In this episode on Samhain, otherwise known as Halloween, we will briefly look at where this festive holiday came from and learn some new words and phrases in just under 6 minutes.

Philosophical Friday

Samhain or Halloween

안녕하세요. Hello~
한국어 듣기 수업 시작해요. Let's start with the Korean listening class.
선생님 읽어요.  I read it.
잘 들으세요. Please listen well.

I posted the sentences on my blog. 
https://blog.naver.com/laramcraft/222857978615
https://youtu.be/jHuz7sObJqA

The basics are important.
It is also good to check the basics of 한글 Hangeul before this listening class.
1-1. Korean alphabet - Vowels 모음 - What is Hangeul?
https://youtu.be/0YzhJ9p2lcs
2-1. Korean alphabet - Consonants 자음 -what are the consonants 자음?
https://youtu.be/lckgvQ_vreA
3-1. Korean alphabet - Final Consonants 받침 - What are the final consonants 받침?
https://youtu.be/sLlFmG30fNI

This is a class to listen to Korean conversational sentences.
In this voice recording for listening, 
After reading many sentences in Korean conversations sentences, 
Check out how much you understand the sentences with a voice recording. 
Never look at the sentences when listening to the voice recording. 
And Listen to the sentence repeatedly until you hear it completely. 

You are listening to the Sejong Korean conversation. (세종학당)
There are four books in total. (Korean conversation, 1, 2, 3, 4.)
It consists of 1st and 2nd courses for beginners and 1st and 2nd courses for intermediate.
Each course is conducted in 14 units. (2 grammar - for each unit.) 
This listening class you are taking is Korean Conversation 2. (Beginner 2) 
Please listen carefully.

Korean Listening Class 한국어 문장 듣기 - Korean teacher, Grace

Korean Conversation 2 - Lesson 3.  Part 1 -으로/로,   Part 2 -..에서/부터 ...까지  (Beginner 2)

Let's start with the bascis, shall we ? 
In this episode, we'll see how to introduce someone.

Thèmes du quotidien

Présenter quelqu'un

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
〈#183〉5月2日火曜日　天気/晴れ　気温/11℃ 

札幌市/さっぽろし
・今年1月、ごみの中から現金1000万円が見つかった。
・3か月の保管期間に持ち主が出てこなかった
・札幌市のものになった

［単語］
現金/げんきん…形のあるお金
保管/ほかん…壊さないように、大切に持っておくこと。
期間/きかん…ある時間からある時間までの間
持ち主/もちぬし…ある物を持ってる人

レッスン待ってます♪


北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#183〉10,000,000円落ちてた！札幌市のものになった

みなさんの国では秋に何をしますか？
今年の秋は何をする予定ですか？☕️

SeikaのPodcast🎧

Ep.56 日本人が秋にすること🍁☕️📚

Vaccine: 疫苗 [yì miáo]
Covid-19 vaccine新冠疫苗 xīn guàn yì miáo
Get vaccinated: 打疫苗 (colloquial)  / 接种疫苗(formal) jiē zhòng yì miáo
I'm vaccinated: 我打了疫苗。wǒ dǎ le yì miáo
I'm double vaxxed: 我打过两针疫苗。(针 is the measure word of Vaccination)
I'm triple vaxxed: 我打了三针(疫苗)。
I just got my fourth dose: 我刚打了第四针(疫苗)。
After you get vaccinated, you’ll have antibody. 抗体【kàng tǐ】
So that’s go through a short dialogue between Cara and John.
Cara: John,你打新冠疫苗了吗？John,have you get the Vaccine?
John: 我打了三针（疫苗），你呢？I'm triple vaxxed, and you？
Cara: 噢，我没有打过（疫苗）。Oh, I never Get vaccinated. 
John: 为什么？Why？
Cara: 我觉得疫苗不安全。I don't think the vaccine is safe.

Okay , that’s all for today. I hope you like the series of COIVD-19 podcasts. If you have any question or suggestion about my podcast,feel free to message me or we can discuss it in our class.Thanks for listening. If you like my podcast ,you can follow it. I’ll see you next time.我们下次节目再见。


Talk to Cara in Chinese

8. 疫苗Useful expressions of Vaccine

In this episode Mona and I discuss some highlights of American literature. She recommends some of her favorite American novels and uses some great vocabulary to describe them. Even if you don’t end up reading them yourself, you’ll learn plenty of useful words and phrases to describe books, movies, etc.

***For English learners! – Detailed vocabulary lesson begins at 20:41***

***Full transcript available ⁠at https://american-idiom.com/f/003-the-great-american-novels⁠***

Episode Outline:

Crossroads (Jonathan Franzen) - (Starts at 1:38)
The Marriage Plot (Jeffrey Eugenides) - (Starts at 6:52)
American Pastoral (Philip Roth) - (Starts at 12:48)

Vocabulary and examples (Starts at 20:41)

“to come out” (used at 2:03 and explained at 21:07)
"to take place in” (used at 2:32, 2:51, 3:17, 7:23, 11:34, 13:55, 15:15, 15:17, 16:07 and explained at 23:27)
“neck of the woods” (used at 2:39 and explained at 25:53)
“to set A apart from B” (used at 5:38 and explained at 28:05)
“smooth sailing” (used at 9:21 and explained at 30:38)
“to believe in (something)” (used at and explained at 32:40)

Brentoni's English Podcast

003 The Great American Novel(s)

La cultura popular está llena de creencias, mitos y leyendas que construyen la identidad de un pueblo y forma parte del imaginario colectivo de sus habitantes. Cuba no es la excepción y posee un montón de historias con seres únicos.

Cafecito con Ale

El güije, criatura mitológica cubana

On January 1, music magazine Rolling Stone released its list of "The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time," including famous musicians such as Frank Sinatra, Freddie Mercury, and many more.

Rolling Stone first released a list of its "100 Greatest Singers of All Time" in 2008, and has added 100 more artists for 2023.

Aretha Franklin is again number one on the list, with Rolling Stone calling her singing "the most magnificent sound" to ever come out of America.

Next is Whitney Houston at number two, while soul singer Sam Cooke is number three. Jazz singer Billie Holiday is fourth, while pop star Mariah Carey is fifth.



However, some music fans are unhappy that their favorite artists are very low on the list, or aren't included at all.

For example, some Twitter users are angry that Michael Jackson is number 86, while Beyoncé is in the top 10.

Rolling Stone seemed to expect mixed reactions, writing that people should remember that this is the "Greatest Singers" list, not the "Greatest Voices" list.

The magazine said it was looking at things like originality, how many songs someone made and how much they changed music, not just how well they could sing.

Many Twitter users are also angry that Céline Dion was not included on the list — with more than one calling it "a crime against humanity."

The Canadian singer is one of the best-selling artists of all time, with many Grammy awards and even several Oscars for her songs from films, including Titanic and Beauty and the Beast.

Madonna and Justin Bieber are also not on the list, while Ariana Grande and Bob Dylan are.