"Alligator Baby" is a fun children's book by Robert Munsch. It's about a family who gets a surprise package—a baby alligator instead of a human baby! The family tries to figure out what to do with the alligator while they search for their real baby. It's a silly and funny story with colorful pictures that kids will love.

Story Time for Kids with Teacher Amanda

Episode 10: Alligator Baby by Robert Munsch

3minutes listening practice 3分钟听力练习

CHAO's HSK Listening Capsule（Advanced）|A Daily Dose to Sharpen Your Ears|CHAO的HSK听力胶囊（高级）

CHAO‘s HSK Listening Capsule（Advanced）HSK5-5 发现生活中的小快乐Discovering small joys in life

News with zhe

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Ollie Gamblin, 33, from the UK, and Lavinya Scholl, 35, from Germany, met in 2017 while cherry picking in Tasmania. Their mutual love for adventure took the pair all around Australia together — and seven years later, it took them all around the world, even earning them a Guinness World Record.

The pair recently became the youngest duo to circumnavigate the world on a motorcycle while riding pillion — which means one person driving and the other riding on the back. They visited 39 countries across five continents, riding 75,000 kilometers in 589 days.

"We wanted to see the world!" Ollie told us when we asked what their inspiration for the trip was. The idea of trying for a Guinness World Record came from the couple's friend, who had attempted a similar challenge.

"It made a good structure to the trip, a mission that we could aim for," Ollie added.

Beginning in London, the pair headed into France and Spain before crossing over into Morocco. They then rode south to Senegal before shipping their bike to Brazil.

The journey wasn't without its challenges — one being the pair's lack of motorcycle experience.

"We always go by the phrase 'learn by doing,'" Ollie told us. Reflecting on an oil slick that nearly sent them off a mountain road in Peru, he added: "Sometimes we truly believe that we must have had angels watching over us."

One of the biggest highlights for the pair was the generosity shown by the strangers they met, including an occasion in Nicaragua where a local man repaired their bike for free.

After riding around the bottom of South America and all the way up to Canada — stopping in Las Vegas to get married — they flew the bike to South Korea.

They then traveled west through Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, then through nine more countries in Europe to get back to the UK.




Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Duo Youngest to Circumnavigate Globe on a Motorcycle

introduction episode :) 
get to know me and my story, let's start this journey together! 

Studying Sports Science in Italy

Sports science with Barak -1 

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Dylan & Douglas' Korean Podcast!

(podcast #3) 고등학교에서 어느 과목을 가장 좋아했어요? (1B) (Which subject did you like the most in high school?)

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Ich sitze im Garten, im warmen Halbschatten, mit einem kühlen Getränk und lasse die Seele baumeln. Die Sommerzeit ist perfekt zum Seele-baumeln-lassen, wenn man gerade nicht arbeiten muss. Die Vögel zwitschern, und die Blumen duften herrlich. Alles ist ruhig und friedlich. In solchen Momenten kann man die Sorgen vergessen und einfach nur entspannen.

„Die Seele baumeln lassen“ ist eine schöne deutsche Redewendung. Sie bedeutet, dass man sich entspannen und wohlfühlen soll. Es ist wie eine kleine Pause vom Alltag. Man macht nichts Wichtiges, sondern genießt einfach den Moment. Man kann die Seele baumeln lassen, wenn man im Garten sitzt, ein Buch liest oder einen Spaziergang macht. Es ist wichtig, solche Momente zu haben, um sich zu erholen und neue Kraft zu tanken.

Was bedeutet das Bild „Seele baumeln lassen“ genau? Das Wort „Seele“ beschreibt den inneren Teil eines Menschen. Es ist das, was man fühlt und denkt, das, was einen glücklich oder traurig macht. Die Seele ist etwas ganz Persönliches. Außerdem ist die Seele nach religiösem Glauben der körperlose Teil des Menschen, der unsterblich ist und nach dem Tode weiterlebt. Das Wort „baumeln“ bedeutet, dass etwas locker hin- und herschwingt, wie zum Beispiel eine Hängematte. Wenn man die Seele baumeln lässt, stellt man sich vor, dass die Seele ganz entspannt und ruhig hin- und herschwingt. Es ist ein Bild dafür, dass man sich gut fühlt und keine Sorgen hat.

Also, wenn du das nächste Mal Zeit hast, probiere es aus: Setze dich hin, entspanne dich und lasse einfach die Seele baumeln!

Die kleine Dosis Deutsch

Redewendung: Die Seele baumeln lassen

今日は呪術廻戦を五話まで見て、一話ずつ感想を話しました。ぜひファンの方は感想を教えてください！

☆目次
0:00 オープニング
0:47 第一話を見て
3:04 第二話を見て
5:20 第三話を見て
9:28 第四話を見て
12:19 第五話を見て

☆語彙
処刑（しょけい）
共存（きょうぞん）
宣言（せんげん）
飄々（ひょうひょう）とした
廃墟（はいきょ）
疎外（そがい）
儀式（ぎしき）
クセが強（つよ）い
負（ふ）の感情（かんじょう）
自律神経（じりつしんけい）
五月病（ごがつびょう）
反映（はんえい）


"After 5" by Japanese Teacher

“Watching Jujutsu Kaisen” 呪術廻戦を五話まで見て

It's no secret that Hawaii is a favorite destination for Japanese tourists. In 2023, the islands welcomed around 573,000 visitors from Japan — the most from any country.

But did you know there's a connection between Japan and Hawaii that goes beyond travel and into clothing?

Aloha shirts, also known as Hawaiian shirts, have roots in Japanese culture, beginning with Japanese immigrants in Hawaii.

In the late 1800s, Japanese immigrants in Hawaii started importing Japanese clothing as well as rolls of fabric to make clothes with.

In the 1920s, locals in Hawaii saw these fabrics and started using them to make casual dress shirts with Japanese patterns on them. These shirts became popular with tourists to Hawaii.

Soon after, aloha shirts were made in bulk, but instead of using fabric made for Japanese clothing, stores in Hawaii started bringing in printed fabrics made just for aloha shirts.

And by the late 1930s, the designs had changed from Japanese patterns to the Hawaiian inspired patterns we're used to today — images of Mount Fuji and Japanese pine trees were replaced with things like coconut trees, surfers and fish.

But even though today's aloha shirts don't look very Japanese inspired, they still remain popular within Japan.

Yosuke Seki, an aloha shirt aficionado who goes to Hawaii every year, told CNN he wears his shirts daily, and hopes to inspire others to try them.

"Right now, I'm wearing a replica of one of the expensive designs," Seki said, adding that his shirt cost between $130 and $200. The more expensive shirts can cost thousands of dollars, he explained.

And for some fans, aloha shirts are not just clothing — they're collectable items, or even considered art.

Yoshihiro Nakano is the brand director of Sun Surf, a Japanese company that has been making aloha shirts for about 50 years. Many customers don't even wear the aloha shirts they buy, and instead just collect them or frame them, Nakano told CNN.