Hello everyone, I hope you are doing well. Today I’ll be commenting on an article titled: “Why are people on TikTok asking men how often they think about the Roman Empire?” published on CBSNews. Don’t hesitate to participate in the discussion if you wish. Enjoy.

Useful vocabulary:
An enthusiast
To go viral
Modern-days sewage system
To popularize
An Aqueduct
To rise to power
A spectacular collapse
To expand
A political / military system
An emblematic movie
To be portrayed (in TV shows or movies)


Let's check out the news

New TikTok trend: How often do you think about the Roman Empire?

我在中国
去年，我在中国的一所学校工作，才过了一个月，就很想家了。因为想家，我很难过，总是哭。学生们常常问我：“老师，你怎么了？生病了吗”。我告诉他们“我想爸爸妈妈，也想男朋友了。”
几个月后，我认识了一个中国女孩儿。我们一起在学校门口租房子。她的朋友都对我很热情。我们常常一起逛街、看电影、散步、去很多地方旅游。和她们在一起，我能练习中文，学习做中国菜。
有一天，爸爸妈妈给我打电话。他们问我“你现在怎么样？还是很想家吗？还会每天哭吗？”“不，我喜欢这个城市；我喜欢我的朋友；我喜欢我的中国生活”。

Wǒ zài Zhōngguó 
Qùnián ， wǒ zài Zhōngguó de yì suǒ xuéxiào gōngzuò 。 cái guò le yí gè yuè ， jiù hěn xiǎng jiā le 。 Yīnwèi xiǎng jiā ， wǒ hěn nánguò ， zǒngshì kū 。 Xuésheng men chángcháng wèn wǒ ： " Lǎoshī ， nǐ zěnme le ？ Shēngbìng le ma " 。 Wǒ gàosu tāmen " Wǒ xiǎng Bàba、Māma ， yě xiǎng nánpéngyou le。 "
jǐ gè yuè hòu ， wǒ rènshí le yí gè Zhōngguó nǚháir 。 Wǒmen yìqǐ zài xuéxiào ménkǒu zū fángzi 。 Tā de péngyou dōu duì wǒ hěn rèqíng 。 Wǒmen chángcháng yìqǐ guàngjiē 、 kàndiànyǐng 、 sànbù 、 qù hěnduō dìfang lǚyóu 。 Hé tāmen zài yìqǐ ， wǒ néng liànxí Zhōngwén ， xuéxí zuò Zhōngguó cài 。 
Yǒuyìtiān ， Bàba、Māma gěi wǒ dǎdiànhuà 。 Tāmen wèn wǒ " Nǐ xiànzài zěnmeyàng ？ Háishì hěn xiǎng jiā ma ？ Hái huì měitiān kū ma ？ "" bù ， wǒ xǐhuan zhège chéngshì ； wǒ xǐhuan wǒ de péngyou ； wǒ xǐhuan wǒ de zhōngguó shēnghuó " 。


Learn Chinese through stories - HSK2  （more podcast：https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk_Q-vfEdpBJCRJviEEY0KQ）

My life in China

こんにちは、Mikaです
このポッドキャストでは、私の日々の出来事を通じて
日本語をより身近に楽しく感じてもらえたら嬉しいです。
短い間ですがリラックスした気分でどうぞお付き合いください。

4月が始まり、ようやく日本に暖かい春がやってきました。
桜も咲き始めて、いろんな場所へ出かけたくなります。

名古屋へ旅行に来た時におすすめしたいのは "カリテコバイク" といって街中で気軽に借りることができる自転車です。
名古屋のいろんな場所にこの "カリテコバイク" を借りる場所があり、好きな場所へ返すことができます。
アプリケーションを使って登録し、支払いもクレジットカードや電子マネーなどが使えます。

マナーを守って、春の暖かい季節にこの自転車を借りていろんな場所へ行ってみてください。
因みに、名前の "カリテコ" は "借りていこう！" を短く省略したスラングです。
"カリテコ" で自転車を借りて行こう♪

それでは今日も笑顔の多い1日を
またね～！

mika's whisper talk

Vol.2  名古屋に来たら "カリテコ～！"  / Bicycle sharing service in NAGOYA

Dành thời gian cho công việc đó là giá trị của thành công
Dành thời gian cho suy nghĩ đó là nguồn gốc của lực lượng
Dành thời gian cho vui chơi đó là bí quyết của thanh xuân
Dành thời gian cho đọc sách báo đó là khởi phát của trí tuệ
Dành thời gian tiếp thu tri thức mới đó là con đường đi đến hạnh phúc
Dành thời gian cho mơ mộng đó là đạt được hi vọng
Dành thời gian cho tình yêu đó là niềm vui lớn nhất đời người
Dành thời gian vui vẻ cười đùa đó là âm nhạc của linh hồn



Vietnameseonlineclass.com

Luyện đọc Tiếng Việt - Reading skill - Dành thời gian cho tình yêu đó là niềm vui lớn nhất đời người

Letní dovolené a oblíbené destinace ☀️

Czech Easily: Slow & Easy

25. Jak Češi tráví léto

一只苍蝇飞过你会醒吗？不幸的是，我会。我在播客里告诉你。

西班牙语表达

什么？因为一只苍蝇飞过就醒了？

Man 1: Several years ago, I was in a car accident that left me with a back injury. As a computer programmer, I am still able to do my job, but I often have to take painkillers. When the pain gets particularly bad, I sometimes have to lie down on my back for a while until it goes away because sitting up really hurts. When we were in the office, I would worry that my colleagues would see me taking pills. Since we’ve been working from home, it has been much better. I can go and see my physical therapist more often too. I don’t have to worry as much and if I need to lie down for a little while to help my back, I can. When we were in the office, I’d sometimes be in a lot of pain but didn’t feel like I could say anything.

