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Hello everyone! Today's episode is about an old Japanese tale, the Chinese Zodiac. The Chinese zodiac originally came from China, but now it has become very familiar in Japan. I hope you enjoy it!


皆さん、ごきげんよう！今日は日本昔話の干支のお話です。干支はもともと中国から伝わったものですが、今では日本でもすっかりおなじみになりました。どうぞお楽しみください！


Moekoの日本語ベラベラtime

Epi4 : 日本昔話-干支【Japanese Podcast】

In this episode of Streetwise English Podcast, I talk wrestling with the Jiangsu Province Womens Judo Team.. My teacher profile: https://italki.com/teacher/1947582 Thanks for listening!

Streetwise English

SWE 97 Wrestling The Womens Chinese Judo Team

LECTURA COMPRENSIVA.


ESTE CUENTO NOS HABLA DE DOS AMIGOS QUE PASEABAN POR EL BOSQUE.


Antes de comenzar la lectura.


1. ¿Prefieres tener muchos amigos o pocos amigos?

2. ¿Que valoras en una amistad?


Presta atención a la lectura de tu profesor.


Érase una vez dos amigos que paseaban por el bosque. De
pronto, apareció un oso que quería atacarlos. Uno de ellos se
encaramó a un árbol y se escondió, mientras que el otro se quedó
en el camino, se dejó caer al suelo y simuló que estaba muerto.

El oso se acercó y lo olfateó, pero él aguantó la respiración,
así que el animal pensó que estaba muerto y se fue.

Cuando el oso se alejó, bajó del árbol y preguntó riendo a su
compañero:

- ¿Qué te decía el oso al oído?

- Me decía que quien abandona a un amigo cuando hay peligro es un cobarde.

Spanish Reading Comprehesion

Friendship

IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 3 - The Internet and It's Impact. Question 4.

Q. Should companies check job applicants’ online profiles? Why/ Why not?

Linking words:

Firstly, secondly, however, in addition, finally.

Relevant vocabulary:

Get a better understanding, of the prospective, applicants’ lifestyles, behaviour, pattern, decisions, based, solely, special occasion.

Let me know how you'll put this together and what kind of assistance you are hungry for when it comes to IELTS speaking.

See you in my one-on-one tomorrow!



IELTS-SPEAKING 8-9 BAND IS POSSIBLE. DAILY SPEAKING PRACTICE PART 1,2 & 3. Listen daily.

IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 3 - The Internet and It's Impact. Question 4.

For the past few years, companies around the world have been testing out a four-day work week. In many cases, this means allowing employees to spread their work hours over four days instead of five.

Many of these tests have been successful, and people in the UK may soon get more rights to ask for a four-day work week.

Since April, employees in the UK have had the right to ask for more flexible working conditions, but companies do not have to agree to it.

But under the government's plans to increase flexibility for workers, companies may have to offer flexible working hours from the day the employee starts working — although it's not yet clear what this means.

"One possibility is for the government to make it more difficult for employers to refuse such requests, because at present it is quite easy for them to do so," Charlie Thompson, an employment lawyer who works for law company Stewarts, told Sky News.

Education Minister Jacqui Smith said more flexibility could be better for productivity.

"You're still doing the same amount of work, but perhaps you're doing it in a way that enables you, for example, to need less child care, to spend more time with your family, to do other things, that encourages more people into the workplace," she told LBC Radio.

But not everyone is happy with the idea of a four-day work week, and some tests weren't as successful as others.

UK supermarket Asda tested a four-day week, but changed back to the five-day week after staff said the longer work days were too demanding.

Another supermarket, Morrisons, also tried a four-day work week at its head office, but to make it work, staff sometimes had to work on Saturdays, which they weren't happy about.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

UK Workers May Get More Rights to Four-Day Week




こんにちは！
Japanese daily life podcast のAtsushiです。
このPodcastは、日本語を楽しく勉強しているみなさんに向けたPodcastです。

ぼくの日常生活の話を聞くことで、日本語のリスニングをよくしたり、新しい言葉を知ってもらえたらいいなと思います。


みなさんお元気でしょうか。
今日もジョージアでPodcastを録っています。


今日は日本の桜、満開！についてですね。
今、まさに、日本の桜は満開になっているようです。
2024年4月5日のニュースです。

https://youtu.be/araHZ_gzlfE?si=mqBaZT66uUqeQzL6


桜が咲く期間（開花～散るまで）はどのくらいか知っていますか？

だいたい2週間ぐらいと言われています。
もちろん、地域や気候によって差が出ます。 

見頃はこのサイトで見れるみたいです。

https://travel.gaijinpot.com/

桜の名所はいくつかあります。

東京は目黒川、上野公園
大阪は大阪城公園、造幣局
京都は嵐山

などがとても人気があると思います。
もちろん人もたくさんいます。

個人的には、
大阪の北に万博公園があります。
ここは自然がたくさんある場所です。
とてもオススメです。

万博記念公園
https://maps.app.goo.gl/TuTmUTr2w6hKxDHK8?g_st=ic


桜はあっという間に散るので、今が見どころですね！
日本にいるみなさん、楽しんでください！


ということで、今回は以上です。

最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！
ではまた！






Atsushi のJapanese podcast (travel/news /文法・漢字・語彙/Osaka/Hokkaido/🇹🇷🇬🇪🇦🇲🇪🇸🇵🇹)

#475 日本は桜が満開！について！2024.4.7

The ancient language of Cornish is reappearing in Cornwall, UK.
