Why using "I'm afraid" is better than saying, "I'm sorry" when giving bad news.

The English Toolbox

"I'm Afraid"

Wishing you all a very happy New Year in a prosperous 2024 in Italy.

English My Way

Italy happy New Year

这集主要介绍汉语口语中“1.只不过…罢了；2.照…不误；3.是-不是…那块料”这三个习惯用语的意思及用法。

A Course in Chinese Colloquial Idioms

How To Use 1.只不过…罢了；2.照…不误；3.是/不是…那块料 in Chinese Colloquial Idioms

Llevarse como el perro y el gato no tiene nada que ver con "to take". El verbo "llevar" tiene varios significados y aquí lo estamos usando como "llevarse" como verbo recíproco. Te lo explico ahora. Gramaticalmente es una expresión un poco más complicada pero solo tienes que entenderla y aprenderla para poder usarla correctamente ;)

Expresiones en español

Llevarse como el perro y el gato

In dieser Episode von Deutsch durchdacht spreche ich über Deutsche Dialekte und Akzente. 

Deutsch durchdacht 

Episode 6: Dialekte und Akzente

Escucha el diálogo y responde a las preguntas:
a) ¿En qué estación del año se encuentran? 
b) ¿Qué opciones tienen para las vacaciones?
c) ¿Qué destino prefiere Joan? 
d) ¿Qué destino prefiere Santi? 
e) ¿Qué deciden finalmente?

Un bocado de español

¿Montaña o playa?

You will know of some rare combinations of foods in Colombia

1. Aguadepanela con queso

2. Cuajada con Melao

3. Chocolate con queso

4. Changua

5. Bocadillo con queso

Remember that I teach Spanish on italki, you can book a class for more information you can look at it on my profile :)

Colombia

Las combinaciones de comida más extrañas de Colombia

Do you find it harder to be nice and cooperative when you're tired? You're not alone — and there's actually science behind that feeling.

Researchers in Italy looked at how being tired affected people's brains and the decisions they made.

They looked at a total of almost 450 people. The participants all started by doing a set of similar tasks for about 45 minutes — but for one group, the tasks were made much more difficult to make the participants mentally tired.

For example, the mentally tired group was given more difficult quiz questions to answer. And while everyone watched funny videos, the mentally tired group was told to try not to smile or laugh.

Participants then played several economic games that asked them to make decisions that would give different benefits to themselves and others, like deciding how to share points in a group.

It was found that mentally tired participants were much less likely to make cooperative decisions in the games. They were also more likely to choose "antisocial" and "spiteful" options — where they could, say, choose to use some of their own points to reduce someone else's points instead of using them to help themselves or the group.

Why did this happen?

Among the mentally tired group, the researchers found a much stronger increase in "slow-wave" activity in parts of the brain used for things like planning, paying attention, controlling emotions and understanding others. These "slow waves" are similar to the ones seen in our brains when we sleep.

The researchers said this increase in slow waves may explain tired participants' less cooperative decisions.

So when you're tired after a long day, you may be less nice because the parts of your brain you need to help you cooperate are actually going to sleep!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Science of Spite: Why We're Meaner when We're Tired

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こんにちは！
Japanese daily life podcast のAtsushiです。
このPodcastは、日本語を勉強しているみなさんに向けたPodcastです。

今回はScriptなしで話しています。

