In this episode, Karen and Baiwei chatted about minimalism, what it means for them and how their experience with a minimalistic lifestyle.

Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

极简主义 Minimalism

script:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gT2EYiZhtQ-Z1H6mQHv1nSztM0Ze83sHdFx8ZFxLNJU/edit?usp=sharing

Bonne écoute!

Le français des affaires

Communication verbale : Conseils pour s'exprimer de manière confiante et persuasive en français. (C1-C2)

Key word and Commonly used phrases, Please read after me. You can record the phrases you read and send it here, I'll correct the pronunciation for you. Follow me ,you will learn more Chinese. 
Key words: 你好、高兴、爸爸、妈妈、女儿、火车站、谢谢、学习、饭馆、猫、喜欢、狗、杯子、书、下午
Common phrases:
怎么样、打电话、什么时候、很高兴、开出租车、坐飞机、有点儿大、水果商店、多少钱、几岁了、多大了、20分钟后、叫什么名字、看电脑、很好吃

Merry's voice (HSK一）

HSK一， Commonly used phrases 3 , Please read after me.

Hardship :  The problems and Difficulties of  something  

Let me tell you about  the hardships of this job . 

I need to tell you about the hardships of living in the United States  .. (  The difficulties of living in the United States ) 

Engsavvy ( 504 Absolutely Essential Words )

Lesson 1 Word 7 ( Hardship ) 

今日は、年齢に関する言葉のお話をしたいと思います。

皆さんは、アラサー　という　言葉を聞いたことがありますか。

アラサーとは、アラウンドサーティの略で、30歳前後の人を指す和製英語です。
２７歳から３２歳の年齢を指すことが多いです。
英語では、around the age of 30”ですね。

では、４０歳前後の人は、何と呼ぶと思いますか？
正解は、「アラフォー」です。Around the age og 40 ですね。
５０歳前後の人は、「アラフィフ」、６０歳前後の人は「アラ還（かん）」　と呼ばれています。
６０歳は　日本で　還暦（かんれき）　と呼ばれているからです。

Around40 〜注文の多いオンナたち〜という　ドラマが流行し、「アラフォー」という言葉が生まれました。
このドラマは、40歳を間近に控えた主人公のお医者さんが仕事、恋愛、結婚などに悩む姿を描いた作品です。

そして、「アラフォー」という言葉は２００８年の流行語大賞にも選ばれました。
流行語大賞は、日本で一年間に話題となった新しい言葉や流行語を選び、その言葉に関わった人を表彰する賞のことです。

みなさんの国にも、アラサー、アラフォーなどと同じ意味の言葉がありますか？
もしあったら、教えてくださいね！

★和製英語　わせいえいご　Japanese -English word
★４０歳前後（ぜんご）　　around 40 years old
★アラフィフ　　　　　　　the age of around fifty
★間近に控える　　　　　　coming up soon
　　　　　　　　　　　　　EX）出産（しゅっさん）を間近（まぢか）に控（ひか）える　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　I am very close to giving birth
★表彰する（ひょうしょう）commend
★賞（しょう）　　　　　　award


Japanese culture ♪

年齢（ねんれい）を表す特別な言葉　The special words for age  ★Intermediate

इस कहानी से हमें यह शिक्षा मिलती है कि हमे अपने से बड़ो की बात का मान रखना चाहिए और कभी भी अपने साथी को दुर्बल नही समझना चाहिए, न ही उसे कम आंकना चाहिए, जरूरत पड़ने पर यह दुर्बल साथी भी बड़ी मदद कर जाते हैं।


Stories from Panchatantra 

ब्रह्मदत्त केकड़ा और सांप की कहानी

Everyone knows it: Italian is the language of love. In today’s episode I’d like to teach you a few sentences that you can use with your Italian soulmate.


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Practical Steps for Language Learning Through Social Media
Here are a few ways to make your scrolling habit more productive:
•	Notice Trends: Pay attention to popular phrases, abbreviations, and hashtags. Jot down new words and look them up if you’re unsure.
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Tip 49 - Using Social Media to Pick Up Buzzwords and Real-World Language

A bluefin tuna was sold for 36.04 million yen -- around $273,000 -- at the first auction of the year at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market.

The price of the 212-kilogram fish was more than double that of the most expensive fish at last year's New Year's auction: a 211-kilogram fish that sold for 16.88 million yen -- at that time worth $145,000.

Both fish were caught off the coast of the town of Oma in Aomori prefecture.

This year's auction began at 5:10 a.m. on January 5, and around 230 tuna were sold in just 15 minutes.

Seafood wholesaler Yamayuki bought this year's most expensive fish for the sushi restaurant Ginza Onodera. The tuna was served to the restaurant's customers later that same day.

This is the third year in a row that Yamayuki has bought the most expensive tuna. However, prices had fallen in recent years as the restaurant industry suffered during the coronavirus pandemic.

Yamayuki's president Yukitaka Yamaguchi told The Yomiuri Shimbun that the increased price this year "is good news that symbolizes the gradual recovery from the pandemic."

This year's top price was the sixth highest since records began being kept in 1999.

The highest price recorded was at the New Year's auction in 2019 -- just after Tokyo's fish market moved from Tsukiji to Toyosu. At that auction, a 278-kilogram fish was sold for 333.6 million yen -- at that time $3 million -- to Kiyomura Corp., whose owner, Kiyoshi Kimura, runs the Sushi Zanmai restaurant chain.