English with Serena

Episode 1 - How to think in English. Let's get started!

Konnichiwa! Welcome to Slow Japanese! If you go on trips, where do you want to go?

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

Scripts and key vocabularies of this episode are here:
https://mochifika.com/podcast-script/slow-japanese-episode-11-i-want-to-go/

Slow Japanese

Episode #11 - Places which I want to visit

🎧Este es un ejercicio de comprensión auditiva de nivel nativo. 
Escucha el audio de 42 segundos y después intenta responder las siguientes preguntas:

¿Quién estaba estudiando? ¿Fulanita o sutanita?
¿Qué tipo de película vieron fulanita y sutanita?
¿A dónde fueron después del cine?
¿Quién se estaba cuajando de frío?
¿A quién te pareces? ¿A fulanita o a sutanita?

Mucho que decir

🎧Fulanita y Sutanita

Japan Airlines (JAL) is offering free domestic flights in Japan for some passengers who book an international flight with the airline.

At the moment, the offer is available to passengers booking flights into Japan from a number of countries in North America and the Asia-Pacific region.

For example, it means that a passenger booking a flight from Thailand to Tokyo will be able to book a free flight from the Japanese capital to any other destination in Japan that JAL flies to.

According to the JAL website, the airline has 133 domestic routes and 66 international routes.

It's good news for tourists who'd like to explore more of Japan, but it could also help take the pressure off some of the country's most popular sights.

Almost 18 million international visitors came to Japan in the first half of 2024, according to the country's national tourism organization.

That's a record number of arrivals, and it means some popular tourist areas — including the center of Tokyo and Mount Fuji — can get overcrowded.

JAL's offer was first made available in early September to tourists from Canada, Mexico and the US.

By the end of the month, people traveling from Australia and New Zealand were also eligible, along with those from Thailand, Singapore, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, India and Taiwan.

JAL hopes to make it available to even more passengers in the future.

To take advantage of the offer, passengers must book their domestic flight at the same time that they make their international booking with JAL.

However, the airline said travelers from the US, Canada, Mexico and China will have to pay a little more — $100 for travelers from the US — if they plan to spend more than 24 hours in the first city they arrive in.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

JAL Offers Free Domestic Flights for Some Tourists

In this episode, I team up with amazing Italki teacher Camila to talk about idioms. We compare popular idioms in English and Spanish so that you can use them and sound like a native speaker!

Camila's profile: https://teach.italki.com/user/11031501 

I'd love to hear from you, so leave a comment if you enjoyed this episode :)

Learn English with Jessie

#1 Idioms in English and Spanish Part 1

Czech Easily: Slow & Easy

8. Sprostá slova

"En este episodio exploramos las teorías del profesor Stephen Krashen sobre la adquisición de idiomas. Descubre cómo su enfoque natural y sus cinco hipótesis pueden transformar la manera en que aprendes un nuevo idioma, haciéndolo un proceso más intuitivo, relajado y efectivo. ¡Perfecto para estudiantes y apasionados por el aprendizaje de lenguas!"

Dream on - Tus sueños, tu idioma, tu mundo

"Aprender Sin Estrés: El Enfoque Natural de Stephen Krashen"

In questo episodio parlo di com'è in genere la colazione in Italia, buono ascolto a tutti!!!!!

The Italian Miscellaneous Podcast🖐 

Cosa come e quanto mangiano gli italiani: La Colazione

Nordic countries are often said to be some of the happiest in the world — and they may be some of the most sustainable places to visit too.

If you're not sure what it means to travel sustainably, the Global Destination Sustainability (GDS) Index may be able to help.

Now in its ninth year, it ranks places across the world based on things like destination management and environmental performance.

One hundred destinations were included in the 2024 index, with Helsinki in first place.

More than 50% of the Finnish capital's electricity is renewable, more than 30% of its buses are electric, and 49% of its waste is recycled.

Helsinki has also set a goal of being carbon neutral by 2030, and there are lots of green spaces around the city — almost 10,000 hectares per 100,000 people, according to Condé Nast Traveler.

Helsinki has previously ranked well in the GDS index, coming in fourth place in 2023, although this is the first time it's taken the top spot.

"Being named the world's most sustainable travel destination is proof of the long-term work that has been done in Helsinki," Helsinki Mayor Juhana Vartiainen said.

The other cities in the GDS' top five for 2024 are also in Nordic countries, with Gothenburg in second place. The city, which is in the west of Sweden, ranked first in 2023.

Copenhagen, Denmark, ranked third, Norway's Bergen came in fourth, and another Danish city, Arthus, was in fifth place.

Most of the top 20 cities were in Europe, too, with the exception of Singapore in seventh place, Sydney, Australia, in 10th place, and Goyang, South Korea, in 16th place.


