A South Korean musical about a teenage girl who meets a mysterious magician.

Vocabulary:
burden: something heavy you carry, whether physical or figurative
creditor: someone you owe money to
magician: a person who does magic tricks
wind-up toy: a toy that uses a clockwork motor to move
rat race: constantly competing to get ahead
distraction: something that moves your attention elsewhere

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Movie Series: The Sound of Magic

Someone is always watching you! 
Angela reads the basic text from this lesson, (transcript available when you take this lesson).

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TASK 8 - BIG BROTHER – BIG DATA

Что вы делаете с подарками,  которые вам не нравятся?
Какой самый необычный подарок вы получали?

А поговорить?!

8 Марта

American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald once said the "worst thing in the world is to try to sleep and not to."

Many of us will have experienced this at some point — lying in bed for what feels like hours, trying to fall asleep. But what if there was a way to fall asleep in just five minutes?

Of course, some people take longer to fall asleep than others do. But experts say there are different things we can do to help us fall asleep quicker.

Here are some of them:

Morning light is important
It might sound strange, but according to sleep scientist Russell Foster, getting a good night's sleep starts in the morning. Speaking with The Telegraph, he said it's important to get as much natural light as early as possible.

This can help move our body clock to an earlier time, so that we already feel tired when we get into bed later on.

Don't nap after 4 p.m.
If you've had a long day at work, you may be tempted to have a nap in the afternoon. And while short naps can help us feel less tired during the day, Foster says we shouldn't nap for longer than 20 minutes or less than six hours before going to bed, or we might have difficulty falling asleep later.

Practice mindfulness
"Most people don't have a sleep problem, they have an anxiety problem," Foster says, and he recommends practicing mindfulness as a way to relax before bed.

This means being present with our thoughts, instead of thinking about things that have happened or could happen. You could try reading or doing some breathing exercises as a way to relax, and avoid using your phone.

He adds that important conversations should be saved for when it's light outside, as they could keep your mind active and stop you from falling asleep quickly.

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Tips for Falling Asleep in Just a Few Minutes

첫 번째 여행 경험

나는 지난 여름에 처음으로 제주도에 갔다. 그동안 사진으로만 보던 제주도를 드디어 직접 볼 수 있어서 정말 기대가 되었다. 나는 가족과 함께 비행기를 타고 제주도로 갔다. 비행기는 약 한 시간 정도 걸렸다. 창문 밖으로 보이는 바다가 너무 아름다웠다.

제주도에 도착하자 따뜻한 바람이 나를 반겨주었다. 우리는 먼저 렌터카를 빌려서 여행을 시작했다. 첫 번째로 간 곳은 한라산이었다. 한라산은 제주도에서 가장 높은 산이다. 산을 오르는 길은 조금 힘들었지만, 정상에서 보는 경치는 정말 멋있었다. 하늘도 맑고, 바람도 시원해서 기분이 아주 좋았다.

다음 날, 우리는 협재 해수욕장에 갔다. 모래는 하얗고 부드러웠고, 바닷물은 맑고 파랬다. 나는 바다에 발을 담그고 한참 동안 놀았다. 가족과 함께 사진도 많이 찍었다. 그리고 근처 식당에서 흑돼지 고기도 먹었다. 고기가 정말 부드럽고 맛있어서 모두가 만족했다.

제주도에는 예쁜 카페도 많았다. 우리는 바다를 볼 수 있는 카페에 가서 커피와 케이크를 먹었다. 창문 밖으로 파란 바다가 보이고, 파도 소리도 들려서 아주 편안한 시간이 되었다.

여행 마지막 날에는 기념품 가게에 들렀다. 나는 친구들에게 줄 선물로 감귤 초콜릿과 제주도 그림이 그려진 엽서를 샀다. 여행이 끝나는 것이 아쉬웠지만, 좋은 추억을 많이 만들 수 있어서 행복했다.

이번 제주도 여행을 통해 자연의 아름다움을 느끼고 가족과 소중한 시간을 보낼 수 있었다. 다음에는 친구들과 함께 제주도를 다시 방문하고 싶다. 그리고 더 많은 곳을 둘러보고, 다양한 음식을 맛보고 싶다.

한국의 문화

첫 번째 여행 경험

...Alice och Sarah are planning to travel to Gotland, but Sarah is not sure it's such a good idea. 

The dialogue is followed by vocabulary with definitions and questions. 




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Resan till Gotland

Konnichiwa! Welcome to Slow Japanese! In this episode, program host Akari will talk about family and a little bit of her future plan!

Usage of Slow Japanese:
STEP 1. Listen to the episode without seeing scripts.
STEP 2. Go to mochifika.com and check "Key vocabularies of this episode", listen again to the episode while seeing the list.
STEP 3. Check the whole script, it'll fill the gap in your understanding.

Scripts and key vocabularies of this episode are here:
https://mochifika.com/podcast-script/slow-japanese-episode-2-family/

Slow Japanese

Episode #2 - Family

This lesson I have decided to talk about why I like walking. 
I love walking and whenever I can I always choose the option to walk. 

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Natural Everyday English

Why I like walking 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nxcre2RJFCVDxdKxBzPDEz5_RqwqeFcN/view?usp=drivesdk