Learn some history behind the sport of  Aikido and the benefits of the sport. 

Say Hi English! With Teacher Duran.

Fitness: Martial Arts - Aikido

Businessperson 1: Mmmm! That burger looks delicious! I might order some takeout too. I’m exhausted.
Businessperson 2: Yeah, it’s really tasty and massive. And the fries are THE best.
Businessperson 1: What are you watching there?
Businessperson 2: This amazing documentary on food waste. Have you seen it?
Businessperson 1: No, is it any good?
Businessperson 2: Scary! I’m blown away by the statistics. Did you know that, out of all the food that is produced to eat, the world throws away about one-third of it? Every single year.
Businessperson 1: Seriously?
Businessperson 2: Yeah! We could feed three billion people with that food. And it’s worth one trillion US dollars.
Businessperson 1: I can’t even wrap my head around how much food that is.
Businessperson 2: Maybe this will help. You’ve been to China, right?
Businessperson 1: Yes. I did that trip from Shanghai to Beijing with my friends. Amazing.
Businessperson 2: So imagine that all of China was just fields that grow crops.
Businessperson 1: That’s a lot of crops.
Businessperson 2: It is. It’s 2.5 billion acres. Now imagine we just throw away all the food that we make with them.
Businessperson 1: That’s crazy!
Businessperson 2: But it’s not just that. It’s the whole food process. The water that is used to grow the wasted food is the equivalent of 200 liters, per person, per day for 9 billion people.
Businessperson 1: 9 billion? But there are only about 7 billion people on the Earth now, aren’t there?
Businessperson 2: Exactly! There won’t be 9 billion people on the planet until the middle of this century, and by then, we will need to be producing 70% more food than we do now to feed everyone.
Businessperson 1: It doesn’t make sense at all. Especially when you consider all of the people who are hungry in the world. I read that about 700 million people don’t have enough food right now.
Businessperson 2: I know! A lot of it, would you believe, is apparently to do with how it looks. 

English Conversation/Dialogue

FOOD WASTE 

안녕하세요. Hello~
한국어 듣기 수업 시작해요. Let's start with the Korean listening class.
선생님 읽어요. I read it.
잘 들으세요. Please listen well.

I posted the sentences on my blog.
https://blog.naver.com/laramcraft/222767152040
https://youtu.be/oNhdXWCg_DM

The basics are important.
It is also good to check the basics of 한글 Hangeul before this listening class.
1-1. Korean alphabet - Vowels 모음 - What is Hangeul?
https://youtu.be/0YzhJ9p2lcs
2-1. Korean alphabet - Consonants 자음 -What are the consonants 자음?
https://youtu.be/lckgvQ_vreA
3-1. Korean alphabet - Final Consonants 받침 - What are the final consonants 받침?
https://youtu.be/sLlFmG30fNI

This is a class to listen to Korean conversational sentences.
In this voice recording for listening,
After reading many sentences with Korean grammar in Korean conversation sentences,
Check out how much you understand the sentences with a voice recording.
Never look at the sentences when listening to the voice recording.
And listen to the sentence repeatedly until you hear it completely.

You are listening to the Sejong Korean conversation. (세종학당)
There are four books in total. (Korean conversation, 1, 2, 3, 4.)
It consists of 1st and 2nd courses for beginners and 1st and 2nd courses for intermediate.
Each course is conducted in 14 units. (2 grammar - for each unit.)
This listening class you are taking is Korean Conversation 1. (Beginner 1)

Korean Listening Class 한국어 문장 듣기 - Korean teacher, Grace

Updated-Korean Conversation 1. (Beginner 1) - Lesson 9.  - Beginner 1  Part 1 -을 거예요/-ㄹ 거예요(1),  Part 2 -아요/-어요/-여요(2)

En este episodio te cuento la segunda parte de mi camino con los idiomas que he aprendido. 

Español con Valeria

Mi historia con los idiomas - PARTE 2

Welcome ! ☀️
Because it’s summer — and to keep things feeling light and fun — this podcast channel aims to stay connected to French pronunciation.

The episodes are short and straightforward, each focusing on how to pronounce essential French sounds that are tricky or commonly mispronounced.

Today's episode is about the pronunciation of the nasal sound “on”.

➡️ Read the transcript while listening, to link the sounds to the spelling.
➡️ Prepare a paper and a pen, you will need them for the little quiz at the end of the episode.

Have fun !

TRANSCRIPTION :
Bonjour ! Tu vas bien ? Moi ça va très bien !

Aujourd’hui on va pratiquer le son nasal “on”. on comme bonjour ! 

on peut s’écrire : on ou om 
Attention ! Ne dis pas : one / an / un. Tu dis :  on on on

Voici  des exemples.
Répète après moi : mon / bon / avion / thon / bonbon / mignon / balcon / garçon / pont / melon / confiture
Parfait ! Maintenant un peu plus vite : 
Génial ! Maintenant le quiz final.
Est-ce que tu entends “on” dans le premier mot ? Le deuxième mot ? Dans les deux mots ? Ou (dans) aucun des mots ?
Do you hear the sound “on” in the first word ? The second word ? Both of the words ? Or none of the words ?

Prêt ? C’est parti !
1 … 2 … 3 … 4 … 5 … 6 … 7 … 8 … 9 … 10

Et voilà les réponses du quiz se trouvent dans la description. C’est tout pour aujourd’hui. On se revoit au prochain épisode ! A bientôt !

