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News Headlines from the UK 21 April 2026

Fao nos cuenta cómo viaja por África a dedo, conoce los Massai, los tambores Ngoma, el Taarab de Zanzibar y otras músicas y bailes tanzanos. 

Ritmos del mundo

#7 Tanzania

In questo episodio potrete ascoltare riflessioni e citazioni al libro "Succede sempre qualcosa di meraviglioso", di Gianluca Gotto.

È un libro che consiglio a chiunque voglia vivere un'avventura emozionante e riflessiva, iniziare a interpretare il mondo e gli avvenimenti quotidiani sotto una chiave diversa, più profonda e più semplice, al tempo stesso. 

Puro Parlare

6. Succede sempre qualcosa di meraviglioso

📞 🚫 🤖
Qué pesados son los vendedores telefónicos, aquí os voy a contar por qué me molestan y que podemos hacer para defendernos. 
Espero que os guste amig@s. 💕

FAST SPANISH

LLAMADAS SPAM

You just got into bed after a long day, and you're exhausted. You plan to spend a few minutes on your phone — maybe scrolling Instagram or TikTok — and then sleep.

But when you try to sleep, it's not as easy as you thought it would be. You were so tired — what happened?

According to a new study, your phone may be the problem.

The study, done by researchers at New Zealand's University of Otago, involved 85 kids aged 11 to 14. They each spent a week wearing a body camera on their chest starting from three hours before they got into bed.

A second camera was also placed in their bedrooms to monitor their phone use once they were in bed. They also wore a device that tracked their sleep.

The researchers found that 99% of the participants used their phones in the two hours before bed. More than half used their phones while they were in bed, and about a third used their phones after trying to go to sleep.

The results showed that screen time in bed affected participants' sleep — it stopped them from going to sleep for about half an hour, and also reduced the amount of sleep they got.

The impact was larger when participants had a more interactive experience — such as playing a game — or if they used more than one screen. For every additional 10 minutes of this type of screen time, sleep time was reduced by the same amount.

Interestingly, phone use in the two hours before bed had little impact on sleep.

According to lead researcher Bradley Brosnan, the results suggest that, while current guidelines recommend no screen time in the hour or two before bed, keeping phones out of the bedroom might be enough for a better night's sleep.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Keep Screens Out of Bed for Better Sleep

Breve biografia da militante brasileira Pagu e seu poema "Nothing".

Português Pindorama

Patrícia Galvão- Pagu

见到你很高兴
jiàn dào nǐ hěn gāo xìng

很高兴见到你
hěn gāo xìng jiàn dào nǐ

日常中文（Daily Chinese）

Glad to meet you  见到你很高兴

前回のエピソードで「休み」の重要な使い方を説明するのを忘れていました。前回のエピソードをまだ聞いていない人は後で聞いてみてください。

「今日私は休みです。」皆さんはこの文の意味がわかりますか？これは「今日私は仕事がありません。」という意味です。
アルバイトをしている人は「バイトがない」「シフトがない」という意味です。
何かの理由があって仕事に行かなかった場合には「今日学校を休んでいます」「昨日仕事を休みました」と言います。
仕事の予定がなかった場合は「今日は休みです」「昨日は休みでした」と言います。
また連休という言葉を聞いたことがありますか？連休とは連続した休みのことです。例えば、土日がいつも休みの人の場合、月曜日が祝日で休みの時は土曜日と日曜日と月曜日が休みなので三連休になります。

みなさんは次の連休に何をしますか？
よかったら私のレッスンに来て教えてください。

重要な：じゅうような　important
予定：よてい　plan
連続した：れんぞくした　consecutive
祝日：しゅくじつ　national holiday

Nihongo Short Story by Noriko

休みと連休-Today’s Word

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
3月16日水曜日　天気/くもり　気温/2℃

札幌市　Sapporo
・昨日午前10時から札幌市の一部で停電
・3300世帯で停電
・午後0時20分ごろまでに復旧

［単語］
停電（ていでん）...電気が消えること blackout  
一部（いちぶ）...全部の中のひとつ one part
世帯（せたい）...一緒に住んでる人の集まり household
復旧（ふっきゅう）...直ること restoration
