Hello everyone, I hope you are doing well. Today I’ll be commenting on an article titled: “Why are people on TikTok asking men how often they think about the Roman Empire?” published on CBSNews. Don’t hesitate to participate in the discussion if you wish. Enjoy.

Useful vocabulary:
An enthusiast
To go viral
Modern-days sewage system
To popularize
An Aqueduct
To rise to power
A spectacular collapse
To expand
A political / military system
An emblematic movie
To be portrayed (in TV shows or movies)


Let's check out the news

New TikTok trend: How often do you think about the Roman Empire?

Businessperson 1: Mmmm! That burger looks delicious! I might order some takeout too. I’m exhausted.
Businessperson 2: Yeah, it’s really tasty and massive. And the fries are THE best.
Businessperson 1: What are you watching there?
Businessperson 2: This amazing documentary on food waste. Have you seen it?
Businessperson 1: No, is it any good?
Businessperson 2: Scary! I’m blown away by the statistics. Did you know that, out of all the food that is produced to eat, the world throws away about one-third of it? Every single year.
Businessperson 1: Seriously?
Businessperson 2: Yeah! We could feed three billion people with that food. And it’s worth one trillion US dollars.
Businessperson 1: I can’t even wrap my head around how much food that is.
Businessperson 2: Maybe this will help. You’ve been to China, right?
Businessperson 1: Yes. I did that trip from Shanghai to Beijing with my friends. Amazing.
Businessperson 2: So imagine that all of China was just fields that grow crops.
Businessperson 1: That’s a lot of crops.
Businessperson 2: It is. It’s 2.5 billion acres. Now imagine we just throw away all the food that we make with them.
Businessperson 1: That’s crazy!
Businessperson 2: But it’s not just that. It’s the whole food process. The water that is used to grow the wasted food is the equivalent of 200 liters, per person, per day for 9 billion people.
Businessperson 1: 9 billion? But there are only about 7 billion people on the Earth now, aren’t there?
Businessperson 2: Exactly! There won’t be 9 billion people on the planet until the middle of this century, and by then, we will need to be producing 70% more food than we do now to feed everyone.
Businessperson 1: It doesn’t make sense at all. Especially when you consider all of the people who are hungry in the world. I read that about 700 million people don’t have enough food right now.
Businessperson 2: I know! A lot of it, would you believe, is apparently to do with how it looks. 

English Conversation/Dialogue

FOOD WASTE 

Words which tend to go together well and, when you use them, you sound more fluent.

IELTS Vocab

IELTS Collocations


打破蛋
肩担一旦糕，头顶一篮蛋，手拿一床背，走进一家旅店头歪一点打破蛋，弄脏了糕点背单和旅店。

大鱼小鱼，大渠养大鱼小渠杨小鱼，大渠大鱼吃小鱼，小渠，小鱼怕大鱼。
有一天下大雨，小渠流进大渠水，小渠里有大雨，大渠里没小雨。

气球换皮球，小齐吹气球，小鱼顽皮球，小齐要拿气球换小鱼的皮球，小鱼不拿皮球换小齐的气球?

小妞妞，放牛小妞妞去放牛大牛小牛共六头大牛鸡叫顶小牛鸡，叫顶坏小牛的头即坏了，放牛的小妞妞，小妞妞挥鞭抽大牛，不让大牛顶小牛，人人夸他是爱牛的小妞妞。

绕口令

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Full script with Furigana: https://japanesemayuna.com/

はい、こんにちは。今回はポッドキャストの17回目です。先月は色々なことがありました。いくつか新しい仕事をしました。スニーカーやマットレスが壊れました。新しいかばんと、スニーカーと、マットレスパッドを買いました。マットレスパッドは、マットレスの上に置いて使うマットです。私が好きなボンネルコイルのマットレスは売り切れだったので、一週間後にオンラインで買いました。

Hello, this is episode 17 of season 2 of my podcast. A lot has happened in the last month. I worked on some new projects. My sneakers and mattress broke. I bought a new bag, sneakers and a mattress pad. A mattress pad is a mat that you put on top of your mattress. The bonnell spring mattress I like was sold out, so I bought it online a week later.

