Be content with what you have. Do you really need to keep pushing for more?! Stress is often a choice. There’s joy and peace in simplicity.

Short Stories with Rose 

The Fisherman and the Businessman

In questo episodio vi parlo delle monetine che per tradizione vengono lanciate nella famosa Fontana di Trevi a Roma. Se siete stati a Roma o avete pianificato un viaggio nella capitale italiana o semplicemente siete qui per curiosità questo episodio farà al caso vostro. Ascoltate questo episodio fino alla fine e commentate. 

Il grillo parlante - podcast italiano 

Dove vanno a finire le monete della Fontana di Trevi?

This episode helps you to avoid mistakes in Chinese Pinyin.

Let's Learn Chinese

Chinese Pinyin mistakes by foreigners

A lo largo de la historia de España ha habido diferentes movimientos literarios con estilos y características bastante definidos. En el episodio de hoy te hablo de uno de ellos, La Generación del 98. En el te hablo de cómo se creó, sus características y algunos de sus representantes más conocidos.

Después de escucharlo no te olvides de darle una valoración y de pasarte por mi Instagram para decirme qué te ha parecido este episodio y si habías escuchado hablar sobre este movimiento literario y/o sobre alguno de sus representantes.


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107 – La Generación del 98

Covered with pins and adornments, Vivianne Robinson is hard to miss in the streets of Paris.

The Olympics superfan has attended seven Summer Games over 40 years. But this trip to Paris came at a cost of $10,000.

Robinson, 66 and from Los Angeles, maxed out her credit cards and worked two jobs to afford the trip and the 38 event tickets she bought. And she has to work two more years to make up the money she spent.

"It was hard to save up and it's a big budget, but it's a thousand times worth it," she says.

Robinson's fascination with the Olympics started when her mother worked as a translator for athletes during the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Her mother would come home after work with pins from athletes that she gave to her daughter.

Her hobby of collecting pins led her to Atlanta 1996, where she made rice necklaces for athletes in exchange for their pins.

"I got all the pins and I got to meet all the athletes. And in those days, it wasn't high security like now," she said. "Now you can't even get near the athletes' village."

From there: Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, London 2012 and Rio 2016. She got a visa for Beijing 2008, but couldn't afford the trip. It was similar for Tokyo: she bought tickets, but got refunded as COVID-19 soared and the Games were held without spectators.

Robinson's outfits started simply but have become more complex over time. She spent a year working on her Paris outfit, which has hundreds of adornments. People often stop her in the street, asking for a photo.

As soon as these Olympics end, she will start working on the next Summer Games — which will be in her hometown in Los Angeles.

"I'm going to do it forever," she said. "I'm going to save all my money and just concentrate on Olympics."

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

'Worth It': Olympics Superfan Spent $10,000 to Get to Paris

In this episode we're going to listen to a conversation about discussing a eating time. Let's start now.
女：你干嘛呢？ 
男：我忙着呢！还有一点儿东西没写完。 
女：天啊，你最近怎么这么忙！ 
男：对呀，经常加班。要累死了。 
女：那我们找时间一起去吃饭吧！我请你。
 男：行呀，不过我太忙了。 
女：你星期五晚上有时间吗？ 
男：我星期五晚上要加班。 
女：星期六中午呢？ 
男：星期六中午我约了一个大学同学，不行啊。 
女：要不星期六晚上吧？ 
男：晚上吃太多不好吧，不健康。 
女：那就只能星期天中午了。 
男：可以。 
女：我上午约了人逛街，大概要到12点吧。 
男：那咱们12点半见吧。还是那个牛排店。 
女：不行，我得四十分钟才能过去。 
男：那就晚一点吧。你别着急。一点吧。 
女：好的。 男：先这样吧。 