The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey
Chapter 18 To Make a Long Story Short 
Chapter 19 Back to School
In this chapter we learn how George and Harold turn Captain Underpants back to Mr. Krupp.
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The Adventures of Captain Underpants

Chapter 18 To Make a Long Story Short and chapter 19 Back to School

La vérité sur l’apprentissage du français que les débutants ne veulent pas entendre. Dix conseils pour apprendre le français. 

French With Frederic

The truth about learning French

Beginner Chinese Listening：爸爸的工作  Dad’s work

Beginner Chinese Listening

Do you find it harder to be nice and cooperative when you're tired? You're not alone — and there's actually science behind that feeling.

Researchers in Italy looked at how being tired affected people's brains and the decisions they made.

They looked at a total of almost 450 people. The participants all started by doing a set of similar tasks for about 45 minutes — but for one group, the tasks were made much more difficult to make the participants mentally tired.

For example, the mentally tired group was given more difficult quiz questions to answer. And while everyone watched funny videos, the mentally tired group was told to try not to smile or laugh.

Participants then played several economic games that asked them to make decisions that would give different benefits to themselves and others, like deciding how to share points in a group.

It was found that mentally tired participants were much less likely to make cooperative decisions in the games. They were also more likely to choose "antisocial" and "spiteful" options — where they could, say, choose to use some of their own points to reduce someone else's points instead of using them to help themselves or the group.

Why did this happen?

Among the mentally tired group, the researchers found a much stronger increase in "slow-wave" activity in parts of the brain used for things like planning, paying attention, controlling emotions and understanding others. These "slow waves" are similar to the ones seen in our brains when we sleep.

The researchers said this increase in slow waves may explain tired participants' less cooperative decisions.

So when you're tired after a long day, you may be less nice because the parts of your brain you need to help you cooperate are actually going to sleep!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Science of Spite: Why We're Meaner when We're Tired


Gùkè: 	Fúwùyuán, 	diǎncài. 
顾客： 	服务员， 	点菜。 
Fúwùyuán: 	Nín 	xiǎnɡ 	lái 	diǎnr 	shénme? 
服务员： 	您 	想 	来 	点儿 	什么？ 
Gùkè： 	Yào 	yí 	ɡe 	ɡōnɡbǎojīdīnɡ, 	yí 	ɡe 
顾客： 	要 	一 	个 	宫保鸡丁， 	一 	个 
chǎo 	xīlánhuā, 	bàn 	fèn 	kǎoyā, 	sān 	wǎn 	mǐfàn. 
炒 	西兰花， 	半 	份 	烤鸭， 	三 	碗 	米饭。 
Fúwùyuán: 	Yǒu 	shénme 	jìkǒu 	mɑ? 
服务员： 	有 	什么 	忌口 	吗？ 
Gùkè: 	Bú 	fànɡ 	wèijīnɡ. 	Zài 	yào 	liǎnɡ 	pínɡ 
顾客： 	不 	放 	味精。 	再 	要 	两 	瓶 
píjiǔ, 	bīnɡ 	de. 
啤酒， 	冰 	的。 
Fúwùyuán: 	Hǎo, 	nín 	shāoděnɡ. 
服务员： 	好， 	您 	稍等。 

日常用语

中餐厅  点菜

In this episode of Hey Alexis!, two ESL teachers swap stories about working remotely, traveling the world, and the ups and downs of the digital nomad lifestyle. Perfect for adult ESL students who want to boost their listening skills, learn useful work-related vocabulary, and pick up natural English expressions for talking about remote work and life abroad!

Thanks to Jerome for being such a great guest!!!

Alexis : https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/9464070
Jerome: https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/4075458

Hey Alexis!

Remote Work Life: ESL Teachers Talk Digital Nomad Life 🌎💻

👨‍💻We'll look at what new policies Tesla CEO Elon Musk implemented after purchasing Twitter. Do you concur with him? What are your thoughts? In today's episode, we'll learn some fantastic historical idiom phrases as well as a common expression.Welcome to listen this episode.

👨‍💻今天要来看看特斯拉的执行长，伊隆马斯克买下推特后，他推出了什么新政策。你赞成吗？有什么想法？这一集也会学到一句很厉害且出自于历史的成语以及一个常用的说法。欢迎收听哦。

[00:00] introduction
[02:23] explanation
[08:03] discussion 

来源：https://www.bnext.com.tw/article/72432/twitter-remote-ban-1104
            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKZ9GiqfdlA

News with zhe

#30马斯克上任三把火！

Short story 「はなこさんの まいにち《 Hanako's daily life》」
This is an original story I created.
This episode is N5 level.

I created a quiz on this episode.
After listening, please take the quiz!

Please use this audio for listening and shadowing practices.

☆Script for this episode
The scripts (URL) are listed in the overview section of the channel.

Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#5 Short story /  Hanako's daily life / storytelling // N5 Level

Este podcast te lleva a descubrir las Termales de Santa Rosa de Cabal, un lugar mágico en el corazón del Eje Cafetero colombiano. A través de un recorrido de aproximadamente 5 minutos, exploramos la historia, los beneficios y la experiencia única que ofrecen estas aguas termales, rodeadas de un entorno natural impresionante. Ideal para quienes buscan relajarse y conectarse con la naturaleza, este episodio es una invitación a sumergirse en uno de los destinos más rejuvenecedores de Colombia.