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Easy News📺
I introduce Japanese news in easy Japanese.
Today’s Theme is “Upcycling”.
This episode is N4 level.
Please use this audio for listening and shadowing practices.

◇words◇
アップサイクル (appusaikuru)：upcycling
捨（す）てる (suteru)：throw away
服（ふく）：clothes
皮（かわ）：peel
環境（かんきょう）：environment

☆Script for this episode
The scripts (URL) are listed in the overview section of the channel.

Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#6 Easy News / アップサイクル（Upcycling）// N4 Level

皆さん、お久しぶりです！！
しばらくポッドキャストを休んでいましたが、また月１くらいのペースで更新していこうと思います！
今回は、最近気になっている新語について話します。

It’s been a while!
We have been taking a break from podcasting for a while, but we are going to start updating it about once a month again!
This time, we talk about new words that have been on our minds recently. 

♤ キーワード
・絡む（からむ：hang out）
・素行が悪い（そこうがわるい：behave badly）
・湯船に浸かる（ゆぶねにつかる：soak in the bath）
・出汁（だし：broth）
・属す（ぞくす：belong to）
・あるある（common things）
・黒装束（くろしょうぞく：dressed in black）
・積読（つんどく：the act of leaving a book unread after buying it, typically piling it up together with other such unread books）
・物騒な（ぶっそうな：dangerous）

♧ 理解度チェッククイズ
1. フミが最近気になっている言葉は？
2. それはどういう意味？
3. 元々どこで使われていた言葉？

♢ 前回のクイズの答え
1. フミが朝顔を育てようと思った理由は？
→ ２、３年前に育ててみたら、思いの外きれいだったから
2. 小学生用の朝顔の種にはどんな工夫がされている？
→ 子どもでも育てやすいように一手間加えてある 

BGM special thanks：MusMus

アヤさんとフミさんの日本語雑談（Aya and Fumi’s Japanese Chit-Chat）

Episode 29：最近気になっている新語（2024）

En este episodio aprenderás los diferentes usos del subuntivo imperfecto

Spanish Shortcut

EP 43. SUBJUNTIVO IMPERFECTO

Describe a time you were very busy.

You should say: 

When it was.
Why you were so busy.
How you managed it.
And explain how you felt about being so busy.





“ One of the busiest times I experienced was about 3 months ago, when I had to finish a very important and difficult assignment in order to graduate in my major, business management. 

I had only 2 weeks to complete this paper, and if I didn't meet the deadline, I would automatically fail my finals, as well as being unable to graduate, so it was of great importance to me. I also had a part-time job at this time, which took up a lot of my time and didn’t actually leave much time to complete my paper. 

The assignment was also very challenging, certainly  no walk in the park  and I needed to do a lot of research as well as collect a lot of data before I could even start to brainstorm ideas on how I would complete it. This meant I had to burn the midnight oil, and pull a few all nighters to be certain of having it finished to meet the deadline.

Although I didn’t exactly enjoy being so busy and under so much pressure, I felt very proud and satisfied to have completed the assignment after working all the hours god sent me. I was on cloud nine when I received my grade and discovered I got a straight A for the paper, and could now look forward to graduating.


Thank you…”


IELTS 85 Speaking

Describe a time you were very busy - IELTS speaking part 2

We're going to tell you a little. story. Just a short one. 4 minutes. Take a listen. Tell me what you think

English My Way

Sunhaven

有条“蚯蚓”真可笑（朱晋杰）
有条“蚯蚓”真可笑，
顺着鼻子上下跑。
哧溜一声——出来了，
哧溜一声——进去了。
不是蚯蚓是鼻涕，
掏出手绢快擤掉。
不要挂在鼻子上，
让人看见多不好。

Read Rhymes With Shirley

有条“蚯蚓”真可笑

One corvesations:

- ¿Estás haciendo algo interesante últimamente?

A: ¿Estás haciendo algo interesante últimamente?

B: Pues… estoy de descanso más que nada, poniéndome al día con todo lo que tengo que hacer.

A: Bueno, no pasa nada, todo el mundo necesita un descanso de vez en cuando.

B: Soy profesora, y suele haber muchísimo trabajo durante el año, así que siempre tengo un montón que hacer durante las vacaciones.

A: Espero que estés disfrutando de tener más tiempo.

B: ¡Desde luego! ¿Y tú?

A: He empezado a trabajar de camarera hace poco, y estoy dedicando casi todo el tiempo a eso.

B: ¿Por eso has empezado con las clases de inglés?

A: Bueno, ya quería de antes, pero el trabajo me ha dado la excusa perfecta.

B: Sí, nunca se sabe cuándo va a hacer falta. 