The difference between two prepositions: accross and through.

What's the difference?

Across or Through

New Dialogue Composed of YCT1-2 Vocabulary

Yo-You 与你同行（YCT）

YCT1-2

Hi everyone, welcome to Spanish You’ll Actually Use. Today we’re talking about something very relatable: Why is it so hard to make friends as an adult? When we’re younger, making friends feels easy… but as adults, things change.

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Short story 「はなこさんの夏休（なつやす）み《 Hanako’s summer vacation 》ep1」
This is an original story I created.
This episode is JLPT-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☆
毎年（まいとし / maitoshi）：every year
 遠い（とおい / tōi）：far
新幹線（しんかんせん / shinkansen）：bullet train 
甘い（あまい / amai）：sweet
お土産（おみやげ / omiyage）：souvenir
辛い（からい / karai）：spicy
切符（きっぷ / kippu）：ticket
席（せき / seki）：seat
笑う（わらう / warau）：laugh, smile
→masu-form：笑います（わらいます / waraimasu）
～号車（～ごうしゃ / ～gōsha）：classifier for naming train cars
ex）１号車（いちごうしゃ / ichigōsha）、２号車（にごうしゃ / nigōsha）･･･

☆Grammar☆
・masu-form（present / past）
・～たいです：want to do

☆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/5907?utm_source=copylink_share&utm_medium=share_content&utm_campaign=share_quiz


Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#19  Short story /  Hanako’s summer vacation ep1 / storytelling // N5 Level

▼スクリプト
みんなは視力（しりょく）どれぐらいある？私は目が悪くて、コンタクトをつけてるんだけど、パソコンするときは目が乾燥（かんそう）しちゃうから、めがね使ってるんだよね。でも、ずっとパソコンしてるとほんと目がヤバくなってくるから、この前ブルーライトカットのめがねを買いに行ったの。

How good is your eyesight? I have bad eyesight, so I wear contacts, but when I use the computer, my eyes get dry, so I use glasses. But my eyes get really bad when I'm on the computer all the time, so the other day I went to buy a pair of blue light-cut glasses.

日本のめがねの値段（ねだん）はピンキリなんだけど、安いのは10000円くらいから買えるよ。有名なお店は「J!NS」とか「Zoff」とか「めがね市場」かなぁ。私は今までずっと「J!NS」で買ってたんだけど、かわいいフレームがあったから今回は「めがね市場」で買ったんだよね。

Prices for glasses in Japan vary widely, but you can buy inexpensive ones for as little as 10,000 yen. I think the most famous stores are "J!NS", "Zoff", and "Megane Ichiba". I used to buy my glasses at "J!NS", but this time I bought them at "Megane Ichiba" because they had cute frames.

レンズのオプションもいろいろあって、ブルーライトカットはもちろんなんだけど、スマホを見るとき目を楽にするレンズとか、抗菌（こうきん）レンズとかいろいろあってびっくりしちゃった。

I was surprised at the variety of lens options available, including blue-light-cut lenses, lenses that make it easier for me to look at my phone, and antibacterial lenses.

視力検査（けんさ）もめがね屋さんでするんだけど、右目も左目も「0.05」ずつしかなかったからショックだった…。あと、少し右目が乱視（らんし）って言われたから、レンズは特注（とくちゅう）になって1週間後に出来上がって取りに行ったよ。もし日本でめがねを作ることがあったら、時間に余裕をもってつくったほうがいいよ。

I also had my eyesight tested at the optometrist's, and I was shocked to see that it was only 0.05 vision each for my right and left eyes.... I was also told that I had a little astigmatism in my right eye, so the lenses were special ordered and I went to pick them up a week after they were made.If you have to get glasses made in Japan, you should make them well in advance.

ちなみに、この前、子供の視力が悪くなってるってテレビで言ってたんだよね。1.0未満の子どもは高校生で63％らしいよ。たしかに私も高校生のときからコンタクトしてるなぁって思った。いつかレーシックもしてみたい！

By the way, I heard on TV the other day that children's eyesight is getting worse: 63% of high school students have less than 1.0 vision. I have been wearing contacts since I was in high school. I'd like to have LASIK someday!

