Soy Iván y me dedico a buscar preguntas en internet sobre el proceso de aprendizaje de idiomas: dificultades encontradas, dudas, problemas...cada episodio es una respuesta a distintas situaciones.

Preguntitas (sobre el aprendizaje de idiomas)

过山车（刘育贤）
上天了，入地了，滕云了，驾雾了，过山车，下山了，我变成，流星了。

Read Rhymes With Shirley

过山车

All the fun I had in my second year in Russia

Living in Russia

My Second Year in Russia

For many, the pandemic has deteriorated our relationship with our jobs. 
Can you re-ignite the spark – and should you even try?
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English News

COVID-19: Why So Many Workers Lost Interest in Their Jobs

En este episodio de "Modales en el Mar y en la Mesa", nos sumergimos en una historia fascinante donde una ballena jorobada nos enseña lecciones inesperadas sobre etiqueta y buenos modales. A través del sorprendente encuentro de Adrián Simancas, un joven kayakista que fue brevemente tragado y luego escupido por una ballena en las costas de Chile, exploramos cómo ciertas acciones, tanto en la naturaleza como en la mesa, reflejan cortesía y respeto.

Dirigido a angloparlantes que aprenden español, este episodio te ayudará a descubrir verbos que pueden ser groseros o poco corteses si se usan incorrectamente. Aprenderás sobre palabras como eructar, tragar, sorber y más, comprendiendo su uso apropiado y evitando situaciones embarazosas.

Acompáñanos en este viaje lingüístico y cultural donde, con la ayuda de una ballena muy educada, navegaremos por las aguas de los buenos modales y el lenguaje preciso. ¡Porque incluso en el vasto océano, hay lecciones valiosas que aprender!

Taming the Spanish Verb: The  Macondo Man

Modales entre Ballenas y Buenos Modales: Descubriendo Verbos Delicados en Español

What do you think is the most expensive place in the world to live? New York? London? Maybe Tokyo?

While Japan has long had a reputation as an expensive place to live, its cities have been getting cheaper in recent years — with some big changes coming just in the last 12 months.

American consulting company Mercer recently released its 2024 Cost of Living City Ranking, which compares the costs of over 200 items in 226 cities around the world. The results are based on a March 2024 survey, and include things like housing and transportation, as well as food, clothing and entertainment.

All five of the world's most expensive cities are unchanged from last year, with Hong Kong and Singapore again in first and second place. These two Asian cities are followed by three Swiss cities: Zurich, Geneva and Basel.

Bern, another Swiss city, has risen from seventh to sixth place, while New York City has fallen one place to seventh.

However, Tokyo has dropped 30 places to 49th — putting it right after San Juan in Puerto Rico. And Osaka has dropped 53 places to 146th — just ahead of Wuhan in China.

However, the biggest drop since last year was for Lagos in Nigeria, which fell 178 places to 225th. And the least expensive city is now Abuja, Nigeria's capital, at 226th.

Mercer wrote that many big drops were caused by changes in exchange rates. Japan's yen dropped to a 34-year low against the US dollar in March — and hit a 38-year low in early July.

The ranking was also affected by inflation — especially in housing prices — as well as increasing political uncertainty around the world.

Mercer says it's important for companies to look at its cost of living ranking when thinking about sending staff to live abroad.




Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Japan Tumbles on Expensive Cities Ranking

In this episode you will learn about cultural activities people do in latinamerica during vacation