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我的家里有四口人：爸爸、妈妈、妹妹和我。
Wǒ de jiā lǐ yǒu sì kǒu rén: bàba, māma, mèimei hé wǒ。

我爸爸是一名中学数学老师，他对学生很热情，并且很有耐心。我小时候也去过爸爸的学校，他一直都很受学生的欢迎；
Wǒ bàba shì yī míng zhōngxué shùxué lǎoshī, tā duì xuéshēng hěn rèqíng,bìngqiě hěn yǒu nàixīn。Wǒ xiǎo shíhòu yě qù guò bàba de xuéxiào, tā yīzhí dōu hěn shòu xuéshēng de huān yíng。
 
我的妈妈是个普通工人，但她工作认认真真，多次拿到优秀工作者的称号。回到家里，妈妈还会照顾爸爸、妹妹和我的生活，即使我现在长大了，但仍然很喜欢与妈妈一起聊天儿；
Wǒ de māma shì gè pǔtōng gōngréng, dàn tā gōngzuò rèn rèn zhēn zhēng, duō cì nádào yōuxiù gōngzuòzhě de chēnghàoà。Huídào jiā lǐ, māma hái huì zhàogù bàba, mèimei hé wǒ de shēnghuó, jíshǐ wǒ xiànzài zhǎngdà le, dàn réngrán hěn xǐhuān yǔ māma yīqǐ liǎotiānr。

 妹妹是一名大学生了，样子甜甜的，特别喜欢唱歌, 她连洗澡都在唱歌。每到大家的休息日，她总要我们当她的粉丝，听她唱一个下午。
Mèimei shì yī míng dà xuéshēng le, yàngzi tiántián de , tèbié xǐhuān chànggē，Tā lián xǐzǎo dōu zài chànggē。Měi dào dàjiā de xiūxī rì, tā zǒngyào wǒmen dāng tā de fěnsī, tīng tā chàng yī gè xiàwǔ

我爱我的家人。工作之余，总喜欢跟他们呆在一起，聊聊天，逛逛街，吃吃饭。
Wǒ ài wǒ de jiārén。 Gōngzuò zhī yú, zǒng xǐhuan gēn tāmen dāi zài yīqǐ, liáo liáo tiān, guàng guàng jiē, chī chī fàn。


There are four people in my family: father, mother, sister and I.  

My father is a middle school math teacher. He is very warm and patient to his students.  I went to my dad's school when I was young, and he was always popular with the students;  
 
My mother is an ordinary worker, but she works seriously and has won the title of excellent worker for many times.  Back home, my mother will take care of my father, my sister and me. Even though I am older now, I still enjoy chatting with my mother.  

My sister is a college student, like sweet, especially like singing, she even take a shower are singing, every day to everyone's rest, she always want us to be her fans, sing an afternoon.  
 
I love my family. After work, I always like to stay with them, chatting, shopping and eating.  





Listening & Speaking (Mandarin)

我的家人   My family    Wǒ de jiā rén    (HSK2-3)

En un entorn molt llunyà, més concretament a la selva, diversos animals convivien feliçment en un entorn salvatge. Però allà també hi vivia un lleó molt golafre, el rei de la selva, que acostumava a menjar-se entre 3 i 4 animals cada dia. Un dia, farts de viure espantats, tots els animals de la selva van organitzar una revolta i van anar a buscar el lleó.
– Accepto que soc una mica golafre, però necessito menjar animals per poder mantenir-me viu i fort. – Va dir el lleó.
Els animals semblaven entendre el que deia, però no podien permetre perdre tants amics cada dia. Finalment, van proposar un pacte que deia que el lleó només es menjaria un animal al dia. El lleó va remugar una mica, però finalment el va acceptar. La promesa no va durar gaires dies i, en un atac de golafreria, el lleó (que ja s’havia menjat un estruç aquell dia) va voler menjar-se un petit conill que passejava camí cap al seu cau. El conill havia vist un pou ple d’aigua uns quants metres enrere i com que era molt presumit s’havia estat mirant al reflex de l’aigua durant una bona estona. Però a part de presumit també era molt valent i va dir al lleó que coneixia un altre lleó que anava dient per la selva que era més poderós. Com podeu comprendre, al rei de la selva no li van agradar gens aquestes paraules, i va demanar al conill que el portés cap on estava aquest lleó.
Van anar caminant i el conill va demanar al lleó que s’aturés davant del pou. Assenyalant el reflex de l’aigua del pou amb el dit, li va dir:
-Mira'l, és aquí.

VOCABULARI: 
🦁  golare, golafres = glotón / glutton 
🐰 estar fart, farts = estar harto / to be fed up
🦁  la revolta, les revoltes = revuelta / revolt
🐰 remugar (verb) = pensar / to think about 
🦁  l'estruç, els estruços = avestruz / ostrich 
🐰 el cau, els caus = madriguera / burrow
🦁  el pou, els pous = pozo / well, pit (water)
🐰 el reflex, els reflexos = reflejo / reflection 

Contes en català amb la Paula 👩🏻‍🏫  📚 

 📚Conte: El lleó i el conill 🦁🐰 

Ciao studenti e studentesse di tutto il mondo e benvenuti nel quarto episodio di “Impara l'italiano con Isa”! 🌍📚😃 in questo episodio come già preannunciato nell'episodio precedente parleremo di un utensile da cucina che potete vedere nell'immagine del podcast. Questo utensile non è altro che una spatola di gomma che ha mille utilizzi nella cucina, ma non è questo il punto; il punto è il nome italiano di questo utensile. 

