English Time with Yves

Watch:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsWDm50DaKM A German man has started swimming to work after he got fed up with commuting . Benjamin David, 40, got tired of being stuck in traffic every day in the German city of Munich. He now beats the traffic by swimming 2km down the city's Isar River. He puts his laptop computer, mobile phone and his business suit in a waterproof bag that he drags behind him. Mr David got the idea by watching the river flow right past his apartment. He looked on a map and realized the river went past his office. He then decided to swim to work and get some exercise, instead of battling other commuters in buses and trains or breathing fumes from traffic while on a bicycle.  . Mr David told reporters that his river commute has changed his life. He is much fitter and less stressed. He spoke about the stress his commute used to cause him. He said: "I'm not a monk. When I was on my bike  I would yell at cars. When I was on foot, I would ye...

Mimi’s room smells of baby oil and is infused with a pink glow. There’s an industrial-sized roll of paper on the shelf that she uses to cover the bed and a couple of towels that do for all the clients – usually around five a day. The  fee for the massage goes direct to the boss; Mimi makes do with the tip for the follow-up service, depending on what she is asked to do. She’s terrified of catching something , she explains in sketchy Spanish as she hurries along the corridor in a black dress. Estefania took a month to cross Asia and Europe by car for a job in a sweatshop in Badalona Mimi works in one of Barcelona’s many Chinese ‘massage’ parlors where, according to the Catalan police, massage is synonymous with sex. Now numbering over 100, they are fast becoming an additional tourist attraction for the city. Mimi’s parlor is close to the busy Sants neighborhood and doubles as a hair and nail salon whose services are advertised in the window. Mimi’s not happy but she h...