Stories, discussions, and interviews to challenge advanced (C1/C2) English learners.

Eavesdropper C1/C2

Simple English vocabulary and sentence patterns for adult (A1/A2) learners.

Eavesdropper A1/A2

Stories, discussions, and interviews to help intermediate (B1/B2) English learners to improve vocabulary and understanding.

Eavesdropper B1/B2

The Little Prince climbs a tall mountain, hoping to find people—but only hears his own echo. 🌄

Listen in Farsi and learn new words about nature, hope, and misunderstanding in this quiet, meaningful episode. 

Once Upon a Time

شازده کوچولو، فصل نوزدهم

Hey everyone! Happy September 1st! Today I talked about some events in September — remember Nagatsuki and the Autumn Equinox!みなさまごきげんよう、今日は9/1!9月の行事について話したよ。「長月」「秋分の日」覚えてね！

Moekoの日本語ベラベラtime

Moekoの日本語ベラベラtimeEpi22: 9月の行事【Japanese Podcast: listening practice】

Hi there! This is Ken, your Japanese teacher.
Today I am going to talk about "日本のコンビニ/Japanese convenience store."
Hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to take a comprehension check quiz after listening to the episode.

けんと日本語/Japanese with Ken

日本のコンビニ/Japanese convenience store

Express delivery after the shopping festival

Intermediate Chinese Listening

Intermediate Chinese Listening：购物节后的快递  Express delivery after the shopping festival

Hey everyone!In today’s episode, we’re talking about June events.And of course, I’ll be talking about food—what else?!Hope you enjoy it!
みなさまごきげんよう！今日のエピソードは6月のイベントについてだよ。もちろん私は食べ物のことをはなすよ！ぜひ楽しんでね！


Epi12:6月のイベント梅仕事【Japanese Podcast】

Egg prices are rising in America. The average cost of a dozen eggs hit a record $4.95 in January — up 53% from a year earlier. The price was below $2 in early 2022.

While the coronavirus pandemic and inflation have affected prices, experts say the real problem has been bird flu. An outbreak that began in early 2022 has become the largest in US history, affecting more than 100 million egg-laying hens.

To cope with rising egg prices, some Americans have been going straight to the source — and renting hens.

Rent The Chicken in New Hampshire is letting people rent egg-laying hens for six months at a time. For $595, you get two egg-laying hens and a guide on how to take care of them, as well as chicken feed and a coop to keep the birds in.

The birds actually aren't very difficult to take care of, explains Brian Templeton, owner of Rent The Chicken. "You just let them out and walk around and they go in at night on their own," he told CBS News.

"People really enjoy it," he added.

Rent The Chicken says two hens should produce eight to 14 eggs per week.

That comes to about $25 for every dozen eggs — so it's not really a savings.

You can also get four hens for $735, which would reduce your cost to about $15 per dozen eggs.

However, if you'd like to keep your chickens and coop at the end of your rental period, you can — for an extra $350 to $450.

According to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, hens will usually live for six to eight years, and produce eggs for three to four of those years.

So that might bring your price down over time.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Americans Rent Chickens as Egg Prices Rise

Please let me know if you have any requests of words or phrases that you wish you’ll be able to say in casual Japanese so I’ll make an episode about it!🙌
In this episode, I’m gonna let you know how to say  “I didn’t know that you is the same age as me”  in the way not like Japanese textbooks tell you but how Japanese people actually talk. 
Thank you very much for listening to this podcast😁

#japanese #japan #nihon #nihongo #hiragana #katakana #kanji #jlpt


Super Casual Japanese with Teppei

🎌Useful Japanese phrase | “Is that tasty?” 

Learn how to express feeling familiar and comfortable with something.
This is the opposite of “낯설다” and shows adaptation over time.
Common in daily life.

Key expressions:

이제 이 길이 익숙해요.
(I’m now familiar with this road)
이 생활이 점점 익숙해져요.
(I’m getting used to this lifestyle)

Question:
What are you getting used to these days?