Welcome to your daily Chinese listening practice! We provide perfect "listening capsules" for HSK5-6 learners - each audio under 3 minute, focusing on essential vocabulary and simple daily dialogues.

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Welcome to your daily Chinese listening practice! We provide perfect "listening capsules" for HSK1-2 learners - each audio under 1 minute, focusing on essential vocabulary and simple daily dialogues.

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Welcome to your daily Chinese listening practice! We provide perfect "listening capsules" for HSK3-4 learners - each audio under 2 minute, focusing on essential vocabulary and simple daily dialogues.

CHAO's HSK Listening Capsule（Intermediate）|A Daily Dose to Sharpen Your Ears|CHAO的HSK听力胶囊（中级）

Vuosi vaihtuu ja tässä jaksossa puhun uudenvuoden vietosta Suomessa. Nakit ja perunasalaatti kuuluvat suomalaiseen uuteenvuoteen, lisäksi ulkokonsertit ja rakettien pauke. 

Hyvää uuttavuotta ja kiitos kuluneesta vuodesta!
 

Suomea for you

20. jakso: Hyvää uuttavuotta!

Un episodio di protesta!!! Per tutti coloro che come me amano le lingue e soffrono imparandole :)))

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Hola mi gente!
En el capitulo de hoy quiero enseñarte 6 verbos muy utilizados en el español y que hacen que tu vocabulario sea más avanzado.
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ESPAÑOL COLOMBIANO

6 VERBOS PARA UN VOCABULARIO AVANZADO

Keoi5 hai6 ngo5 ma4ma1
佢  係   我  妈妈

Dialogue:
Can4 lai6: Daai6 wai6, zou2 san4!  Keoi5 hai6 bin1 go3?
陈丽：    大   卫， 早   晨！   佢  係  边   个？
          Good morning, David! Who is she?

Daai6 wai6: Zou2 san4, keoi5 hai6 ngo5 ma4ma1.
大  卫： 早     晨，佢   係  我   妈妈。
         Good morning. She is my mother.

Can4 lai6: keoi5 hai6 bin1 go3?
陈丽：    佢   係 边   个？
         Who is he?

Daai6 wi6: keoi5 hai6 ngo5 ba4ba1.
大卫：     佢  係   我   爸爸。
           He is my father.

Can4 lai6: Nei5 ba4ba1 tung4 ma4ma1 dou1 hai6 ji1sang1?
陈丽：     你  爸爸   同    妈妈    都   係  医生？
           Both your father and mother are doctors?

Daai6 wai6: Ngo5 ba4ba1 hai6 ji1sang1, ngo5 ma4ma1 hai6 wu6 si6.
大卫：      我   爸爸   係 医生，   我    妈妈   係   护 士。
            My father is a doctor, and my mother is a nurse.

Words:
1.	 keoi5:      佢      indicate the third party (he/she/it)
2.	 bin1 go3:   边个    who
3.	 ji1 sang1:   医生    doctor
4.	 tung4:      同      and; with
5.	 dou1:       都      also；too
6.	 wu6 si6:     护士    nurse
7.	lou5 si1:      老师    teacher
8.	hok6 sang1:   学生    student 
9.	fuk6 mou6 jyun4: 服务员  waiter/waitress/attendant
10.	ging1 lei5:    经理     manager



Listening & Speaking (Cantonese)

Keoi5 hai6 ngo5 ma4ma1  佢  係   我  妈妈 She is my mother

みなさん、今年は桜を見ましたか。
今回は桜について話しています。

みなさん、ことしはさくらをみましたか。
こんかいはさくらについてはなしています。

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桜（さくら）

For the second year in a row, Taylor Swift has been named Spotify's most-played artist.

The streaming service has released its annual overview of individual listening trends as well as trends from around the world — called Spotify Wrapped.

Users can now see their top artists, songs, genres, albums and podcasts, as well as uncover which artists had the biggest year on the platform.

Swift was 2024's most-streamed artist globally, ranking in more than 26.6 billion streams. She was followed by The Weeknd, Bad Bunny, Drake and Billie Eilish.

Swift also earned the title of most-streamed album in 2024, with The Tortured Poets Department, while Sabrina Carpenter had the most-streamed song both in the US and globally this year, with her summer hit "Espresso." It was streamed more than 1.6 billion times.

For users who want to look back at their listening habits over the year, there were some new features to explore on Spotify Wrapped.

These include a new data story called "Your Music Evolution," which shows three distinct musical phases for each user, and a personalized playlist based on them.

People like to share their Spotify Wrapped data on social media, although this year some complained that the roundup was missing certain features they'd previously enjoyed.

Streaming now accounts for most of the money generated by the music industry — 84% in the United States, according to the Recording Industry Association of America, and 67.3% around the world, according to a 2024 report by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, which tracks global sales.

Spotify is the largest platform of all with a reported 626 million users and 246 million subscribers.

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Spotify Users Look Back on Year of Listening Habits

“It’s sad to say, but there have been too many times I’ve seen terrible examples of plastic waste. The one time that really sticks in my mind was about 2 months ago when I visited a very famous and beautiful lake, just a stone's throw from my hometown. The whole area is famous for its natural beauty and scenery, and has become a very popular place for tourists to visit.




I went there with a couple of my friends, as we thought it would be the perfect place to enjoy some of the wonderful natural scenery the country has to offer.




I can still clearly remember as we took a path down to the lake, there were plastic bottles and bags tossed everywhere all the way down to the shore of the lake. The lake itself was in an even worse state, with plastic bags, bottles and discarded styrofoam boxes floating on the water, which was a pretty depressing sight. 




It was obvious that so many ignorant visitors to the lake bring along some food or drinks to have a picnic, leaving their waste behind, or just tossing it into the lake without a thought about the harm they are doing.




I was so disgusted and ashamed by the sight that we took lots of photos to post on some public social media groups, and try to bring some attention to this environmental mess. It was truly heartbreaking to see such a beautiful place destroyed by people's ignorance, as well as making my blood boil, that nobody seemed to care.

IELTS 85 Speaking

Describe a time you saw a lot of plastic waste-IELTS speaking part 2

Nell'episodio di oggi, esploreremo l'evoluzione affascinante della televisione italiana nel corso dei decenni. Dall'educativo debutto nel 1954 con la Rai, che ha introdotto programmi che entravano nelle case degli italiani "in punta di piedi", fino all'odierna enfasi sull'intrattenimento.
Scopriremo come la televisione italiana abbia navigato tra programmi educativi come "Non è mai troppo tardi" che hanno combattuto l'analfabetismo e programmi controversi come "Il Grande Fratello" e "Uomini e Donne" ancora in onda oggi, rappresentando l'idea di successo per molti spettatori.
Questo episodio offre uno sguardo approfondito sulla trasformazione della televisione italiana e le implicazioni culturali di questa evoluzione. 

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