 The idiom "to take its toll" means to be damaging or harmful, cause loss or destruction. It is often used to describe the negative effects of something over time, such as a health problem taking its toll on both sides. The phrase is derived from the taking of a toll, like a  tax. It can also be used to describe the negative effects of stress on people, such as the constant stress taking its toll on emergency hospital staff.

Teacher Joseph's Podcast

Taking its Toll

Many of us focus on only one aspect of our communication: language. We are obsessed with learning grammar and advanced vocabulary. But let me ask you, would you like to speak with someone who sounds dull, and whose tone is so flat that they make you fall asleep? No, right? In this video, I will share how you can improve the quality of your voice and sound confident while subconsciously improving your active vocabulary and grammar. 

Sensei Ann

Sound confident and learn to use new vocab and grammar naturally in a conversation

El TQM como estrategia de gestión de la calidad ayuda a las organizaciones a la satisfacción plena de los requerimientos de los clientes por medio de la participación de todos los empleados y guiándose por los siete principios de la gestión de la calidad total

De todo un poco

temporada 1 Episodio 6 TQM o gestión de calidad total

最近、ドイツのスーパーでは小麦粉や油、パスタが売り切れになっています。油については揚げ物に使うひまわり油は売り切れていますが、オリーブオイルはあります。小麦粉や油を置いている棚には「1人２個まで」と書いた紙が貼ってあります。
この状況がなぜ起こっているのか、私には詳しい理由がわかりません。戦争のせいでウクライナやロシアから商品が来ていないからかもしれないし、緊急の場合に備えて買いだめをしている人が多いからかもしれません。
２年前にパンデミックが始まった時にも小麦粉とトイレットペーパーが売り切れになりました。
幸い、私の家には去年イタリアでもらったオリーブオイルとパスタがたくさんあるので困っていません。
みなさんの国ではどうですか？

小麦粉：こむぎこ　flour
油：あぶら　oil
ひまわり：sunflower
売り切れ：うりきれ　sold out
棚：たな　shelf
棚に紙が貼（は）ってあります：a paper is stuck on the shelf, there is a paper on the shelf
状況：じょうきょう　situation
詳しい：くわしい　detailed
理由：りゆう reason
戦争：せんそう　war
商品：しょうひん　product
緊急：きんきゅう　emergency
備（そな）えて：prepare
緊急の場合に備（そな）えて：in case of emergency
買（か）いだめする： hoard , stock up on
幸（さいわ）い：fortunately

Nihongo Short Story by Noriko

ドイツでは小麦粉と油が売り切れになっています（Flour and oil are sold out in Germany)

Note: This podcast is intended for language learning ONLY. Not for promoting or criticizing any political party or ideology. Let’s keep it friendly and accessible to all :)


Also, all of the experiences are the hosts’ own experiences so please do your own research if you need more information.


Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

Chat About Money and Savings in Chinese! 省钱

Wie in jeder meiner ersten 10 Episoden im Kanal Medizinisches Deutsch, präsentiere ich auch hier ein Patientenbeispiel, dass als Vorlage für die Erstellung von Untersuchungs- und Behandlungsplänen, sowie für die Vorbereitung auf die Fachsprachprüfung (FSP) dienen soll.

Medizinisches Deutsch für FSP oder Medizininteressierte

Episode 4 (Patientenbeispiel

Mountain - Mlima
Hill - Kilima
River - Mto
Ocean - Bahari
Lake - Ziwa
Dam - Bwawa
Plateau - Uwanda
Plain - Tambarare
Valley - Bonde




Austine Sikuku

Physical Features

In this episode we are going to learn 【Greeting】in Chinese. 
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As a beginner, there're some vocabularies that you didn't learn before, and native speaker's speed seems too fast to understand. But don't worry, let's do it step by step. 
1st time: listen and catch the words you know already, have a guess about the content.
2nd time: look at the text to check if you guessed it right. 
3rd time: listen one more time, repeat after it.
4th time: practice until you can speak as the normal speed without looking at the text. 
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中国人怎么打招呼呢？
zhōng guó rén zěn me dǎ zhāo hū ne ？
How do Chinese people greet?
早上见面,我们说“早上好”，或者“早”。
zǎo shàng jiàn miàn , wǒ men shuō “ zǎo shàng hǎo ”， huò zhě “ zǎo ”。
When we meet in the morning, we say "good morning", or "morning".
上午9点到12点，我们说：“上午好。"
shàng wǔ jiǔ diǎn dào shí èr diǎn ， wǒ men shuō ：“ shàng wǔ hǎo 。"
From 9 am to 12 am, we say, "Good morning(before noon)."
中午12点左右，我们问：“你吃了吗？”
zhōng wǔ shí èr diǎn zuǒ yòu ， wǒ men wèn ：“ nǐ chī le ma ？”
Around 12 noon, we ask, "Have you eaten yet?"
下午12点到6点，我们说：“下午好。”
xià wǔ shí èr  diǎn dào liù diǎn ， wǒ men shuō ：“ xià wǔ hǎo 。”
From 12pm to 6pm, we say, "Good afternoon."
天黑了，我们说：“晚上好。”
tiān hēi le ， wǒ men shuō ：“ wǎn shàng hǎo 。”
It is getting dark and we say, "Good evening."
要睡觉了，我们说：“晚安。”
yào shuì jiào le ， wǒ men shuō ：“ wǎn ān 。”
Going to bed, we say, "Good night."

Yuli's Chinese Channel

打招呼 Greeting （Beginner）

En el Día Internacional de la Mujer quiero rendir homenaje a algunas mujeres españolas que fueron pioneras y de alguna u otra manera rompieron estereotipos, desafiaron a la sociedad y abrieron el camino a las mujeres que veníamos detrás. Mujeres valientes que merecen ser reconocidas.

Espero que disfrutes el episodio, una vez que lo escuches, dime qué te ha parecido y si conocías a alguna de estas mujeres, o es la primera vez que escuchas sobre ellas. Además, si conoces a otra mujer española que haya hecho historia, ¡compártela!
