Intermediate to advanced Swahili comprehension. A short story narration.

Swahili With Shaz 

Adhabu Ya Rahim | Rahim's Punishment 

Reading a book in Japanese ''The Music Box Planet''　Akihiro Nishino 
#17 (the final episode of this story)
You can practice shadowing, and repeating with this reading and the text below. Besides, it's helpful to study Kanji. 😊 
📚My lessons: https://www.italki.com/ja/teacher/6185061


オルゴールの 大きな大きな音色は、ちかくの星にも とどきました。

「博士、なんだいこりゃ？」
「音楽だねえ。うん。いい音色だ。ちょいと休けいしようかの」
「オンガク、オンガク」

その音色は、空に住む すべての人間をつつみこみました。
そして5000メートル下の『森』で あそぶこどもたちにも ふりそそぎました。
「ありゃりゃ？　音楽がふってきた。こりゃゆかいだ」
「お婆、オイラたちの好きな音楽が空から ふってきたぞー」
「お婆、これは空中帝国から聴こえてくるぞー」
「おい、お婆！」

さわぐ こどもたちの奥で、ゆりいすに すわっている ひとりの老婆が、
目に涙をためています。

「どうした、お婆。なにかあったのかい？」

老婆は やさしく こたえたのでした。

「阿呆が つなげよったんじゃ」



【Kanji】

星　　　　　　ほし
博士　　　　　はかせ
休けい　　　　きゅうけい（休憩）
人間　　　　　にんげん
お婆　　　　　おばば　　　
老婆　　　　　ろうば
涙　　　　　　なみだ

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Please check the previous story pages.

朗読クラブ📚Reading to Japanese language learners 

朗読：『オルゴールワールド』#17にしのあきひろ著

Spanish México

ARTESANIAS DE BARRO

A story about Little Rabbit and Jungle turtles 

Teacher Akif Hadi Türkçe Öğrenelim

Turkish Story Time - Masal zamanı Türkçe

皆さんは、生まれ変わったら何になりたいですか？
多くの人は人間と答えるでしょうか。
今回は、フミが生まれ変わったらなりたい生き物について話します。

What would you want to be if you could be born again?
Most people would answer «human»?
This time, Fumi talks about what would he want to be in the next life.

♤ キーワード 
・生まれ変わる（うまれかわる：be born again）
・深海（しんかい：deep sea） 
・生態（せいたい：ecology）
・今世（こんせ：this life）
・徳を積む（とくをつむ：accumulate good karma）

♧ 理解度チェッククイズ 
1. フミが生まれ変わったらなりたい生き物は？ 
2. それになりたい理由は？

♢ 前回のクイズの答え
1. 今年の立冬は何月何日？
→ 11月7日
2. アヤが冬の訪れを感じるのはどんなとき？ 
→ スーパーに鍋の素が並び始めたとき

BGM special thanks：MusMus

アヤさんとフミさんの日本語雑談（Aya and Fumi’s Japanese Chit-Chat）

Episode 18：生まれ変わったら？

Hello everyone! Happy Tanabata—it’s the night of star-crossed lovers.
By the way, in this episode I'm chatting about bamboo and sasa grass. Are they the same thing?
Turns out, the main difference is size—bamboo is big, sasa is small. Even the pros can’t always tell them apart!
So I guess we can say they’re pretty much the same, right?
See if you can catch where I talk about this in the podcast!


みなさまごきげんよう、今夜は七夕、恋の物語です。ところでポッドキャストの中で竹と笹っておなじもの？と話しているのだけれど、調べてみたら大きいのが竹、小さいのが笹らしい。しかもプロでも見分けがつかないんだって！てことはほぼ同じものだと思っていいよね！ポッドキャストの中でどこでこの話をしているか、探してみてね

Moekoの日本語ベラベラtime

Moekoの日本語ベラベラtimeEpi14: 7月7日は七夕(たなばた)の日【Japanese Podcast: listening practice】

I contend your LinkedIn Profile is even more important than your resume. Why? For starters, your LinkedIn profile is more robust than your resume. You can add multimedia, join professional organizations, list more accomplishments, among other features. More importantly, you can display others' recommendations for you and their endorsements, which carry more weight. It’s also something that is dynamic and shows what you’re doing now. You can use it daily and leave a digital footprint, all while building your personal brand. It’s the living, breathing version of your resume. Finally, when you apply for jobs through LinkedIn, the person viewing your application will see a breakdown of how your profile aligns with the job description, including your skills. While you have limited space on a resume to list your skills, you can incorporate keywords throughout your profile as well as in your Skills & Endorsements profile section. Plus, when you apply for jobs with a Premium LinkedIn account, you can see how you compare to other candidates and how many people have applied. In some cases, applying won’t be worth your time.

In this Express to Impress Podcast episode, you will learn how to write about yourself on LinkedIn so that recruiters and employers discover you. You'll learn common mistakes and how to correct them, so you write a LinkedIn Profile that stands out. Specifically, you'll learn how to write a keyword-rich headline and summary, choose the right professional profile photo, and select skills to feature in the Skills & Endorsements section. At the end of the episode, you'll learn definitions for English idioms and phrases.

Episode originally published on June 18, 2020.
Full transcript available at https://www.express-to-impress.com/podcast/.
Infographics for this episode are available at https://www.pinterest.com/ExpresstoImpress/.

Express to Impress

How to Write a LinkedIn Profile That Stands Out

This is a brief summary of the story of how I helped my client improve her communication at work. 

A project manager felt disrespected by her team due to a lack of technical knowledge and weak communication. To address this, I implemented a 3-step approach: 1) bi-weekly technical briefings, 2) replacing weak verbs with strong verbs to convey authority, and 3) assertiveness training to express ideas clearly. Within weeks, she confidently participated in technical discussions, leading her team more effectively. This improved communication boosted morale and led to a successful product launch. 

The Global Professional Podcast

Overcoming your Fears with Confident Language - EP 30

arrator: Elvis Presley was born to a very poor family in Mississippi in the south of the United States in 1935. His twin brother died at birth, and he was an only child. The family moved to Memphis, Tennessee thirteen years later. As a teenager, Elvis was interested in all kinds of music and wore colorful clothes with a distinctive hairstyle that he kept for much of his life.
Narrator: In 1954, Sam Phillips, a music producer at Sun Records in Memphis, asked Elvis to come in for an audition. When he played a song that he had composed himself, Phillips recognized the young man’s talent. He offered Elvis a contract and put together a three-piece band for him. They played blues and country music that they knew from the radio, night clubs and churches with both black and white members. The band had a big hit later that year with a cover of a song by Arthur Crudup called, “That’s All Right,” using a style called rockabilly. Their popularity took off in the southern states as people saw them perform in local venues and even heard them on national radio programs.
Narrator: In 1956, Elvis met Colonel Tom Parker, who became his manager and organized a contract with RCA Records in New York. As the hits kept on coming, he changed over to a more rock and roll sound and performed in numerous TV shows and in films.
Narrator: However, in 1958, Elvis was drafted into the army and gave up performing for a couple of years. When he finished his military service, he returned to his music career and during the 1960s he made more than thirty movies and recorded lots of songs. He also married and had a daughter.
Narrator: In 1968, Elvis performed in a Christmas TV special, which boosted his popularity for a while. Between 1969 and 1976, he also put on hundreds of shows in Las Vegas, with tickets regularly selling out. However, in the 1970s, his career started to go downhill, partly because of his lifestyle. He was living in Graceland, a mansion in Memphis that he had bought in 1957.