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In this episode you will listen to story of Coca cola and how it became famous! 
The key vocabulary : recognizable , syrup, shape, advertised , distinctive , licence , a handful of people, source, object , soldiers ! Enjoy:)

Kate´s speaking :)

The story of Coca cola bottle

A gaucho's horse constituted most of what he owned in the world. This podcast is about Gauchos' horses, their partners in life and adventures.

Culture and Heritage of Latin America

Gauchos and Their Horses

En este capitulo analizamos el tema de los problemas. ¿haz planeado algo y resulto ser algo diferente?

Spanish Made Easy

El Alivio del Sufrimiento

'Pull' is a very diverse verb in English and there are many idioms that contain that verb. Be sure to listen to my podcast episode to hear them out. :)

All About English and How You Learn It!

Idiomatic Expressions with 'Pull'

Host: Welcome back to the podcast everyone. Now we’re moving on to the part of the show that we call ‘Explain yourself!’. This is where our guests talk about a topic and say what they think and why. Listeners, you can tell us who was the most convincing. So we’ve got Jake with us, Jake is from New York in the United States. Then we’ve got Andrew who’s from York in the UK.

Andrew: The original York before the Americans made a worse one.

Jake: No one knows where York is, or cares.

Host: Whoa! We’ve started already. Don’t worry, Jake, Andrew’s just trying to provoke you. This could be an interesting discussion! And today’s topic is Food and Drink. Which is better: American or British?

Jake: Well, this is going to be a short discussion. It’s American food and drink. It’s definitely the most well-known food around the world. What’s the next topic?

Andrew: Just because American food is the most well-known, which it is, it doesn’t mean it’s good. I think most of it is really unhealthy. Yes, he’s definitely an American male. Do all of you just sit watching games on TV that no other countries are interested in, drinking ice cold beer-flavored water and shouting (Mimics) ‘We’re the best at everything! USA!’

Jake: Oh you’re talking to me about beer? Good luck with tempting people to come to your barbecue on a hot day with a nice glass of warm beer. Not that you have barbecues because it’s always raining. You just sit inside with your warm beer and your fish and chips feeling sad.

Andrew: (laughs) I’m not going to apologize for enjoying beer that is slightly warmer than ice. There are things that are more important than how cold it is, you know? Like, oh I don't know - taste?

Host: Beer wars! Are we going to be able to resolve this difference at all, gentlemen?

Andrew: Obviously I’m a little more favorable toward British beer, but Jake has a point about the weather. It doesn’t actually rain all the time, but it’s not usually as hot as it gets in most places in the US. 

English Conversation/Dialogue

Discussion Opinions 

In the first Just Chatting podcast, we discuss the heatwave and coping with the summer heat.

How do you cope with working during a heatwave?
What do you do to stay cool during the summer?

Just Chatting

Just Chatting Episode 1 | Heatwaves

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Jaké počasí máš rád/a ty?
🌱 - tyto epizody jsou pomalé a srozumitelné (for beginners A1)

Pocket Czech

5. 🌱 Počasí 

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