An old Aesop story about two mice living very different lives.
One values excitement, the other values peace.
Sometimes friendships fade not because anyone is wrong, but because happiness means different things to different people.

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Talk Sense in English · with Yancy Grey

🎙️Why Some Friendships Fade | Ep01

中国文化

数字和幸运

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Today, I want to share with you a Lithuanian folktale that has its roots deeply embedded in the past, far predating any traces of written Lithuanian. Eglė Žalčių Karalienė is a tale about sorcery, unpredicted love and involuntary betrayal, that has been passed on verbally for millennia. Rich in mythology and life lessons, I believe it would make a great listen for anyone interested in Lithuania, its culture and language. 

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みなさん、こんにちは。
9月10日は中秋（ちゅうしゅう）の名月でしたね。お月見しましたか。
久ぶりに私の家からもとてもきれいな満月（まんげつ）が見えました。今年は、お天気に恵（めぐ）まれて、お月見日和（つきみびより）だったみたいです。
ところで、みなさん、お月見団子は食べましたか。私は二種類（にしゅるい）も食べてしまいました。お月見団子というだけあって、見た目が「お月様（つきさま）」なんです。少し黄色（きいろ）っぽいお団子（だんご）もあります。
私が食べたお団子は、中に小豆（あずき）が入っていて、その上から甘くない黄な粉（きなこ）を少しかけて食べます。とても美味しいんです。この時期にしか食べられないものです。
もうひとつは、何の味もないシンプルな丸いお団子です。味がほとんどないので、砂糖醤油（さとうじょうゆ）をつけて食べました。黄な粉でも良かったのですが、砂糖醤油をつけて、みたらし団子風に食べました。
「お月見」ということで、街中（まちなか）には、「お月見」商品がたくさんあるんです。
例えば、マック（マクドナルド）の月見バーガー。中に目玉焼きが挟（はさ）んでいて、この時期にしか食べられないバーガーです。マックはそのほかにも、「月見パイ」「月見マックフルーリー」「月見マックシェイク」など、色んな商品（しょうひん）が出ていました。娘は、「月見パイ」がお気に入りのようです。中におもちと小豆（あずき）が入っているようです。
みなさんも、お月見に関連する物を食べましたか。お月見に関連する食べ物は、結構あるんですよ。
ぜひ、探してみてください。

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お月見日和（つきみびより）だったみたいです。（～みたい）
少し黄色（きいろ）っぽいお団子（だんご）もあります。（～っぽい）
砂糖醤油をつけて、みたらし団子風に食べました。（～をつけて）
この時期にしか食べられないものです。（～にしか）
味がほとんどない。（ほとんどない）


「のぞみ」の日記

お月見

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When you think about rainforests, you might think of somewhere with a tropical climate — somewhere like the Amazon or the Congo.

But in fact, a very large rainforest can be found in a country famous for its dreary weather: the UK.

The Eden Project, an attraction in southwest England, calls itself the world's largest indoor rainforest.

Sometimes referred to as the "Eighth Wonder of the World," the Eden Project was created in 2001 from an old clay pit. It's famous for its two enormous biomes, which are designed to look and feel like rainforests and tropical regions from all over the world.


Collage of the Eden Project's iconic biomes seen from the inside and outside.
The Rainforest Biome is about 16,000 square meters in size, and is full of plants found in tropical climates, like sugarcane, pineapples and bananas.

There are rare and unusual plants too, like the titan arum — a flower famous for its terrible smell that only blooms around once a year.

The Mediterranean Biome is a little smaller at 6,540 square meters, but has plants from the Mediterranean and regions with similar climates, such as California, South Africa and Australia.

The Eden Project is not just a place for people to look at plants, though — there is an environmental message behind the attraction, and it aims to teach visitors about the importance of looking after the environment.

As well as activities and workshops that teach visitors about the importance of living sustainably, the Eden Project even offers courses for a university degree!

And there's plenty of other things to see and do, too.

Throughout both biomes, visitors can find art and installations which focus on important topics like climate change.

And every year, the Eden Project hosts the Eden Sessions, a series of outdoor music concerts. Famous artists such as Amy Winehouse, Elton John and Oasis have performed at the Eden Sessions in the past.

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The Eden Project: The UK's Indoor Rainforest

Dubai has begun work on a new $35 billion airport terminal that will become the world's busiest when it's finished, according to the state's ruler.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said that the new terminal at Al Maktoum International airport will one day handle up to 260 million passengers per year.

But if that sounds like a travel nightmare, the CEO of Dubai Airports has different ideas. Paul Griffiths said that at the 400-gate airport there will be less walking, less waiting and no queues.

Griffiths said that airports around the world have gotten lazy and this one will change the way airports work.

His plan includes having security and passport checkpoints spread out around the terminal to save people time.

But 260 million is a lot of passengers. It's more than double the number that used the world's busiest airport in 2023. Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, handled 105 million passengers last year.

Dubai International Airport (DXB), the state's main airport at the moment, was second in that list with 87 million passengers.

However, all of that traffic will move to Al Maktoum over the next few years, according to Sheikh Mohammed.

Al Maktoum, which first opened in 2010, will be five times bigger than DXB when it's finished.

It's not only at the airport that building is taking place. Sheikh Mohammed said that an "entire city" will be built in the area around the airport, with homes for a million people.

"Dubai will be the world's airport," he said on X, and the world's "new global center."