Listen to the first part of the story of Hansel and Gretel read aloud in Dutch.

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Hans en Grietje deel 1 (Hansel and Gretel part 1)

こんにちは。いかがお過ごしですか。日本は暑いです。
今年は、梅雨がとても短く、6月の末から猛暑が続いている東京です。
そして、この猛暑に追い打ちをかけるように、「電力不足」が起きているんです。
最初は、えっ、なんで「電力不足」って思ってしまいました。
でもよく考えると、脱炭素化による電力不足が想像できます。
もはや二酸化炭素を大量に排出する火力発電はなかなか使えない時代ですよね。
なので、日本にある多くの火力発電所は休止しています。
では、原子力発電所はどうなったのでしょうか。
みなさんは2011年の東日本大震災を覚えていますか。あのとき起きた原発事故以来、日本にある多くの原子力発電所が稼働を停止しています。
なので、この10年日本は「原子力発電所を稼働すべきか否か」という問題を抱え続けているんです。別の言い方をすると、原子力政策を曖昧（あいまい）なまま放置しているのです。つまり、原子力発電所が再稼働できず、かといって廃止されるわけでもなく「放置」されたということです。この重要な問題を放置したことが、日本の電力不足を深刻化させた要因とも言えるかもしれません。
ただ、先日起きた深刻な電力不足は、多くの人の節電努力に加えて、太陽光発電でうまく電力を供給できたことで、大停電になるようなことからは免（のが）れられたようです。
日本人の節電努力、すごいと思いませんか。日本人は政府の「節電に協力してください」という言葉に真摯（しんし）に向き合い、きちんと協力する国民なのです。
そして、今回はこの猛暑で太陽光パネルに日光がよくあたり、たくさん発電できたことがよかったようです。
日本の夏はまだまだ長いので、節電努力はまだまだ強（し）いられそうです。
暑い夏をなんとか乗り切りたいです。みなさんも熱中症には気を付けてくださいね。

難しい言葉：
追い打ちをかける
排出する
曖昧（あいまい）な
稼働
再稼働
免（のが）れる
真摯（しんし）に向き合う
強（し）いられる
乗り切る
熱中症

難しい文法：
もはや～ない
かといって
すべきか否か
わけでもなく
とも言える


　



「のぞみ」の「日本ってどんな国」

我慢（がまん）ができる日本人

拼音

In todays episode we discuss diets and counting calories!

Let's have a chat (Discussions In English) 

Episode 35: Do you count calories when eating your meals? 

This is the first short episode in the story where two people meet. See the transcript below to help aid your comprehension.

Welcome English learners! Today we’re going to begin a story that will last for several episodes. You can listen to the story episode by episode and grow your vocabulary and listening skills. Enjoy!

James looked over his shoulder. He saw something running toward him very fast. His heart started beating rapidly. He thought it was a person, but when he turned to face them, he realized that it wasn’t a person. It was a large black dog. The dog was getting closer and closer, but it wasn’t barking at him. In fact, the dog looked happy. Then he saw why the dog was running. There was a tennis ball bouncing and rolling toward him and the dog was chasing it.

James looked up and saw a woman about one hundred yards away from him. She was short and blonde. The dog grabbed the ball with his mouth and started running back toward her.

“Good boy!” she said.

“That’s a beautiful dog you have,” James said to her.

“Thanks! Actually, he’s not my dog. I’m just watching him for a friend this weekend.” she replied.

“Oh, I see,” said James. “Well, how did your friend get you to dog-sit for them?” James asked.

“That’s actually along story,” she answered with a smile.

James liked her smile and he had time to spare. He walked casually toward her and the dog. 

“I’ve got time. What’s the story?” James asked. “My name’s James, by the way.”

“Jennifer. Nice to meet you. Well, it actually started a few months ago when I was hanging out with my friend…” she said.

Well, that’s the end of the story for this episode. Tune in to the next episode to hear more about what happens with Jennifer and James. Be sure to write down any new vocabulary and listen again to improve your comprehension. See you next time!


Stories in English

James Meets Jennifer

A leitura de hoje nos faz pensar sobre a sociedade de consumo a qual fazemos parte e somos atravessados, um texto do século passado que ainda hoje ressoa forte em nosso cotidiano. Na crônica Eu sei, mas não devia escrita pela autora Marina Colasanti para o Jornal do Brasil em 1972 nos faz lembrar de como deixamos nossas vidas serem pouco a pouco enquadradas dentro de rotinas e repetições que nos distanciam da beleza do agora. Ler as palavras de Marina é vislumbrar o capitalismo como um comedor de tempo, de mente, de corpos, de mundos. Espero que goste de ouvir tanto quanto gostei de ler. 

Ah! Ao final preparei um vocabulário com algumas palavras e expressões que surgiram na crônica. 

Tenha uma boa escuta!


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Model IELTS 2023 Answer. Part 2.  Describe a person you met at a party and enjoyed a conversation with.

You should say

Who was the person?
What topics did you discuss?
How did you feel?

Please Note: You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you are going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.

Please listen to all words that will stand out and record some of your own ideas to employ in your IELTS answers to have more flexibility when communicating your ideas in the test.

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Model IELTS 2023 Answer. Part 2.  Describe a person you met at a party.

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