In this episode, we’re going to take a fun look at some old-fashioned Chinese phrases that we hardly use anymore! From '哪里哪里' to '行行好', these expressions were once common but have faded out of everyday conversations. I’ll teach you some updated alternative vocabulary and expressions, plus some interesting vocabulary along the way!

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哪里哪里？We Seldom Use These Chinese Today!

先日、1年半住んだイギリスから日本に帰国しました✈️
日本に久しぶりに帰ってきて、日本人なのに、日本についてびっくりしたことをお話しします。

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日本に帰ってきてびっくりしたこと⚡️（逆カルチャーショック）

In this episode we discuss words/expressions that are viewed as or followed by plurals/singulars. 
One of (plural) 
Each/Every (singular) 
People (are) 
Family, team, group (is) 
They (random person) 
Some - Random or plural

Nit-Picky English with Nika 

Common Mistakes - words that take plurals and singulars

请尝试听到以下关键词并尝试理解 属于6级听力练习：
关键词：崇拜 有功  一部分  一部分 神话 医生

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药王孙思邈

Podcast #2 on telephone skills. This time we look at  how to take a message for someone, how to leave a message and how to say telephone numbers. 
Send me a message if you would like the transcript. 

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Listen and repeat then sing along.
pup, bud, mud
A pup sees a bud in the mud.

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Phonics Short Vowels

Short U Words

盛りだくさんになって、すみません。
ハルカちゃん、ちょっと進化したみたいで、おしゃべりが止まりません！「広島の鹿（しか）」についてのコメントは、全く「そのまま」です。AIの暴走だと思って、お笑いください。
そして、今このタイミングで取り上げたために、人間側もいろいろと思うことが多くなってしまいました。被団協（日本原水爆被害者団体協議会）のノーベル賞受賞が、意味のあるものになりますように。
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楽しみ方は⁠こちら⁠をご覧ください。
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じゃあ、またね。

すずまりの日本語「きき耳ずきん」S2

第25話　広島の川を流れるもの

British writer Bill Bryson once wrote that "London is a city of endless possibility" — and perhaps, endless traffic?

The UK capital is the most congested city in Europe, according to transport analytics company Inrix.

The company looked at data from different cities around the world, and found that drivers in London spent an average of 101 hours sitting in traffic in 2024. That's up from 99 hours in 2023, and 97 hours in 2022.

According to Inrix, these delays cost the city more than $4.8 billion a year — or about $1,200 for each of London's 4 million drivers.

Inrix says London's bad traffic congestion is caused by the "concentration of population, employment and economic activity."

But although it's Europe's most congested city for the fourth year in a row, London has improved in the global rankings. It was third in the world in 2023, but is now in fifth place globally. It is still, however, the only European city in the top five.

Istanbul has jumped to first place, up from sixth, with drivers in the Turkish city spending an average of 105 hours in traffic per year.

New York and Chicago are next on the list, followed by Mexico City in fourth place.

Inrix also calculated each city's "downtown speed" — that is, the speed at which a driver can expect to travel 1.6 kilometers in the center of the city during morning rush hour.

For each of the top five cities, the downtown speed was under 25 kilometers an hour.

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London Drivers Spend 101 Hours in Traffic a Year

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