Learn to talk about happiness and the relationship between money and happiness.

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How to buy happiness (intermediate English lesson)

先日久しぶりにミュージカルを観劇して来ました。皆さんは演劇やミュージカルを見るのが好きですか？

日本語でおしゃべり　podcast for Japanese learners

＃14 ミュージカルリトルマーメイドを見た話

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
5月4日水曜日　天気/雨　気温/12℃ 

芽室町/めむろちょう
明治/めいじ
・大手乳業メーカー「明治」が芽室町にチーズ研究センターを作った
・チーズについて研究をする
・アジアに輸出をしたい


［単語］
大手/おおて…おおきい
乳業/にゅうぎょう…牛乳を売ったり、牛乳から作られた商品を売ったりする会社。
メーカー/めーかー…商品を売る会社
チーズ/ちーず…牛乳から作られる食べ物 cheese
センター/せんたー…施設。ある目的のための建物
輸出/ゆしゅつ…国から国へ物を売る

レッスン待ってます♪


北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#52〉5月4日水曜日　チーズ研究センターができた！

PATTY: I’m really excited for Aunt Mary’s surprise birthday party
this afternoon! Aren’t you?
SUSAN: Yeah! How old is she?
PATTY:  She’ll be 55 on May 14 [fourteenth].
SUSAN: Wow! I didn’t know that my mom was older — she’s going
to be 57 on September 2 [second]. Anyway, Aunt Mary’s 
going to be so surprised to see us all here!
PATTY: I know! But we still have to get all the food set up before 
she gets here … OK! We’re all ready now. Shh! She’s here!
ALL: Surprise!


LANGUAGE NOTES
• I’m really excited … Notice the emphasis on “really.” “Really” is used to emphasize the 
adjective “excited” here.
• Birthday party Notice that the normal stress for a compound noun falls on the first 
element of the compound.
• Aren’t you? This negative tag is used to show that the speaker expects a positive 
answer. Patty assumes that Susan is also looking forward to the party.
• She’ll be 55 Notice that “55” is stressed here. This detail answers the question “How 
old is she?”
• Fourteenth Notice that we use “th” for ordinal numbers, starting with 4 [but first, 
second and third]. The stress is on the second syllable [fourTEENTH]. Compare this with 
“fortieth: 40th” [FORtieth].
• She’s going to be ... Notice how this is pronounced like “gonna be.” Instead of four 
syllables “go/ing/to/be” there are three syllables “ga/na/be.”

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day 20: Birthdays

In this Chillchat episode, Karen and Baiwei chatted about what it is like to see a doctor in Mainland China and the U.S., their experiences with both public hospitals and private clinics, how people book an appointment, where one gets medication, and so on.

Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

在中国怎么看病？How do you see a doctor in China?

I will talk about “The early bird catches the worm”.
This episode is N3 level.

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Please listen and then try the quiz!

Please use this audio for listening and shadowing practices.

◇words◇
ことわざ(kotowaza)：proverb

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Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#4 早起（はやお）きは三文（さんもん）の徳（とく） // N3 Level

Aprender de forma ampla como descrever a família

 Portuguese Audios for Intermediate B1 -Áudios em Português para Intermédios B1

A Família de Luciano

A bit of a ramble from me this week, just talking about my usual routine. I will have more guests on my show when I can find someone who has the time to appear. All my students seem too busy these days!..ah well, nevermind...

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KEP Episode 25: My Typical Day!

こんにちは、あかりです。「本音(ほんね)」と「建前(たてまえ)」について、聞(き)いたことがありますか？

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