This episode introduces three idioms that use the word fire. Listen to the examples to hear how to use them. Please send me a message if you would like a copy of the audio script.

Idiom Corner

Fire

이번 에피소드에서는 한국의 나이 계산법에 대해 이야기해요. 새해만 되면 한 살 더 먹던 연 나이에서 생일 기준으로 나이를 계산하는 만 나이로 바뀐 이야기를 나눠요. 빠른년생이라는 재미있는 개념과, 열두 띠를 통해 나이를 추측하는 한국식 대화법도 소개할게요.

In this episode, we chat about Korea’s age system—how everyone used to turn a year older on January 1st (연 나이) and how it’s changed to the international method (만 나이). We’ll also dive into the fun concept of 빠른년생 (early-born students) and how Koreans use the 12 zodiac animals (열두 띠) to guess someone’s age.

Korean Kimchi Power

Ep6 Age System in Korea

In this chapter Mrs. Frisby saves a crow named Jeremy and rides on its back to safety. Jeremy tells Mrs Frisby she can call on him for help in the future.  

**Vocabulary with definitions and audio for chapters 1-5.
You can find these on my page under vocabulary. 

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Mrs Frisby looked again at the sun and saw that she faced an unpleasant choice. She could go home by the same roundabout way she had come, in which case she would surely end up walking alone in the woods in the dark — a frightening prospect, for at night the forest was alive with danger. Then the owl came out to hunt, and foxes, weasels and strange wild cats stalked among the tree trunks. The other choice would be dangerous, too, but with luck it would get her home before dark. That would be to take a straighter route, across the farmyard between the barn and the chicken house, going not too close to the house but cutting the distance by half. The cat would be there somewhere, but by daylight — and by staying in the open, away from the shrubs — she could probably spot him before he saw her.
The cat: He was called Dragon. Farmer Fitzgibbon’s wife had given him the name as a joke when
he was a small kitten pretending to be fierce. But when he grew up, the name turned out to be an apt one. He was enormous, with a huge, broad head and a large mouth full of curving fangs, needle sharp. He had seven claws on each foot and a thick, furry tail, which lashed angrily from side to side. In colour he was orange and white, with glaring yellow eyes; and when he leaped to kill, he gave a high, strangled scream that froze his victims where they stood.

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 

Chapter 3 The Crow and the Cat

Blabla Chinese 

03.  Is Marriage a Must_一定要结婚吗？

New words 23-2
 
1. 银行 yínháng n. bank
2. 走 zǒu v. to walk
3. 一直 yīzhí adv. straight, all along
4. 往 wǎng prep. towards
5. 前 qián n. front
6. 楼 lóu n. building
7. 火车站 huǒchēzhàn n. railway station
火车 huǒchē n. train
8. 北 běi n. north
9. 第 dì pref. indicating ordinal numbers
10. 路口 lùkǒu n. crossing, intersection
11. 右 yòu n. right (side)
12. 拐 guǎi v. to turn
13. 邮局 yóujú n. post office
14. 左 zuǒ n. left (side)
15. 电影院 diànyǐngyuàn n. cinema

中文每日一练

每日听汉语

Bienvenida a mi nuevo canal, realizando una presentación en Español y explicando el objetivo del canal.

Welcome to my new channel and I'm doing a Spanish presentation, in turn I explain the goal of my channel.

Clan de Autodidactas

Bienvenida a mi nuevo Canal / Welcome to my new channel

Do you have many friends?

Listen to how I answer this particular question, and get some short English explanations about some vocabulary and expressions I use in my answer.  Try to answer the questions in the vocabulary examples using the new vocabulary and expressions.

Speak English With Muki

Episode 2: Do you have many friends?

Beginner Chinese Listening：爸爸的工作  Dad’s work

Beginner Chinese Listening

こんにちは！
Japanese daily life podcast のAtsushiです。
このPodcastは、日本語を楽しく勉強しているみなさんに向けたPodcastです。

ぼくの日常生活の話を聞くことで、日本語のリスニングをよくしたり、新しい言葉を知ってもらえたらいいなと思います。

さて、今日は日本の祝日について。
今日2/11は建国記念日です。

日本ができた、とされる日です。

今日が祝日になったのは、1967年。
はじめの天皇が即位した日、天皇になった日のことですね。

それが、現在の2/11とされています。

それで、今は2/11が建国記念日になっている、ということですね。

神社などでは行事があるみたいですが、ぼくは参加したことはありません。ほとんどの人にとっては、普通の祝日だと思います。

みなさんの国には、建国記念日みたいな祝日はありますか？

そんな話をぜひ日本語のオンラインレッスンでお話しましょう！

お待ちしています！

ということで、今回は以上です。
最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！

ではまた！



