it's all Greek to me!

Greek Slang II

   《我的妈妈》

Zhè shì wǒ de māma,
   这 是  我 的 妈妈，
This is my mother,

tā yǒu yì shuāng dàdà de yǎnjing,
她 有 一  双    大大  的   眼睛，
she has a pair of big eyes,

yì bǎ cháng tóufa.
一  把  长  头发。
a bunch of long hair.

Tā jīntiān qī diǎn qǐ chuáng,
她 今天  七  点   起   床，
She got up at 7 today,

bā diǎn chū mén qù mǎi cài.
  八  点  出   门 去 买  菜。
的眼睛，一把A and went out to buy groceries at 8.



Quizzes:
1)	我妈妈的眼睛怎么样？How to describe mothers’ eyes?
小小的     xiǎo xiǎo de
大大的     dà dà de                             ✔

2)	正确的量词。 Choose the correct measure words.
一把椅子 一个苹果  一双手 
yì bǎ yǐzi ; yí gè píng guǒ; yì shuāng shǒu      ✔
一只雨伞 一个西瓜  一双鞋
yì zhī yǔsǎn; yí gè xīguā; yì shuāng xié

3)	妈妈出门做什么？What is the purpose for mother go out?
起床    qǐ chuáng
买菜    mǎi cài                                 ✔


Correction notebook   错题本 (Mandarin)

讲解《我的妈妈》 Explaining the essay 'My mother'

北海道の札幌味噌ラーメン
福岡の博多とんこつラーメン
そして一般的な普通の醤油ラーメン

スープだけじゃなくて麺も違いがあります。
太い麺　細い麺　細くも太くもない普通の麺。

Japanese "Taka" it easy

僕の大好きなラーメン

Imagine living without the words "left" and "right", "behind" or "ahead". This is reality in some cases of indigenous Australian languages. But how do they refer to the position of things? Well, this short cut-out from our podcast will tell you.

The Age of Humans

Episode 1: Which direction does time flow?

Odyssea finds out why Calypse wanted the pendant.

Transcript: https://saracasalino-books.weebly.com/blog/the-adventures-of-odyssea-ch-4-calypse

Vocabulary:
flamboyant- bold and showy
charisma- likeable personality
cordial- friendly, invigorating the heart, heartfelt
invigorating- giving energy
align- when two things line up

Learn English with Stories

The Adventures of Odyssea: Ch 4.4 - Calypse

「おやすみなさい」は　ねるときの　あいさつの　ことばです。でも、「なさい」は　命令（めいれい）で　つかう　ことばです。子どもが　おとうさんや　おかあさんに　「ねなさい」と命令（めいれい）しているのでしょうか？　へんですよね…。どうして　ねるときに、「おやすみなさい」というようになったのか　調（しら）べてみました。
"Oyasuminasai" is a greeting word when we sleep. But "～nasai" is a word used in command. Does the child order his/her father and mother to to go bed? That's strange... so, I checked why we say "Oyasuminasai" when we sleep.

やさしい日本語（にほんご）

5 おやすみなさいって命令（めいれい）ですか？

Convergent Thinking vs. Divergent Thinking: Why Planning Isn’t Always the Right Thing to Do

You’re overseeing a project and have all the pieces in place.

Your detailed timeline is mapped out. You’ve set expectations with leaders and team members. You’re prepared to keep all the deliverables organized.

Halfway through the project, a team comes to you with a suggestion—they think they’ve found a better way to handle a piece of the process.

Your stomach drops into your shoes. You’re the taskmaster. The organizer. The keeper of the schedule. This change in direction will only throw a wrench into the flawless plan you spent hours agonizing over. Even if it is a better way to go, you’re cringing at the idea of straying from your beloved system.

Sound familiar? It’s a common scenario for project managers. When you’re the one who’s solely responsible for keeping everything on track, it’s understandable that you’ll white-knuckle your tried and true processes.

But, think about this: You may be limiting the wiggle room team members need to take that project to the next level. By planning away every last inch of flexibility, you’re making it that much tougher to adapt to new information and evolving demands.

So, what do you do? It’s time for project management professionals to not only think of themselves as the keepers of plans, but also the ones responsible for pulling the very best out of teams.

To do so, they need to encourage and enable both pieces of the creative problem-solving process: divergent thinking and convergent thinking.