In this episode I read a passage from the book risky business for listening practice.

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Risky buisness pt. I

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わたしのいろいろなはなし　LESSON13 　

「ネコのクロエちゃん」My cat Chloe［3：27］

The aim of this lesson...
ペットのことを　話します。
to talk about pets!!



★★Introduction of the characters★★
1．きょうの　バックミラーくんは　｛　小学（しょうがく）　・　中学（ちゅうがく）　｝　５ねんせいの　｛　男の子（おとこのこ）　・　女の子（おんなのこ）　｝です。

2．バックミラーくんは　｛　英語（えいご）　・　日本語（にほんご）　・　中国語（ちゅうごくご）　｝も　囲碁（いご、Go game）も　すごく　じょうずです。いごは　もう　｛　４ねん　・　５ねん　｝しています。まいとし、いごの　｛　れんしゅう　・　しあい　　｝に　行っています。いま、｛　５きゅう　・　６きゅう　｝です。もっと　つよくなりたいです！


★★Please tell me about yourself★★
なにをしているとき、とてもたのしくて、げんきなきもちになりますか。
What makes you feel happy and energetic?

3．せんせい
わたしは、友だちと　｛　ジョジョというアニメのこと　・　冗談（じょうだん、joke）　｝を　はなしているとき


4．バックミラーくん
｛　人が　たくさんいる　・　だれもいない　｝ところ、｛　きれいな　みずうみ　・　ごみ　｝があって　｛　さかな　・　とり　｝がいるところで、｛　おとうさんと　おかあさん　・　ともだち　・　おじいちゃん　｝と　あるいているとき

=きれいな　しぜんの　なかを　すきなひとと　あるいているとき　

⇒それは、「しあわせ」って　いいますね！
　たのしくて　げんきになるのは　「しあわせ」を　かんじるとき　なんですね。


★Answer★
Answers at the bottom!

LESSON13　ネコのクロエちゃん My cat Chloe
1)［3：27］Introduction of the characters, Please tell me about yourself 
2)［4：34］The aim of this lesson, Text, Vocabulary 
3)［3：51］Sentence pattern and expression 1&2　 
4)［3：05］Text, Applied conversation practice, Extra thinking training　 
5)［7：54］Let's challenge you too!
6)［4：18］Interview...

You can see the text of this lesson on my free website.
你可以在我的免费网站上找到这一课的内容。

★Answer★
1.小学・男の子　2．日本語・５ねん・しあい・５きゅう　3．じょうだん　4．だれもいない・きれいなみずうみ・とり・おとうさんと　おかあさん

Japanese! わたしの いろいろな はなし

ネコのクロエちゃん（1）

小王子接着说,
The little prince went on with his explanation,
你的这颗行星这样小，你三步就可以绕它一圈。
Your planet is so small that three strides will take you all the way around it.
你只要慢慢地走，就可以一直在太阳的照耀下，
To be always in the sunshine, you need only walk along rather slowly.
你想休息的时候，你就这样走,那么，你要白天又多长它就有多长。
When you want to rest, you will walk,and the day will last as long as you like.
“这办法帮不了我多打忙。”点灯人说。
"That doesn't do me much good," said the lamplighter.
“生活中我喜欢的就是睡觉。”
The one thing I love in life is to sleep.
“真不走运。”小王子说。
"Then you're unlucky," said the little prince.
“真不走运。”点灯人说。“早上好。”于是他又熄灭了路灯。

