Music, food, customs, traditions, dance, language, and many more form a culture. The list can keep going, but new cultures can be overwhelming. That's why the cultural shocks. So? What do we do with all the information?

The Age of Humans

Episode 2: How to Process the Cultural Input

In this chapter Mrs. Frisby saves a crow named Jeremy and rides on its back to safety. Jeremy tells Mrs Frisby she can call on him for help in the future.  

**Vocabulary with definitions and audio for chapters 1-5.
You can find these on my page under vocabulary. 

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Mrs Frisby looked again at the sun and saw that she faced an unpleasant choice. She could go home by the same roundabout way she had come, in which case she would surely end up walking alone in the woods in the dark — a frightening prospect, for at night the forest was alive with danger. Then the owl came out to hunt, and foxes, weasels and strange wild cats stalked among the tree trunks. The other choice would be dangerous, too, but with luck it would get her home before dark. That would be to take a straighter route, across the farmyard between the barn and the chicken house, going not too close to the house but cutting the distance by half. The cat would be there somewhere, but by daylight — and by staying in the open, away from the shrubs — she could probably spot him before he saw her.
The cat: He was called Dragon. Farmer Fitzgibbon’s wife had given him the name as a joke when
he was a small kitten pretending to be fierce. But when he grew up, the name turned out to be an apt one. He was enormous, with a huge, broad head and a large mouth full of curving fangs, needle sharp. He had seven claws on each foot and a thick, furry tail, which lashed angrily from side to side. In colour he was orange and white, with glaring yellow eyes; and when he leaped to kill, he gave a high, strangled scream that froze his victims where they stood.

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 

Chapter 3 The Crow and the Cat

Can you guess which novel this film was adapted from? And how this novel is called in Vietnamese? Try to do my quiz later. Have fun!

Án mạng ở Venice có tựa gốc là A haunting in Venice. Đầu tiên, mình coi phim vì quá thích nhân vật thám tử Poirot trong truyện của nữ văn sĩ Agatha Christie. 

Thứ hai, phim trinh thám mà hồi hộp từ đầu tới cuối. Lâu lâu bị hù kiểu kinh dị hơn kinh dị.

Thứ ba, mình thấy có Dương Tử Quỳnh đóng nên đi coi thôi. 

Phim không theo mô típ phá án, suy luận thông thường mà là một chuỗi những hành động của những con người toan tính, kể cả một đứa bé.

Nhân vật nào cũng có nỗi niềm riêng. Người mình tưởng là bạn lại không thực sự thật lòng với mình. Kẻ mình tưởng xấu tính ai dè lại đàng hoàng đến lạ. 

Đứa trẻ trưởng thành trước tuổi mình lại tưởng ngây thơ. 

Ngay đến cả ngài Hercule Poirot, người được mệnh danh là cỗ máy suy luận, con người của lý trí mà cũng phải bắt đầu tin vào tâm linh.

Những cú twist, hay nói đúng hơn là thắt mở đúng chỗ từ từ vén màn bí mật cho người đọc. Phim không hoàn toàn giống truyện nhưng hay ở chọn lọc chi tiết đắt giá. 

Người mẹ tận tụy hóa ra lại không phải người hiền lành như vỏ bọc bên ngoài. Chú bé ngây thơ hóa ra lại là người thâm sâu tới khó dò. Người cha bất tài lại yêu con vô hạn. Bà đồng nhập hồn nhưng hóa ra chỉ là mánh khóe được che giấu tinh vi.

Mỗi sắc thái, mỗi nhân vật như gia vị trong hành trình đi tìm chân lý của thám tử Poirot. 

Tưởng là đã bắt được nhưng thì ra nhân quả tuần hoàn.


Chi - italki Vietnamese

Review phim Án mạng ở Venice

Hola!
Este episodio está relacionado a las tradiciones de semana santa en Venezuela, puesto que se trata de diversas actividades religiosas con una carga importante cultural del país. Escucharemos las frases que más se dicen cuándo hablamos de cultura y tradición, recordaremos las frases que hemos utilizado y las frases que nos han dicho. Escucha este podcats y comenta si has utilizado alguna de estas frases, o si las han utilizado contigo, si me falto alguno puedes escribir tus comentarios, no olvides suscribirte para que no te pierdas ningún episodio y si te gusto dale like así sabré que estas disfrutando sintonizar mi canal y compártelo con otros estudiantes en las redes sociales para que tengan la oportunidad de participar. 
Te invito a revisa mi perfil https://teach.italki.com/teacher/4041493


Costumbres y Tradiciones de Venezuela

Episodio #1 Tradiciones de semana santa en Venezuela: todo lo que debes saber.

Hej, z tej strony Anka, a to jest już szósty  odcinek podcastu Polish is fun. W tym odcinku dam ci kilka bardzo prostych rad, co zrobić aby jak najwięcej skorzystać z lekcji języka polskiego. Oczywiście,  reguły te odnoszą się także do innych języków.

Dobrze, zaczynamy. 
Czyli zdecydowałeś się uczyć zdalnie języka polskiego i znalazłeś fajnego nauczyciela, starasz się mieć lekcje regularnie, ale tak naprawdę to nie widzisz jakiś fantastycznych rezultatów. 
Co możesz zrobić  w takiej sytuacji ?...

Mam nadzieję, że moje rady pomogą ci w nauce. Jeśli chciałabyś/chciałbyś transkrypcję tego podcastu, proszę napisz do mnie.
Dziękuję za uwagę  i do usłyszenia!  Cześć!

skorzystać - to make good use of something
przyzwyczaić się - to get used to 
spektakularne rezultaty - great results
pora dnia - time of the day


Polish is fun with Anka

Skorzystaj jak najwięcej z lekcji online

In today's podcast, I would like to share my thoughts about some common misconceptions about business.

FLO TALKS 

BUSINESS IS NOT EASY MONEY

A short history fact and a list of countries which celebrate PRVI MAJ – LABOR DAY! 😊
Срећно учење! / Srećno učenje!✨
If you like this podcast, please contact me for the transcript.🧾
See you in class!👋


SERBIAN TO GO

Које земље славе Први мај? – Koje zemlje slave Prvi maj? (B1 and above)

Teacher Joseph's Podcast

The Locksmith

There is a transcript available for this podcast. 

Are you constantly asking:
“What’s the best book to read?”
“What show should I watch?”
“What’s the best method to learn?”

If so, you might be stuck in a cycle of passive learning — always taking in, never giving out. In this video, I talk about a pattern I see all the time: students chasing knowledge without ever using it.

You don’t get fluent by reading.
You don’t get confident by watching.
You grow by giving: writing, speaking, creating, sharing.

If you're serious about improving, stop collecting resources — start becoming a resource.
Write essays. Speak up. Bring your ideas to your lessons.

Let’s talk about what real learning looks like — and why giving is the missing step in your progress.

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