Each week I read an interesting news article from the BBC. Listen along to the words and pronunciation and I will also share with you the link to the story so that you can read along as well. This week's news article can be found here: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-63725212

The Breaking News Podcast

Cost of living: New Zealand steps up fight against soaring prices

Pequeño relato de sensaciones durante un día cualquiera,  a través del vaso medio lleno/Little story of sensations during any given day, through the glass half full.

Cosas que pasan cuando vivis en Argentina

Tres cosas buenas en un día de cuarentena/Three nice things during a quarantine day

Diese Podcastfolge ist Teil meiner Weihnachtsreihe und besteht aus insgesamt 4. Episoden, die jeweils am Adventssonntag hochgeladen werden.

Das Thema der heutigen Folge ist: Weihnachtsbräuche in Deutschland. 
Ich wünsche allen, die Weihnachten feiern, eine besinnliche Zeit! 

Viel Spaß beim Hören!

LG Teacher Celi 

German Chit Chat 

1. Advent: Weihnachtsbräuche

If you already know the difference between "Из" and "От" (there is an episode about this on the channel), then it's time to clarify the difference between "Из" and "С". 

All about Russian language 🌟

Из | С

Une révolution commerciale_dictée_transcription

UNE RÉVOLUTION COMMERCIALE 

Dictée

Les villes constituent un centre d’échanges très important. Vers les années mille, le grand commerce se limitait au trafic de produits de luxe réservés à une minorité de riches. Mais en l’espace de trois siècles, du 11e au 13e, les matières premières, les produits alimentaires et les objets fabriqués apparaissent sur le marché et deviennent indispensables à des groupes sociaux plus larges, tels que, par exemple, la bourgeoisie urbaine. On parle alors d'une révolution commerciale. 

Les produits agricoles (principalement le vin et les céréales) et artisanaux (le plus souvent textiles) sont échangés dans des foires locales, puis acheminés vers des foires plus importantes.

Les foires se multiplient dans certaines régions françaises animées par le commerce international : la Flandre, l’Île-de-France, la Champagne. Toutes ces activités artisanales et commerciales s'organisent petit à petit au sein des corporations.

Languageworld_French B1

Une révolution commerciale_dictée

Se explica el significado de la expresión, usos, ejemplos, origen, etc. de esta expresión.

EXPRESIONES en español

Expresión LANZAR UN ÓRDAGO

Pratar om min relation till min kropp sedan jag var liten till vuxen ålder. Nämner också samhällets ideal och finns verkligen en ideal kroppsvikt eller vill man alltid förändra kroppen?

Några glosor:
bristningar - stretch marks
estetiskt tilltalande = aesthetically pleasing
pendlat = to oscillate
slank = slender
självvärde = self worth

Tankar på svenska

Tankar På Svenska : Om relationen till kroppen och vikt (B1+)

The price of bitcoin hit more than $100,000 for the first time as the value of the cryptocurrency continues to soar following the election of Donald Trump.

This came just hours after the President-elect indicated he'd take a lighter regulatory approach to the crypto industry during his presidency.

It climbed from $69,374 on the day of Trump's election on November 5 and rose as high as $103,713 on December 4, according to CoinDesk.

Just two years ago, bitcoin dropped below $17,000 following the collapse of crypto exchange FTX.

However, experts aren't sure how long the value of bitcoin will remain high as cryptocurrency is highly volatile.

Some are hopeful of future gains, but others continue to warn of investment risks.

Trump, who was once a crypto skeptic, has said he wants to make the US "the crypto capital of the planet." His campaign accepted donations in cryptocurrency and he has also launched World Liberty Financial, a new project with family members to trade cryptocurrencies.

Many in the crypto industry have welcomed Trump's victory, hoping that he'll be able to push through changes that they've long lobbied for — which, generally speaking, aim for an increased sense of legitimacy without too much red tape.

Trump has already made a move in that direction, saying he intends to nominate cryptocurrency advocate Paul Atkins to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Under current chair Gary Gensler, the SEC has cracked down on the crypto industry, penalizing a number of companies for breaking securities laws.

But what is cryptocurrency, really?

In basic terms, cryptocurrency is digital money. It is designed to work through an online network without a central authority — meaning it's typically not backed by any government or banking institution — and transactions get recorded with technology called a blockchain.



Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Price of Bitcoin Soars, Boosted by Election of Trump

こんにちは! How do you stay if you got a cold? Let me compare in Japan and in Europe.

Usage of Slow Japanese:
STEP 1. Listen to the episode without seeing scripts.
STEP 2. Go to mochifika.com/podcast/ 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://www.patreon.com/posts/slow-japanese-22-63569081?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copy_to_clipboard&utm_campaign=postshare