Learn about some of the history and purpose behind writing letters to editors. 

The Wandering and Wondering Writers Club

Letter to an Editor

Due amici camminano, verso sera, nelle vicinanze di un bosco. Un orso appare all'improvviso davanti a loro: quale sarà la loro reazione?

Vittorio per Voi

I viandanti e l'orso

みなさんはヤドリギ（宿木）を知っていますか？
ヤドリギは木の上で育つ植物で、丸い形を作ります。冬でも緑色の葉っぱをつけているので簡単に見つけることができます。私はドイツで初めてヤドリギがある木を見て、鳥の巣があるのかなと思っていました。
ところが、先日ある日本の俳優さんがインスタグラムにヤドリギの写真をアップしているのを見つけて、この植物の正体が分かりました。
調べてみると、ヤドリギは地面では育たず、木の幹や枝の上で栄養をもらって育つ植物のようです。ヨーロッパではクリスマスに幸運を呼ぶシンボルとして玄関に飾るそうです。


育つ：そだつ　grow
植物：しょくぶつ　plant
鳥（とり）の巣（す）：　bird nest
俳優：はいゆう　actor
正体：しょうたい　true nature
地面：じめん　ground
幹：みき　trunk
枝：えだ　branch
栄養：えいよう　nutrition
幸運：こううん　luck
玄関：げんかん　entrance
飾る：かざる　decorate

Nihongo Short Story by Noriko

ヤドリギ（mistletoe）  

妈妈mā ma在zài图书馆tú shū guǎn工作gōng zuò。她tā每měi天tiān早上zǎo shàng六liù点diǎn起床qǐ chuáng，起床qǐ chuáng后hòu给gěi我wǒ和hé爸爸bà ba做zuò早饭zǎo fàn，然后rán hòu我们wǒ men一起yī qǐ吃chī。七qī点diǎn半bàn，她tā会huì先xiān送sòng我wǒ去qù学校xué xiào，然后rán hòu再zài去qù工作gōng zuò。图书馆tú shū guǎn九jiǔ点diǎn开门kāi mén，她tā常常cháng cháng差chà一刻yī kè九jiǔ点diǎn到dào图书馆tú shū guǎn门口mén kǒu。中午zhōng wǔ妈妈mā mā会huì在zài图书馆tú shū guǎn的de食堂shí táng吃饭chī fàn。晚上wǎn shàng我们wǒ men一起yī qǐ在zài家jiā吃chī晚饭wǎn fàn，有时候yǒu shí hòu一起yī qǐ看kàn电视diàn shì。这zhè是shì我wǒ妈妈mā ma的de一yī天tiān。


图书馆 [tú shū guǎn] library
每 [měi] Every
早上 [zǎo shàng] Morning
起床 [qǐ chuáng] get up
后 [hòu] after
给 [gěi] for, to
早饭 [zǎo fàn] breakfast
然后 [rán hòu] Then
一起 [yī qǐ] Together
半 [bàn] Half
先 [xiān] First
送 [sòng] send
再 [zài] Again
开门 [kāi mén] open the door
常常 [cháng cháng] often
差 [chà] short, lack
一刻 [yī kè] a quarter
到 [dào] to arrive,to reach
门口 [mén kǒu] doorway
食堂 [shí táng] canteen
吃饭 [chī fàn] Have a meal
晚上 [wǎn shàng] night
晚饭 [wǎn fàn] dinner
有时候 [yǒu shí hòu] sometimes

Chinese story 中文故事

A day of my mother 我妈妈的一天

Bienvenidos al podcast "aprende español hablando". En este séptimo podcast, aprenderemos varias expresiones relacionadas con el clima a través de ejemplos fáciles y prácticos.

Aprende español con Manu

Séptimo episodio de expresiones idiomáticas. El clima.

¿Sabías que escuchar, leer, escribir y hablar constituyen las habilidades lingüísticas para aprender un idioma y el manejo de un lenguaje? ¿Cuál crees que se desarrolla más cuando aprendemos un idioma? ¿Cuál piensas que es más importante? Hoy intentaremos dilucidar estas incógnitas aquí. No te vayas.

Español con todo 

Habilidades lingüísticas para aprender un idioma

안녕하세요. Hello~
한국어 듣기 수업 시작해요. Let's start with the Korean listening class.
선생님 읽어요.  I read it.
잘 들으세요. Please listen well.

I posted the sentences on my blog. 
https://blog.naver.com/laramcraft/222900466976
https://youtu.be/KiNqQ18mpQ8

The basics are important.
It is also good to check the basics of 한글 Hangeul before this listening class.
1-1. Korean alphabet - Vowels 모음 - What is Hangeul?
https://youtu.be/0YzhJ9p2lcs
2-1. Korean alphabet - Consonants 자음 -what are the consonants 자음?
https://youtu.be/lckgvQ_vreA
3-1. Korean alphabet - Final Consonants 받침 - What are the final consonants 받침?
https://youtu.be/sLlFmG30fNI

This is a class to listen to Korean conversational sentences.
In this voice recording for listening, 
After reading many sentences in Korean conversations sentences, 
Check out how much you understand the sentences with a voice recording. 
Never look at the sentences when listening to the voice recording. 
And Listen to the sentence repeatedly until you hear it completely. 

You are listening to the Sejong Korean conversation. (세종학당)
There are four books in total. (Korean conversation, 1, 2, 3, 4.)
It consists of 1st and 2nd courses for beginners and 1st and 2nd courses for intermediate.
Each course is conducted in 14 units. (2 grammar - for each unit.) 
This listening class you are taking is Korean Conversation 2. (Beginner 2) 
Please listen carefully.

Korean Listening Class 한국어 문장 듣기 - Korean teacher, Grace

Korean Conversation 2 - Lesson 9. Part 1 -을 때/-ㄹ 때,  Part 2 -을게요/-ㄹ 게요  (Beginner 2)

Korean Speaking Practice 5. 
Grammar : N(time)-에, N(place)-에서, 안 V/A
                   ex) 저는 아침 7시에 일어나요. 
                         저는 학교에서 공부해요. 
                         저는 청소를 안 했어요. 
                         그 여자는 안 예뻐요. 
Expression : 이제 N을/를 그만하세요. 
                      ex) 이제 게임을 그만하세요. 

Speaking Practice - Beginner

5. N(time)-에, N(place)-에서, 안V/A

Cam Fairbairn was working in restaurants when he started a side hustle — work he did on top of his regular job — making and selling his own jam.

Making jam was a hobby, but he'd been encouraged by a friend to make it an extra source of income.

However, he soon stopped enjoying it when his hobby became a business. He went back to focusing on his day job.

But not everyone is so lucky. For some, a side hustle is not just a good way to make extra money from something you love — it's a necessity.

Shonnita Leslie had big education debts to pay, so while she was working at a university during the day, her side hustle was delivering food. She needed the extra money to pay off those debts.

And according to new data, Leslie is not alone.

A survey by Bankrate found that more than one third of Americans have a side hustle. Among those aged between 18 and 27, it's 48%.

Of the Americans with a side job, 36% use that extra money to pay for daily necessities like housing and food. And 32% said they think they'll always need a side hustle to make ends meet.

"People are telling us they're side hustling because they have to, not because they want to," Ted Rossman from Bankrate told CNBC.

The survey of more than 2,300 Americans also found that about 28% of people with a side hustle make at least $500 per month from their second job. Around 9% of people said they make more than $2,000.

