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English Learner's Boost

What is the Best Strategy to Learn English?

Reading a book in Japanese
''Buying Mittens'' #9　(Written by Nankichi Niimi)
『手袋を買いに』(てぶくろを かいに）
新美南吉・著　第九話
It's a heartwarming story with
beautiful winter portrayal.

You can practice shadowing, repeating with
this reading and the text below.
Besides, it's helpful to study Kanji. 😊
📚My lessons: https://www.italki.com/ja/teacher/6185061

「このお手々にちょうどいい手袋ください」
すると帽子屋さんは、おやおやと思いました。
狐の手です。狐の手が手袋をくれと言うのです。
これはきっと木の葉で買いに来たんだな
と思いました。そこで、
「先にお金をください」
と言いました。
子狐は すなおに、握って来た白銅貨を
二つ帽子屋さんに渡しました。
帽子屋さんはそれを人差指の さきにのっけて、
カチ合せて見ると、よい音がしましたので、
これは木の葉じゃない、ほんとのお金だ
と思いましたので、棚から子供用の毛糸の手袋を
とり出してきて子狐の手に持たせてやりました。
子狐は、お礼を言って
また、もと来た道を帰りはじめました。


【漢字】
お手々・・・おてて
手袋　・・・てぶくろ
帽子屋・・・ぼうしや
思いました・おもいました
狐　　・・・きつね
言う　・・・いう
木の葉・・・このは
買いに・・・かいに
来た　・・・きた
先に　・・・さきに
お金　・・・おかね
子狐　・・・こぎつね
白銅貨・・・はくどうか
二つ　・・・ふたつ
渡しました・わたしました
人差指・・・ひとさしゆび
合わせて・・あわせて
音　　・・・おと
棚　　・・・たな
子供用・・・こどもよう
毛糸　・・・けいと
出して・・・だして
持たせて・・もたせて
お礼　・・・おれい
道　　・・・みち
帰り　・・・かえり

朗読クラブ📚Reading to Japanese language learners 

朗読 『手袋を買いに』第九話 Buying Mittens #9

 🎧 Episode 01: Dive Into Cha Chaan Teng Culture (茶餐廳文化 – caa4 caan1 teng1 man4 faa3) Hi! I’m Celia, your host at Bitesize Cantonese. In this episode, we explore the vibrant world of Cha Chaan Tengs (茶餐廳 – caa4 caan1 teng1) — Hong Kong’s iconic tea cafés. From macaroni soup (通粉 – tung1 fan2) to iced milk tea (凍奶茶 – dung3 naai5 caa4), discover how these lively spots blend East and West.


Bite Size Cantonese

EP01 Cha Chaan Teng Culture茶餐廳 

Guests Leave Taps Running for 25 Days in Seoul

English Vibes

The Airbnb Nightmare

Tea and the Industrial RevolutionA Cambridge professor says that a change in drinking habits was the reason for the Industrial Revolution in Britain. Anjana Abuja reports

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Alan Macfarlane, professor of anthropological science at King’s College, Cambridge has, like other historians, spent decades wrestling with the enigma of the Industrial Revolution. Why did this particular Big Bang – the world-changing birth of industry-happen in Britain? And why did it strike at the end of the 18th century?

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Macfarlane compares the puzzle to a combination lock. ‘There are about 20 different factors and all of them need to be present before the revolution can happen,’ he says. For industry to take off, there needs to be the technology and power to drive factories, large urban populations to provide cheap labour, easy transport to move goods around, an affluent middle-class willing to buy mass-produced objects, a market-driven economy and a political system that allows this to happen. While this was the case for England, other nations, such as Japan, the Netherlands and France also met some of these criteria but were not industrialising. All these factors must have been necessary. But not sufficient to cause the revolution, says Macfarlane. ‘After all, Holland had everything except coal while China also had many of these factors. Most historians are convinced there are one or two missing factors that you need to open the lock.’

C and D parts will be added below.

The Habits of Professionals Growing Into Strong, Confident English Communicators

IELTS READING & LISTENING & COMPREHENSION. Tea and the Industrial Revolution

In this episode, we reflect on how children acquire their first language and what adults can learn from it.

Rethinking Language Learning

Kids and learning languages

你喜欢印度料理吗？你的必点是什么菜？你会做印度料理吗？留言告诉我们吧！

Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

印式中餐 Chinese-Indian Fusion Cuisine

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
〈#119〉9月23日金曜日　天気/くもり　気温/16℃ 

網走湖/あばしりこ
網走市/あばしりし
大空町/おおぞらちょう
・22日からシラウオの漁が始まった
・すしや天ぷらの高級食材として人気
・3年前までの4年間、湖の水が濁ってシラウオが減少
・今は回復

［単語］
シラウオ/しらうお…魚の名前
漁/りょう…海や湖で魚をとる
高級/こうきゅう…値段が高い
食材/しょくざい…料理をするための魚、肉、野菜、くだものなど
3年前までの4年間…2016〜2019年
濁る/にごる…きたなくなる
減少/げんしょう…少なくなる
回復/かいふく…戻る


〈美和Miwa〉
日本語の先生
Podcast「どこでも.JAPANESE」も放送中！

レッスン待ってます♪


北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#119〉9月23日金曜日　すしや天ぷらの食材にシラウオ！

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lrf5a19NC9RZJfQzSjNexMWsae2F2Tav/view?usp=drivesdk