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Welcome ! ☀️
Because it’s summer — and to keep things feeling light and fun — this podcast channel aims to stay connected to French pronunciation. The episodes are short and straightforward, each focusing on how to pronounce essential French sounds that are tricky or commonly mispronounced.

Today's episode is about the pronunciation of the letter "c".
➡️ Read the transcript while listening, to link the sounds to the spelling and to do the little pronunciation exercise at the end.

TRANSCRIPTION :
Bonjour ! Comment tu vas aujourd’hui ? Moi ça va super !

Aujourd’hui on va pratiquer la prononciation correcte de la lettre “c”. Elle a deux prononciations : ss et k

“C” se prononce “s” après un i, un e ou un y. Comme merci ou cent.

Voici des exemples.
Répète après moi : cerise / citron / cinéma / célèbre / cyber / cycliste / ici / facile / policier / recette

Ensuite “c” se prononce “k” devant les autres lettres comme cuisine ou crabe.
Voici des exemples.
Répète après moi :  carotte / découvrir / carte / clair / calorie / crédit / couche / culture / colonie / clone

Parfois le “c” devant a, o et u le “c” se prononce “ss” comme dans ça va ou français. C’est grâce à la cédille ! Le ç.

Allez, maintenant le quiz final !
So, you will speak just after I say the number. A blank will give you time to speak. Then listen to my pronunciation. Read number 2 and listen to the pronunciation again. And just keep going like that.

Prêt ? C’est parti !

1: client
2: marcassin
3: couleur
4: cancer
5: cocasien
6: vacances
7: couteau
8: cascade
9: copain
10: circulation

Et voilà c’est tout pour aujourd’hui. J’espère te retrouver au prochain épisode. Ciao !


French Pronunciation to go

Pronunciation of the letter' "c"

Oggi parliamo di possibilità, e di conseguenza anche un po’ della grammatica.
Lo so che, in questo caso, l’approccio non è più così tanto comunicativo, ma volevo dare un senso di istruzione, diciamo, a questo audio.
Comincerei con la classica domanda che si fa in classe, con gli amici, con i figli: se vincessi la lotteria, o comunque un sacco (o un fracco, o un pacco) di soldi, qual è la prima cosa che faresti?
E quasi tutti sempre rispondiamo: andrei in aeroporto e partirei per un lungo viaggio. 
E smetteresti di lavorare? Non penseresti alle conseguenze? E dove andresti, scusa?
E quale sarebbe la seconda cosa che faresti? …….. silenzio…… alla domanda bisogna pensarci bene. È una possibilità allettante, quella che ci fa sognare. 
Per questo si chiama “periodo ipotetico della possibilità”: possiamo esprimere un desiderio.
Quello di vincere un fracco di soldi è il più comune, certo, e anche il più grandioso.
Ma noi, in genere, apprezziamo anche i piccoli desideri: aaahhhh, se non ci fosse il traffico a Roma, si vivrebbe così bene; se potessi arrivare al mare in 10 minuti, mi farei un bel bagno e poi aspetterei il tramonto con una bella granita al limone, freschissima. 
E, se non facesse così caldo, dormiremmo tutti meglio.
E se potessimo andare tutti in vacanza quando ne abbiamo voglia…. Questa si che sarebbe vita!
Ecco, cose così. Ma sempre lì a fantasticare improbabili avvenimenti.
Così si parla non solo di possibilità, ma anche di “irrealtà”! 
Ma voi ve la immaginate Roma senza traffico????
E se leggessimo la notizia clamorosa che da domani internet non è più disponibile, come reagiremmo?
Io malissimo, sicuramente! Dovrei inventarmi un nuovo lavoro, tanto per cominciare.
Ma quale lavoro potrei scegliere? 🤔
Se fossi obbligato a scegliere un altro pianeta dove andare a vivere, quale preferiresti?
Ecco le assurdità dell’irrealtà. Ipotesi che non si avvereranno, ma con le quali a volte abbiamo passato del tempo a parlare o a pensare.





la Rubrica di Simona

SE....