If you need the transcription, I could provide to give it to you, so feel free to contact me with a message! :) 

Impara l’italiano con Isa

Il nome della spatola 🥄

年始に初島（はつしま）に行ってきました✨みなさんは年末年始に何をしましたか？

SeikaのPodcast🎧

Ep.67 「初島（はつしま）」に行ってきました🚢🍃🍋

In telephone screening interviews, it’s common for hiring managers to ask candidates for their salary expectations. Why do they ask this question? 

They want to make sure your salary expectations align with the amount they have budgeted for the job. The hiring manager is also testing you to see if you know and will ask for what you’re worth. 

While hiring managers have good reasons for asking this question upfront, it's tricky to answer it at the beginning of the job interview process. Consider that a salary is only one component of an overall benefits package. 

Yet, if you give a higher range than the company has set, they will eliminate you, and the company will never find out if you would have been worth paying a higher salary. So this question poses a real problem. 

You have to convince the employer to ask you this question later in the recruitment process or provide a well-informed range that doesn't get you eliminated from the candidate pool. By the time you are a top candidate, employers will be far more willing to give you the salary you want and deserve. 

In this episode, you will learn where to research an appropriate salary range for your role. You’ll also get three strategies for answering the question with sample responses.

By the end of the episode, you will be prepared to talk confidently about your salary expectations.

Read the transcript at https://www.express-to-impress.com/salary-expectations-interview/. 

Theme music by Lucas Knutter. 

Infographics at https://www.pinterest.com/ExpresstoImpress/_created/.

Episode originally published on November 27, 2020. 

Express to Impress

Salary Expectations: How to Answer This Interview Question

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
4月26日火曜日　天気/くもり 　気温/15℃ 

旭川市/あさひかわし
旭山動物園/あさひやまどうぶつえん
・新しい施設「えぞひぐま館」ができた
・ヒグマの生態についても説明
・ヒグマは、一度食べたものの味や場所を覚えるので、えさをあげないこと
・旭山動物園は、日本でも有名

［単語］
施設/しせつ…ある目的のための建物
ヒグマ/ひぐま…北海道に住んでるくま
えぞ…昔の北海道の名前
館/かん...建物
生態/せいたい…生活。生きる方法。
えさ…動物が食べるもの

レッスン待ってます♪

北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#46〉4月26日火曜日　旭山動物園にくまの新しい施設


Hello guys. This is Kate Zh. In this episode I am gonna tell you about a strategy to remember new words forever.

I know this is a big problem for everyone when they are learning a new language. Now I am learning a new language which is Korean. To be honest I forgot how hard it is to study words in a language which you don’t know completely. I was completely astounded because I just couldn’t remember new words.

Here is a strategy I use to memorize these Korean words.

Step number 1: look at new words, translate them(if you are a beginner) or find the definition(if you are an old hand.

Step number 2: read the context with new words again. You should always see the context. This is why we easily remember the words from songs and movies.

Step number 3: read other sentences with these words. There are good websites which provide you with a lot of context.

Step number 4: ask your friend to read you the sentence and you have to add the new words.

Step number 5: Write your sentences using new words and talk to your friend or record your speech, again, yes, using new words.

That’s the strategy, guys, I hope it was useful. Come to my lessons if you want to make some progress in your English.

Here are some words from this podcast today:

Astounded
An old hand
Provide with

Please learn them, to be closer to your goal!


Excellent at English with Kate K

NEW WORDS: HOW TO REMEMBER THEM FOREVER

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

https://linktr.ee/atsushi_japanese

こんばんは！
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。

さて、今回は久しぶりに関西弁の話をしようと思います。
日本語のオンラインレッスンをしている時に、関西弁に興味がある方によく会います。標準語とは違うイントネーションがあって特徴的なので、好きな人も多いみたいですね。

アニメで関西弁がよく出てくることもあるので、そういうところから関西弁を知る人も多いようです。

で、僕は大阪で生まれ、30歳ぐらいまでずっと大阪で育ったので、強い関西弁、いわゆるコテコテな関西弁ではないですが、イントネーションは強くのこっています。今こうやって話している時も、たぶん関西弁のイントネーションが出てると思いますが、自分では気づいていないことも多いです。

妻も大阪出身なので、2人でいるとさらに関西弁が強くなります。ですので、今こうやって話している時よりも、いつもはもっと関西弁で話している、という感じです。

で、関西弁あるあるの話があります。
あるあるはそういうことがよくある、ということですね。そういう傾向がある。僕たちは日本でも4つの都道府県に住んだことがあって、僕は10回以上引越したことがあります。

それぞれの場所で、その土地の方言はあります。岡山もありますし、鳥取もありましたし、北海道もあります。だけど、関西弁がぬけることがありません。少しはその土地のイントネーションはうつるんですが、反対に、その土地の人が関西弁ぽくなったり、関西弁のマネをしはじめたりします。

それこそ、今僕の妻は関西から転勤してきたこともあって、職場では、ちょっとした関西弁ブームになっています。

それぐらい、特徴的で人の耳に残りやすいイントネーションなのかもしれません。僕自身もそんな関西弁はめっちゃ好きなので、これはこれからもずっとぬける気がしません。

また関西弁の言葉もPodcastで話していきますね！

みなさんは、方言、ありますか？
それはぬけないですか？変わりましたか？

そんな話もぜひオンラインレッスンでしましょう！
ということで、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！


