Here are the three books mentioned in this episode:
Enlightenment Now - Steven Pinker
Superabundance - Marian Tupy, Gale Cooley
Factfulness - Hans Rowling

In this episode, Karen and Baiwei chatted about their struggles with reading news and finding a balance between being overly worried and prepared in advance. 


Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

杞人忧天还是未雨绸缪？Are You Being Overly Anxious Or Proactive?

Charles est horloger. Un jour, il rencontre son amie Suzanne sur la plage. 
Suzanne lui montre une très vieille montre. Ils retournent à l’atelier de Charles pour trouver des informations sur la montre dans les livres de Charles. Une légende dit que la montre aide les gens à voyager dans le temps.
Soudain, un homme étrange prend la montre et s’enfuit. Charles le rattrape. 
L’homme dit qu’il est le pirate Eric le Kraken. Il veut remonter le temps.

Read with me  the book : French stories in French - Olly Richards and Richard Simcott

La montre - Chapitre 1 - French stories in French - Olly Richards and Richard Simcott

"A person who’s really inspired me to do something is actually my uncle Dave, who started his own tech company about 5 years ago.He’s now turned it into a highly successful company, employing over 50 people today, which I think is a very inspirational story.

 I’ve always had an interest in anything related to technology, especially computers, and my uncle both inspired and motivated me to make the decision to study computer science in college.

I had to make this decision about 3 years ago, at which time I was at a crossroads in my life, and was at my wits end trying to decide something that I knew would affect my whole future life in a pretty short space of time. However, after getting some inspirational advice from my uncle Dave, I decided to follow in his footsteps, and study computer programming. 

The main reason I find him such an inspiration is that he started this business from scratch, while still only in his early twenties, and within only 3 years turned it into the success it is today. I watched him when he first started in this business, and how he poured his heart and soul into it ,to get the business going, and I’m always so inspired by the way he literally eat’s, sleeps and breathes the business .

 Even though his business has grown so much, he still never  sits back, and keeps working hard to keep growing and expanding the business,and always goes the extra mile, which is something that really motivates, and inspires me to keep studying hard. 

 
Thank you….."

IELTS 85 Speaking

Describe a person who inspired you to do something

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나는 지난 여름에 처음으로 제주도에 갔다. 그동안 사진으로만 보던 제주도를 드디어 직접 볼 수 있어서 정말 기대가 되었다. 나는 가족과 함께 비행기를 타고 제주도로 갔다. 비행기는 약 한 시간 정도 걸렸다. 창문 밖으로 보이는 바다가 너무 아름다웠다.

제주도에 도착하자 따뜻한 바람이 나를 반겨주었다. 우리는 먼저 렌터카를 빌려서 여행을 시작했다. 첫 번째로 간 곳은 한라산이었다. 한라산은 제주도에서 가장 높은 산이다. 산을 오르는 길은 조금 힘들었지만, 정상에서 보는 경치는 정말 멋있었다. 하늘도 맑고, 바람도 시원해서 기분이 아주 좋았다.

다음 날, 우리는 협재 해수욕장에 갔다. 모래는 하얗고 부드러웠고, 바닷물은 맑고 파랬다. 나는 바다에 발을 담그고 한참 동안 놀았다. 가족과 함께 사진도 많이 찍었다. 그리고 근처 식당에서 흑돼지 고기도 먹었다. 고기가 정말 부드럽고 맛있어서 모두가 만족했다.

제주도에는 예쁜 카페도 많았다. 우리는 바다를 볼 수 있는 카페에 가서 커피와 케이크를 먹었다. 창문 밖으로 파란 바다가 보이고, 파도 소리도 들려서 아주 편안한 시간이 되었다.

여행 마지막 날에는 기념품 가게에 들렀다. 나는 친구들에게 줄 선물로 감귤 초콜릿과 제주도 그림이 그려진 엽서를 샀다. 여행이 끝나는 것이 아쉬웠지만, 좋은 추억을 많이 만들 수 있어서 행복했다.

이번 제주도 여행을 통해 자연의 아름다움을 느끼고 가족과 소중한 시간을 보낼 수 있었다. 다음에는 친구들과 함께 제주도를 다시 방문하고 싶다. 그리고 더 많은 곳을 둘러보고, 다양한 음식을 맛보고 싶다.

한국의 문화

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Hej, z tej strony Anka, a to jest już szósty  odcinek podcastu Polish is fun. W tym odcinku dam ci kilka bardzo prostych rad, co zrobić aby jak najwięcej skorzystać z lekcji języka polskiego. Oczywiście,  reguły te odnoszą się także do innych języków.

