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The act or result of producing sounds of speech with reference to a standard of correctness or acceptability, yes, you're correct. I am speaking of, "Pronunciation". 

Proper pronunciation is what we all strive towards, so dive in and take notes in this episode about perfecting your pronunciation!

Baffling Lingo

Proper Pronunciation

Did you know caterpillars have more muscles than us?

Did you know?

Caterpillar’s muscles

Reading a book in Japanese
''Buying Mittens'' #9　(Written by Nankichi Niimi)
『手袋を買いに』(てぶくろを かいに）
新美南吉・著　第九話
It's a heartwarming story with
beautiful winter portrayal.

You can practice shadowing, repeating with
this reading and the text below.
Besides, it's helpful to study Kanji. 😊
📚My lessons: https://www.italki.com/ja/teacher/6185061

「このお手々にちょうどいい手袋ください」
すると帽子屋さんは、おやおやと思いました。
狐の手です。狐の手が手袋をくれと言うのです。
これはきっと木の葉で買いに来たんだな
と思いました。そこで、
「先にお金をください」
と言いました。
子狐は すなおに、握って来た白銅貨を
二つ帽子屋さんに渡しました。
帽子屋さんはそれを人差指の さきにのっけて、
カチ合せて見ると、よい音がしましたので、
これは木の葉じゃない、ほんとのお金だ
と思いましたので、棚から子供用の毛糸の手袋を
とり出してきて子狐の手に持たせてやりました。
子狐は、お礼を言って
また、もと来た道を帰りはじめました。


【漢字】
お手々・・・おてて
手袋　・・・てぶくろ
帽子屋・・・ぼうしや
思いました・おもいました
狐　　・・・きつね
言う　・・・いう
木の葉・・・このは
買いに・・・かいに
来た　・・・きた
先に　・・・さきに
お金　・・・おかね
子狐　・・・こぎつね
白銅貨・・・はくどうか
二つ　・・・ふたつ
渡しました・わたしました
人差指・・・ひとさしゆび
合わせて・・あわせて
音　　・・・おと
棚　　・・・たな
子供用・・・こどもよう
毛糸　・・・けいと
出して・・・だして
持たせて・・もたせて
お礼　・・・おれい
道　　・・・みち
帰り　・・・かえり

朗読クラブ📚Reading to Japanese language learners 

朗読 『手袋を買いに』第九話 Buying Mittens #9

In questo episodio parleremo nuovamente di apprendimento linguistico e  vi dirò la mia opinione sullo studiare più di una lingua allo stesso tempo. Amo ricordare che la mia opinione non è assolutamente legge e che persone diverse possono avere opinioni differenti a tal riguardo. Il mio pensiero a tal riguardo è semplicemente basato sulla mia esperienza personale nello studio delle lingue straniere.

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Aujourd’hui, je veux parler de nourriture. Je veux parler de ce que l’on mange au Québec, mais le faire en évitant de seulement parler de plats typiquement québécois. J’ai donc choisi 20 aliments ou plats qui, pour moi, représentent le Québec d’aujourd’hui: un mélange de tradition et de modernité. Vous trouverez la version écrite de ce podcast sur mon site, frenchwithfrederic.com 

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Le Québec en 20 plats et aliments

摩根大通资产管理公司表示，由于美国银行业危机将引发全球经济放缓，欧洲央行可能停止加息。
该公司固定收益投资组合经理Jason Davis表示，硅谷银行倒闭后，人们对美国银行业的信心不断恶化，这可能会变成一个“慢性”问题，迫使主要国家的央行比多数人预期的更早停止加息。对欧洲央行来说，这意味着本周可能是其最后一次加息，而对美联储来说，这意味着其下周将暂停加息。Davis预计，未来几个月美国和欧洲将出现贷款条件进一步收紧的迹象，从而提高全球经济硬着陆的可能性


财经早咖啡【财经新闻】【Business News】

美国银行业危机恐成“慢性”问题，美联储和欧洲央行可能暂停加息 ；

Why do cats purr? Is it just because they are happy? Could it help improve our health?

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Online reviews are everywhere, whether you're looking for a movie to watch, a hotel to stay in or a new air fryer.

Many of us read these reviews carefully, even though we probably know that not all reviews are unbiased — or even real.

Now, researchers have found out something interesting about online reviews: women generally rate things higher than men.

The researchers looked at more than 1 billion online reviews on five different websites, including Amazon, Google and the movie site IMDb.

They found that, on average, women rate things more positively than men, and are more likely to give five-star reviews.

The research team then did two smaller studies to find out why this might be. They said women don't actually like things any more or any less than men, but they still generally leave better reviews.

In one of those smaller studies, more than 1,100 people were asked to rate art made by artificial intelligence software. They were asked to rate the art privately and then publicly.

Privately, there was not much of a difference between male and female ratings.

But when participants were asked to write public reviews, women were less likely to post lower ratings, especially when they really didn't like the art.

The researchers said women may feel more worried than men about the consequences of writing bad reviews.

They added that everyone should be able to write reviews without being worried about the consequences.