Texts, dialogues, and listening stories to develop the language skills of intermediate-level students.

Listening for intermediate

Texts, dialogues, and listening stories to develop the language skills of advanced-level students.

Listening for advanced levels

Arabic stories, dialogues and texts to develop language skills for beginners

Listening for beginners

A:	So who’s the singer?

	B:	I'm sorry?

	A:	The song you were singing.

	B:	Oh my gosh! I'm embarrassed! It's Beyoncé. [laughs]

	A:	Oh, of course! Good choice. So where are you from?

	B:	I'm from Los Angeles.

	A:	Ah, yes, Los Angeles.

	B:	And you? Where are you from? Are you South African?

	A:	Yes, I’m South African!

	B:	Are you from Johannesburg?

	A:	No, I'm not. I'm from Cape Town.

	B:	Oh, is that so?

English Conversation/Dialogue

Where are you from?

Reading a book in Japanese
''Buying Mittens'' #5　(Written by Nankichi Niimi)
『手袋を買いに』(てぶくろを かいに）
新美南吉・著　第五話

You can practice shadowing, repeating with 
this reading and the text below.
Besides, it's helpful to study Kanji. 😊
📚My lessons: https://www.italki.com/ja/teacher/6185061

その町の灯を見た時、母さん狐は、
ある時 町へ お友達と出かけていって、
とんだめに あったことを 思い出しました。
およしなさいって いうのもきかないで、
お友達の狐が ある家の あひるを盗もうとしたので、
お百姓に見つかって、さんざ追いまくられて、
命からがら逃げたことでした。
「母ちゃん何してんの、早く行こうよ」
と子供の狐がお腹の下から言うのでしたが、
母さん狐はどうしても足がすすまないのでした。
そこで、しかたがないので、ぼうや だけを
一人で町まで行かせることになりました。
「ぼうや お手々を片方お出し」
と母さん狐がいいました。
その手を、母さん狐は しばらく握っている間に、
可愛いい人間の子供の手にしてしまいました。

【Kanji】

町　・・・まち
灯　・・・ひ
見た・・・みた
時　・・・とき
母さん・・かあさん
狐　・・・きつね
お友達・・おともだち
出かけて・・でかけて
思い出して・・おもいだして
家　・・・いえ
盗もうと・・・ぬすもうと
お百姓・・・おひゃくしょう
追い・・・おい
命　・・・いのち
逃げた・・にげた
何　・・・なに
早く・・・はやく
行こうよ・・いこうよ
お腹・・・おなか
下　・・・した
言う・・・いう
足　・・・あし
一人・・・ひとり
お手々・・おてて
片方・・・かたほう
お出し・・おだし
握っている・・にぎっている
間　・・・あいだ
可愛い・・かわいい
人間・・・にんげん


朗読クラブ📚Reading to Japanese language learners 

朗読 『手袋を買いに』その5 Buying Mittens #5

Consistency refers to behaving or performing in a similar way each time. It's about being reliable and dependable. In everyday life, consistency can be seen in following a routine, maintaining good habits, or treating others fairly.

The Global Professional Podcast

Business Dictionary - Consistency  - EP 9 

¿Tú montas muchos pollos? ¿O conoces a alguien que lo haga? Probablemente sí...

Expresiones en español

Montar un pollo

Jag pratar lite om Sveriges vackra natur, och om ställen jag har besökt och varit på som jag rekommenderar (norra Sverige bland annat).

Easy Swedish with Viktoria

Ep. #12 - Natur

If you have a bad experience at a restaurant or hotel, what do you do? Do you tell the staff? Do you ask them to apologize — maybe even ask them to give you something for free?

Or do you maybe just say nothing, go online, and write a bad review about the place? Then others might see your review, and decide to go somewhere else.

If you're in Italy, however, soon you may not be able to leave a bad review without being able to prove that you had a bad experience.

In a new law being proposed by the country's government, review websites like TripAdvisor will need to make sure that the people leaving reviews have actually visited the places they're reviewing.

The law, which would be the first of its kind in Europe, would require reviewers to be verified with an ID, and show proof that they had been to the place not more than two weeks before their review.

It's already against the law to leave fake reviews in Italy, but it's not always easy to know which reviews are fake. This law would make sure that the reviewer has, at least, visited the place.

The law would also let businesses ask for bad reviews to be removed after two years if they can show that the problem mentioned in the review has been fixed.

The idea is to protect businesses and make sure reviews are honest — which also means people like influencers won't be able to be paid to leave positive reviews.

In fact, many people who agree with the law believe it should extend to all social media, not just review websites, because with so many influencers being paid by companies online, it's not always easy to know which reviews are honest.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Leaving a Review in Italy? You May Need to Prove It's True

In this episode we will talk about 【Chinese style blind date】, you will learn how to say 【Matchmaking Corner,become non-single】 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, later look up the dictionary. 
3rd time: listen again without looking at the text.
4th time: repeat after it without looking at the text.
大家好，我是Yuli。欢迎收听我的播客。
今天想和大家聊一聊【相亲】的话题。
在中国，相亲是一种很常见的找结婚对象的方式。相亲也分为很多种，亲戚介绍，朋友介绍，或者同事介绍。还有一些新的方式，例如在网上的婚恋平台找对象，甚至是参加相亲的电视节目。
有些公园还出现了一个特别的地方“相亲角”。在那里，你可以看到墙上贴着很多纸，上面写着单身男女的个人信息。年龄、身高、学历、工作、收入、对另一半的要求。去那里的基本上是这些单身男女的父母，他们非常希望自己的孩子能早一点找到对象，结婚。
很多人大学毕业以后，家里就开始安排相亲了。我在刚毕业的时候也参加过一次相亲。那个男生是我叔叔的朋友的儿子，因为我们在同一个城市工作，还是老乡，他们觉得很合适。我们加了微信开始聊天，然后一起去吃了几次饭。后面没有成功，因为他希望找一个人早一点结婚，而我还没有准备好要结婚。我觉得这是中国式相亲最大的一个特点，就是“希望早点儿结婚”。那是我第一次相亲，也是最后一次，因为我不喜欢这种要很快结婚的感觉。
我很多回老家工作的女生朋友都是通过相亲结婚的，基本上一年内就会结婚，然后生小孩。在大城市的朋友有通过相亲脱单，也有通过参加活动认识另一半的，单身的人也不少。
我觉得不管是什么形式的相亲，都是一个让我们认识人的机会。最关键的是你要想清楚自己要找什么样的人， 过什么样的生活。
你支持相亲吗？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。
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对象  duì xiàng	partner(for dating/marriage)
婚恋平台	hūn liàn píng tái	dating platform
相亲角	xiāng qīn jiǎo	Matchmaking Corner
学历	xué lì	education background
另一半	lìng yí bàn	the other half (one's partner)
老乡	lǎo xiāng	country-fellow
脱单	tuō dān	become non-single
形式	xíng shì	form
关键	guān jiàn	key

Yuli's Chinese Channel

中国式相亲 Chinese style blind date （Intermediate level）

Today I go to the Supermarket. The affirmation of today is about not being stressed while learning English. 