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If you are interested in improving your Spanish pronunciation, this is your episode. In 10 minutes I talk about the main characteristics of the Latin American Spanish pronunciation. ¿Is in this regard LATAM Spanish simpler? 

 // Si estás interesado en mejorar tu pronunciación en español, este es tu episodio. En 10 minutos hablo de las principales características de la pronunciación del español latinoamericano. ¿El español latinoamericano es en este aspecto más simple? 

Español con voz

Español lationamericano: ¿Cómo se pronuncia?

Knowing Everything About Chinese Cultrue

14"The Double Eleven " in China

Short story 「七夕（たなばた）《 tanabata 》」
This episode is N5 level.


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☆Words☆
七夕（たなばた / tanabata）：Star festival
星（ほし / hoshi）：star
明るい（あかるい / akarui）：bright
服（ふく / fuku）：clothes
牛（うし / ushi）：cow
世話（せわ / sewa）：care
ある日（あるひ / aruhi）：one day
天の川（あまのがわ / amanogawa）：Milky Way
神様（かみさま / kamisama）：God
怒る（おこる / okoru）：get angry
東（ひがし / higashi）：East
西（にし / nishi）：West
悲しい（かなしい / kanashī）：sad
橋（はし / hashi）：bridge
お願い（おねがい / onegai）：wish

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Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#16  Short story /  Tanabata / storytelling // N5 Level

Turkish Stories

Yunus Emre 1. Bölüm

I met the world famous basketball star Michael Jordan through the power of networking. 

The Global Professional Podcast

How I Met Michael Jordan - A Business Story EP 15

En el episodio de hoy vamos a aprender cómo podemos describir a personas usando animales y por qué.

Blanca to go 

animales para describir personas en español. 

Hi everyone, in this episode you will learn "direcciones" in case that you need to ask for directions in spanish, you will learn some important phrases and vocabulary...

Enjoy this episode!

Spanish with Jas

EP 3. Ask for directions

In this episode we will talk about 【The conundrum of life from 5 to 90 years old】, you will learn how to say 【Beijing drifters,extend,high blood pressure】 ect. The material helps you get used to different voice and accent. 
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It is recommended that you study in the following ways:
Step 1: Gist listening. Listen to get the main idea. (more times if necessary)
Step 2: Read the text to find out words you didn't get, then look up the dictionary. 
Step 3: Listen and imitate as much as you can without looking at the text.
Step 4: Write down what you hear if you want to practise writing.
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大家好，我是Yuli。欢迎收听我的播客。
每个人多多少少都有一些烦恼，不同年龄的人烦恼的事情可能不太一样。这个采访是从5岁到90岁的人在聊他们人生的难题。今天我们来听听50岁到90岁的烦恼。
50岁：（回答：我什么时候可以退休啊？）那按照那个法定的年龄60岁退休嘛。女同志五十周岁（55岁：听说还要延长退休时间）。我家孩子在外面北漂好几年了，我想让她回来.
60岁：你就让孩子去发展去吧，发展得好就让他在那边混，混不好他自然就回来了。我呀，才60岁，就感觉身体啊跟不上了，以后70可咋办呢？
70岁：到70啊，你就到时候把你的孙子叫过来，这孩子也皮实了，你身体也就好了。难题就是我这个老伴儿呢，怕我这个高血压。菜的里头呢，又少油又少盐又少糖，不好吃。
80岁：难吃啊？难吃上我那吃去。我现在就血压高，就经常得上医院去跑，开药去。我就有一个老同志，我春节的时候去看他，住在医院里的，躺在床上相当可怜。八十多了，好几十（朋友）了。走到尽头了。
90岁：你现在呢就说也不要太难过，你也劝劝他到公园转一转。全是咱们老同志，一块儿聊聊大天。侃侃咱们过去，在一块，年轻的时候。在这方面自己想开点，也就舒畅了。我老伴儿三年前去世了。都这么大岁数了，总得要有一个人先走，但是我也很想念她。说到这儿吧。（5岁：老爷爷，您别难过。老奶奶只是睡着了，您以后碰见她，亲她一口她就醒了）你几岁？你的人生难题是什么呢？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。
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法定	/	fǎ dìng	/	statutory
女同志	/	nǚ tóng zhì	/	female (comrade)
周岁	/	zhōu suì	/	one full year of life
延长	/	yán cháng	/	extend
北漂	/	běi piāo	/	Beijing drifters
混	/	hùn	/	get along
咋办	/	zǎ bàn	/	how to do
皮实	/	pí shí	/	sturdy
老伴儿	/	lǎo bàn ér	/	old husband or wife
高血压	/	gāo xuè yā	/	high blood pressure
老同志	/	lǎo tóng zhì	/	old comrade
尽头	/	jìn tóu	/	the end
劝	/	quàn	/	advise,persuade
侃	/	kǎn	/	talk
想开点	/	xiǎng kāi diǎn	/	think positively
舒畅	/	shū chàng	/	free from worry,comfortable