Personne n'est insensible au charme du vieux Lyon. Les anciennes maison, l'odeur des boulangeries, l'ambiance des rues, tout est une invitation à prolonger votre séjour ! 

Douce France

Le vieux Lyon

In questo episodio, parliamo di 5 fatti su Firenze

Facts about Italy in slow italian

Facts about Italy in slow italian - #4 Firenze

今天，我们来看看道德经的第一章。Now let's look at the first chapter of Tao Te Ching.
"道，可道，非常道。名，可名，非常名。无名，天地之始；有名，万物之母 。故常无欲，以观其妙；常有欲，以观其徼。此两者同出而异名，同谓之玄。玄之又玄，众妙之门。"
The Tao that can be followed is not the eternal Tao.
The name that can be named is not the eternal name.
The nameless is the origin of heaven and earth.
While naming is the origin of the myriad things.
Therefore, always desireless, you see the mystery
Ever desiring, you see the manifestations.
These two are the same
When they appear they are named differently.
This sameness is the mystery,
Mystery within mystery;
The door to all marvels. 
(Translated by Yi-Ping Ong)


Wisdom From the Past 古典智慧拾贝

古典智慧拾贝之道德经第一章 Tao Te Ching Chapter One

Join in while I share with you some interesting ways of accessing language learning without pressure. I will also share some New Year’s rituals in our family that tie in with this same kind of physical approach to language learning that could also be seen as something of a philosophy.

Philosophical Friday

Foundations of Learning

Lomakausi lähestyy ja ennen lomalle lähtemistä pitää pakata matkalaukku! Mitä ottaa mukaan, mitä jättää kotiin ja pitääkö jättää tilaa tuliaisille? Miten parhaiten tutustua uuteen kohteeseen ja mitä suosittelen tekemään ja jättää tekemättä.
Tässä jaksossa puhun siis pakkaamisesta ja matkustamisesta etelään. 

Suomea for you

14. jakso: Pakkaaminen ja matkustaminen

“It’s sad to say, but there have been too many times I’ve seen terrible examples of plastic waste. The one time that really sticks in my mind was about 2 months ago when I visited a very famous and beautiful lake, just a stone's throw from my hometown. The whole area is famous for its natural beauty and scenery, and has become a very popular place for tourists to visit.




I went there with a couple of my friends, as we thought it would be the perfect place to enjoy some of the wonderful natural scenery the country has to offer.




I can still clearly remember as we took a path down to the lake, there were plastic bottles and bags tossed everywhere all the way down to the shore of the lake. The lake itself was in an even worse state, with plastic bags, bottles and discarded styrofoam boxes floating on the water, which was a pretty depressing sight. 




It was obvious that so many ignorant visitors to the lake bring along some food or drinks to have a picnic, leaving their waste behind, or just tossing it into the lake without a thought about the harm they are doing.




I was so disgusted and ashamed by the sight that we took lots of photos to post on some public social media groups, and try to bring some attention to this environmental mess. It was truly heartbreaking to see such a beautiful place destroyed by people's ignorance, as well as making my blood boil, that nobody seemed to care.

IELTS 85 Speaking

Describe a time you saw a lot of plastic waste-IELTS speaking part 2

今回は僕の大好きなコメディドラマ、ブルックリン・ナイン-ナインについて話しました！好きなキャラクターやエピソードについて話しています。ファンの方ぜひコメントしてくださいね！

☆目次
0:00 オープニング
0:37 魅力
1:51 ジェイク
2:51 エイミー
3:56 ボイル
5:08 ローザ
6:10 テリー
7:21 ホルト
8:30 ジーナ
9:33 ヒッチコック＆スカリー
10:53 ジェイクとホルト
13:43 エイミーとホルト
15:23 ボイルとホルト
16:44 ローザとホルト
17:39 ローザとヒッチコック＆スカリー
18:00 ジーナとローザ

☆語彙
ウザい
向上心（こうじょうしん）
閉所恐怖症（へいしょきょうふしょう）
投資（とうし）
養子（ようし）
微笑（ほほえ）ましい
寒中水泳（かんちゅうすいえい）
子守（こもり）
宿敵（しゅくてき）
承認欲求（しょうにんよっきゅう）
奔放（ほんぽう）
ガサ入れ
見切（みき）れる
反感（はんかん）を買（か）う
密輸（みつゆ）
脱獄（だつごく）
速読（そくどく）
奮（ふる）い立（た）たせる
詐欺（さぎ）
親交（しんこう）がある

"After 5" by Japanese Teacher

“ブルックリン・ナイン-ナイン/Brooklyn Nine-Nine”について

こんにちは、あかりです。スウェーデンでの新(あたら)しい発見(はっけん)について話(はな)します。

Usage of Slow Japanese:
STEP 1. Listen to the episode without seeing scripts.
STEP 2. Go to mochifika.com/podcast/ and check "Key vocabularies of this episode", and listen again to the episode while seeing the list.
STEP 3. Check the whole script, it'll fill the gap in your understanding.

Slow Japanese

Episode #40 - New discoveries in a new town

Transcript. https://drive.google.com/file/d/19ybSuH1EoYPnABpfhz-nu77xlcyb3-2C/view?usp=drivesdk