I will deliver stories about "words" and "life" in easy Japanese.
I will talk gently and enjoyably about my town, Urawa, where I live, about Japanese culture, and about everyday events.



Kotonoha Mirai Radio

Um maquinista processou a empresa para a qual trabalha devido a uma redução salarial, em causa está o atraso de 1 minuto

Aprenda Português Com Notícias Insólitas e Malucas -Learn Portuguese With Crazy Isoteric News 

Maquinista Processa Empresa Onde Trabalha Por Redução Salarial

Lesson 2

平平 ： 你是哪国人？
píng ping ： nǐ shì nǎ guó rén？ 
Ping Ping: What is your nationality?
Andy ： 我是澳大利亚人。
Andy ： wǒ shì  ào dà lì yà rén。 
Andy:  I am from Australia.

平平 ： 我以为你是美国人呢！
píng ping ： wǒ yǐ wéi nǐ shì  měi guó rén ne！ 
Ping ping:   I thought you were from the United States! 

Andy ： 不是，我在美国住过很长时间，有一点儿美国口音。
Andy ： bú shì，wǒ  zài měi guó zhù guò  hěn cháng shí jiān，yǒu  yī diǎn ér  měi guó  kǒu yīn。 
Andy: No, I have just lived in the United States for a long time, so I have a little American accent.



平平 : 你朋友也是澳大利亚人吗？
píng ping : nǐ  péng yǒu yě shì  ào dà lì yà rén ma？ 
Ping ping: Your friend is from Australia too?

Andy： 不是，他是英国人。
Andy ： bú shì，tā shì  yīng guó rén。 
Andy:  No, he is British.

平平： 欢迎来到中国，很高兴认识你们！
píng ping ： huān yíng  lái dào  zhōng guó，hěn  gāo xìng  rèn shí  nǐ men！
Ping ping: Welcome to China, it is a pleasure to meet you both!


Chinesewithelena

Pingping Chinese Elementary Lesson 2 Where are you from

Transcription:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ng5dkvvgvbaZIH5GGAeCN1buKvr4ERSbbxDGz5seWwM/edit?usp=sharing

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# 15 Dialogue in the hotel

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."