(Posted on 03.01.2022) Happy New Year! Welcome to Slow Japanese!
Did you make this year's resolutions? I did!

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Slow Japanese

Episode #19 - New Year's resolutions

Learn Three Sentences a Day：Day17
S49—S51

Master Mandarin Daily : Learn Three Sentences a Day!

Learn Three Sentences a Day：Day17

嗨，大家好，我是史密斯老师。你现在正在听这个是因为你正在寻找一位英语老师，他会帮助你学会如何用英语表达自己。并不是说你不认识很多单词，而是你不知道如何运用它们来表达自己。如果这是你的问题，那就预约一堂课程和我一起学习如何用英语表达自己吧。

LEARN BY LISTENING

 我是你的英语老师。

En el episodio de hoy hablo de interjecciones, que son palabras cortitas que intentan imitar un sonido y que tienen un significado en sí mismas. En él menciono algunas expresiones españolas muy comunes, su significado y situaciones donde podemos utilizarlas.

Blanca to go 

17– exclamaciones en español 

Simple conversations are perfect for breaking the ice, and they are perfect for beginners. Talk about everyday situations like shopping, traveling, and dining out.


🗣️ Daily Life Dialogues

Dialogue between two friends on spending summer vocation. (Chapter # 4)

大家好，您正在收听中文播客《丹霞说》，我是丹霞。今天我给大家说说白雪的爸爸。

白雪的爸爸叫夏东海，妈妈常常叫他老夏。老夏做的菜很好吃，他有一家饭店。叫“老夏饭店”。饭店不大，可是每天都有很多客人。饭店里有饭，有面条儿，果汁，还有很多菜。

白雪小的时候，每天都跟爸爸妈妈一起去饭店，他们三个人也在饭店吃早饭、午饭和晚饭，每天都很晚关门回家。可以说，饭店是白雪的第二个家。

客人们都很喜欢白雪，喜欢和她说话。白雪有大大的眼睛和小小的嘴巴，很可爱。爸爸妈妈很忙的时候，白雪也能帮忙给客人拿筷子，水和菜单。

白雪六岁的时候开始上学，爸爸每天早上给女儿准备午饭，因为白雪觉得学校的午饭不好吃，她喜欢吃爸爸做的。下午四点多，白雪从学校回到饭店，爸爸妈妈问她今天在学校学习了什么。如果饭店没有人来吃饭，爸爸会看白雪写作业。

这些词语你明白了吗？

客人    kè rén  guest
面条儿 miàn tiáo’er  noodles
菜     cài  dish, vegetable
关门   guān mén to close door
说话   shuō huà  to speak, talk
帮忙   bāng máng to help
拿     ná  to take, to hold
筷子   kuài zi  chopsticks
菜单   cài dān  menu
准备   zhǔn bèi to  prepare; preparation
觉得   jué de  to think, feel
作业   zuò yè  homework


Today I'll tell you about Bai Xue's father.

Bai Xue's father is named Xia Donghai, and his mother often calls him Lao Xia. Lao Xia's cooks very well. He has a restaurant. It's called "Laoxia Restaurant". The restaurant is not big, but there are many guests come every day. There are rice, noodles, fruit juice and many dishes in the restaurant.

When Bai Xue was young, she went to the restaurant with her parents every day. The three of them also had breakfast, lunch and dinner in the restaurant. They closed late every day and went home. It can be said that the restaurant is Bai Xue's second home.


The guests all like Bai Xue and like to talk to her. Bai Xue has big eyes and small mouth. She is adorable. When mom and dad are busy, Bai Xue can also help bring chopsticks, water and menus to guests.


Bai Xue started school when she was six. Her father prepares lunch for her daughter every morning. Because Bai Xue thinks the school lunch is not delicious, she likes to eat what her father makes.

At time past 4 pm., Bai Xue returned to the restaurant from school. Her parents asked her what she learned at school today. If no one comes to the restaurant for meal, dad will watch Bai Xue do her homework.

 HSK3 Vocab Based - Short Story Podcast

02. 白雪爸爸有个饭店 Báixuě bàba yǒu gè fàndiàn Baixue’s dad has a restaurant

1、Social and payment:  Wechat(微信 wēi xìn）
2、Online payment and travel: Alipay（支付宝 zhī fù bǎo）
3、Translation dictionary：Pleco and Youdao （有道 yǒu dào）
4、Maps：Baidu map and Gaode map（百度地图 bǎi dù dì tú 、高德地图 gāo dé dì tú ）
5、Delivery applications：  Meituan and hungry me（美团 měi tuán、 饿了么 è le me）
6、Entertainment：Tiktok（抖音 dǒu yīn）
7、E-commerce softwares: Taobao and alibaba（淘宝 táo bǎo、 阿里巴巴 ā lǐ bā bā）

Welcome to visit China ”欢迎来中国!“

 The Essential Mobile Apps in China

Chat & eat 🌮 Charlar y comer ⚡ Monday & Wednesday 

CAPITULO 2 : ¿Sabes que estoy comiendo? // CHAPTER 2: Do you know what I'm eating?

A social media ban for children under 16 has passed the Australian Senate and will soon become a world-first law.

The law will make social media platforms — TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram — liable for fines of up to $33 million for failures to prevent children younger than 16 from holding accounts.

The platforms will have one year to work out how they could implement the ban before penalties come into effect.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the ban is necessary, having previously argued that there is a "clear, causal link" between social media and the harm done to the mental health of young Australians.

Opposition Senator Maria Kovacic shared similar views.

"The core focus of this legislation is simple: It demands that social media companies take reasonable steps to identify and remove underage users from their platforms," she told the Senate.

"This is a responsibility these companies should have been fulfilling long ago, but for too long they have shirked these responsibilities in favor of profit," she added.

But while many support the ban, some argue the legislation could cause more harm than it prevents.

Senator David Shoebridge, from the Greens party, said mental health experts agreed that the ban could dangerously isolate many children who used social media to find support.

"This policy will hurt vulnerable young people the most, especially in regional communities and especially the LGBTQI community, by cutting them off," Shoebridge told the Senate.

Opponents also argue the ban would isolate children, deprive them of the positive aspects of social media, drive them to the dark web, discourage children too young for social media to report harm and reduce incentives for platforms to improve online safety.

While the law is the first of its kind worldwide, other countries have discussed similar measures.

