https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M-temcs5uZzv9bUneeHlio0d4AMYDDon/view?usp=drivesdk

Teacher Joseph's Podcast

The Flu Jab (with transcript)

Aprende cómo expresar coloquialmente que algo es exagerado con un refrán venezolano muy gracioso.

Kaizen Spanish

NI TAN CALVO NI CON DOS PELUCAS

In questo podcast spiegherò perché amo imparare una lingua, dal mio punto di vista.

I Podcast Secondo San Luca

Perché amo imparare una nuova lingua

nei1 go3 gu3 si6 gong2 ge3 hai6 jat1 go3 maai6 lei5 ge3 siu1 faan2 hai6 dim2 jeung2 bei2 dou6 si2 gaau3 fan3 ge3

The story tell us how  a vendor  selling pears was punished by a priest

Easy  Cantonese 

聊斋故事之《种梨》liu4 zaai1 gu3 si6，zung3 lei2

Elementary Uzbek

Uzbek alphabet / O'zbek alifbosi

        这个星期六，白雪和我一起去看看她喜欢的那套公寓，那套公寓价格一个月1800，包括水电费。对她来说挺便宜。

        我们是坐地铁去的，一路上，白雪想她以后的生活：她可以在公寓的大阳台上种一些花花草草，而且这个公寓离公司很近，工作日的早上，她可以多睡一个小时的懒觉！
        
        下了地铁站，我们按照地图来到公寓附近，但这个地方并不是很容易找到。
        
        不一会儿，介绍人就来了，他带我们上去。白雪并不知道，这个公寓竟然在九楼，而且还没有电梯！
        到了九楼，我们都累坏了。介绍人开了门，我们发现客厅比照片上小很多，沙发也不是新的，卧室和阳台不很大。从阳台上看，小公园里非常多人，一些人在放音乐非常吵。

        这个公寓在照片上看起来很漂亮，但是实际上，一点儿也不！这不是照片，这是照骗，骗人的骗！白雪太失望了。

包括Bāo kuò  to include
睡懒觉 shuì lǎn jiào to sleep in(late)
按照 àn zhào according to ; in accordance with
不一会儿 bù yí huìr  in a moment ; in a little while
竟然jìng rán unexpectedly; to one's surprise
发现 fā xiàn  find out ; discover
实际上shí jì shang  actually ; in fact ; in reality 
一点儿也不 yīdiǎn er yě bù 
骗 piàn to deceive; to fool; to cheat
失望shīwàng  disappointment



This Saturday, Baixue and I went to see the apartment she liked. The price of the apartment was 1800 yuan a month, including water and electricity fees. It's cheap for her.

We went there by subway. On the way, Bai Xue thought about her future life: she could plant some flowers on the balcony of the apartment. Moreover, the apartment is very close to the company. On weekdays, she could sleep in for an extra hour!

After getting off the subway station, we followed the map to the apartment, but this place is not easy to find.

Soon, the introducer came and took us up. Baixue doesn't know that this apartment is on the ninth floor, and without an elevator!

Arrived at the ninth floor, we were all exhausted. When the introducer opened the door, we found that the living room is much smaller than the photo shows, the sofa is not new, and the bedroom and balcony is not large. From the balcony, we saw there are many people in the small park. Some people are playing music and making a lot of noise.

The apartment looks beautiful in the photos, but in fact it's not at all! This is not a photo, this is a photo cheat! (骗人 and 照片 are having same piàn骗, 片) Bai Xue was so disappointed.

HSK4 Vocab Based - Short Story Podcast

03. 白雪被骗啦！Báixuě bèi piàn la! Baixue got cheated!

My podcast, "にほんご聞こう" (Let's Listen to Japanese), starts today. This podcast is designed for people at various levels of Japanese proficiency, so I've made adjustments in terms of vocabulary, grammar, and speaking speed. I speak slowly in Episode 1. In the next episode, 1.5, I'll be speaking at a regular pace. Furthermore, the content of the second episode has additional information, so listening to both can be fun for comparison.

Transcript >> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UhstapJOXy4M6RAd3Tk8BV-2eVTKQoRi/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=113327799381827760818&rtpof=true&sd=true

にほんご聞こう！　Let's listen to Japanese! 

Episode 1.5 : Self-introduction [Advanced]

Nissan has begun testing its new self-driving car on the streets of Yokohama.

The Japanese carmaker has been testing a Nissan LEAF prototype that uses its own self-driving technology.

During testing, the vehicle traveled on the busy roads of Japan's second largest city, close to the company's offices.

Nissan said the vehicle was able to predict the behavior of pedestrians, change lanes, and decide when it was safe to enter an intersection.

The prototype has 14 cameras, 10 radars and six sensors, and there was a safety driver in the driver's seat during testing.

This vehicle has more of this equipment than previous versions, according to Nissan, and has a number of sensors on the roof.

The company wants to release self-driving cars in 2027 and plans to do more tests this year in other busy parts of Yokohama.

It said that self-driving vehicles could help to make it easier for older people to get around towns and cities.

Japan is getting ready to have self-driving technology on its roads. The government changed its traffic laws last April to make this possible.

And according to a Kyodo News survey from the start of 2024, 36 of the country's 47 prefectures are thinking about using self-driving technology on their buses.

Many of the country's bus companies have had problems finding drivers and they have had to reduce bus services because of this.

Self-driving buses would help with this problem, but people are still worried about the safety of the new technology.

A self-driving bus service began in Fukui prefecture in 2023 but this was stopped after one of the buses collided with a bicycle.




Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Nissan Tests Self-Driving Car on Yokohama's Roads

We all need to ask for favors or help sometimes from others and that doesn’t change when you are in a different country surrounded by people speaking a different language. In this episode we covered key vocabulary related to helping others, some useful sentence structures you can apply and extremely helpful phrases in emergency situations. Let’s go!

(Enjoy the bloopers ;))