This podcast you will know how the accents of Colombia sound.

- ¿Como es el acento rolo?

- ¿Como es el acento paisa?

- ¿Como es el acento costeño?

- ¿Como es el acento santadereano?

Remember that I also teach Spanish on italki, in case you want to book a class with me :)

Colombia

¿ Como son los acentos en Colombia ?

Chinese story
《同学的爱》  The Classmates’ love

在重庆市的一家医院里，有一位女孩儿躺在病床上。她叫小菲，今年十七岁。
There was a little girl lying in bed in a hospital in Chongqing City. She was called Xiao-Fei, aged 17.
二零一二年夏天她还可以在外面跟朋友、同学一起玩儿，但是她现在只能躺在床上，因为二零一二年八月，她发现自己生病了，而且是白血病。
She could still play with friends and classmates outside in the summer of 2012. Now she could only lie in bed, as she found herself sick in August, 2012 and was diagnosed with leukemia.

小菲的高中同学都很难过。为了鼓励她，小菲的高中同学也和她一起做出改变，这让她觉得很多人都在支持她。
Xiao-Fei’s high school classmates all grieved for her. To encourage her, her high school friends also made changes with her to make her feel that many were supporting her.

小菲生病以后，每天都必须早睡早起，锻炼身体。小菲的同学也开始每天早睡早起，锻炼身体。他们让小菲知道，他们正在和她做一样的事。小菲只能喝开水，不能再喝可乐了。小菲的同学也和她一样不再喝可乐。
After getting sick, Xiao-Fei needed to go to bed and get up early to exercise. Her classmates also started to go to bed and get up early. They let Xiao-Fei know that they were doing the same thing. Xiao-Fei could only drink water, but not coke anymore, and her classmates followed suit.

小菲的同学对小菲说：“你不放弃，我们也不会放弃！”
“If you don’t give up, we won’t either,” Xiao-Fei’s classmates told her.

同学们知道小菲需要很多钱治疗，所以大家拿着箱子向路人募捐，最后募到了兩万多元。
Her classmates knew that Xiao-Fei needed lots of money for treatment, so all of them carried boxes to raise money from pedestrians. Eventually, they gathered a total of 20,000.

小菲看到大家这么支持她，她说：“大家这么关心我，我一定会更努力让自己好起来。”
Knowing that all of them were supporting her, Xiao-Fei said: “All of you cared about me so much; I will certainly try my best to get well.”

Yasmine's Chinese Reading - intermediate

同学的爱  The Classmates’ love

はい、こんにちは。ようへい先生です。え、今日はみんなの日本語の31課でならう ”閉（と）じます”ということばを、お話ししたいと思います。で、みなさんは14課で、”閉（し）めます”ということばも ならっています。”閉じます”と”閉めます”、どうちがいますか。
じゃ、・「ドアを閉じます」と・「ドアを閉めます」、これは2つとも正しいですか？ うん、これは正しいんですね。・「ドアを閉めます」・「ドアを閉じます」。でも、・「ドアを閉めます」の方がいいです。「ドアを閉めます」の方がいいです。しぜん（natural)ですね、”閉じます”もOKですが、少しだけ変（へん）です。
えー、他にも・「窓を閉めます」・「窓を閉じます」これも両方（りょうほう）大丈夫ですが、 えー、・「窓を閉めます」の方がいいです。”閉じます” でもいいんですが、”閉めます” の方がいいです。はい、じゃ、31課で、どういう風（ふう）に使っているんでしょうか。え、51ページの７に出てきますんで、 じゃあ、ちょっと読（よ）みますね。
・目を閉じると、友達と泳いだ川の音が聞こえる。

はい、「目を閉じると」。うん、”目” ですね、「目を閉じます」と使っていますね。で、これはじゃあ、「目を閉（し）めます」は言うことができますか。できません。「目を”閉じます”」ですね。はい、OKですか。じゃ他にもですね。えー・「口を閉（と）じます」これも・「口を閉じます」 がいいです、・「口を閉（し）める」は言いませんね。はい、で、あと、じゃあ”本” ですね・「本を閉（と）じます」・「本を閉（し）めます」。これも・「本を閉じます」しか言うことができません。じゃあ、もう1つ、え～・「かさを閉（と）じます」ですね、・「 かさを閉（と）じる」ね。これ・「かさを閉める」は言うことができません。
じゃ最後（さいご）にもう1つ。インターネットの画面（がめん）、スクリーンですけど、画面、・「スクリーンのタブを閉（と）じる」ですね。タブ、タブはわかりますか。 英語でtabs、screen tabですかね。えー、そのインターネットのタブを閉じる。えー、・「ネットのタブを閉（し）める」は言うことができません。・「ネットのタブを閉じる」。はい、こういう使い方をします。えー、みなさん、覚（おぼ）えといてください。じゃ、今日も聞いてくれてありがとうございます。 
日本語の勉強がんばって。バイバイ👋


ようへい先生　N4～N3　レベルの生徒（せいと）へ　(^^♪

＃４　閉じる vs 閉める 　　 みんなの日本語 31課・14課

Hello and welcome to another episode of Engine English. 