Woman: I have suffered from depression for a long time. Most of the time I manage it, but I often feel very nervous. Working in an office was really hard as I was always scared that I might panic and my colleagues would wonder why I was acting strangely. Working at home has been so much better for me as I don’t have to talk to so many people and I can have a relaxed environment and play peaceful music. Management is talking about going back to the office soon and I can already feel a lot of anxiety about it. I’m worried that I will not be able to hide that I’m depressed and people will judge me.

Man 2: I’m quite deaf in one ear. I don’t like to mention it when I’m at work because I feel as though there is often a stigma around disabilities. I worry that people will treat me differently. The problem is, sometimes I don’t hear when people are talking to me and then they think I’m ignoring them or I’m not listening. Working at home has been great for me because all of our communication has been online or video calls and I can wear headphones like everyone else. I’m not looking forward to going back to the office and I don’t see the point as I can do my job perfectly well from home.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Living With Disabilities 

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
2022年3月9日　水曜日　天気/晴れ　気温/-2℃

・函館市（はこだてし）では、学校で子どもたちを預かる。
・コロナが原因で学級閉鎖
・親が仕事で休めない。

［単語］
預（あず）かる...見る、守る、いっしょにいる。
コロナ(ころな）…COVID-19
感染（かんせん）…病気になること
学級（がっきゅう）…クラスのこと
閉鎖（へいさ）…休むこと
勇気（ゆうき）...がんばる気持ち

北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#12〉2022年3月9日水曜日　学校で子どもたちを預かる

In this episode we will talk about 【China's social media】, you will learn how to say 【social media，software，search engine】 ect. 
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It is recommended that you study in the following ways:
Step 1: Gist listening. Listen to get the main idea. (more times if necessary)
Step 2: Check the script and learn new words. 
Step 3: Listen and imitate as much as you can then retell the story.
Step 4: Write down what you hear if you want to practise writing.
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大家好，我是Yuli。欢迎收听我的播客。
今天想给大家介绍一下中国的社交媒体。
开始之前，我先让大家猜一下这几个名字分别是国外的哪个社交媒体。第一个、脸书；第二个、抖音；第三个、推特；第四个、油管。揭晓答案啦！第一个、脸书是facebook，face是脸，book是书，很直接的翻译。第二个、抖音是tiktok，在tiktok出现之前，中国就有抖音了。可以说tiktok是抖音的国际版本，不过这两个软件的内容是独立的，你在tiktok看不到抖音上的视频。第三个，推特是twitter，这个是按照发音翻译的。第四个、油管是youtube，这个翻译很有意思，you像汉字“油”的发音，tube中文是管，所以是发音加意思的翻译。你可能会问，instagram中文叫什么？其实没有中文的翻译，我们一般就叫ins。
那我们正式开始介绍中国的社交媒体软件吧。像脸书这样可以跟你认识的家人朋友们一起互动的软件，中国应该就是微信了。不过说起微信，它现在可不是一个简单的社交媒体软件，我们生活的方方面面都离不开它。除了用来和家人朋友，甚至是工作相关的人聊天，以及发照片视频分享自己的日常，我们也用来叫外卖，订酒店机票，预约医生等等。
抖音大家应该很熟悉了，跟tiktok差不多，用来看短视频。现在除了抖音，大家也经常在微信的“视频号”看短视频。跟推特类似的中国软件叫微博，很多年轻人喜欢在上面发表自己的想法。像油管一样可以看长视频的软件我们也有，叫bilibili，也叫b站。那像ins一样的软件有没有呢？当然有，这个软件叫小红书。在小红书你可以查到各种各样的信息，所以对年轻人来说，小红书也像一个搜索引擎。顺便说一下，国外最常用的搜索引擎是谷歌，也就是google，在中国我们一般用百度。
你每天用得最多的社交软件是什么？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。
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社交/shè jiāo/socialize
媒体/méi tǐ/media
猜/cāi/guess
分别/fēn bié/respectively
揭晓/jiē xiǎo/reveal
答案/dá àn/answer
翻译/fān yì/translation
版本/bǎn běn/version
独立/dú lì/independent
按照/àn zhào/according to; base on
发音/fā yīn/pronunciation
管子/guǎn zi/tube
互动/hù dòng/interact
软件/ruǎn jiàn/software
分享/fēn xiǎng/share
预约/yù yuē/reservation
类似/lèi sì/similar
查/chá/check
搜索/sōu suǒ/search
引擎/yǐn qíng/engine