The importance of using connectives when talking 

Connectives as the oil to a good speech 

班门弄斧即在鲁班门前卖弄使用斧子的技术。也就是说，想在大行家面前显示自己的本领，这种太不谦虚的可笑行为，就叫做“鲁班门前弄大斧”，简称“班门弄斧”。这和俗语所说的“关公面前耍大刀”的意思差不多。

中华成语典故

中华成语典故--班门弄斧

Hola. ¿Qué tal si hablamos de los animales más populares de Costa Rica?
Lee el texto aquí: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RkMj3iDPdTv5vFk375wC_NoY6oTWgy8tCIyhIhWag7Q/edit?usp=sharing


Natural Spanish Fluency

Animales de Costa Rica

Enjoy in this short story called SMELOST, or in English COURAGE, that tells us about two seeds and their attitude towards life! After listening to this beautiful story, try to solve the quizzes.
Срећно учење! / Srećno učenje!


SERBIAN TO GO

Смелост – Smelost (A short story for B1-B2 level)

From this episode, we are going to learn how to talk and ask about the date.

Q:今天几月几号？/今天几号？（What’s the date today?）
 jīn tiān jǐ yuè jǐ hào ? /jīn tiān jǐ hào ? 
A:今天三月七号。(Today is March 7th ) .
jīn tiān sān yuè qī hào .
Q:今天星期几？（What is day is it today?）
jīn tiān xīng qī jǐ ?
A:今天星期一。（Today is Monday.）
jīn tiān xīng qī yī .
Q:三月八号星期几？(What is the day of March 7th?) 
sān yuè bā hào xīng qī jǐ ?.
A:星期二。(Tuesdady.)
xīng qī èr

Days：
星期一xīng qī yī（Monday）、星期二xīng qī èr（Tuesday）、星期三xīng qī sān（Wednesday）、星期四xīng qī sì（Thursday）、星期五xīng qī wǔ（Friday）、星期六xīng qī liù（Saturday）、星期日xīng qī rì/星期天xīng qī tiān（Sunday）
Months:
一月yī yuè（January）、二月èr yuè（February）、三月sān yuè（March）、四月sì yuè（April）、五月wǔ yuè（May）、六月liù yuè（June）、七月qī yuè（July）、八月bā yuè（August）、九月jiǔ yuè（September）、十月shí yuè（October）、十一月shí yī yuè（November）、十二月shí èr yuè（December）
Days of a month:
一号hào、二号、三号……三十一号（From 1st to 31st ）


Daily Conversation（日常对话）

3. How to ask about the date（今天几月几号）

* In this episode, we explore the meaning of inner values , the core beliefs that guide our actions, shape our characters and influence how we see the world. 

**Book Podcast lesson to discuss the topic and access the texts

English Psychology Podcasts

Live based on your inner values

先週ドイツに帰ってきました。成田空港からフランクフルト空港までの直行便だったのですが、14時間の長いフライトでした。おかげで映画を３本見ることができました。ちなみに、ドイツから日本に帰るときは中国上空を飛ぶルートだったのですが、ドイツに戻るフライトはアメリカ上空を飛ぶルートでした。つまり私はこの2回のフライトで地球をほぼ一周したことになります。
飛行機を降りた瞬間、ドイツの暑さに驚きました。ヨーロッパに熱波が来ているとは聞いてましたが、ここまで暑いとは想像していませんでした。事実、金曜日と土曜日は日本よりも気温が高く、日中は30度を超えていました。今週は気温が下がり、とても涼しくなりました。
もうドイツに帰って来てから1週間経つのですが、まだ時差ぼけがあるので、夜10時ごろにはとても眠くなって寝てしまいます。
みなさんは長時間のフライトの時、飛行機の中でどのように過ごしますか？
時差ぼけにならないためにしている対策はありますか？
よかったら私のレッスンに来て教えて下さい。


直行便：ちょっこうびん　direct flight
上空：じょうくう　the sky above~
通常：つうじょう　normally
つまり：in short
瞬間：しゅんかん　the moment
熱波：ねっぱ　heatwave
気温：きおん　temperature
想像する：そうぞうする　imagine
日中：にっちゅう　in the daytime
事実：じじつ　in fact
時差：じさ　time difference
時差ぼけ：じさぼけ　jet lag
眠くなる：ねむくなる　feel sleepy
対策：たいさく　measurement

Nihongo Short Story by Noriko

地球を一周しました！？（I went around the Earth！？）

Today we are talking about our old schools (alma maters), more specifically the colleges or universities. We will be learning vocabulary that will help you talk about this topic such as the environment, tuition, ranking, major etc. Let’s go!

Note: This podcast is intended for language learning ONLY. Not for promoting or criticizing any political party or ideology. Let’s keep it friendly and accessible to all :)

Also, all of the experiences are the hosts’ own experiences so please do your own research if you need more information.



Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

Talk About Your University/Old Schools in Chinese

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