Title: Japanese Convenience Store Sweets: What is a "Wa-Parfait"?

In this episode, I’ll be talking about one of my favorite things: Japanese convenience store sweets! Specifically, I’m diving into the "Kinako and Anko Wa-Parfait" I bought today.

What does the "Wa" in "Wa-Parfait" actually mean? What are Kinako and Anko? Join me as I explain these traditional Japanese flavors in simple Japanese perfect for intermediate learners. Grab a snack and let’s get started!

にほんごのへや｜Haruna’s Japanese Room

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Bienvenue dans ce nouvel épisode de podcast 🎙️ où je vais te raconter une petite anecdote dans les aéroports pleine de péripéties 🤩 

Donc voilà, le podcast

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Two corvesations: 

1- La tienda de ropa

2- La bicicleta

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La settimana scorsa Jimmy ha voluto fare un viaggio a Roma. È stata la sua prima volta nella capitale italiana. È partito da Venezia lo scorso lunedì mattina. Ha preso il treno ad alta velocità e in tre ore e mezza circa è arrivato a Roma.
Jimmy è andato in viaggio da solo perché il suo amico Marco durante la settimana lavora, invece Jimmy ha molto tempo libero e ha deciso di viaggiare in tutte le città italiane.

Roma è la sua prima tappa. Ha prenotato una stanza in un hotel di fronte al Colosseo. Ogni mattina quando si sveglia può vedere le meraviglie dell’anfiteatro Flavio. Il primo giorno ha anche visitato l’interno dell’arena. Poi ha fatto un giro al foro romano, al circo massimo, nel quartiere ebraico e a Trastevere. Ha visitato Castel Sant’Angelo e infine il Vaticano.

A Roma Jimmy ha camminato molto, ha fatto tante foto e ha mangiato molte cose buone e tipiche.

Un giorno, però, ha perso il portafoglio con i soldi e i documenti. È dovuto andare a denunciare il furto alla polizia, ma il suo italiano non è ancora buono!

Ha telefonato al suo amico Marco, che non ha risposto. A volte Marco non risponde al telefono perché è molto pigro e non ha voglia di parlare.

Allora Jimmy ha preso un pezzo di carta, una penna e ha disegnato un portafoglio e un ladro. Finalmente la polizia ha capito e ha fatto la denuncia.

Quel giorno Jimmy è diventato molto triste: ha dovuto fare le valigie e tornare a Venezia perché nasconde i soldi sotto il materasso del suo nuovo appartamento.

Il passato prossimo = in this text you can see some verbs of the past tense. Just as in English, some participle can be irregular. Perdere = perso; decidere = deciso; etc.
Durante la settimana = Durante la settimana significa dal lunedì al venerdì, cioè i giorni in cui lavoriamo.


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Un viaggio

Лексика к уроку на тему "Семья"

Русский язык А2

УРОК 2 Семья

The Nordic countries of Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden are regularly top scorers in world happiness rankings. These countries have placed in the top 10 of the World Happiness Report (WHR) every year since 2013 — so what's their secret?

These five countries score well in all six of the things considered in the WHR: GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom, generosity and corruption.

But the WHR has noted that there might be another thing these countries have more of than others — trust.

Trust is very important, says WHR editor John F. Helliwell, a former professor at the University of British Columbia. And he developed a study to test how community trust is linked to better well-being.

In Helliwell's study, he looked at how likely people thought it would be for a lost wallet to be returned to them, and he compared this to their life satisfaction score from zero to 10.

He found that those who expected their wallet to be returned had a higher life satisfaction score.

"We find people are much, much happier if they feel they're in an environment where people are going to watch their back," Helliwell told Euro News.

In a 2023 experiment by Reader's Digest, wallets were actually left for people to find in cities around the world. And where was a lost wallet most likely to be returned? In Helsinki, the capital of Finland.

The WHR has noted that a high level of trust may be among the things that explain Nordic happiness.

However, as Forbes has suggested, it may not be so much about big-smile "happiness" as quieter "contentment."

Rather than always trying for something better, people in Scandinavian countries are more often content with what they have. As a result, few of them will say they are unhappy — which helps these countries do well in world happiness rankings.

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What's the Secret to Nordic Countries' Happiness?

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Psychological Training for Language Learners (IELTS, Job Interviews, Confidence Building).

I started this recording with IELTS learners; however, it's something that ALL language learners CAN benefit from NOW.

It is something that isn't talked about by English teachers (very few teachers do), the psychological aspects of success behind IELTS speaking, job interview successes, and confident communication in English or other languages.

It is something about your head—how you think, feel, see, and hear; therefore, how you interpret reality—that is the key, the essential ingredient for a language learner's success and life overall.

Please allow me to guide you along the process of softening towards your goals (sometimes people are too strict and too intense about it).

My voice is gentle and deep, which will help you relax and feel at ease.

Enjoy the journey and have fun.

If you'll resonate with some of my ideas and you'll feel compelled to book my class, do so; no hesitation is needed; you are in safe hands with me.

Be well and feeeeel good now...