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Green cities: trees, ecology, and the environment

Hello everyone, here is my favorite poem and its story in a nutshell, enjoy! let me know if you would like to get the poem, I will send it to you : )

Şiirler/Poems 

Mavi Gözlü Dev, Miniminnacık Kadın ve Hanımelleri

*This story contains graphic and explicit material it is not recommended for children, only for mature audiences*

Today’s story The Cow and the Turkey addresses issues of greed and revenge. I hope you enjoy it. 

Send me a message me for your free pdf copy of this book and if you would like discuss it.
https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/13365914

The cow was notoriously cheap, so it surprised everyone when she voted yes for the secret Santa
scheme. It was the horse’s suggestion, and she backed it immediately, saying, “I choose the turkey.” The pig, who considered himself an authority on all things gifty, cleared his throat. “That’s not actually the way it works,” he said. “It’s secret, see, so we each draw a name and keep it to ourselves until Christmas morning.” “Why do you always have to be like that?” the cow asked, and the duck sighed, “Here we go.” “First you ask me to give someone a Christmas present,” the cow continued, “and then you tell me it has to be done your way. Like, ‘Oh, I have four legs so I’m better than everyone else.’ ” “Don’t you have four legs?” the pig asked. The cow loosed something between a moan and a sigh. “All right, just because you have a curly tail,” she said.


Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk and other stories from David Sedaris ( Adult 18+) 

The Cow and the Turkey (Adult 18+)

Common Greek expressions and phrases that do not literally translate that well into English but are extremely common in Greece, especially in Millennial/ Gen Z audiences. Slang phrases are always informal and even though they are not negative in meaning you should never use them when speaking to an elder, a person like your boss, doctor, professor etc and in general with people you do not know. 



it's all Greek to me!

Greek Slang 

Ich habe mit Absicht diese Geschichte sehr langsam vorgelesen, damit ihr die Aussprache mitverfolgen könnt. Hier ist die Geschichte im Text:

"Der Überraschungskuchen"

Es war ein sonniger Samstagmorgen, und Emily hatte Geburtstag. Sie wachte mit einem Lächeln auf, weil sie wusste, dass ihre besten Freunde, Mia und Lucas, zu ihrem Geburtstag kommen würden. Emily freute sich auf ihren Besuch und auf die gemeinsame Zeit, die sie verbringen würden.

Die Sonne schien hell, als Mia und Lucas endlich ankamen. Emily begrüßte sie mit einem breiten Lächeln an der Tür und umarmte sie herzlich. Sie wusste, dass sie einen tollen Tag zusammen haben würden.

Emily, Mia und Lucas verbrachten den Tag damit, lustige Spiele im Garten zu spielen. Sie tobten herum, spielten Verstecken und lachten über lustige Geschichten. Es war ein Tag voller Freude und Gelächter.

Nachdem sie draußen gespielt hatten, gingen sie ins Haus, um Emily's Geburtstagskuchen zu genießen. Als Emily die Kerzen ausblies und sich etwas wünschte, sangen Mia und Lucas fröhlich "Happy Birthday". Dann schnitten sie den Kuchen in Stücke und genossen jede köstliche Bissen.

Der Tag verging viel zu schnell, aber Emily war überglücklich. Sie fühlte sich so glücklich und dankbar, ihre besten Freunde an ihrem Geburtstag bei sich zu haben. Als Mia und Lucas sich schließlich verabschiedeten, versprachen sie, bald wiederzukommen, um mehr Abenteuer zu erleben.

Kurze Hörgeschichten 

Der Geburtstagskuchen (Eine kurze und langsam ausgesprochene Geschichte zum Mitverfolgen)

2024年で見てよかったアニメを３つ紹介します!
introducing three anime that I really enjoyed in 2024.


ANIME ・MANGA TALK | アニメ・マンガトーク | Japanese listening practice N4-N3

見てよかったアニメbest3 The best anime in 2024

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/222782519032
https://youtu.be/3rirojjfvlc

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 1. (Beginner 1) 
Please listen carefully.

Korean Listening Class 한국어 문장 듣기 - Korean teacher, Grace

Korean Conversation 1 - Lesson 11. Part 1 -고 싶다, Part 2 -을까요?/-ㄹ까요?  (Beginner 1)

En este episodio aprenderás algunas perífrasis verbales en español y sus usos