【北海道Hokkaido生活】
〈#149〉1月25日水曜日　天気/晴れ　気温/-11℃ 

・都道府県の中で一番大きい
・北海道人口：5,280,000人
・札幌市人口：2,000,000人
・北海道の西から東は、大阪から東京
・札幌市から西にある函館市までJR(列車)でだいたい4時間
・札幌市から東にある根室市まで車で6時間
・旅行の計画を立てる時
・東京の人もおどろく


都道府県/とどうふけん
函館市/はこだてし
根室市/ねむろし
計画を立てる/けいかくをたてる…計画を作る

レッスン待ってます♪

北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#149〉北海道はとても広い

Bu bölümde bir sosyal medya platormu olan Youtube hakkında konuştuk. Transcription: turkishpodcast.com

Turkish Podcast

Youtube (B1-B2)

I dag snakker vi om hva vi har på kjøkket og hva det kan brukes til. 

Norsk for nybegynnere (A1-A2)

Nybegynnere EP. 10 – På kjøkkenet (In the kitchen)

Старые друзья. Размышления.
У меня есть старые друзья. Им около 50 лет. Старыми я их называю потому, что мы давно дружим. Недавно я заметила изменения в их настроении. Когда мы с ними идём в театр, обычно им не нравится спектакль. Когда мы с ними обсуждаем какой-нибудь фильм, или концерт. они говорят, что раньше эти музыканты лучше играли, а эти режиссёры лучше снимали фильмы. 
И я заметила, что стараюсь реже с ними встречаться, потому что они всегда чем-нибудь недовольны. И я заметила, что мне не легко общаться с людьми, которые всё время говорят о плохом. 
Но самое интересное в том, что мои друзья, мне кажется, не замечают того, что с ними происходит. 
И я не знаю, нужно ли мне говорить с ними об этом. Это их жизнь. И они имеют право жить и думать так как хотят. 


Нескучные истории - Not boring stories

Старые друзья. Размышления.

除夕 chú xī：Chinese New Year's Eve
除去 chú qù：eliminate；remove；work off
除了chú le：besides；except
烦恼 fán nǎo：be worried
迎接 yíng jiē：move towards；meet face to face
希望 xī wàng：hope；wish；expect
发财 fā cái：get rich；make a fortune
如意 rú yì：as one wishes; as one likes it; according to one's wishes
幸福 xìng fú：happiness；well-being
安康 ān kāng：be hearty and robust；enjoy good health]
顺利 shùn lì：smoothly；successfully]
龙腾虎跃 lóng téng hǔ yuè：dragons rising and tigers leaping，a scene of bustling activity.

今天是2024年二月九日星期五，
jīntiān shì 2024 nián 2 yuè 9 rì xīngqī wǔ，

今天就是除夕了，除夕除夕，除去烦恼，迎接希望。
jīntiān jiùshì chúxī le，chúxī chúxī，chúqù fánnǎo ， yíngjiē xīwàng 。

除了祝福，还希望你开心，除了如意，还希望你顺利，
chúle zhùfú ， hái xīwàng nǐ kāixīn ， chúle rúyì ， hái xīwàng nǐ shùnlì ，

除了健康，还希望你平安，除了发财，还希望你好运，
chú le jiànkāng，hái xī wàng nǐ píng ān ， chú le fā cái ， hái xī wàng nǐ hǎo yùn ，

祝你在新的一年，龙腾虎跃，幸福安康！
zhù nǐ zài xīnde yīnián，lóng téng hǔ yuè，xìngfú ānkāng ！

“龙”年中国话（“ lóng ” nián zhōng guó huà）

龙年“除夕[lóng nián chú xī]

Today we're talking about the word "pedantic" and how we can use it to talk about people who are very concerned about the smallest details. I hope you find it useful!

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This podcast is 99.9% correct.

Do you believe people are born with a certain amount of ability and intelligence? Or do you think these things can be changed through effort and education?

Your answers to these questions may decide how well you chase your own goals in life!

Researchers in Norway looked at over 1,500 people aged 13 to 77.

Participants filled out a survey asking them questions about how much they think people's abilities and intelligence can grow with effort and education.

They also filled out two more surveys: one asking how passionate they are about the things they are interested in, and one asking how persistent — and consistent — they are in chasing their goals.

For example, they were asked how much they agree with statements such as, "I use a lot of time on the projects I like," for passion, and "I finish whatever I begin," for persistence.

The researchers then looked at the people who got the 5% highest and lowest scores for belief in people's ability to grow.

It was found that those with the greatest belief in growth also had significantly higher scores in passion and persistence.

Interestingly, although 60% of all the study participants were women, in the group with the lowest belief in growth almost 60% were men.

"The belief in growth is important for large parts of our society," said Hermundur Sigmundsson, one of the study's authors. "This is true for school, sports, work and family life."

The authors also pointed to other studies that have found that it's possible to help people believe in personal growth — particularly as children — and that this can result in greater persistence.

Looking at their own results, the researchers said it can be argued that belief in your ability to grow may be important for both passion and persistence.

However, they also noted that it could also be that passion, perseverance and belief in growth all support each other.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Want to Succeed? Believe You Can Grow!

Spanish México

LOS SANTUARIOS DE LA MARIPOSA MONARCA.

IELTS SPEAKING PART 1. Topic - Summer:

Here are the 4 questions for you to answer for today:

Q. Is summer your favourite time of year? [Why/Why not?]
Q. What do you do in summer when the weather's very hot? [Why?]
Q. Do you go on holiday every summer? [Why/Why not?]
Q. Did you enjoy the summer holidays when you were at school? [Why/Why not?]

In this recording there are different words that are used when answering this topic so you'll find it useful. Enjoy.

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