A short story about a brother and sister. who live in the hills of Spain. Asked Christmas Eve is approaching and their excitement.

English My Way

Christmas in Spain

Fao nos cuenta cómo llega a Nepal para descubrir el budismo, emprende un viaje por los altos Himalayas y descubre la dulzura de los nepalis y su música.

Ritmos del mundo

#20 Nepal

Reducing the time we spend on our smartphones outside of work could help improve satisfaction and motivation in the workplace, according to a new study.

Spending less time on our phones doing non-work tasks like scrolling social media or watching videos could also have an impact on our mental health, researchers said.

A research team from Germany wanted to find out about easy ways companies could improve the motivation and well-being of their employees.

Almost 280 volunteers were put into four groups.

For one week, people in the first group reduced their daily smartphone use by one hour.

People in the second group didn't change their smartphone use, but did 30 minutes more exercise per day.

Participants in the third group did both of these things. And the fourth group didn't make any changes at all.

The volunteers took surveys about their work satisfaction, motivation and mental health before starting the experiment. They took the surveys again after the experiment ended, and then again two weeks later.

The researchers found that participants in both of the groups that reduced their smartphone use saw significant improvements in their mental health and workplace satisfaction. People in these groups also felt that their work-life balance was better.

And those in the first three groups — including the exercise-only group — all said they felt a greater sense of control over their lives.

The researchers said companies could think about encouraging employees to make small changes like these to their daily lives. When employees are happier at work, they're likely to be more productive, they added.

And the good thing for companies is that there's no cost to encouraging changes like these!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Cutting Phone Use May Improve Motivation at Work

For beginner level learners✨　
わたしのいろいろなはなし　LESSON13 　

「ネコのクロエちゃん」My cat Chloe


The aim of this lesson...
ペットのことを　話します。
to talk about pets!!


3)Sentence pattern and expression 1&2 ［3：51］

★★Sentence pattern and expression★★
１　ペットのようす。はじめてうちに来たときと今
Your pet's condition. When your pet first came to your home and now.


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①・・・が　うちにきてから、・・・です。
【The period of time from when your pet came to your home until now】  
②はじめは、・・・・・・が、
【What your pet looks like when it first came home】　 
③いまは、・・・・・・ます。
【Current state of your pet】
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れい）①ネコのクロエちゃん・もうすぐ１ねん　②テレビの　うしろに　かくれていた　③ベッドの　まんなかで　グーグーねている　　　

1）
①いぬのポチ・もう５ねん（　Pochi, the dog, already 5 years　）　
②おじいさんのことが　こわくて、すきじゃなかった（　He was scared of his grandfather and didn't like him　）
③おじいさんが　だいすきで　いつも　おじいさんを　ペロペロしている（　 He loves his grandfather and always licks him　）

2) 
①ハムスターのジャック・もうすぐ１かげつ（　Hamster Jack, almost one month　）　    
②あまり　たべなかった（　He didn't eat much　） 
③バクバク　たべている（　He eats a lot　）

　

★★Sentence pattern and expression★★
２　ペットを見ているときの気持ち
Your feelings when you look at your pet.


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①・・・を　みていると、・・・きもちに　なります。　　　　　　　　　
【How you feel when you look at your pet】
②・・・は、　わたしの・・・です。
【What does your pet mean to you?】
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れい）
①クロエちゃん・きもち（げんきじゃないです⇒げんきです）　　　　　　　
②クロエちゃんは、いやしだ。

1）
①ポチ・わたしの　きもち（やさしくないです⇒やさしいです）　
 Pochi,My feeling (not tender => tender)
②ポチは、おとうとみたいだ。（Pochi is like a little brother）

2）
①ジャック・わたしのきもち（しあわせじゃないです⇒しあわせです）
 Jack,My feeling(I'm not happy => I'm happy)　　      
②ジャックは、アイドルだ。（Jack is my idol）



LESSON13　ネコのクロエちゃん My cat Chloe
1)［3：27］Introduction of the characters, Please tell me about yourself 
2)［4：34］The aim of this lesson, Text, Vocabulary 
3)［3：51］Sentence pattern and expression 1&2　 
4)［3：05］Text, Applied conversation practice, Extra thinking training　 
5)［7：54］Let's challenge you too!
6)［4：18］Interview...

You can see the text of this lesson on my free website.
你可以在我的免费网站上找到这一课的内容。

Japanese! わたしの いろいろな はなし

ネコのクロエちゃん（3）

En este y en los próximos episodios aprenderemos más sobre la ropa en Perú. Esta vez les traigo información sobre el polo.

Transcripción y traducción disponible en: https://conpedepatria.blog/2023/02/24/el-polo-lps/
¡Gracias por escuchar!

My italki teacher profile. Learn Spanish with Pablo.

Learn Peruvian Spanish

15. El polo (la ropa en Perú)

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