You will know of some cultural clashes in Colombia;

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Colombia

Choques Culturales en Colombia

生命之河里的石头
所有父母都会伤害孩子，谁都没法避免。孩子就像洁净的玻璃杯，拿过它的人会在上面留下手印。
父母很少会对他们的孩子放手，所以孩子就对父母放手。他们向前走，他们向远处走。
那些曾经让他们感到自身价值的东西——母亲的赞同，父亲的点头——都已经被他们取得的成绩替代。
直到很久以后，当他们的皮肤变得松弛了，心脏变得衰弱了，他们才会明白：他们的故事和他们所有的成就，都是基于父母的经历建立起来的，就像生命之河里的石头，层层叠叠。

学习重点：比喻
1.生命之河 （人生，生命）
2.孩子就像洁净的玻璃杯，拿过它的人会在上面留下手印。（手印-影响）
3.他们向前走 ，向远处走。（离开父母）
4.父亲的点头。（同意、认同）
5.皮肤变得松弛了，心脏变得衰弱了。（老了）
6.生命之河里的石头。（人生的经历）

边听边说 More than Chinese Listening

第十一集 生命之河里的石头

Dire que les adjectifs en français se possitionnent toujours après le nom est une erreur !
Il est, en effet, possible de positionner ceratins adjectifs avant le nom. Découvrons ensemble les nuances que cette posuition apporte à ces adjectifs.

Edmond FLE

La place des adjectifs

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Simple Chinese version

小天说︰“我有鸡蛋、三明治、牛奶。”
小天的爸爸说︰“我有鸡蛋、三明治、咖啡。”
小天问︰“我喝牛奶，为什么爸爸喝咖啡？”
小天的妈妈说︰“因为牛奶很营养，所以你喝牛奶。”
小天说：“我也想喝咖啡。”小天的妈妈说︰“你喝牛奶。”
小天说︰“我要喝咖啡。”
小天说︰“好苦！我不要喝咖啡了。我要喝牛奶。”

Traditional Chinese version
小天說︰“我有雞蛋、三明治、牛奶。”
小天的爸爸說︰“我有雞蛋、三明治、咖啡。”
小天問︰“我喝牛奶，為什麼爸爸喝咖啡？”
小天的媽媽說︰“因為牛奶很營養，所以你喝牛奶。”
小天說：“我也想喝咖啡。”小天的媽媽說︰“你喝牛奶。”
小天說︰“我要喝咖啡。”
小天喝了咖啡之後說︰“好苦！我不要喝咖啡了。我要喝牛奶。”
小天的妈妈说︰“因为牛奶很营养，所以你喝牛奶。”
小天说：“我也想喝咖啡。”小天的妈妈说︰“你喝牛奶。”
小天说︰“我要喝咖啡。”
小天喝了咖啡之后说︰“好苦！我不要喝咖啡了。我要喝牛奶。”

Xiaotian said, "I have eggs, sandwiches, and milk."
Xiaotian's father said, "I have eggs, sandwiches, and coffee."
Xiaotian asked: "I drink milk, why does Dad drink coffee?"
Xiaotian's mother said, "Because milk is very nutritious, you drink milk."
Xiaotian said, "I also want to drink coffee." Xiaotian's mother said, "You drink milk."
Xiaotian said, "I want coffee."
After drinking coffee, Xiaotian said, "It's so bitter! I don't want to drink coffee anymore. I want to drink milk."

Yasmine's Chinese Reading - beginner

小天吃早餐 - Xiao Tian’s breakfast time

Full transcript: https://japanesemayuna.com/

はい、こんにちは。今回はポッドキャストの24回目です。寒くなくなりましたが、天気のいい日と悪い日が交互に続いています。昨日は休みでした。天気が悪かったので久しぶりに漫画を読みました。漫画は、子供の時読むのと、大人になってから読むのでは印象が違いますね。昔読んだことのある漫画でしたが、重要な部分はほとんど覚えていませんでした。

Hello. This is episode 24 of my podcast. It is no longer cold, but the weather is alternating between good and bad. Yesterday was my day off. The weather was bad, soI read comics for the first time in ages. Reading them as a child and reading it as an adult gives a very different experience. I had read this manga in the past, but I could barely remember the important parts.