"I am unlucky," said the lamplighter. "Good morning." And he put out his lamp.
小王子在他继续往前旅行的途中，自言自语地说道：
"That man," said the little prince to himself, as he continued farther on his journey,
这个人一定会被其他那些人，国王呀，爱虚荣的呀，酒鬼呀，实业家呀，所瞧不起。
that man would be scorned by all the others: by the king, by the conceited man, by the tippler, by the businessman.
可是唯有他不使我感到荒唐可笑。
Nevertheless he is the only one of them all who does not seem to me ridiculous.
这可能是因为他所关心的是别的事，而不是他自己。
Perhaps that is because he is thinking of something else besides himself.
他惋惜地叹了口气，并且又对自己说道：
He breathed a sigh of regret, and said to himself, again,
本来这是我唯一可以和他交成朋友的人。
That man is the only one of them all whom I could have made my friend.
可是他的星球确实太小了，住不下两个人。
But his planet is indeed too small. There is no room on it for two people.
小王子没有勇气承认的是：他留恋这颗令人赞美的星星，
What the little prince did not dare confess was that he was sorry most of all to leave this planet,
特别是因为在那里每二十四小时就有一千四百四十次日落！
because it was blest every day with 1440 sun sets!

小王子-The Little Prince-Read in Chinese

小王子第35章：留恋这颗星

One Minute Speaking Challenge: Conflict at work

The goal for these challenges is to inspire you to express your opinions and have you think in English more.

How do you define a conflict? Why might it arise? What 'position' do you want to take in a conflict? Are you the blamer or are seeking for a win-win scenario?

Some useful idioms that you can incorporate in your story are:

1. Backlog: A large accumulation of uncompleted work.
2. Get the ball rolling: To start a project or task.
3. Bend over backward: To make a significant effort to help someone.

I hope today's topic will inspire you to express yourself more leaving no space for not practicing :)

Share it with friends and let me know how I can help you.

To your success
Anatoly

One minute speaking challenge - Challenge yourself to speak English daily!

One Minute Speaking Challenge: Conflict at work

Each fast food meal we eat in a week could increase our risk of developing depression by as much as 4%, according to a new study.

Researchers from Iran also found that eating more than two fast food meals per week could increase the risk by almost a quarter.

They wanted to look at the effect of eating fast food on both obesity and depression.

Previous studies have found that eating a lot of heavily processed foods could lead to depression.

The research team thought that eating a lot of fast food was likely to cause obesity and that this could lead to depression.

However, they found obesity was not as much of an important factor as they thought it would be, and perhaps it was fast food consumption — and not obesity — that increased the risk of depression.

The researchers looked at data from more than 31,000 people in the US, taken between 2008 and 2018.

The participants were asked how many fast food meals they ate in a typical week, and they answered a survey that asked them about symptoms of depression.

During the study period, 11% of women and 7% of men showed signs of depression, although those with higher levels of education were less likely to be depressed.

Those who ate more than two fast food meals a week had a 24% higher risk of depression compared to those who ate fewer than two fast food meals per week.

However, the researchers say they can't prove that the cause of the participants' depression was eating fast food.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Each Fast Food Meal Could Increase Depression Risk

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
4月21日木曜日　天気/はれ　気温/12℃ 

旭川市/あさひかわし
・20日から春の火災予防運動が始まった。
・スーパーで訓練が行われた。
・消防車、消防隊員も参加した。

［単語］
火災/かさい…火事
予防/よぼう…問題が起きないようにする
運動/うんどう…なにかのために、たくさんの人にお願いする。
スーパー/すーぱー…野菜や肉が売ってる店
訓練/くんれん…練習
消防車/しょうぼうしゃ…火を消すために、水を出す車
消防隊員/しょうぼうたいいん…消防車に乗ってる人、火を消すために特別な訓練をしてる人



北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#43〉4月21日木曜日　春の火災予防運動が始まる

En el episodio de hoy hablamos de galicismos, que son palabras que usamos en español que tiene su origen en el francés. No vivimos en un mundo aislado y es inevitable que unas lenguas influyan en otras. España y Francia son países vecinos y ambos tienen lenguas romances lo que facilita la trasferencia de terminos. Hoy vamos a comentar el origen interesante de algunos de estos galicismos y también vamos a ver algunas palabras del día usadas en español y que vienen del país vecino.

Como siempre, espero que disfrutes el episodio, si lo haces, ¡no te olvides de dejarle una valoración!

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