HSK Standard Course Level 2 Audio of the textbook

Here I will share some Chinese poems, please read along to practice pronunciation.

Read poetry and practice Chinese pronunciation

HSK Standard Course Level 1 Audio of the textbook

базовая лексика на тему " Читаем русскую литературу"

Русский язык А1

УРОК 14 "Читаем русскую литературу"

001 Introduction

Hello everyone and welcome to my first ever iTalki podcast.

I just discovered this tool the other day, and thought to myself, 'Hey.  Why not?'

Since this is my first contribution to this particular tool on the iTalki platform, I thought that it would be appropriate to at least offer an introduction of myself, and then as a bonus, offer you the same guidance that I give to my students as they prepare for their sessions with me.

So...

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Peace

Organic English

001 | iTalki Podcast Introduction

In this episode of Stairway to English, learn how to use the common idiom "drop the ball"

👉 https://italki.com/teacher/8476284

Stairway to English: Short easy to understand episodes to improve your English grammar and fluency

Don't drop the ball on that deadline! Learn how to use the English idiom "drop the ball"

Learn which words we use to talk about time in the past tense (ago, last, in, on, and at)

English Syndicate

Ago, last, in, on, and at

今月、ついに日本も個人旅行を解禁しましたね！
皆さんは日本へ来る予定がありますか？
今回は、アヤがアヤ流の旅の楽しみ方について話します。

Japan is finally open to independent travelers this month!
Do you plan on coming to Japan?
This time, Aya talked about how to enjoy traveling in her own way.

♤ キーワード 
・現地（げんち：the actual place）  
・贅沢（ぜいたく：luxury, extravagance）
・ざっくり（rough）
・雑魚寝（ざこね：to sleep together  in a huddle on the floor）
・相部屋（あいべや：shared room）
・行程（こうてい：itinerary） 

♧ 理解度チェッククイズ 
1. アヤが旅を楽しむためにする３つのことは？

♢ 前回のクイズの答え 
1. 二人の血液型は？
→ Ｂ型
2. その血液型の特徴（1~5）について、唯一二人ともに当てはまった項目は？
→ マイペースでこだわりが強い
3. アヤとフミは、今までお互いを何型だと思っていた？
→ アヤはフミをＯ型、フミはアヤをＡ型だと思っていた。

BGM special thanks：MusMus

アヤさんとフミさんの日本語雑談（Aya and Fumi’s Japanese Chit-Chat）

Episode 15：旅の楽しみ方

Before you enter the boardroom or HR's office you'll meet alot of people along the way. Will you be nice and say hi? Will you smile? Or you'll be thinking of your interview most of the time forgetting others around you?

What would you like others to feel about you? What impression do you want to make? If you smile, your shoes, your nails and your clothes were to communicate - what would they say about you?

What is the outcome you are going after?

These are some questions and a lot more are awaiting for you in the middle of the podcast and more to the end too. Listen in, take notes and apply it. They are simple but effective!

If you want my private 1-1 job interview preparation meetings - schedule them now.

See you tomorrow.

Job Interview Preparation | CEO Interview Strategies From Diverse Business Sectors!

Job Interview Preparation. Tip 7. Be Authentic, Positive, Genuine.

People who travel a lot will know the feeling — you've just landed in a country on the other side of the world, ready to explore and see the sights, but you're too tired to do anything!

Jet lag is usually linked with travel and changing time zones. But a new study has found that even small changes to our daily schedules can change our sleeping patterns.

And it's not just sleep that gets affected by a disrupted schedule — our bodies work differently when our daily patterns change.

The study, published in iScience, looked at how our bodies respond to a five-hour time change — similar to the kind of jet lag you'd feel after traveling from New York to London, for example.

It looked at people's circadian rhythm — our body's natural clock that controls when we sleep, when different hormones are released, and how our bodies use energy.

During the study, scientists observed 14 people in a lab for eight days.

On the first two days, the participants followed their normal daily schedules. But from the third day, the participants' meals, sleep and light exposure were changed to five hours later than normal.

The researchers tested the participants' blood and checked their digestion, energy use, and levels of melatonin — a hormone that helps control sleep by making you feel tired when it gets dark — to see how their bodies reacted to the time change.

The results showed that the five-hour time change made digestion slower, changed blood sugar levels, and affected how the body used fat. The body also burned less energy from food.

These things started to go back to normal after two or three days as the body adjusted to the new schedule.

One of the study's researchers, Jonathan Johnston, told StudyFinds this shows how sticking to a regular schedule can make a big difference to our health.