''Chúng ta phải có niềm tin sắt đá vào chính mình"- Giorgio de Chirico

aleyah lavelle

Thay đổi tư duy, hãy cứ phi lý đi - rod judkins

Qui a décidé que l'on ne pouvait plus dire "Cantine" ? Le politiquement correct avec ses avantages et inconvénients s'invite dans nos conversations. Honnêtement, ça ne me plaît pas vraiment et j'en parle aujourd'hui. Et toi que penses-tu du "politiquement correct" ? 

Cher Journal

Episode 10 - Politiquement (in)correct

Have you ever wondered how Business English students acquire the language skills necessary to excel in the professional realm? As an enthusiastic educator, my goal is to equip these students with the tools they need to thrive in the business world. In my classroom, I immerse them in industry-specific vocabulary, exploring diverse sectors like technology, healthcare, finance, and manufacturing. By delving into functional areas such as marketing, finance, and human resources, we unravel the language used in different business roles. Additionally, we navigate the terminology associated with vital business processes like supply chain management and customer service. Through engaging discussions, practical activities, and contextual application, I empower my students to confidently communicate with colleagues, clients, and partners, ensuring their success in the competitive professional landscape. Together, we embark on a journey of language acquisition, enabling them to make a lasting impact in the business world

LEARN BY LISTENING

Business English Vocabulary

What do you think is the most expensive place in the world to live? New York? London? Maybe Tokyo?

While Japan has long had a reputation as an expensive place to live, its cities have been getting cheaper in recent years — with some big changes coming just in the last 12 months.

American consulting company Mercer recently released its 2024 Cost of Living City Ranking, which compares the costs of over 200 items in 226 cities around the world. The results are based on a March 2024 survey, and include things like housing and transportation, as well as food, clothing and entertainment.

All five of the world's most expensive cities are unchanged from last year, with Hong Kong and Singapore again in first and second place. These two Asian cities are followed by three Swiss cities: Zurich, Geneva and Basel.

Bern, another Swiss city, has risen from seventh to sixth place, while New York City has fallen one place to seventh.

However, Tokyo has dropped 30 places to 49th — putting it right after San Juan in Puerto Rico. And Osaka has dropped 53 places to 146th — just ahead of Wuhan in China.

However, the biggest drop since last year was for Lagos in Nigeria, which fell 178 places to 225th. And the least expensive city is now Abuja, Nigeria's capital, at 226th.

Mercer wrote that many big drops were caused by changes in exchange rates. Japan's yen dropped to a 34-year low against the US dollar in March — and hit a 38-year low in early July.

The ranking was also affected by inflation — especially in housing prices — as well as increasing political uncertainty around the world.

Mercer says it's important for companies to look at its cost of living ranking when thinking about sending staff to live abroad.




Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Japan Tumbles on Expensive Cities Ranking

dialogo sugli ospiti e cosa e come organizzare la cena

la Rubrica di Simona

CHI VIENE A CENA?

哈喽，欢迎回到咱们的中文学习播客，我是小韩老师。上次带大家初尝中文趣味，今天，咱们一起钻进超火的《哪吒2》，从好玩又好懂的角度，解锁中文学习新姿势，小伙伴们，准备好一起嗨学中文啦！
文化探秘：《哪吒2》里的传统文化
 
这部电影可不只是一部动画电影，它更是一座中国传统文化的宝库，里面藏着好多有趣的知识，跟中文学习紧密相关。
 
- 建筑与绘画：影片里哪吒去的玉虚宫，那景色美轮美奂，宫殿布局和色彩，参考了宋徽宗的名画《瑞鹤图》，充满了东方韵味。“玉虚宫”这三个字，“玉”是玉石，象征珍贵美好；“虚”有空灵、神秘的感觉；“宫”就是宫殿。这三个字组合起来，光听名字，是不是就感觉很有仙气？
 