ガチ日本語 - Everyday Japanese -

Ep.3 めがねをつくる

Discover	发现	fāxiàn
Discriminate; eg as in to discriminate against someone	歧視	qí shì
Discuss	讨论	tǎolùn
Display; eg as in to exhibit	陳列	chén liè
Dispose	出手	chū shǒu


5 Verbs a Day. 每天学习五个动词。

C(18) Vocabulary Set: Discover Discriminate Discuss Display Dispose

Let's do a quick review and cover asking and giving directions as well as practice asking questions in the past tense.

Super Basic Spanish

Learn Spanish Review: Asking for directions and questions about the past (elementary A2)

A gift from my heart to your heart! A guided meditation to help you relax, release and connect with your inner self...

For a teacher and a student. Something we can all benefit from and I use it every day :)

It's something unusual for a teacher to do, I know.

But I am not a normal teacher. I am interested in psychology, coaching, meditation, exploring the invisible. 

Today I'd like to share with you something I've come to realise after 14 years of my own personal & professional development - learning from the world's top teachers and something I've gathered from over 18,000 one-on-one coaching sessions with my students that I've successfully helped.

This is something I have done for my private students, but in today's meditation I had an idea to share it with the Italki community. 

Please allow my guided meditation to help you relax, feel comfortable in your skin and trust your inner instrument, the Dao WIthin, to take you where you need to go.

Let your Higher Self be your guide and my voice is the transmission mechanism to your Higher Self.

Feel good now.

Job Interview Preparation | Build Strong Communication Under Pressure

Meditation For Reprogramming Limiting Beliefs

Hello! I’m Yuli. 😊

This is a Beginner Chinese listening episode.

How to study:

1. Listen once without reading.
2. Listen again with the transcript.
3. Repeat the sentences aloud.

Transcript:

我的家乡话是潮汕话。
Wǒ de jiāxiānghuà shì cháoshànhuà.
My hometown language is Teochew.

我在学校学习普通话。
Wǒ zài xuéxiào xuéxí pǔtōnghuà.
I learned Mandarin at school.

我很喜欢学习外语。
Wǒ hěn xǐhuan xuéxí wàiyǔ.
I really like learning foreign languages.

我学过英语、日语、泰语和法语。
Wǒ xuéguo yīngyǔ, rìyǔ, tàiyǔ hé fǎyǔ.
I have studied English, Japanese, Thai, and French.

我11岁开始学英语。
Wǒ shíyī suì kāishǐ xué yīngyǔ.
I started learning English when I was eleven.

那时候，我的英语考试很好，所以我很喜欢英语。
Nà shíhou, wǒ de yīngyǔ kǎoshì hěn hǎo, suǒyǐ wǒ hěn xǐhuan yīngyǔ.
At that time, my English exam scores were good, so I really liked English.

上大学的时候，我学习日语。
Shàng dàxué de shíhou, wǒ xuéxí rìyǔ.
When I was in college, I studied Japanese.

大三的时候我去日本学习了一年。
Dàsān de shíhou wǒ qù rìběn xuéxí le yì nián.
In my junior year, I went to Japan to study for one year.

在日本，我每天听日语、说日语。
Zài rìběn, wǒ měitiān tīng rìyǔ, shuō rìyǔ.
In Japan, I listened to and spoke Japanese every day.

我的日语更好了。
Wǒ de rìyǔ gènghǎo le.
My Japanese got better.

在日本，我也认识了一些外国朋友。
Zài rìběn, wǒ yě rènshi le yìxiē wàiguó péngyou.
In Japan, I also met some foreign friends.

有的朋友日语不太好，所以我们常常说英语。
Yǒu de péngyou rìyǔ bútàihǎo, suǒyǐ wǒmen chángcháng shuō yīngyǔ.
Some friends' Japanese was not very good, so we often spoke English.

我认识了很多不一样的人，也知道了很多新的事情。
Wǒ rènshi le hěn duō bù yíyàng de rén, yě zhīdào le hěn duō xīn de shìqing.
I met many different kinds of people and learned many new things.

2024年，我在泰国住了一年，也学习泰语。
Èr líng èr sì nián, wǒ zài tàiguó zhù le yì nián, yě xuéxí tàiyǔ.
In 2024, I lived in Thailand for one year and also studied Thai.

Complete scripts and video versions: find “Daily Chinese With Yuli” on YouTube.