Newbie | Don't Drink the Water

It's checkout time, also known as "check the room for consumption of overpriced snacks and beverages or theft of towels time." In this lesson, learn how to tell the hotel you're checking out, and the Chinese you're going to hear when they bust you. Episode link: https://www.chine ...  Show more

In this lesson, Joe and Lyn will show you how to fight for the right to use your bathroom by annoying the person that’s using it. After watching this, I’m sure nobody will ever come between you and the toilet in the future! Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/4329 

We drink millions of bottles of water every year. However, in some countries, including mine the UK, our tap water is perfectly safe! We don’t really need to buy bottled water! There are environmental, financial, and health costs connected to bottled water. Should bottled water b ...  Show more

In this conversation, we start with a fun look at Spanish grammar: why agua takes the article el but still requires feminine agreement, and how this rule applies to words like águila, hacha, and hambre. From there, we shift into something every trave ...

Did you know that the water you drink every day could have a surprising impact on your brain health? Or that something as simple as boiling water might help remove harmful microplastics? Welcome to Adept English, the podcast where we explore fascinating real-world stories while h ...  Show more

Water is essential for our health, but the quality of our tap water may not be as pure as we think. You may have heard the recent buzz about PFAS being detected in water supplies both here in Australia and around the world. In today's episode, we provide crucial context to thi ...