Part three of Thumbelina by Author Hans Christian Andersen.
Complete the short quiz afterwards to check your understanding.


Teacher Michelle's Learn English with Story

Thumbelina Part 3 – LEARN ENGLISH WITH STORY (with quiz)

Un episodio lleno de construcciones que narran la historia de Colombia como amalgama de culturas, pensamientos y modos de ser y habitar el mundo. 
En el siguiente google docs encontrarán el artículo del podcast y algunas fotografías de distintas construcciones en épocas diferentes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HQYl66bsQbhd7k-Funmx8P9W-dLJiIkvRn4cRdC41QI/edit

Voces Difusora

Arquitectura colombiana: trazos de la historia

2023就快結束，回想番今年嘅大小事，成立夠鐘煲粥一定係其中一樣啦。從年初開始有呢個諗法到年中終於開始第一期，中間都經歷左好多嘢。為左準備今期節目，我地都認真回憶左下今年嘅重要高光時刻，發現其實呢一年都做左唔少嘢，你嘅2023又過得點呢？新一年有冇咩一定要做嘅事？

夠鐘煲粥 Congee Time

EP.16 2023回顧+2024展望

Sweden has launched a new law that allows grandparents to get paid parental leave while taking care of their grandchildren for up to three months of a child's first year.



English Vibes

Sweden Pays Grandparents to Care for Grandkids

I will talk about my trip to Taipei.
This episode is JLPT-N5 level.

I created a quiz on this episode.
After listening, please take the quiz!

Please use this audio for listening and shadowing practices.

☆Words☆
台北（たいぺい）taipei：Taipei
空港（くうこう）kūkō：airport
工場（こうじょう）kōjyō：factory
次の日（つぎのひ）tsuginohi：next day
観光（かんこう）kankō：sightseeing

☆Grammar☆
・～が あります
・adjective（past）
・～たいです

☆Script for this episode
The scripts (URL) are listed in the overview section of the channel.

☆Quiz for this episode
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Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#11 Trip to Taipei // N5 Level

This time I'm talking about my short trip to Yamanakako, Yamanashi. I hope to see you all in a lesson sometime! 

April in Tokyo

#5: 山中湖、山梨県

本集播客里Karen读了IG上的留言：“让你很幸福的一个时刻是什么样子的？” 一起来看看吧！

Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

(全中文) 观众留言 - 让你很幸福的一个时刻是什么样子的

The largest diamond found in more than a century has been unearthed at a mine in Botswana, and the country's president showed off the fist-sized stone to the world on August 22.

The Botswana government says the huge 2,492-carat diamond is the second-biggest ever discovered in a mine. It's the biggest diamond found since 1905.

The diamond was presented to the world at the office of Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi. It weighs about half a kilogram and Masisi was one of the first to hold it.

Masisi said: "I am lucky to have seen it in my time." He said "wow" before calling government officials over to take a closer look.

Officials said it was too early to value the stone or decide how it would be sold. Another smaller diamond from the same mine in Botswana was sold for $63 million in 2016, a record for a rough gem.

Naseem Lahri, Botswana managing director for Lucara, the Canadian mining company that found the diamond, added: "I am very proud. It is a product of Botswana."

Lucara said in a statement that it recovered the "exceptional" rough diamond from its Karowe Mine in central Botswana. Lucara said it was a "high-quality" stone and was found intact.

It was located using X-ray technology designed to find large, high-value diamonds.

The weight would make it the largest diamond found in 119 years and the second-largest ever dug out of a mine after the Cullinan Diamond that was discovered in South Africa in 1905.

The famous Cullinan was 3,106 carats and was cut into gems, some of which form part of the British Crown Jewels.

Botswana, a country of 2.6 million people in southern Africa, is the second-biggest producer of natural diamonds behind Russia and has unearthed all of the world's biggest stones in recent years.