Breaks are vital to productivity. Work smart, not hard!

Short Stories with Rose 

The Story of the Lumberjacks

Korean Speaking Practice 8  /   N-(으)로 : with, by, through, in  /  ex) 저는 지하철로 회사에 왔어요. 저는 현금으로 계산할 거예요.   /  V-고 싶어요 : An expression used to state that the speaker wants to do the act mentioned in the preceding statement. / ex) 집에 가고 싶어요. 친구를 만나고 싶어요. 



Speaking Practice - Beginner

8. N-(으)로, V-고 싶어요

Do you have a new Italian friend and want to introduce yourself?
Are you traveling to Italy?
Have you just started learning Italian?

Then listen to the second episode of Cocai Italiano. You will learn the best way to introduce yourself in this beautiful language!

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3 minutes Italian

Introduce yourself in Italian - 3 minutes Italian

Let's make Japanese sentences together.   If you make a sentence in Japanese, write it in the comment section! I will correct your sentences!  


【Today's  topic】
【⚪⚪すぎる】の二つ目の方 です。

 (i-adjectiveの語幹）+ すぎる／すぎて／すぎた 。

この文法はJLPT N4の表現(ひょうげん)です。

📕復習(ふくしゅう)『i-adjective』(たのしい、かわいい　おおきい　やすい　うらやましい かなしい　ひどい)

in my case👩  
桜(さくら)を見(み)にいったとき、人(ひと)が多すぎて　びっくりした。
When I went to see the cherry blossoms, I was surprised to see so many people.　

(ex) 
机(つくえ)の角(かど)に足(あし)をぶつけて、いたすぎた。

桜（さくら）がうつくしすぎて　涙(なみだ)がでた。

Short sentences ➕ your feelings=you can speak a lot of Japanese.

Japanese teacher Noriko’s room

 (i-adjectiveの語幹）+ すぎる／すぎて／すぎた 。

f you're going to exercise, you have to stretch, right?

Well, maybe not.

The answer might depend on your goals, and what you mean by "stretch."

There are different types of stretches.

In what are known as "static" stretches, you hold a single position for perhaps as long as 60 to 90 seconds. These stretches are great for increasing flexibility.

But there are also "dynamic" stretches, where you repeatedly — but carefully — move your joints through their full range of motion.

Expert opinion on how to use these stretches has changed over the years. But it's now generally believed that dynamic stretching is best before you exercise, while static stretching is better after.

As Alisa Bowman writes for the Mayo Clinic, dynamic stretching helps improve blood flow and joint mobility, which gets your body ready to exercise. Studies have even found that dynamic stretching before exercise can improve your performance.

Meanwhile, some research has found that static stretching can temporarily weaken your muscles, which is why it's generally no longer recommended before certain sports — and especially not for high-performance athletes.

Instead, static stretches are typically recommended for helping to relax your muscles after exercise. Since you've been moving and increasing blood flow to your joints and muscles, you'll actually be more flexible, so you'll get more benefit from those stretches.

But while you may have been told that stretching will reduce soreness after you exercise, research has found that it really doesn't make much difference.

You've also probably been told to stretch to avoid injuries. But research doesn't seem to support that either — especially for static stretching.

Writing for WebMD, Sonya Collins says that, as long as you stretch sometime, it's fine if you don't do it around the time you exercise.

In fact, some experts say if you're short on time, it's better to exercise without doing any stretching than to cut your workout short!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Do You Really Need to Stretch When You Exercise?

안녕하세요~ 잘 지내고 있었어요? 오랜만이에요!
한국은 지금 장마철이라 매일 조금씩은 비가 오는 것 같아요.
그래서 날씨가 엄청 덥고 습해서 에어컨 없이는 힘들어요.
여러분은 더위를 이겨내는 방법이 있나요?

In this podcast, there are two versions of the same dialogue.
The second recording is a slower version; if you missed some words or phrases in the first recording try listening to the second one once again :)

뜨거운 여름에도 화이팅!

Yejin's Podcast for Korean Learners

Do you have your own way of beating 여름?

A podcast a day keeps the doctor away!

An in depth look at three idioms. 
Step 1: Learn the history behind them. 
Step 2: Repeat the stories to friends at dinner parties. 
Step 3: Pretend you are smart and cultured. 
Step 4: Profit!

The Jerome Meadows Experience

Idioms - Gut Feeling, Honeymoon Period, In Deep Water

An annual event involving dirt, beer and cash once again drew dozens of competitors to a ski resort in Maine on October 12.

More than 30 couples competed in the North American Wife Carrying Championship, a 254-meter race during which competitors splash through water, jump over logs and trudge through mud — all while carrying their partner on their backs or shoulders.

The event began in Finland, with the first official event taking place in 1992. It has grown in popularity since then — the World Championship is held annually in the region of Sonkajärvi, and the North American Championship has taken place in Maine every year since 1999.

Traditionally, the Finnish event involved male competitors carrying a woman. At the competition in Maine, couples didn't have to be married to compete, nor did they have to be a man and a woman.

One participant — the carrier — was dressed as Mr Incredible, while his "wife" was dressed in pink. They and others were cheered on by crowds on both sides of the course at Sunday River ski resort.

Most of the participants use a technique in which the "wife" is carried like a backpack — upside down — to keep their arms free as they run. Wearing smiles and grimaces, competitors end up wet and muddy.

The champion leaves with the weight of the "wife" in beer and five times their weight in cash. To estimate the amount they win, the winning partner is put on one side of a see-saw-like scale that organizers balance out on the other side with cases of beer.

"We come each year for the fun," said Wade Porterfield of Cuba, New York, who competed with his wife, Sara Porterfield. "There is really a low chance of us winning. Pretty much everybody cheers everybody on and it's a blast."

Couples Compete in US Wife-Carrying Competition

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xncqkm8i-JSZjN0BLoNMlv7ubuYoIDnT/view?usp=drivesdk