Today I share my personal experience with mindfulness and meditation.

Matcha & Meditation

Mindfulness

Exploraremos expresiones del día a día que podrías escuchar en cualquier conversación informal. 

Modismos y expresiones populares

No des papaya: el español de la calle.

Text One--课文一  kèwényī

jiāwén：mǎdīng，hǎojiǔbùjiàn！
mǎdīng：jiāwén，shìnǐ！nǐhǎoma？
jiāwén：hěnhǎo。xièxiè！
nǐzěnmeyàng？xuéxímángbùmáng？
mǎdīng：bùmáng。
jiāwén：nǐbàbàmāmāshēntǐhǎoma？
mǎdīng：tāmendōuhěnhǎo。
mǎdīng：nǐqùnǎér？
jiāwén：wǒhuísùshè。nǐne？
mǎdīng：wǒqùyínhánghuànqián。nǐháizhù7hàolóuma？
jiāwén：bù，xiànzàiwǒzhù12hàolóu，301fángjiān。
mǎdīng：nǐdediànhuàhàomǎshìduōshǎo？
jiāwén：82306154。yǒukòngérláiwǒsùshèwánér。
mǎdīng：hǎo。zàijiàn！
jiāwén：zàijiàn！

加文：马丁，好久不见！
马丁：加文，是你！你好吗？
加文：很好。谢谢！
           你怎么样？学习忙不忙？
马丁：不忙。
加文：你爸爸妈妈身体好吗？
马丁：他们都很好。
马丁：你去哪儿？
加文：我回宿舍。你呢？
马丁：我去银行换钱。你还住7号楼吗？
加文：不，现在我住12号楼，301房间。
马丁：你的电话号码是多少？
加文：82306154。有空儿来我宿舍玩儿。
马丁：好。再见！
加文：再见！

New Words--生(shēng)词(cí)
好(hǎo)久(jiǔ)不(bù)见(jiàn)
好(hǎo)久(jiǔ)
久(jiǔ)
见(jiàn)
忙(máng)
身(shēn)体(tǐ)
去(qù)
为(wéi)  
换(huàn)
还(hái)
住(zhù)
电(diàn)话(huà)
号(hào)码(mǎ)
空(kòng)儿(ér)
来(lái)
玩(wán)儿(ér)
再(zài)见(jiàn)

Text Two--课文二  kèwénèr

mǎdīngjīntiānyǒukòngér。tāshàngwǔqùyínhánghuànqián，huànèrbǎiměiyuánderénmínbì，xiàwǔqùchāoshìmǎidiǎnérdōngxī。
马丁今天有空儿。他上午去银行换钱，换二百美元的人民币，下午去超市买点儿东西。

New Words--生(shēng)词(cí)
百(bǎi)   
千(qiān)    
万(wàn)   
美(měi)元(yuán)    
欧(ōu)元(yuán)    
日(rì)元(yuán)    
人(rén)民(mín)币(bì)    
人(rén)民(mín)   
 币(bì)    
超(chāo)市(shì)    
买(mǎi)    
东(dōng)西(xī)   


HSK2--materials and exercises for listenning, reading and speaking

我去银行换钱  wǒqùyínhánghuànqián

Join me on a short journey to my young life where we will see several common idioms in action that make use of the verb 'to hit'.

A Stone's Throw Podcast

A Snapshot From My Childhood

日本的餐厅一般都只提供凉水，也就是水龙头的直饮水，如果需要热水可以这么说～

Crystal的日语碎碎念

2、お湯ください＝请给我热水

I’ll introduce Japanese culture in easy Japanese.
Today’s Theme is “お盆（ぼん）《Bon festival》”.
This episode is JLPT-N3 level.

I created a quiz on this episode.
After listening, please take the quiz!

Please use this audio for listening and shadowing practices.

☆Words☆
お盆（ぼん）：Bon festival
Obon is one of the Buddhist events. In Buddhism, it is believed that the spirits of family ancestors come back to this world during the Obon period between July and August, and a series of events take place to commemorate them.
Obon is regarded as one of the most important family occasions of the year in Japan.
Although Obon is not an official holiday, many offices are temporarily closed for business during this period. 

盆踊（ぼんおど）り：Bon Festival dance
Bon Odori is a traditional Japanese dance that is generally performed at events or festivals during Obon holidays.
Participants wear yukata, a casual traditional Kimono-style garment, and dance to traditional music while circling around a stage to honor the spirits of ancestors.

移動（いどう）する：move

仏教（ぶっきょう）：Buddhism

先祖（せんぞ）：ancestor

もてなす：treat / welcome

仏壇（ぶつだん）：Buddhist altar

迎（むか）え火（び）：welcoming fire
“迎え火” is a sacred fire that is often burned on August 13th in front of each household to guide the spirits of their ancestors back home.

提灯（ちょうちん）：chochin lantern

送（おく）り火（び）：seeing off fire
"送り火"is lit on the last day of Obon, which is generally August 16th to send the ancestors back to their world.

五山送り火（ござんのおくりび）：
The Send-off Bonfires of Five Mountains (Gozan no Okuribi) refers to the annual bonfires lit at various 5 locations including Nyoigatake (Mt. Nyoi known as Mt. Daimonji) on August 16 in Kyoto City.

阿波踊（あわおど）り：
“阿波踊り” is the largest and the most famous bon festival dance in Japan, attracting more than 1 million visitors from August 12 to 15 every year. 

☆Script for this episode
The scripts (URL) are listed in the overview section of the channel.

☆Quiz for this episode


Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#43 Japanese culture / お盆《Bon festival》 // N3 Level /Japanese listening

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「もんじゃ焼（や）き」を食べてきました🍴
おいしくて、面白い料理（りょうり）なので、ぜひ食べてみてください💓

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Ep.12 「もんじゃ焼（や）き」を知（し）っていますか？😋

"I want to learn English."  This is the wrong goal!

Some people say that choosing the wrong goals can lead to self-sabotage.

When it comes to learning English (as it's the wrong goal in 90% of cases for my adult achievers), it leads to: A) lack of confidence (at some point in speaking); B) continuous self-doubt (on various levels). C) Never really experiencing delight and self-satisfaction about your progress.

Can you relate to any of the things I wrote above? Almost certainly, you can; some can confirm all three aspects.

Please listen to my words of love and care in this deep 10-minute heart-to-heart podcast from me to you as a gift to learn to finally choose the right goal for you and therefore to choose the right steps to follow to achieve this goal.

To have freedom, confidence, excitement, and the progress you'll be making from listening to this podcast onwards!!!

Much love and care,
Your personal coach and a challenger
Anatoly