A short history of tea and how to prepare it, British style.

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The Perfect Cup of Tea

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Hoy conoceremos qué es eso de la reserva cognitiva, cómo esto se relaciona con la vejez y cómo usted, yo o cualquiera puede trabajar en pro de preservar la salud cerebral y cuidar su reserva cognitiva.

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Il conte Gastaldi è sicuro che uno dei suoi quattro domestici è una spia e che la sua vita è in pericolo. Toccherà all' ispettore Malvisi sventare la minaccia e assicurare il colpevole alla giustizia.

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『能ある鷹は爪を隠す』（のうあるたかはつめかくす）ということわざが日本語にあります。
これは、まさに日本っぽい表現だと思っています。
狩りをする鷹（たか）は、その鋭（するど）い爪（つめ）を見せない事から、能力のある人ほど、その能力をひけらかさないという意味です。

「ひけらかさない」というのは、得意（とくい）そうに見せることです。
つまり、日本では自分は他の人より優れていると思っても、決してそれを口にしてはいけないということです。

これは、小学生ぐらいから暗黙（あんもく）のルールとして教育されていきます。
例えば、学校の授業で算数の問題があったとします。その問題に簡単に答えられても、子供たちは静かにしていなくてはなりません。常に、先生からは「自分が分かっても黙（だま）っておきましょう」と注意されます。先生は「まだほかにやっている人がいます」「これは難しい問題です」とできる生徒の発言を抑制することがたびたびあります。

でも、黙っているだけでは、自分の能力に気付いてもらえないことが多いです。子供たちは、身近な大人や先生に自分の優れた能力に気付いてほしいと常にチャンスを狙っています。ただ、人より優れた能力は「さりげなく」アピールしなくてはいけないのです。大切なのは「さりげなく」アピールすることです。
これがアピールしすぎてしまうと、「目立ちすぎ」と言って嫌われる傾向にあります。自分の能力を堂々とアピールして褒められることは少ないのです。つまり『出る杭は打たれる』のです。（才能や手腕（しゅわん）がある人が目立つ行動をすると、他の人から憎（にく）まれ、非難（ひなん）されること）

このことは、日本の職場ではしょっちゅうあることです。そして、日本企業の就職面接の場においても、同じようなことがあります。
日本社会では「協調性」をとても重視します。なので、新入社員のグループ面接で、取り立てて大した発言をしなかった人が、合格するということはよくあることです。
では、優秀な人は、どんな表現をするのでしょうか。
彼らの口癖（くちぐせ）は「私なんてまだまだです」「私なんか大したことないです」「こんなの誰でもできますよ」「勉強はただ好きなだけです」という感じです。
不思議だと思いませんか。

私は日本生まれ、日本育ちですが、たまにこの謙遜しすぎる社会に疲れることがあります。


「のぞみ」の「日本ってどんな国」

『能ある鷹は爪を隠す

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op universities in California like Stanford and the University of Southern California will no longer be able to favor the relatives of alumni and school donors during the application process.

That's after state governor Gavin Newsom signed a law banning all private nonprofit colleges from giving preference to so-called "legacy" applicants and those with links to donors.

Newsom said the law already applied to public universities in the state. The law will now apply to all universities from September 2025.

The governor said: "In California, everyone should be able to get ahead through merit, skill, and hard work. The California Dream shouldn't be accessible to just a lucky few, which is why we're opening the door to higher education wide enough for everyone, fairly."

California is the second US state to ban both public and private universities from favoring legacy applicants. Maryland was the first, earlier this year, although the state's top school — Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore — had already ended the practice independently.

Virginia, Illinois and Colorado have banned public universities from giving preferential treatment to those with links to former students or donors.

Admissions to US universities are very competitive. And legacy admissions policies give an advantage to applicants whose — often wealthy, often white — family members previously attended the university, or who have donated money to the school.

A 2022 study looked at one unnamed US university and found that, over a 16-year period, 34% of legacy applicants were accepted — compared to just 14% of non-legacy applicants.

A group representing private colleges in California said it was "uncomfortable" with the state getting involved in the universities' admissions processes, but said the institutions would follow the new law.



Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

California Bans 'Legacy' College Admissions

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/223046641391
https://youtu.be/e4f-0oNzcRE

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 with Korean grammar 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 4. (Intermediate 2)
Please listen carefully.