Short stories to help you grasp authentic vocabulary with interactive questions at the end. 
This podcast is for HSK 1-3 learners or students who been self-studying Chinese for a year.

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Megumi's Daily Japanese Adventures

#001 はじめまして！　Nice to meet you！

They say you can't have too much of a good thing — but according to a new study, maybe you can!

Researchers from the University of Toronto in Canada found that people are feeling more bored than in the past, even though there are endless types of entertainment available.

Could this endless entertainment actually be causing increased feelings of boredom?

Possibly, the researchers say.

In their study, published in Communications Psychology, Katy Tam and Michael Inzlicht looked at data from 2009 to 2020. They also looked at the relationship between digital media and reported feelings of boredom.

They found that people are reporting higher levels of boredom than ever before, with young people and college students feeling bored more often.

Many people reported feelings of boredom after engaging with digital media, leading Tam and Inzlicht to believe this type of entertainment is increasing feelings of boredom.

Digital media, they explain, is highly stimulating, which could cause people to be less interested in activities with lower stimulation, like reading a book.

And with technology offering so many distractions, people find it more difficult to focus on a single activity and take enjoyment from it, the researchers added.

For example, looking at your phone while watching television makes it difficult to focus on what you're watching on TV, which makes it more difficult to enjoy the show.

There's also so much information available online that people often engage with quick, unrelated pieces of media, instead of longer, more meaningful information, which can leave people feeling unsatisfied and bored.

Earlier research by Tam and Inzlicht supports this idea, after it showed that switching between short videos resulted in increased feelings of boredom.

The researchers said we may need to become more comfortable with feeling bored — since not everything in life is meant to be constantly interesting!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

'Endless Entertainment' May Actually Increase Boredom

大家晚上好啊，我是丹霞。您现在收听的是中文台词频道，今天的台词出自电影《后来的我们》，由周冬雨和井柏然主演。


“接到机长通知，由于北京天气原因，今天的航班已被取消。现在，请您带好全部手提物品准备下机。下机前，请特别留意座椅周围以免遗留物品。地面工作人员将为您做好取消航班后的后续安排。给您带来的不便我们深表歉意。”

                                                                                                       ——电影《后来的我们》/<Us and Them>

物品Wùpǐn  article ; goods 
留意 liúyì    be careful 
以免 yǐmiǎn  in order to avoid ; so as not to 
遗留 yíliú   leave over 
后续 hòuxù  follow-up
深表歉意 shēn biǎo qiànyì apologize deeply

Chinese Lines 中文台词

02. 今天的航班已被取消The flights today have been cancelled——《后来的我们Us and Them》

Il tema di oggi è basato sulla differenza fra un italiano perfetto ma poco comunicativo vs un italiano grammaticalmente imperfetto ma efficace.

The Italian Miscellaneous Podcast🖐 

Proficiency vs Communication

What is "かえるかげんしょう" that has become a hot topic on social networking sites? A talk about the characteristics and causes of people who are prone to this phenomenon, and how to deal with it.
SNSで話題の”蛙化現象”とは？　なりやすい人の特徴と原因、対策方法について話します。

こんにちは！
わたしは、仕事（しごと）のための日本語（にほんご）を教（おし）えたり、留学生（りゅうがくせい）や、外国（がいこく）から日本（にほん）に働（はたら）きにきた人（ひと）の仕事（しごと）やCareerについての相談（そうだん）を受（う）けたりしています。
Hello! I teach Japanese for business and provide career consultation to international students and people from other countries who want to work in Japan.
直接（ちょくせつ）、人（ひと）とあまり話（はな）さないようなトピックについても、お話（はな）しします。
もしよかったら、日本人（にほんじん）の方（かた）にもPodcastを聴（き）いていただきたいです。






[Intermediate-Upper level] Interesting Japanese Not Taught In Schools About Japanese business culture, Japanese habits & Osaka

What is "かえるかげんしょう" that has become a hot topic on social networking sites? A talk about the characteristics

In this short episode, you will  learn the meaning of  {  Essential } 

Engsavvy ( 504 Absolutely Essential Words )

Lesson 3 Word 6 (  Essential ) 

To Have no Qualms (with transcript)

Transcript https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ai6G0i621YlF94L9p7Ox-SH4c8dav5VJhVWcYBuQRFo/edit?usp=drivesdk

Teacher Joseph's Podcast

To Have no Qualms (with transcript)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U0rThPtrnbIffCc3vOFoL1Y6Qock3EwO/view?usp=drivesdk