On my podcasts I read articles from online-media in Russian on various topics: culture, psychology, food... Each episode has a link to the full text, so that you can read and listen at the same time. 

Listen and read

Vuoi capire davvero le canzoni italiane? 

🇮🇹🎵 In questo episodio di Puro Parlare pratichiamo l’italiano con “50 Special” dei Lunapop, una delle canzoni più iconiche della musica italiana. 

Ti spiego il significato della canzone strofa per strofa, con: vocabolario utile, espressioni colloquiali, cultura italiana, pronuncia naturale, italiano autentico e parlato. 

Questo episodio è perfetto per studenti di livello intermedio che vogliono migliorare ascolto, lessico e comprensione dell’italiano reale attraverso la musica. 

Vocabolario di oggi: motorini | targa | sfrecciare | andare in giro | adolescente | marce. 


Puro Parlare

37. 🎵 Praticare l’italiano con una canzone: “50 Special” dei Lunapop

🧭 Life in Korea through the Eyes of Foreign Residents: An Interactive Exploration

📊 1. Overview
80.3% of long-term foreign residents in Korea report overall satisfaction with their life here.
 However, 19.7% say they have experienced discrimination in everyday situations like restaurants, banks, and shops.
 Korea's convenience and safety are major strengths, but language barriers and cultural challenges still exist.

🔍 2. Deep Dive: Pros vs. Cons
This section allows users to filter and compare Korea’s strengths and weaknesses across key themes.
Top Pros:
Excellent public transportation and infrastructure

Advanced digital services and delivery culture

High level of public safety


Affordable daily living compared to some home countries

High-quality healthcare system

Top Cons:
Language barriers and complex administrative systems

Intense work culture and lack of work-life balance

High housing costs, especially in Seoul

Lack of personal space in public areas

Cultural misunderstandings and subtle social exclusion

🧭 Users can explore by theme: Daily Life, Work & Culture, Social Connections

✅ Final Takeaway
Korea offers a highly livable environment for many foreigners—especially thanks to its safety, infrastructure, and modern conveniences.
 However, language and cultural gaps, along with social isolation or subtle bias, still affect the daily lives of many.
This interactive project goes beyond data—bringing in real voices, real choices, and real-life insight.





Reading Korea.

K-Life Long Term Foreign Resident Pros and Cons

【结语】
我们为什么要出走，有时是想逃逸，有时是想恋爱，有时是怀念诗意。
无论如何，总有一个理由让我们想要暂时离开熟悉的人和环境，去让自己放一下空。
那么，放下当前的平凡，试着投入和体验另一种平凡。
平凡处，亦是闪光处。

【今日话题】
在生活中，你是否经常去旅行，或者想要去旅行呢，又是什么驱使你想要踏上旅程呢？

Ruby's  Reading club of  Chinese

优雅是种力量（八）平凡，才是人生唯一的答案

Pillole d'arte

Pillole d'arte: introduzione

つぎの ぶんを聞いてください。そしてただしいか、まちがっているかをかんがえましょう。ぶんは２かい 言います。 こたえはここにかいてあります。 
Listen to the sentences, and answer if each sentence is correct or not. I repeat the sentences twice each. The answer exaples are below. 
听下面的句子。并思考它们是否正确。重复这句话两次。答案写在这里。


①　○私は箸でご飯を食べます。

②　×彼はきのう、自転車に会社へ行きました。
Ex）
彼はきのう、自転車で会社へ行きました。

③　○水曜日、病院へ行きます。
（○水曜日に病院へ行きます。also good)

④　×8日を彼に会います。
Ex）
8日に彼に会います。

⑤　○明日私はラーメンを食べません。

⑥　○山田さんは21歳です。

⑦　×明日スーパーへ行きました。それから帰ります。
Ex）
明日スーパーへ行きます。それから帰ります。

ようへい先生　　N4,N5チャンネル

N5レベル　助詞（じょし） particle

Let's do big exercise of syllables with simple finals

Who says Chinese is hard？ 谁说中文很难

Drills in Chinese Pinyin_ syllables with simple finals

In this episode we will talk about 【Anxiety】, you will learn how to say 【anxiety about looks,anxiety about figure,anxiety about finance】 ect.
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It is recommended that you study in the following ways:
1st time: listen without looking at the text.
2nd time: look at the text and write down the new words, then look up the dictionary. 
3rd time: listen again without looking at the text.
4th time: shadow reading without looking at the text.
https://www.purpleculture.net/chinese-english-dictionary/
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大家好，我是Yuli。这是我的第6期播客。
今天想和大家聊一聊“焦虑”的话题。
现代生活大家的生活和工作压力都很大，很容易就感到焦虑。每个人的焦虑可能不太一样。学生会因为考试而焦虑，也会因为毕业找工作而焦虑。上班族会因为工作感到焦虑，可能是工作太多、太难，或者是竞争太激烈。父母会因为教育孩子而焦虑，担心孩子的健康、学习等等。  
除了以上这些焦虑，更多新的焦虑也开始出现在我们的生活。例如，“容貌焦虑”。容貌焦虑是指一个人经常觉得自己不够好看，特别是在网上我们经常看到各种美女帅哥。还有“身材焦虑”，一个人对自己的身材不满意，总是觉得可以再瘦一点儿，想要有一个明星那样的好身材。还有一个很常见的“财务焦虑”，也就是大家对金钱的担心。担心自己的收入不稳定，担心自己永远买不了房。
对于各种焦虑，你是怎么解决的呢？我以前也是个很容易焦虑的人，不过现在我越来越放松了。因为发生了两个很大的改变。
第一个改变是，我不去担心未来的事情了。焦虑的时候，我是在为还没有发生的事情担心，我的大脑会一直告诉自己一些很可怕的故事。但是，那都不是真的。现在，我努力去做我想做的事情，但是我不去担心结果了。
第二个改变是，停止和别人的比较。如果我们一直跟别人比较，那不管我们的生活多好，我们都会觉得不满足，因为永远有比我们好的人。所以，不要比较，知道自己想要什么，专注在那里就可以了。
你最大的焦虑是什么呢？你是怎么解决的？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。
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压力	yā lì	pressure
上班族	shàng bān zú	office worker
竞争	jìng zhēng	competition
激烈	jī liè	fierce
容貌焦虑   róng mào jiāo lǜ	anxiety about looks
身材焦虑	  shēn cái jiāo lǜ	anxiety about figure
明星	míng xīng	celebrity
财务焦虑   cái wù jiāo lǜ	anxiety about finance
专注	zhuān zhù	focus

Daily Chinese With Yuli

焦虑  Anxiety（Intermediate and advanced level）

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