中国菜好吃吗？
中国菜很好吃。
你会做中国菜吗？
我不会做。

Daily conversation 日常对话

在厨房  In the kitchen 

In this first podcast, I look at the 5 different elements that make up the English language- reading, listening, grammar, vocabulary and speaking. Are they all as important as each other? What do you think?

Go Steps English

The 5 Elements of English

The Democratic vice president Kamala Harris began the first — and possibly last — TV debate before the US presidential election with a power move, walking across the stage to shake Donald Trump's hand.

The two candidates had never met before the September 10 debate in Philadelphia, aired by ABC News.

"Let's have a good debate," Harris said.

"Nice to see you. Have fun," the former Republican president responded.

The exchange set the tone for the 90-minute debate to come: Harris controlled the conversation at times, tackling Trump on economic policy, crime, abortion rights, his refusal to concede his 2020 election loss and even his performance at his rallies.

Trump was measured at the start but grew more annoyed as the night went on.

Harris took the fight to Trump in a way that Joe Biden could not.

"You did in fact lose that election," Harris said of the 2020 race that Trump lost to Biden but still insists he won. "Donald Trump was fired by 81 million people," she said, referring to Biden's winning vote total.

A smiling Harris frequently shifted her message from Trump back to the American people.

"You will not hear him talk about your needs, your dreams and your needs and your desires," Harris said. "And I'll tell you, I believe you deserve a president who actually puts you first."

Trump was often on the defense, but he did push the main message of his campaign: inflation and immigration are causing Americans to suffer.

As he often does in his rallies and on social media, he made several false or unproven claims about migrants — including a debunked rumor that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are hunting and eating pets. Officials in Springfield say they have no evidence of this happening.

"Talk about extreme," Harris said after Trump talked about dogs and cats being eaten.

Trump also tied Harris to Biden, falsely claiming the Biden-Harris administration caused the "worst inflation" the country has had.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Trump and Harris Face Off in Presidential Debate

本集播客是“约会黑化”第二期！“Ex”，“rebound”，“flirt“怎么说？我们一起来学习吧！还有！你是主动的人还是被动的人呢？

Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

(全中文) 约会黑话，你知道多少？第二期！

“I have to get going now, but it was great to meet with you and chat.” 
"I'd love to chat more, but I've got to run to my next thing."
“I really want to talk about this with you, but I’m exhausted.”
"I need to head out, but let's catch up soon."

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Everyday English with Teacher Alyse

How to End a Conversation Politely

Många frågar om hur länge det tar att lära sig svenska.

Här får du veta mer om hur lång tid det tar att prata flytande svenska. 

Find out here more about how long time it may take to learn Swedish fluently. 

Prata Flytande Svenska/Speak Swedish Fluently  

Hur länge tar det att lära sig svenska?

Bezeichnungen für Verwandtschaftsverhältnisse werden hier am Beispiel des Märchens von "Aschenputtel" erklärt.

LearnGermanToday

3_Aschenputtel und die liebe Verwandtschaft

Hi, everyone! I'm back in Japan now and I'll stay here for 2 months! I'll make episodes about my experience here and something I find interesting for you.
In this episode, I talk about my plan for this month.

Some words to check before listening to this:
・1冊（いっさつ）　　　  one book 
・XというY　　　　　　    Y called X
・旅（たび）　　　　　　travel
・映画館（えいがかん）　cinema

To find more episodes↓
https://tatsukisjapanese.buzzsprout.com/

To support me and get transcripts with a detailed explanation↓
https://www.patreon.com/tatsukisjapanese

たつきのにほんご

Going Back to Japan

Do you find it harder to be nice and cooperative when you're tired? You're not alone — and there's actually science behind that feeling.

Researchers in Italy looked at how being tired affected people's brains and the decisions they made.

They looked at a total of almost 450 people. The participants all started by doing a set of similar tasks for about 45 minutes — but for one group, the tasks were made much more difficult to make the participants mentally tired.

For example, the mentally tired group was given more difficult quiz questions to answer. And while everyone watched funny videos, the mentally tired group was told to try not to smile or laugh.

Participants then played several economic games that asked them to make decisions that would give different benefits to themselves and others, like deciding how to share points in a group.

It was found that mentally tired participants were much less likely to make cooperative decisions in the games. They were also more likely to choose "antisocial" and "spiteful" options — where they could, say, choose to use some of their own points to reduce someone else's points instead of using them to help themselves or the group.

Why did this happen?

Among the mentally tired group, the researchers found a much stronger increase in "slow-wave" activity in parts of the brain used for things like planning, paying attention, controlling emotions and understanding others. These "slow waves" are similar to the ones seen in our brains when we sleep.

The researchers said this increase in slow waves may explain tired participants' less cooperative decisions.

So when you're tired after a long day, you may be less nice because the parts of your brain you need to help you cooperate are actually going to sleep!