This is the first episode of a podcast about the childhood in Lebanon of a Lebanese woman. 

Discovering the Francophones of Lebanon 

 Chirine : Mon enfance au Liban 

nside a dimly lit cave, a group of people sit huddled around glowing amphoras. These vessels are no ordinary pottery; they're meticulously painted with images of legendary wrestlers, engaged in eternal combat. The flickering light from a small fire casts these images onto the walls, animating the wrestlers in a primitive, captivating dance of shadows.



The cave's inhabitants watch these images, interpreting the epic battles as the ultimate expression of wrestling. They debate the techniques, celebrate the victories, and mourn the defeats, all from the moving images on the amphoras. To them, these representations are the entirety of wrestling—there is no world beyond the wrestlers on the pottery.


Nikostratos, ever the curious and skeptical cat, notices a sliver of light peeking through a crack in the cave wall. The murals and their tales don't satisfy his curiosity. One day, driven by a particularly pungent smell of the outside world—a mix of fresh earth and sweat—he finds a loose stone and wiggles his way through the crack.

Everything Zenified 

Wrestling, skeptical Cats, and Allegory of the Cave

Short story 「はなこさんの夏休（なつやす）み《 Hanako’s summer vacation 》ep1」
This is an original story I created.
This episode is JLPT-N5 level.

I created a quiz on this episode.
After listening, please take the quiz!

Please use this audio for listening and shadowing practices.

☆Words☆
毎年（まいとし / maitoshi）：every year
 遠い（とおい / tōi）：far
新幹線（しんかんせん / shinkansen）：bullet train 
甘い（あまい / amai）：sweet
お土産（おみやげ / omiyage）：souvenir
辛い（からい / karai）：spicy
切符（きっぷ / kippu）：ticket
席（せき / seki）：seat
笑う（わらう / warau）：laugh, smile
→masu-form：笑います（わらいます / waraimasu）
～号車（～ごうしゃ / ～gōsha）：classifier for naming train cars
ex）１号車（いちごうしゃ / ichigōsha）、２号車（にごうしゃ / nigōsha）･･･

☆Grammar☆
・masu-form（present / past）
・～たいです：want to do

☆Script for this episode
The scripts (URL) are listed in the overview section of the channel.

☆Quiz for this episode
https://www.italki.com/quiz/set/5907?utm_source=copylink_share&utm_medium=share_content&utm_campaign=share_quiz


Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#19  Short story /  Hanako’s summer vacation ep1 / storytelling // N5 Level

Всем привет!

If you are already in Russia and enjoying the trip you might want to start making acquaintances with locals. Here is the list of the phrases that will come in handy. Learn them by heart and that will be a great start for keeping up the conversation. 
Remember, Russian people are so happy when they hear Russian speech from a foreigner, they will instantly warm up and help you to continue the conversation.

Ваш преподаватель и путешественница,
Елена

1-minute Survival Russian for Travelling (A1-A2)

Как завести и поддержать разговор/How to start and keep the conversation going

 Marko speaks English, I speak Japanese. 　マルコさんが英語を話して、僕が日本語を話す。

drinks 　飲み物

脱水症　だっすいしょう　　　dehydration
熱中症　ねっちゅうしょう　　heatstroke
塩分　　えんぶん　　　　　　salt contents
糖分　　とうぶん　　　　　　sugars
ごくごく飲む　　　　　　　　to gulp
ちびちび飲む                               to sip

SAMURAI BROADCAST　侍放送  継続は力ニャり

Vol.11 Marko speaks English, I speak Japanese. 　マルコさんが英語を話して、僕が日本語を話す。飲み物。

Let's delve into the word Calm. We will continue with a Q and A, followed by five different sentence variations. Namaste. 

Joy to Our World

I am calm! 

В этом выпуске я рассказываю об организации, традициях и других интересных фактах о свадьбе в России. Приятного прослушивания!

Со словарём можно ознакомиться ниже:
молодожёны= молодые= newly-married couple
красные щёки; щёки- cheeks, красные потому что холодно
бракосочетание=свадьба= a wedding
вступление в брак= marriage
подача заявления= filing of an application
назначенное время= the scheduled time
в присутствии (+Genitive case)=in the presence of
свидетель= a witness
пышный= здесь: outrageous 
торжество= a celebration
дать (СВ) волю= to unleash
клятва= an oath
рассаживаться (СВ)= take the seats
ведущий= a host
неотъемлемый= integral
шампанское= champagne
закуска= an appetizer
помещение=комната=зал= a room
трезв=трезвый= sober
откусить (СВ)= to bite off
челюсть= a jaw
ползать (НСВ)= crawl
проголосовать (СВ)= to vote
аукцион= an auction
торговаться (НСВ)= to bargain
холостяк= a bachelor
чулки= stockings
конверт= an envelope
примета= an omen
лаконичный= laconic, concise
спутник жизни= a life partner

Привет, это Наташа!

Свадьба в России

Как вы считаете, любая ли слава это хорошо? Все ли средства хороши для пиара? 

Russfriend  (all about russia) 

"Радость" А.П. Чехов

日本語学習とその経験

最初、アニメ、ドラゴンボール、ナルトポケモン、セーラームーンなど

空手やサムライは？

コロナ始まり、2020年
ひらがな、カタカナ　

Tofugu   Duolingo 

Satori Reader → 小説　ライトノベル、漫画

Bunpro 

ポッドキャスト

空き時間に　習慣づけ

友だちと話す

集まりに参加する

Italiki の使い始めいつ？　理由？


*読む　*聞く　*話す  書く ロジェさんの場合は？

Input   読む　聞く

Output

話す　書く


意識の変化

理解するから→ 話せるようになる