粤读时光，看见生命中嘅光。

Hello，我最近睇到咗两个与人相处嘅技巧，
想分享俾你。

我想同你分享嘅第一个技巧系，
点样加人哋嘅微信呢？
加微信有两个方法，
叫人哋扫你嘅二维码，
或者你扫人哋嘅二维码。

呢两种方法有乜野唔同呢？
如果你叫人哋扫你嘅二维码，
你就要打开自己嘅二维码，
对方加咗之后，
你仲要gam6 一吓同意，
而对方只系需要扫一扫。

但系如果你扫人哋嘅二维码，
咁人哋就要打开二维码，
仲要同意你嘅申请。

边种方法好啲？ 
如果你系一个为他人着想嘅人，
加人嗰时应该叫人哋扫你嘅二维码。

点解？
如果你扫咗对方，
对方只系需要做一个动作。
而且如果你扫咗对方嘅二维码，
但系对方一下唔记得咗通过你，
咁就麻烦啦，
你哋嘅交流就会中断。

其实叫人哋扫自己，
系一种为他人着想嘅思维方式。

第二个技巧系关于点样约人哋，
如果你咁样问人哋，
你听日下昼三点得唔得闲啊？
人哋可能唔知应该点样答你，
因为佢唔知你嘅意图系乜嘢。

而更好嘅方法系咁样问，
我想开一个会讨论一下产品嘅改进方法，
打算听日下昼三点开会，
唔会你到时得唔得闲参加一下呢？

用呢种方式会令对方觉得更加舒服。
因为你照顾咗佢嘅感受，
将佢心入面嘅疑虑打消咗。

以前成日听到与人相处最高嘅艺术就系舒服，
细个嗰时冇乜嘢感觉，
但是越大就越觉得与人相处舒服好重要。
人生不过短短三万几日，
其实一般人都想同令自己觉得舒服嘅人相处。 

粤读时光，看见生命中嘅光。


最后打个小广告，微信小程序“小草粤语”更新咗新嘅版本啦，
呢个小程序非常适合零基础的同学使用，扫描文中的二维码，或者在微信搜索“小草粤语”就可以找到我的小程序啦。

先讲到呢度，我哋下次再见，拜拜！

 Advanced Cantonese listening material

How to get well along with people

"یک مکالمه ساده دوستانه"
- سلام اسم من ساراه
- سلام منم شادیم
-اهل کجایی؟
- شیراز، تو چی؟
-چه جالب! منم شیرازی  ام
-!چه خوب ، پس یه همشهری پیدا کردم
- آره خیلی خوبه
- از آشناییت خوشحال شدم
-خیلی ممنون، منم همینطور
- می بینمت
-خداحافظ 

مکالمه های ساده روزمره simple everyday conversations

مکالمه ساده روزمره simple everyday conversation

Today’s Theme is “１年間（ねんかん）の挑戦（ちょうせん）！勉強（べんきょう）を続（つづ）けてわかったこと”.
This episode is JLPT-N3 level.

Please use this audio for listening and shadowing practices.

☆Words☆
挑戦（ちょうせん）：challenge
法律（ほうりつ）：law
駅弁（えきべん）：Ekiben《Train station boxed lunch》
景色（けしき）：view
モチベーション：motivation
資格試験（しかくしけん）：qualification exam
ただ：only, just

☆Script for this episode
The scripts (URL) are listed in the overview section of the channel.

Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#46 １年間の挑戦！勉強を続けてわかったこと // N3 Level /Japanese listening

Calypse makes Odyssea an interesting offer.

Transcript: https://saracasalino-books.weebly.com/blog/the-adventures-of-odyssea-ch-4-calypse

Learn English with Stories

The Adventures of Odyssea: Ch 4.5 - Calypse

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Lisa's Podcast

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 1

4-Year-Old Signs Book Deal to Publish Poems
A 4-year-old boy from the UK has signed a book deal to publish his collection of poems.

Nadim Shamma-Sourgen was discovered by poet and teacher Kate Clanchy, who won the 2020 Orwell Prize for political writing. Clanchy knew Shamma-Sourgen's mother, who teaches the study of poetry at the University of Reading.

Clanchy began sharing Shamma-Sourgen's poems on Twitter, where they became popular with her followers. Speaking to The Guardian, Clanchy said that she didn't share them because they were like an adult's poems, but because they were so much like a child's way of thinking.

The young poet has now signed a book deal with Walker Books, a children's book company, making him one of the youngest writers to get a book deal.

According to Guinness World Records, Dorothy Straight from the US is the youngest female to publish a book. She wrote a book in 1962 when she was 4 years old. It was published in 1964.

The youngest male writer is Thanuwana Serasinghe from Sri Lanka, who wrote a book when he was 4 years and 9 months old. It was published nine days before his 5th birthday.

In an interview with Sky News, Shamma-Sourgen's mother said that he's still learning to read and write, so he speaks his poems out loud and she writes them down for him.

"I like writing poems especially about nature. I feel happy that my poems will be in a book," Shamma-Sourgen told The Guardian. As well as nature, Shamma-Sourgen's poems talk about things like love, being lonely and bugs in his garden.

The book of poems will be published in summer 2021.