What can you do in 5 minutes? You can:
-Grab a cup of tea 
-Sit back, relax & play an English podcast
-Practice your listening skills & vocab with a fun story
-Smile & get back to work :)

5-minute English Tea Time

"I JUST want to be fluent in English!" How many times have you said this to yourself, your friend or teacher? 
This podcast is for you! I'll be sharing answers & tips about fluency & how to reach it.

I Just Wanna Be Fluent in English!

おはようございます。のぞみの日記です。
昨日のポッドキャストで、一部誤りがございました。海上保安庁の飛行機と全日空の飛行機の衝突とお伝えしてしまいましたが、正しくは「海上保安庁の飛行機と日本(にほん)航空(こうくう)の飛行機の衝突」です。
この度は大変ご迷惑をおかけし申し訳ございませんでした。


お詫び（おわび）
訂正（ていせい）


「のぞみ」の日記

2024年お正月‗お詫びと訂正

Vidéo avec les sous-titres et les images ici: 
https://youtu.be/FmC5jQ3QBUQ?si=YoBhui7TXrd9ZNb1

French Stories For All

Les Heures de Travail en France

This episode introduces three idioms that use the word beans. Listen to the examples to hear how to use them. Please send me a message if you would like a copy of the audio script.

Idiom Corner

Beans

FLO TALKS 

NOTHING IS FREE IN THIS WORLD

The price of bitcoin hit more than $100,000 for the first time as the value of the cryptocurrency continues to soar following the election of Donald Trump.

This came just hours after the President-elect indicated he'd take a lighter regulatory approach to the crypto industry during his presidency.

It climbed from $69,374 on the day of Trump's election on November 5 and rose as high as $103,713 on December 4, according to CoinDesk.

Just two years ago, bitcoin dropped below $17,000 following the collapse of crypto exchange FTX.

However, experts aren't sure how long the value of bitcoin will remain high as cryptocurrency is highly volatile.

Some are hopeful of future gains, but others continue to warn of investment risks.

Trump, who was once a crypto skeptic, has said he wants to make the US "the crypto capital of the planet." His campaign accepted donations in cryptocurrency and he has also launched World Liberty Financial, a new project with family members to trade cryptocurrencies.

Many in the crypto industry have welcomed Trump's victory, hoping that he'll be able to push through changes that they've long lobbied for — which, generally speaking, aim for an increased sense of legitimacy without too much red tape.

Trump has already made a move in that direction, saying he intends to nominate cryptocurrency advocate Paul Atkins to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Under current chair Gary Gensler, the SEC has cracked down on the crypto industry, penalizing a number of companies for breaking securities laws.

But what is cryptocurrency, really?

In basic terms, cryptocurrency is digital money. It is designed to work through an online network without a central authority — meaning it's typically not backed by any government or banking institution — and transactions get recorded with technology called a blockchain.



Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Price of Bitcoin Soars, Boosted by Election of Trump

En este episodio aprenderas alguno trucos para llevar tu nivel intermedio a un nivel avanzado de español. 

¡AHORA ESCUCHANDO ANDO ESTÁ DISPONIBLE EN SPOTIFY!

Spanish Shortcut

EP 22. ¿CÓMO SUPERAR LA BARRERA DE NIVEL INTERMEDIO?

En este episodio aprenderas diferentes usos de 8 preposiciones muy usadas en español con algunos ejemplos

EP 14. PREPOSICIONES AVANZADAS

Fewer young people in the US are vaping this year than at any point in the last decade, government officials have reported.

The latest survey numbers show the teen vaping rate fell to under 6% this year, down from 7.7% in 2023. More than 1.6 million students aged between 11 and 18 reported vaping in the previous month — about one-third the number in 2019, when underage vaping peaked.

Brian King from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said the decline was good news but added: "There's clearly more work to do to further reduce youth use."

It is illegal for a retailer to sell any tobacco product to anyone aged under 21.

King and other officials noted that the drop in vaping hasn't led to an increase in the use of other tobacco industry products, such as nicotine pouches.

Sales of small, flavored pouches like Zyn have increased among adults. The pouches come in flavors like mint and cinnamon and slowly release nicotine when placed behind the lips. This year's US survey shows 1.8% of teens are using them, which is about the same percentage as last year.

The survey involved more than 29,000 students, who completed an online questionnaire in the spring.

Officials from the FDA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention attributed the big drop in vaping to recent age restrictions and more aggressive enforcement against retailers and manufacturers, including Chinese vaping companies who have sold their e-cigarettes illegally in the US for years.

Use of the most popular e-cigarette among teens, Elf Bar, fell 36% in the wake of FDA warning letters to stores and distributors selling the brightly colored vapes, which come in flavors like watermelon ice and peach mango.

Nearly 90% of the students who vape used flavored products, with fruit flavors the most popular.

In 2020, FDA regulators banned fruit and candy flavors from reusable e-cigarettes like Juul. 