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In this episode we will discuss about greetings in simple Pashto with English translation.

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Greeting in Pahto 

این اپیزود در مورد مکالمه بین منشی و یک بیمار است
- سلام
+ سلام
- ببخشید من از خانم دکتر یک وقت میخوام بگیرم
+ بله حتما، کدوم دکتر؟
- دکتر رضایی
+ بله، لطفاً اسم و فامیلتونو بفرمایید
- بهار شادمان
+ بسیار خب،مبلغ ویزیت 250 هزار تومان میشه، لطفاً کارت بانکی
+ بله بفرمایید
- خیلی ممنونم
+ چقدر وقت دیگه نوبتم میشه؟ 
- شانس شما امروز خلوته، فقط یک نفر جلوتونه
+ خوب خدا را شکر خیلی ممنونم
- خواهش میکنم

مطب دکتر

مکالمه در مطب دکتر

Who I am, why I am here.
Two poems, a fragment of prose, and the authentic texture of modern Turkish literature.

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An online quiz might tell you that you're more outgoing if you like hip-hop, or that you're more conservative if you like classical music.

But is it true?

A number of studies have looked into this over the years.

For example, a 2010 study from Scotland's Heriot-Watt University asked over 36,000 people about 104 different types of music from around the world.

It found some connection between people's personalities and their musical tastes — in particular, creative people were more likely to enjoy classical music.

However, connections for other personality types weren't so strong. Instead, people's gender, income and age had more connection to their musical taste — with older people more likely to enjoy folk and jazz, and less likely to enjoy dance music, for example.

In fact, when researchers in Germany compared the results of 30 different studies in 2017, they found nearly no connection between musical taste and personality. Instead, they noted that age seemed to be the most important factor — since people tend to have the strongest connection to the music they heard as teens and young adults.

However, these results haven't satisfied everybody.

In 2022, for example, researchers in Israel, the UK and the US looked at data from nearly 360,000 people across six continents. And they said they did find connections between music and personality.

Creative people were again found to prefer classical music — as well as jazz, opera and dance music. Outgoing people preferred things like hip-hop and reggae. And empathetic people preferred country and gospel — as well as pop.

So that's it, right?

Well, not exactly.

Other studies have found different results — for example, that empathetic people prefer gentle music like soft rock and R&B, or that outgoing people enjoy folk and country.

So what does your taste in music say about you?

Well, it depends on which study you trust — and it might just tell people how old you are!

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What Does Your Taste in Music Say About You?

한국 커피숍에서의 경험 ☕️

나는 한국에 온 지 한 달이 되었다. 한국에서는 커피숍이 정말 많다. 길을 걸으면 커피숍이 계속 보인다. 나는 커피를 좋아해서 한국 커피숍에 꼭 가 보고 싶었다.

어느 날, 친구와 함께 홍대에 갔다. 거기에는 예쁜 카페가 많았다. 우리는 조용하고 아늑한 커피숍을 찾았다. 커피숍 문을 열고 들어가자 좋은 커피 향이 났다. 따뜻하고 달콤한 냄새였다.

나는 메뉴를 보았다. 아메리카노, 라떼, 카푸치노, 그리고 한국에서 유명한 달고나 라떼도 있었다. 나는 고민하다가 아메리카노를 주문했다. "아메리카노 주세요." 직원이 웃으며 물어봤다.
"뜨거운 거요? 아이스요?"
나는 아이스를 좋아해서 대답했다. "아이스 아메리카노 주세요."

주문을 하고 자리에 앉았다. 커피숍 안은 조용했다. 어떤 사람들은 책을 읽고 있었고, 어떤 사람들은 노트북으로 일을 하고 있었다. 나와 친구도 조용히 이야기를 나누었다.

잠시 후, 커피가 나왔다. 나는 커피를 한 모금 마셨다.

한국의 문화

한국 커피숍에서의 경험 ☕️

In this episode for upper-intermediate and advanced English learners, my daughter and I talk about our predictions for the second part of Stranger Things 4. The first seven episodes were released at the end of May and the last two episodes come out July 1st. We recorded this episode on June 17th and try to guess what'll happen in those last two episodes. 

WARNING: This episode contains SPOILERS (we talk about what happened in the first seven episodes, so don't listen to this if you haven't already watched it).

We'd love to hear your predictions in the comments, or, if you're listening to this after the last two episodes come out you can find out if we were right or not!  (Music by Lesfm from Pixabay)