23 - What impresses you the most?
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Release Date: 04/01/2021
What are some experiences you've had regarding the awful 9/11 attacks?
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Personal Stories About New York City
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Original on Quora.com I was standing outside an art supply store on central park, south side. Looking in the window at all the canvases and paint brushes. Wondering whether I should start painting. Gradually, I became aware that someone was standing next to me. A bit too close. I looked at her, a classy looking older lady. Maybe in her sixties or early seventies. She smiled broadly at me and said, you look nice. For a long time. I didn't know what to say. And then I stammered. Thanks. She said, would you like to come to my apartment for dinner? For the next five or six...
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Vocabulary that you like better in your target language than in your own language
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This episode is related to the following Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/languagelearning/comments/15by64n/are_there_any_words_or_phrases_that_you_like/
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Twittersode 1 Convincingly Awful Advice for Language Learners
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Kevin Abroad asked this: Share bad language learning advice but make it convincing.
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Who is Jimmy Carter? (39th U.S.President)
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Jimmy Carter to begin receiving home hospice care. But who is Jimmy Carter? Listen to a brief summary in this podcast.
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ChatGPT: Chatbot interviews an English learner - AI Artificial Intelligence in action
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Summary: In this interview episode, the host of the language learning podcast , Daniel Goodson, is interviewed by an AI called Peter about his English learning journey. Daniel shares that he has been learning English passively for many years through activities such as reading books and listening to podcasts in English. He also started his own podcast, My Fluent Podcast, to practice speaking with native speakers and improve his skills. Daniel shares that immersing himself in the language and speaking with others, whether native or non-native speakers, has helped him a lot in his learning...
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37 Why do people read novels?
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Why do people read novels? Transcript: We read novels because we want to live, even vicariously, in a world with meaning. Too many senseless events happen in the real world: children die of starvation at the very gates of the wealthy, innocent and admirable people perish in natural disasters, wars that destroy young lives and entire countries are waged for the pettiest of reasons. A novelist, whether realistic or fantastic, extrapolates meaning onto his or her envisioned world. Sometimes the good guy wins. The sick child recovers. The impoverished orphan has a secret fortune. Even when the...
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36 I love my wife but she cannot cook. What should I do?
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Never mind if she can’t cook. If she loves you and you love her, that is enough to lead a happy married life. Cooking is not rocket science. Both of you can learn it together. By the way my wife married me in spite of my inability to cook. I married her in spite of her inability to drive. We are a happily married couple. She cooks for me and I drive her around. Don’t let these minor difficulties come in your way. Here is a of us that I haven’t shared before. Vocab: rocket science (something very difficult to understand) Original article on Quoa.com:
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35 What screams "I have a low IQ"?
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Quora.com (Whis is not an official Quora Podcast) Difficult words: ambiguity (he presence of two or more possible meanings in a single passage.) cliches (Formally, a cliché is “a trite, stereotyped expression; a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or common thought or idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse, as sadder but wiser, or strong as an ox.” It can also be defined as “anything that has become trite commonplace through overuse.) monosyllabic (having only one syllable) perception (opinion, perception,...
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34 Is it rude to flake on someone? Why do people do it?
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Is it rude to flake on someone? Why do people do it? Transcript: Original post on Quora.com Other examples with the expression "to flake on someone": The one time I actually depend on you, and you flake on picking me up from the airport. Marge, don't flake out on me. Don't you flake on me!
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What impresses you the most?
Vasudey's answer:
As I reached office yesterday, I realized that I have forgotten my wallet.
After I reached back in the evening, I saw the wallet on bed and took a sigh of relief. I saw the biscuit packet and realized that the Hide n Seek biscuit packet on my bed which I had opened previous night had only 2 biscuits left in it whereas I remembered that it had around 8–10 biscuits left when I left in the morning. Nearby the packet was my wallet which had around 20000 rupees in it as I had to pay some bills. I immediately checked my wallet and all the money was there in it.
Next morning when our maid came to cook, she said, “Bhaiya, I was hungry yesterday, so I ate some biscuits while cleaning the room. Your wallet was in the hall so I also kept it in the room.”
I smiled at her and brought another packet of biscuits from the room and offered her. She was happy and so was I to witness her honesty.
She could had easily misplaced 20000 rupees or the whole wallet and I wouldn’t even know, but she chose trust over money.
I live with my flatmates in a 3 bhk flat. All 3 of us go to work leaving the key with the guard. Sometimes, she comes while we are not at home, does her work and leaves. 3rd of every month if she doesn’t receives her salary, she asks us for the same.
Our maid (didi) is a young lady in mid 20s. She works in around 7 houses a day as she is the only bread earner in her family. Never do we ask her to cook a certain dish. She brings vegetables by herself, grocery by herself and prepares the delicious food. Never do we ask her to clean our rooms. She cleans the rooms, washrooms, balconies, everything by herself.
What really impresses me?
Her way of doing her work with all the heart, her honesty and the hardwork she puts in.
इज़्ज़त से कमाई बासी रोटी खाने का सुकून बेयिमानी से कमाई ५ स्टार होटेल से सौ गुना ज़्यादा है।
Hard and honest earned stale bread is 100 times more soothing than a 5 star meal earned by dishonesty.
In a world where being dishonest to climb up the ladder is an easier option, there are people who are happy moving slowly and steadily with all their hardships and a bag of honesty.
Vocabulary:
sigh of relief
hardships
climb up the ladder