Konnichiwa! Welcome to Slow Japanese! How often do you go shopping? I do... not so much! Let's talk about your shopping style.

Usage of Slow Japanese:
STEP 1. Listen to the episode without seeing scripts.
STEP 2. Go to mochifika.com/podcast/ and check "Key vocabularies of this episode", listen again to the episode while seeing the list.
STEP 3. Check the whole script, it'll fill the gap in your understanding.

Scripts and key vocabularies of this episode are here:
https://mochifika.com/podcast-script/slow-japanese-episode-9-shopping/

Slow Japanese

Episode #9 - Do you like shopping?

1. 떡볶이가 맵지만 맛있어요. 
2. 피곤하지만 운동하고 싶어요 
3. 이 가방은 작지만 비싸요. 
4. 슬프지만 안 울었어요 
5. 많이 공부했지만 모르겠어요. 

[Translation] 
1. tteokbokki is spicy but tasty. 
2. I’m tired but I want to work out.  
3. This bag is small but expensive.  
4. I was sad but I didn’t cry.  
5. I studied a lot, but (still) I don’t understand. 

Listening Practice

[2]V/A지만: however

Viaggiatore: Salve
Hostess: Buongiorno, carta d’imbarco e passaporto per favore.
Viaggiatore: Certo. Ecco.
Hostess: Desidera un posto vicino al finestrino o corridoio?
Viaggiatore: Vicino al finestrino.
Hostess: Potrebbe mettere la valigia sul nastro?
Viaggiatore: certamente!
Hostess: Trasporta materiali o liquidi infiammabili?
Viaggiatore: No
Hostess: Purtroppo il suo bagaglio supera il peso consentito.
Viaggiatore: Ah..
Hostess: Il supplemento per il bagaglio è di 30 euro. Come desidera pagare?
Viaggiatore: Con carta.
Hostess: ecco il suo scontrino e la sua carta di imbarco. Il suo volo partirà alle 6:20, Le procedure di imbarco cominceranno alle 5:30. Il gate non è stato ancora annunciato, ma dovrebbe apparire sul monitor con le informazioni dei voli tra 40 minuti. I controlli di sicurezza sono da quella parte.
Viaggiatore: Grazie mille
Hostess: Grazie a Lei e buon viaggio. 


Italiano Chiaro

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Tapescripts

Thực hành 3: Nghe và điền dấu thanh điệu vào các từ sau. (Listen and annotate thetonal markers for the following words)
1. Tôi
2. Bạn 
3. Anh 
4. Chị 
5. Em
6. Cô
7. Chú
8. Ông
9. Bà
10. Các bạn
11. Chúng em
12. Chào cháu 
13. Chào các con 
14. Cháu chào cô 
15. Con chào ông
Thực hành 4: Nghe và điền từ vào chỗ trống. (Listen and fill in the blanks)
1. Em chào anh.
2. Con chào bà.
3. Con chào chú.
4. Cháu chào ông.
5. Chúng em chào anh.
6. Chúng con chào ông bà.
7. Ông chào các con.
8. Chị chào các em.
Thực hành 6: Nghe và chọn hình thích hợp. (Listen and choose the picture that matches the audio)
1. A: Chào chị. 
 B: Chào anh.
2. A: Em ơi! 
 B: Dạ.
3. A: Cháu chào bà.
 B: Chào cháu.
4. A: Con chào chú. 
  B: Chú chào con.


Vietnamese with Ease 1

Bài 1 Chào chị (Hello Miss) _ Vietnamese with ease 1 (Học tiếng Việt dễ dàng)

Help to understand gender in the Spanish language

Spanish conversation made easy

Gender in Spanish

专心致志[zhuān xīn zhì zhì]：focus on/heart/devote/heart；
to devote oneself heart and soul to or to give complete attention to 
eg：她专心致志地学习中文 tā zhuān xīn zhì zhì de xuéxí hànyǔ。
        爸爸专心致志地看报纸 bàba zhuān xīn zhì zhì de kàn bàozhǐ 。
鲁国 lǔ guó：Lu state in the Spring and Autumn period in Chinese history.
弈秋 yì qiū：The name of a person
围棋 wéi qí：Go;Chinese draught
高手 gāo shǒu：Past master master-hand ace
徒弟 tú dì：apprentice;disciple;pupil
棋艺 qí yì：skill
大雁 dà yàn：wild goose
丝毫 sī háo：a bit;in the least

乐读中文 (Lè Dú Zhōngwén) - "Joyful Chinese Stories"

专心致志[zhuān xīn zhì zhì]

Oggi vediamo 15 espressioni idiomatiche con la parola "denti".
Nella lingua italiana parlata tutti i giorni le espressioni idiomatiche vengono molto utilizzate e quelle con la parola "denti" sono molte: da "mettere qualcosa sotto i denti" a "mostrare i denti" fino a "non è pane per i tuoi denti". Oggi ne vediamo alcune insieme.

Italiano espresso

15 espressioni idiomatiche con la parola "denti"

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こんばんは！Atsushiです。
今日の天気は晴れ。
気温は22℃。少し暖かいです。

昨日、おとといと雨が降っていました。
今日は晴れているので、とても気持ちがいいです。

今日は家の近くにある、水族館と、この地域で有名な鮭、サーモンについて話します。

サケのふるさと 千歳水族館は、サケや北方地域のさまざまな淡水魚を観察できる水族館です。千歳川の隣にあるので、水族館からガラス越しに千歳川の水中をのぞけことができます。

この日本初の「水中観察室」は、9〜10月になると遡上(そじょう)、川の流れと反対に上ってくることですね、してきたサケでガラスの窓が埋め尽くされ、冬には産卵の瞬間を見られることもあるそうです。

私も、北海道に引っ越してきた時に行きましたが、とてもおもしろい水族館でした。大きくはないですが、見れるものがたくさんあります。そしてやはり、川の水の中をガラス越しに見ることができるのは本当にとてもおもしろいです。魚が泳いでいる本当の姿を見ることができます。

サケは産卵の時期になると、自分が生まれた川へ戻ってきます。サケが、進化のなかで海で成長するようになりました。エサの豊富な海で成長します。そして、海よりも安全な場所で産卵するために、生まれた川へ戻ってきます。

生まれた川がどうしてわかると思いますか？
これは、川で生活している時に、その川のにおいをおぼえているからだそうです。

サケは成長する時は海へ出ます。サケによっては、日本からロシア、カナダの海を通ってアラスカの方まで行き、3.4年後に戻って来るそうです。

生まれた川は「におい」で判断しているらしいことが分かっています。ですが、においだけをたよりに何千㎞も泳ぐことは当然、難しいと思います。

渡り鳥は太陽や星の位置で場所をとらえているといわれますが、サケに関しては、いまだに謎が多いそうです。


ということで、今回はサケと水族館について話しました。
今回も最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！
ではまた！








