All American Podcast 

Business Meeting Phrases

Beberapa waktu lalu, ibuku bilang dia sedang mencari jepit rambut untuk membuat sanggul. Hmm.. jepit rambut ini bagusnya kita beli dimana ya? Oya, kita coba cari di toko online yuk! 
Wah yang mana ya yang harus aku beli. Disini ada beraneka macam jenis dan warnanya. Hmm.. oke deh aku coba pilih yang warna netral saja supaya ibuku bisa mudah mencocokan dengan warna pakaian dan tasnya nanti. Oke ini saja! Warna coklat tua dan biru tua. Ya, ibuku pasti sangat senang dengan hadiah kecil ini. 

Wah barangnya sudah datang, yuk kita bungkus kadonya supaya lebih cantik. Ibuku suka warna merah, jadi aku membeli kertas kado warna merah. Mari kita bungkus sama-sama..tada.. Sudah jadi deh! Sekarang kita simpan kado ini di tempat yang aman sampai minggu depan ya. Jangan sampai ibuku melihat hadiah ini. Supaya bisa jadi kejutan untuknya. 

Oke sekarang kita siapkan barang berikutnya. Apakah itu? Tentu saja.. kue ulang tahun! Untuk beli kue ulang tahun ini, sebaiknya kita pergi ke toko fisik. Di dekat rumahku ada toko kue dan roti. Disana ada aneka macam kue ulang tahun dengan harga yang bervariasi. Yuk kita pergi bareng-bareng dan lihat ada apa saja di sana. Wow.. di sini ada kue brownies, kue black forest, kue red velvet, kue keju atau yang biasa sering disebut cheese cake, kue tiramisu, dan masih banyak lagi. Hah Aku jadi bingung mau beli yang mana. Coba aku telepon kakakku dulu ya. 

“Halo, Kak! Ini aku sedang ada di toko kue. Kira-kira mama suka kue rasa apa ya untuk perayaan ulang tahun hari ini?” “Wah… Oke baik kalau gitu. Rasa apapun ya, asalkan tidak terkandung bahan kopi. Sip deh kalau gitu. Kita beli yang kue red velvet saja. Terima kasih. Sampai jumpa nanti. Dadah!” 

Nah, temen-temen! Sekarang kue ulang tahunnya juga sudah siap! Kita beli lilinnya juga sekalian ya. Umur ibuku tahun ini adalah 63. Jadi kita beli angka 6 dan angka 3. Oya, jangan lupa kita keluarkan hadiah yang sudah disiapkan minggu lalu. 

Oke deh, semuanya sudah siap! Terima kasih ya sudah menemaniku!

Bahasa with Ira - Beginner

Podcast 1 - Ulang Tahun Ibuku

Each week I read an interesting news article from the BBC. Listen along to the words and pronunciation and I will also share with you the link to the story so that you can read along as well. This week's news article can be found here:  https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63245150

The Breaking News Podcast

E-waste: 5 billion phones to be thrown away in 2022

Modern Chinese(時代華語)B1- Reading(短文)

zěn me 
怎  么   + verb：How to

dàn ɡāo zěn me zuò ？ 
蛋  糕  怎  么 做  ？ 
zhè ɡe hàn zì zěn me xiě ？ 
这  个 汉  字 怎  么 写  ？ 
nǐ de mínɡ zi zěn me dú ？ 
你 的 名   字 怎  么 读 ？ 
miàn bāo yònɡ fá yǔ zěn me shuō ？ 
面   包  用   法 语 怎  么 说   ？ 
nǐ zěn me qù ɡōnɡ sī ？ 
你 怎  么 去 公   司 ？ 
zhè zhǒnɡ shuí ɡuǒ zěn me chī ？ 
这  种    水   果  怎  么 吃  ？ 

JOJO CHINESE

怎么+verb：How to

The Social Evolutionary

Let's declare war on "defence" spending!

Odyssea is shipwrecked again and lands in an unknown place. 

Transcript: https://saracasalino-books.weebly.com/blog/the-adventures-of-odyssea-ch-5-nausico

Learn English with Stories

The Adventures of Odyssea: Ch 5.1 - Nausico

Hello Serbian learners! 👌Today I have a bit of advice for all the levels – A1-C2, about how to learn Serbian verbs.🥳 Do you like the directions? Do you find them helpful? 
Срећно учење! / Srećno učenje!📚
See you in class!👋


SERBIAN TO GO

 How to learn Serbian verbs? (Bit of advice for all the levels – A1-C2)

A new survey in Japan has shown that many people may be giving up on "happily ever after" when they get older than 35.

A survey by the Nippon Foundation asked 6,000 people, aged 15 to 45, about the country's falling birth rate. Among the 3,935 single participants, 46% said they want to get married, while 33% said they don't.

However, when asked if they really think they will get married, only 27% said yes, while 39% said no.

Younger people were more hopeful about marriage, with about 40% of those aged 15 to 25 thinking they will marry. But over 50% of single people aged 36 to 45 believe they won't get married, suggesting people may give up on marriage as they age.

Of the 1,313 people who said they don't want to get married, 40% said they prefer being single. Other reasons for staying single included not being able to see any benefit to marrying, and wanting to put their own life first. More than 20% didn't have a clear reason or just didn't know why.

For the 267 people who want to marry but think they won't, the top reason for thinking it won't happen is not having chances to meet potential partners, which was mentioned by 49% of these people. Others said they weren't good at getting along with people of the opposite sex, or felt financially insecure.

Where people lived also affected views on marriage. About 30% of people in central Tokyo and big cities thought they would marry, but only just over 20% of those in smaller towns and villages felt the same.

Marriages in Japan have been decreasing for years. In 2023, there were 3.9 marriages per 1,000 people in Japan — down from a high of 12 marriages per 1,000 people in 1947.