In this episode, Karen and Baiwei chatted about the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival. What festivals are there in your culture that celebrate family reunion? Share it with us XD

Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

中秋节快到啦！The Mid-Autumn Festival is Coming！

In this episode, I explain how to ask your friends "Jackpot!" "Bullseye!" in Japanese. It's actually useful! Check it out!

Takeshi's 2 minutes Japanese!

How to say "Jackpot!" in Japanese. (Natural one lol)

This episode is a companion to Chapter 10 of The Little Prince. In this chapter our little prince's epic journey begins and he arrives at the first planet he visits. 🪐

Here are the vocabulary words featured from this chapter:

inhabited (v.) – to live in a place
clad (adj.) – dressed or covered in
majestic (adj.) – beautiful, powerful or causing great admiration
subject (n.) – a person who lives in or what has the right to live in a country with a king 
or queen
etiquette (n.) – a set of rules or customs that control accepted behaviour
vexed (adj.) – difficult to deal with an causing a lot of disagreement
authority (n.) – the moral or legal right or ability to control
disobedience (n.) – refusing to do what somebody in authority tells you to do
promptly (adv.) – immediately 
insubordination (n.) – refusing to obey orders from people in authority

I hope you enjoy this episode! Farewell, until we meet again for Chapter 11! 🌟

Please note: This podcast is based on the English translation by Katherine Woods. 📚 

Book Club: The Little Prince

Let's Explore The Little Prince: Chapter 10

If you thought social media was just a place for viral dances and cat photos, think again.

Popular influencers on apps like TikTok and YouTube have been boosting book sales with their videos.

And many are watched by millions.

The BookTok community on TikTok has been influential in encouraging users — who are often young people — to buy real books in bookshops.

But a survey from 2022 found that YouTube is actually the most popular place for young people to discover new books on social media.

The survey was done in November 2022 by Nielsen Book Data. It found that in the UK, 34% of people aged between 14 and 25 used YouTube — which is known for its BookTube community — for their book ideas.

TikTok was used by 32%, and 27% went to Instagram to find out about new books.

Some reports in recent years have said that young people are reading less than ever. But according to The Guardian, people in the 14 to 25 age group bought around 61 million books in the UK in 2022.

This was 18% of all books bought.

And it's not just social media where they're finding reading recommendations.

The most common way to discover new books is by talking to friends. Forty-one percent said they do this, while 35% find out about their books by visiting bookshops.

The survey also reported that fantasy action and fantasy adventure stories are the most popular among young people.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Survey: Young People Turn to Social Media for New Books

This episode is about 【Tourism boom：Foreigners visiting China】, you will learn how to say 【urbanized,visa-free,travel tips】 ect. 
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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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男：有一位在中国的外国博主的视频，最近得到了外交部的点赞。
外交部：很高兴看到外国朋友们在中国享受美景、美食，亲身感受生动真实的中国。
男：就是那位带着一家老小在中国那个"啊，city不city啊？好city啊"。人家博主回应了，说这个city就是城市化的意思。
女：唉呦，人家是真的挺了解的。
男：对中国是真正的了解。我们来看一下数据。国家移民管理局今天发布了一个数据，今年上半年全国各口岸入境外国人1463.5万人次，同比增长152.7%。
女：其中通过免签入境的是854.2万人次，同比增长190.1%，预计今年下半年外国人来华的热度将持续地升温。
男：唉，你看就这个"city不city"这个用法啊，这就很中西合璧。以前咱们老说叫中式英语（Chinglish），现在你这个这叫什么呢？英式汉语。我觉得这种用法本身就是两种文化碰撞的一种火花了。
女：并且我也在想外国博主的city梗在咱们中国网友这圈里玩得也挺火的，还真的有一种地球村的村民常来常往，我到你们家做客，来，咱们拉拉家常这种热闹劲儿。
男：而且最近大家也都看到新闻了，说现在你只要在这个国外的视频平台上挂上中国旅行的关键词就能收获大量的观看。说明啥？说明大伙儿都想看看中国。
女：特别是来了吧，都说好，来了还想来。说明的的确确值得来啊。
男：咱们出国之前其实经常也会在短视频上搜索攻略，那外国朋友来之前你想他也得是一样的想法吧。
女：那肯定。
男：所以我觉得我们的文化是那么不同，但是我们又是那么相同。
（来源：抖音“中国之声”）
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博主 / bó zhǔ / Blogger
外交部 / wài jiāo bù / Ministry of Foreign Affairs
点赞 / diǎn zàn / give sb/sth a like
城市化 / chéng shì huà / urbanized
移民管理局 / yí mín guǎn lǐ jú / Immigration bureau
口岸 / kǒu àn / Port of Entry
入境 / rù jìng / enter a country
同比增长 / tóng bǐ zēng zhǎng / Year-on-year growth
免签 / miǎn qiān / Visa-free
～热度升温 / rè dù shēng wēn / the boom is heating up
中西合璧 / zhōng xī hé bì / a combination of Chinese and Western elements
碰撞 / pèng zhuàng / collide 
火花 / huǒ huā / spark
梗 / gěng / joke，punchline
圈 / quān / Circle
拉家常 / lā jiā cháng / chit-chat
热闹劲儿 / rè nao jìn r / lively atmosphere
关键词 / guān jiàn cí / Keywords
攻略 / gōng lüè	/（travel） tips



