Enjoy the first podcast from Culture To Grow, which provides an environment that allows people to shed their current community or small interest groups and see things from a global perspective. This episode focuses on New Year's celebrations with guest speakers from Palestine, Mongolia, and Morocco.

Culture To Grow

Episode 1: New Year's Celebration -- Around the World

HSK vocabulary

HSK vocabulary——Tone Sandhi of“一(yī)”

Buongiorno.
Sono Simona Gentili e questo è il mio podcast “semi-professionale” per chiunque abbia voglia di ascoltare cinque minuti di interviste e parole al vento…. O libere come il vento.
Quello che state ascoltando è il mio ultimo podcast per il 2024 (duemilaventiquattro).
Ho iniziato per gioco. 
Ho continuato per divertimento e per dare sfogo alla mia creatività.
Concludo l’anno con piacere.
Il piacere di avervi incontrato, per lo più virtualmente, ma qualche volta anche di persona. Anche solo una volta.
E il piacere di fare quello che mi piace e di farlo come mi piace.
Non vi chiederò e non vi dirò qual è il bilancio dell’anno che è passato.
Ma vi dirò che la parola del 2024, secondo me, è “DISQUISIRE”.
Non sentite il suono dolce di questa parola? Solo sentendola pronunciare, non vi sentite già meglio? Quale sarà il suo significato?
La rubrica guarda avanti.
In quale direzione, però, ancora non si sa.
Per il momento 
La Rubrica di Simona, e Simona, cioè io, 
VI RINGRAZIANO TANTO
 e VI AUGURANO 
BUONE FESTE E BUON ANNO NUOVO!

PS la canzone “Il cielo è sempre più blu” è di Rino Gaetano.
È del 1975, ma ancora estremamente attuale… sempre secondo me.
https://youtu.be/rfaihaFlcSg?si=9pcVSTg9oAedIvKd 


la Rubrica di Simona

✨La rubrica degli Auguri✨


Oh, je voudrais tant que tu te souviennes,
Des jours heureux quand nous étions amis,
Dans ce temps là, la vie était plus belle,
Et le soleil plus brûlant qu’aujourd’hui.
Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle,
Tu vois je n’ai pas oublié.
Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle,
Les souvenirs et les regrets aussi,
Et le vent du nord les emporte,
Dans la nuit froide de l’oubli.
Tu vois, je n’ai pas oublié,
La chanson que tu me chantais…
C’est une chanson, qui nous ressemble,
Toi qui m’aimais, moi qui t’aimais.
Nous vivions, tous les deux ensemble,
Toi qui m’aimais, moi qui t’aimais.
Et la vie sépare ceux qui s’aiment,
Tout doucement, sans faire de bruit.
Et la mer efface sur le sable,
Les pas des amants désunis.
Nous vivions, tous les deux ensemble,
Toi qui m’aimais, moi qui t’aimais.
Et la vie sépare ceux qui s’aiment,
Tout doucement, sans faire de bruit.
Et la mer efface sur le sable
Les pas des amants désunis…



Jacques Prevert is considered one of the leading French poets of the 20th century and Les Feuilles mortes is his most famous poem. “Les Feuilles mortes” literally means “Dead Leaves”. Thus the title of the poem is symbolic of the paradoxical co-existence of the past and the present. The poem is about the power of memory and it stresses how the painful experiences of the past can never be completely forgotten. The poet tells the reader that even though one does not wish to consciously remember the past, seeing certain things involuntarily reminds one of past experiences. Remembering the past brings back to the poet both joy of pleasant moments and sadness of his loss of love. Despite their separation, the poet still appreciates the value of his love in his life. The deceptively simple style of Autumn Leaves hides its subtle and profound psychological power.

French Treasures

 JacquesPrévert - Les feuilles mortes; a beautiful lesson 

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Daily English Podcast

Daily English Podcast Chapter # 20

If you’ve listened to my previous podcasts, you’ll know that want to score a band score 7 in your IELTS Speaking exam, you have to use some less common idiomatic expressions.

We all know the idiom ‘it’s raining cats and dogs’ because this is a common idiom. But what are some less common idioms?

This podcast will give you 3 more idioms for you to learn, which you can use in your IELTS Speaking exam.

Preparing for exams can be a double-edged sword. This is because examiners don’t want you to memorise and repeat your answers from memory. However, using idioms can get you a higher band score. So how do we balance this? Idioms have to be memorised, because they have to be spoken exactly. We cannot change them. For example, you cannot say ‘my parents punched the roof’, you have to say my parents ‘hit the roof.’

Another tip for using idioms is not to put all your eggs in one basket. Make sure you are armed with a variety of different idioms in your memory bank. If you only know one idiom, for example ‘think outside the box’ you have to hope your part 2 speaking exam is a suitable topic for the idiom.

You can, of course, use idioms in parts  1 and 3, but part 2 is the easiest place to slot in a few idioms, because you have 1 minute to prepare.

Don’t forget to book a lesson with me, so you can practise using idioms, and get the band score you are aiming for.


IELTS Speaking Practice

3 more idioms for IELTS

¡Hola! Bienvenido/a a un nuevo podcast en español. Soy Camila de Buenos Aires, y te invito a practicar tu escucha del idioma con 3 historias cortas. Cada historia sube un poco el nivel de dificultad, es decir que la primera historia es la más facil, mientras que la última es bastante más dificil en vocabulario y tiempos verbales. Si necesitas escucharlas más de 1 o 2 veces, ¡ESTÁ GENIAL! Go for it - Es bueno para practicar y entenderlas cada vez mejor.

¡Confío en que van a servirte y acompañarte en tu aprendizaje hoy!

Disfruta de aprender

3 HISTORIAS CORTAS EN ESPAÑOL 

Podcast para niveles intermedios y avanzados.
Camila y yo les presentamos las primera parte de los floridos argots argentino y mexicano.

¡Qué lo disfruten, que aprendan y que el entendimiento los acompañe!

Hablando Al Chile

Argot mexicano y argentino

lesson on italki 
https://www.italki.com/ja/teacher/9451959/japanese

https://linktr.ee/atsushi_japanese

こんばんは！
Japanese daily life podcast のAtsushiです。
このPodcastは、日本語を勉強しているみなさんに向けたPodcastです。

今回は乗り継ぎのシンガポールでの話です。
旅行の前に、シンガポールのチャンギ空港で会う約束をしていました。5時間ぐらいだけの乗り継ぎ時間で、時間はとても短く、そして朝早かったんですが、会いにきてくれました。

待ち合わせの場所を探すのにも一苦労でした。
basement2にある、というのはわかっていたんですけど、恥ずかしながら、basementが何かわかっていませんでした。

そこでは１つのエリアのことをbasement、と言っているのかなと思ってんですけど、地下のことでした。

B2て書くと日本人は地下2階だってわかるんですが、頭が回らず、basement2でどこにあるんだ！と探していました。それで、探している時に、改装しているエリアを見つけたので、もしかしたら改装しているかもしれない、と間違って会う人に伝えてしまったり。本当になれない場所に行くと、何をするにも時間がかかりますね。

そして、ようやく会う予定にしていた店を見つけることができました。

ということで、今回はここまでです。
次のPodcastはようやく、会いたい人に会えた話をします。
それと、シンガポールで食べたものの話もしますね。

今回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！

