This podcast will help you to improve your vocabulary and listening comprehension in an entertaining way by listening to stories with common English vocabulary and dialogues.

Stories in English

SALESPERSON: Can I help you?
GLORIA: Yes, I’m looking for a sweater — in a size medium.
SALESPERSON: Let’s see … here’s a nice white one. What do 
you think?
GLORIA: I think I’d rather have it in blue.
SALESPERSON: OK … here’s blue, in a medium. Would you
like to try it on?
GLORIA: OK … yes, I love it. It fits perfectly. How much is it?
SALESPERSON: It’s $50. It will be $53, with tax.
GLORIA: Perfect! I’ll take it.

LANGUAGE NOTES
• Can I help you? or “May I help you?” is what a salesperson normally says to greet 
a customer.
• I’m looking for a here means “I don’t know exactly which one I want.”
• Size medium. Clothing usually comes in small, medium and large sizes. Some 
women’s clothing comes in number sizes, usually ranging from 2 to 16.
• Let’s see … An expression used when a person wants to think something over, to 
make a choice or decision, or to look for something.
• I’d rather have it in here means “I don’t like this exact one. I would prefer it in a 
different” color/size/material, etc.
• Would you like to …? is a polite way to ask “Do you want to …?”
• Try it on means to test the fit or appearance of a garment by putting it on. “Try on” is a 
separable phrasal verb, so the object “it” goes between “try” and “on.”
• How much is it? means “How much does it cost?” Notice that the main sentence 
stress falls on “is” in this question.
• I’ll take it means “I will buy it.”

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day 18: Shopping

Ini cerita tentang Malin Kundang yang pergi merantau, meninggalkan ibunya untuk mencari uang. Tetapi hatinya berubah setelah ia menjadi kaya.

Cerita Pendek Indonesia (B1-B2)

01 Malin Kundang

What is “White Day” in Japan? Do you know what it is for?
日本の「ホワイトデー」ってなんの日ですか？何をする日か知っていますか？

[Intermediate-Upper level] Interesting Japanese Not Taught In Schools About Japanese business culture, Japanese habits & Osaka

What is “White Day” in Japan? Do you know what it is for? 日本の【ホワイトデー】ってなんの日ですか？何をする日か知っていますか？ 

Hoy exploraremos algo esencial para aprender un idioma: la cultura. Hablaremos de algunas tradiciones y festividades importantes en España y Latinoamérica que reflejan la riqueza cultural de los países hispanohablantes. 

Español en Acción

Temporada 1 Episodio 8 Cultura Española y Latinoamericana - Un Vistazo a Tradiciones y Festividades

•今、どこに住んでいますか？

•どんな町ですか？

•いつ日本に来ましたか？

•何がきっかけで日本に興味を持ちましたか？

•どんな日本語の勉強をしてきましたか？

•趣味はなんですか？

•好きな食べ物はなんですか？


[単語]

あかばね　赤羽

BOOKOFF   本やマンガがたくさんある店

うつのみやせん　宇都宮線

さいきょうせん　埼京線

あっという間(ま) in an instant

こうけい　光景　a view

せだい　世代　generation 

デジモン　[デジタルモンスター]

きんねん　近年　in recent years 

どくがく　独学

かこもんだいしゅう　過去問題集

とばす

べんきょうほう　勉強法

しかく　資格





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Vol.72 セイさんとポッドキャスト

Jag berättar om mitt icke-svenskalärare-jobb, där jag jobbar på ett slott! 🏰

Easy Swedish with Viktoria

Ep. #22 - En dag på jobbet

Last time we chatted about marriage, and this time let’s take a look at what is regarded as important when looking for that significant other of yours. Do you value appearance? Personality? Character? Or job? Let’s have a chat together~

Note: This podcast is intended for language learning ONLY. Not for promoting or criticizing any political party or ideology. Let’s keep it friendly and accessible to all :)

Also, all of the experiences are the hosts’ own experiences so please do your own research if you need more information.

Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

Choosing Your Other Half: Dating Standards

Nowadays, conference calls are the norm. Whether your team members live within a 30-minute radius of one another or live on different continents, you’ll likely conduct all meetings over conference calls. 

By now, you know some of the perils of conference calls. Someone forgets to mute themselves, and you hear them breathing or eating their lunch, someone forgets to unmute themselves when they start talking, someone is talking, and then their kid or spouse barges in their office making noise. No matter what unusual situation unfolds during a conference call, someone has to manage the conversation and make it as effective as possible. 

In this episode, you will learn how to lead conference calls. We’ll focus on audio conference calls, not video conference calls, which deserve their own episode. 

Episode originally published on December 11, 2020.

Read the transcript at https://www.express-to-impress.com/conference-calls/

Theme music by Lucas Knutter. 

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