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British Pronunciation Tips 

#にほんごポッドキャスト #Japanesepodcast #일본어팟캐스트

NANAのにほんごpodcast 

#65 ご近所(きんじょ)トラブルの話(はなし)

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
6月14日火曜日　天気/晴れ　気温/16℃ 

当麻町/とうまちょう
・高級すいか「でんすけすいか」の初競りがあった
・「でんすけすいか」は、真っ黒な見た目
・高いもので、1玉60万円の値段がついた

［単語］
高級/こうきゅう…値段が高いこと
すいか…食べ物のひとつ。丸くて大きい、中は赤。
初競り/はつせり…今年はじめて売ること
真っ黒/まっくろ…とても黒い
見た目/みため…目で見て、知ることができるもの
玉/たま…すいかのように、丸くて大きいものを数える時に使う。
60万円…600,000円

レッスン待ってます♪


北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#79〉6月14日火曜日　すいか1玉60万円！

In life, things happen around us, things happen to us, but the only thing that truly matters is what happens within us.
Which one are you?


Short Stories with Rose 

Potatoes, Eggs, and Coffee Beans

En esta lectura, leo sobre la rutina mañanera un perro llamado Curro. 

Lecturas Cortas en Español/ Short readings in Spanish

Mi Perro Curro 

f you're going to exercise, you have to stretch, right?

Well, maybe not.

The answer might depend on your goals, and what you mean by "stretch."

There are different types of stretches.

In what are known as "static" stretches, you hold a single position for perhaps as long as 60 to 90 seconds. These stretches are great for increasing flexibility.

But there are also "dynamic" stretches, where you repeatedly — but carefully — move your joints through their full range of motion.

Expert opinion on how to use these stretches has changed over the years. But it's now generally believed that dynamic stretching is best before you exercise, while static stretching is better after.

As Alisa Bowman writes for the Mayo Clinic, dynamic stretching helps improve blood flow and joint mobility, which gets your body ready to exercise. Studies have even found that dynamic stretching before exercise can improve your performance.

Meanwhile, some research has found that static stretching can temporarily weaken your muscles, which is why it's generally no longer recommended before certain sports — and especially not for high-performance athletes.

Instead, static stretches are typically recommended for helping to relax your muscles after exercise. Since you've been moving and increasing blood flow to your joints and muscles, you'll actually be more flexible, so you'll get more benefit from those stretches.

But while you may have been told that stretching will reduce soreness after you exercise, research has found that it really doesn't make much difference.

You've also probably been told to stretch to avoid injuries. But research doesn't seem to support that either — especially for static stretching.

Writing for WebMD, Sonya Collins says that, as long as you stretch sometime, it's fine if you don't do it around the time you exercise.

In fact, some experts say if you're short on time, it's better to exercise without doing any stretching than to cut your workout short!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Do You Really Need to Stretch When You Exercise?

小樽市/おたるし
小樽運河/おたるうんが
天狗山ロープウェイ/てんぐやまろーぷうぇい
・先週、小樽に行ってきました！
・札幌市のとなりにある町
・観光地として有名
・外国の人もたくさんいました！
・残念ながら雨
・海鮮丼食べた
・魚がとってもおいしい
・小樽運河に行った
・とてもきれい
・バスで天狗山
・ちょうど次の日から、ロープウェイが休み
・点検、大丈夫かどうか検査
・4月15日〜11月5日まで
・ロープウェイのりたい人は、確認してから
・夜景がとってもきれい
・かわいいお店もたくさんある

レッスン待ってます♪

〈#179〉　となりの小樽市（おたるし）

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