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How Are You Learning English? Ft. Ivan From Peru

This podcast highlights the famous songs from a K-pop-inspired Filipino band called Bini.

Songs mentioned:
1. Karera
2. Salamin, Salamin
3. Pantropiko

Words:
1. Ppop - Pinoy pop/ Pilipino pop
2. Kpop - Korean Pop
3. OPM - Original Pilipino Music/ Original Pinoy Music

5-minute Talks with Dea

Bini: A Kpop Inspired Filipino Band

🎙️In this episode, students learn about Paris, the capital of France. Students review vocabulary, practice comprehensive and listening skills, and learn about borrowed words.🎧

Famous Places 🌍🏛️ 

Paris 🇫🇷

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Prueba de Comprensión de Lectura
Tarea 1

¿Vas a presentar el examen DELE B2?
Escucha este cortito audio para que sepas qué tienes qué hacer, de forma muy general, en la Tarea 1 de la prueba de comprensión de lectura. No se trata solamente de leer, sino de Entender lo que se lee. 

Mucho que decir

Examen DELE B2🎧

Enjoy in this short story called NA NJIVI or in English IN THE FIELD, that is a parable about two kinds of people! After listening to this beautiful story, try to solve the quizzes.
Срећно учење! / Srećno učenje!


SERBIAN TO GO

На њиви – Na njivi (A short story for B1 level)

CHISTES MEXICANOS

SACERDOTE VASCO.

私はバターをたくさん使った料理やあぶらっこい料理が苦手です。
砂糖をたくさん使ったお菓子もあまり好きじゃありません。
私のパートナーも同じです。
私たちは他のことについては意見が合わないことが多いですが、食べ物については意見が合います。
でも、みなさんの中にはパートナーと食べ物の好みが合わない人がいるかもしれません。
片方がベジタリアン、ヴィーガンだったりするとレストランに行く時は困ると思います。
食習慣や食べ物の好みが合わないから別れるということもあるかもしれません。
私にとって食事は生活の中でとても大事なので、食習慣や食べ物の好みが合わないことはとても大きな問題になると思います。
みなさんは相手の食習慣や食べ物の好みに合わせることはできますか？

あぶらっこい：oily, fatty, heavy
意見：いけん opinion
食習慣：diet habit
片方：かたほう　either one
好み：このみ　taste
好みが合う： have the same tastes
別れる：わかれる　break up
相手：あいて　the other one, partner

Nihongo Short Story by Noriko

食べ物の好み（Tastes Preference in Food）

Around the world, "Kiwi" is a popular nickname for New Zealanders, and people from New Zealand will often call themselves "Kiwis" too. For most New Zealanders, the word Kiwi is a positive and friendly nickname — but where did it come from?

The name actually comes from the kiwi: a fluffy bird that has a round body, a long beak and cannot fly. It is only found in New Zealand.

While the bird was already used on New Zealand's stamps and money by the late 19th century, it was first used to represent New Zealand in 1904 — when it was used in a cartoon to represent the country's rugby team. After that, the bird was often shown in cartoons to represent the country.

During World War I, soldiers from New Zealand who were fighting in Europe wore an image of the bird on their uniforms. "Kiwi" became a popular nickname for these soldiers, and it continued to be used after the war.

So the people and the birds don't get mixed up, "Kiwi" as a nickname for New Zealanders is usually written with a capital K, while the bird's name is usually written with a small k: "kiwi."

The kiwi fruit, which is originally from China, is also named after the bird. In 1959, fruit exporters in New Zealand started calling it "kiwifruit" because its fluffy, brown skin looks similar to the fluffy bird.

However, it is important not to mix up Kiwi people, kiwi birds and the kiwi fruit! Although the fruit is usually just called "kiwi" in other parts of the world, New Zealanders only ever call it "kiwifruit."