In today's episode we talk about "Bribery" the ability to get special treatment and the cost of secret illegal payments.

Today's Vocabulary will include:

• to fine vs to be fine
• a bribe
• to bribe
• a curfew
• quarantine
• odd vs even
• to forge 
• influence 
• reward
• perks

Teachers:
Jerome: https://www.italki.com/user/4075458
Alexis: https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/9464070


The Jerome Meadows Experience

Bribery & Corruption

 Marko speaks English, I speak Japanese. 　マルコさんが英語を話して、僕が日本語を話す。

drinks 　飲み物

脱水症　だっすいしょう　　　dehydration
熱中症　ねっちゅうしょう　　heatstroke
塩分　　えんぶん　　　　　　salt contents
糖分　　とうぶん　　　　　　sugars
ごくごく飲む　　　　　　　　to gulp
ちびちび飲む                               to sip

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Vol.11 Marko speaks English, I speak Japanese. 　マルコさんが英語を話して、僕が日本語を話す。飲み物。

Audio book -  远嫁非洲是什么体验？

1. 我们恋爱了

A Chinese company claims it has built an electric vehicle battery that charges faster than any other.

The company, called Zeekr, says the battery can be charged from 10% to 80% in just 10 minutes and 30 seconds — but only when the car is plugged into one of the company's super-fast charging stations.

It calls this a new charging speed record, although it can be hard to compare the charging speeds of different vehicles because some charging stations do not work as fast as others.

But, for example, Tesla's Model 3 can be charged to about half its range in 15 minutes.

A number of other EVs can boost their range by almost 200 kilometers with a 10-minute charge.

But Zeekr says that in 10-and-a-half minutes its new battery could be charged enough to boost a vehicle's range by about 500 kilometers.

The first of its cars to include the new battery is the 2025 Zeekr 007, which is on sale in China now.

Zeekr says it has already opened more than 500 of its super-fast charging stations in China, and plans to have 10,000 in 2026.

Chinese companies have been busy making EVs, offering customers a large amount of choice — something that people in some other countries, like the US, have been frustrated by.

As well as operating in China, Zeekr began selling its vehicles in the Netherlands and Sweden last year.

It plans to begin operating in Singapore by the end of 2024, and to open showrooms in Japan and South Korea in 2025.




Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Chinese Company Sells 'Fastest-Charging' EV Battery

Découvrez la vie d'Alain Delon, le plus célèbre acteur français.

French Kankan - Slow French

Alain Delon 

Korean Speaking Practice 7. Grammar                                                                                             1. Future tense  / ex)  이 모자를 쓸 거예요. 오늘 저녁에 불고기를 만들 거예요.                                 2. V-(으)지 마세요 : An expression used to prohibit the act mentioned in the preceding statement. / ex)  거기에 가지 마세요. 도서관에서 이야기하지 마세요. 

Speaking Practice - Beginner

7.  Future tense, V-(으)지 마세요

こんばんは！Atsushiです。
今日の天気は曇り。
気温は昼は12℃ぐらいでしたが、今は8℃です。朝は2℃でした。
もう冬！と感じる季節ですが、実はこれぐらいの気温は北海道の方にとっては秋の始まりだそうです。関西人の私にとっては冬並みの気温ですが、ちょっと甘かったですね。

今回は頭、あたまという言葉を使った慣用句かんようくについて話します。
慣用句とは、昔から使われきた2つ以上の言葉がのまとまりのこと、ですね。実際の文字通りの意味とは違った表現になったものが多いです。

英語などにもあると思います。例えば、
Piece of cake. これは簡単にできること、楽勝！などの意味で使われますね。
Practice makes perfect.「習うより慣れよ」これは、教わるより練習（努力）が成功を生む」という意味ですね。私の英語のレッスンの先生もこの言葉を使っているので、最近、この言葉が好きです。

　語学って、筋トレみたいですもんね。続けることでやっと当たり前になっていく、というか、近道はない、というより、毎日続けることが近道、という感じですね。

話を戻します。

今日は頭という言葉を使った慣用句を3つ紹介します。
日常で出てくることもあるかもしれませんので、知っていると意味が簡単にわかるようになります！

①頭(あたま)が上(あ)がらない 
これは、相手に引け目を感じて対等な関係に立てない。というような意味です。
いい意味でも、良くない意味でも使います。例えば、
借りがあるので頭が上がらない、とか
お世話になったのであの人には頭が上がらない、などと使います。

② 頭(あたま)が切(き)れる 
これは、頭の回転が速い、とか考えが鋭い、というような意味です。英語だとcleverとかに近いかもしれません。
彼女は頭が切れる、とか言います。
似たような言葉で、
頭が冴(さ)えている、とかも使いますが、これはいつもより今日は頭が良く動く、というような意味です。今日は頭が冴えている！とか使います。

③ 頭(あたま)が下(さ)がる 
これは、すごいなーと感心するような意味です。
例えば、
彼の勤勉ぶりには頭が下がりますー勤勉きんべんは、良く勉強をしていることです。


ということで、どうでしたか？
頭という言葉で調べると、慣用句はとてもたくさん出てきます。
まずは、テレビなどでも出てきそうな慣用句を3つ、紹介しました。

最後まで聴いていただき、ありがとうございます！
ではまた！



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#101 あたまを使った慣用句について

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