Где обедал воробей?
В зоопарке у зверей.

Пообедал я сперва
За решёткою у льва.

Подкрепился у лисицы,
У моржа попил водицы.

Ел морковку у слона,
С журавлём поел пшена.

Погостил у носорога,
Отрубей поел немного.

Побывал я на пиру
У хвостатых кенгуру.

Был на праздничном обеде
У мохнатого медведя.

А зубастый крокодил
Чуть меня не проглотил!

Русский для начинающих/Russian for beginners 

A poem by Marshak/ Стих Маршака

注意：途中に祭りの音楽が挿入されます。そこは、音を下げて流してますがヘッドホンで聞いてる方はびっくりするかもしれないので自分でも少し音を下げるといいですよ。音楽は「さん、はい」と言ったあとに流れます。（1:20頃）

・青森県の「ねぶた祭り」についての紹介
・「はねと」とは浴衣を着て、花笠をかぶって跳ねながら踊る人たちのこと。「らっせらー、らっせらー」と掛け声をあげて跳ねる。
・「ねぶた」とは大きな灯篭のこと、夜はライトアップされてとても綺麗、幻想的
・「はねと」「お囃子」「ねぶた」が一体となって町を練り歩く
・東北三大祭りのひとつ
・まとめ

Nihongo tokidoki Inaka hougen with Megumi Na

日本で一番すごい祭りかも！青森県のねぶた祭りについて　Learning about Tohoku area

Real Life Chinese phrase: 
“Take care”用中文怎么说？
How to say “Take care”in Chinese?

bǎo zhòng   zhào gù zì jǐ
保重。 =  好好照顾自己。/ 照顾好自己。Take care/Take good care of yourself
duō bǎo zhòng 
多保重。    take good care of 
bǎo zhòng shēntǐ
保重身体。  take care of yourself 

****Script for your second time listening****

片段一Clip one
A:姐，那我们就走了。你保重啊。
I guess we should go, sis. Take care.
B：你们也是。
So do you.
片段二 Clip two
A:保重！
B：Take care.

片段四Clip four
A:  过两天我就走了，你一个人好好照顾自己。
I am leaving in a couple of days.Take care of yourself.
B：嗯，你放心吧。
Don’t worry.

片段五Clip five
A：以后自己照顾自己了啊。
You need to take care of yourself from now on.
B：下了飞机看到妈妈就给我打个电话。
Give me a call once you see your mom at the terminal.


Iris' screening room

“Take care ”用中文怎么说？—Improve Chinese with movie clips

HSK 3-6 passage audios

HSK 3 Lesson 7 Passage 1 

The tale of a street cat who one day meets a lonely man, they embark on a poignant adventure together, travelling across Japan. This is a beautiful, moving but simply-written tale suitable for English learners of all levels.

Audiobooks with Pip

The Travelling Cat Chronicles by : Chapter 1

Hi, and welcome back to Captain Seasalt and the ABC Pirates with Teacher Alyse!
Today, we’re going on an adventure to learn words that start with the letter R. Are you ready? Listen carefully, repeat after me, and then try reading them on your own.
Rat, raisins, robin, roses, reindeer, rooster, rabbit, raccoon, raspberries, raven, rhinoceros, rattlesnake.
Great job!  Keep practicing, and if you’d like free flashcards to follow along, send me a message. You can also watch this Super Simple Songs Captain Seasalt video on YouTube to learn even more!
See you next time—bye for now!


Captain Sesalt & The ABC Pirates

Letter R

In this story, an hourglass named Timer comes alive and is able to time travel. This is Part 5 of 6.  

Waking up at 5am, his most precious time of day when his genius flows like a mighty waterfall, Henry looked out his laboratory window and saw a magic moment: a baby chick was hatching from its egg. This was a sign, today Henry would complete his greatest invention. 

It looked like a simple household object, fairly inconspicuous, except for its futuristic black appearance. It had two chambers, one on the top and one on the bottom; the bottom was filled with yellow sand. They were connected by a narrow passage in which the sand flowed through. If an ordinary person had seen it, they would have believed it was an ordinary hourglass. 

But there was nothing ordinary about this hourglass. It was Henry’s latest attempt at engineering a time machine. 

Henry poured the remaining yellow sand into the top chamber and watched it fall to the bottom. He then tightly attached its cap. Taking a step back, Henry was overwhelmed with both exhilaration and trepidation. At that moment, a strong gust of wind came in through an open-window and scattered several documents across the floor. 

Henry flipped the hourglass and watched the yellow grains of sand travel through the narrow passage. As they hit the bottom, the grains changed to dark red. Henry looked out the window and saw the proud rising sun, a symbol of a new day. He watched as it slowly went back behind the mountains. He watched as the scattered documents flew up onto his desk and organized themselves as they previous were. He saw the baby chick return to its egg and the egg reassembled itself. 

Finally, the last grain of sand hit the bottom. Henry had traveled thirty minutes back in time. 

Being a Cloud

Timer the Hourglass

CHISTES MEXICANOS

7000 DOLARES.

Making scarecrows is a very strange custom across many UK towns and villages. I examine it in this podcast.