I’ll be dropping in from time to time to share some thoughts and questions that cross my mind. Most of the topics will be pretty general things I find myself thinking about. Hope you enjoy listening.

Curious Teacher Podcast.

This short episode highlights phrases that mean the same thing. It will be highlighting the context in which these words can be used

The Amplify English Podcast

Phrases that mean the same thing

生命之河里的石头
所有父母都会伤害孩子，谁都没法避免。孩子就像洁净的玻璃杯，拿过它的人会在上面留下手印。
父母很少会对他们的孩子放手，所以孩子就对父母放手。他们向前走，他们向远处走。
那些曾经让他们感到自身价值的东西——母亲的赞同，父亲的点头——都已经被他们取得的成绩替代。
直到很久以后，当他们的皮肤变得松弛了，心脏变得衰弱了，他们才会明白：他们的故事和他们所有的成就，都是基于父母的经历建立起来的，就像生命之河里的石头，层层叠叠。

学习重点：比喻
1.生命之河 （人生，生命）
2.孩子就像洁净的玻璃杯，拿过它的人会在上面留下手印。（手印-影响）
3.他们向前走 ，向远处走。（离开父母）
4.父亲的点头。（同意、认同）
5.皮肤变得松弛了，心脏变得衰弱了。（老了）
6.生命之河里的石头。（人生的经历）

边听边说 More than Chinese Listening

第十一集 生命之河里的石头

perchè adesso sentiamo parlare delle ZONE BLU?

la Rubrica di Simona

Le zone BLU

En este episodio te muestro una interacción entre dos clientes y un mesero en un restaurante, así como también un poco de vocabulario y gramática. 

Tu camino hacia el Español con Jenny

¿CÓMO ORDENAR EN UN RESTAURANTE?

Grammar : 1. N(place)-에 
                        ex) 학교에 가요.
                    2. past tense 
                        ex) 학교에 가요 - 학교에 갔어요  
                               빵을 먹어요 - 빵을 먹었어요
                               공부를 행 - 공부를 했어요 
Expression : N-에 만족해요 (be satisfied with~)
                        ex) 저는 한국어 수업에 만족해요 

Speaking Practice - Beginner

3. N(place)-에, past tense

关键词提示：
酒杯，蛇思，弓，影子

hsk5 听后复述练习

成语故事听后复述

In questo podcast parlo della mia persona preferita, com'era lei e perchè è stata cosi importante nella mia vita. Tempi verbali: presente, passato: passato prossimo, passato remoto. 

Vivendo tra due lingue

La mia persona preferita, mia nonna

What do you think is the most expensive place in the world to live? New York? London? Maybe Tokyo?

While Japan has long had a reputation as an expensive place to live, its cities have been getting cheaper in recent years — with some big changes coming just in the last 12 months.

American consulting company Mercer recently released its 2024 Cost of Living City Ranking, which compares the costs of over 200 items in 226 cities around the world. The results are based on a March 2024 survey, and include things like housing and transportation, as well as food, clothing and entertainment.

All five of the world's most expensive cities are unchanged from last year, with Hong Kong and Singapore again in first and second place. These two Asian cities are followed by three Swiss cities: Zurich, Geneva and Basel.

Bern, another Swiss city, has risen from seventh to sixth place, while New York City has fallen one place to seventh.

However, Tokyo has dropped 30 places to 49th — putting it right after San Juan in Puerto Rico. And Osaka has dropped 53 places to 146th — just ahead of Wuhan in China.

However, the biggest drop since last year was for Lagos in Nigeria, which fell 178 places to 225th. And the least expensive city is now Abuja, Nigeria's capital, at 226th.

Mercer wrote that many big drops were caused by changes in exchange rates. Japan's yen dropped to a 34-year low against the US dollar in March — and hit a 38-year low in early July.

The ranking was also affected by inflation — especially in housing prices — as well as increasing political uncertainty around the world.

Mercer says it's important for companies to look at its cost of living ranking when thinking about sending staff to live abroad.


