The articles, "a", "an" and "the" are important to show which object we are talking about.

My podcast episode that explains what they are and how to use them: https://www.italki.com/en/podcast/episode/coh1dyg1vpvszcpnwaecgn

The Social Evolutionary

"Weed" or "A Weed" - a BIG difference!

Tässä neljännessä jaksossa selaan neljää Helsingin Sanomien artikkelia, aiheina asuminen, nukkuminen ja hyvinvointi sekä syrjintä työelämässä. 
Mainitsemani Helsingin Sanomien artikkelit:

Minä väitän - Nukkuminen on maailman helpoin tapa laihtua, sanoo unilääkäri
https://www.hs.fi/hyvinvointi/art-2000009305486.html

Työelämä - Työelämässä rehottaa syrjinnän muoto, jota moni ei tunnista 
https://www.hs.fi/hyvinvointi/art-2000009272830.html

Asuntomarkkinat - Taloyhtiöt joutui vaikeuksiin Lahdessa, kun sijoittaja jätti vastikkeet
maksamatta https://www.hs.fi/visio/art-2000009281728.html 

HS Turku - Muutto pääkaupunkiseudulta muutti Uusijokien elämän: Kaikesta ei kuitenkaan
tullut parempaa https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/turku/art-2000009315832.html

Suomea for you

4. jakso: Hesarin artikkelit 

Love is the most precious gift in the world.

Short Stories with Rose 

Box Full of Kisses (Love)

Listen to me reading a news article about education in the UK from my Conversational English course. 

T-levels are a new type of exam course that was rolled out in the UK in 2020. T-Levels are two-year vocational courses taken after GCSEs, which focus on subjects like education, construction and IT, and include a work placement.

Listen to English with Pip

News article: educations & exams

Script

おはようございます。日本語だんだんポットキャストのゆかりです。

きのうは、暖房(だんぼう)の話をしました。

じつは今日、私の家の暖房がつきませんでした。

家のセントラルヒーティングが、こわれました。

暖房がつかないので、部屋がすごく寒くなりました。

私は部屋のオーナーに、

「あのー、セントラルヒーティングがつきません。

あたたかく、なりません。」

と言いました。

夜になって、修理(しゅうり)の人が来ました。

ぶじに、セントラルヒーティングはなおりました。

いまは、あたたかいです。

あー、ホッとしました。

では、今日も最後まで聞いてくれて、だんだん、です。

また明日！

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Today's Keywords

□暖房がつかない
The heater doesn't work.

Japaneseだんだんpodcast

58. 暖房(だんぼう)がつかない/Japaneseだんだんpodcast

Korean Speaking Practice 8  /   N-(으)로 : with, by, through, in  /  ex) 저는 지하철로 회사에 왔어요. 저는 현금으로 계산할 거예요.   /  V-고 싶어요 : An expression used to state that the speaker wants to do the act mentioned in the preceding statement. / ex) 집에 가고 싶어요. 친구를 만나고 싶어요. 



Speaking Practice - Beginner

8. N-(으)로, V-고 싶어요

请尝试听出  猴子 栗子 早上 晚上 高兴 三个 四个

hsk5 听后复述练习

成语 朝三暮四

We know a lot of jobs can be done remotely, an arrangement we often call "working from home."

But we also know that working remotely may not mean actually working at home — people work in libraries, in their cars and in cafes.

Many of us like working in the nice atmosphere of a coffee shop. But some cafe and bar owners have had enough of remote workers using their tables.

Some have banned laptops and turned off their Wi-Fi, while others have begun asking remote workers to pay to use the space.

Owners have complained that some people buy one coffee and work in their cafe for up to eight hours, or ask for the music to be turned down so they can have meetings online.

Peter Duran runs a coffee shop in Berlin. He doesn't have Wi-Fi and doesn't let people use laptops. He told Barista Magazine: "We want to be a place where people come to meet each other or be alone, but leave the stress of work outside."

And it's not just about the atmosphere of the place. Remote workers aren't good for business, says Duran, since they spend much less per hour than he pays his workers.

Of course, remote workers themselves don't agree.

On TikTok, one worker said if you pay $8 for a coffee you should be able to choose how you spend your time in a cafe.

However, with so many people working remotely, towns and cities around the world have begun opening remote working spaces where people can work without annoying any cafe owners.



Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Some Cafes Have Had Enough of Remote Workers

It is very important to use contractions in your speech. They are not informal, they are always required. I discuss this in today's podcast.