We have a light-hearted look at some crazy cures, but some have been proven scientifically to have therapeutic effects, for example Ginger, a fundamental part of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The side effects of some modern medications make you wonder though, which is scarier: big pharmaceutical companies or Witches?

The Social Evolutionary

Herbal Medicine – Witchcraft, folk remedies or complete nonsense?

How to take a taxi?  （如何乘坐出租车？）
出租车：Taxi     计价器：Taximeter       微信支付: Wechat Pay     收款码：Money receiving QR code       
发票：Invoice   司机：Driver                  乘客：Passenger

司机：你好，你去哪儿？
我：我去中央大街115号的假日酒店。
（20分钟后）
司机：你在哪儿下车？
我：在这儿停车吧！
司机：好的。
我：一共多少钱？
司机：50元。
  (我看了看计价器，确认价格。）
我：给你钱。/我用微信支付，请给我收款码。
       请给我发票。
（付款，拿到发票后）
我：谢谢，再见！
司机：再见！































































Mengmeng-蒙蒙细语

Travel Chinese (旅游中文）

こんにちは。今日は自動詞と他動詞です。Transitive intransitive
自動詞と他動詞には少しルールがあります。

【ルールのある自動詞と他動詞】
1つ目　aru→eru
①	授業が始まる。授業を始める。
②	ドアが閉まる。ドアを閉める。
③	電車が止まる。車を止める。
④	さいふが見つかる。さいふを見つける。
⑤	色が変わる。色を変える。

2つ目　reru→su
①	本だなが壊（こわ）れる。本だなを壊（こわ）す。
②	建物（たてもの）が倒れる。建物を倒す。
③	鞄（かばん）が汚（よが）れる。かばんを汚す。

3つ目　ru→su
①	家に帰る。子供を家に帰す。
②	病気が治る。病気を治す。
③	ご飯が残る。ご飯を残す。

4つ目　eru→su
①	電気が消える。電気を消す。
②	犯人（はんにん）が逃げる。犯人を逃がす。

5つ目　ku→asu
①	洗たくものがかわく。洗たくものをかわかす。
②	飛行機（ひこうき）が飛（と）ぶ。飛行機を飛ばす。
③	子どもが泣く。子どもを泣かす。
④	お湯がわく。お湯をわかす。

6つ目　iru→osu
①	子どもが起きる。子どもを起こす。
②	りんごが落ちる。りんごをおとす。

7つ目　u→eru
①	ドアがあく。　ドアをあける。
②	部屋が片づく。部屋を片づける。
③	建物（たてもの）が建つ。家を建てる。
④	電気がつく。電気をつける。



８つ目　eru→u
①	肉が焼ける。肉を焼く。
②	山が見える。山を見る。

【reruは自動詞】
	建物が壊れる。
	本だなが倒れる。
	袋が破れる。


【suは他動詞】
	子どもを起こす。
	病気を治（なお）す。
	手紙を出す。
	電気を消す。


何度も聞いて、何どもリピートしてください。


にほんごのれんしゅう

自動詞と他動詞（transitive ／intransitive)

In this episode, we explore how music profoundly supports language learning by shaping memory, focus, and emotional engagement. Happy music increases dopamine, boosting motivation and vocabulary recall. Sad music deepens introspection, making grammar and writing easier to master. Neutral background music enhances attention for reading and listening. Steady rhythms improve fluency and pronunciation, while tempos around 60–80 BPM align with optimal brainwave states for learning. Finally, metronomes and chimes help structure study sessions and sustain focus. Music becomes not just background noise but a powerful partner in your journey to fluency.

💃🏻111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 80 - The Soundtrack to Fluency: How 🎼Music🎼 can help you speak volumes in language learning

In this episode we are going to learn how to say family members in Chinese. Let's learn it in a song!
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As a beginner, there're some vocabularies that you didn't learn before, and native speaker's speed seems too fast to understand. But don't worry, let's do it step by step. 
Step 1: listen and catch the words you know already, have a guess about the content.
Step 2: look at the text to check if you guessed it right. 
Step 3: listen one more time, repeat after it.
Step 4: practice until you can speak as the normal speed without looking at the text. 
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爸爸的爸爸叫什么？
bà bà de bà bà jiào shén me ？
What do we call Dad's dad?
爸爸的爸爸叫爷爷。
bà bà de bà bà jiào yé yé 。
Dad's dad is Grandpa.
爸爸的妈妈叫什么？
bà bà de mā mā jiào shén me ？
What do we call Dad's mom?
爸爸的妈妈叫奶奶。
bà bà de mā mā jiào nǎi nǎi 。
Dad's mom is Grandma.
爸爸的哥哥叫什么？
bà bà de gē gē jiào shén me ？
What do we call Dad's older brother?
爸爸的哥哥叫伯伯。
bà bà de gē gē jiào bó bó 。
Dad's elder brother's name is Uncle.
爸爸的弟弟叫什么？
bà bà de dì dì jiào shén me ？
What do we call Dad's younger brother?
爸爸的弟弟叫叔叔。
bà bà de dì dì jiào shū shū 。
Dad's younger brother is Uncle.
爸爸的姐妹叫什么？
bà bà de jiě mèi jiào shén me ？
What do we call Dad's sister?
爸爸的姐妹叫姑姑。
bà bà de jiě mèi jiào gū gū 。
Dad's sisters are called aunts.

Yuli's Chinese Channel

家庭称呼歌 ① Learn family members in a song （Beginner）

わたしの母の好きなことばです。
今日は母と、わたしが好きなことばについてお話します。

Do you know the Japanese word "Bijin-hakumei"?
It is my mother's favorite word.
Today I'm talking about my mother's and my favorite phrases.

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#7 母とわたしの好きなことば

Reducing the time we spend on our smartphones outside of work could help improve satisfaction and motivation in the workplace, according to a new study.

Spending less time on our phones doing non-work tasks like scrolling social media or watching videos could also have an impact on our mental health, researchers said.

A research team from Germany wanted to find out about easy ways companies could improve the motivation and well-being of their employees.

Almost 280 volunteers were put into four groups.

For one week, people in the first group reduced their daily smartphone use by one hour.

People in the second group didn't change their smartphone use, but did 30 minutes more exercise per day.

Participants in the third group did both of these things. And the fourth group didn't make any changes at all.

The volunteers took surveys about their work satisfaction, motivation and mental health before starting the experiment. They took the surveys again after the experiment ended, and then again two weeks later.

The researchers found that participants in both of the groups that reduced their smartphone use saw significant improvements in their mental health and workplace satisfaction. People in these groups also felt that their work-life balance was better.

And those in the first three groups — including the exercise-only group — all said they felt a greater sense of control over their lives.

The researchers said companies could think about encouraging employees to make small changes like these to their daily lives. When employees are happier at work, they're likely to be more productive, they added.

And the good thing for companies is that there's no cost to encouraging changes like these!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Cutting Phone Use May Improve Motivation at Work

A mini podcast about dehydration and drinking the right amount of water.
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SWE #9 How much water should you drink a day?

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