This episodes will discuss various aspects fo the business world or teach specific business Englihs vocabulary, phrases or constructions - great for casual or active listening.

Business English Podcast

This podcast is about geography, travel and nature. In it, I discuss various topics about countries, interesting places and fun facts. It is a listening podcast for intermediate level.

English on the Road 

En esta lectura te hablo sobre vocabulario de rutina diaria en un parque... Espero que guste!!
Puedes escribirme si deseas tener la lectura escrita.

Lecturas Cortas en Español/ Short readings in Spanish

El Parque

La historia de hoy te ayudará a practicar el vocabulario sobre pasatiempos y el verbo gustar. 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NkPXN1IxIhtqwk5QWlLTL2LccRkPiMIA/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=109667282563484602902&rtpof=true&sd=true

Inspirando a principiantes: Audios para nivel A2

Amistad y Pasatiempos (con transcripción)

14 Listening tips for your IELTS exam

    Attempt all questions – there are no penalties for incorrect answers.
    Watch out for plurals in answers. If the question requires a plural answer, a singular answer is incorrect.
    Answers appear in the order they are heard in the audio. They come quickly or with large gaps between them.
    Prepare to hear a potential answer that is not the actual answer. This is common when two people are making plans. They first agree on meeting at a certain time, but then one remembers that they cannot so they decide on a new time.
    Take care when you transfer your answers and pay attention to the word limit for your answers on your answer sheet!
    Multiple-choice answers will ask for a letter (a, b, c, d). Write the letter and not the corresponding answer.
    When asked to complete a sentence using no more than two words, and the correct answer is “leather coat,” then “a coat made of leather” is incorrect. Same goes for numbers.
    Hyphenated words (like “part-time”) are considered as one word.

    Focus on what the speaker is saying not how they say it.
    Don’t take notes in complete sentences – jot down the key points and abbreviate. You only need to write down enough to help your memory later.
    Get the habit of distinguishing between essential and non-essential information. If two people are talking about making plans for a dinner date, the important information is the date/time they finally agree upon. Other dates/times they considered become irrelevant.
    Try to guess what the speaker is going to say. Speakers, will often drop clue words or outline what they will to talk about beforehand. This gives you the ability to start your own outline to then fill in.
    Listen to the audio while reading the audio script. This will help you get a sense of how questions are spaced out, as well as learning some useful common expressions that are frequently used in listening tests.

IELTS Insights📚📝

14 Listening tips for your IELTS exam

Easy Steps to Chinese Grammar⭐

Driven crazy by the usage of "起来 (qǐ lái)"? Why it can be used even when there is no "upward movement"? 😵
This episode might be helpful to you!



Easy Steps to Chinese Grammar 

12. Direction complement "起来 (qǐ lái)" 【B1】

In this episode, Karen and Baiwei chatted about some interesting concepts and practices in traditional Chinese medicine.

TED-Ed video about Yin and Yang:
https://youtu.be/ezmR9Attpyc


Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

Fire In The Body? Amazing Traditional Chinese Medicine Theories 神奇的中医理论

👻 Diálogo: Atrapados en una Casa Embrujada 🕯️

Marcos: Sofía… dime que solo es mi imaginación, pero… ¿escuchaste eso?

Sofía: ¡Shhh! Sí… se escuchó como un susurro.

Marcos: ¡Te dije que no debíamos entrar a esta casa!

Sofía: ¡Pero dijiste que no creías en fantasmas!

Marcos: ¡Bueno, ahora no estoy tan seguro!

Sofía: Tranquilo… seguramente es el viento… o un animal.

Marcos: ¿El viento? ¡Sofía, estamos dentro y todas las ventanas están cerradas!

Sofía: Ok… sí, tienes razón. Tal vez fue… ¡AHHH!

Marcos: ¡¿Qué pasó?! ¡¿Qué viste?!

Sofía: La puerta… se cerró sola.

Marcos: ¡No puede ser! ¿Y si intentamos abrirla?

Sofía: ¡No se mueve! ¡Está bloqueada!

Marcos: Genial… estamos atrapados en una casa embrujada.

Sofía: Espera… ¿viste esa sombra moverse por el pasillo?

Marcos: ¡No quiero mirar!

Sofía: Tenemos que salir de aquí. Busquemos otra salida.

Marcos: Ok, pero si un fantasma me toca, te juro que te dejo aquí.

Sofía: ¡Jajaja! No me hagas reír ahora… ¡Corramos!

Learn Spanish Conversation

Learn Spanish conversation part 62

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

Questa è la seconda parte dal mio viaggio sulla West Coast Americana, il Big Sur. Faccio una descrizione del paesaggio, parlo di alcune delle caratteristiche di questa zona e anche dei posti piú conosciuti da vedere, dove ci si puó fermare e anche mangiare. Tempi verbali: passato prossimo, passato remoto, presente.