校則とは学校の中での規則のことです。日本では厳しすぎる校則が問題になっています。東京都の教育委員会は去年の4月、都立高校などにいくつかの校則について生徒や親などと一緒に必要かどうかを考えるように言いました。例えば、下着の色や髪の毛の色についての校則などです。その結果、全部の学校が今年4月から、5つの校則を廃止することを決めました。

多くの：おおくの　a lot of
都立高校：とりつこうこうpublic high school in Tokyo
校則：こうそく school rule
規則：きそく rule
厳しすぎる：きびしすぎる too strict
問題：もんだい problem
教育委員会：きょういくいいんかい　board of education
下着：したぎ　underwear
髪（かみ）の毛（け）の色（いろ）：hair color
その結果：そのけっか　as a result
全部の：ぜんぶの  all of the~
廃止する：はいしする abolish　get rid of〜

Nihongo Short Story by Noriko

多くの都立高校が4月から厳しい校則をなくす

你们心里不要忧愁，你们信神，也当信我。

Let not your heart be troubled: have faith in God and have faith in me

nǐ mén xīn lǐ bù yào yōu chóu ， nǐ mén xìn shén ， yě dāng xìn wǒ 。

詹淑玉

《圣经》约翰福音14章一节

2. ルカさんとポッドキャスト　日本の夏の旅行2

•池袋に2回行ったこと

•私たちの行動, 私とセイさんと

•フリーマーケット
•なつまつり　夏祭り

•たかおさん　高尾山

•ぎんざ　銀座



[単語など]

ぜんかい　前回

まちあわせ　待ち合わせ

げんきん　現金

かへい　貨幣

まいこ　舞妓

ためしてみようとした　試してみようとした

なつまつり　夏祭り

にかいめ　2回目

ぜんぶで　全部で

さんぺい　三平

つりきちさんぺい　釣りキチ三平

ひのとり　ほうおうへん
火の鳥鳳凰編

ずっといきたかった　ずっと行きたかった

おもったより　思ったより

じもとのまち　地元の街

いいおもいで　良い思い出

かんどうしました　感動しました

いがいだった　意外だった

まちあわせ　待ち合わせ

じーゆー　GU

きほんてきな　基本的な

じかい　次回

そのあと　その後




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Vol.86 ルカさんと日本の夏の旅行2

Hi, and welcome back to Captain Seasalt and the ABC Pirates with Teacher Alyse!
Today, we’re going on an adventure to learn words that start with the letter N Are you ready? Listen carefully, repeat after me, and then try reading them on your own.

nightingale, nest, newt, narwhal, nook, nectarine, nuts, newspaper, numbat, naked mole-rat, napkin

Great job! Keep practicing, and if you’d like free flashcards to follow along, send me a message. You can also watch this Super Simple Songs Captain Seasalt video on YouTube to learn even more!
See you next time—bye for now!

Captain Sesalt & The ABC Pirates

Letter N

What do you think is the most expensive place in the world to live? New York? London? Maybe Tokyo?

While Japan has long had a reputation as an expensive place to live, its cities have been getting cheaper in recent years — with some big changes coming just in the last 12 months.

American consulting company Mercer recently released its 2024 Cost of Living City Ranking, which compares the costs of over 200 items in 226 cities around the world. The results are based on a March 2024 survey, and include things like housing and transportation, as well as food, clothing and entertainment.

All five of the world's most expensive cities are unchanged from last year, with Hong Kong and Singapore again in first and second place. These two Asian cities are followed by three Swiss cities: Zurich, Geneva and Basel.

Bern, another Swiss city, has risen from seventh to sixth place, while New York City has fallen one place to seventh.

However, Tokyo has dropped 30 places to 49th — putting it right after San Juan in Puerto Rico. And Osaka has dropped 53 places to 146th — just ahead of Wuhan in China.

However, the biggest drop since last year was for Lagos in Nigeria, which fell 178 places to 225th. And the least expensive city is now Abuja, Nigeria's capital, at 226th.

Mercer wrote that many big drops were caused by changes in exchange rates. Japan's yen dropped to a 34-year low against the US dollar in March — and hit a 38-year low in early July.

The ranking was also affected by inflation — especially in housing prices — as well as increasing political uncertainty around the world.

Mercer says it's important for companies to look at its cost of living ranking when thinking about sending staff to live abroad.




Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Japan Tumbles on Expensive Cities Ranking

My reading of a classic English ghost story written by Charles Dickens and first published in 1836. As the story is long, this podcast is made in two parts. In this part, a young doctor is visited by a mysterious woman whose face is covered by a black veil and who makes of the doctor a strange and disturbing request. 

The Bumper Book of Great English Stories

The Black Veil - Part I

Let's prepare you for your first day of work. You might encounter some unfamiliar terms. Do you know the meaning of #Orientation, #Onboarding, Mentor, Probationary period, Employee handbook? We will have a look at the meanings of these terms.

Do you know how to #introduce yourself on your first day? Formally and informally? How to make small talk? How to use ice breakers and elevator pitches?

What about Job descriptions? Qualifications? Performance metrics?
Let's go through it together. 


#Business_English #Job #introduction #description #performance #Business

Business English with Ali

Mastering Your First Day at Work: Introductions and Job Descriptions in Business English

Cápsula informativa sobre la artritis gotosa (gota).
¿Conoces a alguien que la padezca o la haya padecido?

Medical Spanish

Gouty Arthritis (Gout) 🏥

When you think about rainforests, you might think of somewhere with a tropical climate — somewhere like the Amazon or the Congo.

But in fact, a very large rainforest can be found in a country famous for its dreary weather: the UK.

The Eden Project, an attraction in southwest England, calls itself the world's largest indoor rainforest.

Sometimes referred to as the "Eighth Wonder of the World," the Eden Project was created in 2001 from an old clay pit. It's famous for its two enormous biomes, which are designed to look and feel like rainforests and tropical regions from all over the world.


Collage of the Eden Project's iconic biomes seen from the inside and outside.
The Rainforest Biome is about 16,000 square meters in size, and is full of plants found in tropical climates, like sugarcane, pineapples and bananas.

There are rare and unusual plants too, like the titan arum — a flower famous for its terrible smell that only blooms around once a year.

The Mediterranean Biome is a little smaller at 6,540 square meters, but has plants from the Mediterranean and regions with similar climates, such as California, South Africa and Australia.

The Eden Project is not just a place for people to look at plants, though — there is an environmental message behind the attraction, and it aims to teach visitors about the importance of looking after the environment.

As well as activities and workshops that teach visitors about the importance of living sustainably, the Eden Project even offers courses for a university degree!

And there's plenty of other things to see and do, too.

Throughout both biomes, visitors can find art and installations which focus on important topics like climate change.

And every year, the Eden Project hosts the Eden Sessions, a series of outdoor music concerts. Famous artists such as Amy Winehouse, Elton John and Oasis have performed at the Eden Sessions in the past.