供養（くよう）する　                   hold a memorial service for a departed soul
お供（そなえ）えする　　　　　place food offerings 
私の夫の実家（じっか）では、お盆にお坊（ぼう）さんに家に来てもらい、お経(きょう）をあげてもらっています。
 Buddhist priest may come to my husband's house to read a sutra. 

Japanese culture ♪

お盆（ぼん）Japanese obon

Businessperson 1: Mmmm! That burger looks delicious! I might order some takeout too. I’m exhausted.
Businessperson 2: Yeah, it’s really tasty and massive. And the fries are THE best.
Businessperson 1: What are you watching there?
Businessperson 2: This amazing documentary on food waste. Have you seen it?
Businessperson 1: No, is it any good?
Businessperson 2: Scary! I’m blown away by the statistics. Did you know that, out of all the food that is produced to eat, the world throws away about one-third of it? Every single year.
Businessperson 1: Seriously?
Businessperson 2: Yeah! We could feed three billion people with that food. And it’s worth one trillion US dollars.
Businessperson 1: I can’t even wrap my head around how much food that is.
Businessperson 2: Maybe this will help. You’ve been to China, right?
Businessperson 1: Yes. I did that trip from Shanghai to Beijing with my friends. Amazing.
Businessperson 2: So imagine that all of China was just fields that grow crops.
Businessperson 1: That’s a lot of crops.
Businessperson 2: It is. It’s 2.5 billion acres. Now imagine we just throw away all the food that we make with them.
Businessperson 1: That’s crazy!
Businessperson 2: But it’s not just that. It’s the whole food process. The water that is used to grow the wasted food is the equivalent of 200 liters, per person, per day for 9 billion people.
Businessperson 1: 9 billion? But there are only about 7 billion people on the Earth now, aren’t there?
Businessperson 2: Exactly! There won’t be 9 billion people on the planet until the middle of this century, and by then, we will need to be producing 70% more food than we do now to feed everyone.
Businessperson 1: It doesn’t make sense at all. Especially when you consider all of the people who are hungry in the world. I read that about 700 million people don’t have enough food right now.
Businessperson 2: I know! A lot of it, would you believe, is apparently to do with how it looks. 

English Conversation/Dialogue

FOOD WASTE 

➡️ Avete mai provato il senso di fallimento nella vostra vita? In che situazione? Come avete reagito? Che sensazioni avete provato? 

➡️ Che cos’è per voi la vera libertà? Vi sentite liberi nella società in cui vivete?

➡️ Vi siete mai sentiti ansiosi o stressati? O conoscete persone che soffrono di ansia? E secondo voi, da che cosa è dipeso?

In questo episodio potrete ascoltare riflessioni e citazioni al libro "Le coordinate della felicità", di Gianluca Gotto.  Ideale per chi vuole uscire dalla propria zona di confort e per chi vuole riflettere insieme a me sui concetti come il fallimento, la libertà e l'ansia, oltre che scoprire le coordinate della felicità! 
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Puro Parlare

8. Le coordinate della felicità

Our lives were different during the COVID lockdown of 2020. What will happen to our lives in the future?
Angela reads the basic text from this lesson, (transcript available when you take this lesson).

This topic is also available for intermediate and higher-level learners.


English with Angela -  conversation 

TASK 63 - AFTER THE PANDEMIC 

東北地方の方言「ごみを投げる」の紹介⇒一般的な使い方「投げる」との違い⇒どの場面で使うのか⇒会話の例の紹介⇒まとめ

Nihongo tokidoki Inaka hougen with Megumi Na

When do you use this 「ごみを投げる」in Tohoku area?? Is it a dialect?

How to immerse yourself in English! Top Tip 7- Write a Diary!

Implicit learning is how humans have evolved to learn language! Learn how you and your family can work smarter not harder and learn natural sounding English. Find more video tips and lessons on https://www.youtube.com/@englishteacherzoe.

Teacher Zoe- The Easy Way to Learn Natural English!

Top Tip 7- Write a Diary!

                                               【今日话题】
阿城曾经有一次谈到读书的两个阶段，从量到质，那你现在处于哪个阶段呢？


Ruby's  Reading club of  Chinese

优雅是种力量 （七） 独处不是孤独，而是一种能力

Russian_Язык

Какой язык вы учили в школе?

Believe me; you want to hear the job interview question, "Why should we hire you?" It's your chance to cut through the noise and tell them exactly what is unique about you.

While you cannot possibly know other applicants' qualifications, you can sell yourself to the best of your ability, stating the things that would make you really great at the job, and convincing the hiring manager you're ready to hit the ground running

In this episode, we’ll quickly revisit your three goals in every job interview, since these goals will influence every answer and every interaction you have during the interview. You’ll then learn why employers ask, “Why should we hire you?”, hear how one of my clients who got a job offer answered the question, and get tips on how to answer it. You'll land your dream job in no time!

Episode originally published on August 28, 2020.
Transcript at https://www.express-to-impress.com/hit-the-ground-running-phrase/.
Infographics for this episode at https://www.pinterest.com/ExpresstoImpress/. 