Do you find it difficult to learn Portuguese? Do you feel that other people learn Portuguese faster than you?

In this episode, I invited a student from France to tell us a little bit about her journey learning Portuguese.

Portuguese With Caro

Is it difficult to learn Portuguese? | Talking to a Student

What happens in a job performance review? Lee meets with his boss to discuss his progress and areas to improve.

Everyday Dialogues

Job Performance

An urban design firm is hoping to create the "world's greenest highway" by covering a major road in Dubai with gardens, trees, walkways and solar panels.

The proposed 64-kilometer-long road, called the "Dubai Green Spine," would see the Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Road, one of Dubai's main highways, enhanced with over 1 million trees and enough solar panels to power 130,000 homes.

Dubai-based design firm URB says its road concept would help reduce carbon dioxide emissions by over 1 million metric tons per year, and help the city manage the needs of a population that's expected to grow from over 3 million today to nearly 8 million by 2040.

URB's design aims to reduce city heat and improve air quality while offering a safe, attractive and accessible route for commuting and leisure. Green spaces would be combined with walking and cycling paths, and electric tram lines would have solar panels built directly into the tracks.

Bus shelters and elevators would have rooftop solar panels, while garden-covered paths over the highway would make a walk from one side to the other easy and enjoyable.

URB CEO Baharash Bagherian says the concept is about "proving that our streets can do more than facilitate car traffic; they can significantly enhance quality of life."

He says the design takes a "human-centric approach" that prioritizes people and green spaces over cars.

However, it takes a lot of water to grow plants in Dubai. CNN notes that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) already consumes around 550 liters of water per person every day, compared to an average of 310 liters in the US and 144 liters in the European Union.

And most of the UAE's water isn't used for drinking — it's just needed to keep parts of the desert country green.

With this in mind, URB's design includes drought-resistant plants and special soil that helps retain water.

URB has also proposed designs for a 93-kilometer indoor cycling and walking "highway" called 

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Dubai Firm Hopes to Make 'World's Greenest Highway'

TR: Bu bölümde, doğanın güzelliği ve keşif yapmanın önemini vurgulayan, basit bir kısa hikaye anlatılmaktadır.

EN: This episode narrates a simple short story that highlights the beauty of nature and the importance of exploration.

StoRyporter - Turkish A2-B1/2

A2-Hikaye1

Oi gente, aqui é Aneleh, sua tutora de português favorita. No podcast de hoje, vou contar para vocês mais uma lenda do folclore brasileiro chamada "A Lenda do Saci Pererê", que fala sobre um ser mítico que habita as florestas e prega peças nas pessoas. No final, trarei algumas palavras com seus significados em inglês para ajudar caso vocês tenham dificuldade com o vocabulário.
Se quiserem acompanhar o script do podcast é só clicar nesse link: 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17tfnJzU7oKnqg8ihkev7Bx24WbOAqzWgficO-vnXel8/edit?usp=sharing 
Vamos lá?

Portuguese Drops 

Lendas do Brasil - Saci Pererê

Привет!

В этом выпуске подкаста мы поговорим об изучении иностранных языков в общем, а также о том, что нужно делать, чтобы успешно изучать иностранный язык.

Полезная лексика в этом выпуске:
- расширять свой кругозор = узнавать что-то новое, изучать новые факты, информацию, мир
- стремиться к + D. = желание и действия для достижения чего-либо
- приносить плоды = приносить результаты
- обогащать словарный запас = расширять словарный запас = учить новые слова и знать больше слов
- высказывание = мысль кого-либо, которую высказали
- увлекательный = интересный

Приятного прослушивания!

Speak fluent Russian B1-B2

Выпуск 2. Изучение иностранных языков

Давайте восклицать

Давайте восклицать, друг другом восхищаться.
Высокопарных слов не стоит опасаться.
Давайте говорить друг другу комплименты —
ведь это все любви счастливые моменты.
Давайте горевать и плакать откровенно
то вместе, то поврозь, а то попеременно.
Не нужно придавать значения злословью —
поскольку грусть всегда соседствует с любовью.
Давайте понимать друг друга с полуслова,
чтоб, ошибившись раз, не ошибиться снова.
Давайте жить, во всем друг другу потакая, —
тем более что жизнь короткая такая.

Нескучные истории - Not boring stories

Булат Окуджава. "Давайте восклицать"

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Estoy cansada de que siempre vayamos en mi coche

Shouldn't he be called SantO, which is masculine?
Have we been telling our children lies about Santa?