Speaking Better

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Teacher Joseph's Podcast

Speaking Better (with transcript for study)

Today we talk about young.
What is young?  related to age?  or depend on appearance? maybe something inside?
今天是3月18日，我的城市，天气晴，17到26度，越来越热了。
早上出门的时候，我遇到我的邻居，她是一位80多岁的老奶奶。“奶奶，早上好！”我大声的打招呼。这位奶奶之前生了一场大病，所以她现在走路很难，每一步都只能往前走10厘米，她希望自己走的快一些，但是她的腿和脚都不行。她对我笑了笑，然后说“年轻真好！”
年轻，我已经很长时间不认为自己年轻了，可是，老奶奶说的很对，她80多岁，在她看来，我当然很年轻。
你觉得年轻是什么？18岁，28岁，还是30岁以前？看起来很帅很漂亮，而不是别人觉得你是个又老又丑的人？有些人认为年轻是一种状态，和几岁没有关系。
我呢，我觉得，年轻不是你几岁，而是你有没有下面这些能力。
第一个能力是吃，你能吃所有的东西，你知道有些人甚至不能吃糖
第二个能力是睡，现在的人很多已经不能好好睡觉了，他们已经离不开电脑和手机，上床以后想各种各样的事情，就是没法睡觉。
第三，最重要的是，对每件事情，每一天，你是不是都充满着希望和激情。只有这样，一个人才是真的年轻，每一天都是新的生活。
你怎么看的呢？欢迎来和我讨论。

中文小天地 Little Chinese world

Episode 2  About young, about you and me

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Douce France

L'Ardèche, entre ange et démon 

Reading a book in Japanese
''Buying Mittens'' #8　(Written by Nankichi Niimi)
『手袋を買いに』(てぶくろを かいに）
新美南吉・著　第八話
It's a heartwarming story with 
beautiful winter descriptions through words.

You can practice shadowing, repeating with
this reading and the text below.
Besides, it's helpful to study Kanji. 😊
📚My lessons: https://www.italki.com/ja/teacher/6185061

自転車の看板や、めがねの看板やそのほか 
いろんな看板が、あるものは新しいペンキでかかれ、
あるものは、古い壁のようにはげていましたが、
町に はじめて出てきた子狐にはそれらのものが
いったい何であるか分らないのでした。
とうとう帽子屋がみつかりました。
お母さんが道々よく教えてくれた、
黒い大きなシルクハットの帽子の看板が、
青い電燈に照らされて かかっていました。
子狐は教えられた通り、トントンと戸を叩きました。

「こんばんは」
　
すると、中では何かことこと音がしていましたが
やがて、戸が一寸ほどゴロリとあいて、
光の帯が道の白い雪の上に 長く伸びました。
子狐はその光が まばゆかったので、めんくらって、
まちがった方の手を、
――お母さまが出しちゃいけないと言って
よく聞かせた方の手を 
すきまから さしこんでしまいました。


【漢字】

自転車・・・じてんしゃ
看板　・・・かんばん
新しい・・・あたらしい
古い　・・・ふるい
壁　　・・・かべ
町　　・・・まち
出て　・・・でて
子狐　・・・こぎつね
何　　・・・なん
分からない・わからない
帽子屋・・・ぼうしや
お母さん・・おかあさん
道々　・・・みちみち
教えて・・・おしえて
黒い　・・・くろい
大きな・・・おおきな
青い　・・・あおい
電燈　・・・でんとう
照らされて・てらされて
通り　・・・とおり
戸　　・・・と
叩きました・たたきました
中　　・・・なか
何か　・・・なにか
音　　・・・おと
一寸　・・・いっすん　＊一寸=3.03cm
光　　・・・ひかり
帯　　・・・おび
白い　・・・しろい
雪　　・・・ゆき
長く　・・・ながく
伸びました・のびました
方　　・・・ほう
手　　・・・て
出しちゃ・・だしちゃ
言って・・・いって
聞かせた・・きかせた


朗読クラブ📚Reading to Japanese language learners 

朗読 『手袋を買いに』第八話 Buying Mittens #8

"Looks matter," this is the most important lesson that I have learned during the past two years and this is why I started a beauty podcast. Our physical attractiveness affects aspects of our lives whether we admit it or not and the level of growth that I learned because of beauty is empowering. This podcast will be about skin care, supplements and the psychology of beauty.

"THE BEAUTY PODCAST."

"Looks really do matter."

“A family member that I'd really love to work with in the future is my cousin John, who is a few years older than me, and now has his own successful marketing company. I’m now in my final year of studying media marketing, and John has always been there for me, anytime I needed some advice or help with my studies. I guess you could say he has been like a mentor to me.




I actually had the pleasure of working with him during my summer holidays last year, which was a really amazing experience, and I got a lot of great hands-on working experience . 




As I'm studying media marketing, John's marketing company would be a perfect fit for me to put my years of study to use. I’m especially interested in social media marketing, and would love the opportunity to specialise in this niche market. I have also discussed this with my cousin, and he is also very interested in breaking into this market in the future.




If this could happen in the future I really would be over the moon with happiness, and it would be like a dream come true. I think it would be an amazing opportunity, as well as a challenge that I would relish. I think I could learn so much from my cousin, as well as working hard to prove myself. I also think having him take me under his wing would be a great start to my working life.

IELTS 85 Speaking

Describe a family member you would like to work with

你上网最常使用什么社交软件？
Nǐ shàngwǎng zuì cháng shǐyòng shénme shèjiāo ruǎnjiàn? 
你知道这些社交软件用中文怎么说吗？
Nǐ zhīdào zhèxiē shèjiāo ruǎnjiàn yǒu shé me yòng ma?
Which social media do you use most to browse the Internet?  
Do you know how to say these social media in Chinese?

💙 Facebook 脸书 liǎn shū
❤️YouTube 油管 yóu guǎn
💓TikTok 抖音 dǒu yīn
❤️Red note xiǎo hóng shū
💚WeChat 微信 wēi xìn

Daily Chinese VOCABULARY builder.

Do you know how to say these social media in Chinese? Which social media do you use most to browse the Internet?  

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