A short history of our flag called "the Union Jack".


Teacher Joseph's Podcast

The British Flag

Impariamo la differenza tra questi due tempi verbali per usarli come un italiano.

ItaliAnto (L'italiano con Antonella)

Imperfetto vs passato prossimo

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
5月27日金曜日　天気/くもり　気温/16℃ 

新千歳空港/しんちとせくうこう…北海道の一番大きな空港
・来月10日から、外国人観光客の受け入れをすると発表
・新千歳空港の国際線も6月中に再開

［単語］
観光客/かんこうきゃく…景色を見たり、いろいろな食べ物を食べたりして、楽しむ人のこと。
受け入れ/うけいれ…入れること
発表/はっぴょう…みんなに知らせること
国際線/こくさいせん…国の間をとぶ飛行機の道
国内線/こくないせん…国の中をとぶ飛行機の道
再開/さいかい…止まっていたことが、また始まること

レッスン待ってます♪


北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#67〉5月27日金曜日　日本、6/10から外国人観光客の受け入れ

Part 2 of 6. 

Jack, a pocket-sized blue book with yellow text and white pages, climbed up the library steps, knocked on the modern glass doors and was let in by the security guard. It was an hour before the library opened to the public. 

“Mornin’ Jack,” said the security guard. “I’ve been dying to see you this morning. Could you whip me up a Frappuccino?” 

Jack’s life swirled around coffee. Not only was it his profession, it was his passion and life’s purpose. The library café had been in his family for six generations. Ever since Jack was capable of walking on his two feet, he was working at the café. In due time, Jack had mastered all aspects of coffee making, from grinding and roasting beans to excellent customer service, and everything in between. His father supervised him closely, making sure their state-of-the-art coffee machine was used properly. When Jack was ready, his mother showed him how to create artistic designs using the frothed milk. 

“You’ll have to wait a bit longer,” replied Jack. “I’ve got some extra housekeeping to do this morning. I’ll get it to you at opening time.” 

The island café was placed in the center of the public sitting area. It was surrounded by seven medium-sized tables. Today Jack had to prepare a new shipment of Columbian beans by grinding them and storing them away. After doing that, he mopped around the seating area and wiped the tables. Finally, Jack sliced some cheese for his most popular item, the cheese bread rolls. 

Jack switched on his beloved coffee machine and listened to it hum as it warmed up. With his hand on the steam wand, Jack caught his reflection in the pressure and temperature dials of the machine. Looking back at him was a newly-discovered shiny white hair. 


Being a Cloud

Jack the Coffee Book

Short story 「七夕（たなばた）《 tanabata 》」
This episode is 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☆
七夕（たなばた / tanabata）：Star festival
星（ほし / hoshi）：star
明るい（あかるい / akarui）：bright
服（ふく / fuku）：clothes
牛（うし / ushi）：cow
世話（せわ / sewa）：care
ある日（あるひ / aruhi）：one day
天の川（あまのがわ / amanogawa）：Milky Way
神様（かみさま / kamisama）：God
怒る（おこる / okoru）：get angry
東（ひがし / higashi）：East
西（にし / nishi）：West
悲しい（かなしい / kanashī）：sad
橋（はし / hashi）：bridge
お願い（おねがい / onegai）：wish

☆Script for this episode
The scripts (URL) are listed in the overview section of the channel.

☆Quiz for this episode
https://www.italki.com/quiz/set/5236?utm_source=copylink_share&utm_medium=share_content&utm_campaign=share_quiz


Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#16  Short story /  Tanabata / storytelling // N5 Level

I talk about the average attention span time. I hope you can listen to the end of this short podcast! My italki teacher profile: https://italki.com/teacher/1947582 Thanks for listening! Visit my website for more of my full-length podcasts . https://www.streetwisenglish.com

Streetwise English

SWE 63 Do you have the Attention Span of a Gold Fish?

Hello friends! Greetings of the day! In Hindi, instead of using मैं - मेरा, तू - तेरा, हम - हमारा, we use मैं अपना, तू अपना, हम अपना while using reflexive pronoun to avoid confusion. 

Learn Fluent Hindi with Professor Ashish...

Usage of Reflexive Pronoun "apna/apni/apne" in Hindi

旭川市/あさひかわし
旭山動物園/あさひやまどうぶつえん
・10日ライオンの三つ子の赤ちゃんが報道陣に公開
・3匹ともメス
・9月12日に生まれた
・11日から一般公開

［単語］
ライオン/らいおん…ねこに似る動物
三つ子/みつご…お母さんのおなかから3人（3匹)いっしょに生まれた人
双子/ふたご…お母さんのおなかから2人（2匹)いっしょに生まれた人
報道陣/ほうどうじん…テレビや新聞の人たち
公開/こうかい…みんなに見せる
匹/ひき…動物の数えかた。一匹/いっぴき、二匹/にひき、三匹/さんびき
メス/めす…動物の女性
オス/おす…動物の男性
一般/いっぱん…普通

レッスン待ってます♪


〈#135〉11月11日金曜日　三つ子の赤ちゃん

今日はなぜ日本では財布は戻ってくるのに傘は盗まれるのか、という問題について話しました。みなさんは財布をなくしたことはありますか？とても不安な気持ちになりますが、それが戻ってきたときは安心しますよね。では傘を盗まれたときはどうでしょうか？なぜ財布は戻ってくるのに傘は盗まれやすいのでしょうか。一緒に考えてみましょう。

☆目次

0:00 オープニング
0:25 日本では財布が戻ってくる？
3:39 なぜ傘は盗まれる？
8:15 仮説

☆語彙
恩を返す
所有
ばれる
衆人環視
罰が当たる
土壇場
その場しのぎ
泣き寝入り
法廷
むしゃくしゃする
連鎖
特定
倫理観