此话不假。”都江堰”、这个世界水利文化的鼻祖，是一座屹立了超过2000年的水利建设的丰碑，今天仍在使用。That's true." Dujiangyan, the ancestor of the world's water conservancy culture, is a monument of water conservancy construction that has stood for more than 2,000 years and is still in use today.
它的建立，让成都平原变成了千里沃野,也使四川一跃成为“天府之国”。 Its establishment transformed the Chengdu Plain into a fertile field and made Sichuan a "land of abundance".
这是公元前276年（秦昭王后期）蜀郡守李冰组织岷江两岸人民、花了25年建成的。It was built in 276 BC by Li Bing, Governor of Shu County, who organized the people on both sides of the Minjiang River and took 25 years to build.


新鲜事儿（Anecdote）

万事资灌溉

¿Sientes que hablas muy lento?
¿Te paraliza ver que otros parecen hablar más rápido que tú?

🚨 Este episodio es para ti.
Porque no necesitas hablar rápido para hablar bien.
Lo que necesitas es hablar con claridad, con intención y sin miedo.

🎙️ En este episodio descubrirás:

✅ Por qué hablar lento no es un defecto, sino una ventaja
✅ Cómo el silencio y las pausas pueden ayudarte a comunicar mejor
✅ 3 técnicas prácticas para hablar con calma y seguridad
✅ Frases reales que puedes usar desde hoy para sentirte con más control
✅ Y cómo cambiar tu diálogo interno de “I’m too slow” a “This is my rhythm — and it works.”

Slow Spanish is real Spanish. It’s intentional. It’s conscious. It’s YOU.



Español No Excuses: Level-Up Your Mind, Speak Out Loud

No hablas lento, hablas con intención (y eso es genial)

In this episode I talk about scanning, intensive reading and guessing meaning of words from context for the IELTS exam.

IELTS with Ali

reading skills for IELTS

Script

おはようございます。日本語だんだんポットキャストのゆかりです。

今日は北海道(ほっかいどう)で、
オーロラが見えた！というニュースです。

みなさん、オーロラをみたことがありますか？
オーロラとは、北極(ほっきょく)や
南極(なんきょく)で見ることができる、

美しい光(ひかり)のことです。

カナダやヨーロッパでも、見ることができますね。

そのオーロラが、北海道で見ることができたそうです。

いつも、見えません。

めずらしいことです。

私は北海道に、住んでいました。

そのときは、オーロラは見えませんでした。

一度(いちど)でいいので、
オーロラを見てみたいです。

みなさんは、オーロラを、見たことがありますか？

見たいと思いますか？


では、今日も最後まで聞いてくれて、だんだん、です。

また明日！

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Today's Keywords

□オーロラ
aurora

Japaneseだんだんpodcast

54.オーロラを見たことがありますか？/Japaneseだんだんpodcast

Simplified Chinese version:
《在学校吃午餐》
中午12点，平平到学校的餐厅吃饭。
平平看到牛肉，问小美："这种牛肉好吃吗?"
小美说："我不知道，我只吃青菜，不吃肉。"
平平看到猪肉，问旁边的同学："这种猪肉好吃吗?"
右边的莎莎说："我不清楚，我没有吃过猪肉。"
左边的哈里说："牛肉和猪肉我都不吃。"
平平说："猪肉和牛肉我最喜欢，我是爱吃肉的人！"

Traditional Chinese version:
《在學校吃午餐》
中午12點，平平到學校的餐廳吃飯。
平平看到牛肉，問小美："這種牛肉好吃嗎?"
小美說："我不知道，我只吃青菜，不吃肉。"
平平看到豬肉，問旁邊的同學："這種豬肉好吃嗎?"
右邊的莎莎說："我不清楚，我沒有吃過豬肉。"
左邊的哈里說："牛肉和豬肉我都不吃。"
平平說："豬肉和牛肉我最喜歡，我是愛吃肉的人！"

English translation:
Having lunch in the school
It’s 12 o’clock at noon. Ping go to the school cafeteria for lunch.
Ping notices the beef. He asks May, “Is this delicious?”
May says, “I don’t know. I don’t eat meat. I only eat vegetables.”
Ping notices the pork. He asks his classmate, “Is this delicious?”
Salsa says, “I don’t know. I have never eaten pork.”
Harry says, “I don’t eat beef and pork.”
Ping says, “I like to eat both pork and beef. I’m a meat tooth!”


Yasmine's Chinese Reading - elementary

在学校吃午餐 - Having lunch in the school

learn a chinese proverb and a few word along the way
井      jǐng           well
底下  dǐ xia        bottom
青蛙   qīng wā   frog   

Learn Chinese in a fun way

chinese proverb "the frog at the bottom of the well"

Buying a new computer is easy. But getting a custom-built computer can be an adventure.

English by Eric

My new custom-built gaming computer

Calling for Help
PETER: Hey! That car just ran a red light and hit that truck!
GAIL: Is anyone hurt?
PETER: I don’t know … let’s call 911. … Hello? I’d like to report
a car accident near the post office on Charles Street.
It looks like a man is hurt. Yes, it just happened. OK, 
thanks. Bye.
GAIL: What did they say?
PETER: They’re going to send an ambulance and a police car 
right away.
GAIL: Good, they’re here. I hope the man is OK.
PETER: I know. You have to be so careful when you’re driving.


LANGUAGE NOTES
• Hey! This expression is used to show surprise. Notice how That car just ran a red light
and hit that truck! is said with a lot of energy.
• Is anyone hurt? This is a yes/no question, so the intonation rises at the end. Notice 
how this question is asked in a worried way.
• 911 is the phone number you dial for emergency services. The person who answers 
will ask you questions about the emergency situation and then send out the necessary 
emergency services, which may include police officers, firefighters and an ambulance.
• I’d like to report a car accident near the post office on Charles Street. Notice how 
the key words “car accident,” “post office” and “Charles Street” are stressed. These are 
the important details that the emergency services need. 
• It just happened is a way of saying “It happened a moment ago.” Notice the stress on 
“just,” which emphasizes that the accident happened very, very recently.
• What did they say? Notice how “say” is emphasized, but the intonation falls at the end 
of the word. This is a “what” question, so the intonation falls at the end