Learn ESL idioms, phrasal verbs and more with this short story about Benny, who is desperate to start his career in organised crime!

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Benny Joins The Mafia

जयपुर शहर भारत संघ के सबसे बड़े राज्य राजस्थान की राजधानी है। जयपुर राजस्थान का सबसे बडा शहर है। जयपुर को पिंक सिटी अथवा गुलाबी नगरी भी कहते है, इसको सबसे पहले स्टैनली रीड ने पिंक सिटी बोला था । जयपुर की स्थापना आमेर के महाराजा सवाई जयसिंह ने की थी। यूनेस्को द्वारा जुलाई 2019 में जयपुर को वर्ल्ड हेरिटेज सिटी का दर्जा दिया गया है जयपुर अपनी समृद्ध भवन निर्माण-परंपरा, सरस-संस्कृति और ऐतिहासिक महत्व के लिए प्रसिद्ध है। यह शहर तीन ओर से अरावली पर्वतमाला से घिरा हुआ है। जयपुर शहर की पहचान यहाँ के महलों और पुराने घरों में लगे गुलाबी धौलपुरी पत्थरों से होती है जो यहाँ के स्थापत्य की खूबी है। १८७६ में तत्कालीन महाराज सवाई रामसिंह ने इंग्लैंड की महारानी एलिज़ाबेथ प्रिंस ऑफ वेल्स युवराज अल्बर्ट के स्वागत में पूरे शहर को गुलाबी रंग से सजा दिया था। तभी से शहर का नाम गुलाबी नगरी पड़ा है। राजा जयसिंह द्वितीय के नाम पर ही इस शहर का नाम जयपुर पड़ा। जयपुर भारत के टूरिस्ट सर्किट गोल्डन ट्रायंगल का हिस्सा भी है। इस गोल्डन ट्रायंगल में दिल्ली, आगरा और जयपुर आते हैं भारत के मानचित्र में उनकी स्थिति अर्थात लोकेशन को देखने पर यह एक त्रिभुज का आकार लेते हैं। इस कारण इन्हें भारत का स्वर्णिम त्रिभुज इंडियन गोल्डन ट्रायंगल कहते हैं। 
आज के एपिसोड के हमारे तीन सवाल 
1 जयपुर को सर्वप्रथम पिंक सिटी किसने कहा ? 
2 पूरे जयपुर को गुलाबी रंग में कब रंगवाया गया ?
3 गोल्डन ट्रायंगल में भारत के कौन से तीन शहर हैं?
Jaipur is the capital of India’s Rajasthan state. It evokes the royal family that once ruled the region and that, in 1727, founded what is now called the Old City, or “Pink City” for its trademark building color. At the center of its stately street grid (notable in India) stands the opulent, colonnaded City Palace complex. With gardens, courtyards and museums, part of it is still a royal residence.
Our three questions for today's episode
1 Who first called Jaipur as the Pink City?
2 When was the whole of Jaipur painted pink?
3 Which three Indian cities are in the Golden Triangle?

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Jaipur is also called Pink City l Jaipur is the capital of India’s Rajasthan state

Czech Easily: Slow & Easy

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We all have colleagues who like to speak their minds. Perhaps we could even call these people aggressive or harsh. However, there are definitely other pieces of vocabulary we could use here. Today we're looking at the word "direct", "to speak one's mind", and "to sugar coat" something.

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This is terrible work. I can't believe you did this!

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Español coloquial

Mi compañera de piso no da un palo al agua

In questo podcast parlo di una cosa che é molto importante per la cultura italiana, la colazione al bar, per quelli che stanno imparando questa lingua può essere molto utile e interessante.

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Colazione all'italiana

To be a successful leader, marketer, salesperson, or even job candidate, you need to be able to tell business stories well. Leaders tell stories to inspire their employees and to help them see what’s possible or to teach them something. They also tell investors, donors, board members, and others impact stories that reassure them their time and money are working. 

Business stories hold so much potential that I think they should be told every single day in workplace interactions! 

Even if you don’t identify as a storyteller, you will be prompted to tell stories at times in your career. But most people are not natural-born storytellers. It’s a skill that takes training and practice. 

Tune into the latest Express to Impress Podcast episode to business storytelling techniques. With a little practice, you’ll be a great storyteller in no time! 

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Episode originally published January 6, 2022.

