short stories shared for discussion with your friends and family

Story time with Debbie

In this podcast we will learn how to use the phrases "Мне нравится" and "Мне не нравится" and we will add some new vocabulary to describe our preferences.

SuperRussian A1

Мне нравится! I like/dislike in Russian.

日本の 卒業式で定番のイベントとSNSで人気のイベントにいてのランキングを紹介します。
（2021年）

Nihongo_Hanaso（N3+）

N3+卒業式のイベント

Whether one should learn an American or British accent is a constant debate among English learners. Here's my take on it. To give me suggestions for future podcast episodes follow me on Twitter @tanatswaforever.

Slice of English 

Do I Really Need an Accent Part 2

Unless your hair magically grows shorter, you probably GET your hair cut. There is grammar for haircuts???
Also, two funny expressions for asking someone if they got their hair cut.

The Social Evolutionary

Grammar for haircuts???

A1 Level -> For beginners and anyone who has forgotten the pronunciation. 
👂listen and 👄repeat the French alphabet

FunwithFrench

🔤L'alphabet en français

Escucha estas frases con el verbo estar. 

¿Comprendes el vocabulario sobre estados y localización?

A1.1. Español básico para principantes. 

Clase 6. Frases con el verbo estar 1.

Longtemps considéré marginal en France, le tatouage est devenu populaire. Un motif, une phrase ou même une photo gravée à vie sur la peau. Je vous parle aujourd'hui du tatouage que j'ai fait il y a plusieurs années. Et vous, avez-vous un tatouage? 

Cher Journal

Episode 11 - Le Tatouage

Why we need to protect polar bears

Polar bears are being increasingly threatened by the effects of climate change, but their disappearance could have far-reaching consequences. They are uniquely adapted to the extreme conditions of the Arctic Circle, where temperatures can reach -40°C. One reason for this is that they have up to 11 centimetres of fat underneath their skin. Humans with comparative levels of adipose tissue would be considered obese and would be likely to suffer from diabetes and heart disease. Yet the polar bear experiences no such consequences.

A 2014 study by Shi Ping Liu and colleagues sheds light on this mystery. They compared the genetic structure of polar bears with that of their closest relatives from a warmer climate, the brown bears. This allowed them to determine the genes that have allowed polar bears to survive in one of the toughest environments on Earth. Liu and his colleagues found the polar bears had a gene known as APoB, which reduces levels of low-density lipoproteins (LDLs) – a form of ‘bad’ cholesterol. In humans, mutations of this gene are associated with increased risk of heart disease. Polar bears may therefore be an important study model to understand heart disease in humans.

I'll add the last part in the message area.