Today we're looking at some more formal ways to say "I kind of agree". We look at:

I agree in part
I partially agree
I agree to some extent
I agree with some qualifications

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I think you'll agree with this... partially

这集主要介绍汉语口语中“1.只不过…罢了；2.照…不误；3.是-不是…那块料”这三个习惯用语的意思及用法。

A Course in Chinese Colloquial Idioms

How To Use 1.只不过…罢了；2.照…不误；3.是/不是…那块料 in Chinese Colloquial Idioms

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Pierwszy odcinek podcastu w którym po polsku opowiadam o jesieni.
Wymowa jest w nim nieco wolniejsza i staram się używać podstawowych słów, 
łatwiejszych do zrozumienia. Zapraszam



The first episode of the podcast in which I talk about autumn in Polish.
The pronunciation is a bit slower and I try to use basic words,
easier to understand. I invite you to listen.

Первый выпуск подкаста, в котором я рассказываю об осени на польском языке.
Произношение немного медленнее, и я стараюсь использовать простые слова.
легче понять. Я приглашаю вас послушать.

Język polski z przyjemnością! 

Jesień

南辕北辙 [nán yuán běi zhé]：outh/shafts of a cart or carriage/north/trail；to try to go south by driving the chariot north,The idom means to act in a way that defeats one's purpose.
邯郸 hán dān：a city in Hebei Province
熨烫 yùn tàng：ironing
拜见 bài jiàn：pay a formal visit
精良 jīng liáng：excellent; superior; of the best quality
依仗 yī zhàng：count on;rely on
殊不知 shū bù zhī：little imagined;hardly realize

乐读中文 (Lè Dú Zhōngwén) - "Joyful Chinese Stories"

南辕北辙[nán yuán běi zhé]

Walnuts Could Help Students with Stress, Says Study

University isn't all sleeping, parties, and video games — many students find it a stressful time, with exams and the beginning of adult life.

But a recent study has suggested that there's a food that could help with some of that stress — walnuts.

Walnuts are known to be a healthy snack. They contain healthy fats and proteins, which are good for the body and the mind.

They may not be the most exciting food for young adults to snack on in a world of pizza and burgers, but they could have a positive effect both on academic stress and on the health of the body.

That's according to researchers from the University of South Australia, who had 80 students take part in their study.

One group of students was asked to eat about half a cup of walnuts every day for 16 weeks. They could eat them as a snack or add them to meals at any time of the day.

The other participants were told not to eat nuts for those 16 weeks.

The researchers found that academic stress was having a negative effect on student's mental health, on the amount of protein in their bodies, and — in female participants — on the diversity of bacteria in their guts.

But these things all improved among those who had been eating walnuts.

Larisa Bobrovskaya, one of the study's authors, said not only are walnuts good for students, they're an easy thing to add to lots of different meals.

However, she also said just having something extra to eat might have made the students feel better, so more research is needed.

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Walnuts Could Help Students with Stress Says Study

This episode covers basic greetings in Afrikaans and includes an example discussion in Afrikaans using the vocabulary that has been learned. 

Afrikaans Building blocks

Basic Afrikaans Greetings

Netflix now has 10 million subscribers in Japan, according to the streaming company.

It got to that number during the first half of 2024, so it may be even higher by now — and it's double the number of subscribers Netflix had in the country four years ago.

It's believed that new Japanese shows on the platform — including Tokyo Swindlers, The Queen of Villains and The Boyfriend — have helped the streaming service get more subscribers.

"Japan in particular is a country which wants to see a lot of its own content so we strongly feel the need to produce it," said Kaata Sakamoto, Netflix's vice president of content for Japan.

He added that the company wants to produce more content that will be popular with people in Japan, including more sports and comedy shows.

Subscribers around the world have also been enjoying Japanese content on the platform. It's the third-most-watched non-English-language content on Netflix, after Korean and Spanish. And Japanese anime shows and movies have been watched more than 1 billion times on Netflix in the last year.

Sakamoto said there are plans to make more anime for the platform, but he wants to find "stories that have never been told before."

Netflix first came to Japan in 2015. In 2023, it was the most popular streaming service in the country, with about 22% of the market share.

Around the world, Netflix has more than 280 million subscribers.

Netflix Reaches 10 Million Subscribers in Japan

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