Ever wish you could connect with people better in your second language? I'm here to answer some of those questions by exploring different ways to approach asking about interests, hobbies, and more!

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The House of Leaves Museum - Tirana, Albania (with transcript) 

Amanda: Hi Maria!
Maria: Oh, hi Amanda.
Amanda: You look a bit worried, are you all right?
Maria: I’m exhausted. Yesterday’s homework took me all evening. It’s probably going to double next year, isn’t it?
Amanda: Probably. My older brother has to write long essays for his English literature course. But we’ll have fewer subjects to study. Have you chosen your courses yet?
Maria: No, when’s the deadline?
Amanda: We have another month, but the school emailed us all the list the other day. I have it on my phone.
Maria: Ooh, let’s have a look, then.
Amanda: Here it is. Oh, look, the Spanish and biology timetables clash. I won’t be able to do both.
Maria: Would you do that, though? Languages and science don’t go together, do they?
Amanda: Well, you wouldn't think so, but actually, my aunt is a research scientist, and a lot of European universities work together on projects. She’s working on a project with a university in Rome, one in Germany, and one in Portugal.
Maria: Is it a biology project?
Amanda: No, she’s a chemist. They’re working on a solution to clean up deadly pollution in rivers and lakes.
Maria: That sounds so cool and really fascinating.
Amanda: It really is. She gets to visit colleagues in different cities sometimes, and she gets her work translated into lots of different languages. She wishes she had learned some German, though, so she could communicate better with her German research partners. She understands Portuguese and Italian, but German, not so much.
Maria: When did she learn Portuguese and Italian?
Amanda: I think she did some of her university degree in Lisbon and some in Rome.
Maria: Studying chemistry in different languages?
Amanda: Yes, she loved it!
Maria: So, you’re kind of following in her footsteps, then. Science and languages. You could be a biologist in Spain.
Amanda: Yep, or at least study there, or South America.
Maria: So, what are you going to do about the timetable clash?
Amanda: I think I’ll talk to the dean. 

English Conversation/Dialogue

Science For All

00:00〜 ネイティブのスピード
01:29〜ゆっくり

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先週「舞妓（まいこ）さんちのまかないさん」という日本のドラマを見ました。漫画が原作（げんさく）だそうです。
 まず「舞妓」をとても簡単に説明すると、歌や踊りでお客さんをもてなす女性のことです。おそらくほとんどの舞妓さんは京都にいると思います。見た目で特徴的（とくちょうてき）なのは真っ白いお化粧と着物です。
「まかない」には主に二つの意味があります。一つ目は下宿や寮などの料理、そしてその料理を作る人という意味で、このドラマのタイトルの「まかないさん」はこの料理を作る人を意味します。二つ目の意味は料理人が余（あま）った材料で自分たちのために作る料理のことです。一般的にはこの二つ目の意味で使われることが多いと思います。例えば、まかない付きの飲食店のバイトでは休憩時（きゅうけいじ）にタダでご飯を食べられます。
以上をまとめると、この「舞妓さんちのまかないさん」というタイトルは「舞妓さんたちの家の料理を作る人」のような意味になります。
このドラマは台詞（せりふ）が少なく、しかもほとんどのセリフが京都弁（きょうとべん）なので、日本語の勉強になるかどうかは微妙（びみょう）ですが、日本や京都の雰囲気や文化を感じられる作品だと思います。
タイトルの説明だけでかなり長くなってしまったので、内容は次回お話ししたいと思います。
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🌟ネタバレ = spoiler  (ex; ネタバレしないで！
🌟原作（げんさく）= original work
🌟もてなす = to entertain, to treat, to welcome  (ex;美味しい料理で客をもてなす
🌟特徴的（とくちょうてき）だ= characteristic
🌟休憩（きゅうけい）= rest
🌟タダ = free  (ex;このサンプルはタダです。
🌟まとめる = to summarize, to settle, to arrange
🌟台詞（せりふ） = actor's line, words
🌟〜弁（べん）= 〜 dialect
🌟微妙（びみょう）だ = iffy, unclear, slight  (ex; 今日飲み会に行けるか微妙だ/微妙な違い 

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「舞妓さんちのまかないさん」を見ました👘 その1🥪 ネタバレなし

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