de Luz de velas (veladoras) y oraciones a las animas benditas que estan en El pulgatorio, todos Los lunes a partir de Las 7 de la Noche.

UN pueblito con muchas carencias pero con Mucha fe y una Energia espiritual infinita.

Asi que Atento y presta todas las atenciones y que no te sorprendan los chapuzones, gritos y las voces de ultratumba en la obscuridad...

...¡Feliz Viernes 13!. 