Arabic for life

How do say What in Arabic? ما  or ماذا ?

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"Benvenuti al nostro podcast di oggi, dedicato a uno dei più grandi intellettuali del nostro tempo: Umberto Eco. Esploreremo la vita e le opere di questo genio letterario italiano, una figura poliedrica che ha lasciato un'impronta indelebile nel panorama culturale mondiale. Dalla sua formazione filosofica alla sua carriera come scrittore, critico e accademico, Eco ha affrontato una vasta gamma di argomenti con profondità e originalità. Esamineremo il suo impatto sulla cultura di massa, la sua produzione critica e, soprattutto, il suo magistrale capolavoro letterario, 'Il nome della rosa'. Pronti a immergervi nel mondo affascinante di Umberto Eco?"

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Umberto Eco: un grande scrittore italiano 

買い物はネット派？実店舗派？

私は普段（ふだん）、実店舗（じってんぽ）に行って買い物をすることが多い。なんとなく、実物（じつぶつ）を見て手に取り、ものを確認（かくにん）してから買いたいのだが、まったくインターネットを利用しないというわけでもない。オンラインで買うものといえば、酒（さけ）・飲料（いんりょう）・米（こめ）・書籍（しょせき）などだ。私は車を持っていないため、重たいものはオンラインで買う。衣類（いるい）はオンラインで購入（こうにゅう）した経験（けいけん）がたくさんあるが、質（しつ）が悪かったり、サイズ違（ちが）いがあったり、失敗（しっぱい）が多かったので今は極力（きょくりょく）買わない。どちらもメリットがあるから、上手（じょうず）に買い物したいものだ。

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買い物はネット派？実店舗派？

Tune in this week to learn three new English phrases and idioms. This episode is part two of How to Be a Good Language Learner. 

You'll also get some homework at the end so you can continue to improve your English communication skills.

The Express to Impress Podcast welcomes its first guest! Tune in next week (Friday, February 26) to hear a conversation I had recently with Allyson Plumberg, founder of Rooted Accents: Solutions for Accent Modification. We talk about the American English Accent and accent modification in our conversation. Allyson shares some great tips for English Language learners who want to connect better with native English speakers. You won’t want to miss this one!

Episode originally published February 19, 2021.

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Phrases And Idioms With the American English Accent

Spanish México

LA HISTORIA DE UN SNAK MEXICANO.

七夕（たなばた）

昨日は七夕だった。七夕は７月７日の夜に織姫（おりひめ）と彦星（ひこぼし）が天の川（あまのがわ）で１年に１度会えるという伝説（でんせつ）だ。日本人は中国の「乞巧奠（きこうでん）」という行事（ぎょうじ）をもとに、願い事を書いた「短冊（たんざく）」を笹（ささ）に飾（かざ）り、お祈（いの）りをするという風習（ふうしゅう）がある。本来（ほんらい）、習い事（ならいごと）の上達（じょうたつ）を祈るために行（おこな）われていたそうだ。私はそれを知らずに、大人（おとな）になってからは「物がほしい」や「旅行に行きたい」などと書いた記憶がある。今は短冊にこう書きたい、“中国語がもっと上手（うま）くなりますように！”

七夕

JAMES: Good morning, Professor Austin, how are you doing?

PROFESSOR AUSTIN: Good morning, James. I am doing well. And you?

JAMES: I’m great, thank you. This is my friend Emma. She is thinking about applying to this college. She has a few questions. Would you mind telling us about the process, please.

PROFESSOR AUSTIN: Hello, Emma! It’s a pleasure to meet you. I’m more than happy to speak with you. Please stop by my office next week.

EMMA: It’s a pleasure to meet you, professor. Thank you so much for helping us.

PROFESSOR AUSTIN: Don’t mention it. Hopefully, I will be able to answer your questions!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Formal Introductions

LECTURA COMPRENSIVA.

ESTE CUENTO NOS HABLA DE MARISA UNA CHICA INTELIGENTE.

Antes de comenzar la lectura.

1. ¿Te consideras una persona inteligente?

2. ¿ En que habilidades eres bueno?


Presta atención a la lectura de tu profesor.


Marisa tiene fama de ser muy observadora e inteligente. Un día, sus amigos
y amigas deciden ponerla a prueba. Van a visitarla y le llevan cuatro rosas;
una de ellas es de plástico.

 Cuando le dan las rosas le piden que adivine, sin
tocarlas, cuál es la rosa de plástico.


Marisa decide poner las flores en un jarrón con agua y sacarlas al jardín,
donde su madre les ha preparado la merienda.

Marisa no deja de observar las flores del jarrón. Una abeja se para en ellas
para recoger el polen . Sus amigos están merendando y se han olvidado de
las rosas; pero Marisa no.

Al cabo de un rato, Marisa exclama:

-¡Ya está!. ¡Ya sé cuál es la rosa de plástico!. Es esta.
Marisa lo ha acertado.