Shouldn't he be called SantO, which is masculine?
Have we been telling our children lies about Santa?

The Social Evolutionary

Is Santa a Woman???

The name “Confucius” might seem distant and boring. But Confucianism is integrated into the daily life of Chinese people. Have you ever thought that he Confucius  was also a child who was confused, full of dreams and undisciplined like us? In this episode, let's start with Confucius and see who he is
孔子，好像是一个遥远而无聊的名词，又好像融入在中国人日常生活的点点滴滴。你可曾想过，他也是一个曾和我们一样，有着迷茫和困惑、梦想和不甘的有血有肉的孩子呢，这一期，让我们从孔子开始，看看他是谁 

中华文化Dinah说

You Can’t Read This Article Si T’es Pas Bilingue.

Being bilingual est parmi the best pleasures dans le monde entier. Think about it pour un instant. You can utiliser deux different languages en même temps in a such a way that makes ton cerveau wants to exploser from the speed par la quelle it switches from one langue to l’autre but still tu peux do it and ressentir spécial(e) at the same time, et c’est pour ça you are unique.
le fact that tu peux lire this article without stopping to think est un talent très few people have. La majorité of people struggle to lire juste in one single language, but what you are doing maintenant est un signe of absolute genius. Reading a très complicated texte in two langues différentes seamlessly makes you un(e) nerd et someone qui trouve joy in languages.
Reading cet article must have given your brain a nice little workout. That’s why you should le partager avec vos amis. De rien in advance and have a très bonne journée.


Le Franglish

Le Franglish just for fun

This podcast helps you to learn 5 idioms to use in everyday conversation:

1. ants in your pants
2. cat nap
3. the cat's got your tongue
4. chicken out
5. copy cat


Teacher Superstar

5 idioms

Short story 「七夕（たなばた）《 tanabata 》」
This episode is N5 level.


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☆Words☆
七夕（たなばた / tanabata）：Star festival
星（ほし / hoshi）：star
明るい（あかるい / akarui）：bright
服（ふく / fuku）：clothes
牛（うし / ushi）：cow
世話（せわ / sewa）：care
ある日（あるひ / aruhi）：one day
天の川（あまのがわ / amanogawa）：Milky Way
神様（かみさま / kamisama）：God
怒る（おこる / okoru）：get angry
東（ひがし / higashi）：East
西（にし / nishi）：West
悲しい（かなしい / kanashī）：sad
橋（はし / hashi）：bridge
お願い（おねがい / onegai）：wish

☆Script for this episode
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Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#16  Short story /  Tanabata / storytelling // N5 Level

In this episode , learn some french expressions of reactions that french natives often use . SLANG 

𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗞 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗔𝗜𝗦 ? 😉

𝟏𝟑 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐆 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 ( 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟏 )🤗

Росси́я – о́чень больша́я и интере́сная страна́. Здесь вы мо́жете найти́ мно́го но́вого и необы́чного. 
Russia is a big and interesting country. Here you can find a lot of new and unusual things.
Listen to a podcast about travelling in Russia and interesting places there. 


Russian Library

Travel to Russia

From checking into hotels under different names to living in homes that can't be seen on Google Maps, rich people work hard to keep others from knowing where they are and where they're going.

But some new data might tell us more about where they've chosen to live and work.

An investment company called Henley & Partners has released data that gives information about the countries the world's millionaires are leaving, and where they're going.

And the company says 2024 will be a big year for millionaire moves, with economic and political uncertainty — including big elections in the UK and the US — encouraging a record 128,000 rich people to move somewhere new.

This information is important, according to the company, because it tells us about the health of a country's economy.

And if you're a millionaire, the UAE is the place to be, with a record 6,700 of them expected to move there this year.

The top destination for the last three years, the UAE is a good place for rich people to look after their wealth, experts say. There's no income tax to pay, and if you're rich, it's easy to get a "golden visa" — which lets people live there for a number of years if they invest money in the country.

After the UAE, the next most popular destination is America, followed by Singapore, Canada and Australia.

China, the world's biggest loser of millionaires, could see more than 15,000 leave the country this year — 10% more than last year — while 9,500 millionaires may leave the UK, and 4,300 are expected to leave India.

However, according to experts, China and India's losses may just be because their successful economies are seeing more and more millionaires being created there, not because of local problems.