Many people say they prefer the company of their cat to humans. But can you really trust your "furbaby"?

The Social Evolutionary

How Much Do You Really Love Your Cat?

Nuestros chicos llegan a Colonia, última parada antes de regresar a Utrecht. ¿Qué va a pasar en esta ciudad? 

¿Has estado alguna vez en Colonia? ¡Cuéntanos tu experiencia! :)

Audiolibros de Joan

Viajando por Europa. Capítulo 11.

Level N3-N1 
日本の使える文房具についてお話しています。
Beginners 使える！文房のレベルアップバージョンです。

Nihongo_Hanaso（N3+）

N3+ 使える！文房具/ぶんぼうぐ

Learn about the seven continents of the world.

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The Seven Continents

4-Year-Old Signs Book Deal to Publish Poems
A 4-year-old boy from the UK has signed a book deal to publish his collection of poems.

Nadim Shamma-Sourgen was discovered by poet and teacher Kate Clanchy, who won the 2020 Orwell Prize for political writing. Clanchy knew Shamma-Sourgen's mother, who teaches the study of poetry at the University of Reading.

Clanchy began sharing Shamma-Sourgen's poems on Twitter, where they became popular with her followers. Speaking to The Guardian, Clanchy said that she didn't share them because they were like an adult's poems, but because they were so much like a child's way of thinking.

The young poet has now signed a book deal with Walker Books, a children's book company, making him one of the youngest writers to get a book deal.

According to Guinness World Records, Dorothy Straight from the US is the youngest female to publish a book. She wrote a book in 1962 when she was 4 years old. It was published in 1964.

The youngest male writer is Thanuwana Serasinghe from Sri Lanka, who wrote a book when he was 4 years and 9 months old. It was published nine days before his 5th birthday.

In an interview with Sky News, Shamma-Sourgen's mother said that he's still learning to read and write, so he speaks his poems out loud and she writes them down for him.

"I like writing poems especially about nature. I feel happy that my poems will be in a book," Shamma-Sourgen told The Guardian. As well as nature, Shamma-Sourgen's poems talk about things like love, being lonely and bugs in his garden.

The book of poems will be published in summer 2021.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

4-Year-Old Signs Book Deal to Publish Poems

Today's short episode is about my experience as an introvert. This lesson is full of words to assist with vocabulary. Let me know if you consider yourself an introvert or extrovert. 

Matcha & Meditation

Being introverted in an extroverted world.

 今年夏天很特别，从中国到外国，北方到南方，天气都非常热，温度也特别高。比如上海，夏天一般在三十五度左右。可是今年夏天有多热呢？最热的那段时间差不多每天都有四十多度。大家都说，这是最近二十年最热的夏天。有的专家说这是因为气候变化，环境被破坏了，以后全世界每年都会有这种不正常的天气，我们必须开始重视保护环境了。

Jīnnián xiàtiān hěn tèbié, cóng Zhōngguó dào wàiguó, běifāng dào nánfāng, tiānqì dōu fēicháng rè, wēndù yě tèbié gāo. Bǐrú Shànghǎi, xiàtiān yībān zài sān shí wǔ dù zuǒ yòu. Kěshì jīnnián xiàtiān yǒu duō rè ne? Zuì rè de nà duàn shíjiān chà bù duō měi tiān dōu yǒu sì shí duō dù. Dàjiā dōu shuō, zhè shì zuìjìn èr shí nián zuì rè de xiàtiān. Yǒu de zhuānjiā shuō zhè shì yīnwèi qìhòu biànhuà, huánjìng bèi pòhuài le, yǐhòu quán shìjiè měinián dōu huì yǒu zhè zhǒng bù zhèngcháng de tiānqì, wǒmen bìxū kāishǐ zhòngshì bǎohù huánjìng le. 

This summer is very special, from China to foreign countries, north to south, the weather is very hot, the temperature is very high. In Shanghai, for example, it's usually around 35 degrees in summer. But how hot will it be this summer? During the hottest days, it was more than 40 degrees every day. By all accounts, it was the hottest summer in the last twenty years. Some experts say that this is because of climate change, the environment is destroyed, the world will have this abnormal weather every year, we must start to pay attention to the protection of the environment.


Listening & Speaking (Mandarin)

越来越热   Getting hotter

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
〈#132〉11月4日金曜日　天気/晴れ　気温/8℃ 

稚内市/わっかないし
・3日道内は各地で冷え込んだ
・初雪が降った
・平年より15日遅い
・山では、雪が降り積もった

［単語］
道内/どうない…北海道の中
各地/かくち…それぞれの場所
冷え込む/ひえこむ…とても寒くなる
初雪/はつゆき…冬のはじめての雪
平年/へいねん…毎年
降り積もる/ふりつもる…道が白くなるほど雪が降る

レッスン待ってます♪


北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#132〉11月4日金曜日　初雪‼

In this episode we will talk about 【味道】, you will learn how to say 【sweet, sour, bitter, salty】 ect. 
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It is recommended that you study in the following ways:
Step 1: Gist listening. Listen to get the main idea. (more times if necessary)
Step 2: Check the script and learn new words. 
Step 3: Listen and imitate as much as you can then retell the story.
Step 4: Write down what you hear if you want to practise writing.
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大家好，我是Yuli。欢迎收听我的播客。
今天想和大家聊一聊【味道】。
你知道味道是什么意思吗？在英语中我们有taste和smell，一个是通过嘴巴，一个是通过鼻子，在中文里都叫味道。
东西吃到嘴里，有酸甜苦咸四种味道。有人说辣也是味道，其实辣是痛觉，不是味觉。酸的东西有柠檬、醋；甜的东西有糖、蛋糕；苦的东西有咖啡、苦瓜，咸的东西有盐和酱油。一盘菜很好吃，我们可以说“这盘菜味道很好。”
鼻子可以闻到的味道也有很多，例如，花的香味、饭菜的香味，酒精、汽油的气味，还有夏天出了汗以后身上的臭味。如果一个房间很脏很臭，你可以说“这个房间味道真难闻。”
你可能会听到这样的话“这本书越看越有味道。”这里的味道就不是书的味道了，是说这本书很有意思，很吸引你。我们还可以说“她穿这件裙子很有味道。”意思是说这件裙子很适合她，她穿起来很有女人味。有“女人味”这个说法，自然也有“男人味”。当然，这些都是传统的定义，现在的人更追求个性，而不是女人就该有“女人味”，男人就该有“男人味”。
你最喜欢什么味道？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。
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通过/tōng guò/through
酸甜苦咸/suān tián kǔ xián/sweet, sour, bitter, salty
辣/là/spicy
痛觉/tòng jué/sense of pain
味觉/wèi jué/sense of taste
醋/cù/vinegar
苦瓜/kǔ guā/bitter gourd
酱油/jiàng yóu/soy sauce
闻/wén/to smell
香味/xiāng wèi/fragrance
酒精/jiǔ jīng/alcohol
汽油/qì yóu/gasoline
气味/qì wèi/smell,odour
出汗/chū hàn/sweating
臭味/chòu wèi/stink
难闻/nán wén/smells bad
吸引/xī yǐn/attract
女人味/nǚ rén wèi/girlish, femininity
男人味/nán rén wèi/manly, masculine
自然/zì rán/naturally
传统/chuán tǒng/traditional
定义/dìng yì/definition
追求个性/zhuī qiú gè xìng/seek individuality