课文三     《江南》

江南可采莲，
莲叶何田田。
鱼戏莲叶间。
鱼戏莲叶东，
鱼戏莲叶西，
鱼戏莲叶南，
鱼戏莲叶北。

【生词new words】

江  南   jiāng nán   areas south of the lower reaches of the Chang Jiang River (including southern Jiangsu and Anhui Provinces and northern Zhejiang Province)
                                               
可kě     can;may          采 莲  cǎilián    pick lotus            鱼 yú   fish   
                                             
   东dōng    east       西 xī      west       南nán      south      北 běi    north


Iris读课本—— Original Chinese Textbook Reading（first to third grade）

课文三：江南  Text 3:Jiangnan

Hello and welcome to today’s episode. I hope you are all well and having a wonderful day. Today’s topic is longevity, this is something I only really took seriously and investigated since the pandemic.
Since the pandemic, most of us, myself included have realised how important our health is and have started taking a proactive approach to our health. The average lifespan has been extended dramatically since the environmental improvements in the 1990s due to advances in medicine that have nearly eliminated certain deadly infectious diseases. The good news is that although longevity is mostly influenced by genetics, studies show that genetics count for 30% of longevity the rest is determined by your lifestyle, behaviours, attitudes, environment, and luck. 


Matcha & Meditation

Longevity

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N3合格

N3　語彙　第5週3日目

みなさんは、子どものとき、将来の夢がありましたか？
第一回目のポッドキャストは、将来の夢についてお話ししています。

When you were a child, did you have future dreams?
In the first episode, I talk about future dreams.

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#1 将来の夢 Future Dream

Saudi Arabia scored a big win in its campaign to attract major sports events to the kingdom when it was formally named as the 2034 men's soccer World Cup host on December 11.

For the last year, there hasn't been too much doubt that Saudi Arabia would be confirmed as host, as the only other contender — Australia — had withdrawn from the contest to host the World Cup.

Awarding the tournament to Saudi Arabia has been seen as controversial by some soccer observers.

That's mostly because of the country's human rights record. Some have said that Saudi Arabia is using sports to divert attention from social or environmental problems, something that's known as sportswashing.

Saudi Arabia has denied this is the case.

The World Cup may be a number of years away but there are a lot of questions that need to be answered about the tournament, from where games will be played to how workers' rights will be protected.

Saudi Arabia aims to host all 104 games, though there has been speculation that some games could be played in neighboring or nearby countries.

Currently, 15 stadiums have been proposed, although eight are still on paper. They include a 92,000-seat venue planned in Riyadh and another near the capital that's set to be on top of a 200-meter cliff.

The timing may also be an issue. The tournament may have to be moved from the traditional period of June and July to the cooler months of November and December.

This also happened for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, although it wasn't a move that was popular among European soccer clubs, who had their domestic seasons interrupted.

The question of workers' rights was also discussed before and during the competition in Qatar. Saudi Arabia has promised to reform and enforce labor laws, and fully respect migrant workers, but some human rights groups are skeptical.

In the meantime, there are still World Cups in 2026 and 2030 to think about!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Saudi Arabia Confirmed as 2034 World Cup Host

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Get to know people, chat online & irregular modal verbs: können / müssen / mögen, enumeration in a sentence.

Paul is flirting with Laura online. He messes up the online flirt and is annoyed about it. That’s when he gets a message from Meili. What does Meili want from Paul? What's in the message? Can Paul straighten out his flirt with Laura again?

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13: Paul schreibt mit Laura | Paul writes with Laura

This time I'm talking about my short trip to Yamanakako, Yamanashi. I hope to see you all in a lesson sometime! 

April in Tokyo

#5: 山中湖、山梨県

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