Tell me about your best friend at school.

Listen to how I answer this particular question, and get some short English explanations about some vocabulary and expressions I use in my answer.  Try to answer the questions in the vocabulary examples using the new vocabulary and expressions.

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Episode 4: Your Best Friend

Script 

おはようございます。日本語だんだんポットキャストのゆかりです。

今日は、"おてあらい"と“トイレ"についてです。

みなさん、トイレはきいたことがあると思います。

「すみません、トイレはありますか？」

「トイレはどこですか？」

といいます。

トイレのべつの言い方で、

"御手洗(おてあらい)"があります。

おてあらいも、トイレも、同じいみです。

おてあらいは、漢字では、
手を洗(あら)う、とかきます。

手を洗うことができる場所(ばしょ)

つまり、トイレのことですね。

私はよく、お店では、トイレよりおてあらいといいます。

お店の人に、
「おてあらいは、どこですか？」

「あちらですよ。」

「ありがとうございます。」

と言います。

私はとくに、ご飯を食べる場所(ばしょ)で、おてあらいといいます。
レストランやカフェですね。

なぜかというと・・

ご飯を食べている、ほかの人がいるので、
"トイレ"と言いたくないからです。

手を洗う場所、のいみの方が、
聞こえてもいいような気がします。

なので、ともだちの家に行くと、

「あ、ちょっとトイレかりてもいい？」

といいます。

日本で"おてあらい"、ぜひつかってみて下さいね。

では、今日も最後まで聞いてくれて、だんだん、です！

また明日。

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In today’s episode, I explore how the heart chakra—Anahata—guides us in language learning and healing. The heart chakra, glowing green and resonating with the sound YAM, supports compassion, balance, and authentic expression. Science shows that activating the vagus nerve lowers stress, regulates heart rate, and improves memory recall. When we engage with vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, speaking, and listening, we not only strengthen our fluency but also nurture our heart. Vocabulary connects to emotional memory, grammar creates balance, reading calms through breath, writing heals stress, speaking vibrates through the chest, and listening fosters compassion. Different languages such as Malay, English, Chinese, French, Dutch, and Italian resonate with the heart chakra in unique ways, from soothing rhythm to expressive melody. By studying through the heart, we don’t just learn words—we cultivate love, resilience, and healing in both body and soul.



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In this episode, we’ll explore the difference between "效果" (effect) and "效率" (efficiency). These two words are often used interchangeably, but they actually have distinct meanings. We’ll break down each term and look at how they are used in different situations.Tune in to learn more and pick up some useful vocabulary along the way:

效果 (xiào guǒ)
中文解释：指某事物或某行为所产生的结果或影响。
英文解释：Refers to the result or impact produced by something or an action.

效率 (xiào lǜ)
中文解释：指单位时间内完成任务的程度。
英文解释：Refers to the degree of completing a task within a unit of time.

有效果 (yǒu xiào guǒ)
中文解释：表示某种方法、措施或行为产生了预期的结果。
英文解释：Indicates that a method, measure, or action has produced the expected result.

有效率 (yǒu xiào lǜ)
中文解释：表示某种方法、措施或行为在单位时间内的效果高。
英文解释：Indicates that a method, measure, or action is highly effective within a unit of time.

结果 (jié guǒ)
中文解释：某种行为、过程或事件的最终状态或收获。
英文解释：The final outcome or harvest of an action, process, or event.

单位时间 (dān wèi shí jiān)
中文解释：指一定时间内，通常用于衡量效率的标准。
英文解释：Refers to a specific period of time, usually used as a standard for measuring efficiency.

进步 (jìn bù)
中文解释：指事物在发展、提高过程中的改善或提升。
英文解释：Refers to the improvement or advancement in the development or progress of something.

目标 (mù biāo)
中文解释：希望达到的预定目的或方向。
英文解释：A desired outcome or direction to be achieved.

速度 (sù dù)
中文解释：指物体运动的快慢，或是某种过程的进展速度。
英文解释：Refers to the speed of an object's motion or the rate of progress of a process.

名词 (míng cí)
中文解释：表示人、事物、地点、概念等的词语。
英文解释：A word that represents a person, thing, place, concept, etc.

形容词 (xíng róng cí)
中文解释：用来描述名词的特征、状态或性质的词语。
英文解释：A word used to describe the characteristics, state, or nature of a noun.

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Egg prices are rising in America. The average cost of a dozen eggs hit a record $4.95 in January — up 53% from a year earlier. The price was below $2 in early 2022.

While the coronavirus pandemic and inflation have affected prices, experts say the real problem has been bird flu. An outbreak that began in early 2022 has become the largest in US history, affecting more than 100 million egg-laying hens.

To cope with rising egg prices, some Americans have been going straight to the source — and renting hens.

Rent The Chicken in New Hampshire is letting people rent egg-laying hens for six months at a time. For $595, you get two egg-laying hens and a guide on how to take care of them, as well as chicken feed and a coop to keep the birds in.

The birds actually aren't very difficult to take care of, explains Brian Templeton, owner of Rent The Chicken. "You just let them out and walk around and they go in at night on their own," he told CBS News.

"People really enjoy it," he added.

Rent The Chicken says two hens should produce eight to 14 eggs per week.

That comes to about $25 for every dozen eggs — so it's not really a savings.

You can also get four hens for $735, which would reduce your cost to about $15 per dozen eggs.

However, if you'd like to keep your chickens and coop at the end of your rental period, you can — for an extra $350 to $450.

According to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, hens will usually live for six to eight years, and produce eggs for three to four of those years.

So that might bring your price down over time.

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Today we're talking about a phrasal verb that you can use to talk about those times that you don't know what to say. Those moments in meetings or presentations when someone asks you a question, or you get to a challenging part of what you're saying and you stop talking. You just can't find the right words. Maybe you'll find this a useful phrasal verb to describe what sometimes happens to many of us!

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