Wind down your day and relax with a dose of Italian. Listen to a soothing voice with a background of live tropical nocturnal sounds.

Bedside Italian

おにぎりがある棚からあるおにぎりが目についた、それは明太子だ。私は漢字が少し読める。
最初の字は[明] 明日や明るいの漢字だ、次は[太]
太いや太陽の漢字だ、最後に[子] 子供や餃子(ぎょうざ)に使われている漢字だ。写真を見ても何か全然わからない。緊張するが店員に聞くことにした。一人の店員がおにぎりの棚の横で新しいサラダの商品を補充していた。その男は若くて長い黒髪を後ろで束ねていた。インナーメッシュをしてあるようで水色の髪が少し耳のあたりから見えた。

私「　すみません、、」
店員A 「はい、」
私「これはなんですか？」
店員A「おにぎりです。」
私「このピンク色の写真の物はなんですか？」
店員A「 明太子　(め•ん•た•い•こ) です。」
私「めんたいこ？？」
店員A「明太子とは魚のたらのたまごです」
私「どんな味ですか？」
店員A「塩の味が強くて、めんたいこの風味があります。」
私「わかりました、買います。どうもありがとうございました！」

私は会話が終わったとたんどっと疲れた。緊張はまだ残っているが、汗ばんだ両手で明太子と梅のおにぎりを一つずつ持ちレジへと向かった。



[単語リスト]

餃子　ぎょうざ

緊張　きんちょう

補充する　ほじゅうする

束ねる　たばねる

水色　みずいろ

梅　うめ

風味　ふうみ

汗ばむ　あせばむ



I noticed a  onigiri from the shelf with onigiri, it is cod roe. I can read a few kanji. The first character is [mei], which means tomorrow or bright, the next is [tai], which means thick or sun, and the last is [ko], which is used for children or gyoza (dumplings). I had no idea what it was even though I looked at the pictures. I was nervous, but decided to ask the staff. One of the staff was restocking new salad items next to the onigiri (rice ball) shelf. The man was young and had long black hair tied back. He seemed to have an inner mesh, and a little bit of his light blue hair was visible around his ears.


I  "Excuse me," 
Staff A  "Yes," 
I "What is this?" 
Staff A  "It's an onigiri." 
I  "What is this pink thing in the picture?" 
StaffA  "It's mentaiko." 
I  "Mentaiko? 
Staff A  "Mentaiko is the egg of cod roe" 
I  "What does it taste like? 
Staff A  "It has a strong salt taste and mentaiko flavor. 
I  "Okay, I will buy it. Thank you very much!" 

I was exhausted as soon as the conversation ended. My nerves were still in place, but with sweaty hands I took one mentaiko and one ume onigiri and headed for the cash register.




[word list].
　
dumpling   餃子　ぎょうざ

Tense　 緊張　きんちょう

restock 補充する　ほじゅうする

bundle　  束ねる　たばねる

light blue   水色　みずいろ

Plum    梅　うめ

flavor　  風味　ふうみ

to sweat　  汗ばむ　あせばむ



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Vol.49 読む練習　日本旅行物語2 Reading Practice Japan Travel Story 2

Hola chicos ¿cómo están? Espero que se encuentren muy bien, en el episodio de hoy hablaremos de otro gran estado en México, nos referimos a Yucatán.

Otra joya escondida que oculta demasiado, hablaremos acerca de lo más representativo que este estado tiene, como es Chichén Itza, El templo de Kukulcán, los cenotes y sobre todo hablaremos de muchas expresiones provenientes del maya que son utilizadas en el español de Yucatán, para que así expandas tu vocabulario del español y tengas nuevas formas de expresarte que te harán sonar más nativo.

Si deseas leer la transcripción de este podcast para no perderte ni una sola palabra de lo que decimos, puedes hacerlo yendo a este enlace: https://esdeverdad.com/podcast/espanol-yucateco

Es De Verdad

T2 E7 - Palabras del Maya usadas en el español mexicano (Yucatán México)

[ — Audio description, listen and read along for greater understanding. — ]

Ana: Oi, Camila! Tudo bem?
Camila: Oi, Ana! Tudo e você?
Ana: Tudo bem! Quais são os seus planos para o final de semana?
Camila: Ainda não sei... Talvez eu vá ao parque no sábado. E você?
Ana: Eu vou ao cinema com a minha irmã.
Camila: Que legal! Qual filme vocês vão assistir?
Ana: Acho que vamos ver uma comédia. Eu adoro filmes engraçados!
Camila: Eu também! Qual cinema vocês vão?
Ana: No shopping perto da minha casa. Você quer ir com a gente?
Camila: Ah, eu adoraria! Que horas?
Ana: A sessão começa às sete da noite.
Camila: Perfeito! Então nos encontramos no shopping.
Ana: Combinado! Até lá!

PORTUREAD - Listen to small texts and conversations samples in portuguese!

Ana e Camila falam sobre cinema — SMALL TALK A2-B2 LEVEL

3月21日に日本でもようやくコロナに関する規制がほとんどなくなりました。
しかし、東京都は都内の６つの公園でお花見をすることを禁止するそうです。
東京都は花見を禁止する理由はマスクをしないで集まって食事をしたり、花見で人がたくさん集まったりすると、コロナになる人が増える可能性があるためと言っています。

「ニュースについてのコメント」
日本人はとても心配性なので、みんながマスクを外してコロナの前の生活に戻るのはまだ先になりそうですね。

[参考：News WEB EASY]

ようやく：finally
関する：かんする　relating to~
規制：きせい　restriction
禁止する：きんしする 　to ban
 理由：りゆう　reason
集まる：あつまる　gather
心配性：しんぱいしょう　Worrywart, the person who often get paranoid 
可能性：かのうせい　possibility

Nihongo Short Story by Noriko

え、今年もお花見できないの？

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/222875733824
https://youtu.be/fw3VUlG0C44

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 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 2. (Beginner 2) 
Please listen carefully.

Korean Listening Class 한국어 문장 듣기 - Korean teacher, Grace

Korean Conversation 2 - Lesson 5. Part 1 -은 후에/-ㄴ 후에,  Part 2 -고 있다  (Beginner 2)

Nick tells you what to expect on this new podcast!

IELTS with Nick - World Knowledge 

Introduction

Liam and Ava, soaked at a rainy bus stop, misunderstand each other over the phrase "Tell me about it." After a funny rant and clarification, Liam considers booking English lessons for better fluency.

LEARN BY LISTENING

Rainy Rant & English Secrets: A Misunderstanding Leads to a Lesson

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LtNrpJUVnTJQCaBA-raEKSsw_t46vCGx/view?usp=drivesdk