In this episode Matteo and I discuss about his region of origin in central Italy, the famous Tuscany region.
We also talk about arts and monuments, and about the dialect spoken in Tuscany.
It's a short interview suitable for students of A2 level.

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Languages With Melody

Conversazione con Matteo, il toscano

In this episode you will learn HSK3 lesson one,warm up.

HSK3

HSK3-1-warm up

(Posted on 03.01.2022) Happy New Year! Welcome to Slow Japanese!
Did you make this year's resolutions? I did!

Usage of Slow Japanese:
STEP 1. Listen to the episode without seeing scripts.
STEP 2. Go to mochifika.com/podcast/ and check "Key vocabularies of this episode", listen again to the episode while seeing the list.
STEP 3. Check the whole script, it'll fill the gap in your understanding.

Scripts and key vocabularies of this episode are here:
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Slow Japanese

Episode #19 - New Year's resolutions

Cerita Pendek Indonesia (A1-A2)

02 Kesukaan

The head brewmaster for Weihenstephan, the world's oldest brewery, has a secret: he really likes alcohol-free beer.

Even though he's quick to say he obviously enjoys real beer more, Tobias Zollo says he savors alcohol-free beer when he's working or eating lunch. It has the same taste but fewer calories than regular beer because the alcohol has been removed.

"You can't drink beer every day — unfortunately," he joked at the brewery in the German town of Freising, about 31 kilometers north of Munich.

Alcohol-free beer has been gaining popularity in recent years as beer consumption shrinks.

At the Weihenstephan brewery, which was founded in 1040, non-alcoholic beer now makes up 10% of the volume. The increase since they started making alcohol-free drinks in the 1990s, mirrors the statistics for the rest of Germany's beer industry.

"The people are unfortunately — I have to say that as a brewer — unfortunately drinking less beer," said Zollo. "If there's an alternative to have the crisp and fresh taste from a typical Weihenstephan beer, but just as a non-alcoholic version, we want to do that."

This summer, Munich's first alcohol-free beer garden opened near the city's main train station. And even at Oktoberfest alcohol-free beer is on the menu.

The festival, which began on September 21 and continues until October 6, has 18 large tents and all but two of them offer alcohol-free beer. The sober beverage costs the same as an alcoholic beer — between $15 and $17 for a 1-liter mug — but saves drinkers from a hangover.

"For people who don't like to drink alcohol and want to enjoy the Oktoberfest as well, I think it's a good option," Mikael Caselitz, 24, of Munich said at the festival. "Sometimes people feel like they have more fun with alcohol, which is not a good thing because you can also have fun without alcohol."

He added: "If you want to come and drink alcohol-free beer, nobody will judge you."

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Alcohol-Free Beer Gaining Popularity, Even at Oktoberfest

Quizá pienses que Cancún por sí solo es de lo más tradicional que puedas encontrar en México: nada más alejado de la realidad. 
Esto incluso fue algo completamente nuevo para mí, pero Cancún no tiene como tal una esencia propia, sino que su esencia lo hacen las demás culturas de las personas que viven ahí, provenientes de México y de otros países.
No esperes más y empieza a aprender acerca de cómo es este lugar y de sus atracciones junto a Jessica, nuestra guía online en este episodio que ha vivido ahí por muchísimos años y que sin duda sabe demasiado de cómo son las cosas por allá.
Si deseas leer la transcripción de este podcast para no perderte ni una sola palabra de lo que decimos, puedes hacerlo yendo a este enlace: https://esdeverdad.com/podcast/cancun-el-chilaquil

Es De Verdad

T1 E3 - Cancún como ciudad multicultural de México (El chilaquil)

You get to hear natural Japanese with Tokyo pitch accept
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Thinking out loud in Japanese

テラハ１

Halo semua! Apa kalian menikmati akhir minggu dengan baik?
Hari ini saya punya cerita menarik! Hari Jumat minggu lalu, waktu bertemu dengan salah satu murid saya, saya bilang “Di Indonesia, banyak polisi tidur di jalan loh”. Terus, murid saya bingung, “Polisi tidur di jalan? Untuk apa? Itu sangat bahaya kan!” Dia kaget banget! 
Ya, ya, “Polisi tidur” di Bahasa Inggris artinya “speed bump”, tapi saya pikir di Jepang tidak ada polisi tidur ya, jadi artinya polisi tidur adalah 車の速度を落とさせるための道路上の段差のこと。Menarik kan! 
Di Indonesia, biasanya di area yang ada sekolah atau di jalanan kecil, banyak polisi tidur. Kadang-kadang ada 4, 5 polisi tidur. Jadi, kalau kalian pergi ke Indonesia, jangan kaget melihat banyak polisi tidur di jalan. Hehe.. Ok, Sampai di sini ya. Sampai jumpa lagi! 

Akhir minggu

Polisi tidur


Wánɡ 	xiānshenɡ: 	Yǒu 	méiyǒu 	qù 	Yúnnán 	de 
王 	先生： 	有 	没有 	去 	云南 	的 
xiànlù? 
线路？ 
Dǎoyóu: 	Yǒu， 	nín 	kànkɑn 	xínɡchénɡ 	ānpái 	. 
导游： 	有， 	您 	看看 	行程 	安排。 
Wánɡ 	xiānshenɡ: 	Yúnnán 	wǒmen 	yǐqián 	qùɡuo, 
王 	先生： 	云南 	我们 	以前 	去过， 
zhè 	cì 	bù 	xīwànɡ 	xínɡchénɡ 	ānpái 	de 	tài 	jǐn. 
这 	次 	不 	希望 	行程 	安排 	得 	太 	紧 
Wǒmen 	xiǎnɡ 	qù 	fànɡsōnɡ 	fànɡsōnɡ. 
我们 	想 	去 	放松 	放松。 
Dǎoyóu: 	Méi 	wèntí! 	Nǐmen 	yídìnɡ 	bú 	huì 
导游： 	没 	问题！ 	你们 	一定 	不 	会 
shīwànɡ 	de.Nín 	dǎsuɑn 	shénme 	shíhou 	qù? 
失望 	的。您 	打算 	什么 	时候 	去？ 
Wánɡ 	xiānshenɡ: 	Wǒ 	xiànzài 	hái 	bù 	nénɡ 
王 	先生： 	我 	现在 	还 	不 	能 
juédìnɡ, 	wǒ 	huíqu 	ɡēn 	tàitɑi 	shānɡliɑnɡ 
决定， 	我 	回去 	跟 	太太 	商量 
yíxià. 
一下。 