最近、デジタルデトックスをしている人が多いです。一人の生徒さんは、ベッドの近くにスマホを置かないようにするために、アナログの時計を買ったそうです。他の生徒さんは、SNSで有名人をフォローしないようにしているそうです。有名人のアカウントはニュースが多すぎるからです。パソコンを使う時間を決めて、なるべくパソコンを使わないようにしている生徒さんもいます。私も、最近SNSのアプリをアンインストールしました。SNSは便利ですが、ずっと見ていると時間を無駄にしてしまうからです。

Many people have recently gone on a digital detox. One of my students bought an analogue clock to keep his phone away from his bed. Another student says he tries not to follow celebrities on social networking sites. This is because celebrity accounts have too much news. Another student decides when to use the computer and tries to avoid using it as much as possible. I also recently uninstalled my social networking apps, because social networking sites are useful, but if you look at them all the time, you waste time.

買い物もそうですね。お店に行くと、時間も限られているし、あまり選択肢がありません。だけど、インターネットで見るとたくさんの商品を一度に比べることができるので、なかなか決められません。また、買おうと思った商品でも、悪いレビューがあると気になってしまいます。「買わない方がいいかな」と思ってしまいます。商品を決めた後も、値段を比べることができると、買うお店やタイミングについて考えてしまいます。買った後にセールでもっと安くなると、残念な気持ちになります。だけど、こういうことを気にするのは、時間がもったいないですね。


Japanese Lessons with Mayuna

S2 Ep17. デジタルデトックス

Here's how to say "Do you come here often?" in Thai: 
👉 "คุณมาที่นี่บ่อยมั้ย?" (kun maa tîi nîi bɔ̀ɔi mái?)

Let's break it down:
🔹 "คุณ" (kun) - means "you"
🔹 "มา" (maa) - means "come"
🔹 "ที่นี่" (tîi nîi) - means "here"
🔹 "บ่อย" (bɔ̀ɔi) - means "often"
🔹 "มั้ย" (mái) - is a question particle, similar to asking "Do you?"

Practice this phrase and give it a try on your next Thai adventure naka! 🌟🥰

Learn Thai with Pailin

Learn to Say "Do You Come Here Often?" in Thai! 🌴

In this episode we will talk about 【Tik Tok】, you will learn how to say 【add to favorites，follow，fans】 ect. The material helps you get used to different voice and accent. 
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It is recommended that you study in the following ways:
Step 1: Gist listening. Listen to get the main idea. (more times if necessary)
Step 2: Read the text to find out words you didn't get, then look up the dictionary. 
Step 3: Listen and imitate as much as you can without looking at the text.
Step 4: Write down what you hear if you want to practise writing.
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大家好，我是Yuli。欢迎收听我的播客。
今天继续和大家分享一些【社交媒体】相关的词。抖音是短视频社交软件，很多人每天都会花很多时间在上面。2022年抖音用户数量在8.09亿左右，日常活跃人数超过7亿，用户日平均使用时长超过100分钟。
打开抖音，如果你觉得这个视频很有意思，你可以给它点赞。如果你想表达自己的看法，那可以评论。如果你觉得这个视频以后你还想再看，你可以收藏。如果你想让你的朋友也一起看，那可以分享/转发给你的抖音好友、微信好友等等。如果你想看到更多这个博主的视频，可以关注他/她。如果你关注了以后不喜欢了，不想再看了，可以取关，意思是“取消关注”。如果你想联系这个博主，你可以给他/她发私信。
抖音除了看小视频，还可以看直播。直播大概有几种类型，娱乐类，例如唱歌、跳舞；游戏类；还有带货类，就是卖东西的。
抖音博主怎么赚钱呢？第一种是通过直播，粉丝打赏送礼物。第二种是接广告。第三种是直播带货。
你用抖音吗？主要看什么视频？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。
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短视频	/	duǎn shì pín	/	short video
用户	/	yòng hù	/	users
活跃	/	huó yuè	/	active
点赞	/	diǎn zàn	/	like
评论	/	píng lùn	/	comment
收藏	/	shōu cáng	/	add to favorites
分享	/	fēn xiǎng	/	share
转发	/	zhuǎn fā	/	repost
博主	/	bó zhǔ	/	vlogger
关注	/	guān zhù	/	follow
取关	/	qǔ guān	/	unfollow
发私信	/	fā sī xìn	/	DM
直播	/	zhí bō	/	live streaming
类型	/	lèi xíng	/	type
带货	/	dài huò	/	commerce，sell goods
通过	/	tōng guò	/	by means of
粉丝	/	fěn sī	/	fans
打赏	/	dǎ shǎng	/	reward
接广告	/	jiē guǎng gào	/	take ads

Yuli's Chinese Channel

抖音 Tik Tok （Intermediate level）

拼音

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1812v9KlDTwNkmivSNYgycJYsxUnp9HpW/view?usp=drivesdk