Today’s expression: A Baptism of Fire 🔥

What happens when your very first experience turns out to be your biggest challenge?

🎙️ In this episode, you’ll learn the meaning of a baptism of fire and how native speakers use it to talk about difficult beginnings that make us stronger and more confident. 💪

English with Navid

Baptism of Fire

今回は、「猫」にまつわる面白い日本語をいくつか紹介しました。

レッスンで「猫の手も借りたい」という言葉が出てきたとき、生徒さんが「猫の手？役に立つの？」ときょとんとしたことがきっかけです。

「猫の手も借りたいほど忙しい！」という言葉の意味や、「猫舌」、**「猫をかぶる」**など、猫から生まれたユニークな表現について、私の個人的なエピソードを交えながらお話ししています。

日本語をもっと楽しく学びたい方、表現の幅を広げたい方、ぜひ聴いてみてください！

スクリプト付きのYouTube動画もあります。
https://youtu.be/7BqDoxc2TZY

にほんごトークルーム

4 「猫の手も借りたい」って何？猫は日本語で大活躍！

In this episode number 0 I will introduce myself and talk about the content of this podcast.
En este episodio hablaré un poco de mí y del contenido que vamos a tratar en esta serie. 

Rohayhudcast! Paraguayan spanish!

Bienvenido!! 

Letter L
Listen and repeat then sing along.
lemon, lamp, leaf, lion
This is my lemon.
This is my lamp.
This is my leaf.
This is my lion.
Follow me for more phonics.

Phonics The Alphabet 

Letter L

En este breve episodio os hablo sobre la importancia de ver las cosas con perspectiva.

Un ratito conmigo

URC - Ep. 3 (Una carta del pasado)

 今年夏天很特别，从中国到外国，北方到南方，天气都非常热，温度也特别高。比如上海，夏天一般在三十五度左右。可是今年夏天有多热呢？最热的那段时间差不多每天都有四十多度。大家都说，这是最近二十年最热的夏天。有的专家说这是因为气候变化，环境被破坏了，以后全世界每年都会有这种不正常的天气，我们必须开始重视保护环境了。

Jīnnián xiàtiān hěn tèbié, cóng Zhōngguó dào wàiguó, běifāng dào nánfāng, tiānqì dōu fēicháng rè, wēndù yě tèbié gāo. Bǐrú Shànghǎi, xiàtiān yībān zài sān shí wǔ dù zuǒ yòu. Kěshì jīnnián xiàtiān yǒu duō rè ne? Zuì rè de nà duàn shíjiān chà bù duō měi tiān dōu yǒu sì shí duō dù. Dàjiā dōu shuō, zhè shì zuìjìn èr shí nián zuì rè de xiàtiān. Yǒu de zhuānjiā shuō zhè shì yīnwèi qìhòu biànhuà, huánjìng bèi pòhuài le, yǐhòu quán shìjiè měinián dōu huì yǒu zhè zhǒng bù zhèngcháng de tiānqì, wǒmen bìxū kāishǐ zhòngshì bǎohù huánjìng le. 

This summer is very special, from China to foreign countries, north to south, the weather is very hot, the temperature is very high. In Shanghai, for example, it's usually around 35 degrees in summer. But how hot will it be this summer? During the hottest days, it was more than 40 degrees every day. By all accounts, it was the hottest summer in the last twenty years. Some experts say that this is because of climate change, the environment is destroyed, the world will have this abnormal weather every year, we must start to pay attention to the protection of the environment.


Listening & Speaking (Mandarin)

越来越热   Getting hotter

Vidéo complète avec sous-titres ici: 
https://youtu.be/tOMrDgHN18s?si=PsbVzpq9VPt_pMBi

French Stories For All

Parler de Nourriture et de restaurants - French Listening Practice 

The world's a tapestry, a woven web,
Of threads unseen, where cultures ebb and flow.
A global mind, a bridge it seeks to be,
To span the gaps where differences may grow.

From bustling streets to mountain peaks so high,
Each land a song, a tale beneath the sky.
Respectful ears, to hear the stories told,
Of customs old, in traditions bold.

No single beat sets all the hearts alight,
The rhythm shifts, with shades of dark and bright.
A global mind, it dances to the sound,
Embraces all, on common ground it's found.

Beyond the words, a silent language speaks,
In smiles and nods, the meaning truth it seeks.
A global heart, with empathy takes hold,
In shared humanity, a story to unfold.

So let us break the walls that hold us tight,
With open minds, we greet the morning light.
For in this world, so vast and ever wide,
A global mind, in unity confides.

The Global Professional Podcast

A Global Mindset Poem - EP 22

In this episode, you will learn 15 expressions you can use to decline a request professionally and politely. 

Get the notes from today's episode at TanniaSuarez.com/blog/how-to-say-no-at-work.