大家好，我是戴大眼镜的汉语老师Sylvia，和我一起学汉语吧。
Hey Guys, I am Sylvia, a Chinese teacher wearing big glasses. Let's see Chinese together.

大眼镜汉语老师Sylvia

I’ll introduce Japanese culture in easy Japanese.
Today’s Theme is “お盆（ぼん）《Bon festival》”.
This episode is JLPT-N3 level.

I created a quiz on this episode.
After listening, please take the quiz!

Please use this audio for listening and shadowing practices.

☆Words☆
お盆（ぼん）：Bon festival
Obon is one of the Buddhist events. In Buddhism, it is believed that the spirits of family ancestors come back to this world during the Obon period between July and August, and a series of events take place to commemorate them.
Obon is regarded as one of the most important family occasions of the year in Japan.
Although Obon is not an official holiday, many offices are temporarily closed for business during this period. 

盆踊（ぼんおど）り：Bon Festival dance
Bon Odori is a traditional Japanese dance that is generally performed at events or festivals during Obon holidays.
Participants wear yukata, a casual traditional Kimono-style garment, and dance to traditional music while circling around a stage to honor the spirits of ancestors.

移動（いどう）する：move

仏教（ぶっきょう）：Buddhism

先祖（せんぞ）：ancestor

もてなす：treat / welcome

仏壇（ぶつだん）：Buddhist altar

迎（むか）え火（び）：welcoming fire
“迎え火” is a sacred fire that is often burned on August 13th in front of each household to guide the spirits of their ancestors back home.

提灯（ちょうちん）：chochin lantern

送（おく）り火（び）：seeing off fire
"送り火"is lit on the last day of Obon, which is generally August 16th to send the ancestors back to their world.

五山送り火（ござんのおくりび）：
The Send-off Bonfires of Five Mountains (Gozan no Okuribi) refers to the annual bonfires lit at various 5 locations including Nyoigatake (Mt. Nyoi known as Mt. Daimonji) on August 16 in Kyoto City.

阿波踊（あわおど）り：
“阿波踊り” is the largest and the most famous bon festival dance in Japan, attracting more than 1 million visitors from August 12 to 15 every year. 

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Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#43 Japanese culture / お盆《Bon festival》 // N3 Level /Japanese listening

¡Hola!  Welcome to Español from Zero, a podcast for people who are just starting the amazing journey that is learning Spanish.

Today’s practice is focused on the verb Llamarse (to be called). Basically the verb that we use to talk about people’s names.

The exercise is really short and simple! Your job is to find the mistakes in these sentences (only one of them is correct):

Yo llamo Rafael 
Nosotros nos llamos Pedro y Juan 
Ella se llaman Claudia
Tú te llamas Lucas
Ellos se llama Ana y Sebastián

You can check out the answers here: https://spanishconmar.wordpress.com/2022/03/04/espanol-from-zero-01/

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Aquatic زندگی ابی ابزی
array ارایه ضف نظم
defense دفاع سیستم ایمنی دفاع بدن
deforestation جنگل زدایی
environment محیط
erosion فرسایس سایش
extend گسترش دادن
fell انتداختن درخت قطع کردن
habitat زیستگاه
impact تاثیر اثر
inhibit مانع شدن جلوگیری کردن
intercept استراق سمع مانع شدن
logging کارخانه بهره برداری از درختان جنگل
myriad زیاد بسیار
nutrient مغذی
pollution الودگی
stabilize تثبیت کردن دارای بالانس و ثبات کردن
terrestrial زمینی وابسته به زمین شبیه زمین
vanish مخفی شدن ناپدید شدن
vegetation زندگی گیاهی نباتی

IELTS Essential Words  دوره هضم لغات ضروری آیلتس  English/ Persian

بخش اول : The Natural World > Environmental Impacts

¿Qué miembros de la familia conoces?
Hermano / hermana
Primos
Padre / Madre
Hijo/hija
Esposo/esposas
Hermano menor/hermana mayor
Tío/Tía

¿Cuántos primos tienes?
¿Cuántos tíos tienes?
¿Son nuestros mejores amigos o amigas parte de nuestra familia?
¿Cuál es la palabra para decir mom en español?
¿Cuál es la palabra para decir dad en español?
Frases 
Me encanta visitar a mi abuela
Mis abuelos me cuidad 
My grandparents take care of me.
Mi padre trabaja en la oficina.
Háblame de los miembros de tu familia
¿Quiénes son los miembros de tu familia?

My language learning voyage (Español)

La familia vocabulario básico

Сегодня суббота. (Today is Saturday.)
Я выспалась и чувствую себя хорошо. (I slept well and I feel good.)
Я помню, когда раньше совсем мало спала, (I remember when I used to sleep very little,)
но сейчас я стараюсь спать больше. (but now I try to sleep more.)
Я ещё не знаю, что я буду делать. (I don’t know yet what I will do.)
Скорее всего, я пойду кататься на велосипеде (Most likely, I will go cycling)
и может быть куплю что-нибудь покушать. (and maybe buy something to eat.)
Сейчас утро и на улице очень солнечно. (It’s morning now and it’s very sunny outside.)
Воздух утром тоже очень свежий. (The air in the morning is also very fresh.)
Много людей сейчас едут в лес со своими собаками. (Many people are going to the forest now with their dogs.)
Собаки очень счастливы потому что им нравится бегать в лесу. (The dogs are very happy because they like running in the forest.)

My diary in Russian

23 августа, суббота 

Почему слово "должен" так часто используется в русском языке? 