Podcasts in which I introduce useful Japanese phrases and translation exercises in Spanish and English. The level of the program is JLPT (Japanese-Language Proficiency Test / 日本語能力試験) N4 to JLPT  N3. 

Useful Japanese Phrases and Exercises (JLPT N4, N3 Level)

This episode talks about how our emotions affect our language learning. 

Learning to Learn 

Emotions 

[ — Audio description, listen and read along for greater understanding. — ]

— Olá!
— Oi!
— Você gosta de pizza?
— Sim, eu gosto de pizza. E você?
— Eu também. Qual a sua pizza favorita?
— Eu gosto de pizza de calabresa. E você?
— Eu gosto de pizza de abacaxi.

PORTUREAD - Listen to small texts and conversations samples in portuguese!

Você gosta de pizza? — SMALL TALK A1-B2 LEVEL.

Dunking is one of the most exciting elements of basketball, with a rich history and incredible performances by legendary players. While we may never jump quite like a cat, we can certainly be inspired by their remarkable abilities to push our own limits.

Enjoy your journey through the history of dunking, NBA legends, and the incredible leaping abilities of cats both fun and informative. 

If you have any questions or want to share your dunking stories, feel free to reach out. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast, follow us on social media, and stay tuned for more entertaining and enlightening topics in future episodes.

Everything Zenified 

Dunking: Historical Context, NBA Legends, and Feline Comparisons

A list of the most common words written with "O" but sound like "U":
some
come
cover
dozen
colour
love
money
honey
brother
mother
other
tongue
ton
Monday
month
monkey
Words spelled with "OU" but sound like "U":
country
couple
courage
cousin
double
trouble
touch
rough
tough
enough
young

The Social Evolutionary

Uh-oh! When the letter "O" sounds like "U".

Listen and repeat: vulture, violets, vampire bat, vegetables, vole, volleyball, violin, vinegar, vanilla

Flashcards free download: https://supersimple.com/free-printables/captain-seasalt-and-the-abc-pirates-v-flashcards/

Video: https://youtu.be/J2iN7iDi-mA?si=SWqerYPt-HXmqK9j
Book a class with me here: https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/13365914

Captain Seasalt And The ABC Pirates

Letter V

Cosa hanno in comune le parole pasticciotto, pizzica, focaccia barese, trullo, frisella? Se avete risposto Puglia, avete indovinato!
Sono Valeria Fusco, insegnante di italiano per stranieri, nativa pugliese ma cittadina del mondo.
Grazie a questo podcast vi condurrò in un appassionante viaggio nella mia lingua, l’italiano e nella mia terra, la Puglia. 
Siete pronti?


PugliaYes - Scopri la Puglia, impara italiano 

Piacere, PugliaYes

Benvenuti a questa puntata del podcast, intitolato: "La casa di Francesca". In questa puntata ascolteremo la storia di Francesca, una studentessa francese,  che ci farà conoscere la sua vita a Milano. Nell'audio abbiamo due registrazioni, la prima con lettura più lenta e la seconda con lettura più veloce, buon ascolto! 

Italiano espresso

La casa di Francesca, lettura livello A2

Alcohol is a leading cause of cancer, a risk that should be clearly labeled on drinks Americans consume, the top doctor in the US has said.

The US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy made the proposal as research and evidence mounts about the effects that alcohol has on human health.

His suggestion for a label would require approval from the US Congress.

Americans should be better informed about the link between alcohol and cancer, in particular, Murthy argues, noting that alcohol consumption was to blame for nearly one million preventable cancer cases in the US over the last decade.

About 20,000 people die every year from those alcohol-related cancer cases, he said.

Bottles of beer, wine and liquor already carry warning labels that say pregnant women should not drink alcohol and that alcohol consumption can impair a person's ability to drive a car.

But Murthy's proposed label would go even further, raising awareness about the risk for cancer, too.

"It's pretty crazy that there's a lot more information on a can of peas than on a bottle of whiskey," said Timothy Naimi, who directs the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research at the University of Victoria in British Columbia.

"Consumers have the right to basic information about health risks, serving size and drinks per container."

Consuming alcohol raises the risk of developing at least seven types of cancer, including liver, breast and throat cancer, research has found.

Murthy said that as a person's alcohol consumption goes up, so does the risk for developing those illnesses.

However, it's unlikely that Congress would act quickly to enact a new warning on alcohol products.

It's been nearly four decades since Congress approved the first government warning label on alcohol and no updates have been made since then.

Any effort to add a cancer warning label to alcohol would face significant pushback from a well-funded and powerful beverage industry, which spends nearly $30 million every year lobbying Congress.