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Episode 14, Amazon's Whole Foods Hacked

好聽的中文故事 | 好听的中文故事✨

孫悟空是如何騙過鐵扇公主拿到扇子的呢？來聽聽這個故事吧！
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鐵扇公主 | 铁扇公主

This week I will be focussing on New Year’s traditions.
By the time you listen to this podcast, the new year will be behind you. How did you celebrate the solar new year? Join me in this brief foray into the new year’s traditions we celebrate in our home.

Philosophical Friday

New Year’s episode of Philosophical Friday

Letter Y
Listen and repeat then sing along.
yo-yo, yak, yogurt, yacht

I don't have a yo-yo.
I don't have a yak.
I don't have yogurt.
I don't have a yacht.

Follow me for more phonics.

Phonics The Alphabet 

Letter Y

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
6月7日火曜日　天気/晴れ　気温/14℃ 

札幌市/さっぽろし
・子どもたちが犯罪から身を守る方法を学ぶ防犯教室が小学校であった。
・子どもたちは、「伝える」や「逃げる」ということを覚えました。
・「おかしをあげる」と言ってくる不審者に、「できません」と言うことを学んだ。

［単語］
犯罪/はんざい…悪いこと
身を守る/みをまもる…自分の体を守る
学ぶ/まなぶ…勉強する
防犯/ぼうはん…悪いことが起きないようにする
教室/きょうしつ…授業
不審者/ふしんしゃ…変な人

レッスン待ってます♪


北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#74〉6月7日火曜日　小学生が犯罪から身を守る方法を学ぶ

USE FEEDBACK TO BOOST CONFIDENCE & ABILITY IN THE WORKPLACE!

Giving and receiving feedback is an everyday skill that has become even more important in today’s business world when more and more people are working from home or in remote locations.

The idea that an annual performance review is the only time when feedback is needed is as outdated as Microsoft Windows 95.

So why do both employees and managers the world over dread the annual ritual of a performance review?

The answer is easy. Companies have institutionalised the giving and receiving of feedback and created a strong negative emotional response to the whole idea of having one's performance analysed. No wonder we all anticipate this moment with fear and doom.

However, when done in the right way, with the right intentions, feedback can lead to even greater success and performance. So, let BizPod share with you some tips on how and when to give feedback effectively and how to receive it constructively.

BizPod - The Business English Podcast

BizPod Episode 8 - Give me... Feedback!

4-Year-Old Signs Book Deal to Publish Poems
A 4-year-old boy from the UK has signed a book deal to publish his collection of poems.

Nadim Shamma-Sourgen was discovered by poet and teacher Kate Clanchy, who won the 2020 Orwell Prize for political writing. Clanchy knew Shamma-Sourgen's mother, who teaches the study of poetry at the University of Reading.

Clanchy began sharing Shamma-Sourgen's poems on Twitter, where they became popular with her followers. Speaking to The Guardian, Clanchy said that she didn't share them because they were like an adult's poems, but because they were so much like a child's way of thinking.

The young poet has now signed a book deal with Walker Books, a children's book company, making him one of the youngest writers to get a book deal.

According to Guinness World Records, Dorothy Straight from the US is the youngest female to publish a book. She wrote a book in 1962 when she was 4 years old. It was published in 1964.

The youngest male writer is Thanuwana Serasinghe from Sri Lanka, who wrote a book when he was 4 years and 9 months old. It was published nine days before his 5th birthday.

In an interview with Sky News, Shamma-Sourgen's mother said that he's still learning to read and write, so he speaks his poems out loud and she writes them down for him.

"I like writing poems especially about nature. I feel happy that my poems will be in a book," Shamma-Sourgen told The Guardian. As well as nature, Shamma-Sourgen's poems talk about things like love, being lonely and bugs in his garden.

The book of poems will be published in summer 2021.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

4-Year-Old Signs Book Deal to Publish Poems

What is the importance of hiring mentors?

FLO TALKS 

El taco puede variar por región y los ingredientes que se tengan de más fácil acceso; por lo cual algunos han hecho su platillo emblema en su propia región, por ejemplo:

• En el sur: los tacos de cochinita pibil. En el centro tacos al pastor o de carnitas. En el norte tacos de asado.

Es importante mencionar que en México, el día 31 de marzo se celebra el Día del Taco. Lo cual permite que se preparen las tortillas más tradicionales para tacos, que van desde los 10 cm a 14 cm.

Ahora, los tacos que debes de probar, ya seas mexicano o no.

hay una gran diversidad DE TACOS. ESTOS SON los más comunes de encontrar en la calle o mercados de México.

1. Taco al pastor
Es de los más populares de todo México y tiene un origen árabe. Este está hecho con papita y carne de cordero.
En México es de carne de cerdo y se coloca primero en un marinado, con achiote, chiles, naranja y otras especias que elige el taquero; lo cual le dará su toque personal.
Luego se coloca una capa sobre capa de cerdo, en un barra que va de forma vertical y se va cociendo poco a poco. En la parte de arriba de este trompo va la piña y es lo que va acompañar tu taco de pastor; puede ser con piña, cebolla y cilantro; y claro, su salsa.

2. Taco de carnitas
La mejor región para consumirlo es en el estado de Michoacán. Aquí realmente se aprovecha todo el cerdo en estos tacos, de hecho, se cocina con su propia grasa.

Lo tradicional es prepararlo en un cazo de cobre y es una preparación larga con diversos ingredientes: desde jugo de naranja hasta caramelo; con una cocción que va de 3 a 4 horas.

Te puedes comer un taco de costilla, hasta de oreja, acompañado con chile cuaresmeño o chile habanero con pepino, hasta un taco de cuerito (la piel), prácticamente el taco se prepara con todo del cerdo.



