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Haircut Horror

This time I'm talking about Nasu, in Tochigi. 

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April in Tokyo

Nasu, Tochigi. 那須、栃木

There are many types of Imperative Verbs in Hindi. In this podcast I am highlighting 2 categories of Imperative Verbs. If you like my podcast, please let me know by commenting so that I can upload the rest of the Imperative Verb podcast for you. You can contact me directly through italki message, you can take one on one lessons on italki with me. thank you very much.


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Imperative verb in Hindi

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The Scholar and the Vampire- Chapter 2

En este episodio te ayudo a decidir qué examen es mejor para ti y en qué momento es mejor hacer el SIELE o el DELE. ¿Cuál tiene más prestigio? ¿Cómo se hacen en papel o con el ordenador? Estas y otras preguntas tienen respuesta en este episodio. 

DELE exam (B2-C1)

DELE o SIELE ¿Cuál es el mejor para mí?

有一只受过箭伤、惊心未去的大雁，听到弓弦声就坠落下来。后用「惊弓之鸟」比喻受过惊吓，遇到一点儿动静就惶恐不安的人。

中华成语典故

中华成语典故----惊弓之鸟

Disc Golf 
Transcript by italki teacher Carl.
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Welcome back to another episode of Streetwise English. I'm your host, Carl. Today I want to talk to you about a new sport. This sport is growing, and it is very similar to golf. However, this is disc golf. So disc golf is like golf, except for you use a disc and instead of holes there are baskets and you will see the baskets with these chains hanging down and with a kind of a bucket thing.

And you throw the disc or the Frisbee into the chains. And then that counts  like putting the ball into a hole in golf. So the sport is great because there are a lot of free courses that you can play disc golf or Frisbee golf in. And just like golf, there are usually nine or 18 holes or baskets.

And the goal is to throw the disc, the Frisbee into the basket with as few throws as possible. So, for example, like in golf, you might have a course that is like par, par three. It takes three shots to get it into the hole So the same thing with disc golf, you have a par three course or par four.

So you're trying to get the disc into the basket in three throws or less. Now, some of the challenges with the disc golf courses are trees or obstacles. So sometimes the course will have a tree in the way and you'll have to throw the disc in a way that the disc curves around and goes around the tree so that you can get a clear look at the basket. Another interesting thing is that the discs are made of plastic according to Wikipedia.

Here it says that the discs are made of polypropylene, which is a thermoplastic polymer resin. So it's a very dense plastic And they're smaller in size than a Frisbee that you think of. Like from when I was a kid, I remember the Frisbees were quite large. But these Frisbees are small and there are different Frisbees for different throws.
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Streetwise English

SWE12 What the heck is Disc Golf?

There's an old English saying that goes: "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."

But according to a recent study, "late to bed and late to rise" may actually be better for your brain — though researchers didn't check if it does anything for your health or your wallet.

A study published in BMJ Public Health looked at data from nearly 27,000 people who reported how long they slept, and whether they were a "morning lark" — someone who wakes up early — or a "night owl," who sleeps late.

The participants, aged between 53 and 86, also did cognitive tests that checked their reasoning, memory, and how quickly they could process information.

It was found that night owls performed best on the cognitive tests — ahead of those who described themselves as neither morning people nor night people. And morning larks had the lowest cognitive scores of all.

People's bodies have times when they naturally prefer to sleep. And Raha West of Imperial College London, the study's lead author, said that while it's possible to gradually shift your sleeping times, it's very difficult to completely change from a morning person to a night person.

However, she also said the results just show the trend, and not the truth for every individual.

The authors also noted that their results, which focused on older adults, contrasted with past research on adolescents, which found that young morning larks actually had better health and better mental well-being.

Speaking to The Guardian, Jacqui-Ann Hanley of Alzheimer’s Research UK, who wasn't involved with the study, also said it isn't clear if being a morning person leads to poorer cognitive results in older adults, or if the weaker cognitive abilities that come with aging just make people get up earlier.

The study also found that people generally got better cognitive scores if they reported sleeping between seven and nine hours each night.

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'Night Owls' May Have Better Brains

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