Hola. ¿Qué tal si hablamos de los animales más populares de Costa Rica?
Lee el texto aquí: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RkMj3iDPdTv5vFk375wC_NoY6oTWgy8tCIyhIhWag7Q/edit?usp=sharing


Natural Spanish Fluency

Animales de Costa Rica

En este episodio hablo de las diferentes herramientas que tenemos actualmente a nuestro alcance para aprender un nuevo idioma

LEARNING SPANISH WITH VERO

HERRAMIENTAS ACTUALES Y PLATAFORMAS COMO ITALKI EN LOS IDIOMAS

Why do some Ukrainians use Russian grammatical patterns and/or words in Ukrainian and vice versa? Is it because both languages are commonly spoken in Ukraine or is there a more complex issue? Let's find out!

All About Ukrainian

What is суржик?

One Minute Speaking Challenge: Conflict at work

The goal for these challenges is to inspire you to express your opinions and have you think in English more.

How do you define a conflict? Why might it arise? What 'position' do you want to take in a conflict? Are you the blamer or are seeking for a win-win scenario?

Some useful idioms that you can incorporate in your story are:

1. Backlog: A large accumulation of uncompleted work.
2. Get the ball rolling: To start a project or task.
3. Bend over backward: To make a significant effort to help someone.

I hope today's topic will inspire you to express yourself more leaving no space for not practicing :)

Share it with friends and let me know how I can help you.

To your success
Anatoly

One minute speaking challenge - Challenge yourself to speak English daily!

One Minute Speaking Challenge: Conflict at work

I explain in the episode the meaning of the very casual expression "un huevo". Listen to the podcast to find out what native speakers say when they use it. 

De todo un poco

Un huevo 🥚🍳/ One egg??? 🤔

HSK2

HSK2-10-4

这个多少钱？   那个多少钱？   
zhè gè duō shǎo qián ？  nà gè duō shǎo qián ？ 

这个 200 元/块
zhè gè 200 yuán / kuài

日常中文（Daily Chinese）

How much is this？  这个多少钱？

You've just gotten a new job! That means you'll be earning a bit more — so you go out to celebrate and buy yourself that nice car you've been looking at.

Or perhaps you've finally finished paying off your mortgage, so you let yourself eat at restaurants more often, and start getting a nicer coffee on the way to work every day.

Then you look at your bank account and wonder where all the money went!

Something called "lifestyle creep" might be to blame.

Lifestyle creep, also called "lifestyle inflation," is when you find yourself with some more money — for example, after getting a new job or paying off a mortgage — but then spend more as a result.

You find a new lifestyle creeping up on you like a monster from behind the sofa!

It's easy to do: you feel you've earned the right to enjoy yourself and treat yourself to some small luxuries.

But experts warn that this can quickly get in the way of your financial goals — if you're saving for retirement, for example.

And if you get used to the changes you've made to your lifestyle, you could even end up in a worse position than you were in before.

Of course, we all need to treat ourselves from time to time. But if you find you're not saving any more even as your income has increased, that may be a sign that you need to make a change, according to finance expert Robin Aiken.

The trick is to stick to a budget, even as you begin to earn more.

You can still enjoy nice things, says financial planner Paco de Leon, but try to avoid too much impulse buying — that's buying something without giving it much thought.

With some smart saving, you can make that extra income go a long way — and keep the monster behind the sofa!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Spend and Save: How to Beat 'Lifestyle Creep'

こんにちは！
Japanese daily life podcast のAtsushiです。
このPodcastは、日本語を楽しく勉強しているみなさんに向けたPodcastです。

ぼくの日常生活の話を聞くことで、日本語のリスニングをよくしたり、新しい言葉を知ってもらえたらいいなと思います。


みなさんお元気でしょうか。
今日もジョージアでPodcastを録っています。

今回のPodcastは日本の話。
北海道のさっぽろ雪まつりについてです。

今年2024年も、札幌で雪まつりがあります。

今年の期間は、2/4〜2/11までの1週間です。

さっぽろ雪まつりは、1950年に地元の中・高校生が6つの雪像を大通公園に作ったことがきっかけで始まりました。

それからなんと今年で74回目の開催。
21.22年はオンラインのみで開催されました。

去年2023年はぼくも奥さんと一緒に見に行きました。
本当に寒かったですが、たくさんのクオリティの高い雪像せつぞうがあり、おどろきました。

去年も外国の方はたくさんいましたが、今年はもっと多いでしょうね。

ちなみに、今年のデザインの1つは、マンガのゴールデンカムイです！

ここ3年ぐらいでぼくが1番好きなマンガです。

このマンガは明治時代の北海道とアイヌの話。
死刑囚たちが隠した、たくさんの埋蔵金をさがすストーリー。

今年はそのマンガの雪像が見られます！
行ける人、うらやましいです！


ぼくのレッスンを受けてくれている人が1人、雪まつりに行くと話していました。

彼に写真をたくさん撮ってもらって、そのことについてレッスンで話したいなと考えています。

もし、みなさんの中で今日本にいて、ちょうど時間がある人は、さっぽろ雪まつりを見に行くのもいいですね！


ということで、
今回も最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！
ではまた！

