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Master Mandarin Daily : Learn Three Sentences a Day!

Learn Three Sentences a Day: DAY2

Listen to me reading a news article about digital habits and social media from my Conversational English course.

Today's grandparents are joining their grandchildren on social media, but their online habits are very different.

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News article: digital habits & social media

・東北地方の方言の特徴について
・濁音がある　たとえば「お父さん」⇒「おど」「お母さん」⇒「おが」など。
・イントネーションが独特
・母音の発音の区別がぼんやり（あいまい）「すし（寿司）」⇒「すす」「えき（駅）」⇒「いき」となる。
・短い表現が多い
・これらの特徴を踏まえて練習するとうまく言える！


Nihongo tokidoki Inaka hougen with Megumi Na

東北地方の方言の特徴って？これを押さえると上達するよ！

იდიომა "ყურების ჩამოყრა"  ნიშნავს დასევდიანებას, მოწყენას. To be down in the mouth. The illustration (by Kote Iantbelidze) describes the idiom in a very direct (to throw down the ears), humoristic way.

ქართული იდიომები-Georgian Idioms!

ყურების ჩამოყრა

f you're going to exercise, you have to stretch, right?

Well, maybe not.

The answer might depend on your goals, and what you mean by "stretch."

There are different types of stretches.

In what are known as "static" stretches, you hold a single position for perhaps as long as 60 to 90 seconds. These stretches are great for increasing flexibility.

But there are also "dynamic" stretches, where you repeatedly — but carefully — move your joints through their full range of motion.

Expert opinion on how to use these stretches has changed over the years. But it's now generally believed that dynamic stretching is best before you exercise, while static stretching is better after.

As Alisa Bowman writes for the Mayo Clinic, dynamic stretching helps improve blood flow and joint mobility, which gets your body ready to exercise. Studies have even found that dynamic stretching before exercise can improve your performance.

Meanwhile, some research has found that static stretching can temporarily weaken your muscles, which is why it's generally no longer recommended before certain sports — and especially not for high-performance athletes.

Instead, static stretches are typically recommended for helping to relax your muscles after exercise. Since you've been moving and increasing blood flow to your joints and muscles, you'll actually be more flexible, so you'll get more benefit from those stretches.

But while you may have been told that stretching will reduce soreness after you exercise, research has found that it really doesn't make much difference.

You've also probably been told to stretch to avoid injuries. But research doesn't seem to support that either — especially for static stretching.

Writing for WebMD, Sonya Collins says that, as long as you stretch sometime, it's fine if you don't do it around the time you exercise.

In fact, some experts say if you're short on time, it's better to exercise without doing any stretching than to cut your workout short!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Do You Really Need to Stretch When You Exercise?

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