Dobrze, zaczynamy. 
Czyli zdecydowałeś się uczyć zdalnie języka polskiego i znalazłeś fajnego nauczyciela, starasz się mieć lekcje regularnie, ale tak naprawdę to nie widzisz jakiś fantastycznych rezultatów. 
Co możesz zrobić  w takiej sytuacji ?...

Mam nadzieję, że moje rady pomogą ci w nauce. Jeśli chciałabyś/chciałbyś transkrypcję tego podcastu, proszę napisz do mnie.
Dziękuję za uwagę  i do usłyszenia!  Cześć!

skorzystać - to make good use of something
przyzwyczaić się - to get used to 
spektakularne rezultaty - great results
pora dnia - time of the day


Polish is fun with Anka

Skorzystaj jak najwięcej z lekcji online

Full transcript: https://japanesemayuna.com/

はい、こんにちは。今回はシーズン２の５回目です。前回はAIの話をしました。たくさんの日本語の生徒さんにおすすめされるし、今は知識基盤社会に関するレポートを書いているので、今日はそのAIを使ってみました。AIはとても賢かったです。想像以上に言葉の意味を理解しているので、驚きました。だけど料理のレシピを聞くと、ときどき変な材料が入っていました。

Hello. This is episode 5 of season 2 of my podcast. Last time we talked about some AI software which can write essays. A lot of Japanese language students recommend it and I'm writing a report on knowledge-based societies at the moment, so today I used this AI. The AI was very smart. I was surprised because it understood the meaning of the words better than I imagined. But when I asked it about cooking recipes, it sometimes gave strange ingredients.

今日はシンギュラリティについてお話しします。シンギュラリティとは、AIが人間より賢くなって社会を変えてしまう現象のことです。アメリカのレイ・カーツワイル博士によると、2029年には、AIは人間と同じレベルになるそうです。そして2045年には、いろいろな仕事がAIに置き代わると予想されています。肉体労働がなくなると予想している人が多いですが、私はそう思いません。肉体労働は、毎日事故がたくさん起こるので対処が大変だからです。「対処」とは、問題に対して正しい行動をすることです。私は、医者や弁護士のほうが先になくなると思います。なぜなら、AIは免許の試験に合格できると思うからです。

Today I will talk about The Singularity. The Singularity is a phenomenon in which AI becomes smarter than humans and changes society. According to Dr Ray Kurzweil from the USA, by 2029, AI will be at the same level as humans. And by 2045, various jobs are expected to be replaced by AI. Many people predict that physical labour will disappear, but I disagree. This is because physical work is hard to Taisho with, as many accidents happen every day. 'Taisho' means doing the right thing in response to a problem. I think doctors and lawyers will disappear first. Because I think AI can pass the necessary exams.

先々週の週末は、京都で生徒さんと焼肉を食べました。いろいろな話をして楽しかったです。その次の日は、体育の授業がありました。朝の９時から夜の６時までずっとスポーツをしました。私が最後にバレーボールや大縄跳びをしたのは、10年以上前だと思います。とても疲れたので、夜ご飯は駅でラーメンを食べることにしました。初めて行く店でしたが、美味しかったです。

Japanese Lessons with Mayuna

S2 Ep5. シンギュラリティ

Original audio content by Elena Ann
Please contact me to get the original script
Elena Ann on Italki
https://www.italki.com/teacher/1263046/chinese


Chinesewithelena

Pingping Chinese Elementary Lesson 5：What is your job?

Podcast in Mexican and Colombian Spanish. We are Milo from Colombia and Jania from Mexico and we are ready to share the Spanish language with you.

Visit us:
https://www.italki.com/teacher/11526291/spanish
https://www.italki.com/teacher/6844238/spanish

No Manches Que Bacano

No Manches Que Bacano Podcast in Spanish on Italki

In this episode, I look back on episode 11 of season 5 of the anime Kingdom, titled "Bihei and the Hi Shin Unit."
There were powerful moments where emotions clashed — Shin’s tears, Bihei’s self-loathing, and the warmth of true comradeship.
How did you feel in those moments when your heart was moved?
Let’s take a moment to savor the lingering echoes of this powerful story together.
Original story by Yasuhisa Hara.
Animation by Pierrot and Studio Signpost.
The TV anime series began airing in 2012.
Season 5 is currently airing in 2024.
