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Living in Russia

The Russian Test

What do you say when you care… but you’re late to say it?

In this episode, we explore the quiet power of the phrase “I’ve been meaning to…”—a structure that carries time, emotion, and unfinished intention. You’ll learn why this simple phrase shows up in apologies, reconnections, and honest moments—and how it helps you speak with more depth and softness. No grammar charts here—just rhythm, feeling, and fluency that lives in real life.

Grammar Without The Rules

I've Been Meaning To...

おにぎりの歴史や味について話します。みなさんはおにぎりが好きですか。
おにぎりのれきしやあじについてはなします。みなさんはおにぎりがすきですか。

Sayuriのポッドキャスト🇯🇵

[日常］おにぎりが好きですか。

Ride in a car         (HSK 1)
坐车
Zuò chē

一天，爸爸带儿子去玩。回来的路上，儿子对爸爸说：”爸爸，我累了，我们坐车吧。”

”那要看你表现。”爸爸说。

儿子说：”好的，如果我表现好，我们就坐公共汽车回去；如果我表现不好，我们就坐出租车回去。”

Yī tiān , bà ba dài  ér zi qù wán 。Huí lái de lù shang ，ér zi duì bà ba shuō ：”bà ba，wǒ  lèi le ，wǒ men zuò chē ba 。”

”nà yào kàn nǐ biǎo xiàn 。”bà ba shuō 。

ér zi shuō ：”Hǎo de ，rú guǒ wǒ biǎo xiàn hǎo ，wǒ men jiù zuò gōng gòng qì chē huí qù ；rú guǒ wǒ biǎo xiàn bù hǎo ，wǒ men jiù zuò chū zū chē huí qù 。”



Listening & Speaking (Mandarin)

Ride in a car 坐车 （HSK 1-2)

Accidents happen, let's find out how Herman Sherman dealt with one in this week's story.

Comprehension Questions:
- Where was the man injured?
- How serious was his injury?
- What was he doing when he was injured?
- What did Sherman say was the only problem? 
- What did he refuse?
- What happened to the employee?

Wyn's Way to English

Wyn's Way to English - Listening Practice "Man Injured at a fast food place"

KEYS:
калья́н
Пьемо́нт
слюна́
семья́
друзья́
чья
лес
сомелье́
статья́
Га́ля
о́сенью
весе́лье
дю́на
сыновья́
лью
люблю́
пье́са
пе́на
клён
кутюрье́

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A lesson about living life!
We cover the verbs to want and to live as well as beginner vocabulary related to these verbs.
The goal is to get you speaking Spanish as quickly as possible!

Super Basic Spanish

Episodio 5: Quiero vivir (I want to live)

An online quiz might tell you that you're more outgoing if you like hip-hop, or that you're more conservative if you like classical music.

But is it true?

A number of studies have looked into this over the years.

For example, a 2010 study from Scotland's Heriot-Watt University asked over 36,000 people about 104 different types of music from around the world.

It found some connection between people's personalities and their musical tastes — in particular, creative people were more likely to enjoy classical music.

However, connections for other personality types weren't so strong. Instead, people's gender, income and age had more connection to their musical taste — with older people more likely to enjoy folk and jazz, and less likely to enjoy dance music, for example.

In fact, when researchers in Germany compared the results of 30 different studies in 2017, they found nearly no connection between musical taste and personality. Instead, they noted that age seemed to be the most important factor — since people tend to have the strongest connection to the music they heard as teens and young adults.

However, these results haven't satisfied everybody.

In 2022, for example, researchers in Israel, the UK and the US looked at data from nearly 360,000 people across six continents. And they said they did find connections between music and personality.

Creative people were again found to prefer classical music — as well as jazz, opera and dance music. Outgoing people preferred things like hip-hop and reggae. And empathetic people preferred country and gospel — as well as pop.

So that's it, right?

Well, not exactly.

Other studies have found different results — for example, that empathetic people prefer gentle music like soft rock and R&B, or that outgoing people enjoy folk and country.

So what does your taste in music say about you?

Well, it depends on which study you trust — and it might just tell people how old you are!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

What Does Your Taste in Music Say About You?

When we see English learning as a vocation, we are required to change our thinking. To see ourselves as having positive visions of the future instead of negative affirmations of how bad our English is.