The first of April.. A day when playing tricks is fair game. 

The Jerome Meadows Experience

April Fool's Day

En este diálogo veremos la manera unica en que los mexicanos se saludan y se despiden

Quiubo Spanish

Mexican Slang (Saludos y despedidas) Diálogo 1 

   Zàijiàn
A：再见！
     Zàijiàn
B：再见！


HSK Standard Course Level 1 Audio of the textbook

Lesson 2 text 3

今回は教科書のアクティビティに挑戦します。
物の名前を言わずに、それがどんな物か説明するという中上級向けのアクティビティです。
二人が何を説明しているか、皆さんも一緒に考えてみてください！！

This time we try an activity from a Japanese textbook.
The activity is for intermediate.
Each of us tries to explain a thing without saying its name. 
Let's guess what we are trying to describe.

使用教材: 『日本語上級話者への道』スリーエーネットワーク

♤ キーワード
・方言（ほうげん：dialect）
・正方形（せいほうけい：square）
・長方形（ちょうほうけい：rectangle）

♧  理解度チェッククイズ
1. けがをしたときに使う、茶色いテープのようなものは？
2. 一時的にメモをしたり何かを覚えておいたりするために使う文房具は？

♢ 前回のクイズの答え
1. アヤさんが最近買ったものは？
→ クリーム色のワンピース
2. アヤさんの満足度が100%じゃない理由は？
→ 引きこもりで着る機会がないから

BGM special thanks：MusMus

アヤさんとフミさんの日本語雑談（Aya and Fumi’s Japanese Chit-Chat）

Episode 04：これは何？

Alcohol is a leading cause of cancer, a risk that should be clearly labeled on drinks Americans consume, the top doctor in the US has said.

The US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy made the proposal as research and evidence mounts about the effects that alcohol has on human health.

His suggestion for a label would require approval from the US Congress.

Americans should be better informed about the link between alcohol and cancer, in particular, Murthy argues, noting that alcohol consumption was to blame for nearly one million preventable cancer cases in the US over the last decade.

About 20,000 people die every year from those alcohol-related cancer cases, he said.

Bottles of beer, wine and liquor already carry warning labels that say pregnant women should not drink alcohol and that alcohol consumption can impair a person's ability to drive a car.

But Murthy's proposed label would go even further, raising awareness about the risk for cancer, too.

"It's pretty crazy that there's a lot more information on a can of peas than on a bottle of whiskey," said Timothy Naimi, who directs the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research at the University of Victoria in British Columbia.

"Consumers have the right to basic information about health risks, serving size and drinks per container."

Consuming alcohol raises the risk of developing at least seven types of cancer, including liver, breast and throat cancer, research has found.

Murthy said that as a person's alcohol consumption goes up, so does the risk for developing those illnesses.

However, it's unlikely that Congress would act quickly to enact a new warning on alcohol products.

It's been nearly four decades since Congress approved the first government warning label on alcohol and no updates have been made since then.

Any effort to add a cancer warning label to alcohol would face significant pushback from a well-funded and powerful beverage industry, which spends nearly $30 million every year lobbying Congress.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

US Doctor Wants Cancer Warnings on Alcoholic Drinks

El evento que hizo que Tita terminará siendo criada en la cocina. 

Transcripción del episodio: 
https://acortar.link/YeWch8

Te invito a llevar tu español a un nivel superior:
https://www.italki.com/es/teacher/9508879



Español un viaje a América Latina 

Episodio 2: Libro Como Agua para Chocolate de Laura Esquivel.

Un pericoloso criminale, il Camaleonte, appena evaso dallla prigione, vuole vendicarsi dell'ispettore Malvisi che lo ha catturato alcuni anni prima. Il Camaleonte è un abile trasformista, quindi, l'ispettore Malvisi e il sergente Arimanno devono fare molta attenzione: il malvivente potrebbe prendere le sembianze di qualsiasi individuo...                                           
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Se io fossi Sherlock Holmes

Il pericolo è in agguato

Avoir un quartier chinois est un véritable privilège. Issue de l'immigration causée par la guerre du Vietnam, la population chinoise - et plus largement de l'ancienne Indochine - nous offre aujourd'hui un voyage gastronomique incroyable ! Au menu, des légendes chinoises, l'histoire de l'émigration asiatique ainsi que la visite d'un temple bouddhiste !

Pour soutenir la chaîne et avoir accès aux scripts des épisodes, direction ma page patreon : https://www.patreon.com/DouceFrance2022

Liste des restaurants :
La pâtisserie de Choisy : 62 Av. de Choisy
Le petit Bao : 116 Rue Saint-Denis
Bleu Bao : 8 Rue Saint-Lazare
Hao Hao : 23 Av. de Choisy

Pour les food-tours, contactez les responsables de ce site internet : https://chinatown.paris/nous-ecrire/

Pour profiter du street art parisien : https://streetartcities.com/
A la semaine prochaine !


Douce France

Le quartier chinois de Paris

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