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得过且过[dé guò qiě guò]：get/pass by/for the moment/pass by. 
五台山 wǔ tái shān：Mount Wutai in China
寒号鸟 hán háo niǎo：A kind of bird
浑身 hún shēn：all over;from head to foot
羽毛 yǔ máo：plume;feather
得意地 dé yì de ：proudly
凤凰 fèng huáng：a Chinese phoenix
不如 bù rú：not as good as
搭窝 dā wō：build a nest
脱落 tuō luò：drop;fall off;come off;shed
无可奈何 wú kě nài hé：helpless; against one's will
哀号 āi háo：cry piteously; wail
This idiom means to get on in a haphazard way with no clear plan and if it can pass then pass it.
eg：如果我们不努力工作，得过且过，总有一天会后悔的。
       rúguǒ wǒmen bù nǔlì gōngzuò,dé guò qiě guò,zǒngyǒu yī tiān huì hòuhuǐ de.

乐读中文 (Lè Dú Zhōngwén) - "Joyful Chinese Stories"

得过且过[dé guò qiě guò]

Сегодня я встала в 7 утра. Светит солнышко, воздух очень свежий и я хочу выйти погулять. 
Я позавтракала в 10 утра. Обычно я не завтракаю утром, но сегодня я решила позавтракать. 
Сегодня у меня выходной и поэтому у меня есть время на мои дела. 
Я буду читать, вязать, слушать музыку, спать и может быть, я выйду погулять. Сейчас мне нужен покой потому что я упала, когда каталась на роликах. Да, я купила себе ролики! Но мне нужно научиться кататься и научиться падать. 


My diary in Russian

Солнечный день 🌤 sunny day

Ya estamos en Berlín. ¿Listo para un día para no olvidar?

Audiolibros de Joan

Viajando por Europa. Capítulo 2.

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Conveys your emotions about the job or an experience

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越来越糟'这个表达与你可能熟悉的英语表达非常相似。我在这里告诉你。

西班牙语表达

"De mal en peor" 是什么意思？

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汗ばんだ両手で明太子と梅のおにぎりを一つずつ持ちレジへと向かった。


レジの前に来たが、レジには誰もいない。若くて長い黒髪を後ろで束ねてる男の店員Aは忙しそうに商品を補充している。

すいませんと声を出そうと思ったその時にレジの台の上にあるベルに気がついた。
そこには小さい字でご用の方はこのベルを鳴らしてくださいと日本語と英語の両方で書かれてある。

最初に私は人差し指を使って軽く押してみたが音が出ない。今度は親指を使って強く押すとかわいくて高い音が店内に響いた。

少々お待ちくださいという店員Aの声が聞こえ、彼は小走りにレジに向かってきた。


店員A  「お待たせいたしました。梅おにぎりが一つ、明太子おにぎりが一つ、以上で260円になります。袋はいかがなさいますか？」

私「いらないです。支払いはパスモカードでお願いします。」

店員A「はい、こちらにお願いします。」

彼はカードを近づける場所を右手でていねいに指した。
私はパスモカードをレジ台にかざして支払いをした。

店員A「ありがとうございました。」

私は店員から二つのおにぎりとレシートを受け取ると自分のカバンに入れた。店内を見回すと客は私だけのようだ。それから店を出ると男が一人店の前の横に座っていた。

[単語リスト]

ご用の方　ごようのかた
 
人差し指　ひとさしゆび

親指　おやゆび
 
小走り　こばしり 

指した　さした

指す　さす 

かざした
かざす  

見回す　みまわす



Last time ↓ With sweaty hands, I held one cod roe and one plum rice ball and headed for the cash register. 

I come to the cash register, but the cash register is empty. Clerk A, a young man with long black hair tied back, was busily restocking. 

I was about to say, "Excuse me," when I noticed a bell on the checkout table. In small letters, it says in both English and Japanese, "Please ring this bell if you need anything. 

First I pressed it lightly with my index finger, but no sound came out. I pressed harder with my thumb, and a lovely, high-pitched sound echoed through the store. 

I heard the voice of clerk A saying, "Please wait a moment," and he came to the cash register at a short run. 

Clerk A - Thank you for waiting. One ume rice ball and one cod roe rice ball will be 260 yen. Would you like a bag?" 

I said, "No, I don't need one. Please pay with your PASMO card." 

Clerk A: "Yes, this way please." 

He carefully pointed with his right hand where I should put my card. I held my PASMO card over the cash register and paid. 

Clerk A "Thank you very much." 

I took the two rice balls and the receipt from the clerk and put them in my bag. I looked around the store and saw that I seemed to be the only customer. Then I left the store and saw a man sitting next to the front of the store. 



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Vol.50 読む練習　日本旅行物語3 Reading Practice Japan Travel Story 3

Each fast food meal we eat in a week could increase our risk of developing depression by as much as 4%, according to a new study.

Researchers from Iran also found that eating more than two fast food meals per week could increase the risk by almost a quarter.

They wanted to look at the effect of eating fast food on both obesity and depression.

Previous studies have found that eating a lot of heavily processed foods could lead to depression.

The research team thought that eating a lot of fast food was likely to cause obesity and that this could lead to depression.

However, they found obesity was not as much of an important factor as they thought it would be, and perhaps it was fast food consumption — and not obesity — that increased the risk of depression.

The researchers looked at data from more than 31,000 people in the US, taken between 2008 and 2018.

The participants were asked how many fast food meals they ate in a typical week, and they answered a survey that asked them about symptoms of depression.

During the study period, 11% of women and 7% of men showed signs of depression, although those with higher levels of education were less likely to be depressed.

Those who ate more than two fast food meals a week had a 24% higher risk of depression compared to those who ate fewer than two fast food meals per week.

However, the researchers say they can't prove that the cause of the participants' depression was eating fast food.