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平平 ： 你有女朋友吗？
Andy ： 有，她就是我的女朋友。
平平 ： 啊！你女朋友长得真漂亮。
你们是怎么认识的？
Andy ： 我们是大学同学。
平平 : 她今年多大？
Andy ： 她今年25岁，跟我一样大。
píng ping ： nǐ yǒu  nǚ péng you ma？ 
Andy ： yǒu，tā  jiù shì  wǒ de  nǚ péng you。 
píng ping ： a！nǐ  nǚ péng you zhǎng  de zhēn  piào liang。 
nǐ men shì  zěn me  rèn shi de？ 
Andy ： wǒ men shì  dà xué  tóng xué。 
píng ping : tā  jīn nián  duō dà？ 
Andy ： tā  jīn nián 25 suì，gēn wǒ  yī yàng dà。 




Chinesewithelena

Pingping Chinese Elementary Lesson 3 Do you have a girlfriend？

私の朝の習慣について話しています。皆さんは、朝の習慣何かありますか？
＊このpodcatは時差投稿です。

日本語でおしゃべり　podcast for Japanese learners

＃35 朝の習慣の話

Invest in Yourself: Why Language Learning Pays Dividends for Life

In Episode 54 of 111 Tips for Learning a Language, we uncover how language learning is a long-term investment that always yields returns. Discover how every effort you make—no matter how small—compounds over time to benefit your mind, career, and cultural connections.

Here’s what we explore:
✅ How language skills sharpen your mind and keep you adaptable 
✅ The financial and career benefits of bilingualism 
✅ Why cultural competence is an asset in today’s world 

Ready to see language learning as your most valuable asset? Listen now and start investing in yourself today! 

111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 54 - Consider your language learning difficulties as a long-term investment in yourself 

Belgrade offers a lot of attractions and one of them is the free-climbing center in Silosi. Let's hear something about it! 😊
Срећно учење! / Srećno učenje!🤗
If you like this podcast, please contact me for the transcript.📃
See you in class!👋


SERBIAN TO GO

Пењачки центар у Силосима у Београду – Penjački centar u Silosima u Beogradu (B1 and above)

En la ciudad de Quito, capital de Ecuador, ha ocurrido un hecho insólito. La señora Bella Montoya, de setenta y seis años, fue declarada muerta debido a un paro cardiorrespiratorio derivado de un derrame cerebral. Los médicos firmaron un certificado de defunción y se procedió a los trámites 
para el velatorio. Lo que pasó después te sorprenderá.

ACLARACIÓN: Los hechos narrados en este episodio NO son actuales. El autor lo escribió y grabó a fecha de noticia. La señora Bella Montoya falleció días después de la grabación de este episodio, por lo que les transmitimos nuestras condolencias a sus familiares y amigos.

Cafecito con Ale

Una mujer declarada muerta 'resucita' en su propio ataúd durante el velatorio

Today’s episode is “トイレの女の子（toire no on’nanoko）”《A girl in the restroom》.
This story is based on urban legends from various parts of Japan, and a little scary story.
This episode is JLPT-N5 level.

I created a quiz on this episode.
After listening, please take the quiz!

Please use this audio for listening and shadowing practices.

☆Words☆
教室（きょうしつ）：classroom
思（おも）い出（だ）す：remember
聞（き）こえる：be heard
やっぱり：after all
急（いそ）いで：hurry
怖（こわ）い：scary
心配（しんぱい）：worry
手（て）を洗（あら）う：wash one's hands

☆Conjugation of verbs☆ 
・te-form：（ています／てください／てから）
・nai-form
・plain-form

☆Script for this episode
https://meg-smile.com/41-short-story-a-girl-in-the-restroom/

☆Quiz for this episode
https://www.italki.com/quiz/set/13773?utm_source=copylink_share&utm_medium=share_content&utm_campaign=share_quiz

Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#41 Short story / トイレの女の子《A girl in the restroom》/ Urban Legends / Horror  // N5 Level / Japanese listening

Physiologists Alanda Lennox and Allen Goodship found an explanation for this paradox in 2008. They discovered that pregnant bears were able to increase the density of their bones before they started to build their dens. In addition, six months later, when they finally emerged from the den with their cubs, there was no evidence of significant loss of bone density. Hibernating brown bears do not have this capacity and must therefore resort to major bone reformation in the following spring. If the mechanism of bone remodelling in polar bears can be understood, many bedridden humans, and even astronauts, could potentially benefit.

The medical benefits of the polar bear for humanity certainly have their importance in our conservation efforts, but these should not be the only factors taken into consideration. We tend to want to protect animals we think are intelligent and possess emotions, such as elephants and primates. Bears, on the other hand, seem to be perceived as stupid and in many cases violent. And yet anecdotal evidence from the field challenges those assumptions, suggesting for example that polar bears have good problem-solving abilities. A male bear called GoGo in Tennoji Zoo, Osaka, has even been observed making use of a tool to manipulate his environment. The bear used a tree branch on multiple occasions to dislodge a piece of meat hung out of his reach. Problem-solving ability has also been witnessed in wild polar bears, although not as obviously as with GoGo. A calculated move by a male bear involved running and jumping onto barrels in an attempt to get to a photographer standing on a platform four metres high.

I'll add the remaining pieces of the reading material in the box below.

The Habits of Highly Effective English Communicators

IELTS Reading & Comprehension. Why we need to protect polar bears Pt.2 

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。

今日は、N3の漢字をやります！
平をやります！　

音読み　へい
訓読み　たいーら

意味は、たいらです。

例えば、

・平和ーへいわ　戦争がなく、世界がおだやかであること

・平日ーへいじつ　土日祝日以外の日、普通の日

・平均ーへいきん　ふぞろいがないこと、ならすこと

・公平ーこうへい　かたよりがなく考えること

・平坦ーへいたん　土地がたいらなこと

こんな感じですね。
これを使って例文を作っていきましょう！

・平和な世界になることを強く願います

・平日はいつも仕事です。

・トルコの人は平均1日5杯、チャイを飲みます。

・公平な判断を願います

・この道は平坦で歩きやすい


こんな感じです。

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！
