This episode serves as an introduction to the genre and format of the LIC podcast, and also to myself as its host. Hopefully after listening, you will be able to decide if this podcast is of any interest to you.

Languages in Context

LIC #1 - Introduction

In this episode, we explore one of the most fascinating questions: what if life were a game? Starting from a personal intuition and moving through art, science, video games, and philosophy, we reflect on “play” as a hidden thread connecting human culture.

Resources
Johan Huizinga - Homo Ludens

Immersive Italian

Life is a Game - Immersive Italian Podcast Ep.8

こんにちは。のぞみです。
みんなの日本語　８課です。　い形容詞とな形容詞です。
がんばりましょう。では、聞いてください。

A:このワイン、たかいです。１００００円です。
B:うわー、たかいですね。どこのワインですか。（where is the wine from?）
A:　オーストラリアのワインです。
B：えーっ、おかしいです。（it’s strange!）オーストラリアのワインはあまり高くないですよ。
これは、２５００円です。
A:　いいですね。

A:きょうの東京（とうきょう）は、あまりあつくないです。(not too hot)
雨です。
なつは、とてもあついです。(very hot)

A:東京（とうきょう）は　にぎやかです。しずかじゃありません。
でも、べんりなまちです。たのしいです。

A:アンドリューさん、おげんきですか。
B:いいえ、げんきじゃありません。いそがしいです。ひまじゃありません。
A:あー、そうですか。気（き）をつけてください。(take care of yourself)

A:　うわー。車でケータイ！！！　自転車（じてんしゃ）でスマホ！！
よくないです。よくないです。わるいです。

A:日本語（にほんご）はやさしいですか。Is Japanese easy to understand?
Bやさしくないです。むずかしいです。

A:冬休み（ゆふやすみ）、奈良（なら）に行（い）きます。
B；奈良（なら）はどんなまちですか。
A:しずかなまちです。
ふるいまちです。
にぎやかじゃないまちです。
いいまちです。




にほんごのれんしゅう

みんなの日本語　Lesson 8　いadj_なadj

みんなの日本語、第ニ課15ページ、かいわより。 リスニングとリーディングのれんしゅうです。私が言った後、リピートしてください。 
It‘ｓ for your practice of listening and reading. Repeat after me without reading みんなの日本語１、evern though you have the textbook. 
もしあなたが中級（ちゅうきゅう）でも、いいれんしゅうになると思います。 
If you are intermidiate level student, it should still be good practice. 

【Thank you in advance for your kindness】

Ichiro Yamada: Yes, who is it？

Santos: Hello, I‘m Jose Santos. I`ve just moved in here. (lit: Thank you in advance
for your kind ness.) Nice to meet you.

Ichiro Yamada: Pleased to meet you, too.

Santos: Here`s some coffee for you. (lit: Umm… this is coffee. Please take it)  

Ichiro Yamada: Thank you very much. 
	


【これから おせわに なります】

やまだ いちろう：はい。どなたですか。

サントス：408のサントスです。


サントス：こんにちは。サントスです。これから おせわに なります。どうぞ よろしくおねがいします。

やまだ いちろう：こちらこそ よろしく おねがいします。

サントス：あのう、これ、コーヒーです。どうぞ。

やまだ いちろう：どうも ありがとう ございます。


ようへい先生　　N4,N5チャンネル

みんなの日本語2課　Chapter two

From fast-food counters to Michelin-starred restaurants, the hamburger is much loved in the Western diet, but where did it come from?

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a hamburger as both "ground beef" and "a sandwich consisting of a patty of hamburger" on a bun. Although these might be the simplest forms of a hamburger, the sandwich is often eaten with other things added, such as lettuce, cheese, sauces and even other meats.

But this popular food didn't start out with all the extras. In fact, it's thought that one of the earliest forms of the hamburger was closer to a steak tartare — raw minced steak mixed with egg.

While a recipe from the Roman Empire suggests the earliest version of this meal, some believe that it came from Mongolian horsemen, who would place beef under their saddles while riding, so that by the end of the day it was tender enough to eat raw.

However, others say these riders placed meat under their saddles only to help heal their horses' sores, and any meat prepared this way would be too dirty to be edible.

A later version is thought to have come from the German city of Hamburg, where chefs around the 17th or 18th century cooked minced beef with onions and breadcrumbs. This came to be known in English as the "Hamburg steak," and made its way to the US during the 19th century, where it was later called the "hamburger."

Although it isn't known who first thought to put this minced meat on bread, adding a bun made the hamburger popular as a sandwich in the US. The first fast-food hamburger chain — named White Castle — was opened in 1921, and still sells its famous square-shaped hamburgers to this day.

Now, hamburgers can be found worldwide thanks to popular American fast-food restaurants such as McDonald's, Burger King and Wendy's. In 2012, PBS reported that an estimated 50 billion hamburgers are eaten in the US alone every year.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

From Rome to Rochester: The History of the Hamburger

日本人(にほんじん)、大(だい)パニック!! 
We are freaking out!!
일본인들 완전 멘붕

●YOUTUBEに英語、韓国語の字幕ver.があります
English, Korean Subtitles on YOUTUBE
유튜브에는 영어, 한국어 자막이 있습니다

NANAのにほんごpodcast 

3 minutes EASY JAPANESE #9 日本人(にほんじん)、大(だい)パニック!! We are freaking out!!

Learning Thai with Kru Tarntawan

How are you

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**Book Podcast lesson to discuss the topic and access the texts