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Medical Spanish🐒🏥🎧
Duración: 4 minutos

La viruela del mono = monkeypox
Aquí les dejo el link del artículo del The New York Times (en español).


Medical Spanish

Monkeypox  🐒🏥🎧

You just got into bed after a long day, and you're exhausted. You plan to spend a few minutes on your phone — maybe scrolling Instagram or TikTok — and then sleep.

But when you try to sleep, it's not as easy as you thought it would be. You were so tired — what happened?

According to a new study, your phone may be the problem.

The study, done by researchers at New Zealand's University of Otago, involved 85 kids aged 11 to 14. They each spent a week wearing a body camera on their chest starting from three hours before they got into bed.

A second camera was also placed in their bedrooms to monitor their phone use once they were in bed. They also wore a device that tracked their sleep.

The researchers found that 99% of the participants used their phones in the two hours before bed. More than half used their phones while they were in bed, and about a third used their phones after trying to go to sleep.

The results showed that screen time in bed affected participants' sleep — it stopped them from going to sleep for about half an hour, and also reduced the amount of sleep they got.

The impact was larger when participants had a more interactive experience — such as playing a game — or if they used more than one screen. For every additional 10 minutes of this type of screen time, sleep time was reduced by the same amount.

Interestingly, phone use in the two hours before bed had little impact on sleep.

According to lead researcher Bradley Brosnan, the results suggest that, while current guidelines recommend no screen time in the hour or two before bed, keeping phones out of the bedroom might be enough for a better night's sleep.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Keep Screens Out of Bed for Better Sleep

Lütfen boşlukları doldurun. (Yorumlara yazabilirsiniz)

1. Odada iki ___________ var.
2. Adana'da ___________ yok.
3. Bu sınıfta çok ___________ var mı?
4. Babamda çok ___________ var.
5. ___________ hiç para yok.
6. ___________ cep telefonu var mı?

TurkishwithYunus

Podcast_1 / Basit Cümleler

 New Words---生词
一直 yì zhí adv. all the time
游戏 yóu xì n. game
作业 zuò yè n. homework
着急 zháo jí adj. worried, anxious
复习 fù xí v. to review

Text ---课文kèwén
māmā：nǐyīzhíwánérdiànnǎoyóuxì，zuòyèxiěwánlema？
érzi：dōuxiěwánle。
māmā：míngtiānbùshìyǒukǎoshìma？nǐzěnmeyīdiǎnéryěbùzháojí？
érzi：wǒzǎojiùfùxíhǎole。
māmā：nàyěbùnéngyīzhíwánéra。

在家
妈妈：你一直玩儿电脑游戏，作业写完了吗？
儿子：都写完了。
妈妈：明天不是有考试吗？你怎么一点儿也不着急？
儿子：我早就复习好了。
妈妈：那也不能一直玩儿啊。



HSK3--materials and exercises for listenning, reading and speaking

在家   zàijiā

Today’s episode is “トイレの女の子（toire no on’nanoko）”《A girl in the restroom》.
This story is based on urban legends from various parts of Japan, and a little scary story.
This episode is JLPT-N5 level.

I created a quiz on this episode.
After listening, please take the quiz!

Please use this audio for listening and shadowing practices.

☆Words☆
教室（きょうしつ）：classroom
思（おも）い出（だ）す：remember
聞（き）こえる：be heard
やっぱり：after all
急（いそ）いで：hurry
怖（こわ）い：scary
心配（しんぱい）：worry
手（て）を洗（あら）う：wash one's hands

☆Conjugation of verbs☆ 
・te-form：（ています／てください／てから）
・nai-form
・plain-form

☆Script for this episode
https://meg-smile.com/41-short-story-a-girl-in-the-restroom/

☆Quiz for this episode
https://www.italki.com/quiz/set/13773?utm_source=copylink_share&utm_medium=share_content&utm_campaign=share_quiz

Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#41 Short story / トイレの女の子《A girl in the restroom》/ Urban Legends / Horror  // N5 Level / Japanese listening

Oi gente, sejam muito bem-vindos ao Portuguese Drops, o seu Podcast de Português favorito. Meu nome é Aneleh e hoje vamos explorar a vibrante vida noturna e entretenimento na cidade maravilhosa: o Rio de Janeiro. Preparem-se para cinco dicas imperdíveis. E se quiser acompanhar o script do podcast é só clicar nesse link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b3QiEv7xd6QNp28fUPSktt1pXyk4wbTWgd00kOQNSG8/edit?usp=sharing
Vamos lá!

Hey guys, welcome to Portuguese Drops, your favorite Portuguese Podcast. My name is Aneleh and today we are going to explore the vibrant nightlife and entertainment in the wonderful city: Rio de Janeiro. Get ready for five unmissable tips. And if you want to follow the podcast script, just click on this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b3QiEv7xd6QNp28fUPSktt1pXyk4wbTWgd00kOQNSG8/edit?usp=sharing
Let's go!

Portuguese Drops 

5 dicas da vida noturna no Rio de Janeiro

地震が起きた時にすることについて話しました🥲しっかり準備して、地震について知ることが大切だと思います💡