¿Le has cantado a alguien las cuarenta alguna vez? Probablemente sí y no lo sabes, ven y te lo cuento. 

Expresiones en español

Cantar las cuarenta

Businessperson 1: Mmmm! That burger looks delicious! I might order some takeout too. I’m exhausted.
Businessperson 2: Yeah, it’s really tasty and massive. And the fries are THE best.
Businessperson 1: What are you watching there?
Businessperson 2: This amazing documentary on food waste. Have you seen it?
Businessperson 1: No, is it any good?
Businessperson 2: Scary! I’m blown away by the statistics. Did you know that, out of all the food that is produced to eat, the world throws away about one-third of it? Every single year.
Businessperson 1: Seriously?
Businessperson 2: Yeah! We could feed three billion people with that food. And it’s worth one trillion US dollars.
Businessperson 1: I can’t even wrap my head around how much food that is.
Businessperson 2: Maybe this will help. You’ve been to China, right?
Businessperson 1: Yes. I did that trip from Shanghai to Beijing with my friends. Amazing.
Businessperson 2: So imagine that all of China was just fields that grow crops.
Businessperson 1: That’s a lot of crops.
Businessperson 2: It is. It’s 2.5 billion acres. Now imagine we just throw away all the food that we make with them.
Businessperson 1: That’s crazy!
Businessperson 2: But it’s not just that. It’s the whole food process. The water that is used to grow the wasted food is the equivalent of 200 liters, per person, per day for 9 billion people.
Businessperson 1: 9 billion? But there are only about 7 billion people on the Earth now, aren’t there?
Businessperson 2: Exactly! There won’t be 9 billion people on the planet until the middle of this century, and by then, we will need to be producing 70% more food than we do now to feed everyone.
Businessperson 1: It doesn’t make sense at all. Especially when you consider all of the people who are hungry in the world. I read that about 700 million people don’t have enough food right now.
Businessperson 2: I know! A lot of it, would you believe, is apparently to do with how it looks. 

English Conversation/Dialogue

FOOD WASTE 

The episode is presented in English first. I denne episoden snakker vi om yrker. Vi nevner hva disse yrkene heter på engelsk. Hvilke yrke er det mest etterspurte i Oslo? Det finner du også ut her. 

Norsk for nybegynnere (A1-A2)

Norsk Tale EP. 6 – Yrker (occupations)

Many thought Collins had ended the series after the 2010 publication of Mockingjay — she even wrote in 2015 that it was "time to move on to other lands."

But four years later, she surprised readers and the publishing world when she announced she was working on what became The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, released in 2020 and set 64 years before the first book.

Collins used parts of Greek mythology and the Roman gladiator games for her earlier Hunger Games books.

But for the new book, she said she was inspired by the Scottish philosopher David Hume, and what he described as "the easiness with which the many are governed by the few."

She added that the book will also look at the use of propaganda and "the power of those who control the narrative."

The film version of Songbirds and Snakes, starring Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler, came out last year. This fall, a Hunger Games play is set to open in London.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

New Hunger Games Book and Movie Announced

说话者通过强调一项极端的例子来说明另一种情况。
The speaker explains another kind of situation by emphasizing an extreme case.
你太厉害了！连这些专用词你都懂。
它刚做完手术，连水也不能喝。
姑姑讲了她今天遇见的无厘头事件，连爷爷都笑了。
她一连说了好几遍，她男朋友也没听进去。

喵喵说汉语---HSK 4

连....也/都.....

听录音，然后回答问题：谁最忙?
 
Tīng lùyīn, ránhòu huídá wèntí: Shuí zuì máng?
 Who is the busiest? Listen to the recording and then answer the question.
 
Tā zuò shénme gōngzuò? 他做什么工作?
Tā shì sījī. Tā hěn máng. 他是司机。他很忙。
 
Tā zuò shénme gōngzuò? 她做什么工作?
Tā shì jìzhě. Tā hěn máng. 她是记者。她很忙。
 
Tā zuò shénme gōngzuò? 他做什么工作?
Tā shì yīshēng. Tā yě hěn máng. 他是医生。他也很忙。
 
Tā zuò shénme gōngzuò? 他做什么工作?
Tā shì jīnglǐ. Tā fēicháng máng. 他是经理。他非常忙。
 
Tā zuò shénme gōngzuò? 她做什么工作?
Tā shì jiātíng zhǔfù. 她是家庭主妇。
 
Tā máng bu máng? 她忙不忙?
Tā zuì máng. 她最忙。


中文每日一练

每日听汉语

En este podcast hablo de la etapa 6 del viaje en la Costa Oeste de los Estados Unidos, describo los paisajes tipicos de esta zona del desierto de Arizona, hablo de cosas impresindibles para este tipo de viaje itinerante. Tiempos verbales: presente, pasado: Pretérito imerfecto, indefinido; subjuntivo.

Viviendo entre dos lenguas 

Etapa 6 Viaje Costa Oeste USA: Page, Curva de la Herradura, Lago Powel y el Gran Cañon

"I practice and practice but I can't see any improvement! I feel stuck at the same level since a long time!" 
Are you currently asking yourself why you can't seem to move beyond your English level? Has this happened to you in the past?

In this episode, I provide you with 4 main strategies to overcome the "glass ceiling" or the challenge of feeling stuck at the same English level. 

Share what you think in the comments below!

I Just Wanna Be Fluent in English!

ep4. I'm Stuck at the Same English Level. What to Do?

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