Today's episode is part one on 21 essential business English idioms. People still seem to have doubts about the differences there are between general and business English. 

Although there’s substantial overlapping, there are some clear differences. I will give you 10 useful idioms that you can use in the office with examples that will help you understand how you can use them. 

Engine English

21 Essential Business Idioms Part 1

Jaká jsou častá křestní jména v Česku?

Czech Easily: Slow & Easy

10. Česká jména

The character "目- Mù " is a pictographic character depicting an eye.

It has multiple meanings and usages, Today we are gonna take a look at some of the main points:

Frist, As an Independent Word, It refers to 
1.眼睛- Yǎn jing - eyes, The organ of vision.

2.看 - Kàn - look, Derived from the function of the eye, it means to observe with the eyes.
Example:	
他目不转睛地看着比赛。- Tā mù bù zhuǎn jīng de kàn zhe bǐ sài 。
-He watched the game without blinking.
目睹了整个过程 - Mù dǔ le zhěng gè guò chéng 
- Witnessed the whole event 

Compound words

1.目光 - Mù guāng - Vision: A person's gaze or attention.
Example: 		
他的目光炯炯有神。- Tā de mù guāng jiǒng jiǒng yǒu shén 。
- His eyes are piercing.

2.目的-Mù dì - Purpose: Goal, intention.
Example:		
他的目的是通过考试。- Tā de mù dì shì tōng guò kǎo shì 。 
- His purpose is to pass the exam.

3.题目-Tí mù - Title/ question
Example: 	
作文的题目- Zuò wén de tí mù - The essay title 

4.目录 - Table of contents
Example:	
这本书的目录- Zhè běn shū de mù lù 
-The book's table of contents

5.项目- Xiàng mù - Item/ project
Example:	
工作中的重要项目。-Gōng zuò zhōng de zhòng yào xiàng mù 。 
-Important projects at work

Idioms and Fixed Phrases

"目不暇接 - Mù bù xiá jiē" : Describes an overwhelming number of things to see.

The Chinese idiom "目不暇接- Mù bù xiá jiē" translates to "too much to see" in English. It is often used to describe a situation where there are so many things to see that one's eyes don't have enough time to rest on any single thing. 

In a more general sense, it can be used to express the idea of being overwhelmed by numerous sights or activities happening all at once. 

Another common translation is "a feast for the eyes," emphasizing the abundance and variety of visually appealing elements.


每日一字

Este mito es popular en la región Amazónica de Colombiana y los Llanos Orientales. También, es conocido con otros nombres fuera de Colombia.

Tiene como protagonista a un ser denominado Madremonte o Madreselva, cuyo origen podría estar basado en las antiguas divinidades indígenas encargadas de preservar la naturaleza.

Colombian Legends

La Madre monte - Region Amazonica Colombiana

In dieser Episode lernst du mehr über die vietnamesische Küche mit all ihrer Vielfalt und Genialität!

Vietnam: Fakten und persönliche Erfahrungen 

Episode 3: Das vietnamesische Essen

An online quiz might tell you that you're more outgoing if you like hip-hop, or that you're more conservative if you like classical music.

But is it true?

A number of studies have looked into this over the years.

For example, a 2010 study from Scotland's Heriot-Watt University asked over 36,000 people about 104 different types of music from around the world.

It found some connection between people's personalities and their musical tastes — in particular, creative people were more likely to enjoy classical music.

However, connections for other personality types weren't so strong. Instead, people's gender, income and age had more connection to their musical taste — with older people more likely to enjoy folk and jazz, and less likely to enjoy dance music, for example.

In fact, when researchers in Germany compared the results of 30 different studies in 2017, they found nearly no connection between musical taste and personality. Instead, they noted that age seemed to be the most important factor — since people tend to have the strongest connection to the music they heard as teens and young adults.

However, these results haven't satisfied everybody.

In 2022, for example, researchers in Israel, the UK and the US looked at data from nearly 360,000 people across six continents. And they said they did find connections between music and personality.

Creative people were again found to prefer classical music — as well as jazz, opera and dance music. Outgoing people preferred things like hip-hop and reggae. And empathetic people preferred country and gospel — as well as pop.

So that's it, right?

Well, not exactly.

Other studies have found different results — for example, that empathetic people prefer gentle music like soft rock and R&B, or that outgoing people enjoy folk and country.

So what does your taste in music say about you?

Well, it depends on which study you trust — and it might just tell people how old you are!