The Migrating Warblers concerns issues of racism. The titular birds have just returned to Texas from their migration in Guatemala. When they return, they relate tales of Central America that they find to be scandalous or gruesome. They recount their experiences in a sort of mangled "Spanglish" that disrespects the region from which they've just returned.

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The Migrating Warblers

Очаровательный кишечник. Как самый могущественный орган управляет нами
Джулия Эндерс 

Что хотел сказать автор ?  What did the author say ? 

Очаровательный кишечник 

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
7月13日水曜日　天気/くもり　気温/25℃ 

函館市/はこだてし
・「100万歩チャレンジ」
・歩数によって、抽選で景品がもらえる
・50万歩、70万歩、100万歩の設定
・10月末まで
・市民のみなさんに健康になってほしい

［単語］
100万…1,000,000
歩/ぽ…歩く時の数え方。一歩/いっぽ、二歩/にほ、三歩/さんぽ、四歩/よんほ。
チャレンジ/ちゃれんじ…大変なことをする

歩数/ほすう…歩く数
抽選/ちゅうせん…全員ではなく、何人か選ばれること
景品/けいひん…プレゼント
設定/せってい…なにかをするために決めるルール

ルール/るーる…決まってること
末/まつ…月の最後の日

〈美和Miwa〉
日本語の先生
Podcast「どこでも.JAPANESE」も放送中！


北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#90〉7月13日水曜日　100万歩チャレンジ！

Is college worth the time and money? Americans are increasingly skeptical about the value and cost, according to a new survey.

And most said they feel the US higher education system is moving in the "wrong direction."

Overall, only 36% of adults said they have a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in higher education, according to a report released by Gallup and the Lumina Foundation. That confidence level has declined steadily from 57% in 2015.

Some of the same opinions have been reflected in declining enrollment numbers as colleges contend with the effects of the student debt crisis, concerns about the high cost of tuition and political debates over how they teach about race and other topics.

"It's so expensive, and I don't think colleges are teaching people what they need to get a job," said Randy Hill, a 59-year-old driver from Connecticut.

He added: "You graduate out of college, you're up to [your] eyeballs in debt, you can't get a job, then you can't pay it off. What's the point?"

The June 2024 survey's overall finding — that 36% of adults feel strong confidence in higher education — is the same as the year before.

But what concerns researchers is that more Americans — 32% — said they have "very little" or no confidence in higher education.

Experts say that fewer college graduates could lead to labor shortages in fields from health care to information technology.

For those who choose not to go to college, it often means lower lifetime earnings — 75% less compared with those who get bachelor's degrees, according to Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce. And during an economic downturn, those without degrees are more likely to lose jobs.

However, others still see the value in higher education. College student Kristen Freeman from California told The Associated Press: "I think higher education can give students the spark to want to change the system."

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Many US Adults Unsure if College is Worthwhile

안녕하세요. Hello~
한국어 듣기 수업 시작해요. Let's start with the Korean listening class.
선생님 읽어요.  I read it.
잘 들으세요. Please listen well.

I posted the sentences on my blog. 
https://blog.naver.com/laramcraft/222714273519
https://youtu.be/4J3Rt5JS1L4

The basics are important.
It is also good to check the basics of 한글 Hangeul before this listening class.
1-1. Korean alphabet - Vowels 모음 - What is Hangeul?
https://youtu.be/0YzhJ9p2lcs
2-1. Korean alphabet - Consonants 자음 -what are the consonants 자음?
https://youtu.be/lckgvQ_vreA
3-1. Korean alphabet - Final Consonants 받침 - What are the final consonants 받침?
https://youtu.be/sLlFmG30fNI

This is a class to listen to Korean conversational sentences.
In this voice recording for listening, 
After reading many sentences in Korean conversations sentences, 
Check out how much you understand the sentences with a voice recording. 
Never look at the sentences when listening to the voice recording. 
And Listen to the sentence repeatedly until you hear it completely. 

You are listening to the Sejong Korean conversation. (세종학당)
There are four books in total. (Korean conversation, 1, 2, 3, 4.)
It consists of 1st and 2nd courses for beginners and 1st and 2nd courses for intermediate.
Each course is conducted in 14 units. (2 grammar - for each unit.) 
This listening class you are taking is Korean Conversation 1. (Beginner 1) 
Please listen carefully.

Korean Listening Class 한국어 문장 듣기 - Korean teacher, Grace

Korean Conversation 1 - Lesson 3.  Part 1 이/가,  Part 2 이 아니에요/가 아니에요  (Beginner 1)

Nightcall, le morceau d'ouverture du film Drive !

Découvrez son histoire et sa réinterprétation par London Grammar. 


Douce France

Nightcall à Nancy 

"茶好客常来“means "if the tea is good ,guests will often come".uesd metaphorically to indicate that good stuff will surely be liked by customers.

Ruby's HSK

HSK3  words （三）

¿Para qué estudias español?
1. Para usarlo en el trabajo
2. Para hablar con la familia de mi espos@ / novi@
3. Para hablar con desconocidos cuando viaje a países hispanohablantes
4. Para estimular mi cerebro

Mucho que decir

¿Para qué estudias español?

Hey guys, this is Aneleh, your favorite Portuguese tutor. In today’s podcast we’ll talk about: Portuguese/English false friends (2).
Before I start, everything that I say here will be in the podcast description for you to read, you just need to click on this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-ugmjR8Qhtxsbgtqitz7UnrBNHEjRk6iU5QXD6ZsnOo/edit?usp=sharing
And  if you’re an advanced student you can skip directly to the Portuguese part at one minute and forty seconds. Let 's go?