Grammar & vocabulary tips for the most common questions & problems.

The English Toolbox

So, you want to learn Polish. That's great! But are you aware of these 4 main challenges of the Polish language? Let's talk about them.

Exploring Polski

Episode 1: 4 Challenges of the Polish Language

Noting down Out-of-Context Vocabulary and Memorizing it is the Least helpful strategy when it comes to learning new vocabulary. New words have to be Acquired, not Memorized.

All Things English

Vocabulary Acquisition - Memorizing vs Acquiring Vocabulary

好聽的中文故事 | 好听的中文故事✨

孫悟空在哪裏找到了金箍棒？聽了這篇故事你就會知道啦。
孙悟空在哪里找到了金箍棒？听了这篇故事你就会知道啦。



好听的中文故事 | 好聽的中文故事 | Great Chinese Stories

西游記之金箍棒 | 西游记之金箍棒🐒

In this episode, I'll be sharing a snapshot of my week, from the moment I wake up to my daily routine at work. I'll take you through the tasks and activities that keep me busy during the weekdays and how I unwind in the evenings. On weekends, I'll talk about how I spend my time with friends, engage in various events.

  Fluent in Azerbaijani

Mənim Həftəm (My Week)

¡Hola a todos! En esta capítulo repasamos algunas palabras de vocabulario básico de comida. También reflexiono sobre algunas de estas comidas y hablo de platos que se preparan habitualmente en las casas españolas, como el arroz a la cubana. ¡Qué hambre!



La vida de Héctor (Spanish Podcast)

Capítulo 2 - COMIDA

There are many types of dairy alternatives on the market today, often made from things like nuts and soybeans.

But have you heard they're now making butter from air?

A US startup called Savor is working on a range of dairy alternatives made using something that exists all around us: carbon.

Fats are made from chains of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms. Savor's process involves taking carbon — from, say, carbon dioxide — and adding heat and hydrogen to create chains that are combined with oxygen from air.

This results in fat molecules, like the ones found in dairy and other animal products.

Now, regular butter is about 80% fat — the rest is mostly water. So to make butter from its synthetic fat, Savor just adds water, as well as an emulsifier that keeps the liquids from separating, and rosemary oil for flavor and beta carotene for color.

What does it taste like?

"I couldn't believe I wasn't eating real butter," Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates wrote in a blog post earlier this year. Gates is one of Savor's investors.

He wrote that "it tastes really good — like the real thing, because chemically it is."

Savor has already run informal taste tests with small groups of people, and is working to get regulatory approval for its product in the US.

But why butter?

A 2021 study estimated that food production makes up about 35% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions — and Savor estimates that about 7% of greenhouse gas emissions are just from producing fat.

But Savor's process, Gates wrote, doesn't release any greenhouse gases. He added that it uses no farmland and "less than a thousandth of the water that traditional agriculture does."

Savor is focusing on butter to start with partly because its high price point makes it easier to compete on cost. But the startup later hopes to develop other products like milk, ice cream, cheese — even meat.





Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

US Startup Makes Butter from Carbon Dioxide

こんばんは！Atsushiです。
今日の北海道の天気は、雨です。
気温は23℃です。

今日は1つうれしいことがありました。
このポッドキャストを聞いて、レッスンを予約してくれた方がいました。

とてもうれしかったです。
自分の知らないところでも、このポッドキャストを聞いて、日本語を勉強してくれている人がいることを実感しました。

これからもがんばってポッドキャストを作ろうと思いました！

本当にありがとうございます！


さて、今日は、イントネーションについて。
イントネーションをあげたり下げたりすることで、
疑問文にしたり、感情を表すことができます。

文の最後を上げることで、疑問文になります。
例えば、
・このコーヒーはおいしいですか？
・北海道は涼しいですか？
など。質問をしたい時は、最後をあげて疑問文にしてください。ーかをつけなくても、文末を上げることで疑問文にできます。


言葉のイントネーションを変えることで感情を伝えることができます。
例えば、そうですか、という言葉を使って、やってみましょう。
・そうですか！ーおどろきの気持ち
・そうですか？ーうたがいの気持ち
・そうですか。ー不満の気持ち
・そうですか。ー怒りの気持ち
・そうですか！ーうれしい気持ち

どうですか？伝わりますか？
同じ言葉でもイントネーションが変わると、伝わり方が変わります。

よかったら、練習してみてくださいね！

ということで、今回も最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！

ではまた！





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