In this podcast series, I read short excerpts of books and explain the vocabulary and colloquial phrases. 

ESL with literary analysis

お久しぶりです。
4月を最後に、サボっておりました。ごめんなさい。
しかし、旅は続く！夏に東北地方を旅していました。
関西出身の私にとって、東北地方はアルゼンチンより遠かったんです。でも、今回の秋田、ガイドの仕事までしたおかげで、ずいぶん身近になりました。
感じたこと、言いたいことが山ほどあったので、ハルカちゃんに聞いてもらいました。
すると、ハルカちゃん、前より賢くなってるじゃん！
というわけで、二人の掛け合いをまた楽しく聞いてくださるとうれしいです。

スクリプトは⁠こちら⁠。
https://chivalrous-wallaby-f5c.notion.site/22-16940209bb4380e699c3c53455544f9e?pvs=4
サイトの遊び方は⁠こちら⁠をご覧ください。
https://chivalrous-wallaby-f5c.notion.site/S2-1114d60c575442768615bc975767fd41?pvs=4
じゃあ、またね！

すずまりの日本語「きき耳ずきん」S2

第22話　なまはげの力、風車の力（秋田）

Hola, soy Jania y soy mexicana. 

El día de hoy Martín y yo presentamos un episodio sobre el ejercicio físico, ¿Qué actividad física practicamos? ¿Qué beneficios hemos tenido? y mucho más.
Visiten a Martín: https://www.italki.com/teacher/5211013/spanish

Spanish with Jania

Workout

3月3日は何の日でしょう。
ひなまつりです。
きょうは、わたしの家のひな人形「木目込み人形（きめこみにんぎょう）」のお話です。

What day is march 3rd? It is Hinamatsuri, the Dolls Festival!
Today I'm talking about our hina dolls, "kimekomi dolls."


+++ words +++
人形（にんぎょう）　　doll
育つ（そだつ）　　　  grow up
飾る（かざる）　　　  display
額（がく）　　        frame
布（ぬの）　　　　 fabric
専用の（せんようの）  special  
へら          　　　　spatula
帯（おび）          　kimono belt
まるみがある　　　　　roundish
特徴（とくちょう）    feature
実は（じつは）        in fact
キット                kit
アマビエ              thought to be a sea monster expeling epidemics

+++ grammers +++
Vように         　　　wish to
Vこともある　　　　　 not always
Vてある               something has been done and that state continues 

Country Life in Japan とかいとちがう　かもしれない　いなかのくらし

#01 ひな人形のつくりかた

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZZsoDoV8ajV-ThXgsfsPzIwp2IvAy8OP6bAgUsW88Og/edit?usp=sharing

México en el corazón

¡La tortilla: una delicia ancestral que nos hace agua la boca! (con transcripción)

Much has been emphasized on how important good health is in our daily lives. Good health includes emotional wellbeing as well as physical health. 

Let us all aim to be as healthy as we can be; inside and out. In this episode, we will discuss the word Healthy in Malay and construct five different sentence variations. 

Let's get going to good health!  

Joy to Our World

I am healthy! 

Acompáñanos a Camille y a mí en esta plática sobre una obra literaria icónica de Francia.
Si te late aprender francés, contacta a Camille:
https://www.italki.com/teacher/4396946

Mucho que decir

El Principito de Antoine de Saint-Exupéry🎧

Some people love to brag. They might brag about where they live, the money they make or how great they are at sports.

In fact, some people even brag about how busy or stressed they are.

And it's becoming quite common.

It's called "busy bragging" or "stress bragging" — and people find it just as annoying as any other bragging.

You may have heard it at your workplace, when people tell everyone about how much work they have to do, or say things like: "You have no idea of the stress I'm under."

They might be doing this to show others that they're important or working hard.

However, a study from the US found that the colleagues of stress braggers find those people less likable and less competent because of their bragging.

And colleagues were found to be less likely to help stress braggers.

The study also found that colleagues may even begin to feel stress themselves because of the effect of people stress bragging.

Study author Jessica Rodell said: "People are harming themselves by doing this thing they think is going to make them look better to their colleagues."

However, Rodell said sharing workplace stress with others is not a bad thing to do: it's only when people brag about their stress that it causes negative feelings.

"It's not the being stressed part that's a problem," she said. In fact, the study found that if your colleagues think you're stressed, they do think you're more competent.

You just can't brag about it.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

'Busy Bragging': The Workplace Habit That Annoys Everyone

Today I talk about the Phrase "To be Gutted" and details about the BT Tower, London, which will be converted into a hotel.
Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B9HKPOh5noUZoB8OyqkIzXgN2IWP4fOk/view?usp=drivesdk


