Accidents happen, let's find out how Herman Sherman dealt with one in this week's story.

Comprehension Questions:
- Where was the man injured?
- How serious was his injury?
- What was he doing when he was injured?
- What did Sherman say was the only problem? 
- What did he refuse?
- What happened to the employee?

Wyn's Way to English

Wyn's Way to English - Listening Practice "Man Injured at a fast food place"

一边yì biān……一边yì biān……
is used in front of verbs to indicate two actions taking place concurrently.
For example:
zán men yì biān sàn bù ， yì biān liáo tiānr 。 
咱们一边散步，一边聊天儿。
We walk and chat.

dà wèi yì biān kàn shū ， yì biān tīnɡ yīn yuè 。 
大卫一边看书，一边听音乐。
David is reading a book and listening to music.

wǒ men zuó tiān wǎn shɑnɡ yì biān chī fàn ， yì biān liàn xí shuō zhōnɡ wén 。 
我们昨天晚上一边吃饭，一边练习说中文。
We practiced speaking Chinese while having dinner last night.

JOJO CHINESE

一边…一边…

"Llevar las de perder", ¿cómo así?

Bueno te hablo aquí un poco de esta expresión que te va a hacer sonar mucho más natural...


Expresiones idiomáticas en español 

¿Estás perdiendo?

Have you ever hurt your neck while watching TV and wondered if it's been mounted too high? Well, you're not the only one. In fact, there are hundreds of thousands of people who discuss the subject on Reddit every day.

From breaking news to fandoms, and from memes to life's biggest questions, Reddit is a website that encourages people to discuss any subject that interests them.

The platform has over 100,000 communities, or "subreddits," that are created by users. And a subreddit about TV placement is in the top 1% of popular communities.

The community known as "TV Too High" is among the website's largest, with over 200,000 members. Here, photos of TVs in homes, hotels and other spaces are posted and often met with hundreds of comments discussing whether or not the TV has been placed at a good height.

One photo posted to the community in September 2024 showed a TV mounted above a door, with one user commenting, "Spiders on the ceiling fan have a great view."

Another photo showing a TV mounted above a staircase received over 500 comments, with one user saying, "This might be the worst one I've ever seen."

But is there a perfect height for a TV?

One user posted a guide based on advice from the subreddit. It included things like: "If when standing the TV is at eye level, IT IS TOO HIGH," and, "If the TV is angled down, IT IS TOO HIGH."

Another user posted a photo of a guide from a TV manufacturer. It said the best height for a TV when viewing while sitting down is 107 centimeters from the center of the TV screen to the floor — although some users said this was still too high!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Is Your TV Too High? Reddit Weighs In

LECTURA COMPRENSIVA.


ESTE CUENTO NOS HABLA DE: El Aprendiz y el Grimorio Perdido.



En una antigua torre, escondida entre las montañas, vivía un mago llamado Eldrin junto a su aprendiz, Kai. Un día, Eldrin le mostró a Kai un grimorio antiguo, un libro de hechizos lleno de misterios y secretos. El viejo mago advirtió a Kai sobre el gran poder que contenía el grimorio y los peligros de utilizarlo sin conocimiento.

Sin embargo, la curiosidad de Kai fue más fuerte. Una noche, mientras Eldrin dormía, Kai abrió el grimorio y pronunció un hechizo poderoso, desatando una gran tormenta mágica que hizo volar las páginas del libro por toda la torre.

Al día siguiente, Eldrin encontró la torre en completo desorden y el grimorio desaparecido. Kai, lleno de miedo, confesó lo que había hecho. A pesar de su enojo, Eldrin comprendió que su aprendiz había actuado por impulso. Juntos, buscaron las páginas perdidas por toda la torre y los alrededores, hasta que finalmente lograron reconstruir el grimorio.

Eldrin le explicó a Kai que la magia era un regalo poderoso, pero también una gran responsabilidad. Le enseñó que la verdadera magia no se encontraba en los hechizos más poderosos, sino en la sabiduría y la comprensión de las fuerzas que gobernaban el universo. Desde ese día, Kai se dedicó a estudiar con mayor ahínco, decidido a convertirse en un mago sabio y responsable.

Spanish Reading Comprehesion

The Apprentice and the Lost Grimoire

日本の鍋料理を紹介します。

にほんのなべりょうりをしょうかいます。

にほんごタイム🇯🇵Learn Japanese with Sayuri!

日本の鍋料理

(A)  Zum zehnten Mal wurde DIESER TAGE das Ergebnis einer Untersuchung zum Glücksgefühl vieler Nationen veröffentlicht. TROTZ großer Krisen in den vergangenen drei Jahren ist das Glücksempfinden in den meisten Bevölkerungen stabil geblieben. 

(B) Interessanterweise finden sich in den nordeuropäischen Ländern Finnland, Dänemark und Island die meisten GLÜCKLICHEN Leute: Diese Länder belegen die ersten drei Plätze des Weltglücksberichts. Deutschland hingegen findet man an 16. Stelle.  

(C) Die Forscher haben sechs Schlüsselfaktoren gefunden, an denen sich das nationale Glücksgefühl eines Landes festmachen lässt: Soziale Unterstützung, Einkommen, Gesundheit, Freiheit, Großzügigkeit und Abwesenheit von Korruption. Es wäre interessant zu erfahren, welche dieser Faktoren die Deutschen heutzutage vermissen, denn im Glücksbericht vom Jahr 2020 stand Deutschland noch auf Platz 7.

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Der Weltglücksbericht 2023

An urban design firm is hoping to create the "world's greenest highway" by covering a major road in Dubai with gardens, trees, walkways and solar panels.

The proposed 64-kilometer-long road, called the "Dubai Green Spine," would see the Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Road, one of Dubai's main highways, enhanced with over 1 million trees and enough solar panels to power 130,000 homes.

Dubai-based design firm URB says its road concept would help reduce carbon dioxide emissions by over 1 million metric tons per year, and help the city manage the needs of a population that's expected to grow from over 3 million today to nearly 8 million by 2040.

URB's design aims to reduce city heat and improve air quality while offering a safe, attractive and accessible route for commuting and leisure. Green spaces would be combined with walking and cycling paths, and electric tram lines would have solar panels built directly into the tracks.

Bus shelters and elevators would have rooftop solar panels, while garden-covered paths over the highway would make a walk from one side to the other easy and enjoyable.

URB CEO Baharash Bagherian says the concept is about "proving that our streets can do more than facilitate car traffic; they can significantly enhance quality of life."

He says the design takes a "human-centric approach" that prioritizes people and green spaces over cars.

However, it takes a lot of water to grow plants in Dubai. CNN notes that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) already consumes around 550 liters of water per person every day, compared to an average of 310 liters in the US and 144 liters in the European Union.

And most of the UAE's water isn't used for drinking — it's just needed to keep parts of the desert country green.

With this in mind, URB's design includes drought-resistant plants and special soil that helps retain water.

URB has also proposed designs for a 93-kilometer indoor cycling and walking "highway" called 

Dubai Firm Hopes to Make 'World's Greenest Highway'

IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 1 - Visitors.

Q. What would you suggest a visitor should see and do?
Q. Are there any traditional arts or music you would recommend?
Q. Tell me about the kind of foreign visitors or tourists who go to your country.
Q. In what ways has tourism changed your country?

Let me know which words were the most challenging and why?