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Matcha & Meditation

大家好，欢迎来到NinjaPanda第一期。我想和大家分享中文的“吃” ”穿“ ”住“ ”行“， 聊聊有意思的话题！
这一集我们聊聊”躺平“到底是什么？你们国家有没有年轻人躺平的现象？
你对躺平这件事怎么看？欢迎大家给我留言！👏

NinjaPanda

中文的躺平真的就是Lying Flat吗？我们听听中国年轻人为什么这样说！！！

Hello everyone, I hope you are doing well. A new episode of let’s check out the news is out now!
In this episode I’ll comment on article titled: “Chinese provinces warn of thick fog, dozens of Shanghai flights delayed” published on Reuteurs. Let me know what you think, enjoy.

Useful vocabulary:
An episode of extreme weather
To issue a warning
Heavy rain – heavy snow – high winds – thick fog
A flight delayed – diverted
To cause disturbances
To salt the roads
To deploy snowplows
Wait for the fog to dissipate
One phenomenon / many phenomena
To cover long distances
To wreak havoc
Tornadoes or floods
The whims of nature
The modern era

Let's check out the news

Super thick fog over China

Today's new word is about 「Time」 
きょうのあたらしい　ことばは　じかん　について　です。

 ①　「ゆうべ（夕べ）」 last night
　　夕べ　は　あつくて、　よく　ねむれませんでした.

 ②　「あす（明日）」 tomorrow
　　明日は　きょう　よりも　あたたかく　なるそうです。

 ③「しゅうまつ（しゅうまつ）」 weekend
　週末に　らいしゅうの　しょくりょうひん　を　かって　おきます


Japanese teacher Noriko’s room

Vocabulary for JLPT N4 "About Time (２)

📩 Aprende una palabra coloquial al día: https://acortar.link/d8H9at

Español coloquial

Me dio calabazas

I coccodrilli e gli alligatori si assomigliano. Hanno entrambi fauci enormi con denti aguzzi e una lunga coda. Il loro corpo è coperto di squame irregolari. Gli alligatori hanno il muso largo, arrotondato e a forma di U.
Di solito sono di colore scuro. Il muso è la parte sporgente della testa di un animale, comprendente naso e bocca. I coccodrilli hanno il muso più sottile. Inoltre sono di colore più chiaro rispetto agli alligatori. Alligatori e coccodrilli sono diversi, ma sono entrambi rettili. Il corpo di un rettile può avere le squame o le placche ossee. Serpenti e lucertole sono rettili con le squame. Gli alligatore e i coccodrilli, invece, hanno le placche ossee, chiamate “scuti“. Sia le squame, che gli scudi proteggono il corpo del rettile. 
Alligatori e coccodrilli appartengono all’ordine dei Crocodylia e sono detti anche “LORICATI“. 
Ne esistono 25 specie diverse. Di solito vivono nelle zone calde di tutto il mondo. I loricati non si allontanano mai dall’acqua. Trascorrono molto tempo immersi in pozze, laghi, paludi, acquitrini, fiumi e pantani. Tutti i loricati hanno sensi molto sviluppati. Vista, olfatto e udito sono migliori rispetto a quelli di altri rettili. Al buio vedono meglio di noi. Anche la loro pelle è molto particolare: riescono a percepire i movimenti degli animali, così nell’acqua fangosa  individuano facilmente la preda.

Dada's space (ITALIAN)

I coccodrilli (A1-B1+) || The crocodiles 

Being a picky eater can mean a number of different things. It may describe someone who doesn't like to try new foods, or someone who prefers plain meals. It can also refer to someone who eats quite a narrow range of foods.

It's quite common for children to be picky eaters. They may only like their pasta without sauce, or their bread cut in a certain shape.

Parents often feel they're to blame when their children are picky eaters. But according to a new study, picky eating is mostly caused by our genes.

Researchers in the UK looked at data from identical and non-identical twins who had been followed from birth since 2007.

Identical twins share 100% of their genes, while non-identical twins share half, on average. Studying these twins allowed the researchers to compare the eating habits of people who were genetically the same and those who weren't, but still grew up in the same home together.

More than 4,800 twins were included in the study. Their parents completed questionnaires about how picky their children were aged 16 months, then again at the ages of 3, 5, 7 and 13.

Not all parents completed the questionnaires as their children got older, but from the results, the researchers found that the eating habits of identical twins were much more similar than those of non-identical twins.

They also found that genetic variation explained 60% of the differences in food pickiness at 16 months, and 74% between the ages of 3 and 13. Meanwhile, shared environment only explained 15% to 26% of these differences, and the environmental effect was strongest when children were younger.

However, the researchers added that environmental effects are still important: parents can still influence their children's eating habits by eating together as a family, and by offering a wide variety of different foods, for example.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Genes Biggest Cause of Picky Eating in Children

When was the last time you made a joke? Would it be funny in other languages? What makes sense of humour specific to a culture? So many questions. Let's figure it out.

The Age of Humans

Episode 2: Sense of Humour

小樽市/おたるし
小樽運河/おたるうんが
天狗山ロープウェイ/てんぐやまろーぷうぇい
・先週、小樽に行ってきました！
・札幌市のとなりにある町
・観光地として有名
・外国の人もたくさんいました！
・残念ながら雨
・海鮮丼食べた
・魚がとってもおいしい
・小樽運河に行った
・とてもきれい
・バスで天狗山
・ちょうど次の日から、ロープウェイが休み
・点検、大丈夫かどうか検査
・4月15日〜11月5日まで
・ロープウェイのりたい人は、確認してから
・夜景がとってもきれい
・かわいいお店もたくさんある

レッスン待ってます♪