- 音乐非遗：电影里的音乐也大有来头，侗族大歌和呼麦这些非遗音乐，给影片添了不少奇幻色彩。“侗族大歌”，“侗族”是中国的少数民族，“大歌”就是大家一起唱的歌，声音和谐美妙，像大自然的交响乐。“呼麦”更神奇，一个人能同时发出好几个声音，“呼”是发出声音，“麦”在蒙古语里和喉咙有关，因为呼麦是用喉咙发声技巧唱出来的。
 
- 文物彩蛋：仔细看，电影里还有好多文物彩蛋。比如看守哪吒的结界兽，造型灵感来自三星堆青铜器，那独特的样子，带着古老神秘的气息。“三星堆”是四川的一个考古遗址，出土了好多奇特的文物，像青铜面具、青铜神树，这些文物让我们看到几千年前古人的智慧和创造力。

快乐中文充电站

跟着《哪吒2》学中文，超简单超好玩（1）

In this episode I will tell you about my experience working as a freelancer and why I stayed working as a spanish teacher

Spanish with Jas

EP 12. WHY GO AGAINST THE FLOW?

Sit Less, Move More, Live Longer, Says Study
As a new year begins, many of us have been making plans for the months ahead — things we want to do, places we want to go, and parts of our lives we want to change.

And one study from 2022 has some simple advice to share that we might be able to use in 2023: sit less, move more.

Okay, so it's not a new message, but the researchers found that the results of their large study provide more evidence that long periods of sitting are bad for our health.

This is true across the world, but especially in lower-income countries, they said.

The researchers followed more than 105,000 adults — aged between 35 and 70 — for an average of around 11 years.

They looked at how much time the participants — who were from 21 different countries — spent sitting down each day.

And they also wanted to know about their health as the years passed. In total, there were more than 6,200 deaths and almost 5,700 cases of serious heart problems during the study.

Using this information, the researchers found that people who said they sat for eight or more hours per day were at a much higher risk of early death or serious heart disease.

These people were increasing their risk by as much as 20%, according to the researchers, but they added that doing exercise could help reduce these risks.

Scott Lear, who was one of the study's authors, said: "It's a global problem that has a remarkably simple fix. Scheduling time to get out of that chair is a great start."

 Sit less, Move More

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


ぼくと妻は今週からトルコに来ています。
その話をしますね。

イスタンブール空港について、そこから電車に乗りました。途中でバスに乗り換える予定でした。

Google mapで調べていた場所でバスを待っていました。
他のバスはたくさん来るんですが、自分たちが乗りたいバスは来ません。

Google mapが教えてくれる、到着時間になっても、そのバスは来ません。

結局、1時間近く待っても来なかったので、他の方法、電車に切り替えて行きました。

結局は電車だけで行った方が良かったと思いますが、Googleで調べたルートにはバスを使うルートが出てきたのでそれを信じて待ってしまいました。

実はベトナムでも同じようなことがあったので、たぶん、当分はバスは乗らないかもしれません。

電車に切り替えて向かったステイ先は周りがとてもきれいでした。大きな川の向こうには丘に建物が並んでいる感じがきれいでした。

川のこちら側は緑が多く、歩道もあり、いろんな人がゆっくりした時間を過ごしていました。


着くまでは少し大変でしたが、はじめての国に行く時は、いつも何かがあります。時々うまく行く時もありますが、だいたい何かトラブルが起きます。

今回のトラブルで再認識したのは、やっぱり、はじめての国ではバスを使うのは難しい、ということでした。

日本で生活していると簡単なことが、国が変わるだけでとたもむずかしくなります。

きっぷを買うことや、バスや電車にのること、店で何かを買うこと、そんな普通なことがはじめはとてもむずかしいですね。

日本に来たことがある人も、同じようなことを感じたことがありますか？

もしそんなことがあれば、ぜひオンラインレッスンでお話しましょう！

italkiでおまちしています！

ということで、今日はこれで終わります。

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！

