IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 1 - Spending time alone.

Q. Do you spend a lot of time by yourself?
Q. What do you usually do when you are alone?
Q. Has what you do when you are by yourself changed a lot since your childhood?
Q. Do you think it is important to have time for yourself?

Please time your answers. How long did it take you to answer these questions individually? How do you feel about your current results? What would you like to work on?

IELTS-SPEAKING 8-9 BAND IS POSSIBLE. DAILY SPEAKING PRACTICE PART 1,2 & 3. Listen daily.

IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 1 - Spending time alone.

前回のポッドキャストで初詣の話をしたのを覚えていますか？
あの後、私たちはそれぞれ初詣に行って、おみくじを引いてきました。
今回は、その結果について話します。

Do you remember that we talked about 初詣 in our last podcast?
After that, we went to 初詣 and draw おみくじ.
This time, we talk about the results.

♤ キーワード 
・正真正銘（しょうしんしょうめい：genuine, authentic） 
・矛盾（むじゅん：contradiction） 
・渋い（しぶい：sour, bitter, not totally pleasant or happy） 
・はしごする（go from one … to another） 
・吉凶を占う（きっきょうをうらなう：tell someone’s fortune） 
・ひねくれる（get twisted）   

♧ 理解度チェッククイズ  
1. 二人のおみくじの結果は？  
2. アヤが神社をはしごした理由は？  

♢ 前回のクイズの答え 
1. アヤが初詣でいつもすることは？  
→ おみくじを引く 
2. フミがそれを躊躇（ちゅうちょ）してしまう理由は？
→ ネガティブなことが書いてあると嫌だから  

BGM special thanks：MusMus

アヤさんとフミさんの日本語雑談（Aya and Fumi’s Japanese Chit-Chat）

Episode 22：おみくじの結果

Continuamos aprendiendo más sobre el transporte en Perú. Esta vez les traigo información sobre los tipos de buses.
Transcripción y traducción disponible en: https://conpedepatria.blog/2022/11/21/los-buses/
¡Gracias por escuchar!

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13. Los buses y el sistema de transporte en Perú

みなさんはどこにでも住めるとしたら、どこに住みたいですか？

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＃13 どこでも住めるとしたらの話

No matter how independent you are, there are certain things that you can't do alone. This is why mentors and coaches are important. What is the importance of a coach in your journey?
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Cafes are a popular meeting place — whether you're meeting a friend, meeting someone for the first time or even having an informal business meeting.

But Shojo Cafe is not the place to go if you're planning to talk to people. The new cafe in Osaka doesn't allow any sound — that means no music or talking, and orders must be made silently.

The cafe opened in April, as a space where people can go to enjoy some peace and quiet in a busy city.

It's run by AB Possible, an organization that supports people with disabilities. Many of the cafe employees are deaf or have hearing difficulties, and a space like this allows them to play an active role in society, the organization said.

Customers are asked to make their orders silently, such as by writing or pointing at the menu.

Sign language is also encouraged — and if you're interested in learning, there are informal sign language classes after the cafe closes. Classes are one hour long and cost 2,000 yen — or about $13 — which also includes a cup of matcha.

The organization said that, unlike a normal cafe where people talk to each other, the silence in Shojo Cafe will help customers focus on other things — like the color and taste of the cafe's tea and sweets. Customers can even try making the matcha themselves.

Cafe owner Haruna Matsumoto told The Asahi Shimbun the idea for the cafe came after she visited a silent cafe in Vietnam, and all she could hear was the sound of rain and people walking.

"I got to know the comfort of silence and the lively way the cafe staff worked," Matsumoto said, adding that she wanted more people to learn about both things.

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No Talking Allowed at Osaka's Silent Cafe

Los diminutivos y aumentativos forman parte de nuestro léxico habitual. Son palabras derivadas que utilizamos cuando queremos resaltar las propiedades de un objeto o fenómeno sin necesidad de utilizar adjetivos o descripciones. Por ejemplo, en vez de decir que "una casa es pequeña" podemos decir que es una "casita".

¿Qué son los diminutivos?
Utilizados en el argot popular como expresión de cariño o afecto ("muchas gracias, chiquitita"), aunque también pueden usarse en el sentido despectivo ("tenía que hablar el señorito"). Según la Real Academia Española de la Lengua, los diminutivos “expresan disminución, atenuación o intensidad. Se trata de sufijos que modifican el significado de una palabra, usualmente un sustantivo, para darle un tono de menor importancia o tamaño.

¿Qué se entiende por aumentativo?
Los aumentativos no son más que aquellos sufijos que “expresan un aumento, intensidad o exceso por el vocablo al que se une”, según la Real Academia Española de la Lengua. Normalmente, se forman añadiendo el sufijo al final de la palabra para matizar su significado y designar a un objeto de mayor tamaño, algo grande o de mayor importancia.
