This podcast is for beginner to intermediate Spanish learners. In this podcast I will talk about different experiences I've had in the United States, Mexico, and Japan. 

Las Aventuras De Miss Jacy

Listen or read along to the "I Survived The Sinking Of The Titanic, 1912" book. This book is elementary English level and great for beginner to intermediate English learners. 

I Survived The Titanic

This podcast will have short episodes for simple absolute beginner vocabulary. You will be able to work on pronunciation and your listening skills. This podcast is good for both children and adults.

Spanish For Beginners

Harry Potter Y La Piedra Filosofal

Listen or read along to Harry Potter in Spanish. This is an elementary level book and is perfect for beginner to intermediate Spanish learners.

Harry Potter Libro 1

Do you know how to address a Chinese person in an appropriate way? Are you still calling a woman "太太tàitai-Mrs" and “女人nǚrén--woman”? You might offend people without knowing. 

Check out this episode and you will find the proper ways to call people in different occasions in Chinese!


SherryChinese

中国人的称呼 How to address Chinese people appropriately

Hola a todos, en este episodio hablaremos sobre la fiesta de mi amigo. Les dejo algo de vocabulario que aparece en el audio:

Fiesta: party
Amigo: friend
Ayer: yesterday
Mejor amigo: best friend
Casa: house
Hacía mucho que no los veía: its been a while since I saw them
Fue una larga pandemia: the pandemic was long
Haber: to be (hay) 
Comida: food
Tacos: Mexican food
Carne: meat
Pollo: chicken
Cerdo: pork
Vegetales: vegatables
Vegetariano: vegetarian
Queso: cheese
Me gusta mucho: I like a lot
Salsa: sauce
Agua de limón: lemonade
Refresco: soda (you can also say soda, some parts of latin America do so)
Pastel: cake
Velas: candles
Encender: to light up (encendidas)
Cantar: to sing (cantamos)
Mañanitas: Mexican song we sing at birthday like happy birthday but longer. Look it up its really nice and traditional.
Apagar: turn of (apaga)
Aplaudir: to clap (aplaudimos)
Partir: to cut (partimos)
Mi favorito: my favorite
Música: music
Bailar: to dance (bailamos)
Divertirse: to have fun (divertí)

Please let me know what you think about this episode. See you nest time.
Por favor cuentenme que opinan de este episodio. Nos vemos la próxima.


Tomemos una taza de café 

Episodio 5 La fiesta de mi amigo (PRINCIPIANTES)

Les comparto una divertida anecdota de cómo un simple asador desencadenó una serie de eventos desafortunados.

Mariana 

¡ Vamos a comprar asador!

Vidéo avec sous-titres et images ici: 
https://youtu.be/A8DTt_M9kyo?si=z3Zb4jJU8TtclZLX


French Stories For All

French Voc Hacks - Dette -

The Covid19 pandemic has fueled online learning. Both you and I have been resilient in pursuing language learning online. Therefore let us talk about the word Resilient and brainstorm uplifting sentences with resilience!   

Joy to Our World

I am resilient! 

はい、こんにちは洋平先生です。えー、今日は「意外とひらがなだけの文はむずしい パート2」をやりたいと思います。はい。えー、ちょっと前にパート１もやったんですね みなさん聞いていただけましたか。
で、パートワンの時もいましたが、ひらがなだけの文は意外とむずしいんです。うん特に中華系（ちゅうかけい）の生徒たちにとってはかなりむずかしいと思います。 
いつもスムーズに日本語を読んでしまう生徒も、ひらがなだけにしたら、急に読めなくなってしまうということが起こってしまうんですね。
はい、じゃ今日もちょっとむずしい会話を用意しました。で、みなさん聞いてくださいね。 
 
A：どうしておくれたの？
B：とけいがとまっていたんです。
A：おくむらぎんこうにレポートをもうおくった？
B：まだです。
A：え！きのうおくれたでしょう！？
B：ごめんなさい...
A：ぜったいにおくれちゃだめっていちおくかいいったでしょ！！？
 
 
はい、どうですか。えー、聞き取れましたか。簡単でしたか、むずかしかったですか。はい。で、この会話の中にちょっと似ている動詞がありますね。えーっと”遅れます”、時間に遅れますの”遅れます”、ですね、to be late の遅れますとあと レポートを送りますの可能形動詞。うん、potential verb ですね。の”送れます” 
これが全く同じ発音(はつおん）ですね。うん、これはちょっとむずかしいですよね
と、後ちょっと今回はえー、特にうん、特別（とくべつ）むずかしい言葉も入れてみました。奥村（おくむら）銀行 これは銀行の名前なんですけど、ほんとにあるかわかんないんですけど。も えー、奥村は、日本人の時々ある上の名前ですね。はい、苗字ですね。”奥村（おくむら）。と、あと最後に”1億回”（いちおくかい）、これはone hundred million times ですね。”1億回”。で、この4つの言葉を、1つの会話、短い1つの会話に入れたんで、ちょっとむずしいかなと思いました。 
じゃあえー、ちょっと復習（ふくしゅう）しますね。”送ります”のpotential verb　の可能形動詞は？”遅（おく）れます”ですね、辞書形の方が”遅（おく）れる”ですね。
 
送ります→遅れます→遅れる
遅れる→✕
 
で、時間に遅れるの”遅れる”が、可能形動詞、potential verbはありません。
これは言うことができません。
 
はい。 えー、いかがでしたか。この会話の漢字も使った文章を下の方に 書いときますので、え、ぜひそれを見て復習してみてください。はい、じゃ、今日もご視聴（しちょう）ありがとうございました。じゃ、みんな日本語の勉強がんばってね、バイバイ。
 
 
A：どうして遅（おく）れたの？
B：時計が止まっていたんです。
A：奥村（おくむら）銀行にレポートをもう送った？
B：まだです。
A：え！きのう送れたでしょう！？
B：ごめんなさい...
A：ぜったいに遅（おく）れちゃダメって一億回（いちおくかい）ったでしょ！！？


洋平先生　N3～N2クラスの生徒へ　(^^♪

＃5　意外とひらがなだけの文はむずしい パート2

Would you like to learn how to greet people in the UK? This episode focuses on British English greetings specifically, but many of them can still be used when speaking English all over the world. Let's talk about them now...

Words & phrases used in this episode:
- Hello! / Hi! 
- Morning! 
- Y'alright? (A combination of 'you' and 'alright')
- How are you? 

Conversational English With Josh 

British English Greetings

Recycled Human Hair Is Cleaning Belgian Water
Imagine if the hair caught in your drain could actually help to clean it.

That's what's happening in Belgium, where human hair is being recycled to help clean the country's water.

Around the country, hairdressers are taking the hair they cut from their customers' heads and putting it into bags. These bags of hair are then collected by a non-profit organization that runs a project called "Hair Recycle."

The hair collected by Hair Recycle is put through a machine and made into 60-centimeter-wide square mats. These mats can then be put into a drain to absorb oil and other pollution before it gets into a river or stream.

According to the Hair Recycle website, 1 kilogram of hair can absorb up to 8 liters of oil.

To take part in the project, hair salons have to pay a small fee. They then receive bags to collect the hair, and a sticker for their window, so they can show their customers that they are helping the environment.

Salons in Luxembourg and the Netherlands are also taking part in the Hair Recycle project.

Belgium's Hair Recycle is not the only hair recycling project, however. In the UK and Ireland, a company called Green Salon Collective is recycling hair and other waste from salons, including metal, paper, plastic and chemicals.

And a similar company called Green Circle Salons is recycling hair and other salon waste in the US and Canada.

So maybe hair in the drain can be a good thing?