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Café con acento

Café con acento - Entrevista con Iza (Polonia)

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Japanese Podcast for Beginners|| オーロラ✨を まって | VERY VERY EASY Native JAPANESE!

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オーロラの ニュースを みました。
わたしも オーロラが みたくて、それで、よぞらを みながら、オーロラを まちました。

📖きょうの おはなし
「オーロラを まって」
00:00 オープニング
00:24 ゆうやけ
00:56 ２１じ４０ごろ
01:15 ２２じごろ
01:36 よなか
02:33 ネコの ゲンブガンちゃん

Q．みなさんの ところでは オーロラ✨が みられましたか。

🦔🍎　ちょっと　むずかしい　ことば・ぶん　🍅🦔
It is useful to copy and paste words you don't understand into the translation‼Microsoft Translator / Google Translator: You can also check the reading of kanji‼‼

１））オープニング 00:00 
・夜
・空
・夜空
・オーロラ（aurora）
・待つ

【grammar check!】
①かもしれない ②そうだ〈I hear〉


２））ゆうやけ 00:24
・向こう（向こうにV）
・赤い
・光
・夕焼け
・真っ暗
・暗い
・早い

【grammar check!】
①そうだ〈I hear〉 ②く／に なる ③てから


３））２１じ４０ごろ 00:56 
・さっき
・明るい

【grammar check!】
①より ②なければいけない


４））２２じごろ 01:15 
・大体
・やっと

【grammar check!】
①になる ②reasonて、emotion ③てしまう ④ので ⑤ことにする


５））よなか 01:36 
・夜中
・目が覚める
・戻る
・カメラ
・SがOを動かす
・Sが動く
・変な
・窓
・網戸（screen window? window screen?）


【grammar check!】
①てくる ②てみる ③Aと、B 〈When A, B will always happen〉


６））ネコのゲンブガンちゃん 02:33 
・時計

【grammar check!】
①ことにする ②"what you did"と、"Something you noticed" ③reasonて、emotion ④Plain form の 〈noun phrase〉 


Japanese Podcast for Beginners
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オーロラを まって

Sono tornata dopo una lunga assenza. In questa puntata vi racconto le novità di questi ultimi mesi. Non perdetevela se volete ascoltare un italiano super nativo :)

Alechan in Giappone

S1 EP4 Sono tornata!

The number of couples getting married in South Korea increased by almost 15% between 2023 and 2024.

That's the biggest percentage increase in marriages since the government began collecting this data in 1970.

More than 222,000 couples got married in South Korea in 2024. That's good news for a country with one of the world's lowest birth rates.

The government has been trying to encourage people to get married and have children to help boost the country's shrinking population.

It may just have worked. However, not all young people are convinced that marriage is the right thing for them.

According to The South China Morning Post, many young people in the country are still choosing an "unmarried lifestyle" for personal and financial reasons.

Some said that getting married and doing things like buying a home and having children are too expensive.

Others felt they would be more likely to find happiness on their own.

The government data also showed that the number of marriages between South Koreans and foreign nationals has increased for the third year in a row.

There were almost 21,000 of these marriages last year. That's an increase of more than 1,000 from 2023, although still not quite as high as it was before the coronavirus pandemic.

Almost three out of 10 foreign husbands were from the US. And about a third of foreign wives were from Vietnam, while many others were from China and Thailand.

The number of divorces among couples of different nationalities also decreased last year, according to Yonhap News Agency.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Big Rise in Number of Marriages in South Korea

TRANSCRIPTION (explanation included)
These various expressions for negation span a spectrum of formality and tone. In the lexicon of everyday conversation, one might simply assert "no," "nope," or "nah," and even employ a touch of informality with "not gonna happen." When a matter is more absolute, phrases like "without a doubt, no" and "under no circumstances" make the position clear. In informal settings, a definitive refusal might take the form of "not a chance" or "ain't gonna happen," perhaps even with a touch of camaraderie, as in "nah, mate." For matters requiring decorum, a formal approach may involve phrases like "I'm afraid the answer is no" or "I must decline," while adding regret, as in "regrettably, no," imparts a sense of genuine consideration. Politeness tempers the refusal in phrases such as "I'm sorry, but no" and "thank you for considering me, but I'll have to say no," expressing gratitude for the offer. The witty turn of phrase adds a touch of humor to the refusal, suggesting impossibility with expressions like "I'd sooner sprout wings and fly" or "when pigs fly." In more elevated circles, the upper class might communicate their refusal with statements like "I regret to inform you that the answer is in the negative" or "it would not be fitting, I'm afraid," while maintaining an air of politeness. For royalty, a refusal is conveyed with grace and tact, as in "one must respectfully decline" or "I cannot acquiesce to that request," underscoring the formal nature of the response. Ultimately, the choice of expression hinges on the context and the level of decorum required for the situation at hand.

LEARN BY LISTENING

How To say 'NO' in various English Registers

大家好，您正在收听中文播客《丹霞说》，我是丹霞。你知道“笑一笑，十年少”吗？

        “笑一笑，十年少”，这是中国人常常说的一句话，意思是笑有很大的作用，笑一笑会让人年轻很多。
        只有常常笑，才能使自己年轻，不容易变老。所以我们每天都应该在工作、学习中，多想想高兴的事儿，多做做能让自己开心的事儿，试着让自己更快乐。
        所以，今天你笑了吗？

少 [shào] young
作用 zuòyòng  affect ; function
让 ràng  let; make
年轻niánqīng  young
应该yīng gāi should; ought to; must
事儿shì er  matter; affair, thing; business
试 shì  to try  

"Smile, ten years younger" is a saying often used by Chinese people, which means that laughter has a great effect, and a smile will make people younger. Laughing often can we make ourselves younger and not grow old easily. So we should think more about happy things, do more things that can make us happy, and try to make ourselves happier in our work and study every day.

So, did you laugh today?

 HSK3 Vocab Based - Short Story Podcast

03. “笑一笑，十年少”[xiào yi xiào，shí nián shào] Smiles keep one young 

Entrevisté a Mane Tatulyan, filósofa y escritora  de origen argentino y armenio sobre el posthumanismo.

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What is the easiest way to get a higher score in IELTS speaking?

Certainly, there are many ways to get a person to be quick at giving an answer, but I found language learners are stuck when expressing themselves.

Have you felt stuck when trying to give an easy answer when answering IELTS speaking questions?

Imagine you'll be asked a question to which you have no answer; you've never heard or seen it occur, nor do you know anyone who does it.

In the mini-podcast, I allow you to express yourself with ease when answering random parts 1, 2, and 3 of the IELTS speaking exam.

Give it a shot, enjoy the listening and learning, and let me train you personally.

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