Aprende árabe con Radia 

A Short story in Arabic 1

Learn about the origin of Santa Claus and the magical idea behind it!
Happy New Year!

English Syndicate

Learn English through Stories - A Santa Claus Story

谢小奇是聪明的小朋友吗？来听听他的故事吧。

謝小奇是聰明的小朋友嗎？來聽聽他的故事吧。

好听的中文故事 | 好聽的中文故事 | Great Chinese Stories

你变聪明了 | 你變聰明了

कुनै ठाउँमा एउटा ठूलो वन थियो । वनमा बाघ, सिंह, भालु, हात्ती, गैंडा, खरायो, जरायो, बाँदर आदि थिए । सिंहचाहिँ वनको राजा थियो । सिंहले मनपरी ढङ्गले वनका जनावर मारेर खान्थ्यो ।

एकदिन सबै जनावर एकै ठाउँमा भेला भए । सिंहको आहारा हुन पालैपालो जाने सल्लाह भयो । यो कुरो जनावरहरुले सिंहलाई पनि भने । सिंह पनि दिनदिनै सिकारको खोजीमा जानुनपर्दा खुसी भयो ।

जनावरहरु आ-आफ्ना पालामा सिंहको आहारा हुन जान थाले । एकदिन एउटा खरायोको पालो आयो । “मर्नका लागि किन छिटो जाने ?” भनेर खरायो सिंहकहाँ ढिलो गयो ।

अबेरसम्म केही खान नपाउँदा सिंहलाई खुब भोक लागेको थियो । उसलाई जनावरदेखि निकै रिस उठेको थियो । उसले खरायोलाई देख्नासाथ गर्जेर सोध्यो, “किन यति ढिलो आइस् ?”

खरायोले नरम भएर भन्यो, “महाराज! मलाई हजुरजस्तै सिंहले बाटामा समायो । उसले मलाई खान लागेको थियो । मैले ऊसँग हजुरकहाँ भेट गरेर आउने बाचा गरेँ । अनि मात्र म यहाँ आउन सकेँ ।”

सिंहले अझै गर्जेर भन्यो, “मेरो राज्यमा अर्को सिंह कसरी आयो ? त्यो कहाँ छ, मलाई देखाइहाल् । म त्यसलाई जिउँदो छोड्दिनँ ।”

खरायोले “जो हुकुम महाराज” भनेर सिंहलाई आफू आएको बाटो लिएर गयो । खरायोले सिंहलाई एउटा इनार देखायो । उसले सिंहलाई भन्यो, “महाराज! त्यो यही इनारमा लुकेको छ ।”

सिंहले इनारभित्र हेर्‍यो । उसले इनारमा अर्को सिंह देख्यो । उसलाई त्यो सिंह देखेर रिस उठ्यो । सिंह त्यसलाई मार्न इनारमा हाम फाल्यो । मुर्ख सिंहले आफ्नै छाया पनि चिनेन । ऊ इनारमा डुब्यो ।

जनावरहरुलाई अब सिंहको डर भएन । उनीहरु रमाएर बाँच्न पाउने भए । सबैले खरायोलाई स्याबासी दिए ।

हाम्रो कथा सकियो । 
अनि हामीले यो कथा बाट के सिक्नुपर्छ भने- सधैं बलले मात्र जितिँदैन , बुद्धिले पनि काम लिनुपर्छ।  

हामीले सुनेको सिंह र खरायोको कथा आशा छ तपाईंलाई  मन पर्यो होला। सुनिदिनुभएकोमा धन्यवाद l


SIMPLE AND SHORT STORIES IN NEPALI

#8 सिंह र खरायो ( The lion and the Rabbit) 

Here's today's news. Please share your thoughts at the end when I ask a question.
You can check the script at the link provided.

今日(きょう)のニュースです。最後(さいご)に質問(しつもん)をしますので、感想(かんそう)を聞(き)かせください。スクリプトはリンクで確認(かくにん)できます。

■富士山　ルールが変わって登る人が去年より少なくなった - The rules for climbing Mt. Fuji have changed, and the number of climbers has decreased compared to last year. -
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/em2024091111473/em2024091111473.html

NEWS for beginners - Native Japanese Accent -

富士山のルールが変わった - The rules for climbing Mt. Fuji have changed -

Fúwùyuán: Qǐngwèn, nín yào shénme?
Lín Mù: Wǒ yào yì wǎn miàntiaor.
 
Fúwùyuán: Nín yào dà wǎn de háishi xiǎo wǎn de?
Lín Mù: Dà wǎn de.
 
Fúwùyuán: Là de háishi bù là de?
Lín Mù: Bù là de.
 
Lín Mù: Zài yào yì bēi dòujiāng.
Fúwùyuán: Yào rè de háishi liáng de?
Lín Mù: Liáng de.
 
Fúwùyuán: Yígòng wǔshí kuài. Xiànjīn háishi shuā kǎ?
Lín Mù: Shuā kǎ.

中文每日一练

每日听汉语

Do you ever think “I can’t speak English” or “I sound stupid”? In this episode, Feds shows you how to notice your inner voice, understand your thoughts, and change them so you can speak English with more confidence. Practical tips you can use today!

Learn With Feds Podcast

How Your Thoughts Affect Your English Speaking

Hi there! This is Ken, your Japanese teacher.
Today I am going to talk about "日本のおふろぶんか/Japanese bathing culture."
Hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to take a comprehension check quiz after listening to the episode.

けんと日本語/Japanese with Ken

日本のおふろぶんか/Japanese bathing culture

Try these tips during awkward silences or when you don't know what else to talk about.

1.   Don't reject your own ideas thinking that they are not worth sharing. When you filter most of your stories and experiences you have fewer topics to talk about. 
 
2.   Don't list your points, instead elaborate on each point using examples or personal experiences. This also gives the opportunity to the listener to add to the topic or share their own experiences making it a two-way conversation.
 
3.   Speak at the right pace. If you speak too fast, you end the conversation very quickly. It’s usually because the listener doesn’t understand you and therefore can’t keep the conversation going.  
 
4.   Learn to ask smart questions to keep the conversation going. Ask open-ended questions such as, “what do you think about …?” with follow-up questions “why do you think …?”. This helps you build up on the information that you received.
 
5.   Practise thinking critically so you always have something to say. When you practice critical thinking and ask yourself counter-questions, you are able to spontaneously think of ideas and form arguments using your background knowledge. You can easily connect the dots and be eloquent while talking to people.
 
6.   Learn a few speech frameworks such as Past - Present - Future, Problem – Solution - Benefit, or other storytelling formats such as ‘the mountain’. When you have a structure, you don’t lose your chain of thoughts and you don’t run into dead ends. Your listeners are also able to understand you better and remember what you said.
 
7.   If you are using a second language to communicate such as English, then simplify your complex thoughts in your native language first and then translate them to English. Lots of times when translation is tough, we give up and change the topic. But this practice helps you make the translation process easy. 
 
If you want to learn more, please book a session with me. 
