In this Chillchat episode, Karen and Baiwei chatted about useful expressions about allergies as well as common allergies and their symptoms.

Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

Ahhh...achoo! Allergies... 过敏！

世界（せかい）には約（やく）7000の言語（げんご）があると言われています。

なぜ、あなたは「日本語」を選（えら）んだんですか？

それを考（かんが）えて、日本語を勉強する「原動力（げんどうりょく）」を見つけましょう！

3 Minutes Japanese Podcast with Ken

ep. 03 - なんで日本語？

Today we're talking about two informal phrases that we can use, usually in negative sentences, to say that something is not particularly difficult. I hope you find them useful!

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This podcast is not very difficult to listen to.

大家好，您正在收听中文播客《丹霞说》，我是丹霞。你知道“笑一笑，十年少”吗？

        “笑一笑，十年少”，这是中国人常常说的一句话，意思是笑有很大的作用，笑一笑会让人年轻很多。
        只有常常笑，才能使自己年轻，不容易变老。所以我们每天都应该在工作、学习中，多想想高兴的事儿，多做做能让自己开心的事儿，试着让自己更快乐。
        所以，今天你笑了吗？

少 [shào] young
作用 zuòyòng  affect ; function
让 ràng  let; make
年轻niánqīng  young
应该yīng gāi should; ought to; must
事儿shì er  matter; affair, thing; business
试 shì  to try  

"Smile, ten years younger" is a saying often used by Chinese people, which means that laughter has a great effect, and a smile will make people younger. Laughing often can we make ourselves younger and not grow old easily. So we should think more about happy things, do more things that can make us happy, and try to make ourselves happier in our work and study every day.

So, did you laugh today?

 HSK3 Vocab Based - Short Story Podcast

03. “笑一笑，十年少”[xiào yi xiào，shí nián shào] Smiles keep one young 

These Pronunciation episodes follow chronologically. They follow a reading on Engoo - with explanations along the way. Go to the website in order to follow along. : https://engoo.com/app/daily-news/article/study-says-reading-fiction-helps-us-understand-others/MsfhnFVrEe22EWf-hDINhQ 

English in 60 Seconds

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Сегодня мы читаем статью про стереотипы.
Гендерные, этнические, религиозные — это только часть стереотипов, которым подвержены люди. Разбираемся, в чём польза и опасность стереотипов и как не стать их жертвой.

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Стереотипы - они нам помогают или вредят? A2-B2

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色々と考えると迷いますが、実は北海道が良いかなと思っています。
北海道は、東京よりも涼しいですし、ドライブをしながら見る外の眺めは最高だと思います。はるか遠くに沈む夕日も見ることができそうです。
夏休みが楽しみです。夏休みのことを考えると、東京の混雑したラッシュアワーもがまんできます。
