Episode 17 | La Page Blanche
Se retrouver bloquée face à une page blanche, envie d'écrire ou de créer mais aucune idées ni motivation... Quand la créativité nous échappe et qu'on doit s'octroyer une pause. Avez-vous déjà vécu ça ?

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Episode 17 - La Page Blanche

聊中西文化，也聊很多东西！
第十期，终于要来聊一聊学外语，和我做播客的原因了。

聊聊东西 - Talk to Me in Chinese

010. 聊聊学语言和为什么做播客 How to learn languages - ttmiChinese

Today’s Theme is “紅葉（こうよう）《Autumn colors》”.
This episode is JLPT-N4 level.

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☆Words☆
紅葉狩り（もみじがり / momijigari）：This is a yearly event for many Japanese people in Autumn. The word “Momiji” in Momiji-gari means Autumn colours, and “gari” means hunting.
Japanese people go out to parks and mountains where they can see lots of trees in their Autumn colors – yellows, oranges and reds, and simply enjoy the beautiful change of seasons from Summer to Autumn.

お花見（おはなみ / ohanami）：Ohanami is a traditional Japanese custom in spring. At a cherry blossom viewing party, people get together under cherry blossom trees and enjoy eating and drinking.

嵐山（あらしやま / arashiyama）：Arashiyama is an area in the western part of Kyoto City. The mountain named Arashiyama at an altitude of 382 meters in the western part of Kyoto City, the surrounding mountains, and the foot of the mountain are generally called Arashiyama. At the foot of Arashiyama, there are many historical temples, shrines, and historic sites, making it a famous tourist destination.

上旬（じょうじゅん / jōjun）：at the beginning of the month
中旬（ちゅうじゅん / chūjun）：in the middle of the month
下旬（げじゅん / gejyun）：at the end of the month

日光（にっこう / nikkō）：Nikko is a town located in Tochigi Prefecture. Tochigi prefecture is an inland prefecture located in the northern part of the Kanto region. Nikko has many old-style buildings, and it is registered as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage.

新幹線（しんかんせん / shinkansen）：bullet train

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☆Quiz for this episode


Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#38  紅葉 / Autumn colors // N4 Level /Japanese listening

Neste conto Clarice Lispector conta o sucedido a uma comum galinha doméstica em um dia de domingo. Mas será que a autora quer nós dizer algo mais com sua pequena alegoria?

Se sim, o que você acha que seria?

Adoraria ler e discutir esse conto com você e saber suas opinião.

Brazilian Poems and Literature

Uma Galinha - Clarice Lispector

In this episode you will listen about George's misadventures in a kindergarten. Don't forget that you've got a quiz after the podcast for additional practice.

What if...?

Wonders G4 Week 2 Vocabulary

Swedish furniture company IKEA has opened a new store.

There's nothing strange about that. But wait a minute — the new store is inside a video game. And it's paying real people to work there!

IKEA advertised for 10 positions in a virtual store it has opened in Roblox — and got more than 178,000 applications!

Roblox is a popular online gaming platform that lets users play games and create their own.

IKEA has created The Co-Worker Game on the platform. And it needed some employees.

At the start of June, IKEA began looking for people aged 18 and over in the UK and Ireland to work as paid members of staff at the in-game store.

It said staff would help customers, and would be able to get promoted and move departments, just like in real life.

The company said it wanted to show that it does things a little differently.

Wes Davis from technology website The Verge called it a "weird" but "harmless" idea.

He said he'd never heard of other companies paying people to work in a game, but added that US company Walmart has already created a game on Roblox.

IKEA said its employees would be paid a little over $16.50 per hour during their work-from-home shifts, which is about the same as the company's other workers get paid in the UK.

The store opened on June 24. It's not clear how long the workers will be employed for, although the company said the positions would be on a "limited contract."

It also said anyone who didn't get a job could still experience the virtual store and win in-game prizes.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

IKEA Pays People Real Money to Work in Video Game

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