Medical Spanish🐒🏥🎧
Duración: 4 minutos

La viruela del mono = monkeypox
Aquí les dejo el link del artículo del The New York Times (en español).


Medical Spanish

Monkeypox  🐒🏥🎧

You can listen to this episode when reading the first chapter of The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. This short podcast highlights some of the themes and vocabulary from this chapter, and it also shares a fun quote. 

Here is the vocabulary covered in this episode: 

1. primeval (adj.) – having existed from the beginning
2. pondered (v.) – think about (something) carefully, especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion
3. digesting (v.) – convert food into absorbable substances
4. disheartened (adj.) – having lost determination or confidence; dispirited
5. encounters (n.) – an unexpected or casual meeting with someone or something
6. consequence (n.) – a result of a particular action or situation

If you would like to join the The Little Prince book club, you can find more details about the group class at the following link: 

https://www.italki.com/en/group-class/detail/1969828545 

Please let me know if you have any questions or need further information! 🌟

Book Club: The Little Prince

Let's Explore The Little Prince: Chapter 1 

⬇️ Lower (put something down) 放下 (Fàngxià)
🛠️ Make 做 (Zuò)
❤️ Make love 做爱 (Zuò'ài)
🤝 Make up (compensate) 补偿 (Bǔcháng)
🧱 Make up (constitute) 组成 (Zǔchéng)

Want to challenge yourself? Dive into these exciting resources!
🔹 C(51) Quiz: Test your knowledge and see how well you understand today’s verbs!
🔹 C(51) Vocabulary Flash Cards: Quick, fun, and effective for mastering these essential expressions!

Book a class with me on Italki, and let’s practice these verbs in real conversations! From lowering barriers to making up for lost time, these verbs will make your English more expressive, natural, and versatile.

Looking forward to helping you master these skills! Let’s make learning fun and impactful! 🌟

5 Verbs a Day. 每天学习五个动词。

C (51) Verbs Set :Lower (put something down) Make Make love Make up (compensate) Make up (constitute)

“ I actually just finished a wonderful engrossing book just last week, which I couldn’t put down for a moment, and read from cover to cover in just two days. The book was an autobiography on a very famous musician and member of one of the most famous rock bands in history, the Rolling stones….

 

It was one of my friends who is also interested in music recommended the book to me, as he knew I am a huge fan of the Rolling Stones. That evening I checked out reviews for the book online and everyone was giving it a 5 star rating, so it was off to the bookshop for me to pick up a copy as quickly as I could. 

 

The book basically tells the life story of a music legend from his time growing up as a young child in England in the 1950s to becoming a rock legend, and a founding member of one of the biggest rock bands of all time. It really gave an incredible insight into his life, from a very humble beginning to becoming a megastar. It certainly was not heavy reading, and the author’s sense of humour actually made it light reading.

 

The reasons I really loved this book so much apart from being a lifetime fan of the central character, were firstly…. It gave me an amazing insight into the real life of a rockstar, which was actually very thought provoking…….I also found it very inspiring and uplifting….to discover how this young boy from a very normal background believed in his dreams, and stopped at nothing to achieve them….and of course the crazy journey of a rock star along the way…So….yes…..It really was one of those books that i just couldn’t put down, and would have no hesitation in recommending  to anyone.

IELTS 85 Speaking

Describe a book you enjoyed - IELTS speaking part 2 topic.

Hi guys, I wrote those stories based on HSK1 vocabulary and sentence patterns to help you learn Chinese. Hope you will like it!

小桃8岁了，她上小学一年级，她家有四口人，爸爸，妈妈，哥哥和她。她还有一只猫和一只狗。她的猫叫喵喵（miao1 miao），她的狗叫阿黄（a huang2）。猫是白色的，狗是黄色的。小桃有很多爱好，比如唱歌、画画、弹吉他。但是她最喜欢的是书法（shu1 fa3 colligraphy），她每天都要练习写毛笔字。她的字写得很好。﻿﻿小桃平时很忙，从周一到周五每天都要上课，下课后还要写作业，上兴趣班。周末不上课的时候，爸爸妈妈有时候会带她出去玩，他们经常去郊游，爸爸开车带她去爬山或者去湖边散步。﻿﻿小桃喜欢吃很多东西，比如饺子，面条，包子还有她的最爱糖葫芦。糖葫芦很甜很好吃。但是不能多吃，因为会牙疼。﻿﻿小桃最喜欢穿白色的衣服，尤其是夏天，她的裙子都是白色的。﻿﻿小桃有两个很好的朋友，一个叫欢欢，另一个叫芳芳。他们都是8岁，在同一个年级nian2 ji2 (grade)，但是不同班级(ban1 ji2) class. 他们经常在一起写作业，做游戏。﻿﻿现在很多小孩子都喜欢打游戏，但是小桃不喜欢，她喜欢看书，听音乐。她比较喜欢安静的活动。﻿﻿小桃平时8点半睡觉，但是有时候作业太多，写不完，她只能十点睡觉。妈妈觉得这样很不好，但是没办法，现在小孩子压力很大。﻿﻿小桃每天走路去上学，因为她家离学校不远。她不喜欢坐公交车，因为需要等车，又不舒服。More episodes coming up....



