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DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

こんにちは！今日(きょう)は変(へん)な校則(こうそく)について話(はな)します。
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Slow Japanese

Episode #82 - Pointless rule in schools

对牛弹琴[duì niú tán qín]：to;towards/cattle;ox/play/lute
 The idiom means taking to someone and expecting them to care or do something instead the other person just stands there and is not responding to you.
公明仪 gōng míng yí：a person‘s name in Ancient 
出游 chū yóu：Travel; go on a tour
清澈 qīng chè：Limpid; clear
景色 jǐng sè：scenery; view; scene
兴致大发 xìng zhì dà fā：interest ; mood
尽管 jǐn guǎn：although;while;when
动人 dòng rén ：moving；touching


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

对牛弹琴[duì niú tán qín]

The "th" sound is the hardest sound for everybody. You need to give it special attention.

Tongue twisters with “th”
		The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.
		
		I thought a thought. But the thought I thought Wasn’t the thought I thought I thought. If the thought I thought I thought, Had been the thought I thought, I wouldn’t have thought I thought.
		
		Something in a thirty-acre thermal thicket of thorns and thistles thumped and thundered threatening the three-D thoughts of Matthew the thug – although, theatrically, it was only the thirteen-thousand thistles and thorns through the underneath of his thigh that the thirty-year-old thug thought of that morning.
		
		Thirty-three thousand feathers on a thrushes throat.


English for IT Pros

The th Sound in English

日本語の先生のTinaです！
今日は、わたしの生徒さんからの質問、「おいとけ！」という言葉の意味を紹介します。
Tinaといっしょに日本語の勉強しましょう♪
italkiで待っています :)

Tina Japa Go!

Episode 43. おいとけ！

Level : B1 
Nivel de dificultad : B1

⚡ ¿Cuál es la carretera más larga del mundo?
⚡ ¿Cuáles países atraviesa esta carretera?


SEASON 2 : Chat & eat 🌮 TEMPORADA 2 : Charlar y comer

TEMPORADA 2 : La carretera más larga del mundo 🚧🛤🛣 SEASON 2 : The longest roadway in the world

星期一，一个星期的开始，你是否精神满满来面对接下来一周的工作呢？我们来聊聊世界上最热门的新闻，顺便充充电！
乌俄战争/俄乌战争已经持续了七个多月了，在被占领区举办了公投。 我们来看看这标题吧！
[00:00] introduction
[02:05] headline explanation
[09:42] discussion  

生词：
局勢/局势 situation
公投 referendum
公佈(布)/公布 announce
媒體/媒体 media
民調/民调 polls

来源 ：https://m.huanqiu.com/article/49mHKQXBH4s

News with zhe

#11 乌四地开始“入俄公投”

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
〈#145〉12月24日土曜日　天気/くもり　気温/3℃ 

・12/22は冬至の日
・1年で一番昼が短い日
・毎年、日にちがちがう
・かぼちゃを食べる日
・かぼちゃサラダを作った
・電子レンジでチンした
・玉ねぎを刻んで、塩とコショウとマヨネーズ。
・甘くてとてもおいしかった

［単語］
日にち/ひにち…何月何日という日
かぼちゃ…野菜。外が緑、中が明るい茶色。
電子レンジ/でんしれんじ…食べ物をあたたかくする道具
チンする/ちんする…電子レンジを使って、食べ物をあたたかくすること
玉ねぎ/たまねぎ…野菜。切ると泣いてしまう野菜。
刻む/きざむ…小さく切る
マヨネーズ/まよねーず…卵から作られた食べ物


レッスン待ってます♪


北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#145〉12月24日土曜日　【冬至】昼が短い日にかぼちゃを食べる

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What if the person who doesn't seem to be strong is actually superpower-strong?
What would you do if you were the person with such power?
It started with this crazy idea, but this show makes us LOL!!
