Did you know? Here’s an interesting fact about lobsters.

Did you know?

Lobster

Host: Welcome back to the podcast everyone. I’m joined today by Naseem, an IT consultant from 
Delhi and Deepa, an HR consultant from Bangore. Today we’ll be discussing the increase in the number of people moonlighting and what the future holds for companies and workers. So, Deepa, I’ll ask you first: What has created this problem?

Deepa: Well, as with many places around the world, during the pandemic, there was a big increase in the number of people working from home and also economic instability. So, at the same time, we had more people working without any supervision and people were more worried about being able to make a living. So, the increase in online moonlighting was a consequence of that situation really.

Naseem: That’s certainly what happened to me. At the time, you read about all of these companies that were *laying off * their staff and there wasn’t much you could do about it if it happened to you. So suddenly working for just one company seemed like a bad idea. I have a family to feed: three boys and a girl. I felt a lot of insecurity and was terrified of losing money, or maybe even worse, my house. So, I took two jobs.

Host: What effect did that have on you and your family?

Naseem: It gave us some comfort, financially, as I started making more money than I had before the pandemic. But I was also working very long hours each day. I saw the children every day of course, but I couldn’t spend any real time with them as I had to work from almost as soon as I got up, until late in the evening. My wife was working as well, so it was quite hard to manage everything. When the crisis was averted, we had gotten used to having the extra money, so although I cut back on my hours in both jobs, I still continued to work at both.

Host: Do you see anything wrong with doing what you are doing?

Naseem: Not at all. I’m a professional and I work hard at both jobs. My main job is in IT as you mentioned, but my second is in design. 




English Conversation/Dialogue

MOONLIGHTING 

Comida de las ánimas. 
La profe yucateca Mercy Santiago me cuenta cómo se celebra el Hanal Pixán en su estado natal.

Mercy:
https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/8356156

Mucho que decir

Hanal Pixán

A Chinese company claims it has built an electric vehicle battery that charges faster than any other.

The company, called Zeekr, says the battery can be charged from 10% to 80% in just 10 minutes and 30 seconds — but only when the car is plugged into one of the company's super-fast charging stations.

It calls this a new charging speed record, although it can be hard to compare the charging speeds of different vehicles because some charging stations do not work as fast as others.

But, for example, Tesla's Model 3 can be charged to about half its range in 15 minutes.

A number of other EVs can boost their range by almost 200 kilometers with a 10-minute charge.

But Zeekr says that in 10-and-a-half minutes its new battery could be charged enough to boost a vehicle's range by about 500 kilometers.

The first of its cars to include the new battery is the 2025 Zeekr 007, which is on sale in China now.

Zeekr says it has already opened more than 500 of its super-fast charging stations in China, and plans to have 10,000 in 2026.

Chinese companies have been busy making EVs, offering customers a large amount of choice — something that people in some other countries, like the US, have been frustrated by.

As well as operating in China, Zeekr began selling its vehicles in the Netherlands and Sweden last year.

It plans to begin operating in Singapore by the end of 2024, and to open showrooms in Japan and South Korea in 2025.




Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Chinese Company Sells 'Fastest-Charging' EV Battery

Vous avez prévu de passer par les plages du débarquement pendant les vacances ? Arrêtez vous quelques minutes pour entrer dans l'Histoire. 



Douce France

Le débarquement de Normandie

Coge un papel y un bolígrafo. Escucha el audio y escribe las frases con verbos simples y las horas correctamente. ¿Puedes entender estos verbos y las horas?

A1.1. Español básico para principantes. 

Clase 5. Frases simples con la hora 2.

在这集播客里， Karen和柏威聊了中国传统哲学和宗教的Trivia，比如：孔子是哪里人？阴阳是哪个宗教的概念？等等。一起来看看吧！



Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

孔子是哪里人？中国传统哲学和宗教 Traditional Chinese Philosophy And Religion

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kVEVE2PUKZGktaxoiiJ2sbTjMBvpIUNx/view?usp=drivesdk

Teacher Joseph's Podcast

From Pillar to Post (with transcript)

A commentary of the  "Sma Shot Day" parade in Paisley, South West Scotland.