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A black sports car steadily drives down a highway towards a shipping dock somewhere on the coast of Morocco. Inside, five fruits are silent, quietly going over the plan in each of their minds. In the passenger seat is a reddening aged triangle apple named Johannesburg. His hands are stiff, the sign of an experienced carpenter, and his eyes are tired, the sign of 

“I hope this works,” says the driver, a fresh pear. “It’s our last chance to save grandma.”

Johannesburg, who had his attention fixed on the twinkling moonlight, sniffs and rubs his nose. “Trust in the plan, Pear.”

“What if the ship is empty and we risk our lives for nothing?” exclaims Pear.

A voice from the back seat speaks up. “ I trust my source like I trust my own mother.”

“No one doubts you, Grape,” says Johannesburg. “Pear is nervous—that’s all.”

It was six months ago when Johannesburg received a call from Japan. It was Pear, his brother-in-law, informing him that their grandmother, a sweet and kind raisin, had contracted an unknown virus. The aged apple tried not to panic, but became haunted by the news. A few weeks later, his worst nightmare came true. Their dear raisin grandmother had been diagnosed with the corona virus and had been reacting severely to it. It was from then on that Johannesburg started experiencing sleep difficulties: waking up screaming, tossing and turning in bed, unable to fall asleep. He also stopped eating, unable to stomach anything but dry, plain oats.

Feeling hopeless, Johannesburg had practically given up, surrendering to his sleepless nights, stomach knots and growing depression. Then, late one night, he received a call from Grape, his long-time friend. A trusted source had informed him that a large shipment of gold was scheduled to arrive in one week’s time at Port Morocco. Grape proposed a four-man robbery, saying they could split the gold equally amongst the associates.

Being a Cloud

Johannesburg the Apple

Mitä tarkoittaa tehokas ajankäyttö ja miten sitä voi soveltaa uuden kielen opiskeluun? Tässä jaksossa puhun tehokkaasta ajankäytöstä osana oppimisprosessia, itsensä johtamiseen kielenoppijana ja itsensä kehittäjänä.

Mitkä ovat vinkkini tehokkaaseen ajankäyttöön:
1 Aseta itsellesi kieleen liittyviä tavoitteita.
2 Laita opiskelumateriaali tärkeysjärjestykseen.
3 Anna itsellesi aikaa oppia ja palautua.





Suomea for you

23. jakso: Tehokas ajankäyttö

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
7月22日金曜日　天気/くもり　気温/23℃ 

富良野市/ふらのし
・特産『富良野メロン』の収穫が盛ん
・大きくて糖度も高い
・農家さんは「メロンを食べて幸せになってほしい」

［単語］
 特産/とくさん…特にその場所で作られていること
メロン/めろん…うすい緑色の果物
収穫/しゅうかく…おいしくなった食べ物を取る
盛ん/さかん…たくさん
糖度/とうど…あまさ　　
農家/のうか…野菜や果物を作ってる仕事の人

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北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#94〉7月22日金曜日　メロンがおいしい！［北海道と東京でちがうこととは？］

就（jiù）：emphasizes that the speaker thinks that the event occurs too early, too fast or too smoothly; 
才（cái）：emphasizes that the speaker thinks that the event occurs too late, too slowly or too difficultly.

For example:
bā diǎn shànɡ kè ， 
八 点   上    课 ， 
dà wèi qī diǎn bàn jiù lái le ， 
大 卫  七 点   半  就  来  了 ， 
mǎ kè bā diǎn shí fēn cái lái 。 
马 克 八 点   十  分  才  来  。 

zuò huǒ chē shí ɡè xiǎo shí cái dào běi jīnɡ ， 
坐  火  车  十  个 小   时  才  到  北  京   ， 
zuò fēi jī yí ɡè bàn xiǎo shí jiù dào le 。 
坐  飞  机 一 个 半  小   时  就  到  了 。 

JOJO CHINESE

就jiù&才cái

Dreams I've had about animals

Vocabulary:
to pick up: to go to someone's home to get something or someone, to give them a ride
to get a hold of: to reach or contact someone by phone or text
antique: old and valuable
mewling: meowing
to foster: to take care of an animal temporarily
socialize: to help an animal get used to humans
waving: to move from side to side
otherworldliness: mystical, from another world
cactus: a spiny plant that grows in the desert
structure: something built by people
shallow: not deep
to go missing: disappear

Spelling of some of the animals mentioned: eel, otter, chameleon, toucan

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Animal Dreams

Transcripción para ejercicio de comprensión Auditiva del idioma español.

Durante la época prehispánica, el zócalo formaba parte del islote principal del Templo Mayor. Además, se encontraba rodeado de las nuevas casas de Moctezuma, sobre el que se construyo el Palacio Virreinal (actual Palacio Nacional), y por las viejas casas, antiguo hogar de los tlatoanis.

Tras la caída de México-Tenochtitlán y su posterior destrucción, el trazado de la nueva ciudad estuvo a cargo del soldado español Alonso García Bravo. Para lo anterior, se mantuvieron los cuatro calpullis, pero se reorientó la plaza principal con dirección norte-sur y no oriente-poniente como en México-Tenochtitlán. Dicha estructura base de la ciudad emulaba las antiguas ciudades medievales europeas. Del mismo modo, las calles circundantes fueron trazadas de forma rectangular.

Por su parte, el Templo Mayor y el Palacio de Moctezuma fueron derribados y con los escombros se construyó la Catedral Metropolitana y el Palacio Virreinal. En el otro extremo, se comenzaron a ubicar comerciantes que dieron lugar al Portal de los Mercaderes. Posteriormente se construyó el Palacio del Marqués del Valle de Oaxaca y el Palacio del Ayuntamiento, sede del gobierno de la ciudad desde entonces.

Durante la colonia, los problemas de inundaciones fueron un problema constante en la ciudad. En 1629 una inundación sumergió la Plaza Mayor más de 2 metros. Tras ello, las plantas bajas de los edificios tuvieron que ser reconstruidas.

En 1657 se terminó la nueva Catedral, el centro religioso se redirigió hacia la plaza con una orientación norte-sur. La antigua Catedral había sido dirigida hacia el oriente. Debido a ello, durante el siglo XVII la plaza se comenzó a llenar de comerciantes. El 8 de junio de 1692, un motín de 10 mil personas  intentó quemar el Palacio Virreinal y del Ayuntamiento. Tras la ejecución de los culpables, la plaza se ocupó con el Mercado del Parián.



Spanish México

Plaza de la Constitución II.

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