Why do cats purr? Is it just because they are happy? Could it help improve our health?

The Social Evolutionary

Should We Learn to Purr Like a Cat?

In questo episodio parleremo di tabù (o quasi)😁. Vi darò il mio umile punto di vista sul dove, quando e perché è consentito mangiare la pizza con le posate o tagliare gli spaghetti. Buon ascolto e buon fine settimana!!! 

The Italian Miscellaneous Podcast🖐 

Mangiare la pizza 🍕 con le posate vs Tagliare gli spaghetti 🍝 😲😲😲😜

jǐ wèi zhōnɡ ɡuó rén yāo qǐnɡ ɡānɡ lái zhōnɡ ɡuó xué hàn yǔ de wài ɡuó nán shēnɡ chī fàn 。 
几 位  中    国  人  邀  请   刚   来  中    国  学  汉  语 的 外  国  男  生    吃  饭  。 
yì mínɡ zhōnɡ ɡuó rén shuō “ wǒ chū qu fānɡ biàn yí xià ” 。 
一 名   中    国  人  说   “ 我 出  去 方   便   一 下  ” 。 
wài ɡuó nán shēnɡ bù dǒnɡ ， 
外  国  男  生    不 懂   ， 
zhōnɡ ɡuó rén shuō ： ” fānɡ biàn jiù shì qù cè suǒ 。 
“中    国  人  说   ： ” 方   便   就  是  去 厕 所  。 “ 
zhè wèi wài ɡuó nán shēnɡ jì zhù le 。 
这  位  外  国  男  生    记 住  了 。 
yì tiān ， yì mínɡ zhōnɡ ɡuó nǚ shēnɡ shuō ： “ xī wànɡ zài nǐ fānɡ biàn de shí hou ， wǒ dào nǐ zhè lǐ lái zuò kè 。 ” 
一 天   ， 一 名   中    国  女 生    说   ： “ 希 望   在  你 方   便   的 时  候  ， 我 到  你 这  里 来  做  客 。 ” 
liú xué shenɡ tīnɡ hòu ， lì jí bǎi shǒu shuō ： “ bù， bù ！ nǐ shén me shí hou dōu ké yǐ lái ， dàn zài wǒ fānɡ biàn de shí hou bú yào lái 。 ” 
留  学  生    听   后  ， 立 即 摆  手   说   ： “ 不 ， 不 ！ 你 什   么 时  候  都  可 以 来  ， 但  在  我 方   便   的 时  候  不 要  来  。 ” 

Laura cheng Chinese

Laura cheng Chinese "joke for 方便“

Louis : Oh pardon, madame ! Excusez-moi ! Je ne vous avais pas vue !
Anne : Ce n'est rien, monsieur. Il n'y a pas de mal !
(plus tard)
Louis : Je suis désolé d'être en retard ! J'avais oublié la réunion !
Laurent : Ce n'est pas grave, nous n'avons pas encore commencé.
(Plus tard, en sortant du bureau)
Isabelle : Louis ! Louis !
Louis : Isabelle ! Oh, pardon, excuse-moi, je ne t'avais pas entendue !

Vocabulaire :

pardon : perdão, sorry
excusez-moi (vouvoiement) : desculpe-me, sorry
voir : ver, to see
Je ne vous avais pas vue : não tinha visto a senhora / I hadn’t seen you
ce n’est rien : tem nada não, it’s alright
il n’y a pas de mal : não faz mal, no harm done
être désolé(e) de = desculpa por, sorry to
ce n’est pas grave : tem problema não, no harm done
plus tard : mais tarde, later
être en retard : estar atrasado, to be late
j’avais oublié : tinha esquecido
oublier : esquecer, to forget
pas encore : ainda não, not yet
en sortant de : saindo de, leaving
entendre : ouvir, to hear
je ne t’avais pas entendue : não tinha te ouvido, I hadn’t heard you



Professeur Maxime : dialogues

Pardon madame !

Fao nos cuenta su viaje a Japón, cómo aprende japonés y la música más ruidosa del mundo

Ritmos del mundo

#2 Ruido Japonés

日常用语

秋天

Textile waste is an urgent global problem, with only 12% recycled worldwide, according to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a fashion sustainability nonprofit.

Nowhere is the problem greater than in China, the world's largest textile producer and consumer, where more than 26 million tons of clothes are thrown away each year, according to government statistics. Most of it ends up in landfills.

The country's clothing industry is dominated by "fast fashion" — cheap clothes made from unrecyclable synthetics. And Chinese e-commerce brands Shein and Temu make the country one of the world's largest producers of cheap fashion, selling in more than 150 countries.

Currently, only about 20% of China's textiles are recycled, according to the Chinese government. And many Chinese consumers are unwilling to buy used items anyway.

Still, among younger Chinese, there is a growing awareness of sustainability and some "remade" clothing businesses have emerged.

Designer Zhang Na's fashion label, Reclothing Bank, sells clothes, bags and other accessories made from materials such as plastic bottles, fishing nets and flour sacks.

The items' labels have QR codes that show their composition, how they were made and the source of the materials.

Reclothing Bank began in 2010 to give "new life to old things," Zhang said of her store in Shanghai. A large used clothes deposit box sits outside the entrance.

Zhang said she has seen sustainability consciousness grow since she opened her store, with core customers in their 20s and 30s.

But recycled garments sold at stores like Reclothing Bank cost much more than fast-fashion brands due to their production methods.

And that's the real problem, said Sheng Lu, professor of fashion and apparel studies at the University of Delaware.

"Studies repeatedly show consumers are not willing to pay higher for clothing made from recycled materials" he said.




Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

26 Million Tons of Clothes Discarded in China Each Year

東京人(とうきょうじん)は冷(つめ)たい？
Tokyo people are NOT nice?
도쿄사람들은 착하지 않다고?

