Did you know that "I am eating" is not the same thing as "I eat"?

The Language Journey

English's Fake Present Tense

麦克第一天认识了“己”，第二天看到了“已”，第三天看到了“巳”。
麦克非常惊奇：中国真是个神奇的国度，字都会长！

The first day, Mike learned "jǐ" the second day, Mike saw "yǐ", the third day, he saw "sì"
Mike was very surprised:China is really a magical country,the Characters can grow!

开心一刻 Jokes

字会长（zì huì zhǎng)

Ep.3 アネちゃんからなおやに誕生日サプライズ! 日本のお誕生日、そしてバレンタインデーは独特？

A birthday surprise to Naoya from Ernest! And we will talk about how Japan's birthday party and Valentine's day is so unique.

Real-Life Japan

#3 なおやにサプライズ!/ #2 関西弁講座 | #3 A surprise to Naoya!/ #2 Kansai Dialect Lecture

Check out these fantastic Book Descriptions your colleagues will surely be impressed by when sharing your novel remembrances!



Baffling Lingo

Descriptions

Vol.13 We Talked about Serbian Language in Japanese. 2 セルビア語について話し合う。

SAMURAI BROADCAST　侍放送

 ''The Music Box Planet'' #8
You can do shadowing, repeating with my reading and the text. 
Besides, it's helpful to study Kanji. 😊

📚Click here to book my lessons: https://www.italki.com/ja/teacher/6185061

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カンパネラは しばらく聴きいった あと、「すばらしい音色だね」と ニコリと笑って、
指でピースサインを つくりました。
「それなあに？」
「しらないのかい？ 空中帝国に住む人間は、うれしいことがあったら、
　こうやって指を２本立てて、うれしさを表現するんだ」
ヨナヨナは、「こうかしら？」と カンパネラをまねて、ピースサインをつくりました。

「アンモナイトのオルゴールは、とてもやさしい音色だね。『森』に住む人たちの暮らしが
　目に浮かんでくる。空中帝国には こんなすばらしい音色はないよ」
「気に入ってもらえてうれしいわ。じゃあ、これはカンパネラにあげる」
ヨナヨナは アンモナイトのオルゴールを さしだしました。
「森のおみやげに どうぞ」
ヨナヨナはニコリと笑って、またピースサインを つくりました。


【Kanji】
聴く...きく 
音色...ねいろ
笑って...わらって　わらう(G1 verb)
指...ゆび
空中帝国...くうちゅうていこく
住む...すむ
人間...にんげん
２本...にほん
立てて...たてて　たてる（G2 verb）
表現する...ひょうげん
森...もり
住む...すむ
暮らし...くらし
目...め
浮かんで...うかんで　　うかぶ(G1 verb)
気に入って...きにいって　きにいる(G1verb)



朗読クラブ📚Reading to Japanese language learners 

朗読：『オルゴールワールド』#9 にしのあきひろ著

You will know of some places to visit in Valledupar

Festival Vallenato

Actividades en Valledupar

Gastronomía de la capital vallenata

Remember that I teach Spanish on italki, you can book a class for more information you can look at it on my profile :)

Colombia

Los atractivos y las bellezas de Valledupar, el destino tendencia de los colombianos para el 2022

Crowds of people queued up at Australia's Royal Sydney Botanic Garden on January 23, with some people waiting as long as three hours.

And for what?

A very smelly flower.

The titan arum, known as the "corpse flower," is a tall, pointed plant that releases an unpleasant smell when it blooms. The smell has been likened to things like decaying flesh, gym socks or rotting garbage.

The endangered plant is only found in the Sumatran rainforests in Indonesia, where there are thought to be fewer than 300 of them. It only blooms every 7 to 10 years in its natural habitat.

"The fact that they open very rarely, so they flower rarely, is obviously something that puts them at a little bit of a disadvantage in the wild," said Sophie Daniel from the Royal Sydney Botanic Garden. "When they open, they have to hope that another flower is open nearby, because they can't self-pollinate."

The flower at the botanic garden is the first to bloom there in 15 years, and she's been named Putricia — a combination of "putrid" and "Patricia" — by her fans.

Putricia's online fandom grew quickly and globally. A 24/7 live stream established by the botanic garden drew close to a million views in under a week, and people on social media planned to hurry to the garden as the plant opened. In just 24 hours, Putricia's bloom — and her stench — would be gone.

As she opened, the plant heated to 37 degrees Celsius to better spread her scent. In the wild, the smell tricks pollinators into landing on what they think is rotten meat and spreading pollen between flowers.

Up to 20,000 people filed past for a moment in her pungent presence, leaning in for a sniff or taking selfies.

It was difficult to say why the flower attracted such a following — but perhaps the answer lay in the "reverence" viewers felt in the presence of "such an amazing living being," Daniel said.




Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Crowds Gather in Sydney for Smelly Flower

Most employers won’t voluntarily tell you you’re out of the running for a job, nonetheless, outline the reasons you weren’t selected. 

Why? They likely have many applicants, don’t want to provoke you, and even fear being sued. Yet, it is possible to get feedback after an interview, if you know how to ask for it the right way. 

In this Express to Impress Podcast episode, you will learn how to ask for an employer’s feedback after your interview. Specifically, you will learn exactly what to write and say to get the feedback you desire. I will share a couple of effective strategies on how to get a valuable and honest response from an employer. 

In addition, you will hear some real-life stories from the employers’ perspective, as well as my clients’ experience in getting feedback. Finally, you will learn how to react to the employer’s feedback to leave a good impression. 

At the end of the episode, we’ll discuss five idioms you can use to improve your English. 

Episode originally published on July 7, 2020.
Transcript at https://www.express-to-impress.com/feedback-after-interview/
Infographics at pinterest.com/ExpresstoImpress/