Portuguese Audios for Beginners A2 -Áudios em Português para Principiantes A2

A Família

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。

■エッフェル塔の前でビーチバレー「素晴らしい会場です」 -Beach volleyball in front of the Eiffel Tower – what a fantastic venue! -
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/k10014538391000/k10014538391000.html

NEWS for beginners - Native Japanese Accent -

エッフェル塔の前でビーチバレー - Beach volleyball in front of the Eiffel Tower -

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
〈#150〉1月26日木曜日　天気/晴れ　気温/-10℃ 

・日本に寒波がきた
・7年ぶり
・去年は雪が多かったけど、今年は寒波。
・九州でも-3℃になった
・水道凍結が心配
・水道凍結すると、水道が破裂する
・水を落とす
・大変なので、家からでたくない。


寒波/かんぱ…とても寒い
凍結/とうけつ…こおる。水が固くなる。
破裂/はれつ…こわれる
膨らむ/ふくらむ…大きくなる


レッスン待ってます♪

北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#150〉さむい！寒波がきた‼

WAITER: Hello, I’ll be your waiter today. Can I start you off with
something to drink?
RALPH: Yes. I’ll have iced tea, please.
ANNA: And I’ll have lemonade.
WAITER: OK. Are you ready to order, or do you need a few minutes?
RALPH: I think we’re ready. I’ll have the tomato soup to start, and the
roast beef with mashed potatoes and peas.
WAITER: How do you want the beef — rare, medium, or well done?
RALPH: Well done, please.
ANNA: And I’ll just have the fish, with potatoes and a salad.


LANGUAGE NOTES
• Can I start you off with something to drink? Notice how the question starts with 
“Can.” Since this is a yes/no question, the intonation rises at the end.
• And I’ll have lemonade. Notice how Anna stresses “I’ll” and “lemonade” to 
emphasize her choice.
• Are you ready to order, or do you need a few minutes? The word “or” signals 
a choice here. Notice the rising intonation on order, and the falling intonation on 
minutes (the first choice is “Are you ready to order?” and the second choice is “Do 
you need a few minutes?”).
• I’ll have the tomato soup to start, and the roast beef with mashed potatoes and
peas. Notice that “tomato soup,” “roast beef,” “mashed potatoes” and “peas” are 
stressed because the food order is the important information here. Notice also that 
“tomato soup,” “roast beef” and “mashed potatoes” are compound words. The stress 
falls on the second word in each phrase.
• Well done, please. Notice that the subject and verb are omitted in the response; only 
the necessary information is given.
• I’ll just have the fish. Anna says “just” here to mean that she does not want a starter.

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day 10: 

Sleep is an integral part of our lives. Getting a nice one can have a huge effect on your study performance. Listen to the podcast episode to learn more! (You can always go to my profile to book a lesson right away :) )

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Benefits of Sleep For Studying

Welcome to Slow Japanese!
Today I talk about picnic meals and manners!

Usage of Slow Japanese:
STEP 1. Listen to the episode without seeing scripts.
STEP 2. Go to mochifika.com/podcast/ and check "Key vocabularies of this episode", listen again to the episode while seeing the list.
STEP 3. Check the whole script, it'll fill the gap in your understanding.

Scripts and key vocabularies of this episode are here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/slow-japanese-20-63535662?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copy_to_clipboard&utm_campaign=postshare

Slow Japanese

Episode #20 - Do you like picnics?

こんにちは！Atsushiです。
今日の天気は晴れ。気温は21℃。
少し肌寒いです。

今日はもしもし？について話します。

みなさんの国では、電話を取る時、なんと言いますか？
英語を使う国では、Helloとか、Hiというでしょうか。

日本では、電話を取った時、もしもし？といいます。
他の時に使わないので、少し不思議な言葉に感じます。
なぜ、もしもし、と言うか知っていますか？

日本の電話のはじまりは、1890年明治23年でした。
当時は、電話交換をする人、オペレーターのような人がいて、電話をつないでいました。

その人がつなぐ相手に失礼のないよう、
"申します、申します"と言っていました。
ちゃんとつながっているか、言います、言います、と確認していたということですね。

それが短くなり、今のもしもし、となったようです。

その言葉が今も残っていると思うとおもしろいですよね。
日本人に電話をかける時は、ぜひ、もしもし！と言ってみてください。

ということで、今日も最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！

ではまた！



Atsushi のJapanese podcast (travel/news /文法・漢字・語彙/Osaka/Hokkaido/🇹🇷🇬🇪🇦🇲🇪🇸🇵🇹)

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