As time goes by more and more characters are created. How many Chinese characters do we have? And how many characters should a foreign learner master that can manage daily conversations ? Am I suppose to learn all Chinese characters? Don't be worry, this audio will give you an answer.

Learning Chinese culture with Miss Zhang

Chinese characters 2

HELLO! HOLA! CIAO! こんにちは！
(SPA) En este episodio quiero contarles acerca de las festividades locales de Paraguay. Para explicar esto,  usaré de ejemplo el Festival del Ovecharague (Festival de la Lana) que se lleva a cabo en otoño-inverno en la ciudad de San Miguel Misiones. 
Te gustaría saber más? Pues escucha el podcast!
Hablaremos acerca de la cultura de la lana en el Sur del País, además de algunos datos culturales y gastronómicos de la región de Misiones, Paraguay!!!

(ENG) In this episode, I want to tell you about the local festivities in Paraguay. To explain this, I will use the Ovecharague Festival (Festival de la Lana) that takes place in autumn-winter in the city of San Miguel Misiones.
Would you like to know more? Then listen to the podcast!
We will talk about the culture of wool in the South of the country, as well as some cultural and gastronomic data from the region of Misiones, Paraguay!!!

Rohayhudcast! Paraguayan spanish!

El OVECHARAGUE, la fiesta de la lana!

The thing is when you write, you don't write down everything in your head. this would do you more harm than good.

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Which one is more important? Please share your thoughts as well :)
무엇이 더 중요한가요? 여러분의 생각도 말씀해 주세요 :)!

**For the full transcription/translation paired with a 2D animation for this episode, please check out our video here:
https://youtu.be/O5RHft_4PiM

Dylan & Douglas' Korean Podcast!

(#1) 재능이 중요해요 아니면 노력이 중요해요? (Feat. 손흥민) (Which is more important? Talent or Hard Work?)

Hoy hablamos de... amor o quizás no, quizás es algo que se parece al amor jajaja, quién sabe. Te lo explico ahora.

Expresiones en español

Sentir mariposas en el estómago

We Brits are famous for our politeness and diplomacy, but what do some of the things we say actually mean? This podcast takes a look at how we choose our words to say the complete opposite of what we are telling you; when and how to complain; and provides you with an understanding of how to answer the eternal question when asked: "How are you?"

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Why the British don't say what they mean 

Alcohol is a leading cause of cancer, a risk that should be clearly labeled on drinks Americans consume, the top doctor in the US has said.

The US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy made the proposal as research and evidence mounts about the effects that alcohol has on human health.

His suggestion for a label would require approval from the US Congress.

Americans should be better informed about the link between alcohol and cancer, in particular, Murthy argues, noting that alcohol consumption was to blame for nearly one million preventable cancer cases in the US over the last decade.

About 20,000 people die every year from those alcohol-related cancer cases, he said.

Bottles of beer, wine and liquor already carry warning labels that say pregnant women should not drink alcohol and that alcohol consumption can impair a person's ability to drive a car.

But Murthy's proposed label would go even further, raising awareness about the risk for cancer, too.

"It's pretty crazy that there's a lot more information on a can of peas than on a bottle of whiskey," said Timothy Naimi, who directs the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research at the University of Victoria in British Columbia.

"Consumers have the right to basic information about health risks, serving size and drinks per container."

Consuming alcohol raises the risk of developing at least seven types of cancer, including liver, breast and throat cancer, research has found.

Murthy said that as a person's alcohol consumption goes up, so does the risk for developing those illnesses.

However, it's unlikely that Congress would act quickly to enact a new warning on alcohol products.

It's been nearly four decades since Congress approved the first government warning label on alcohol and no updates have been made since then.

Any effort to add a cancer warning label to alcohol would face significant pushback from a well-funded and powerful beverage industry, which spends nearly $30 million every year lobbying Congress.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

US Doctor Wants Cancer Warnings on Alcoholic Drinks

В этом выпуске я рассказываю о некоторых суевериях и приметах. Приятного прослушивания! Словарь: погружаться/ погрузиться в культуру = to immerse oneself in the culture
потусторонний мир = otherworld
разбиваться/ разбиться = to shatter
осколки = fragments
убеждаться/ убедиться = to make sure
поверхность = a surface
ладонь = a palm
сплетничать = to gossip
икать = to hiccup
загробная жизнь = afterlife