When was the last time you made a joke? Would it be funny in other languages? What makes sense of humour specific to a culture? So many questions. Let's figure it out.

The Age of Humans

Episode 2: Sense of Humour

Here I am reading a poem a complication of Nazım Hikmet's and his wife's letters. Enjoy, hit me up for any question : )

Şiirler/Poems 

Ben Senden Önce Ölmek İsterim

¿Sabías que la ciudad de Buenos Aires es famosa por sus actividades nocturnas? 
En este episodio te contaré brevemente sobre cómo es la noche porteña.

Porteña

Buenos aires nocturna

今天我们就来听听“Long time no see ”用中文怎么说？
Real Life Chinese:
hǎo 
“好”   “very”
jiǔ 
“久” “long” 
bú
“不”  “no/hasn’t/ haven’t” 
jiàn
“见”  “meet” 
hǎojiǔbújiàn
“好久不见”就是很长时间没有见面了
hěn jiǔ bú jiàn、 
1.  很 久不见 、 
hǎo cháng shí jiān méi jiàn le
2.  好长时间没见了
Hǎojiǔbújiàn，zuìjìnzěnmeyàng？
好 久 不见，最 近 怎 么样？
Long time no see. How have you been?
Hǎojiǔbújiàn，nǐbiànhuàzhēndà！
好 久 不见，你变  化 真  大！


Iris' screening room

‘’Long time no see ‘’用中文怎么说？—Improve Chinese with movie clips

Learn English with ease! Conversations, language tips & cultural insights. All levels welcome. Your friendly tutor Zia helps you build confidence & fluency.

Zia English Corner

Welcome to my English Corner

Как вы считаете, любая ли слава это хорошо? Все ли средства хороши для пиара? 

Russfriend  (all about russia) 

"Радость" А.П. Чехов

In this episode, I will tell you about my friend Sara. Listen carefully and take the quiz to check your understanding.

Español Práctico 

Mi amiga Sara (Level A2-B1)

Tervetuloa kuuntelemaan podcastiani! Suomessa on alkanut kevät: tässä jaksossa pohdin vaihtelevaa kevättä ja Suomen neljää vuodenaikaa. Suomessa on neljä vuodenaikaa, niistä mielestäni paras vuodenaika on syksy. Olen syksyihminen, koska pidän syksyn tuoksusta.

Podcastin jaksokuvassa on valkoisia pieniä kukkia metsässä, ne ovat valkovuokkoja.

Suomea for you

13. jakso: Neljä vuodenaikaa

Covered with pins and adornments, Vivianne Robinson is hard to miss in the streets of Paris.

The Olympics superfan has attended seven Summer Games over 40 years. But this trip to Paris came at a cost of $10,000.

Robinson, 66 and from Los Angeles, maxed out her credit cards and worked two jobs to afford the trip and the 38 event tickets she bought. And she has to work two more years to make up the money she spent.

"It was hard to save up and it's a big budget, but it's a thousand times worth it," she says.

Robinson's fascination with the Olympics started when her mother worked as a translator for athletes during the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Her mother would come home after work with pins from athletes that she gave to her daughter.

Her hobby of collecting pins led her to Atlanta 1996, where she made rice necklaces for athletes in exchange for their pins.

"I got all the pins and I got to meet all the athletes. And in those days, it wasn't high security like now," she said. "Now you can't even get near the athletes' village."

From there: Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, London 2012 and Rio 2016. She got a visa for Beijing 2008, but couldn't afford the trip. It was similar for Tokyo: she bought tickets, but got refunded as COVID-19 soared and the Games were held without spectators.

Robinson's outfits started simply but have become more complex over time. She spent a year working on her Paris outfit, which has hundreds of adornments. People often stop her in the street, asking for a photo.

As soon as these Olympics end, she will start working on the next Summer Games — which will be in her hometown in Los Angeles.

"I'm going to do it forever," she said. "I'm going to save all my money and just concentrate on Olympics."