        母亲节，是一个感谢母亲的节日。在中国，这个节日既没有公共假期，也不像春节那样为大家所熟悉，但是，当这一天来临时，还真是很热闹的。Mother's Day is a holiday to thank mothers.  In China, there is no public holiday, nor is it as familiar as Spring Festival, but when the day comes, it is quite lively.  

四季人生（The Four Seasons of Life）

2-母亲节随想（Mother's Day thoughts）

Join the adventure with Sam, as he tries something new.

I Love Stories!

Green Eggs and Ham

このポッドキャストは日本語上級者の方向けです。「日本文学を日本語で読んでみたい！でも一人で読むには難しいし、長すぎるな〜」と思われている方のために、毎回少しずつ読める短い朗読にしています。
一緒に少しずつ日本の名作文学を読んでいきましょう！
個別レッスンでは、作品中の細かな表現や単語、文法についても詳しく説明しています。興味のある方はぜひ個別レッスンをお申し込みください🎶

一緒に日本文学⭐️Let's read Japanese literature together with me!

吾輩は猫である1−1

Reading a book in Japanese
''The Music Box Planet'' #12

You can do 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


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森の夜は静かです。
その夜、なかなか寝つけなくて、カンパネラは、ヨナヨナから もらったオルゴールを 
ゆっくりと鳴らしました。
やさしい音色に身をまかせ、きょうのことを思いかえします。
『森』の住人たちが楽器をかなで、歌をうたって、歓迎してくれたこと。
あのときの『森』の住人たちの顔や、それを見まもる どうぶつたちの顔。

「世界をつなげる魔法はなんですか？」
「感動じゃよ」

カンパネラは気がつきました。

カンパネラはとび起き、玄関の戸をあけ、ヨナヨナのもとへ走ります。
サンゴの森のむこうがわ、グルグル林の木の枝に、ヨナヨナは すわっていました。


【Kanji】
森　もり
夜　よる
静か　しずか
寝つけない　ねつけない　G1verb ねつく
鳴らしました　ならしました　G1verb ならす
音色　ねいろ
身　み
思いかえします　おもいかえします　G1verb おもいかえす
住人　じゅうにん
楽器　がっき
歌　うた
歓迎してくれた　かんげいしてくれた　G3verb かんげいする
顔　かお
見まもる　みまもる　G1verb 
世界　せかい
魔法　まほう
感動　かんどう
気がつきました　きがつきました　G1verb きがつく
とび起き　とびおき G2verb とびおきる
玄関　げんかん
戸　と
走ります　はしります　G1verb はしる
グルグル林　ぐるぐるばやし
木　き
枝　えだ


朗読クラブ📚Reading to Japanese language learners 

朗読：『オルゴールワールド』#12 にしのあきひろ著

Rob: Hi Selma, how are you?

Selma: Oh hi Rob! I’m doing well, thanks. Just finished that essay that’s due in tomorrow. It was a tough topic!

Rob: Tell me about it. It took me ages. So, listen, I wanted to ask you about Netflix. You subscribe to it, don’t you?

Selma: I do, yes.

Rob: I’m thinking about signing up, but I wanted to get your view on it. Is it worth the money?

Selma: I really think it is, although I don’t know that everyone would agree with me. I’m a huge fan of crime series, so there’s nothing I love more than binge-watching a whole series in a day in my pijamas.

Rob: I keep reading about some really interesting films coming up on there – there was that Martin Scorsese film recently?

Selma: Oh yes, The Irishman. I haven’t seen it yet, but Jane loved it and said it was some of his best work. So, it’s on my list. But absolutely everything is covered. There’s Horror, Thrillers, Comedy, Cartoons, you name it. I’ve seen some really thought-provoking documentaries on there recently. There’s Saving Capitalism by Robert Reich which takes a really good look at the system we live in and its problems and then makes suggestions for how to fix it. I watched What The Health which looks at the links between the food industry and healthcare. I’ve had a lot of discussions with other students about that one.

Rob: Is there much music stuff on there?

Selma: Loads! Film from concerts, documentaries about Bowie, Oasis, Bob Dylan… you like Hip Hop, don’t you? There is a great series called Hip Hop Evolutionthat goes into how it all started. It’s fascinating. What I really like about Netflix though is because there’s such a huge audience, there’s a lot of representation of different groups in society. There are loads of foreign films, there’s LGBTQ themes, Black and Asian directors. Something for everyone. Did you hear about Squid Game?

Rob: Oh yeah, the Korean series?

Selma: Yes, it was brilliant and completely unlike anything you’d see over here. 

English Conversation/Dialogue

NETFLIX-ING

I wrote this crazy anecdote that I lived with my friend Nicolas. In order not to make it longer than it already is, I divided it into 2 parts. This 1st one is about how we went on vacation without knowing that we were not going to return to our destination, thanks to the coronavirus. Cancelled tickets, chaotic airports, and an exotic country .
In the 2nd: how we got a ticket to get out of there, how they didn't want to put us up anywhere and how I ended up in Ezeiza (Argentina's main airport) on top of a bus with people I didn't know.
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Viajes, viajes y mas viajes 🚲

ABOUT HOW I LIVED IN AUSTRALIA, WENT ON HOLIDAY IN SRI LANKA AND ENDS UP IN ARGENTINA: CHRONICLE OF A PANDEMIC - Part 1.

오늘 배울 요리는 콜리플라워 감자 수프야.
今天要学的是花椰菜土豆汤。

와! 너무 기대된다! 먼저 무엇을 하면 되니?
哇! 太期待了! 我先弄点儿什么? 

우선 감자, 양파와 콜리플라워를 깨끗하게 씻은 뒤에 칼로 작게 썰어.
先把土豆, 洋葱和花椰菜洗干净以后再切成小块儿。

감자, 양파랑 콜리플라워 다 준비했어. 
너랑 같이 요리하니까 너무 재미있다.
土豆、洋葱和花椰菜都准备好了。跟你一起做料理真有趣。 

콜리플라워 花椰菜
기대하다 期待
양파 洋葱
썰다 切

[YOON] 1분 한국어

오늘 배울 요리는 콜리플라워 감자 수프야. 今天要学的是花椰菜土豆汤。

Learn English with The Alphabet of Idioms: The letter S

•Shotgun Wedding
•Snake Oil Salesman 
•Speak of the Devil 


The Jerome Meadows Experience

Idioms with the letter S

Today we're talking about a piece of vocabulary that we can use to say that we haven't decided what our opinion is yet. We're still thinking about a topic and deciding what we think of it. This is the idiom "the jury is (still) out". I hope you find it useful!

Don't forget that I'm a full time English coach and tutor, right here on iTalki. So if you use English as a second language at work and you'd like to improve your professional communication skills then feel free to book some of my time and let's get to work!