This is just a short funny story (no offense intended) about the “ba” syllable.
The pace is a bit fast, but you can read the transcript here https://docs.google.com/document/d/18p9pFpEzZ_wavA7lfQ_9GvwbD8tLsA71pLrFVpiR2DI/edit

This is a listening practice



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“Ba” syllable

New Dialogue Composed of YCT1-1 Vocabulary

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YCT1-1

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Fao nos cuenta su viaje a Corea del sur y nos invita a explorar el mundo musical coreano. 

Ritmos del mundo

#9 Viaje a Corea

Full transcript: https://japanesemayuna.com/

はい、こんにちは。今回はポッドキャストの24回目です。寒くなくなりましたが、天気のいい日と悪い日が交互に続いています。昨日は休みでした。天気が悪かったので久しぶりに漫画を読みました。漫画は、子供の時読むのと、大人になってから読むのでは印象が違いますね。昔読んだことのある漫画でしたが、重要な部分はほとんど覚えていませんでした。

Hello. This is episode 24 of my podcast. It is no longer cold, but the weather is alternating between good and bad. Yesterday was my day off. The weather was bad, soI read comics for the first time in ages. Reading them as a child and reading it as an adult gives a very different experience. I had read this manga in the past, but I could barely remember the important parts.

春なので、面接を受ける人が多いです。今日は日本の面接について話したいと思います。面接の種類は様々です。簡単なアルバイトの面接だと、数分の面接をして、だいたい１週間以内に結果がわかります。大きな会社の面接だと、１ヶ月ぐらいかけて、３回以上面接をすることもあります。最近はオンラインの面接も増えています。

It is spring and many people have interviews. Today I would like to talk about interviews in Japan. There are different types of interviews. For a simple part-time job interview, the interview lasts a few minutes and you will usually find out the result within a week. For interviews with large companies, it may take about a month and you may be interviewed three or more times. More and more interviews are being conducted online these days.

面接を受けるときは、履歴書を持っていきます。日本の履歴書は、フォーマットが決まっています。「履歴書」という名前の用紙が、文房具屋や、100円ショップや、コンビニで売っています。英語圏の履歴書は、自分でドキュメントを作らなければいけませんが、日本の履歴書は、用紙を買って、空欄を埋めるだけなので、少し楽です。

When you are interviewed, take your CV with you. Japanese CVs have a fixed format. You can buy a form called "Rirekisyo" at stationery stores, 100 yen shops and convenience stores. While in English-speaking countries you have to create your own document, the Japanese CV is a little easier as you just buy the form and fill in the blanks.

英語圏の履歴書と違うところは、日本の履歴書には、必ず生年月日を書かなければいけないところです。他には、履歴書に証明写真を貼らなければいけません。免許証やIDに使うものと同じ証明写真が必要なので、写真撮影だけで1000円ぐらいかかります。しかも、証明写真を撮るために、髪型を整えたり、メイクをしたり、きちんとした服を着なければならないので、面倒ですね。

Japanese Lessons with Mayuna

24. 日本の面接

A fun trip to Mongolia in the summer of 2020.

layover - a short stay in a place that you make while you are on a longer journey to somewhere else
reasonable - if you say that the price of something is reasonable, you mean that it is fair and not too high
to go with something -  to choose or accept something
packed - filled to capacity; full
to see smth with your own eyes - see something yourself, especially when it is something that you would not believe to exist or be true if you did not see it
to make a buck - to earn money
a nomad -  is a member of a group of people who move from one place to another rather than living in one place all of the time
portable - something that is portable is light and small enough to be easily carried or moved, like a portable speaker 
exhausted - extremely tired
to scam - to trick someone into giving you money, usually in an illegal way

Enjoy :)

All-Weather English

My trip to Mongolia

你聽過「沙發衝浪」嗎？還是你有沙發衝浪的經驗？
今天的這一集，我邀請到一位在台灣朋友——晶晶，來跟我們分享她在台灣沙發衝浪的經驗。
晶晶在澳洲、紐西蘭、加拿大都打工過，這次回來台灣，用這個特別的方式在台灣旅行，看看不同人的生活。如果你想看看她這次旅行的經驗，歡迎到她的Instagram去看看：thelifeofjing！
If you'd like to check out Jingjing's experience couchsurfing in Taiwan, go check out her Instagram: thelifeofjing!

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Ep.9 訪問：沙發衝浪（B2）

揠苗助长[yà miáo zhù zhǎng]：pull;spoil/shoot/help/grow;to try to help the shoots grow by pulling them upward.
宋国 sòng guó：Song state in the Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.) in Chinese history.
嫌 xián：to dislike and avoid
庄稼 zhuāng jia：crops
拔高 bá gāo：pull upward
疲乏 pí fá：tired; exhausted
一大截 yī dà jié；a wide margin
枯死 kū sǐ：wither; dry up and die
This idiom also known as “拔苗助长[bá miáo zhù zhǎng]“.Literally means to do harm to a thing by being over-enthusiastic about it.

乐读中文 (Lè Dú Zhōngwén) - "Joyful Chinese Stories"

揠苗助长[yà miáo zhù zhǎng]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F9TCLjQepP_uhpGIFzDvjm_6mtyCXioB/view?usp=drivesdk