(We have more English speaking than usual)
My frined, Renata and I both work as tour guides before Covid 19.
Now she's trying new tour, so I interviewed about it.

Akari Talks Japan

Talk about new tour possibility with Renata

En este episodio describo cómo es el examen SIELE, dónde y cómo se hace y las ventajas que tiene.

DELE exam (B2-C1)

El examen de español SIELE

こんにちは、あかりです。違(ちが)う自分(じぶん)になりたいと思(おも)うことはありますか？

Usage of Slow Japanese:
STEP 1. Listen to the episode without seeing the scripts.
STEP 2. Go to ⁠mochifika.com/podcast/⁠ and check "Key vocabularies of this episode", and listen again to the episode while seeing the list.
STEP 3. Check the whole script, it'll fill the gap in your understanding.

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Slow Japanese

Episode #64 - Become a different person

Learn about the current water crisis and why some people are calling it the next gold. We also take a look at a company that makes water out of thin air. 
Great lesson for everyone who's interested in technology, innovation, ecology, and engineering, and entrepreneurship.


New English US

Advanced English: Let's talk about water

Bienvenidos al podcast "aprende español hablando". En este podcast y en lo siguientes, hablaremos del significado y de la importancia de las expresiones idiomáticas. En cada podcast, aprenderemos el significado de 4-5 expresiones idiomáticas con ejemplos prácticos y fáciles.

Aprende español hablando

Aprende español hablando. Expresiones idiomáticas.

This is for C1's and C2's who still make dumb mistakes :)

English for IT Pros

Go Back to the Basics if You Want to be Fluent

British writer Bill Bryson once wrote that "London is a city of endless possibility" — and perhaps, endless traffic?

The UK capital is the most congested city in Europe, according to transport analytics company Inrix.

The company looked at data from different cities around the world, and found that drivers in London spent an average of 101 hours sitting in traffic in 2024. That's up from 99 hours in 2023, and 97 hours in 2022.

According to Inrix, these delays cost the city more than $4.8 billion a year — or about $1,200 for each of London's 4 million drivers.

Inrix says London's bad traffic congestion is caused by the "concentration of population, employment and economic activity."

But although it's Europe's most congested city for the fourth year in a row, London has improved in the global rankings. It was third in the world in 2023, but is now in fifth place globally. It is still, however, the only European city in the top five.

Istanbul has jumped to first place, up from sixth, with drivers in the Turkish city spending an average of 105 hours in traffic per year.

New York and Chicago are next on the list, followed by Mexico City in fourth place.

Inrix also calculated each city's "downtown speed" — that is, the speed at which a driver can expect to travel 1.6 kilometers in the center of the city during morning rush hour.

For each of the top five cities, the downtown speed was under 25 kilometers an hour.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

London Drivers Spend 101 Hours in Traffic a Year

Every year in June, there are 2 days that are dead silent in Chinese cities when the most important exam in Chinese teenagers’ life is taking place - the college entrance exam.
In this Chillchat episode, Karen and Baiwei compared education and examination systems in Mainland China and the U.S..