【北海道Hokkaido生活】
3月28日月曜日　天気/はれ　気温/3℃

滝川市　たきかわし
・高校生が雪割りボランティア
・駅前の駐輪場
・早く雪を溶かして、駐輪場を使いたい。
・来月14日ごろから、使える予定


［単語］
雪割り/ゆきわり…雪の山をこわす
溶ける/とける…雪が水になる。氷が水になる。to melt
ボランティア/ぼらんてぃあ…お金をもらわないで、働く。volunteer
駐輪場/ちゅうりんじょう…自転車をおくところ parking area for bicycles


北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#25〉3月28日月曜日　高校生が雪割り

こんにちは

今回のエピソードは「自転車がないときどうすればいいか」

日本で多い犯罪は「自転車泥棒」です。

でも、泥棒じゃないときにも自転車がなくなります。

それは日本の規則/きそく が原因なんです…

ルールを知らないときパニックになるかも？！

ぜひ、聞いてみてくださいね。

Nihongo_Hanaso（N3+）

N3+日本では自転車が消える？！

"If you were an ice cream flavor, which one would you be, and why?"

This may be your idea of a nightmare interview question — and yes, employers really use it.

Your answer won't reveal anything about your ability to, say, use Microsoft Excel or drive a forklift truck. But it may tell your potential boss something about your "soft skills."

It's been said that hard skills will get you an interview, but soft skills will get you a job.

Hard skills are things you might learn at university, like how to write computer code or speak French.

Soft skills are the things you might not be able to prove with a qualification, but that will help you succeed in the workplace.

These could include being good at things like problem-solving, time management, and communicating with others or understanding how they feel — even being a good listener.

Employers say soft skills are more important than ever as the world adapts to remote and hybrid working patterns, because being able to communicate clearly and adapt to new situations is even more vital to success.

Some have called soft skills innate. But can we learn them or at least improve them?

"Yes," says jobs website Indeed.

It says the keys are to communicate regularly with the people on your team, be open to feedback, and pay attention to the way others overcome challenges including how they interact with people to do so.

Indeed also says it's important to simply get to work on time. This will help with time management, and also helps you achieve your goals and stand out from your colleagues.

Amanda Vickers, CEO of training company Speak First, told The Guardian that it's also important to try to understand what other people's needs and motives might be. This will help you adapt and work successfully with different people.

So, which ice cream flavor are you?

Well, the flavor isn't important but your answer could demonstrate soft skills such as creativity, quick thinking and even self-awareness.

Just don't choose vanilla.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Succeed at Work by Developing Your Soft Skills

En este capítulo hablo de la genial provincia de Cuenca. Una provincia de cuento de hadas, con campos enormes de girasoles, montañas y bosques infinitos, pueblitos encantadores y una ciudad, Cuenca, preciosa. También te explico una expresión relacionada con Cuenca.

Hablo en un español más tranquilo, pensado más para A2-B1 (el capítulo 107 fue muy complicado, nivel C1-C2, probablemente) pero tiene vocabulario muy interesante y sería muy útil para cualquier nivel porque es un español improvisado.

¿Te vienes a Cuenca?

¡Vamos!

La vida de Héctor (Spanish Podcast)

Capítulo 108 - Cuenca - Carné de conducir 🚘, rocas encantadas 🗿 y una expresión graciosa 🤭- Descubriendo España 🇪🇸 31 - A2-B1

En este episodio exploramos uno de los pilares de la cultura argentina: el mate. ¿Es solo una bebida o hay algo más detrás de esta tradición? Hablamos sobre el ritual de cebarlo, su importancia cultural y cómo conecta a las personas. Si alguna vez te preguntaste por qué los argentinos somos tan fanáticos del mate, ¡este episodio es para vos!

¡Unos mates con Alex!

01. ¿Qué es el mate en Argentina?

Learn the basics about the first, and most important, meal of the day: el desayuno!!
Happy learning!

Super Basic Spanish

Basic Spanish Episode 12: ¿Qué desayunas?

In this episode, we talk about the pleasure we get from hearing stories, and I share with you a beautiful tale about the joy that comes from helping others. Listen now, and then read the (shortened) transcript below to check your understanding.

This story takes place in a hospital, many years ago. And there was a room where there were two men, both seriously ill. One of those men was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour a day to drain the fluids from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only window. The other man had to spend of all his time lying flat on his back. He couldn’t see anything, except the ceiling.

The men talked for hours on end. They spoke about their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, where they’d been on vacation, and the things they’d learned in their lives. And every afternoon, when the man in the bed next to the window, could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the wonderful things he could see outside the window.

The man in the other bed would live for those one-hour periods when his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and the colour of the outside world. The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake, the man had said. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Lovers walked arm in arm amid flowers of every colour of the rainbow. Grand old trees graced the landscape, and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance. As the man by the window described all of this in exquisite detail, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine the picturesque scene.......... 

If you'd like to read the rest of the transcript, send me a message on italki and I will gladly send you a copy. Or better still, book a lesson with me now, so that I can help you on your English learning journey. 

Learn English with Cambridge David

The one about storytelling

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
〈#115〉9月14日水曜日　天気/晴れ　気温/18℃ 

紋別市/もんべつし
ガリンコ号/がりんこごう
・子どもたちが「ガリンコ号」流氷観光船に乗って、海の上から港を見た。
・港の役割などを勉強
・防波堤が大きな波から港を守っていることなど

［単語］
流氷/りゅうひょう…海の上にある動く氷
観光/かんこう…景色を見たり、いろいろな食べ物を食べたりすること
観光船/かんこうせん…観光するための船
役割/やくわり...すること
防波堤/ぼうはてい…港が壊れないようにするための大きなかべ
波/なみ…高くなったり低くなったりする海の水
守る/まもる…大事にする

〈美和Miwa〉
日本語の先生
Podcast「どこでも.JAPANESE」も放送中！

レッスン待ってます♪


〈#115〉9月14日水曜日　船に乗って、海の上から港を見る！

The phrase, to play out, glamping and a  helicopter becomes a room for the night.

Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ri4VbtFpyQGVP13m9KD5_4RqGFFVm4m8/view?usp=drivesdk