Ice cream is a global delight! It isn't just a cool dessert but even has a cool history and vibrant life in different parts of the world. 

Tune in to get nerdy about ice cream, and share in the comments your favorite flavor!

5-minute English Tea Time

ep12. Seriously Cool Ice Cream Facts 

Hey ladies and gentleman!

This podcast is designed to help you improve your listening, comprehension, thinking in English and of course speaking along with focusing on the details of your pronunciation.

There are few questions for you to answer so go ahead and have your daily portion of English :)

See you tomorrow for more.

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[ — Audio description, listen and read along for greater understanding. — ]
Fernando: Sofia, você gosta de cozinhar pratos diferentes? Eu gosto de experimentar
receitas novas nos fins de semana.
Sofia: Sim, eu adoro experimentar receitas novas. Recentemente, fiz um prato tailandês que
ficou delicioso. E você, Fernando?
Fernando: Eu gosto, mas não sou tão criativo na cozinha. Normalmente sigo receitas básicas,
mas gostaria de tentar algo novo. Você tem alguma sugestão?
Sofia: Que tal fazermos sushi? É divertido de preparar e muito saboroso.
Fernando: Boa ideia! Eu nunca fiz sushi antes. Vamos tentar.

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Fernando e Sofia falam sobre cozinhar — SMALL TALK B2-C2 LEVEL.

Conversación básica en español y árabe marroquí. 

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Conversación en árabe marroquí y español

Halo, apa kabar semua? Semoga semua sehat ya.
Cuaca di Jepang sekarang semakin sejuk. Saya menantikan musim gugur! Daun-daun di musim gugur sangat indah.

Ngomong-ngomong, dua hari lalu saya pergi ke bank. Meskipun sekarang ini banyak bank-bank digital menjamur di mana-mana, tapi di Jepang, beberapa bank masih konvensional. Jadi saya harus pergi ke bank untuk mengganti buku bank. Dan… saya lupa membawa stempel nama saya!  Di Bahasa Jepang, "stempel nama" artinya "はんこ”, di Bahasa Inggris artinya "personal seal". 

Saya bertanya ke orang Bank, apakah boleh mengganti stempel nama saya dengan tanda tangan. "Tanda tangan" itu artinya "signature" di Bahasa Inggris dan di Bahasa Jepang artinya "サイン”. "Maaf, tidak bisa, harus memakai stempel" jawab orang Bank. Aduh…. saya harus kembali lagi ke Bank minggu ini. 

Di Indonesia, kami memakai tanda tangan untuk identitas diri. Tapi di Jepang, hampir semua orang menggunakan stempel nama untuk dokumen-dokumen penting dan resmi. Bagaimana di negara kamu? Apakah juga memakai stempel nama untuk identitas diri? Atau menggunakan tanda tangan? Coba tulis di kolom komentar ya. 

Ok, sampai di sini cerita saya. Sampai jumpa lagi! 


Akhir minggu

Tanda tangan

Bare Naked Ladies are a Toronto, Canada rock group popular in the late 1990s and the early part of the new century.  In episode 1, I commented that food, blue, and blew all had the same vowel sound.  Indeed, bare (meaning naked or basic) and bear (the animal) are pronounced the same. In this episode, I am going to guide you through (not throw) the E ear and A air sounds.
Here are the lists of the words in this lesson.  Notice that the spelling of the vowel sound is not consistent.
                                                 Sound 1                                             Sound 2
                                                      ear                                                      air
                                                      beer                                                    bear / bare
                                                      pier                                                      pear
                                                      hear                                                     hair
                                                      tear                                                      tear
                                                      cheers                                                 chairs             


                                     

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E Ear  A Air. 

VENTANAS ARQUEOLÓGICAS DE LA CIUDAD DE MÉXICO 2.

Spanish México

<Transcript>
最近、スマホを見ている時間が長くなっていませんか？
日本人の成人１０００人に対する調査で約５０％の参加者がスマホ依存症になっていて、本人がそのことに気づいていないという結果が出ました。
私もレッスンのリクエストが来ているかどうかを確認するために、よくスマホを見ています。ポッドキャストを投稿した直後もどれぐらいの人が聞いているのかが気になって、スマホを見てしまいます。
私もスマホ依存症になっていると言っても過言ではないです。

このスマホ依存症の問題はリラックスする時間が減ったり、勉強や他のことに集中できなくなることだと思います。
なので、たまにはスマホの電源をしばらく切ったり、スマホを家に置いて外出したりして、”デジタルデトックス”をした方がいいかもしれません。
スマホを置いて散歩に行くと、春が来たことをもっと実感できるかもしれませんね。
依存症：いぞんしょう　addiction
成人：せいじん　adults
調査：ちょうさ　research
参加者：さんかしゃ　participants
本人：　ほんにんthe person themselves
気づく：きづくrealize notice
結果：けっか　result
投稿する：とうこうする　post
直後：ちょくご　right after ~
過言（かごん）ではない：It is not an exaggeration to say〜
集中(しゅうちゅう)する：concentrate
電源（でんげん）を切（き）る：turn off
春が来たことを実感（じっかん）する：to truly feel that spring come　

Nihongo Short Story by Noriko

スマホ依存症  (Smartphone Addiction)？

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oDzKW0xwl6JftIPcKagVUkrji14b3trp/view?usp=drivesdk

I'm guessing this is where we get the name "maple tree" from.

