もうすぐ2022年が終わりますね。
皆さんにとって、この一年はどんな年でしたか。
今回は、二人が一年を振り返って「今年の漢字」を選びます。

Another year is ending.
How would you describe how your year went?
This time, we look back on 2022 and choose a Kanji to represent our events of the year.

♤ キーワード 
・恒例（こうれい：annual）
・和尚（おしょう：the head priest of a Japanese Buddhist temple）
・ちゃぶ台返し（ちゃぶだいがえし：turn the table upside down） 
・三日坊主（みっかぼうず：a easy quitter）  

♧ 理解度チェッククイズ 
1. フミの今年の漢字と、それを選んだ理由は？ 
2. アヤの今年の漢字と、それを選んだ理由は？ 

♢ 前回のクイズの答え 
1. アヤが今年中にやりたいことは？ 
→ ベトナム料理のレストランでブンチャーを食べること
2. それがなかなかできない理由は？ 
→ アヤにとって、電車に乗って２駅移動するのはハードルが高いから

BGM special thanks：MusMus

アヤさんとフミさんの日本語雑談（Aya and Fumi’s Japanese Chit-Chat）

Episode 20：今年の漢字

En esta historia, la decisión de un personaje tendrá consecuencias de por vida...

¡Cuéntame!

Zeus y la tortuga

Is Your Introduction Repelling Your Dream Job? Stop Begging and Start COMMANDING Attention!

Let’s be blunt: Your introduction is either a powerful weapon or a pathetic weakness. Are you sounding like a timid pushover, or a confident COMPETITION CRUSHER who’s about to steal the show?

Truth is, most job seekers are UTTERLY FORGETTABLE. They drone on with the same tired clichés, blending into the background like wallpaper.

What makes YOU different? What makes the hiring manager absolutely OBSESSED with having you on their team?

If you can’t answer that, you’re DEAD IN THE WATER.

This isn’t about “looking professional.” It’s about projecting POWER, AUTHORITY, and undeniable VALUE that leaves the competition in the dust.

In this recording, I’ll hand you the exact phrases you need to inject into your system NOW to transform your introduction into a high-impact sales pitch.

LISTEN UP: This isn’t for the faint of heart. This is about crafting an introduction that DEMANDS attention, builds instant rapport, and leaves the hiring manager begging you to accept the job.

Listen, drill these phrases, and build your own arsenal of words. Because in today’s cutthroat job market, you either DOMINATE or you DISAPPEAR.

Time to stop sounding like everyone else and start projecting the UNSTOPPABLE force you really are.

Are you ready to finally make the hiring person fall in love with you, or are you going to let another opportunity slip through your fingers? The choice is yours.

But let’s face it, you are here, because you want to win it all. No participation trophies, no second place…

Are you ready to have more people want to hire you?

Anatoly

(P.S. This recording is NOT for those who are satisfied with mediocrity. If you’re looking for fluff, go somewhere else. This is for serious action-takers who are ready to DOMINATE.)

Job Interview Preparation | Build Strong Communication Under Pressure

Stop Winging It: Interview Phrases That FORCE Them to Hire You! Episode 406.

Working from home and avoiding the journey to and from the office is saving many of us at least an hour every day, according to a 2023 study.

But we're not always using that saved time for ourselves — we're actually spending a lot of that time working.

The US-based National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) did a survey that looked at how workers in 27 countries used their time when working from home.

On average, the daily time saved by working from home was found to be 72 minutes.

Workers in China saved 102 minutes per day, while in Japan it was 100 minutes, and in India it was 99.

But the study also found that, on average, 40% of that saved time was spent working — either on the worker's main job or on an additional one.

Workers in Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan said they used more than half of their saved time to work.

So what happened to the rest of that extra time?

According to the study, an average of 34% was used as leisure time — with people in Germany and Austria using almost half of their extra time for leisure.

And 11% — about eight minutes per day — was spent looking after children or other family members.

The NBER said children had gotten a better deal with parents working from home — but that the big winners were employers, who got extra work time from their employees.



Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Work from Home Study: We Save Time but Work More

Hey this is Chadwick.

Today I am going to talk briefly about those little pop-up advertisements, also called pop-up ads, that appear on websites or videos that you are perusing on the internet.

I fully understand the necessity of the pop up ads.  I mean, while the internet appears to offer us so much information instantly, and in most cases 'free', the truth is someone somehow must pay the bills.

So, I completely appreciate the need to sell something in order to bring in some cold hard cash, or, money.

And yes, it's true, occasionally I enjoy having my attention drawn to new and exotic music equipment from my favorite shopping website, Sweetwater.

However, if I am going to be honest, most of the time pop ups annoy me.

I mean, I'm pretty intentional about how I spend my time on the internet.

And if I am looking for some specific information on a topic, or trying to listen some music on Youtube, then it can be a bit of a bother to 'X' out of an ad, or wait 15 seconds before I can watch a video.

How about you? What do you think of pop up advertisements?

Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts.

Organic English

005 Pop Up Ads on the Internet

Unless your hair magically grows shorter, you probably GET your hair cut. There is grammar for haircuts???
Also, two funny expressions for asking someone if they got their hair cut.

The Social Evolutionary

Grammar for haircuts???

In questo episodio ascolterai un piccola fiaba sulla principessa Asia che non aveva mai niente da fare fino a che un bel giorno la sua vita cambiò. Parleremo sull'importanza tra amore e lavoro e sull'indipendenza nei rapporti.

Ascolta e impara con Anna

La bella assonnata

Pratichiamo l'italiano con le nostre memorie. Ricordiamo la nostra infanzia. Questa sera voglio ricordare il mio primo giorno di scuola. 
Tornate con me indietro nel tempo e....buon ascolto!

Il podcast del modenese!

Ricordi: il mio primo giorno di scuola

文化祭の思い出について話しました。９月から１１月は文化祭のシーズンです⭐️みなさんの国の学校には文化祭がありますか？😉