This episode introduces three idioms that use the word salt. Listen to the examples to hear how to use them. Please send me a message if you would like a copy of the audio script.

Idiom Corner

Salt

Break down
 
"Break down" означает сломаться или перестать работать. Например, когда мы говорим, “моя машина "broke down", это значит “моя машина сломалась или перестала работать.” 

1. My car broke down on the way to work.
Моя машина сломалась по дороге на работу.

2. The washing machine broke down yesterday.
Стиральная машина сломалась вчера.

3. His computer broke down during the game.
Его компьютер сломался во время игры.


Английский для Русскоговорящих _ 50 Самых Распространённых Фразовых Глаголов в Английском Языке

изучение фразового глагола "Break Down"

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明けましておめでとうございます。
皆さんは年末年始をどう過ごしましたか？
今回は、新年の恒例行事である初詣について話します。

Happy New Year! 
How did you spend your New Year’s holiday?
This time, we talk about 初詣, which is the New year's visit to a shrine / temple that many Japanese do as one of the annual New Year's events.


♤ キーワード
・初詣（はつもうで：first shrine visit of the New Year）
・三が日（さんがにち：the first three days of the new year）
・おみくじ（a fortune-telling paper strip）
・真に受ける（まにうける：take something too seriously） 
・万事（ばんじ：everything）
・運勢（うんせい：fortune）

♧ 理解度チェッククイズ 
1. アヤが初詣でいつもすることは？ 
2. フミがそれを躊躇（ちゅうちょ）してしまう理由は？

♢ 前回のクイズの答え
1. フミの今年の漢字と、それを選んだ理由は？ 
→「楽」よく楽器に触り、楽しい気持ちで新しいことにチャレンジしたから。そして、これからは楽をしたいから。
2. アヤの今年の漢字と、それを選んだ理由は？
→「調」新しいことを始めて、生活を調整・調節する必要があったから。

BGM special thanks：MusMus

アヤさんとフミさんの日本語雑談（Aya and Fumi’s Japanese Chit-Chat）

Episode 21：初詣

Hello everyone, I hope you are doing well. A new episode of let’s check out the news is out now!
In this episode I’ll comment on article titled: “Chinese provinces warn of thick fog, dozens of Shanghai flights delayed” published on Reuteurs. Let me know what you think, enjoy.

Useful vocabulary:
An episode of extreme weather
To issue a warning
Heavy rain – heavy snow – high winds – thick fog
A flight delayed – diverted
To cause disturbances
To salt the roads
To deploy snowplows
Wait for the fog to dissipate
One phenomenon / many phenomena
To cover long distances
To wreak havoc
Tornadoes or floods
The whims of nature
The modern era

Let's check out the news

Super thick fog over China

Je vous partage ma passion pour la randonnée.
Je décris ma randonnée du week-end et mes impressions!

Bonne écoute!

French with Séb

La randonnée - B1

第六颗行星则要大十倍。
The sixth planet was ten times larger than the last one.
上面住着一位老先生，他在写作大部头的书。
It was inhabited by an old gentleman who wrote voluminous books.
“瞧！来了一位探险家。”老先生看到小王子时，叫了起来。
"Oh, look! Here is an explorer!" he exclaimed to himself when he saw the little prince coming.
小王子在桌旁坐下，有点气喘吁吁。
The little prince sat down on the table and panted a little.
他跑了多少路啊！
He had already traveled so much and so far!
“你从哪里来的呀？”老先生问小王子。
"Where do you come from?" the old gentleman said to him.
“这一大本是什么书？你在这里干什么？”小王子问道。
"What is that big book?" said the little prince. "What are you doing?"
“我是地理学家。”老先生答道。
"I am a geographer," the old gentleman said to him.
“什么是地理学家？”小王子问。
"What is a geographer?" asked the little prince.
地理学家，就是一种学者，他知道哪里有海洋，哪里有江河、城市、山脉、沙漠。
A geographer is a scholar who knows the location of all the seas, rivers,towns, mountains, and deserts.
“这倒挺有意思。”小王子说。“这才是一种真正的行当。”
"That is very interesting," said the little prince. "Here at last is a man who has a real profession!"
他朝四周围看了看这位地理学家的星球。
And he cast a look around him at the planet of the geographer.
他还从来没有见过一颗如此壮观的行星。
It was the most magnificent and stately planet that he had ever seen.
“您的星球真美呀。上面有海洋吗？”他说。
"Your planet is very beautiful," he said. "Has it any oceans?"
“这我没法知道。”地理学家说。

"I couldn't tell you," said the geographer.
“啊！”小王子大失所望。“那么，山脉呢？”
"Ah!" The little prince was disappointed. "Has it any mountains?"
“这，我没法知道。”地理学家说。
"I couldn't tell you," said the geographer.
“那么，有城市、河流、沙漠吗？”
"And towns, and rivers, and deserts?"
这，我也没法知道。
I couldn't tell you that, either.
可您还是地理学家呢！
But you are a geographer!
“一点不错，”地理学家说，
"Exactly," the geographer said.
但是我不是探察家。我手下一个探察家都没有。
But I am not an explorer. I haven't a single explorer on my planet.
地理学家是不去计算城市、河流、山脉、海洋、沙漠的。
It is not the geographer who goes out to count the towns, the rivers, the mountains, the seas, the oceans, and the deserts.
地理学家很重要，不能到处跑。
The geographer is much too important to go loafing about.
他不能离开他的办公室。
He does not leave his desk
但他可以在办公室里接见探察家

小王子-The Little Prince-Read in Chinese

小王子第36章：有趣的地理学家

茨城県をしっていますか？東京🗼のちかくにあります。

話したこと🗣
こんにちは。
きょうは、茨城県の話をします。
茨城県は、メロンで有名(ゆうめい)な県です。4月から10月までメロンを出荷(しゅっか)します。
5月から6月までが、メロンのいちばんおいしい時期(じき)です。メロンの旬(しゅん)です。
茨城のメロンは、あまくて、みずみずしくて、とてもおいしいです。
みなさんのまちで、有名な食べものはなんですか？ぜひ、おしえてくださいね。
それでは、またね～。

ことば✎
メロン・・・くだもの。🍈melon
有名(ゆうめい)・・・みんながしっています。
〇〇から～まで・・・from 〇〇 to ~
出荷(しゅっか)・・・ものを市場にだします。
みずみずしい・・・新鮮(しんせん)なこと。やさいやくだものの水分(すいぶん)が多いこと。