春なので、面接を受ける人が多いです。今日は日本の面接について話したいと思います。面接の種類は様々です。簡単なアルバイトの面接だと、数分の面接をして、だいたい１週間以内に結果がわかります。大きな会社の面接だと、１ヶ月ぐらいかけて、３回以上面接をすることもあります。最近はオンラインの面接も増えています。

It is spring and many people have interviews. Today I would like to talk about interviews in Japan. There are different types of interviews. For a simple part-time job interview, the interview lasts a few minutes and you will usually find out the result within a week. For interviews with large companies, it may take about a month and you may be interviewed three or more times. More and more interviews are being conducted online these days.

面接を受けるときは、履歴書を持っていきます。日本の履歴書は、フォーマットが決まっています。「履歴書」という名前の用紙が、文房具屋や、100円ショップや、コンビニで売っています。英語圏の履歴書は、自分でドキュメントを作らなければいけませんが、日本の履歴書は、用紙を買って、空欄を埋めるだけなので、少し楽です。

When you are interviewed, take your CV with you. Japanese CVs have a fixed format. You can buy a form called "Rirekisyo" at stationery stores, 100 yen shops and convenience stores. While in English-speaking countries you have to create your own document, the Japanese CV is a little easier as you just buy the form and fill in the blanks.

英語圏の履歴書と違うところは、日本の履歴書には、必ず生年月日を書かなければいけないところです。他には、履歴書に証明写真を貼らなければいけません。免許証やIDに使うものと同じ証明写真が必要なので、写真撮影だけで1000円ぐらいかかります。しかも、証明写真を撮るために、髪型を整えたり、メイクをしたり、きちんとした服を着なければならないので、面倒ですね。

Japanese Lessons with Mayuna

24. 日本の面接

Use these tips to improve your IELTS speaking band score.

When we are preparing for our IELTS speaking part 2, we must make sure that we use connectors.

But what are connectors?

Connectors, also known as linking words or discourse markers, are words and phrases we use to connect our sentences.

For example, let’s imagine we’ve been given the subject of speaking about a member of our family that we get on well with.

It’s a good idea to introduce your speaking with a phrase like “Let’s begin” or “let’s make a start.” These are both connectors.

Secondly, use a variety of adverbs: actually, surprisingly, similarly, really, very, extremely, rarely, sometimes, never, always etc.

Thirdly, if you can, use an idiom. In the following example I used an idiom at the end. See if you can spot it.

Here is an example of the speaking part 2 exercise.

Let’s make a start.

Surprisingly, I get on really well with my sister. In fact, my sister is a really inspiring person. Actually, she’s younger than me. 

I find her inspiring because she’s a champion swimmer. I would never race her. She’s so fast. To be honest, she trains really hard, especially when she has to finish her homework and then go to the swimming pool as well.

Unfortunately, I don’t get to hang out with her very much, because she’s always busy. But when we do meet up, we always have fun. Usually we go shopping. Sometimes we play video games. 

My sister is extremely funny. She has a great sense of humour. We always have a laugh when we spend time together. We rarely argue. Mostly, we get on like a house on fire.

Please do the exercises and find the missing words.


IELTS Speaking Practice

IELTS Speaking Part 2

English spelling can be difficult when there are many ways to write the vowel sounds.
There are many websites that convert text to speech so you can listen and read at the same time. Practice makes perfect!

The Social Evolutionary

How many ways to spell the long "a" sound, /eɪ/???!!!

Describing Scents and Smells (with transcript)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qsfMjYT92NOM0fNlEpJtT15xm0nsiE2u/view?usp=drivesdk