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¡Cuenca es única! Ese es el eslogan de la ciudad y la provincia y, la verdad es que no es presuntuoso. Todo el que ha visitado esta provincia o incluso solo la capital, siente que algún recuerdo de esa visita permanecerá para siempre en su memoria porque Cuenca es la belleza de la sencillez.

VIAJAR POR ESPAÑA  "AUDIOS"

Mi España - La Provincia de Cuenca



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おはようございます。日本語だんだんポットキャストのゆかりです。

きのうは、私の部屋(へや)の
暖房(だんぼつ)がつかない、
という話をしました。

オーナーにつたえて、
修理(しゅうり)してもらいました。

そのときに、オーナーにトルコのことをいろいろききました。

おいしいお店を
おしえてもらいました。

彼(かれ)は彼の犬といっしょに、
私の部屋に来ました。

犬は走りまわっていました。

彼は犬に、"しずかに！"と言って、
おとなしくさせました。

そして、すわらせました。

犬はとても大きいので、彼が犬をすわらせてくれたので、私は安心しました。

では、今日も最後まで聞いてくれて、だんだん、です。

また明日！

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Today's Keywords

□修理する(しゅうりする)
repair
→修理してもらう
get it repaired

□すわる
sit
→すわらせる
make〜sit down

Japaneseだんだんpodcast

59.犬をおとなしくさせる

Anyone visiting Paris for this summer's Olympic Games may have to pay a little more than usual for hotels, trains and food and drink.

But here's one thing that won't cost them anything: a ride in a flying taxi.

That's right: it might sound like the most expensive way to get around, but it has been announced that visitors will be able to take new electric-powered flying taxis without paying.

They're called flying taxis, but if you're hoping for a car with wings you might be disappointed! They look like small helicopters, but with a "loop" on top with 18 small rotors instead of one large set of blades.

In Paris, they can land on a special "vertiport" — a place for vertical takeoff and landing — on the River Seine.

Made by a German company called Volocopter, the taxis can take one person at a time from the Seine, close to Austerlitz train station, to four places around Paris, including two airports.

The trips are free because the flights are being called "demonstrations" — since the taxis have not yet been certified by the European Union's Aviation Safety Agency.

There is also a limit of two flights per hour between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m, and a limit of 900 flights over the whole year.

This has been called a "trial period" for the taxis, but some people in Paris are unhappy that they're coming at all.

They're worried about the taxis' environmental impact, and the noise they might make.

Volocopter says its taxis are much quieter than normal helicopters, as well as being very safe and better for the planet. In future, the company hopes to make larger taxis that could also be used as flying ambulances.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Paris Welcomes Flying Taxis for Olympic Games

什么是“职场人设”？今天Karen和柏威聊了聊在职场上的那些事儿。


Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

你有“职场人设”吗？Do you have a “workplace persona”?

Giant Dreams Midget Abilities by David Sedaris read by Teacher Alyse
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"WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING YOUR GUITAR, MAKE BELIEVE YOU'RE PLAYING AN ACTUAL WOMAN," MISTER MANCINI TOLD ME. "GRAB HER BY THE NECK AND MAKE HER HOLLER."

My father loves jazz and has an extensive collection of records and reel-to-reel tapes he used to enjoy after returning home from work. He might have entered the house in a foul mood, but once he had his Dexter Gordon and a vodka martini, the stress melted away and everything was "Beautiful, baby, just beautiful." The instant the needle hit that record, he'd loosen his tie and become something other than the conservative engineer with a pocketful of IBM pencils embossed with the command think.

"Man, oh man, will you get a load of the chops on this guy? I saw him once at the Blue Note, and I mean to tell you that he blew me right out of my chair! A talent like that comes along only once in a lifetime. The guy was an absolute comet, and there I was in the front row. Can you imagine that?"

"Gee," I'd say. "I bet that was really interesting."

Empathy was the wrong tack, as it seemed only to irritate him.

"You don't know the half of it," my father would say. " 'Really interesting' my butt. You haven't got a clue. You could have taken a hatchet and cut the man's lips right off his face, chopped them off at the quick, and he still would have played better than anyone else out there. That's how good he was."

Because it was the music we'd grown up with, I liked to think that my sisters and I had a genuine appreciation for jazz. We preferred it over the music our friends were listening to, yet nothing we did or said could convince him of our devotion. Aside from replaying the tune on your own instrument, how could you prove you were really listening? It was as if he expected us to change color at the end of each selection.

Three by Sedaris ( Adult 18+ )

Giant Dreams Midget Abilities


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おはようございます。日本語だんだんポットキャストのゆかりです。

私はいま、マレーシアにいます。

今日の天気(てんき)は晴(は)れ。
とても暑(あつ)いです。

マレーシアでは、突然(とつぜん)、雨が降(ふ)ります。

晴れているのに、
急(きゅう)に雨が降ります。

「スコール」というものですね。

シンガポールでも、スコールがありました。

だいたい30分ぐらいざーっと降って・・

また、すぐに晴れます。

日本には、スコールはありません。

雨の日は、ずっと雨が降っていることが
多いです。

日本とはまったくちがう天候(てんこう)が、
おもしろいですね。

そういえば、
日本語には、天気の"雨"という言葉もありますが、
おかしの"あめ"という意味もあります。

"あめ"は甘いおかし、キャンディのことですね。

発音(はつおん)がちょっとちがうのですが、

私はふだんは、あまりそこは考(かんが)えていません。
文(ぶん)の中で、意味がわかりますね。

"今日の天気は雨かぁ"というと、

おかしのあめが降ってくるとは思いませんね。


では、今日も最後まで聞いてくれて、だんだん、です！

また明日。


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Today's Keywords

□雨が降ります(あめがふります)
It will rain./It rains

□天候(てんこう)
weather

Ex)今日は天気がいい。

Ex)最近は変な天候だ。

□あめ(飴)
candy


28. 雨(あめ)/Japanese だんだんpodcast

C'est bientôt les vacances ! Vous voulez faire la fête à proximité de Paris ? En voiture, on part à Fontainebleau ! Un château, une forêt, des desserts, des festivals, que demander de plus ? Adepte du cinéma ? Série Séries est pour vous ! Plutôt branché jazz manouche ? On s'installe sur les pelouses du parc pour assister au festival Django Reinhardt. Bonne écoute !

Douce France

Fontainebleau ou l'art de chiller à la française

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