Today’s episode is “トイレの女の子（toire no on’nanoko）”《A girl in the restroom》.
This story is based on urban legends from various parts of Japan, and a little scary story.
This episode is JLPT-N5 level.

I created a quiz on this episode.
After listening, please take the quiz!

Please use this audio for listening and shadowing practices.

☆Words☆
教室（きょうしつ）：classroom
思（おも）い出（だ）す：remember
聞（き）こえる：be heard
やっぱり：after all
急（いそ）いで：hurry
怖（こわ）い：scary
心配（しんぱい）：worry
手（て）を洗（あら）う：wash one's hands

☆Conjugation of verbs☆ 
・te-form：（ています／てください／てから）
・nai-form
・plain-form

☆Script for this episode
https://meg-smile.com/41-short-story-a-girl-in-the-restroom/

☆Quiz for this episode
https://www.italki.com/quiz/set/13773?utm_source=copylink_share&utm_medium=share_content&utm_campaign=share_quiz

Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#41 Short story / トイレの女の子《A girl in the restroom》/ Urban Legends / Horror  // N5 Level / Japanese listening

For beginner level learners!!　
わたしのいろいろなはなし2022　LESSON11　

「また ここに もどってこられますように！」 I hope I come back here again!

★★The aim of this lesson...
だいすきな ばしょの はなしを します。
to talk about the new members!

6)Interview...(short ver.)［5：40］


★★Interview...★★
①ネコカフェ
Q.日本で ネコカフェに 行きましたね。イタリアにも ネコカフェが ありますか。

Q.ネコカフェで、なにをしましたか。なにが できますか。

Q.なにか ルールが ありますか。

Q．ネコカフェは どうでしたか。


②レインボーブリッジ
Q．どうでしたか。

③やさしい人たち
Q．日本で やさしい人に であったんですか。

④ピカチュウシェフ
Q．ピカチュウシェフって 何ですか。




LESSON11　また ここに もどってこられますように！ I hope I come back here again!
1)［3：51］Introduction of the characters, Please tell me about yourself 
2)［5：51］The aim of this lesson, Text, Vocabulary 
3)［4：37］Sentence pattern and expression 1&2　 
4)［5：12］Text, Applied conversation practice, Extra thinking training　 
5)［8：50］Let's challenge you too!
6)［5：40］Interview...

You can see the text of this lesson on my free website.
你可以在我的免费网站上找到这一课的内容。

Voice:Luigi(Backmirror),Elena(Marie),ondoku3

Japanese! わたしの いろいろな はなし

また ここに もどってこられますように！(6)

In today's episode, we learn why it's wrong to say that the food was 'very delicious', or that the weather was 'very freezing'. The reason is all to do with the fact that some adjectives are GRADABLE - we can make them stronger or weaker by using intensifiers such as 'very' or 'fairly', for example 'she's very pretty' or 'the weather is very hot'. But other adjectives are UNGRADABLE, which means that they're already at the very top (e.g., 'amazing') or the very bottom (e.g., terrible). But how do we stress these adjectives, if we can't use 'very'? Learn how in today's podcast, and manage to avoid one of the most common mistakes made by students of English. 

Learn English with Cambridge David

Avoiding common mistakes - Ungradable Adjectives

¡Hola! Welcome to Spanish from Zero, a podcast for people who are just starting the amazing journey that is learning Spanish.

Today’s practice is focused on the verb Ser (to be). That's the verb we use to talk about someone's occupations, origin and title.

The exercise is really simple. I’m gonna say a couple of sentences, but the subject (i.e. the person) is missing. For example, if you hear “am from Colombia”, the subject missing from that sentence would be "I". 

Ready? Here are the sentences:

Soy de Argentina.
Es de Perú.
Eres de Guatemala.
Son de Colombia.
Somos de Chile.
Es doctor.
Soy dentista.
Somos amigos.
Son hermanos.
Eres profesor.

How was it? You can check out the answers and see how you did here: https://spanishconmar.wordpress.com/2022/03/11/spanish-from-zero-02/

Let me know if you have any questions, and subscribe to get the new episodes as soon as they come out. ¡Gracias por escuchar! :) 

Spanish from zero

Listening practice for beginners • Ser (to be)

With many teens spending almost all of their time online, parents are concerned that social media is exposing them to harmful content. Faced with growing pressure to stop online harm, Instagram has introduced a major new update to protect young people and give parents more control.

Under 18s now signing up for Instagram in the US, UK, Canada and Australia will be automatically enrolled into a restricted teen account. Existing accounts will be transferred by mid-November.

The European Union will get teen accounts later this year, and the rest of the world in January. Other Meta services like Facebook will get teen accounts next year.

What limits will teen accounts have?
Instagram already prohibits anyone under 13 from signing up.

Now, teen accounts will automatically be set to private, so they'll have to accept or reject new follower requests. Other users won't be able to see their posts or tag the account.

Teens will also only receive direct messages from people they're following or who follow them.

Teens won't be shown content involving sensitive topics and an anti-bullying feature will screen out offensive words in comments and message requests.

To reduce their screen time, teens will get a notification to stop using the app after it's been open for over an hour — which they can ignore.

Sleep mode between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. will mute notifications and send auto-replies to direct messages. However, they can still use Instagram and answer messages if they want to.

Are there workarounds?
These limits will be turned on automatically for all teens, but 16 and 17-year-olds can turn them off. Kids under 16 will need permission to do so and parents can make changes and approve or deny any requests.

However, if parents want to use teen controls, they'll need an Instagram account.

New controls for parents



Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Instagram Introduces New Teen Accounts Settings

En el episodio de hoy te hablo de algo super español y característico del verano. Las verbenas, un tesoro de la cultura española. Toda ciudad y pueblo de España tiene al menos una durante sus fiestas patronales. Hoy te cuento qué son, cómo empezaron y su evolución a lo largo de los siglos. 

Espero que este episodio te acerqué un poquito más a la cultura y tradición españolas. Si lo disfrutas, por favor considera dejar una valoración al podcast desde la plataforma en la que lo estás escuchando.


Blanca to go 

146 – Las verbenas 

CHISTES MEXICANOS

20 palabras.

Motivation (with transcript)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ayPWE3VpeOPQHd7bt4z31B4EmSEpxxfU/view?usp=drivesdk