CloverChinese

HSK1 (Level 1) Listening and Reading Practice

Full transcript: https://japanesemayuna.com/

はい、こんにちは。今回はポッドキャストの8回目です。週末はこの前買ったアンクルウェイトをつけて筋トレをしました。アンクルウェイトは、0.5kgの違いでも大きな変化を感じます。ダンベルも3kgから5kgにしようと考えていましたが、いきなり重くすると体に負担がかかりすぎて、よくないかもしれません。無理のない習慣を続けながら、少しずつ増やしていく必要がありそうです。仕事や勉強のプロセスも似ています。

Hello, This is episode 8 of season 2 of my podcast. At the weekend I did some muscle training with the ankle weights I bought last time. With ankle weights, even a difference of 0.5 kg makes a big difference. I was also thinking of increasing the dumbbells from 3kg to 5kg, but suddenly going heavier might not be a good idea as it puts too much strain on the body. I think I need to increase the weight steadily little by little while continuing regularly, and not exerting myself too much.The process of work and study is similar.

先週は大学の授業でZ世代の話をしました。Z世代とは、1990年代後半から2010年ぐらいまでに生まれた人です。私はその一つ前のミレニアル世代(1980～1995年生まれ)です。Y世代とも呼ばれます。Z世代はデジタル・ネイティブなので、コミュニケーションや情報集めをほとんどオンラインで行います。大学教授にはX世代(1965年～1980年生まれ)以前の人が多いです。X世代のコミュニケーションや情報集めの方法は、電話でした。Y世代の私は、インターネットも電話もよく使います。授業では、すべての世代が集まって、考え方の違いについて議論しました。

Last week I talked about Generation Z in my university class. Generation Z are people born between the late 1990s and about 2010. I am a millennial (born between 1980 and 1995), one generation before that, also known as Generation Y. Generation Z are digital natives, so they do most of their communication and information gathering online. Many university professors are Generation X (born 1965-1980) or pre-Generation X; the way Generation X communicated and gathered information was by telephone. As Generation Y, I use both the internet and the telephone a lot. In class, all generations came together to discuss differences in thinking.

今日は休みでしたが、昔の日本語の生徒さんの仕事を手伝いました。彼女はマーケティングの仕事をしていて、Z世代の調査を行なっています。調査に協力してくれるZ世代を集めるために、私は広告を作って、東京の２つの大学に送りました。１つは私が中退した大学で、もう一つは私が通っていた高校の付属校です。「付属校」とは、同じ組織が経営している違う学校です。たとえば１つの組織が小学校から大学までの４つの学校を経営しています。付属校に行く場合は、受験は必要ありません。日本の私立学校ではよくあるシステムです。

Japanese Lessons with Mayuna

S2 Ep8. Z世代

Series: The Woman Behind the Words

Many women speak clearly in their own language —
but the moment English enters the room, something inside tightens.

Thoughts speed up.
The body contracts.
The voice becomes careful instead of alive.

This episode explores why this happens even to brilliant, experienced women —
and why the collapse is not about grammar, ability, or vocabulary.

It’s about the internal script that gets activated under pressure:
the fear of being judged,
the urge to sound “perfect,”
the pressure to perform instead of express.

You’ll hear why the voice loses presence in real moments,
what actually drives this reaction,
and how awareness alone begins to restore stability, clarity, and self-trust.

A gentle reflection inside the episode:

“Where do you abandon yourself the moment pressure rises —
and what would it feel like to stay with yourself instead?”

🌿 Mini-Exercise: “Reuniting the Two Voices”

Duration: 2 minutes — soft, no pressure

1. Close your eyes for one breath.
Notice how your body shifts when you think about speaking English.
Don’t fix. Just observe.

2. Ask yourself quietly:

“Who shows up when I speak English — the one who expresses, or the one who tries to survive?”

Let the answer arrive on its own.
Your nervous system will show you the truth faster than your mind.

3. Place one hand on your chest and whisper:

“Both versions of me are allowed to be here.”

This softens the internal split.

4. Now complete this sentence in your mind:

“When I speak English, the part of me that takes over is the part that wants to…”

(…be perfect, avoid judgment, stay safe, not bother anyone, sound smart — whatever is true for you.)

5. One final breath:
Let your shoulders drop 1%.
That 1% is where your real voice begins to return.

You can also explore this kind of work with me - book a private consultation with me on my profile. Hope to see you in a deep transformation soon!


“The Pro Behind the Words” - You don’t need new words. You need the REAL YOU who speaks them.

Episode 5 — “The Woman Who Stops Herself Mid-Sentence”

On May 10th, we celebrate all the mothers in the world. It is very important in our Mexican culture. Since pre-Hispanic times, love for the mother was present even in the Aztec culture. This poem, written in Nahuatl from the time of the great Nezahualcóyotl, is still present today.

Quetzal: Explorando la Cultura Mexicana

Episodio 2. Nonantzin 

En este episodio hablaré sobre Costa Rica, información relevante sobre su cultura, su música, sus ciudades y otros detalles. Bienvenidos.