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Motivation in 2025!🤩

”夜猫子“
Are you a night owl? Let's talk about sleep in this episode.

Shay的中文小课堂

Idioms and Slangs Episode3-夜貓子

**This story contains graphic and explicit material it is not recommended for children only for mature audiences**

In this episode The Sick Rat and the Healthy Rat, a healthy lab rat belittles her dying neighbor by claiming that he brought the illness on himself with his "hatefulness and negative energy.

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Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk ( Adult 18+) 

The Sick Rat and the Healthy Rat (Adult 18+) 

In this episode, you will hear where Daxin took his mother to go and why he chose this place. Enjoy it!

大新想带妈妈去海南生活。大新在海南有一个大大的房子。海南是一个岛，在中国的最南方。海南的天气非常好，冬天一点儿也不冷，非常暖和，到处都是漂亮的 花。大新觉得如果妈妈到了海南，冬天也可以出去，到公园，到海边散步， 看看漂亮的花，吹吹舒服的风，妈妈一定会很快乐。于是，2023年9月大新带着妈妈到了海南。他们在海南住了七个多月。

Dà xīn xiǎng dài mā mā qù hǎi nán shēng huó 。 dà xīn zài hǎi nán yǒu yī gè dà dà de fáng zǐ 。 hǎi nán shì yī gè dǎo ， zài zhōng guó de zuì nán fāng 。 hǎi nán de tiān qì fēi cháng hǎo ， dōng tiān yī diǎn ér yě bù lěng ， fēi cháng nuǎn hé ， dào chǔ dū shì piāo liàng de huā 。 dà xīn jué dé rú guǒ mā mā dào le hǎi nán ， dōng tiān yě kě yǐ chū qù ， dào gōng yuán ， dào hǎi biān sàn bù ， kàn kàn piāo liàng de huā ， chuī chuī shū fú de fēng ， mā mā yī dìng huì hěn kuài lè 。 yú shì ，2023 nián 9 yuè dà xīn dài zhuó mā mā dào le hǎi nán 。 tā mén zài hǎi nán zhù le qī gè duō yuè 。

Story Chinese

去海南 Go to Hainan

C’erano una volta una volpe e una cicogna che si consideravano buone amiche.
Un giorno la volpe invitò a pranzo la cicogna; per farle uno scherzo, preparò della minestra e la servì in due vassoi piatti: la volpe riusciva a leccare con facilità la minestra nel suo vassoio, mentre la cicogna riusciva a malapena a bagnare la punta del becco nella minestra.
“Non ti piace la minestra?” chiese la volpe alla sua amica. “È buonissima, non preoccuparti; anzi, è così buona che son già sazia”.

Qualche giorno dopo, la cicogna ricambiò l’invito: voleva restituire lo scherzo alla volpe. Arrivato il giorno del pranzo, imbandì la tavola ma mise tutti i cibi in vasi dal collo lungo, come quelli che si usano per i fiori. La cicogna infilava il suo lungo becco nei vasi, gustandosi i manicaretti prelibati che aveva preparato. La volpe, invece, per quanto provasse ad infilare il muso e ad allungare la lingua, rimase a bocca asciutta.
“Non ti piace il pranzo che ti ho preparato?” chiese la cicogna. “Figurati, è delizioso. Così buono che sono già sazia” rispose la volpe. E così la cicogna si vendicò dell’amica burlona.

Morale della favola: Chi la fa, l’aspetti.

Favole di Esopo 

Favole di Esopo - La volpe e la cicogna

Shervin Hajipour is an Iranian singer-songwriter.  He is best known for his song " Baraye" which has been described as the anthem of the Mahsa Amini protests. The song "Baraye " means "For"
**Hope you enjoy listening :)

موسیقی و ترانه های ایرانی/Persian Music & Songs

 ترانه برای از شروین حاجی پور / Baraye song by Shervin Hajipour

Full transcript: ⁠⁠https://japanesemayuna.com/⁠⁠

はい、こんにちは。今回はポッドキャストの16回目です。今日は日本語のレッスンで、生徒さんに有名なオムライスの店について聞きました。私は知らなかったのですが、インターネットでとても有名だそうです。とても人気なので、予約するのが大変らしいです。今日は食べ物の話をしようと思います。

Hello, this is episode 16 of season 2 of my podcast. Today in my Japanese lesson, I heard about a famous omu-raisu restaurant from my student. (Omu-raisu is a Japanese dish made from omelette and rice.) I didn't know about it, but she said it is very famous on the internet. It looks very popular and it is very difficult to make a reservation. Today I will talk about food.

私は昆布飴が好きです。昆布飴とは、昆布で作った飴です。黒くて、柔らかい飴です。リコリスに少し似ています。日本では、昆布やわかめなどの海藻をよく食べます。海藻は味噌汁やサラダによく使われますが、実はお菓子にも使われます。日本でお菓子として昆布が食べるようになったのは、江戸時代と言われています。1683年に、最初の昆布のお菓子が作られました。そのあと、1927年に昆布飴が作られました。最初に昆布飴を作ったのは大阪の会社です。

I like konbu ame. Konbu ame is candy made from kelp. It is soft, black candy. It looks a bit like liquorice. In Japan, people often eat seaweed such as kelp and wakame. Seaweed is often used in miso soup and salads, but is actually also used in sweets. It is said that kelp was first eaten as confectionery in Japan during the Edo period (1603-1868). In 1683 the first kelp confectionery was made. This was followed by konbu ame in 1927. The first konbu ame was made by a company in Osaka.

若い人は、昆布飴のような伝統的な日本のお菓子をあまり知りません。伝統的な日本のお菓子は、スーパーやコンビニにあまり売っていないからです。売っていたとしても、作り方や材料が全然違います。だから「伝統的なお菓子はまずい」というイメージを持っている人が多いです。だけど、高級な材料を使っているオリジナルのお菓子はおいしいです。日本で伝統的なお菓子を買う時は、スーパーやコンビニではなく、老舗のチェーン店をチェックしてみてください。「老舗」とは、長い歴史を持っているお店のことです。日本には100年以上続いている老舗もあります。

Japanese Lessons with Mayuna

S2 Ep16. こんぶ飴

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