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Episode5: Concours de plongeon dans une piscine

In 1950s America, smoking was cool, with movie stars like James Dean and Marlene Dietrich making it look stylish. Cigarette companies even claimed smoking was good for you, with one famous advertisement claiming, "More doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette."

But things started to change in 1951, when a British scientist found a link between smoking and lung cancer.

Today, things look very different, and smoking in the US is at its lowest level in 80 years.

In the 1950s, nearly half of US adults smoked. Now, according to a poll from Gallup, only 11% of American adults say they've smoked in the past week — half the number from 10 years ago.

One reason is that more people now see smoking as bad for you, with 79% of Americans agreeing that cigarettes are very harmful.

Another major reason is that fewer young adults are smoking.

Young adults used to smoke the most out of any age group, but now they're the least likely to smoke. In the early 2000s, 35% of US adults under 30 smoked, but today, it's just 6%. Instead, it's the older generation that are the biggest smokers these days, with 18% of adults aged 50 to 64 saying they smoke.

Although smoking may be declining, vaping is becoming more popular.

Vaping, or using e-cigarettes, is less common than smoking, with just 7% of adults saying they vape. But vaping is more popular with young adults, and nearly 1 in 5 of American adults under 30 vape.

And if they keep vaping into middle age — and if young people today start vaping as they grow up — vaping might soon become more common than smoking.

Health experts say even though vaping is less harmful than smoking, it's best to avoid both.

English Conversation/Dialogue

US Smoking Hits 80-Year Low

Wygrać na loterii wakacje na Majorce - to jest to!
Poćwiczyć tryb przypuszczający - jeszcze lepiej ;)
A do tego poznać mnóstwo frazeologizmów...  -  to brzmi jak bardzo przyjemna lekcja polskiego! :) 

FIVE-MINUTE POLISH TALES

MAJORKA

Chinamaxxing  极致中国化 (jí zhì zhōng guó huà)

Beginner Chinese Listening

今天几号？Jīntiān jǐ hào?   What's the date today?  今天12号。Jīntiān 12 hào.  Today is the 12th.
明天几号？Míngtiān jǐ hào?   What's the date tomorrow?   明天13号。Míngtiān 13 hào.    
Tomorrow is the 13th.
昨天几号？Zuótiān jǐ hào?  What's the date yesterday?   昨天11号。   Zuótiān 11 hào.   
Yesterday was the 11th.

零基础汉语---zero basic Chinese

第十一课 lesson 11

Full transcript: https://japanesemayuna.com/
はい、こんにちは。今回はポッドキャストのシーズン２の４回目です。大学の授業が始まりました。授業はオンラインです。日本でオンラインの授業が一般的になったのは、コロナウイルスが始まってからです。教授はまだZoomの操作に慣れていなくて、生徒の中には70代ぐらいの人もいたので、最初の授業ではトラブルがたくさん起こりました。
Hello. This is episode 4 of season 2 of my podcast. University classes have started. The classes are online. Online classes became common in Japan after the spread of the coronavirus. The professor was not yet familiar with how to work Zoom and some of the students were in their 70s, so there were a lot of technical problems in the first class.
今は仏教の歴史について勉強しています。ブッダの人生についての話です。ブッダについて書かれているインドの古い本では、正確な年号や情報がわからないため、仏教の研究は難しいそうです。インドで生まれた仏教の教えは、中国で翻訳されて、それから日本に伝わっています。そして京都や奈良にたくさんお寺が建てられました。なので、日本語にはインドから伝わった言葉が少しあります。ヨーロッパの言語とインドの言語は同じ言語から派生していますね。「派生する」とは、一つのものから生まれて、いろいろな種類に分かれることです。歴史を勉強すると、いろんな国の文化は同じルーツを持っているということがよくわかります。
Now I am studying about the history of Buddhism. It is about the life of Buddha. It is said that it is difficult to research Buddhism because the exact dates of events and the accuracy of information in the old Indian books about the Buddha are unclear. The teachings of Buddhism, which originated in India, were translated in China and then introduced to Japan. Then many temples were built in Kyoto and Nara. So the Japanese language has a few words that came from India. So European languages and Indian languages are Hasei-shiteiru from the same language. ‘Hasei-suru’ (to derive) means to come from one thing and divide into many different kinds of thing. Studying history, it is easy to see that the cultures of various countries have the same roots.
そして、今日はレッスンでAIの話をしました。生徒さんに、論文を作るAIの話を聞きました。このAIはプログラミングのバグを見つけたりするのに便利だそうですが、記事や、メールや、論文を書くこともできます。生徒さんに実際にAIが書いた論文を見せてもらいました。不自然なところはほとんどありませんでした。しかも、論文は日本語で書かれていました。とても驚きました。将来、学校の課題はなくなってしまうかもしれません。最近日本では、漫画やアニメのイラストを作るAIが人気ですが、著作権などが問題になっています。

Japanese Lessons with Mayuna

S2 Ep4. 論文を作るAI

Pets can get stressed too, just like humans. And sometimes, they can even get more stressed than us. How do we know that? How can we help them? And what are some of the signs that our furry friends are feeling anxious or overwhelmed? These are some of the questions that we will explore in this episode.

Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

我的宠物压力很大! My pet is stressed out!

In questo episodio vedremo i metodi migliori per trovare lavoro in Italia e perchè dovremmo farlo, ti piacerebbe trovare lavoro in Italia e perchè?

Learn Italian with Pacey

1.Come trovare lavoro in Italia? How to find a job in Italy?

En este episodio continúo hablando con Diego y a Efraín de Mextalki sobre El Día de Muertos. 

En esta segunda parte nos hablan de los días que dura esta celebración y qué se celebra cada día, una comida típica de estas fechas y las ciudades que nos recomiendan visitar si viajamos a México durante esta época.

Podéis encontrar a Diego y A Efraín en todas las plataformas con el nombre de Mextalki.
