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The Tooth Fairy (with transcript)

Talvi on täällä! Mitä kaikkea voi harrastaa ja tehdä lumisessa luonnossa? Tässä podcastin jaksossa jaan vinkkejä lumisessa luonnossa liikkumiseen lähialueella ja kaupungissa. Retkiluistelu, potkukelkkailu ja hangessa käveleminen ovat hyvää talvista liikuntaa. 

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21. jakso: Talvivinkit lumiseen luontoon

In this episode we don't have a guest. I just talk a little about why I decided to create this podcast.

Portuguese With Caro

Why did I create this podcast?

I’ll introduce Japanese culture in easy Japanese.
Today’s Theme is “お盆（ぼん）《Bon festival》”.
This episode is JLPT-N3 level.

I created a quiz on this episode.
After listening, please take the quiz!

Please use this audio for listening and shadowing practices.

☆Words☆
お盆（ぼん）：Bon festival
Obon is one of the Buddhist events. In Buddhism, it is believed that the spirits of family ancestors come back to this world during the Obon period between July and August, and a series of events take place to commemorate them.
Obon is regarded as one of the most important family occasions of the year in Japan.
Although Obon is not an official holiday, many offices are temporarily closed for business during this period. 

盆踊（ぼんおど）り：Bon Festival dance
Bon Odori is a traditional Japanese dance that is generally performed at events or festivals during Obon holidays.
Participants wear yukata, a casual traditional Kimono-style garment, and dance to traditional music while circling around a stage to honor the spirits of ancestors.

移動（いどう）する：move

仏教（ぶっきょう）：Buddhism

先祖（せんぞ）：ancestor

もてなす：treat / welcome

仏壇（ぶつだん）：Buddhist altar

迎（むか）え火（び）：welcoming fire
“迎え火” is a sacred fire that is often burned on August 13th in front of each household to guide the spirits of their ancestors back home.

提灯（ちょうちん）：chochin lantern

送（おく）り火（び）：seeing off fire
"送り火"is lit on the last day of Obon, which is generally August 16th to send the ancestors back to their world.

五山送り火（ござんのおくりび）：
The Send-off Bonfires of Five Mountains (Gozan no Okuribi) refers to the annual bonfires lit at various 5 locations including Nyoigatake (Mt. Nyoi known as Mt. Daimonji) on August 16 in Kyoto City.

阿波踊（あわおど）り：
“阿波踊り” is the largest and the most famous bon festival dance in Japan, attracting more than 1 million visitors from August 12 to 15 every year. 

☆Script for this episode
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☆Quiz for this episode


Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#43 Japanese culture / お盆《Bon festival》 // N3 Level /Japanese listening

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
〈#96〉7月27日水曜日　天気/くもり　気温/24℃ 

シマフクロウ/しまふくろう…鳥
・シマフクロウは天然記念物
・北海道だけに住んでる絶滅危惧種
・今年の調査で過去最多となる41羽のヒナが確認
・去年より4羽多い

［単語］
天然記念物/てんねんきねんぶつ…大切にする必要がある物
絶滅危惧種/ぜつめつきぐしゅ…同じタイプの動物が全部死ぬこと
調査/ちょうさ…調べる
過去/かこ…今まで
最多/さいた…一番多い
羽/わ…鳥の数え方。1羽、2羽、3羽
ヒナ/ひな…鳥の赤ちゃん


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北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#96〉7月27日水曜日　鳥のヒナが41羽

This podcast is aimed at people who have not taken the IELTS or who took it once without preparing and now want to prepare for a second try.
I'll describe how the test is organized, what the different types of questions are,
how the test is scored (banded) and the issues that are scored.

Accelerate Your IELTS Speaking with Ralph

IELTS Speaking Test Overview

Привет всем! Этот эпизод - обо мне.
Hello to everyone! This episode is about me.

A-1 vocabulary.

Русский с Натти | Russian with Nattie (from A1)

Обо мне | About me

Hi! I am Sylvia, your native mandarin teacher from China~
I would like to share you an excellent and funny Chinese animaition today! You could find out the Chinese culture and Chinese daily life in this animation.
while you are listening the introduction of this show, I will share you some useful words in Mandarin!
Hope you could learn with fun!!!

Please check today's vocabularies:
tuī jiàn
推 荐 recommend; recommendation
nǐ tuī jiàn chī shén me ？
你 推 荐 吃 什 么 ？ What do you recommend to eat？

dònɡ huà
动 画 animation; cartoon
wǒ xǐ huɑn zhè ɡe dònɡ huà 。
我 喜 欢 这 个 动 画 。 I like this animation.

lèi xínɡ
类 型 type
nǐ xǐ huɑn shén me lèi xínɡ de dònɡ huà ？
你 喜 欢 什 么 类 型 的 动 画 ？ What type of animation do you like?

xǐ jù
喜 剧 comedy
zhè ɡe xǐ jù hěn yǒu qù ！
这 个 喜 剧 很 有 趣 ！ This comedy is funny!

rì chánɡ
日 常 daily
wǒ de rì chánɡ shēnɡ huó hěn jiǎn dān 。
我 的 日 常 生 活 很 简 单 。 My daily life is simple.

Hope you enjoy today's show. If you like it, please subscribe and let's learn more Mandarin with fun!
Welcome to contact me to start your jouney of learning!~
Skype: ❀ Teacher Sylvia❀


Sylva Mandarin

Learn some words with Chinese animation

In this episode for intermediate and advanced English learners, I'll tell you about my cats, you'll learn some new vocabulary related to cats, and I'll discuss some idioms that include the word "cats.” (Music by Lesfm from Pixabay)