Original theme music by Lucas Knutter 

Read the transcript at https://www.express-to-impress.com/business-storytelling/

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Connect and Persuade Through Business Storytelling

The Nordic countries of Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden are regularly top scorers in world happiness rankings. These countries have placed in the top 10 of the World Happiness Report (WHR) every year since 2013 — so what's their secret?

These five countries score well in all six of the things considered in the WHR: GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom, generosity and corruption.

But the WHR has noted that there might be another thing these countries have more of than others — trust.

Trust is very important, says WHR editor John F. Helliwell, a former professor at the University of British Columbia. And he developed a study to test how community trust is linked to better well-being.

In Helliwell's study, he looked at how likely people thought it would be for a lost wallet to be returned to them, and he compared this to their life satisfaction score from zero to 10.

He found that those who expected their wallet to be returned had a higher life satisfaction score.

"We find people are much, much happier if they feel they're in an environment where people are going to watch their back," Helliwell told Euro News.

In a 2023 experiment by Reader's Digest, wallets were actually left for people to find in cities around the world. And where was a lost wallet most likely to be returned? In Helsinki, the capital of Finland.

The WHR has noted that a high level of trust may be among the things that explain Nordic happiness.

However, as Forbes has suggested, it may not be so much about big-smile "happiness" as quieter "contentment."

Rather than always trying for something better, people in Scandinavian countries are more often content with what they have. As a result, few of them will say they are unhappy — which helps these countries do well in world happiness rankings.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

What's the Secret to Nordic Countries' Happiness?

In this episode we will talk about 【Mid-Autumn Festival】, you will learn how to say 【reunion,look forward to】 ect. The material helps you get used to different voice and accent. 
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It is recommended that you study in the following ways:
Step 1: Gist listening. Listen to get the main idea. (more times if necessary)
Step 2: Read the text to find out words you didn't get, then look up the dictionary. 
Step 3: Listen and imitate as much as you can without looking at the text.
Step 4: Write down what you hear if you want to practise writing.
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大家好，我是Yuli。欢迎收听我的播客。
今天是9月29号，农历八月十五号中秋节。今年中秋节和国庆节离得很近，所以今天开始全国放8天假。因为出行的人很多，塞车很严重。即使要花十几个小时甚至更长的时间才能回到家，还是有千千万万的人选择回家过中秋节。为什么中秋节对中国人来说这么重要呢？
中秋节对于中国人来说，最大的意义就是团圆。从唐朝开始，人们就把天上的月圆和人间的团圆联系在一起了。离家在外的人举头望月，思念的是故乡和亲友。中国人重视亲情，阖家团圆便是最好的期盼。每逢中秋来临，中国960万平方公里的大地上，便有无数人奔走起来。他们有个共同的目标，回家。
回家路千千万万，有的回家路横穿中国，从上海到喀什，跨越三个时区，行程一万里。有的回家路沿着城市和乡村，用草原河流呼唤漂泊的游子。有的回家路随大海延伸，中国3.2万公里的海岸线，是对出海人平安回家的等待。有的回家路则是从四面八方，天南海北聚在一起，把他乡变成故乡。
虽然今天人们可以隔着屏幕相连，但与家人的相见，永远是心灵深处的渴望。同一屋檐下共赏明月，幸福平淡也绵长。
月亮，为什么大家都喜欢你？这个中秋，你回家了吗？中秋节快乐。让我们回家追月吧。
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团圆/tuán yuán/have a reunion
唐朝/táng cháo/Tang dynasty (618-907)
举头望月/jǔ tóu wàng yuè/looking up at the moon
思念/sī niàn/miss
阖家团圆/hé jiā tuán yuán/reunion of the whole family
期盼/qī pàn/look forward to
每逢······来临/měi féng ··· lái lín/whenever ···comes
平方公里/píng fāng gōng lǐ/square kilometers
奔走/bēn zǒu/travel around
喀什/kā shí/a city in Xinjiang
跨越/kuà yuè/go across
呼唤/hū huàn/calling
漂泊的游子/piāo bó de yóu zǐ/wanderer/people who lives far away from home
延伸/yán shēn/extend
海岸线/hǎi àn xiàn/coastline
四面八方/sì miàn bā fāng/in all directions
天南海北/tiān nán hǎi běi/south of the sky and north of the sea/far apart
屋檐/wū yán/eaves
绵长/mián cháng/lingering