*¿"Ponte las pilas"?  Who? Me? Listen to this fun expression and learn how to use it in this Podcast!

*"Get your batteries"?

Expresiones idiomáticas en español 

¡Ponte las pilas! 

Segunda entrega de este podcast sobre datos curiosos e interesantes de Colombia.

Curiosidades de Colombia

Hinamatsuri is a holiday in Japan on which we celebrate the girls in our lives. We put out ornamental dolls, and eat tasty candy and chirashizushi.  Listen in to learn more about unique Japanese holidays

Crazy Japanese Culture

[Hinamatsuri🎎🌸] Wishing Health and Happiness to All Girls in Japan

Today I’m going to talk about elephant at zoo. An article of News Paper said that the number of elephant at zoo has decreased for this two decades. There are only 25 elephants at Japanese zoo. What happens at zoo? And I’ll talk about my memories of zoo. Thank you!
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『ゾウがいなくなる？』 “Elephants at zoo will disappear in Japan”
動物園にはどんな動物がいるかな？と考えると、頭に浮かぶのは「ゾウ、ライオン、キリン、パンダ、ペンギン」などです。　世界中の珍しい動物たちが動物園にはいますよね。もともと日本にはいない動物を　動物園では見ることができます。ところが、先日　新聞に「アフリカゾウ消えゆく国内」という記事を見つけました。　その記事には、日本国内の動物園のゾウたちにも高齢化が進んでいる上に、オスが少ないためにゾウの赤ちゃんが生まれないと書かれていました。それで、この20年間に日本の動物園にいるゾウの数は半分にまで減って、今25頭しかいないそうです。　
ゾウと言えば、その長い鼻をホースのように使って水浴びをしたり、餌を口に運ぶ姿を思い浮かべるのではないでしょうか。大きな体で　のんびり動く姿を眺めていると癒される人もいると思います。そんな動物園のシンボル的存在のゾウがいなくなったら、寂しいですよね。　最近は動物園に行くこともほとんどありませんが、子どものころは学校から遠足や写生会でよく行きました。　私がよく行った動物園は神戸市にある王子動物園です。　小学校から写生会に行ったときのことを今でもよく覚えています。　何年生のときだったかは覚えていませんが、私はカバの絵を　水性絵の具で描きました。カバはあまり動かないので描きやすいと思ったのですが、水の中に入っている時間が長いので、実はカバを観察するのは難しかったです。そして、カバの色を絵の具で作るのも難しかったです。大きい画用紙から、はみ出るぐらい大きくカバの姿を描いた記憶があります。残念ながら、その時描いた絵は手元にありませんが、楽しい思い出が詰まった動物園。　桜が満開になるこの時期にまた足を運んでみたいと思います。


やさしい日本語（にほんご）

"Elephants at zoo will disappear in Japan" ゾウがいなくなる？

Today we are going to practice listening and comprehension, with an intonation for tales.

We will make a few Questions about the tale:
1)	¿Cómo era la primera casa del cerdito?
2)	¿Cuantos cerditos había en el cuento?
3)	¿Quién estaba soplando las casas de los cerditos?
4)	¿Cómo era la segunda casa de los cerditos?
5)	¿El tercer cerdito era perezoso?
6)	¿El primer cerdito era trabajador y precavido?
7)	¿De quien era la casa de madera?
8)	¿Quién cayó en la olla hirviendo?




Podcast Learn Spanish

A Short tale with questions: The three little pigs

Bem-vindos ao primeiro episódio do nosso podcast no qual nos apresentamos e falamos o que podem esperar para os nossos próximos episódios.

Praia e Dolce Vita

Bem-vindos ao Brasil!

Swedish furniture company IKEA has opened a new store.

There's nothing strange about that. But wait a minute — the new store is inside a video game. And it's paying real people to work there!

IKEA advertised for 10 positions in a virtual store it has opened in Roblox — and got more than 178,000 applications!

Roblox is a popular online gaming platform that lets users play games and create their own.

IKEA has created The Co-Worker Game on the platform. And it needed some employees.

At the start of June, IKEA began looking for people aged 18 and over in the UK and Ireland to work as paid members of staff at the in-game store.

It said staff would help customers, and would be able to get promoted and move departments, just like in real life.

The company said it wanted to show that it does things a little differently.

Wes Davis from technology website The Verge called it a "weird" but "harmless" idea.

He said he'd never heard of other companies paying people to work in a game, but added that US company Walmart has already created a game on Roblox.

IKEA said its employees would be paid a little over $16.50 per hour during their work-from-home shifts, which is about the same as the company's other workers get paid in the UK.

The store opened on June 24. It's not clear how long the workers will be employed for, although the company said the positions would be on a "limited contract."

It also said anyone who didn't get a job could still experience the virtual store and win in-game prizes.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

IKEA Pays People Real Money to Work in Video Game

Asking "What kind of person are you?" can reveal a lot about learning strategies and which way is best for you.

Teacher Joseph's Podcast

What  kind of person are you?

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