En este primer episodio de Español Pura Vida, descubrirás qué significa realmente la expresión “pura vida”, una de las frases más emblemáticas de Costa Rica. Aprenderás cómo se usa en conversaciones cotidianas, qué transmite culturalmente y por qué representa mucho más que una simple expresión. Ideal para estudiantes de español que quieren acercarse al idioma de una forma natural, auténtica y cultural.

Español Pura Vida/Mini episodios para hablar español con naturalidad

¿Qué significa “Pura Vida”? | Español real desde Costa Rica

Amanda: Hi Maria!
Maria: Oh, hi Amanda.
Amanda: You look a bit worried, are you all right?
Maria: I’m exhausted. Yesterday’s homework took me all evening. It’s probably going to double next year, isn’t it?
Amanda: Probably. My older brother has to write long essays for his English literature course. But we’ll have fewer subjects to study. Have you chosen your courses yet?
Maria: No, when’s the deadline?
Amanda: We have another month, but the school emailed us all the list the other day. I have it on my phone.
Maria: Ooh, let’s have a look, then.
Amanda: Here it is. Oh, look, the Spanish and biology timetables clash. I won’t be able to do both.
Maria: Would you do that, though? Languages and science don’t go together, do they?
Amanda: Well, you wouldn't think so, but actually, my aunt is a research scientist, and a lot of European universities work together on projects. She’s working on a project with a university in Rome, one in Germany, and one in Portugal.
Maria: Is it a biology project?
Amanda: No, she’s a chemist. They’re working on a solution to clean up deadly pollution in rivers and lakes.
Maria: That sounds so cool and really fascinating.
Amanda: It really is. She gets to visit colleagues in different cities sometimes, and she gets her work translated into lots of different languages. She wishes she had learned some German, though, so she could communicate better with her German research partners. She understands Portuguese and Italian, but German, not so much.
Maria: When did she learn Portuguese and Italian?
Amanda: I think she did some of her university degree in Lisbon and some in Rome.
Maria: Studying chemistry in different languages?
Amanda: Yes, she loved it!
Maria: So, you’re kind of following in her footsteps, then. Science and languages. You could be a biologist in Spain.
Amanda: Yep, or at least study there, or South America.
Maria: So, what are you going to do about the timetable clash?
Amanda: I think I’ll talk to the dean. 

English Conversation/Dialogue

Science For All

I hope this video is not too long to watch it, i want to share this nice picture book of a small neighbourhood, the best way is relaxing and watch more times, you don't have to understand every single words, but try to understand the story first. if it is necessary, watch it more times. Sometimes i watch the pictures for a long time, i want to share the book with you. 
INTRODUCE OF THIS BOOK   https://youtu.be/SJRAPSU6BhI
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A : 안녕하십니까? 저는 마이클 존슨이라고 합니다.
B : 네. 이쪽으로 앉으세요.
      존슨 씨는 어느 나라 사람입니까?
A : 저는 미국 사람입니다.
B : 전공이 무엇입니까?
A : 저는 컴퓨터 그래픽을 전공했습니다.

A : Hello. I am Michael Johnson.
B : Well, have a seat here, please. 
     Where are you from, Mr. Johnson?
A : I am from the States.
B : What is your major?
A : I majored in Computer graphics.

** Grammar points.

A/V-ㅂ/습니다, N-입니다, A/V-았/었습니다, N-였습니다/이었습니다.
In the formal situations such as interviews, news, and public announcement, the formal style of speech is used as stated below.
For the present tense, A/V-ㅂ/습니다, N-입니다 are used.
A/V-ㅂ/습니다
* verb or adjective stems ending with a vowel + -ㅂ니다 : 가다 -> 갑니다.
* verb or adjective stems ending with a consonant + -습니다 : 먹다 -> 먹습니다.
N-입니다 : 의사 + -입니다 -> 의사입니다 
For the past tense, A/V-았/었습니다, N-였습니다/이었습니다 are used.
A/V-았/었습니다 : 가다 -> 갔습니다 / 먹다 -> 먹었습니다
N-였습니다/이었습니다 : 학교 -> 학교였습니다 / 월요일 -> 월요일이었습니다.


Reading Korea.

Having an interview

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여기에서 프랑스어를 공부하고 있어요!

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 letter channel (start from《给青年的十二封信》,by 朱光潜)

INTRODUCTION 介绍

Yesterday I did a podcast on "Birthday" and I came up with some questions for you to think about

What was the best birthday you ever had?
How old were you?
Who was there, who did you invite?
Did you have it at home? Did you cook?
or you had it in a restaurant/ cafe?
Why was it the best birthday for you?
What feelings, emotions did you experience?
What were the gifts you were given?
Which one was the best one?
Who was the most memorable person at the party?

Today I decided to answer it myself. 

I didn't prepare - I just told it how it is. 

I hope you'll get an idea that you don't have to be perfect when you are asked questions. You don't have to be X Y Z... You can just be you and enjoy it...

There is great in the mindset if you'll accept it through listening&agreeing with it.

To Your Success!

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How I'd answer my own questions :) The topic is Birthday 

元の記事/ Original Article↓
https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/entry/story_jp_62c54a73e4b06e3d9baeac4a

※収録環境が悪く、雑音が入ってしまい、申し訳ありません。

☆目次
0:00 オープニング
0:36 Introduction
1:48 “女性は若い出演者が多く、男性は40代以降にピーク”
4:30 統計の印象
11:00 “「名前の表記」の有無にも差”
12:29 “視聴者「らしさ」の押しつけに違和感”
14:58 よくある役割
17:57 “「名前の出ない役割」画面上でも”
23:10 マジョリティ

☆語彙
需要（じゅよう）
飽和状態（ほうわじょうたい）
聡明（そうめい）
バイアスがかかる
誇張（こちょう）される
実態（じったい）
認識（にんしき）
本質（ほんしつ）をつく
残酷（ざんこく）
廃（すた）れる

☆引用記事
澤木香織. “テレビ番組の登場人物、男女で「役割」にも違い。ジェンダーバランス調査から見えたこと”. HUFF-POST. 2022-08-03. https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/entry/story_jp_62c54a73e4b06e3d9baeac4a