On my podcasts I read articles from online-media in Russian on various topics: culture, psychology, food... Each episode has a link to the full text, so that you can read and listen at the same time. 

Listen and read

Junto con Martin, profe de Español de México (https://www.italki.com/teacher/5211013) relatamos en un episodio corto y divertido anécdotas de viajes. ¡Situaciones que vivimos estando lejos de casa! Llevate vocabulario nuevo y REPASÁ LOS TIEMPOS PASADOS/PRETÉRITOS escuchándonos.

Dale Play al Español

Anécdotas de viaje.

I want to share a tip that’s all about harnessing the power of your mind—becoming the Jedi master of your language learning journey. Imagine having the mental strength and awareness to steer your learning exactly where you want it to go. Sounds empowering, right? Let’s dive into this together.

111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 37 – Be the Jedi of Your Learning Journey by Mastering your Mind

In August 1995 Britain's two biggest bands battled for the number one position. Discover what happened, how the battle divided the nation, and why the story is about much more than just music.

English Learning for Curious Minds

Oasis vs. Blur

From fast-food counters to Michelin-starred restaurants, the hamburger is much loved in the Western diet, but where did it come from?

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a hamburger as both "ground beef" and "a sandwich consisting of a patty of hamburger" on a bun. Although these might be the simplest forms of a hamburger, the sandwich is often eaten with other things added, such as lettuce, cheese, sauces and even other meats.

But this popular food didn't start out with all the extras. In fact, it's thought that one of the earliest forms of the hamburger was closer to a steak tartare — raw minced steak mixed with egg.

While a recipe from the Roman Empire suggests the earliest version of this meal, some believe that it came from Mongolian horsemen, who would place beef under their saddles while riding, so that by the end of the day it was tender enough to eat raw.

However, others say these riders placed meat under their saddles only to help heal their horses' sores, and any meat prepared this way would be too dirty to be edible.

A later version is thought to have come from the German city of Hamburg, where chefs around the 17th or 18th century cooked minced beef with onions and breadcrumbs. This came to be known in English as the "Hamburg steak," and made its way to the US during the 19th century, where it was later called the "hamburger."

Although it isn't known who first thought to put this minced meat on bread, adding a bun made the hamburger popular as a sandwich in the US. The first fast-food hamburger chain — named White Castle — was opened in 1921, and still sells its famous square-shaped hamburgers to this day.

Now, hamburgers can be found worldwide thanks to popular American fast-food restaurants such as McDonald's, Burger King and Wendy's. In 2012, PBS reported that an estimated 50 billion hamburgers are eaten in the US alone every year.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

From Rome to Rochester: The History of the Hamburger

Find out what animals produce the loudest, longest, and the farthest reaching sound in the animal kingdom

Did you know?

Loudest, longest and farthest reaching sound in the animal kingdom

Spanish México

GUADALAJARA, MÉXICO.

If you have a bad experience at a restaurant or hotel, what do you do? Do you tell the staff? Do you ask them to apologize — maybe even ask them to give you something for free?

Or do you maybe just say nothing, go online, and write a bad review about the place? Then others might see your review, and decide to go somewhere else.

If you're in Italy, however, soon you may not be able to leave a bad review without being able to prove that you had a bad experience.

In a new law being proposed by the country's government, review websites like TripAdvisor will need to make sure that the people leaving reviews have actually visited the places they're reviewing.

The law, which would be the first of its kind in Europe, would require reviewers to be verified with an ID, and show proof that they had been to the place not more than two weeks before their review.

It's already against the law to leave fake reviews in Italy, but it's not always easy to know which reviews are fake. This law would make sure that the reviewer has, at least, visited the place.

The law would also let businesses ask for bad reviews to be removed after two years if they can show that the problem mentioned in the review has been fixed.

The idea is to protect businesses and make sure reviews are honest — which also means people like influencers won't be able to be paid to leave positive reviews.

In fact, many people who agree with the law believe it should extend to all social media, not just review websites, because with so many influencers being paid by companies online, it's not always easy to know which reviews are honest.

Leaving a Review in Italy? You May Need to Prove It's True

こんにちは！
Japanese daily life podcast のAtsushiです。
このPodcastは、日本語を勉強しているみなさんに向けたPodcastです。

今日もN3の漢字をやります！
収、をやります！　

音読み　しゅう
訓読み　おさーめる、おさーまる

意味は、おさめる、あつめる、とかそんな感じですね。

例えば、

・収集ーしゅうしゅう　あつめること

・収入ーしゅうにゅう　自分に入るお金や物

・回収ーかいしゅう　一度はなれたものをあつめること

・徴収ーちょうしゅう　ルールにそって、税や手数料を取ること

・収束ーしゅうそく　ある状態に落ち着く

こんな感じですね。
これを使って例文を作っていきましょう！

・彼はいろんな国の紙幣を収集するのが好きです

・収入が安定しないので、ドネーションでサポートをお願いします

・週に2回、ゴミの回収があります

・ではお伝えした通り、1人¥3,000を徴収させていただきます

・彼女とのいざこざは、ようやく収束に向かっている。



こんな感じです。



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