Listen to me reading an American news article about 'Blue Zones', areas in the world where people live longer because of their diet.

Listen to English with Pip

News article: How diet affects people's health

Sometimes Simplifying Life helps us to know what are the most important things for us, what were thought to be, but not...

Blabla Chinese 

07. Simplifying Life 断舍离

生肖shēng xiào：Zodiac；any of the twelve animals
循环 xún huán：circulate;circle
象征 xiàng zhēng：symbolize;signify
威严 wēi yán：dignified;stately
尊贵 zūn guì：honourable;respectable;respected
睿智 ruì zhì：wise and farsighted
收获shōu huò：reap;gains
2024 marks the Chinese Lunar New Year as the Year of the Dragon.The Dragon is one of the twelve Chinese zodiac signs, cycling every twelve years. In Chinese culture, the zodiac sign of the Dragon symbolizes power, dignity, nobility, and good fortune. Those born in the Year of the Dragon are considered intelligent, energetic, and creative. It is a year filled with hope and good fortune. Wishing you abundant happiness and joy in the Year of the Dragon!

“龙”年中国话（“ lóng ” nián zhōng guó huà）

2024,生肖“龙”年

An urban design firm is hoping to create the "world's greenest highway" by covering a major road in Dubai with gardens, trees, walkways and solar panels.

The proposed 64-kilometer-long road, called the "Dubai Green Spine," would see the Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Road, one of Dubai's main highways, enhanced with over 1 million trees and enough solar panels to power 130,000 homes.

Dubai-based design firm URB says its road concept would help reduce carbon dioxide emissions by over 1 million metric tons per year, and help the city manage the needs of a population that's expected to grow from over 3 million today to nearly 8 million by 2040.

URB's design aims to reduce city heat and improve air quality while offering a safe, attractive and accessible route for commuting and leisure. Green spaces would be combined with walking and cycling paths, and electric tram lines would have solar panels built directly into the tracks.

Bus shelters and elevators would have rooftop solar panels, while garden-covered paths over the highway would make a walk from one side to the other easy and enjoyable.

URB CEO Baharash Bagherian says the concept is about "proving that our streets can do more than facilitate car traffic; they can significantly enhance quality of life."

He says the design takes a "human-centric approach" that prioritizes people and green spaces over cars.

However, it takes a lot of water to grow plants in Dubai. CNN notes that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) already consumes around 550 liters of water per person every day, compared to an average of 310 liters in the US and 144 liters in the European Union.

And most of the UAE's water isn't used for drinking — it's just needed to keep parts of the desert country green.

With this in mind, URB's design includes drought-resistant plants and special soil that helps retain water.

URB has also proposed designs for a 93-kilometer indoor cycling and walking "highway" called 

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Dubai Firm Hopes to Make 'World's Greenest Highway'

Un vecchio leone decide di procurarsi il cibo ricorrendo all'astuzia. Ma la volpe è più furba di lui.

Vittorio per Voi

Il vecchio leone e la volpe

English below↓ 今日は、今プレイしているゲーム「Final Fantasy 6」の話をしたいと思います。

「Final Fantasy 」とは、日本のゲーム会社スクウェア・エニックスによって開発・販売されている、RPGのシリーズ作品のことです。

Final Fantasy 6のオリジナルは Nintendo のスーパーファミコンですが、リマスター版では、グラフィックや機能が追加・アップデートされています。

私が初めてFinal Fantasy 6をプレイしたのは、10代の頃でした。ドキドキ、ワクワクしながらやりました。とても思い出がある大好きなゲームです。

ところで、Final Fantasy という言葉は少し長いですね。そこで、日本のゲーマーは、Final Fantasy のことを「FF」と呼びます。Final の F と Fantasy の F を取って「FF（efu efu）」と言います。

「Final Fantasy」ではなく「FF」と言うと、ネイティブのゲーマーっぽく聞こえますよ！


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Today, I would like to talk about the game I am currently playing, Final Fantasy 6.

Final Fantasy is a series of RPGs developed and marketed by the Japanese video game company Square Enix.

The original Final Fantasy 6 was released on SUPER Famicom, but the remastered version has updated graphics and features.

I first played Final Fantasy 6 when I was a teenager. I was sooo thrilled and excited to play it. It is my favorite game that holds a lot of memories for me.

By the way, the term Final Fantasy is a bit long. So, Japanese gamers call Final Fantasy "FF" (efuefu/えふえふ), taking the "F" out of Final and the "F" out of Fantasy.

It sounds more like a native gamer when you say "FF" instead of "Final Fantasy"!

Manga, Anime, Gaming（にほんご）

#003 Fainal Fantasy6をプレイしています（Playing FF6）

Home talk in Russian playing famous game Stray

Russian vs English facts and much more

Oi gente, aqui é a Aneleh, sua tutora de português favorita. Nessa nova temporada do Portuguese Drops trarei uma fábula famosa em cada episódio. No final, trarei algumas palavras com seus significados em inglês para ajudar caso vocês tenham dificuldade com o vocabulário. E se quiserem acompanhar o script desse episódio é só clicar no link a seguir: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1000gvAwgHM4DckbVlofKaBP-sfP95uaaFLQtOsulo1E/edit?usp=sharing
Vamos lá?

Hey guys, this is Aneleh, your favorite Portuguese tutor. In this new season of Portuguese Drops I will bring a famous fable in each episode. In the end, I will bring some words with their meanings in English to help if you have difficulty with vocabulary. And if you want to follow the script of this episode just click on the following link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1000gvAwgHM4DckbVlofKaBP-sfP95uaaFLQtOsulo1E/edit?usp=sharing
Let's go?

Portuguese Drops 

A cigarra e a formiga 

lesson on italki 
https://www.italki.com/ja/teacher/9451959/japanese

https://linktr.ee/atsushi_japanese

こんにちは！
Japanese daily life podcast のAtsushiです。
このPodcastは、日本語を勉強しているみなさんに向けたPodcastです。


今回、Podcastが180回になりました！👏
これをはじめて、半年、6ヶ月がたちました！
みなさんが聴いてくれているおかげですね、本当にありがとうございます！

実は昨日、うれしいことがありました。
はじめてレッスンを受けてくれた方と話していたんですが、その方は、このレッスンの前にPodcastを聴いてくれていました。それもあって、レッスンを予約してくれたそうです。

これは本当にうれしいですね。
僕のPodcastは、日本語学習をしている人にとってサポートになればと思って続けています。だから、実際に聴いてくれている人の言葉が聞けると本当にうれしいです。

他のレッスンを受けてくれている方も、レッスン中にPodcastのトピックが出てきます。

日本や日本語のことを知るきっかけになるだけでなく、僕のことも知ってもらえるので、いいコンテンツだと思います。

テキスト、文章だけではわからない、性格、雰囲気みたいなものも、声を通して伝わるのかなと思います。


僕もいろんなPodcastを聴いています。
英語学習のオススメのPodcastがあれば教えてほしいです。


これからも、日本のことや、僕の普段の生活の話をPodcastでしていきますので、良かったら聴いてくださいね！

ということで、今回も最後まで聴いていただき、ありがとうございます！

ではまた！

