En este episodio escucharás hablar sobre la gripa, una enfermedad que no es grave pero que requiere de cuidados. Aprenderás también el nombre de las partes del cuerpo que quedan en la cabeza. Finalmente, de manera natural aprenderás a hablar sobre los sintomas y los remedios que hay para esta enfermedad. 

NOTE: When you listen to the podcast, you will notice that I asked some questions. Stop the podcast and try to answer them in Spanish by yourself. Esta actividad te ayudará a fortalecer tu confianza en el idioma al hablar. 

Gaby Podcast: Español al natural

Enfermedades: La gripa

Son muchos los hombres que le dan una gran importancia a la belleza de las manos. Cuidarse las uñas es sinónimo de embellecer las manos, y hoy en día se considera un plus a nivel de seducción.

VIDA SANA EN ESPAÑOL

EL CUIDADO DE LAS UÑAS

Listen to one interesting fact about crocodiles

Did you know?

Crocodile talking

V-아/어/여 주세요 : An expression used  when the speaker asks someone to do what the preceding statement. / ex) 도와 주세요. 문 좀 열어 주세요.
V-아/어/여 드릴게요(줄게요) : An expression used to indicate that one does the act mentioned in the preceding statement for someone. / ex) 도와 드릴게요. 문을 열어 줄게요.

Speaking Practice - Beginner

12. V-아/어/여 주세요, V-아/어/여 드릴게요(줄게요)

In this episode, I explain the difference between the verbs 'to borrow' and 'to lend', as well as talking about hiring and renting. 

English with Nici!

Lend and borrow!

Do you know how to get better at anything? Athletes do. They work with a coach. 

You don’t have to try to get better at something on your own--a coach can help! Surgeon Atul Gawande says in a popular Ted Talk,  "Great coaches are your external eyes and ears, providing a more accurate picture of your reality." 

Some people seek out coaches proactively. They hire a professional coach to help with their resume, cover letter, LinkedIn Profile, and interview responses before they ever apply for a job. These people undoubtedly get jobs quicker because they hired a coach. However, the majority of people wait too long to get a coach, only seeking out help after a period of failure. 

In this Express to Impress Podcast episode, you will learn different approaches to bet better at something and the tremendous career opportunities from working with a coach. You’ll hear how others’ lives have been enriched by working with coaches. I talk about my experience working coaches in Brazil and the US. You’ll also hear a story about one of my clients - an engineer in Taiwan who enlisted my help after trying and failing to get a job for years.  You will find out what type of professional coaches exist and how they can help you. If you want to increase your English vocabulary, continue listening to the end, where you’ll hear definitions of five idioms and phrases that came up during the episode.

Episode originally published on August 14, 2020.
Transcript at express-to-impress.com/get-a-job/
Infographics at pinterest.com/ExpresstoImpress/ 

Express to Impress

How to Get Better At Anything, Including Getting A Job 

In this episode, my dad and I recall some of our favorite memories as sports fans.

If you’re a sports fan yourself, that’s great, but even if you’re not, I think you’ll benefit from listening to this one, as many English idioms and other vocabulary were born out of the world of sports.

Otherwise, listening to this episode should give you a sense of what being a sports fan in America is like, because it’s unique compared to sporting culture in most other countries.

***For English learners! – Detailed vocabulary lesson begins at 31:56***

***Full episode transcript available ⁠⁠here: https://american-idiom.com/f/005-sports-memories ⁠⁠***

Episode Outline:

Baseball – the Detroit Tigers win the World Series in 1984 (Starts at 1:35)
Hockey - touching the Stanley Cup in 2001 (Starts at 6:27)
Hockey - meeting Guy Lafleur in New York (Starts at 10:22)
American Football - attending Michigan vs. Notre Dame in 2011 (Starts at 15:27)
American Football - Michigan Football's 2024 national championship (Starts at 20:31)
The Olympics - Attending the 2024 Olympics in Paris (Starts at 22:36)
American Football - Michigan's victory over Ohio State in 2024 (Starts at 24:04)
Association Football (Soccer) - France wins the 2018 World Cup (Starts at 27:21)

Vocabulary and examples (Starts at 30:04)

and so on and so forth (used at 4:08 explained at 32:40)
a stone's throw away from (used at 11:09 and explained at 34:40)
to run into someone (used at 11:35 and explained at 36:37)
to get to do something (used at 6:39, 11:43, 23:13 and 23:32 and explained at 38:35)
to pass away (used at 13:22 and explained at 40:51)
to be grandfathered in (used at 14:00 and explained at 42:55)
to pull something off (used at 17:29 and explained at 44:53)
in a nutshell (used at 26:32 and explained at 47:04)

***A list of specific sports vocabulary (with brief explanations) used during this episode can be found at the bottom of ⁠the following page: https://american-idiom.com/f/005-sports-memories ***

Brentoni's English Podcast

005 Sports Memories

与敌人对抗，要会用计策，要诡诈。“能”要使敌人以为“不能”，“用”要让敌人以为“不用”。“近”要让敌人以为“远”，“远”要让敌人以为“近”。敌人贪心，就用利诱惑而消灭他；敌人混乱，就抓紧时机立刻消灭他；敌人实力雄厚，就要时刻戒备他；敌人精锐强大，就要注意避开他的优势；敌人易怒，就挑逗他，使他失去理智；敌人谦卑谨慎，就设法使他骄傲起来；敌休整良好，就设法使他劳顿；敌人内部和睦，就离间其关系；在敌人没有准备的情况下进攻；在敌人意想不到的时候出击。这些，是军事家用兵之奥秘，是不可事先规定或说明的。

《孙子兵法Sūnzǐ Bīngfǎ》The Art of War

《孙子兵法》03

Tea and the Industrial RevolutionA Cambridge professor says that a change in drinking habits was the reason for the Industrial Revolution in Britain. Anjana Abuja reports

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Alan Macfarlane, professor of anthropological science at King’s College, Cambridge has, like other historians, spent decades wrestling with the enigma of the Industrial Revolution. Why did this particular Big Bang – the world-changing birth of industry-happen in Britain? And why did it strike at the end of the 18th century?

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Macfarlane compares the puzzle to a combination lock. ‘There are about 20 different factors and all of them need to be present before the revolution can happen,’ he says. For industry to take off, there needs to be the technology and power to drive factories, large urban populations to provide cheap labour, easy transport to move goods around, an affluent middle-class willing to buy mass-produced objects, a market-driven economy and a political system that allows this to happen. While this was the case for England, other nations, such as Japan, the Netherlands and France also met some of these criteria but were not industrialising. All these factors must have been necessary. But not sufficient to cause the revolution, says Macfarlane. ‘After all, Holland had everything except coal while China also had many of these factors. Most historians are convinced there are one or two missing factors that you need to open the lock.’

C and D parts will be added below.