Listen to hear about how Japanese students spend their Februaries. Passing entrance exams and getting into college is extremely competitive. I’ll talk about my experience taking a lot of tests!

Crazy Japanese Culture

Intense Japanese Entrance Exam😱

ALTERNATIVAS al verbo «GUSTAR» y Cómo se usa correctamente en español

Un bocado de español

El verbo gustar y otros similares

Sí conoces a un amigo por primera vez debes preguntar y responder la siguiente conversación que te voy a dejar. ¡Atrévete y habla! 
If you meet a friend for the first time, you should ask and answer the following conversation I'm going to leave you with.  Go ahead and speak up! 

Spanish for beginners//Español para principiantes

Informal conversation with a new friend.//Conversación informal con un amigo nuevo 

⭐ In this C1-level podcast I will talk about yoga, meditation, Buddhism and people’s search for harmony, well-being, and a more balanced life.

⭐ In the first part of this podcast, I will speak French at normal speed, and in the second part I will repeat everything I said at slow speed. 

⭐Contents : 1/ la recherche de l'harmonie 2/ Le boom du yoga 3/ Le yoga en France 4/ Quid du yoga 5/ Entre Orient et Occident 6/ Zen, soyons zen 7/ Le bouddhisme 8/ La méditation

Learn French with Anthony

#12 (C1) Yoga, méditation et zénitude

Cuentos en Español

La Cenicienta Part 1

Spanish star Rafael Nadal is retiring from professional tennis at the age of 38, he has announced.

Nadal won 22 Grand Slam singles titles during his career, including the French Open 14 times.

He has been one of the greatest players of the modern game, sharing his time at the top with his longtime rivals Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.

The tennis world has long debated which man should be called the "Greatest of All Time" — or "GOAT."

Nadal hasn't been able to compete much during the past two seasons because of injuries. He has entered just two of the last eight major tournaments.

He said that next month's Davis Cup finals — when he'll play for Spain — will be his final tournament.

"It is obviously a difficult decision, one that has taken me some time to make," he said. "But in this life, everything has a beginning and an end."

Nadal was known for his physical style of play — he played every point as though it were his last, but he was especially strong on clay courts.

There is a statue of Nadal outside those slow, red courts in Paris on which he enjoyed so much success.

As well as his French Open titles, he won the US Open four times and won Wimbledon and the Australian Open twice each.

"I think it is the appropriate time to put an end to a career that has been long and much more successful than I could have ever imagined," Nadal said.

His last major title came in Paris in June 2022. Nadal's tally of Grand Slams has since been surpassed by Djokovic, who has now won 24 majors.

In total, the Spaniard won 92 singles titles, spent 209 weeks as the world's number one player and earned almost $135 million in prize money.

He said: "Really, everything I have experienced has been a dream come true."

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Rafael Nadal Retires from Professional Tennis at 38

提起葡萄，您是想起了法国的波尔多、还是新疆的吐鲁番？When you think of grapes, do you think of Bordeaux in France or Turpan in Xinjiang Province?
生产葡萄的地方很多，仅国内就有七大栽培区，它们是：There are many places to produce grapes. There are seven growing areas in China alone. They are:
（1）西北产区：包括新疆、甘肃、宁夏、内蒙西部等；Northwest producing areas: Xinjiang, Gansu, Ningxia, western Inner Mongolia, etc.
（2）黄土高原栽培区：包括陕西、山西，汉中等；Cultivation areas of Loess Plateau: Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hanzhong, etc.
（3）环渤海湾栽培区：包括河北、山东和京津地区以及辽宁等；Cultivation area around Bohai Bay: Hebei, Shandong, Beijing and Tianjin, Liaoning, etc.
（4）黄河故道栽培区：包括河南、山东鲁西南地区、江苏北部和安徽北部等；Old Yellow River cultivated areas: Henan, southwest Shandong, northern Jiangsu and northern Anhui, etc.
（5）南方栽培区：包括安徽、江苏、浙江、上海、重庆、湖北、湖南、江西、福建、广西等；Southern cultivation areas: Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Chongqing, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangxi, etc.
（6）东北中北部栽培区：包括吉林、黑龙江等；North-central cultivation areas of Northeast China: Jilin, Heilongjiang;
（7）西南栽培区：包括云贵高原、川西高原及金沙江沿岸河谷地区。Southwest cultivation areas: Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, west Sichuan Plateau and Jinsha River valley.


新鲜事儿（Anecdote）

莲花架下的奶葡萄

In this episode, Karen and Baiwei chatted about some interesting concepts and practices in traditional Chinese medicine.

TED-Ed video about Yin and Yang:
https://youtu.be/ezmR9Attpyc


Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

Fire In The Body? Amazing Traditional Chinese Medicine Theories 神奇的中医理论

I will greet everyone. I will briefly introduce myself and talk about this channel. I'm a bit nervous, so I'll gradually show more of my true self. In the next episode, I plan to talk about what I'm looking forward to as I return to Japan for the first time in a year. 
