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cos'è la Costituzione?
quando è stata scritta?
cosa dice l'articolo 9 per tutelare il patrimonio artistico?

la Rubrica di Simona

La Costituzione italiana - breve storia e tutela del patrimonio artistico

日本人(にほんじん)は不幸(ふこう)？
Are the Japanese unhappy?
일본인은 불행하나?

NANAのにほんごpodcast 

3 minutes EASY JAPANESE #1 日本人(にほんじん)は不幸(ふこう)？

mǎ hu xiān shēnɡ 
马虎先生
zhānɡ xiān shēnɡ shì yí ɡè hěn bù xì xīn、hěn mǎ hu de rén。 
张先生是一个很不细心、很马虎的人。
tā chánɡ chánɡ xiě cuò zì，
他常常写错字，
tā yě chánɡ chánɡ rèn cuò rén， 
他也常常认错人，
suǒ yǐ dà jiā dōu jiào tā“mǎ hu xiān shēnɡ。” 
所以大家都叫他“马虎先生。”
yǒu yì tiān，zhānɡ xiān shēnɡ zài lù shànɡ kàn jiàn yí ɡè pénɡ you， 
有一天，张先生在路上看见一个朋友，
tā shuō：“hāi，wánɡ lǎo shī，nǐ hǎo mɑ？” 
他说：“嗨，王老师，你好吗？”
nà ɡè rén hái méi huí dá，zhānɡ xiān shēnɡ yòu shuō： 
那个人还没回答，张先生又说：
“ɑ！wánɡ lǎo shī，nǐ biàn le！ 
“啊！王老师，你变了！
nǐ méi yǒu yǐ qián pànɡ， 
你没有以前胖，
ér qiě yě méi yǒu yǐ qián ɡāo le， 
而且也没有以前高了，
nǐ bǐ yǐ qián hēi duō le。 
你比以前黑多了。
nǐ de shēn tǐ hái hǎo bɑ？” 
你的身体还好吧？”
nà ɡè rén shuō：“duì bù qǐ， wǒ bù xìnɡ wánɡ！” 
那个人说：“对不起，我不姓王！”
zhānɡ xiān shēnɡ tīnɡ le，hū rán dà shēnɡ shuō： 
张先生听了，忽然大声说：
“nǐ zhēn de biàn lɑ！ 
“你真的变啦！
nǐ kàn，nǐ lián xìnɡ shén me dōu biàn le！” 
你看，你连姓什么都变了！”
nà ɡè rén tīnɡ le，rěn bú zhù dà xiào qǐ lái。
那个人听了，忍不住大笑起来。

CHINESE STORY中文故事

马虎先生

Debemos tener en cuenta que en español cuando "bueno" va acompañado dl verbo "ser" o "estar" su significado cambia. Escuchemos algunos ejemplos. 

Te invito a revisar mi perfil https://teach.italki.com/teacher/4041493

ASI HABLAMOS  ESPAÑOL CON MARISENY

Verbos SER/ESTAR + BUENO

Apart from the obvious language differences between your own language and English, there are also likely to be differences in the way job interviews are handled. Some companies have a very formal job interview process run by dedicated HR professionals, who strive to find the best educated and experienced people, while others have more informal recruitment processes and are more interested in your personal qualities and attributes, rather than technical skills and knowledge.

In most cases, however, you are more likely to experience a mix of both formal and informal approaches to job interviews.

BizPod - The Business English Podcast

BizPod Episode 4 - Job Interview Questions

Giant Dreams Midget Abilities by David Sedaris read by Teacher Alyse
Read and follow along. Send me a message for your free pdf copy of this story. 

"WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING YOUR GUITAR, MAKE BELIEVE YOU'RE PLAYING AN ACTUAL WOMAN," MISTER MANCINI TOLD ME. "GRAB HER BY THE NECK AND MAKE HER HOLLER."

My father loves jazz and has an extensive collection of records and reel-to-reel tapes he used to enjoy after returning home from work. He might have entered the house in a foul mood, but once he had his Dexter Gordon and a vodka martini, the stress melted away and everything was "Beautiful, baby, just beautiful." The instant the needle hit that record, he'd loosen his tie and become something other than the conservative engineer with a pocketful of IBM pencils embossed with the command think.

"Man, oh man, will you get a load of the chops on this guy? I saw him once at the Blue Note, and I mean to tell you that he blew me right out of my chair! A talent like that comes along only once in a lifetime. The guy was an absolute comet, and there I was in the front row. Can you imagine that?"

"Gee," I'd say. "I bet that was really interesting."

Empathy was the wrong tack, as it seemed only to irritate him.

"You don't know the half of it," my father would say. " 'Really interesting' my butt. You haven't got a clue. You could have taken a hatchet and cut the man's lips right off his face, chopped them off at the quick, and he still would have played better than anyone else out there. That's how good he was."

Because it was the music we'd grown up with, I liked to think that my sisters and I had a genuine appreciation for jazz. We preferred it over the music our friends were listening to, yet nothing we did or said could convince him of our devotion. Aside from replaying the tune on your own instrument, how could you prove you were really listening? It was as if he expected us to change color at the end of each selection.

Three by Sedaris ( Adult 18+ )

Giant Dreams Midget Abilities

In this episode I talk about how to meet strangers and native English speakers. My italki teacher profile: https://italki.com/teacher/1947582 Thanks for listening! Visit my website for more of my full-length podcasts . https://www.streetwisenglish.com

Streetwise English

SWE 72 How to make friends with strangers

Hoy en muchos países es festivo y empiezan las rebajas. En España, excepto algunas comunidades, no celebramos el día 26 de diciembre por lo que he pensado que es un buen momento para hablar del amigo invisible. ¿Sabes que es el amigo invisible? Es una tradición muy popular especialmente en Navidad.

Después de escuchar y descubrir que es el amigo invisible, pásate por mi Instagram o deja un comentario y dime cómo se llama el amigo invisible en tu país.
