Listen to me read a short news article on the topic of marriage, divorce and the UK law, as part of my Conversational English course

Listen to English with Pip

Divorce & the Law

S'agit-il vraiment de froideur ou d'une simple différence culturelle quand un serveur français vous sert sans le sourire attendu ? Dévoilons ensemble les subtilités qui se cachent derrière les clichés sur l'accueil français et pourquoi le fameux ressentiment envers les Américains n'est, en réalité, qu'un grand malentendu. Loin de l'antipathie, je vous emmène dans une exploration culturelle éclairée des comportements français à travers des thèmes aussi variés que la législation sur les armes, les enjeux de notre système de santé et l'unicité de notre service en restauration. Ce voyage introspectif est une promesse de découvertes où les différences ne sont plus des barrières mais des ponts entre nos mondes.

French Ramble

French stereotypes - Les clichés français.

Uma família tinha adoptado um cão que na verdade seria um urso!

Aprenda Português Com Notícias Insólitas e Malucas -Learn Portuguese With Crazy Isoteric News 

Família percebe ao fim de dois anos que cão adoptado é afinal... um urso

Un lupo vede un agnello che sta bevendo in un ruscello e decide che è giunto il momento del pranzo...

Vittorio per Voi

Il lupo e l'agnello

Du lernst in dieser Episode meines Channels mehr über die Geschichte Vietnams, außerdem gebe ich ein paar Empfehlungen für Sehenswürdigkeiten und Museen.

Vietnam: Fakten und persönliche Erfahrungen 

Episode 1: Die Geschichte Vietnams

有yǒu一天yī tiān,小明xiǎo míng的de妈妈mā ma带dài小明xiǎo míng去qù看kàn芭蕾舞bā lěi wǔ表演biǎo yǎn。小明xiǎo míng很hěn喜欢xǐ huān看kàn表演biǎo yǎn，所以suǒ yǐ他tā非常fēi cháng高兴gāo xìng。

但是dàn shì他tā看见kàn jiàn演员yǎn yuán们men都dōu踮diǎn着zhe脚jiǎo跳舞tiào wǔ,就jiù问wèn妈妈mā ma：”妈妈mā ma，演员yǎn yuán踮diǎn着zhe脚jiǎo跳舞tiào wǔ多duō累lèi啊a，他们tā men为什么wèi shén me不bù找zhǎo一些yī xiē高gāo一点儿yī diǎnr的de演员yǎn yuán呢ne?”

妈妈mā ma笑xiào着zhe回答huí dá：”傻shǎ孩子hái zi，芭蕾舞bā lěi wǔ就jiù是shì一yī种zhǒng用yòng脚尖jiǎo jiān跳tiào的de舞蹈wǔ dǎo！”

A short and interesting Chinese daily article  for every day

Ballet 芭蕾舞

明けましておめでとうございます！
ポッドキャストの更新が滞っている間に年が明けてしまいました！
皆さんは新年のカレンダーを買いましたか？
今回は、フミがお気に入りのカレンダーについて話します。
※去年の秋に収録したものなので、少し季節外れな会話があります。

Happy New Year!
While we have not been updating the podcast, the New Year has come!
Have you bought your New Year's calendars?　
This time, Fumi talks about his favorite calendar.
*We recorded this podcast last fall, so the conversation is a bit out of season.

♤ キーワード
・縁起がいい（えんぎがいい：bring good luck）
・六曜（ろくよう：The traditional Japanese calendar system used to indicate the perceived luck or fortune of each day. There are 6 labels and often referenced for scheduling events like weddings or funerals. While their use is rooted in superstition, the Rokuyo system remains widely referenced in Japan for scheduling ceremonies and selecting auspicious dates.）
　1. 先勝 - Senshō / Sakikachi (good for starting things, good in the morning)
　2. 友引 - Tomobiki (good day, should avoid funerals)
　3. 先負 - Senbu / Sakimake (good afternoon, bad morning)
　4. 仏滅 - Butsumetsu (extremely unlucky)
　5. 大安 - Taian (very lucky )
　6. 赤口 - Shakkō (lucky only during the hour of the horse (11 a.m. to 1 p.m.), awfully unlucky at other times)
・寅の日（とらのひ：The golden pattern of the tiger is a symbol of money, so the day of the tiger is especially associated with money luck.）
・一粒万倍日（いちりゅうまんばいび：The day that you can get hundreds of times harvest from a grain of seed. So it’s believed many benefits are received from very little.）
・怪我の功名（けがのこうみょう：One of the Japanese proverbs that means a mistake or careless action leading to a fortunate result. It is an unexpected success born out of a failure.）
・待てば海路の日和あり（まてばかいろのひよりあり：One of the Japanese proverbs that means”Everything comes to him who waits.”）

♧ 理解度チェッククイズ
1. フミは毎年どんなカレンダーを買っている？
2. それはどうして？

♢ 前回のクイズの答え
1. フミが最近気になっている言葉は？
→ 界隈
2. それはどういう意味？
→ 〜(する)人たち
3. 元々どこで使われていた言葉？
→ TwitterやInstagramなどのSNSで使われていた

BGM special thanks：MusMus

アヤさんとフミさんの日本語雑談（Aya and Fumi’s Japanese Chit-Chat）

Episode 31：お気に入りのカレンダー

If there is a direct train, it is usually the fastest way to travel from A to B in Britain.
A stopping train stops at a lot of smaller stations between main stations. An express (train) provides a faster service to your destination, and avoids the problem of traffic jams on the bus services.
For rail travel, you might need a single or a return ticket. Many people buy a travel card, which allows them to travel on any bus or train in a specific area for a period of time for less money. A bus pass lets you do the same for bus routes. You can buy rail tickets online, from a ticket machine or at the ticket office I booking office in the station.
If you get a train or bus In time, you catch it. If you are late, you may miss it. You may need to change trains or buses.