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Giant Dreams Midget Abilities by David Sedaris read by Teacher Alyse
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"WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING YOUR GUITAR, MAKE BELIEVE YOU'RE PLAYING AN ACTUAL WOMAN," MISTER MANCINI TOLD ME. "GRAB HER BY THE NECK AND MAKE HER HOLLER."

My father loves jazz and has an extensive collection of records and reel-to-reel tapes he used to enjoy after returning home from work. He might have entered the house in a foul mood, but once he had his Dexter Gordon and a vodka martini, the stress melted away and everything was "Beautiful, baby, just beautiful." The instant the needle hit that record, he'd loosen his tie and become something other than the conservative engineer with a pocketful of IBM pencils embossed with the command think.

"Man, oh man, will you get a load of the chops on this guy? I saw him once at the Blue Note, and I mean to tell you that he blew me right out of my chair! A talent like that comes along only once in a lifetime. The guy was an absolute comet, and there I was in the front row. Can you imagine that?"

"Gee," I'd say. "I bet that was really interesting."

Empathy was the wrong tack, as it seemed only to irritate him.

"You don't know the half of it," my father would say. " 'Really interesting' my butt. You haven't got a clue. You could have taken a hatchet and cut the man's lips right off his face, chopped them off at the quick, and he still would have played better than anyone else out there. That's how good he was."

Because it was the music we'd grown up with, I liked to think that my sisters and I had a genuine appreciation for jazz. We preferred it over the music our friends were listening to, yet nothing we did or said could convince him of our devotion. Aside from replaying the tune on your own instrument, how could you prove you were really listening? It was as if he expected us to change color at the end of each selection.

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Giant Dreams Midget Abilities

¡HOLA A TODOS!

En este episodio, vamos a explicar las diferencias entre estos tres términos. 

Hispanoamérica, Iberoamérica y Latinoamérica tienen un significado distinto y no engloban a los mismos países. Por eso, voy a aclarar cada uno de ellos en este podcast, qué área geográfica comprenden y qué idioma o idiomas se incluyen en cada uno. ES MUY IMPORTANTE SABER QUE NO SON SINÓNIMOS. 

HISPANOAMÉRICA: Nombre que recibe el conjunto de países americanos de lengua española. Quedan, excluidos de esta denominación los países de América en los que la lengua oficial no es el español. Su gentilicio, hispanoamericano/a, se refiere estrictamente a lo perteneciente o relativo a la América española y no incluye, por tanto, lo perteneciente o relativo a España. Ni España ni Brasil pertenecen a Hispanoamérica. 

IBEROAMÉRICA: Lo primero que tenemos que saber es que Iberia es el término que usaban los griegos para referirse a lo que hoy es la península ibérica (España + Portugal). Por eso el término “Iberoamérica” incluye a todos los países de América en los que se habla español o portugués. Su gentilicio, iberoamericano/a, se refiere normalmente solo a lo perteneciente o relativo a Iberoamérica, esto es, a los países americanos de lengua española y portuguesa.

AMÉRICA LATINA: se usa por primera vez en Francia a mediados del siglo XIX. Nombre que engloba el conjunto de países del continente americano en los que se hablan lenguas derivadas del latín (español, portugués y francés). Su gentilicio es latinoamericano/a.

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I SPEAK SPANISH WHAT'S YOUR SUPERPOWER?

IBEROAMÉRICA, HISPANOAMÉRICA Y LATINOAMÉRICA

This short news is about an experiment how Japanese company tries to get people back to the office ! 

Here is the useful vocab for this :
*work remotely
     * the technology giant
     *to give
     *to entice
     *quality time
     *stain-proof
     *pet supplies
     *suburb

Kate´s speaking :)

New perk for the Japanese workers!

HSK 3-6 passage audios

HSK 3 Lesson 6 Passage 4

just a cute little episode about decoration of a Christmas tree


New words 生词：

гирлянда - electric garland, 電花環;
ёлка - Christmas tree, 圣诞树;
мишура - tinsel, 箔；
шары - balls, 圣诞球;
украшения - ornaments,  圣诞玩具；
бусы - beads, 連線珠


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How you tell a story matters. The way you talk about why you lost your job can cost you a potential one. The way you explain the reason for layoffs can cause panic among employees and stakeholders. And the way journalists report the news can incite violence. Framing, including word choice, is one of the most important areas peace journalists discuss and develop. To find out what business professionals could learn from peace journalists about storytelling, I invited Steven Youngblood, Director of the Center for Global Peace Journalism at Park University, for a conversation on The Express to Impress Podcast. Here are some excerpts from our conversation; “The question should never be, do we withhold the information? The question should be, how do we convey the information?” “If you want to be an informed person in 2022, it is going to take an effort. So the first thing I tell my students is not to depend on social media for their news. This, despite the fact that study data shows that's exactly where they get their news from.” Tune in to get more valuable insights from Steven, so you're well prepared to tell stories about challenging events. 
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Episode originally published May 27, 2022 

Original theme music by Lucas Knutter 

Read the transcript at https://www.express-to-impress.com/word-choice/ 

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Word Choice in Journalism and Business With Steven Youngblood

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Le russe pour tous. Ruso para todos

Москва. Прогулка по Бульварному кольцу

こんばんは！Atsushiです。
今回も慣用句について話します。

今日は目、を使った慣用句です。

① 人目を盗む（ひとめをぬすむ）
これは、人に見つからないようにこっそりすることを言います。例えば、
人目を盗んで、会おう、とか使いますね。


② 目星を付ける（めぼしをつける）
これは、だいたい、これで決める、というような時に使います。例えば、
今回の犯人の目星は付いている、とか、
今年のクリスマスプレゼントはだいたい目星は付けてある、とか使いますね。



③ 目に浮かぶ（めにうかぶ）
これは、今そこにない姿や様子が、ここにあるかのように思い出される時に使います。
例えば、
彼女の喜ぶ顔が目に浮かぶ、とか使います。



はい、いかがだったでしょうか。
目星を付ける、はプレゼントについて友達と話す時などによく使えそうですね。機会があれば、ぜひ使ってみてください！

ということで、今回も最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！ではまた！