Yuli's Chinese Channel

city不city啊 （Advanced level）

Celebrate my birthday with me. Learn how to say "no" in more ways. 

Lingua Juice Podcast

Birthday Pod

こんばんは、atsushiです。
今回も和食の文化について話をします。

日本には四季があります。
春、夏、秋、冬。
季節ごとに気温や気候が違うように、旬の食べ物も変わります。

今回は季節ごとの旬な食べ物の話をします。

まずは春からです。
僕は春といえば、たけのこを思い出します。
かといって、家でたくさん食べていたわけでは無いんですが、たけのこのイメージがあります。

他には貝類だとアサリですね、魚だと鯛とかニシンですらね。山菜だとあんまり食べないんですけど、ふきのとうとかですかね。あとは菜の花とかイチゴとかですね。

次は夏です。
夏といえば、僕はそうめんですね。実家にいた時によくそうめんを食べてました。一般的には、魚だとあじとかアナゴとかですね。カツオなどもます。野菜は枝豆、きゅうり、茄子とかですかね。果物だとやっぱりスイカですかね。日本の夏の果物はスイカってイメージは結構ありますね。

秋ですね。秋は食材が豊富になる時期なので、日本では良く、食欲の秋とか言いますね。
僕は秋といえば、梨とかさんまですね。鮭もそうですね。
一般的には、蓮根とか椎茸、しめじ、果物が多いですねぇ。栗とか柿とかぶどうですね。サツマイモとかもそうです。

最後に冬です。
冬は食材と言うよりも、なべのイメージがありますけど、かぼちゃとかですかね。
一般的には貝類の牡蠣とか魚だとタラとかふぐとかカニですね。野菜がと、大根とか白菜とかネギとかですかね。

今回は食材の話ばっかりしたんですけど、
もちろん旬の料理もありますので、その話はまた今度にしようと思います。

みなさんは聞いていて、何か好きな食べ物とか、あ、食べたいなぁと思ったものはありますか？
多分国によって季節ごとの食べ物って全然違うと思うので、もし話したいと思った方は、ぜひオンラインレッスンでお話ししましょう！

それでは、今回も最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！では、また！

Atsushi のJapanese podcast (travel/news /文法・漢字・語彙/Osaka/Hokkaido/🇹🇷🇬🇪🇦🇲🇪🇸🇵🇹)

#148 和食文化について⑤

Transcript
https://saracasalino-books.weebly.com/blog/the-scholar-and-the-vampire-chapter-4

Learn English with Stories

The Scholar and the Vampire- Chapter 4

I get asked about idioms all the time. This is the first part of idioms related to efficiency. Sign-up for a class with me today. https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/8543771 