ANSWERS :
1: ✅ /  ✅
2: ❌ / ✅
3: ✅ / ✅ 
4: ❌ / ❌
5: ✅ / ✅
6: ✅ / ❌ 
7: ✅ / ✅
8: ✅ / ❌
9: ✅ / ❌
10: ❌ / ✅

The words of the Quiz :
1: ballon /  rond
2: main / balcon
3: avion / thon 
4: blanc / vent
5: fond / pont
6: bon / bonne 
7: melon / menton
8: mignon / mignonne
9: charbon / viande
10: enfant /bonbon

French Pronunciation to go

Pronunciation of the nasal sound "on"

Zum Mitlesen:

Enttäuschungen sind ein Teil unseres Lebens. Aber was bedeutet das Wort "Enttäuschung" eigentlich? Wenn wir es genauer betrachten, sehen wir, dass das Wort "täuschen" darin steckt. Täuschen bedeutet, dass wir etwas falsch oder anders sehen, als es wirklich ist. Das "ent-" am Anfang bedeutet, dass etwas rückgängig gemacht oder entfernt wird. Also heißt Enttäuschung, dass die Täuschung entfernt wird und wir die Wahrheit sehen.
Stell dir vor, du freust dich sehr auf einen Ausflug mit Freunden. Ihr plant, ins Schwimmbad zu gehen und habt euch schon lange darauf gefreut. Am Tag des Ausflugs regnet es jedoch stark, und ihr müsst zu Hause bleiben. Das ist eine Enttäuschung, weil du dachtest, ihr habt einen schönen Tag, aber dann passiert etwas anderes.
Oder denk an ein Geschenk, das du dir zum Geburtstag wünschst. Du denkst die ganze Zeit daran, weil du es dir sehr wünschst. Dann kommt dein Geburtstag und du bekommst das Geschenk nicht. Du bist enttäuscht, weil du etwas anderes erwartet hast.
Manchmal können auch Menschen uns enttäuschen. Stell dir vor, dein allerbester Freund verspricht dir, dir bei einem wichtigen Projekt zu helfen. Du verlässt dich darauf und freust dich auf seine Unterstützung. Doch am Tag, an dem ihr arbeiten wollt, sagt er plötzlich ab. Du bist enttäuscht, weil du auf ihn gezählt hast und er sein Versprechen nicht gehalten hat.
Ein anderes Beispiel: Du vertraust jemandem ein Geheimnis an, weil du denkst, dass diese Person es für sich behält. Doch dann erfährst du, dass sie es weitererzählt hat. Du bist enttäuscht, weil du dachtest, du könntest dieser Person vertrauen.
Enttäuschungen können uns traurig machen, aber sie sind auch extrem wichtig. Sie zeigen uns die Wahrheit und helfen uns, realistischer zu denken. Wir lernen, dass nicht immer alles so kommt, wie wir es wollen. Aber wir lernen auch, mit diesen Gefühlen umzugehen und weiterzumachen. Enttäuschungen gehören zum Leben dazu und sie machen uns stärker.


Die kleine Dosis Deutsch

Wort-Wunder: Enttäuschung

Hay muchas marcas españolas, algunas de ellas conocidas internacionalmente. En este episodio comento algunas marcas españolas que creo que puedes conocer, aunque igual no sabes que son de España. Son marcas bastante conocidas en diferentes sectores.
Después de escuchar el episodio dime si conocías estas marcas, y si sabías que eran españolas. Y por supuesto, si conoces alguna otra marca española, ¡dime!
Te espero en los comentarios o en mi Instagram 


Blanca to go 

46 – marcas españolas 

The largest diamond found in more than a century has been unearthed at a mine in Botswana, and the country's president showed off the fist-sized stone to the world on August 22.

The Botswana government says the huge 2,492-carat diamond is the second-biggest ever discovered in a mine. It's the biggest diamond found since 1905.

The diamond was presented to the world at the office of Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi. It weighs about half a kilogram and Masisi was one of the first to hold it.

Masisi said: "I am lucky to have seen it in my time." He said "wow" before calling government officials over to take a closer look.

Officials said it was too early to value the stone or decide how it would be sold. Another smaller diamond from the same mine in Botswana was sold for $63 million in 2016, a record for a rough gem.

Naseem Lahri, Botswana managing director for Lucara, the Canadian mining company that found the diamond, added: "I am very proud. It is a product of Botswana."

Lucara said in a statement that it recovered the "exceptional" rough diamond from its Karowe Mine in central Botswana. Lucara said it was a "high-quality" stone and was found intact.

It was located using X-ray technology designed to find large, high-value diamonds.

The weight would make it the largest diamond found in 119 years and the second-largest ever dug out of a mine after the Cullinan Diamond that was discovered in South Africa in 1905.

The famous Cullinan was 3,106 carats and was cut into gems, some of which form part of the British Crown Jewels.

Botswana, a country of 2.6 million people in southern Africa, is the second-biggest producer of natural diamonds behind Russia and has unearthed all of the world's biggest stones in recent years.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Huge Botswana Diamond is Biggest Found Since 1905

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L4xCPLaCRvGOYY_uDGMp7YVAP6_Y9QIY/view?usp=drivesdk