I am a community tutor on italki and this is my weekly podcast covering wellness, health and life. My focus will be on conversational topics book with me to discuss these topics further. 

Matcha & Meditation

Review of the last two episodes for those who listen for the first time.

STRESS FREE STEPS

LONG TIME NO SEE

哄堂大笑[hōng táng dà xiào]：roar/house/big/laugh；The people of the whole house burst out [into] laughter.
唐朝 táng cháo：Tang Dynasty.
冯相 féng xiàng: the name of a person
官员 guān yuán：Government official
靴子 xuē zi：boots
同僚 tóng liáo：associate;colleague;fellow-officials
惊奇 jīng qí：wonder; be surprised



乐读中文 (Lè Dú Zhōngwén) - "Joyful Chinese Stories"

哄堂大笑[hōng táng dà xiào]

The musical sounds of English are important.  Some languages do not have this.  Stress and intonation are important when you speak.  You can copy this by listening to native speakers. Here are some suggestions.

Transcript:  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1LI-LewT7xTy4QnSMKskoQfvLba3G9Bdp&usp=drive_fs 



Pronunciation 

Problem two -  You don’t sound right - you need to listen and speak more

Đọc truyện bằng Tiếng Việt - Thứ 4 hàng tuần:  #1. Đeo chuông cho mèo
Reading in Vietnamese - Wednesday everyweek 
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 Đeo chuông cho mèo

Trong một cửa hàng bách hóa nọ có rất nhiều chuột. Hằng ngày, chúng phá phách và làm hư hỏng rất nhiều hàng hóa. Vì vậy, chủ tiệm đã quyết định mua một con mèo để dẹp yên lũ chuột này. Đàn chuột rất lo lắng về điều đó và tìm cách tự cứu lấy mình.

Một con chuột đứng dậy và nói: “Tôi có kế hoạch này, nếu chúng ta đeo một cái chuông vào cổ của con mèo thì mọi cử động của nó, chúng ta đều biết được”. Đây cũng là một ý kiến hay, thế nhưng vấn đề được đặt ra là ai sẽ làm điều đó. Và khi câu hỏi này được nêu lên, không một ai đáp lại.

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Đọc truyện Tiếng Việt - Thứ 4 hàng tuần:  #1. Đeo chuông cho mèo

Learn to speak about the weather in Spanish! Best for A2 students (elementary).

Super Basic Spanish

Basic Spanish: ¿Qué tiempo hace? (What's the weather like?)

How to remember new vocabulary? It's a tough task because we are not using them often. 

In this podcast you'll find exercise which will help you to build your own stories, practice speaking, learn to think and analyze in english and apply lots of knowledge you learned from the past.

Even though it's 10 minutes - it'll save you 5-10 years of wasting time learning new things then forgetting them.

Ring, tree, baby, rain, dream, ability, challenge, recording, hair, elephant.
1.	my father bought my mom a ring
2.	i love pine trees
3.	neighbors baby is so loud
4.	rain gives me pleasant feelings
5.	if you have a dream and turn it into a goal you’ll have a path to follow
6.	it’s a challenge to get into oxford university 
7.	i am recording my teacher’s voice when in a classroom
8.	her hair is lovely 
9.	you can ride elephants in Thailand 
my mom has a ring and on that ring there is a symbol of tree. When she was a baby her grandmother left it for her as a gift. One day it was raining an my mom stumbled upon a letter that her grandmother had left for her. How did happen? My mom saw a dream and in this dream she saw her grandmother pointing to a place where the letter was stored. Luckily my mom has as an ability to remember her dreams which many people have challenges with. My mom has a special method of doing this. She is recording her dream while sleeping ( she has a notepad next to her bad where she drops some things from her dreams). One days she saw a picture of hair and an elephant in her dream and up to now she can’t figure out what was the dream about. Even though she remembers her dreams from time to time she has challenges too. 

Listen to the podcast and follow along.

If you need help - send me a message for further guidance. 

Here to help you to up your game!

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

How to remember new vocabulary?

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
3月18日金曜日　天気/晴れ　気温/1℃

旭川市　Asahikawa
・ビールの会社がノンアルコールビールを開発した
・完成に3年かかった
・健康になりたい人たちから人気

［単語］
ビール（びーる）...お酒のひとつ。黄色いお酒。beer
ノンアルコールビール（のんあるこーるびーる）...アルコールが入ってないビール Non-alcoholic beer
開発（かいはつ）...新しく作ること development
完成（かんせい）...物を作って、それができる complete
健康（けんこう）...体と心が良い health
人気（にんき）...たくさんの人が好きになる popularity

北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#19〉3月18日金曜日　お酒じゃないビール

The number of couples getting married in South Korea increased by almost 15% between 2023 and 2024.

That's the biggest percentage increase in marriages since the government began collecting this data in 1970.

More than 222,000 couples got married in South Korea in 2024. That's good news for a country with one of the world's lowest birth rates.

The government has been trying to encourage people to get married and have children to help boost the country's shrinking population.

It may just have worked. However, not all young people are convinced that marriage is the right thing for them.

According to The South China Morning Post, many young people in the country are still choosing an "unmarried lifestyle" for personal and financial reasons.

Some said that getting married and doing things like buying a home and having children are too expensive.

Others felt they would be more likely to find happiness on their own.

The government data also showed that the number of marriages between South Koreans and foreign nationals has increased for the third year in a row.

There were almost 21,000 of these marriages last year. That's an increase of more than 1,000 from 2023, although still not quite as high as it was before the coronavirus pandemic.

Almost three out of 10 foreign husbands were from the US. And about a third of foreign wives were from Vietnam, while many others were from China and Thailand.

The number of divorces among couples of different nationalities also decreased last year, according to Yonhap News Agency.