Things could always be worse - my story of putting things into perspective. 

In a universe of randomness 

Put it into perspective 

This short episode is for students who have at least an A2 level and it talks about some habits young Italians have, such as the famous "aperitivo". 
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Languages With Melody

Le abitudini dei giovani italiani

recorded and mix at Bellevue 'studio by my own care 

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬
𝐎𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧, 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐰
𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐬
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩
𝐀𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩, 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐚.

𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐤
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐲, 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐬𝐲, 𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝,
𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬
𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐬.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬,
𝐒𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐠𝐥𝐲!
𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐩𝐢𝐩𝐞;
𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐬, 𝐦𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐰!

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐤𝐲
𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐰𝐦𝐚𝐧;
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬,
𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠.

— 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦 𝐀𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐥 (𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐧𝐨, 𝐂𝐀: 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝, 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟒)

𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗞 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗔𝗜𝗦 ? 😉

🕊️𝕻𝖔𝖊𝖒 " 𝖑'𝖆𝖑𝖇𝖆𝖙𝖗𝖔𝖘" 𝖋𝖗𝖔𝖒 𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖑𝖊𝖘 𝕭𝖆𝖚𝖉𝖊𝖑𝖆𝖎𝖗𝖊 ( 𝖓𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖔𝖗 𝕻𝖆𝖙𝖗𝖎𝖈𝖐 )🦢

【成语释义】原为佛教用语。佛家把色、
声、香、味、触、法叫做“六尘”，说道者不为六尘所玷污，保持心地清静。形容不受坏思想、坏作风的沾染。也形容环境清静整洁。
【活用例句】保洁人员不一会就把大礼堂打扫得～了。
【近义】一干二净、冰清玉洁
【反义】污七八糟、污秽不堪

成语故事 Idiom story

一尘不染

Tonight, hundreds of thousands of snowflakes are floating above a cute village. 

Among these snowflakes there’s one the size of a small pot plant. It’s twirling and spinning like a beautiful ballet dancer. This snowflake’s name is Lola. She has just been joined by her rich green fairy friend named Fairy. 

“Lola, I’m sorry to disturb you right before sleep... But I had to come see you. The wedding date has been moved. We must have it in one week’s time. Do you think the dress will be ready?” 

“One week? Sure thing,” says Lola. “I’ll work on it during the (yawn) weekend. You have nothing to worry about.” 

“Oh Lola, you’re the best! Thank you! Here, let me take you to the ground—you’re tired—I can take you there in a few minutes.” 

Fairy takes Lola in her arms to flies towards the village. But something isn’t right. The wind is becoming stronger and colder. Fairy is trying her best to fly straight, but the wind is pushing her to the left and to the right. The little green light is struggling against the wind.  

A storm is coming. 


Being a Cloud

Lola the Snowflake 

同学们可以看着歌词学唱这首经典老歌。
歌词：
你问我爱你有多深
我爱你有几分
我的情也真
我的爱也真
月亮代表我的心
你问我爱你有多深
我爱你有几分
我的情不移
我的爱不变
月亮代表我的心
轻轻的一个吻
已经打动我的心
深深的一段情
教我思念到如今
你问我爱你有多深
我爱你有几分
你去想一想
你去看一看
月亮代表我的心


Merry's voice (HSK四）

HSK 四   歌曲：《月亮代表我的心》

In this episode of Streetwise English Podcast, I talk about the right to free speech vs censorship of misinformation and hate speech. My teacher profile: https://italki.com/teacher/1947582 
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Streetwise English

SWE 103 Free Speech vs. Censorship in America 

みんなの日本語　17課

日本語の勉強はどうですか。How is your Japanese language study going?
カタカナが書けますか。漢字はどうですか。Can you write katakana? How about Kanji?
わたしは、漢字をすぐに忘れます。I forget Kanji easily.
みなさんは、カタカナはどうですか。How was katakana?
カタカナが書けない。漢字が書けない。大丈夫ですか。I can't write katakana. I can't write kanji. Are you OK?
テストがあります。大変です。勉強しなければなりません。A exam is coming soon. It might be hard. You have to study.

テストってなんのテストですか。What’s kind of the test are you going to take? 
JLPTのテストです。テストを受けなければなりません。The test is JLPT which I have to take.
今年（ことし）は、N４に合格しなければなりません。This year, I have to pass N4.
来年（らいねん）は、N2に合格しなければなりません。がんばらなければなりません。Next year, I have to pass N2. I have to do my best.
でも、N1に合格しなくてもいいです。But I don't have to pass N1.

みなさんは、あさ　何時（なんじ）に起（お）きますか。What time do you get up in the morning?
わたしは、あさ5時半（じはん）に起きます。早（はや）いです。朝、早く起きなければなりません。I get up at 5:30 in the morning. That's early. I have to get up early in the morning.

お弁当（べんとう）を作らなければなりません。朝（あさ）ごはんを作（つく）らなければなりません。I have to make my lunch for my son. I have to make breakfast for my family.
日曜日（にちようび）はお弁当を作らなくてもいいです。I don't have to make lunch on Sundays.
息子（むすこ）は、学校（がっこう）へ行（い）かなければなりません。My son has to go to school.
7時（じ）に家（うち）を出（で）なければなりません。He must leave home at 7:00 a.m.
8時に学校（がっこう）に着（つ）かなければなりません。He must arrive at school at 8:00 a.m.


にほんごのれんしゅう

みんなの日本語　Lesson 17-➀

SCHOOL AND EDUCATION
Angela reads the basic text from this lesson, (transcript available when you take this lesson).