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Express “Cheap” in Chinese

Rachel's Weekly Chinese Podcast

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¡ATENCIÓN! EPISODIO ALTAMENTE RELAJANTE.
SIÉNTATE EN UN SILLÓN MIRANDO AL MAR Y NO HAGAS ACTIVIDADES PELIGROSAS MIENTRAS LO ESCUCHAS.
La India es... puf... difícil de explicar y de vivir. Pero el viaje allí mereció la pena. En este episodio hago una introducción al viaje, donde explico más o menos qué hicimos y mis sensaciones. Vamo' p'allá.


La vida de Héctor (Spanish Podcast)

Capítulo 30 - Introducción a la India

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/222944454325
https://youtu.be/daGN-O-hOXY

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 3. (Intermediate 1) 
Please listen carefully.

Korean Listening Class 한국어 문장 듣기 - Korean teacher, Grace

Korean Conversation 3. (Intermediate 1) - Lesson 2. Part 1 -을/-ㄹ줄 알다/모르다,  Part 2 -고 나면

Do you ever struggle to say “no” without feeling awkward or guilty? In Korean culture, how we refuse something can say a lot about our character and emotional intelligence. 
In this episode of our Korean Podcast, we explore 쿠션어﻿ — “cushion words” that soften your tone and make refusals sound caring instead of cold.

Learn how to politely turn down invitations, decline favors, or express limitations while maintaining harmony and respect. We’ll go through real-life examples such as refusing a wedding invitation or declining work requests, and we’ll unpack why adding warmth can preserve relationships — and your peace of mind.

If you’ve ever said “I’ll think about it” just to avoid sounding rude, this episode will help you find the right words. Improve your Korean communication skills, emotional fluency, and confidence in social situations.

The Jung Studio

Korean Podcast | How Koreans Say “No” (Without Sounding Rude)

People who travel a lot will know the feeling — you've just landed in a country on the other side of the world, ready to explore and see the sights, but you're too tired to do anything!

Jet lag is usually linked with travel and changing time zones. But a new study has found that even small changes to our daily schedules can change our sleeping patterns.

And it's not just sleep that gets affected by a disrupted schedule — our bodies work differently when our daily patterns change.

The study, published in iScience, looked at how our bodies respond to a five-hour time change — similar to the kind of jet lag you'd feel after traveling from New York to London, for example.

It looked at people's circadian rhythm — our body's natural clock that controls when we sleep, when different hormones are released, and how our bodies use energy.

During the study, scientists observed 14 people in a lab for eight days.

On the first two days, the participants followed their normal daily schedules. But from the third day, the participants' meals, sleep and light exposure were changed to five hours later than normal.

The researchers tested the participants' blood and checked their digestion, energy use, and levels of melatonin — a hormone that helps control sleep by making you feel tired when it gets dark — to see how their bodies reacted to the time change.

The results showed that the five-hour time change made digestion slower, changed blood sugar levels, and affected how the body used fat. The body also burned less energy from food.

These things started to go back to normal after two or three days as the body adjusted to the new schedule.

One of the study's researchers, Jonathan Johnston, told StudyFinds this shows how sticking to a regular schedule can make a big difference to our health.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

How Jet Lag Affects More than Just Your Sleep

Escucha la conjugación de los verbos regulares.

Repite conmigo :)

A1.1. Español básico para principantes. 

Clase 2. Verbos regulares. Conjugación

LECTURA COMPRENSIVA.


ESTE CUENTO NOS HABLA DE: El Misterio del Diamante Azul.



En la vibrante metrópoli de Neotokio, el detective Akira investigaba el robo más audaz de la década: el diamante azul más grande del mundo había desaparecido del museo de arte. El robo parecía imposible; no había señales de forzamiento, las alarmas no se activaron y las cámaras de seguridad no captaron nada sospechoso. Sin embargo, Akira, con su mente analítica y su ojo agudo, notó un detalle minúsculo: una imperceptible marca en la vitrina donde había estado expuesto el diamante.

Intrigado, Akira se sumergió en un mundo de pistas y enigmas. Tras días de meticulosa investigación, descubrió que la marca era una señal secreta utilizada por una banda de ladrones de alta tecnología conocida como los "Fantasmas". Estos enigmáticos criminales eran famosos por sus robos casi perfectos y su capacidad para desaparecer sin dejar rastro. Siguiendo esta pista, Akira y su equipo, equipados con los últimos gadgets, rastrearon el diamante hasta un antiguo almacén en las afueras de la ciudad.

En el almacén, en una habitación oculta detrás de una pared falsa, encontraron el diamante escondido en un compartimento secreto de una escultura de jade. Sin embargo, su alivio fue efímero, ya que los Fantasmas los estaban esperando. Se produjo una persecución trepidante por las calles de Neotokio, con los ladrones utilizando drones y vehículos modificados para escapar. Akira y su equipo, con una combinación de habilidad y valentía, lograron acorralar a los Fantasmas en un antiguo edificio industrial. Después de una intensa batalla, recuperaron el diamante y capturaron a los ladrones.

La ciudad entera celebró la hazaña de Akira y su equipo. El detective, sin embargo, sabía que el mundo del crimen era un lugar dinámico y que siempre habría nuevos desafíos. Con una mirada hacia el futuro, Akira se preparaba para enfrentar las próximas aventuras que lo esperaban.

Spanish Reading Comprehesion

The Mystery of the Blue Diamond

Escucha este audio-artículo y descubre la provincia de Alicante y buenos trucos para viajar por ella disfrutando de los lugares más auténticos.

VIAJAR POR ESPAÑA  "AUDIOS"

Mi España - La Provincia de Alicante

Do you find it harder to be nice and cooperative when you're tired? You're not alone — and there's actually science behind that feeling.

Researchers in Italy looked at how being tired affected people's brains and the decisions they made.

They looked at a total of almost 450 people. The participants all started by doing a set of similar tasks for about 45 minutes — but for one group, the tasks were made much more difficult to make the participants mentally tired.

For example, the mentally tired group was given more difficult quiz questions to answer. And while everyone watched funny videos, the mentally tired group was told to try not to smile or laugh.

Participants then played several economic games that asked them to make decisions that would give different benefits to themselves and others, like deciding how to share points in a group.

It was found that mentally tired participants were much less likely to make cooperative decisions in the games. They were also more likely to choose "antisocial" and "spiteful" options — where they could, say, choose to use some of their own points to reduce someone else's points instead of using them to help themselves or the group.

Why did this happen?

Among the mentally tired group, the researchers found a much stronger increase in "slow-wave" activity in parts of the brain used for things like planning, paying attention, controlling emotions and understanding others. These "slow waves" are similar to the ones seen in our brains when we sleep.

The researchers said this increase in slow waves may explain tired participants' less cooperative decisions.

So when you're tired after a long day, you may be less nice because the parts of your brain you need to help you cooperate are actually going to sleep!