Welcome to the More than English Podcast and welcome to a new series! I'm your host Stephen. Today we will introduce the concepts of culture and cultural dimensions before exploring cultural dimensions further in future episodes. 

For example, we will examine Deal & Kennedy's (2000) definition of culture: "Culture is the way we do things around here" before talking about some of the many benefits of studying cultural dimensions more specifically.

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Introduction to CULTURE & CULTURAL DIMENSIONS | More than English Podcast #001

在這集中我回顧了自己在2022年的一些目標，也公開2023年的新年新希望。不管你在什麼時間聽到這一集，都歡迎留言告訴我你最近的新目標是什麼。說出自己的目標可以加強自己的信心，我們一起加油！

In this episode, I review some of my goals in 2022, and disclose my New Year's resolutions in 2023. No matter when you hear this episode, please leave a comment and let me know what your recent new goal is. Speaking up your goals can strengthen your confidence. Let's fight for it together!

Fu-lan Speaking -- Natural Taiwanese Mandarin

EP1. 新年新希望 New Year's resolutions

Here's today's news. Please share your thoughts at the end when I ask a question.
You can check the script at the link provided.

今日(きょう)のニュースです。最後(さいご)に質問(しつもん)をしますので、感想(かんそう)を聞(き)かせください。スクリプトはリンクで確認(かくにん)できます。

■大きな銀行が利子を上げる - A major bank raises interest rates -
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/k10014536491000/k10014536491000.html

NEWS for beginners - Native Japanese Accent -

大きな銀行が利子を上げる - A major bank raises interest rates -

Netflixドラマ【First Love 初恋】は見ましたか？

【First Love 初恋】の撮影の場所は北海道です。
北海道に住んでいる私が、撮影の場所を紹介したいと思います。
北海道のこと、文化についても話します。

撮影/さつえい...写真や映画をとること

《話にでてくる言葉》
タイムカプセル/たいむかぷせる
東日本大震災/ひがしにほんだいしんさい
JUNO札幌店/じゅの　さっぽろてん
ラーメン蜂屋/らーめんはちや
北海道庁/ほっかいどうちょう
旭川空港グリーンポート/あさひかわくうこう　ぐりーんぽーと
ツキノワグマ/つきのわぐま
ヒグマ/ひぐま


北海道へようこそ【First Love 初恋】from Netflix

8.或る午後のブルースト効果【First Love 初恋】from Netflix

Sylvie et Georges font une excursion au Mondarrain. Ils portent des sacs à dos avec des boissons
énergétiques et de la nourriture dedans. Ils marchent dans une forêt jusqu’en fin d’après-midi. Ils trouvent une vieille maison et un lac avec une barque. 
Ils vont sur le lac dans la barque. Soudain, ils entendent un bruit dans la maison. Ils reviennent sur la rive. Ils entrent dans la maison. Ils entendent des bruits dans la cuisine. Ils voient une grande créature poilue. La créature sort de la maison. Elle court vers la forêt.

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

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

안녕하세요. Hello~ 
한국어 듣기 수업 시작해요. Let's start with the Korean listening class. 
선생님 읽어요. I read it. 
잘 들으세요. Please listen well.

I posted the sentences on my blog. 
https://blog.naver.com/laramcraft/222968494816
https://youtu.be/9DtqRDnK6zo
The basics are important.
It is also good to check the basics of 한글 Hangeul before this listening class.
1-1. Korean alphabet - Vowels 모음 - What is Hangeul?
https://youtu.be/0YzhJ9p2lcs
2-1. Korean alphabet - Consonants 자음 -what are the consonants 자음?
https://youtu.be/lckgvQ_vreA
3-1. Korean alphabet - Final Consonants 받침 - What are the final consonants 받침?
https://youtu.be/sLlFmG30fNI

This is a class to listen to Korean conversational sentences.
In this voice recording for listening, 
After reading many sentences with Korean grammar in Korean conversations sentences, 
Check out how much you understand the sentences with a voice recording. 
Never look at the sentences when listening to the voice recording. 
And Listen to the sentence repeatedly until you hear it completely. 

You are listening to the Sejong Korean conversation. (세종학당)
There are four books in total. (Korean conversation, 1, 2, 3, 4.)
It consists of 1st and 2nd courses for beginners and 1st and 2nd courses for intermediate.
Each course is conducted in 14 units. (2 grammar - for each unit.) 
This listening class you are taking is Korean Conversation 3. (Intermediate 1) 
Please listen carefully.

Korean Listening Class 한국어 문장 듣기 - Korean teacher, Grace

Korean Conversation 3. (Intermediate 1) - Lesson 6. Part 1 -아도/-어도/-여도 되다,  Part 2 -으려고(요)/-려고(요)

清明节，又称踏青节、行清节、三月节、祭祖节等。清明节源自上古时代的祖先信仰与春祭礼俗，兼具自然与人文两大内涵，既是自然节气点，也是传统节日。扫墓祭祖与踏青郊游是清明节的两大礼俗主题，这两大传统礼俗主题在中国自古传承，至今不辍。 

清明节在公历4月5日前后。

清明节是传统的重大春祭节日，扫墓祭祀、缅怀祖先，是中华民族自古以来的优良传统。清明节融汇自然节气与人文风俗为一体，是天时地利人和的合一，充分体现了中华民族先祖们追求“天、地、人”的和谐合一，讲究顺应天时地宜、遵循自然规律的思想。

清明节与春节、端午节、中秋节并称为中国四大传统节日。除了中国，世界上还有一些国家和地区也过清明节，比如越南、韩国、马来西亚、新加坡等。


Qingming Festival, also known as outing Festival, Qingming festival, March festival, ancestor worship festival. Tomb-sweeping Day comes from the ancient beliefs of our ancestors and the customs of Spring Festival. It is both natural and cultural. It is not only a natural solar term point but also a traditional festival.  Tomb sweeping and ancestor worship and outing are the two themes of the Qingming Festival. These two traditional themes have been passed down in China since ancient times.  

Tomb-sweeping Day falls around April 5 in the Gregorian calendar.  

Qingming Festival is a major traditional Spring Festival. It is a fine tradition of the Chinese nation since ancient times to sweep tombs and offer sacrifices to ancestors.  Qingming Festival combines natural solar terms and cultural customs as a whole, is the unity of heaven, earth and man, fully embodies the Chinese ancestors to pursue the harmony of "heaven, earth and man", pay attention to conform to the idea of heaven and earth, follow the laws of nature.  

Qingming Festival, The Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are called the four traditional Festivals in China.  Besides China, qingming Festival is also celebrated in some countries and regions in the world, such as Vietnam, South Korea, Malaysia and Singapore.  


Maple's fun Chinese  (Mandarin)

清明节  Qingming Festival   Qīngmíng jié

Part 6 - Two people discuss their daily routines.

Beginner 

What is a typical day for you?

On this episode I introduce myself and what I want for this podcast. I also talk about insomnia in a few words. It is a short Episode and all of them will be short, I want the listener to not have to spend too much time on each episode. 
Here is some Vocabulary,
Reveal :make (previously unknown or secret information) known to others.

Kinda: kind of, rather; to some extent.

Insomnia: With insomnia, you may have trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, or getting good quality sleep Digress:leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing.

Early Riser: a person who habitually gets out of bed earlier than is usual.

Power Through: to continue in a strong and determined way until the end of something, even when this is difficult 

Anxiety: Anxiety is a feeling of fear, dread, and uneasiness. 
 