In this episode, I reflect on how life itself can be our teacher. Using metaphors from poetry, music, and philosophy, I explore how to navigate the “ocean” of existence, confront our inner depths, and embrace the challenges that shape us. From the Japanese concept of kintsukuroi to the act of letting go, I discuss how understanding and listening to life’s language can guide us toward insight, growth, and balance.

Immersive Italian

The Ocean of Life - Immersive Italian Podcast Ep.10

See what we use more often in China for transportation

Blabla Chinese 

09. What Type of Transportation Do You Like？你喜欢什么交通工具

Part two of Thumbelina by Author Hans Christian Andersen.
Complete the short quiz afterwards to check your understanding.


Teacher Michelle's Learn English with Story

Thumbelina Part 2 – LEARN ENGLISH WITH STORY (with quiz)

开进晴朗

在连山隧道行车，人也在明暗里交替，开进黑暗，又驶入光明。天气越是晴朗，就越衬得这暗深黑如漆。

开进黑暗，是突然的，一点准备也没有。驶入光明，却是缓慢的，尽头的那点光亮，先如丸如豆，再如灯如月，直至天光大开。

人在寒冷里，意味着寒冷正在过去。人在黑暗中，意味着黑暗也正在逝去。光亮，让我们看见一切；黑暗，却让我们看见光亮。


正式说法：
1.入-进：入口，进入，入学通知，加入一个组织
2.晴朗-晴：天气晴朗，晴朗的天空
3.漆黑-黑：漆黑的夜晚
4.行-驶-开车：行车-雨天行车注意安全。驾驶，驾驶证，疲劳驾驶，酒后驾车-酒驾
5.缓慢-慢：老人缓慢地在路边行走。这座小城市发展的速度比较缓慢。
6.寒冷-冷：天气寒冷。我没想到在这么寒冷的季节能看到这么美的花儿。
7.逝去-过去：（过去，消失）逝去的时间，逝去的青春

边听边说 More than Chinese Listening

第十集  开进晴朗

Here I will read the first chapter of the book. Try to first listen to it without text and later with the text. See how much you understand and try and translate it on your own if you want.

Not at home

 Lisa puts her bicycle against a tree and walks to the front door of her student house.  There are two people standing there.  A young man and a young woman.  They look at the nameplates on the door.  "Hello," says Lisa.  The man and woman look at Lisa.  "Good afternoon," says the woman.  Lisa hears that she is from Belgium.  They do speak Dutch there, but it sounds different.  Softer.  friendly.  'Can I help you?'  asks Lisa.  "Please," says the woman.  'We're looking for Dan.  He lives here right?  Lisa nods¹.  'Yes, Daan lives here,' she says.  She opens the door and walks in.  The man and woman follow her.  'Daan lives in room 10,' says Lisa.  She points to the door at the end of the hallway.  "Thank you," says the woman.  The man nods to Lisa.  "Thanks," he says.  Lisa walks to room 6, which is her room.  Her own room in Amsterdam!  She has been studying here for almost a year now and she loves it

Beginner book Dutch A1-A2

Chapter 1 Page 1 - Niet thuis 

見ます→見たがります　見たがりました　
飲みます→飲みたがります　飲みたがりました　　
守ります→守りたがります　守りたがりました
出します→出したがります　出したがりました
入ります→入りたがります　入りたがりました
壊（こわ）します→壊したがります　壊したがりました
磨きます→みがきたがります　みがきたがりました
さわぎます→さわぎたがります　さわぎたがりました

ようへい先生　　N4,N5チャンネル

・練習　～たがります　　（動詞の活用）

I've used a voice-to-text transcription for you (it may not be grammatically correct). I hope you enjoy reading and listening, enjoy :)

Hi, I'm Anatoly here and today I'd like to talk about vague language in an interview. 

So what is vague language? 

When you're trying to communicate something to an interviewer and you use vague terms like I'd like to help the company achieve its goals, I like this industry overall. Or this position is very exciting. 

Can you hear that there's no specificity when it comes to showing exactly that you've thought about an issue, showing the recruiter that you've gone through their website, you've looked at their products, you've considered their mission and vision and maybe you've seen their market share or the size of the company or if you've dug a little deeper. 

Maybe you've seen some reviews from people who work there, like on Glassdoor, right? 

Because you want to come into an interview from the perspective of being an employee. What does that mean? It's knowing enough so that when they're communicating with you, they feel like you're one of them.

And when they feel that you are one of them, what happens? They start to, well, it starts to diminish the doubt in them or they start to have less and less doubt about you because they are like, well, he or she is one of us. They communicate as if they know exactly who we are or they use the vocabulary that we use or they are aligned with our mission.

Enjoy the rest of the podcast and let me know how valuable it is to you.

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To your success!

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¡Escúchanos hablar de forma muy general sobre este anime muy chido!
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