Positive thoughts for the New Year!
This is from a blog post I wrote at the start of 2021, but I think it is still really important now.

The Social Evolutionary

Last year was bad? Let's remember the good things.

Melhore sua pronuncia do português com esse exercício de ouvir e repetir.

Português com Samuka

5 fonemas consonantales del portugué que no existen en el español 

A pessoa em questão ganhou 4 milhões de dólares ao usar o número dos biscoitos da sorte

Aprenda Português Com Notícias Insólitas e Malucas -Learn Portuguese With Crazy Isoteric News 

Ganhou a Lotaria Com Números Dos Biscoito da Sorte 


EN LA ESCUELA HACEMOS MUCHAS ACTIVIDADES. UNAS NOS GUSTAN MÁS
QUE OTRAS. LAS QUE PEOR HACEMOS SON LAS QUE MENOS NOS GUSTAN.
EN ESTA LECTURA VERÁS LO QUE LE SUCEDIÓ A SOFÍA CON LA GIMNASIA.

Antes de comenzar la lectura

1. ¿Qué actividad de las que haces en la semana es la que más te gusta?

2. ¿Cuál es la que menos te gusta?

3. Adivina qué le ocurrió a Sofía con la gimnasia.

Presta atención a la lectura de tu profesor

A Sofía no se le da muy bien la gimnasia.

-LOS juegos de pelota son los que menos le gustan.

Casi todos los niños de la clase son más altos y más
 fuertes que ella. Y siempre lleva las de perder.

Cada vez que toca el balón, le gritan:

—Eres un desastre, Sofía.

Lo de ser un desastre a Sofía no le gusta nada.

Así que trama algo.

Antes de la clase de gimnasia se acerca a la señora Ana, que
es la profesora, le enseña la pierna, más bien flaca, y le dice:

-No puedo jugar. Me duele aquí.

-¿Te duele mucho? —le pregunta la señora Ana.

Sofía dice que si con la cabeza, la mar de convencida.

—Entonces será mejor que te quedes en el banquillo.

Sofía está encantada de lo bien que le ha salido.

Y desde entonces, a la hora de gimnasia, suele dolerle la pierna.

Pero la señora Ana no se lo ha creído del todo.

Spanish Reading Comprehesion

Sofia is not good at gymnastics

A toxic workplace is one of the biggest reasons why people leave their jobs.

It might be a place where staff are stressed, managers bully their employees and people don't trust each other.

"Toxic" usually means something that's poisonous, but we can also use it to mean "very unpleasant." The word is often used to describe a workplace that's so bad it's almost poisonous.

If you work in a toxic place, you'll probably know about it. But how can you tell if a workplace is toxic before you even start a new job?

Career coach Beata Staszkow says the way the manager treats you during the interview might give you an idea about how they'll treat you as an employee.

Look out for bosses who don't seem interested in your answers, she adds, or those who make inappropriate jokes.

A manager showing up late for an interview could also be a bad sign, says jobs expert Mita Mallick, writing in Harvard Business Review.

Mallick says to also watch out for things like the interviewer changing the job description after you've started discussing the job, or putting pressure on you to take the job right away.

It's also good to do some research into how many employees are leaving a company and how many new ones are joining. This is known as "employee turnover."

Sometimes there are good reasons for turnover. But it could be a sign of a toxic workplace. You should be able to find out about it by looking on sites like LinkedIn — and you might also be able to contact someone who used to work at the company.

If you're already in a toxic workplace, you'll probably want to get out of it. But you don't want to jump from one toxic workplace into another!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

How to Find Out if a Workplace Is 'Toxic'

Este episodio es un poco conmoverdor. Pues el serñor March les envia una carta a sus hijas y a la Señora March. Ademas hay un poco de reflexion de parte de una de las hermanas 


al finalizar la lectura te dejo unas preguntas 

te leo en los comentarios 

THE CHARM OF BOOKS

Final del capitulo I

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
〈#150〉1月26日木曜日　天気/晴れ　気温/-10℃ 

・日本に寒波がきた
・7年ぶり
・去年は雪が多かったけど、今年は寒波。
・九州でも-3℃になった
・水道凍結が心配
・水道凍結すると、水道が破裂する
・水を落とす
・大変なので、家からでたくない。


寒波/かんぱ…とても寒い
凍結/とうけつ…こおる。水が固くなる。
破裂/はれつ…こわれる
膨らむ/ふくらむ…大きくなる


レッスン待ってます♪

北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#150〉さむい！寒波がきた‼

In this episode I talk about 15 things I wish I knew when I was 20.
Take an English Lesson with Carl https://italki.com/teacher/1947582