Sweden has launched a new law that allows grandparents to get paid parental leave while taking care of their grandchildren for up to three months of a child's first year.



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Sweden Pays Grandparents to Care for Grandkids

🌍The G20 meeting is coming to an end today; we will look at the news of the meeting between Biden and Xi Jinping; what are the reactions from China, Taiwan, and the United States?

🌍G20高峰會在今天閉幕，我們今天就要來聊聊拜登跟習近平會面的新聞，看看中國、台灣、美國怎麼說？

🌍G20高峰会在今天闭幕，我们今天就要来聊聊拜登跟习近平会面的新闻，看看中国、台湾、美国怎么说？

[00:00] introduction
[03:10] explanation
[10:00] discussion 

Please don't hesitate to contact me.

News with zhe

#33 如果有人在G20跑题

안녕하세요. Hello~
한국어 듣기 수업 시작해요. Let's start with the Korean listening class.
선생님 읽어요.  I read it.
잘 들으세요. Please listen well.

I posted the sentences on my blog. 
https://blog.naver.com/laramcraft/222824744445
https://youtu.be/IraiTqdMMFA

The basics are important.
It is also good to check the basics of 한글 Hangeul before this listening class.
1-1. Korean alphabet - Vowels 모음 - What is Hangeul?
https://youtu.be/0YzhJ9p2lcs
2-1. Korean alphabet - Consonants 자음 -what are the consonants 자음?
https://youtu.be/lckgvQ_vreA
3-1. Korean alphabet - Final Consonants 받침 - What are the final consonants 받침?
https://youtu.be/sLlFmG30fNI

This is a class to listen to Korean conversational sentences.
In this voice recording for listening, 
After reading many sentences in Korean conversations sentences, 
Check out how much you understand the sentences with a voice recording. 
Never look at the sentences when listening to the voice recording. 
And Listen to the sentence repeatedly until you hear it completely. 

You are listening to the Sejong Korean conversation. (세종학당)
There are four books in total. (Korean conversation, 1, 2, 3, 4.)
It consists of 1st and 2nd courses for beginners and 1st and 2nd courses for intermediate.
Each course is conducted in 14 units. (2 grammar - for each unit.) 
This listening class you are taking is Korean Conversation 1. (Beginner 1) 
Please listen carefully.


Korean Listening Class 한국어 문장 듣기 - Korean teacher, Grace

Korean Conversation 1 - Lesson 14. Part 1 -아서/-어서/-여서(1),  Part 2  못  (Beginner 1)

<キーワード>
前回：ぜんかい　last time
今回：こんかい　this time
治安がいい：ちあんがいい　safe
治安が悪い：ちあんがわるい　not safe
スリ：pickpolet
強盗：ごうとう robbery
持ち物：holdings
含める：ふくめる　include


みなさんこんにちは! 前回のエピソードではブリュッセルの好きなところをお話ししたので今回はブリュッセルの嫌いなところをお話しします。
一つ目は、治安があまりよくないところです。ブリュッセルではスリや盗難がたまにあります。特に観光地や電車の中では、持ち物に気をつけなければいけません。
二つ目は、物価が高いところです。特にレストランや外食は、日本と比べるととても高く感じます。そのため、外食は特別な日にだけにすることが多いです。
三つ目は、天気が悪いところです。ブリュッセルではくもりや雨の日が多く、冬は日が短いので、少し悲しい気持ちになることもあります。でも、そんなときはおいしいケーキや温かい飲み物で元気を出すようにしています。
こんなふうに、ブリュッセルには好きなところも嫌いなところもありますが、どちらも含めて楽しく暮らしています。みなさんも、もしブリュッセルに来ることがあったら、ぜひ私の好きなところを体験してみてくださいね。
それでは、また次のエピソードでお会いしましょう！


Nihongo Short Story by Noriko

ブリュッセルの好きなところと嫌いなところ（２）

Spanish México

FRIDA KHALO INTRO.

You know what question tags are, don't you?

The Jerome Meadows Experience

Question Tags (how to ask questions without sounding like a bad friend)

If you see someone sitting alone in a restaurant, you might assume they're waiting for someone, or perhaps they're grabbing a quick lunch on their break.

But more and more people around the world are purposely dining alone.

Japan has a special word for this: ohitorisama, which refers to people confidently doing things alone without worrying about what others think.

A recent survey found that 23% of Japanese people eat out alone, up from 18% in 2018. And in the US, solo dining reservations have risen 29% over the last two years, according to restaurant reservation site OpenTable.

OpenTable CEO Debby Soo thinks remote work is one reason for the increase, with people looking for a break from their home offices.

The increasing popularity in solo dining comes as more people are living alone. In 2019, the Pew Research Center found that 38% of US adults ages 25 to 54 were living without a partner, up from 29% in 1990. In Japan, single households now make up one-third of the total; that’s expected to increase to 40% by 2040, according to government data.

Growing interest in solo travel — particularly among travelers ages 55 and over — is also leading to more meals alone.

But Soo thinks there could be more to it than that.

"I think there's a broader movement of self-love and self-care and really … enjoying your own company," Soo said.

As a result, many restaurants are redoing their seating, changing their menus and adding other special touches to appeal to solo diners.

But some aren't always happy to seat one diner. A Michelin-starred London restaurant caused a stir last year when it started charging solo diners the same price as two customers. The restaurant, which has 34 seats, offers an eight-course menu costing about $280 per person.

Other restaurants say it's worth seating one person because solo diners will often come back and eat there again.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Party of One: Solo Dining Increasing in Popularity

Uskoro nam stiže 14-ti veljače, tada se u Hrvatskoj obilježava Valentinovo ili Dan zaljubljenih...

Priče iz Hrvatske

Epizoda 5 : Valentinovo, dan zaljubljenih

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