私は暑い季節の方が好きです♪
みなさんはどうですか？

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暑い季節と寒い季節はどちらが好きですか？

Teacher Melody reads Aesop's Fables. 
The moral of this story is: 
Do not attempt the impossible.

Life Lessons from Aesop's Fables

Episode 1: The Frogs & the Ox

（📝C1↑）
「リラックマ」について調べてみました✏️みなさんの好きなキャラクターは何ですか？

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Ep.61 📝このキャラクターを知っていますか？🧸🍀

Demonstrate (2) eg as in to show how to do something	示范 	shìfàn 
Deprive	剥夺	bōduó
Destroy	破坏	pòhuài
Detach	分离	fēnlí
Deter	阻止	zǔzhǐ


5 Verbs a Day. 每天学习五个动词。

C(16) Vocabulary Set: Demonstrate (2) Deprive Destroy Detach Deter

As humans, we are social beings however we must also establish personal boundaries within our relationships. For someone who worked in the people industry for 15 years, I have many lessons to share and I have also learned to establish some walls that cannot be climbed. Especially, for people building their businesses, setting boundaries with acquaintances and relationships is extremely important to keep ones reputation and even integrity. 

FLO TALKS 

PERSONAL BOUNDARIES and its importance in relationships and Business

speaking Part 2 summary
3-4 mins
monologue
1 min preparation
up to 2 min to talk
speak as naturally as you can
follow a logical and clear argument
200-250 words
don't use memorized answers

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IELTS Speaking Module Part 2 📚📝

Part 1 of 5. 

Inside a dusty workroom, an old craftsman held up a chess piece to the window. He rotated it in the sunlight and inspected its every detail. 

“Perfection,” said the craftsman. 

He added it to the set he had been building. Sixteen grey pieces sat on his worktable, all handmade and almost ready for sale. 

The craftsman felt very satisfied with his designs. He was ready for the final stage of the process. He picked up one of the pawn pieces and said, “What about you, my little friend? What colour would you like to be?” 

He reached for his paint brush, dunked it into glass of water and then into a container of paint. The grey pawn received a heavy coating of shiny white paint.

Fast-forward several years into the future. After repeated use and abuse, that little pawn’s proud white colour had faded. Areas of his original grey were visible. Because of this, whenever players assembled their chess set, they left this little grey-white pawn to the side. 

“Uhm, is that yours or mine?” said the white player. 

“It doesn’t matter. Put it back in the box and choose from the others,” said the black player. 

This little plastic pawn’s name was Gary. 


Being a Cloud

Gary the Chess Piece

Recitation for Japanese learners.
You can practice shadowing, 
and repeating with this reading.
シャドーイングやリピーティングにもどうぞ。 
(the text below.　本文は下部にあります。）

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『羅生門』 第三話　芥川龍之介・著
   'Rashomon' #3     
   Written by Ryunosuke Akutagawa

その代わりまた鴉がどこからか、
たくさん集ってきた。
昼間見ると、その鴉が何羽となく輪を描いて、
高い鴟尾のまわりを啼きながら、
飛びまわっている。
ことに門の上の空が、
夕焼けであかくなる時には、
それが胡麻をまいたように はっきり見えた。
鴉は、勿論、門の上にある死人の肉を、
啄みに来るのである。――もっとも今日は、
刻限が遅いせいか、一羽も見えない。
ただ、所々、崩れかかった、
そうしてその崩れ目に長い草のはえた
石段の上に、鴉の糞が、
点々と白くこびりついているのが見える。
下人は七段ある石段の一番上の段に、
洗いざらした紺の襖の尻を据えて、
右の頬に出来た、大きな面皰を気にしながら、
ぼんやり、雨のふるのを眺めていた。

漢字

鴉　　　　　　からす
集まって　　　あつまって
昼間　　　　　ひるま
何羽　　　　　なんわ
輪　　　　　　わ
描いて　　　　えがいて
鴟尾　　　　　しび
啼きながら　　なきながら
夕焼け　　　　ゆうやけ
胡麻　　　　　ごま
勿論　　　　　もちろん
死人　　　　　しびと
啄み　　　　　ついばみ
刻限　　　　　こくげん
崩れかかった　くずれかかった
下人　　　　　げにん
紺　　　　　　こん
襖　　　　　　あお
据えて　　　　すえて
頬　　　　　　ほお
出来た　　　　できた
面皰　　　　　にきび
眺めて　　　　ながめて


朗読クラブ📚Reading to Japanese language learners 

朗読 『羅生門』第三話 Recitation 'Rashomon' #3

Today we're talking about the noun, incentive, and the verb, to incentivise. I hope you find them useful!