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Este es el primero de una serie de episodios en los que os voy a hablar de las celebraciones de Navidad en España, qué celebramos y cómo celebramos.

En este primer episodio introductorio os hablo de las decoraciones de Navidad en Espana y algunas palabras de vocabulario general de estas fechas.

¡Espero que lo disfrutéis! 


Blanca to go 

Especial Navidad 1-Decoraciones de Navidad y un poco de vocabulario

If you see someone sitting alone in a restaurant, you might assume they're waiting for someone, or perhaps they're grabbing a quick lunch on their break.

But more and more people around the world are purposely dining alone.

Japan has a special word for this: ohitorisama, which refers to people confidently doing things alone without worrying about what others think.

A recent survey found that 23% of Japanese people eat out alone, up from 18% in 2018. And in the US, solo dining reservations have risen 29% over the last two years, according to restaurant reservation site OpenTable.

OpenTable CEO Debby Soo thinks remote work is one reason for the increase, with people looking for a break from their home offices.

The increasing popularity in solo dining comes as more people are living alone. In 2019, the Pew Research Center found that 38% of US adults ages 25 to 54 were living without a partner, up from 29% in 1990. In Japan, single households now make up one-third of the total; that’s expected to increase to 40% by 2040, according to government data.

Growing interest in solo travel — particularly among travelers ages 55 and over — is also leading to more meals alone.

But Soo thinks there could be more to it than that.

"I think there's a broader movement of self-love and self-care and really … enjoying your own company," Soo said.

As a result, many restaurants are redoing their seating, changing their menus and adding other special touches to appeal to solo diners.

But some aren't always happy to seat one diner. A Michelin-starred London restaurant caused a stir last year when it started charging solo diners the same price as two customers. The restaurant, which has 34 seats, offers an eight-course menu costing about $280 per person.

Other restaurants say it's worth seating one person because solo diners will often come back and eat there again.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Party of One: Solo Dining Increasing in Popularity

Script

おはようございます。日本語だんだんpodcastのゆかりです。

いまは、11月ですね。

日本は秋から冬(ふゆ)になる季節(きせつ)です。

11月だと、すこし寒(さむ)いです。

でも、今年(ことし)はまだまだ、あたたかいです。

今日、大阪の気温は24度もありました。

11月にしては、あたたかい・・というより、

あつい！です。

ニュースでは、今年の日本の冬は、

"暖冬(だんとう)"といっています。

暖かい冬、とかいて、だんとうです。

いみは、そのまま、あたたかい冬。

いつもの年より、あたたかい冬、ということです。

寒いより、あたたかい方が、きもちがいいですね。

でも、雪があまりふらないと、
スキーやスノーボードができません。

こまることもあります。

今年の日本の冬は"暖冬"。

さて、どうなるでしょうか。

では、今日も最後まで聞いてくれて、だんだん、です、


また明日！

Japaneseだんだんpodcast

40. 日本の今年の冬は「暖冬(だんとう)」です/Japaneseだんだんpodcast

I give my biggest tip on how to learn English: lots of input and become comfortable not understanding everything.

How to Learn Englisih

How to Learn English

・東北地方の方言の特徴語尾につける「～べ」「～だべ」について紹介
・「おめ、はなこさみずこやってけだべな?」の意味の説明「花に水をやった？」
・「おめ」⇒「あなた」
・単語の後ろに「こ」を付ける(東北地方一部地域)
・語尾に「～べ」「～だべ」をつける(東北地方広域)
・まとめ

Nihongo tokidoki Inaka hougen with Megumi Na

「～べ」「～だべ」の使い方。What do you mean in the Tohoku dialect?「おめ、はなこさみずこやってけだべな？」

I talk about watching a YouTube video with two interesting people at the Hollywood Farmers Market in Los Angeles. My italki teacher profile: https://italki.com/teacher/1947582 
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Streetwise English

SWE59 Hollywood Farmers Market Typewriter and Yoga Teacher

Para celebrar 100 episodios del podcast esta semana te hablo de algunas curiosidades y datos curiosos sobre España. Cosas interesantes que no muchas personas saben.

Después de escuchar el episodio no te olvides de dejar una valoración y decirme qué te ha parecido, ¿qué cosa te ha sorprendido más? ¿Hay algo que no he mencionado pero qué crees que debería? ¡Dime!


100 – curiosidades sobre España  

Dubai has begun work on a new $35 billion airport terminal that will become the world's busiest when it's finished, according to the state's ruler.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said that the new terminal at Al Maktoum International airport will one day handle up to 260 million passengers per year.

But if that sounds like a travel nightmare, the CEO of Dubai Airports has different ideas. Paul Griffiths said that at the 400-gate airport there will be less walking, less waiting and no queues.

Griffiths said that airports around the world have gotten lazy and this one will change the way airports work.

His plan includes having security and passport checkpoints spread out around the terminal to save people time.

But 260 million is a lot of passengers. It's more than double the number that used the world's busiest airport in 2023. Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, handled 105 million passengers last year.

Dubai International Airport (DXB), the state's main airport at the moment, was second in that list with 87 million passengers.

However, all of that traffic will move to Al Maktoum over the next few years, according to Sheikh Mohammed.

Al Maktoum, which first opened in 2010, will be five times bigger than DXB when it's finished.

It's not only at the airport that building is taking place. Sheikh Mohammed said that an "entire city" will be built in the area around the airport, with homes for a million people.

"Dubai will be the world's airport," he said on X, and the world's "new global center."