How would you decline an invitation without being rude?
Here is a useful idiom to decline an offer politely or say that you would like to accept it, but at a later time.

Join me on this episode and learn how to use "take a rain check" in context!



English with Serena

Take a rain check (Rimandare l'invito)

Bones! En aquest episodi parlaré un poc sobre la llengua catalana. Les seves característiques, llocs on es parla, diferències entre els diferents parlants que podem trobar segons la seva zona geogràfica i molt més...

Aprèn català amb Jordi

2- La llengua catalana

我这个胆小鬼！


我这个人呀，什么都好，就是胆子小。
夜里不敢一个人在家，上课不敢大胆发言，大家都叫我“ 胆小鬼”。 
在中国第一天上课时，我在心里暗下决心， 见了同学要问好。结果，我非常紧张 ， 嘴巴张了张想说话，可是嘴里像塞了一团棉花，怀里像揣了一只小兔子枰枰直跳，怎么也说不出话来，脸羞得通红，
头也不由自主地低了下去。

你们紧张的时候也跟我一样吗？

解馋小零食

我和个胆小鬼！(Intermediate) 

明けましておめでとうございます。
皆さんは年末年始をどう過ごしましたか？
今回は、新年の恒例行事である初詣について話します。

Happy New Year! 
How did you spend your New Year’s holiday?
This time, we talk about 初詣, which is the New year's visit to a shrine / temple that many Japanese do as one of the annual New Year's events.


♤ キーワード
・初詣（はつもうで：first shrine visit of the New Year）
・三が日（さんがにち：the first three days of the new year）
・おみくじ（a fortune-telling paper strip）
・真に受ける（まにうける：take something too seriously） 
・万事（ばんじ：everything）
・運勢（うんせい：fortune）

♧ 理解度チェッククイズ 
1. アヤが初詣でいつもすることは？ 
2. フミがそれを躊躇（ちゅうちょ）してしまう理由は？

♢ 前回のクイズの答え
1. フミの今年の漢字と、それを選んだ理由は？ 
→「楽」よく楽器に触り、楽しい気持ちで新しいことにチャレンジしたから。そして、これからは楽をしたいから。
2. アヤの今年の漢字と、それを選んだ理由は？
→「調」新しいことを始めて、生活を調整・調節する必要があったから。

BGM special thanks：MusMus

アヤさんとフミさんの日本語雑談（Aya and Fumi’s Japanese Chit-Chat）

Episode 21：初詣

¿Cuántas veces desbloqueamos la pantalla de nuestros teléfonos?
¿Es la pantalla del celular lo primero que vemos cuando despertamos y lo último antes de cerrar los ojos por las noches?

Charlemos sobre esto.

En el podcast vas a encontrar preguntas y mis respuestas personales. Si te animas, podes intentar escribir tus propias respuestas. ¿Empezamos?

DALE PLAY Y PRACTICA TU ESPAÑOL CONMIGO HOY!

Desde Buenos Aires, Argentina - 

Disfruta de aprender

¿Cuánto tiempo pasamos frente a la pantalla de nuestros celulares?

Hoy sale la cabalgata de Reyes Magos en España y los niños recibirán los regalos mañana por la mañana. 

En este episodio aprenderás en qué consiste esta tradición y también a expresar algo que te parece peligroso con presente de subjuntivo.

📩 Apúntate a mi boletín de noticias para aprender una palabra coloquial al día: https://acortar.link/d8H9at

Español coloquial

Me parece peligroso que tiren caramelos

Oi gente, aqui é Aneleh, sua tutora de português favorita. No podcast de hoje, vou contar para vocês sobre uma lenda do folclore brasileiro chamada "A Lenda do Curupira". Ela fala sobre um ser mítico que protege a floresta contra caçadores e contra aqueles que derrubam as árvores. No final, trarei algumas palavras com seus significados em inglês para ajudar caso vocês tenham dificuldade com o vocabulário.
E se quiserem acompanhar o script do podcast é só clicar nesse link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fe50CW49qj1Er-EVhVvQdxAPXf2okoDfjSLUfBApBx0/edit?usp=sharing
 Vamos lá?

Portuguese Drops 

Lendas do Brasil - Curupira 

Transcript: https://saracasalino-books.weebly.com/blog/scarlet-darkness-part-8

Learn English with Stories

Scarlet Darkness- Chapter 8 (last chapter)

Japan Airlines (JAL) is offering free domestic flights in Japan for some passengers who book an international flight with the airline.

At the moment, the offer is available to passengers booking flights into Japan from a number of countries in North America and the Asia-Pacific region.

For example, it means that a passenger booking a flight from Thailand to Tokyo will be able to book a free flight from the Japanese capital to any other destination in Japan that JAL flies to.

According to the JAL website, the airline has 133 domestic routes and 66 international routes.

It's good news for tourists who'd like to explore more of Japan, but it could also help take the pressure off some of the country's most popular sights.

Almost 18 million international visitors came to Japan in the first half of 2024, according to the country's national tourism organization.

That's a record number of arrivals, and it means some popular tourist areas — including the center of Tokyo and Mount Fuji — can get overcrowded.

JAL's offer was first made available in early September to tourists from Canada, Mexico and the US.

By the end of the month, people traveling from Australia and New Zealand were also eligible, along with those from Thailand, Singapore, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, India and Taiwan.

JAL hopes to make it available to even more passengers in the future.

To take advantage of the offer, passengers must book their domestic flight at the same time that they make their international booking with JAL.

However, the airline said travelers from the US, Canada, Mexico and China will have to pay a little more — $100 for travelers from the US — if they plan to spend more than 24 hours in the first city they arrive in.