小明问妈妈：“先人是什么意思？”
妈妈说：“先人是对死去的人的称呼”
小明说：“那去世的奶奶是不是要叫“鲜奶”？

Xiao Ming asked his mother: what does "xian ren" means?
Monm: Ancestors are the names for the dead.
Xiao Ming:Is the dead grandma going to call :xiān nǎi" ?

xiān ren:Ancestors    xiān nǎi:fresh milk

开心一刻 Jokes

先人与鲜奶 xiān rén yǔ xiān nǎi

In this story, an elephant named Eleven does whatever it takes to maintain peace, even using violence. This is Part 4 of 5. 

As Eleven watched the thieves creep forward, he considered what course of action to take. He could tell the monkeys about the thieves, possibly causing a physical fight to break out. Or he could stop the thieves himself, either scaring them off with his roar or his powerful tusks. Either way, conflict was unavoidable. 

Peace was Eleven’s his highest value. If anything attempted to disrupt it, he made sure to remove it from his life. He saw himself as a protector of peace. It never occurred to him that he might have been actually afraid of healthy conflict.
 
So, believing there to be no ethical dilemma, Eleven decided to conceal the thieves’ robbery. This way the thieves would get what they want, the monkeys would only realize after the fact, and, most importantly, Eleven could get back to his relaxing day in the sun.  

Eleven positioned himself in such a way as to block any view of the robbery. The fox and wild chicken snatched the bananas and made their way for the bushes. However, at that exact moment, one of the monkeys, having climbed up a tree and swung itself into the river, was flying through the air and saw the robbery. 

Splashing into the river, the monkey screamed and shrieked, trying its best to alert the others. But they were too busy slapping each other to notice anything.
 
In an instant, without giving the moment proper reflection, only thinking about his own interests and his self-appointed duty, Eleven forcefully swung his trunk and whacked the shrieking monkey, who flew with great speed into the dense forest and out of sight. 

Being a Cloud

Eleven the Elephant

❓ Cosa mi ha colpito del Giappone? 
🤩 Scoprilo in questo episodio!
👂 Buon ascolto!

⬇️ VOCABOLARIO ⬇️
"Mi ha colpito" - It struck me.
"Viaggio di nozze" - Honeymoon.
"Alla grande!" - Great!
"Suonare il clacson" - Honking the horn.
"Gesto dell’inchino" - Bowing gesture.
"All’ennesima potenza" - To the nth degree.
"Persone ligie al lavoro" - Diligent workers.
"Arrecare disturbo agli altri" - Disturbing others.
"Della serie 'non serve chiederlo!'" - It's a case of 'no need to ask!'
"Non voler essere un peso per gli altri" - Not wanting to be a burden to others.
"Condomini" - Apartment buildings.
"Non ci facciamo scrupoli" - We don't hesitate.
"Capo d’abbigliamento" - Clothing item.
"Donne truccate" - Women with makeup.
"Ti senti a disagio" - Do you feel uncomfortable?
"Bidelli" - Janitors / caretakers.


Puro Parlare

17. Cosa mi ha colpito del Giappone?

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English Learner's Boost

I Was on Shame: I Struggled Just Like You


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The Habits of Highly Effective English Communicators

🔥 Here’s the truth nobody told you: you will never improve your English the way you think. 

❤自己紹介をさせてください。
Let me introduce myself.
❤私の名前は、田中くみです。
My name is Kumi Tanaka.

★はじめまして、くみさん。
How do you do, Kumi.
★お会いできてうれしいです。
It's nice to meet you.
★私の名前は、伊藤けんじです。
My name is Kenji Ito.

❤私のほうこそ、お会いできてうれしいです。
It's nice to meet you, too.

Cheerful life

自己紹介をしよう

CASAMENTO - Adélia Prado

Há mulheres que dizem:
Meu marido, se quiser pescar, que pesque,
mas que limpe os peixes.
Eu não. A qualquer hora da noite me levanto,
Ajudo a escamar, abrir, retalhar e salgar.
É tão bom, só a gente sozinhos na cozinha,
de vez em quando os cotovelos se esbarram,
ele fala coisas como “este foi difícil”
“prateou no ar dando rabanadas”
e faz o gesto com a mão.
O silêncio de quando nos vimos a primeira vez
atravessa a cozinha como um rio profundo.
Por fim, os peixes na travessa,
vamos dormir.
Coisas prateadas espocam:
somos noivo e noiva.

Brazilian Poems and Literature

Casamento - Adélia Prado 

This episode looks at three Idioms:
to abadon ship
to bury the hatchet
to catch your breath

The Jerome Meadows Experience

Podcast 001

♩～
こんにちは。Japanese Happy Life Podcast のゆりです。このPodcast は、日本語を勉強しているみなさんのためのPodcast です。
今日はN3からN2の語彙についてお話ししようと思います。皆さんは「あがる」という言葉を聞いたことがありますか？「あがる」にもたくさんの意味があります。たくさんの意味の紹介します。
①雨が「上がる」
　雨が終わり、雨が止むこと
②どうぞ、「お上がり」ください。
　どうぞ入ってください。という意味
③風呂から「上がる」
　風呂から出ること
④物価が「上がる」
　物の値段が高くなること
⑤(初めての)スピーチで「上がる」
　人前に出たりして、緊張すること
⑥例を「あげる」
　例を出すこと、出して並べること
⑦結婚式を「あげる」
　結婚式をすること、結婚式を行うこと

これらが、「あげる」「あがる」のたくさんの使い方です。
皆さんもよかったら使ってください！！

では、今日はこれで終わります。最後まで聞いてくれてありがとうございます。