How long has it been since you wrote a letter？

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你有多久没写信了？

一天yī tiān 晚上wǎn shang ，一yī 个gè 男孩nán hái 和hé 一yī 个gè 女孩nǚ hái 在zài 公园gōng yuán 散步sàn bù 。

男孩nán hái 说shuō :”今天jīn tiān 晚上wǎn shang 的de 天气tiān qì 不bù 太tài 好hǎo ，有点儿yǒu diǎnr 冷lěng 。”

女孩nǚ hái 说shuō :”是shì 的de ，我wǒ 也yě 觉得jué de 今天jīn tiān 晚上wǎn shang 有点儿yǒu diǎnr 冷lěng 。”

说shuō 完wán 后hòu ，男孩nán hái 看kàn 了le 看kàn 自己zì jǐ 的de 衣服yī fu。这zhè 时shí 女孩nǚ hái 心里xīn lǐ 很hěn 高兴gāo xìng ，她tā 以为yǐ wéi 男孩nán hái 要yào 把bǎ 自己zì jǐ 的de 衣服yī fu给gěi 她tā 穿chuān 。但是dàn shì 男孩nán hái 说shuō :”还好hái hǎo 我wǒ 今天jīn tiān 穿chuān 了le 两liǎng 件jiàn 衣服yī fu。”

A short and interesting Chinese daily article  for every day

take a walk 散步

En este podcast te hablaremos brevemente sobre 3 puntos que te ayudaran a mantenerte motivado.

Cuentos breves de motivación.

¿Cómo mantenerse motivado?

How to say "Excuse me", "Yes and No", and "Where is the bathroom" in Japanese.

Japanese Channel with Momoko

Useful Travel Phrases_01

Today's topic is, how to be more confident when speaking in meetings.

Some of you might know this already but my full time job is working with non native English speakers one to one on video calls to improve their’s confidence and ability when using English at work. And the number one thing that people tell me they need to improve is their confidence in meetings. How can I become more confident in meetings, how can I express my ideas better, how can I make my meetings easier. This is what we’re going to discuss today. 

For non-native English speakers, speaking in meetings can be a challenging and daunting task. Whether you’re presenting in front of a large group or just participating in a small discussion, it can be difficult to feel confident in your ability to express yourself. However, with a few simple tips, you can start speaking more confidently in meetings sooner rather than later.

At the same time, we’re going to look at some useful vocabulary and sentence structures that we can use to do this. So if you want to grab a pen to take some notes, feel free, and let’s get started.

Oh, and right at the end we’ll review a couple of the more interesting pieces of vocabulary I’ve included in today’s podcast.

Breakout Business English

Breakout Business English - Ep 5 - Speaking in meetings. How to become more confident.

One of Coca-Cola's many taglines was: "You can't beat the real thing." The company was trying to say that even though there were a lot of similar drinks, none of them was as good as the "real" Coke.

You might not agree. But when it comes to art, researchers in the Netherlands think it's true — you can't beat the real thing.

A small study has found that real artworks stimulate the brain much more than posters or prints of the same work.

The Mauritshuis ("MAO-rits-haus") Museum in The Hague commissioned the study. The museum's best-known artwork is Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer.

Researchers showed this artwork and four others to 20 people. While they were looking at the paintings, their brain activity was measured using a brain scanner.

The participants were also asked to look at posters of those same five artworks. The researchers compared their brain activity when looking at the real artworks and when looking at the posters.

They found that when looking at the real artworks, participants had an emotional response that was 10 times stronger compared to when they were looking at the posters.

Martine Gosselink from the museum said this was an "enormous difference." She said they had thought that looking at the real thing might give people a richer experience, but now "we can really say that it is true."

The researchers said the real art caused a strong emotional response in a part of the brain called the precuneus. This part of the brain is involved with self-reflection and personal memories.

Some have said that this research demonstrates the importance of museums and galleries for people of all ages.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Study: Real Art Stimulates Brain More than Posters

안녕하세요. Hello~
한국어 듣기 수업 시작해요. Let's start with the Korean listening class.
선생님 읽어요.  I read it.
잘 들으세요. Please listen well.

I posted the sentences on my blog. 
https://blog.naver.com/laramcraft/222863445405
https://youtu.be/VNUNS2srv2Y

The basics are important.
It is also good to check the basics of 한글 Hangeul before this listening class.
1-1. Korean alphabet - Vowels 모음 - What is Hangeul?
https://youtu.be/0YzhJ9p2lcs
2-1. Korean alphabet - Consonants 자음 -what are the consonants 자음?
https://youtu.be/lckgvQ_vreA
3-1. Korean alphabet - Final Consonants 받침 - What are the final consonants 받침?
https://youtu.be/sLlFmG30fNI

This is a class to listen to Korean conversational sentences.
In this voice recording for listening, 
After reading many sentences in Korean conversations sentences, 
Check out how much you understand the sentences with a voice recording. 
Never look at the sentences when listening to the voice recording. 
And Listen to the sentence repeatedly until you hear it completely. 

You are listening to the Sejong Korean conversation. (세종학당)
There are four books in total. (Korean conversation, 1, 2, 3, 4.)
It consists of 1st and 2nd courses for beginners and 1st and 2nd courses for intermediate.
Each course is conducted in 14 units. (2 grammar - for each unit.) 
This listening class you are taking is Korean Conversation 2. (Beginner 2) 
Please listen carefully.

Korean Listening Class 한국어 문장 듣기 - Korean teacher, Grace

Korean Conversation 2 - Lesson 4. Part 1 -을래요/-ㄹ래요, Part 2 -지요?  (Beginner 2)

¡Hola!
I hope this podcast will be fun and interesting for you and keep achieving your goals in spanish.

In spanish sounds better

Intro

同じ気温でも　暑いと感じるか　寒いと感じるかは　人によって違います。
わたしは　大阪の近くに住んでいます。
今朝の最低気温は3℃でした。私にとっては　かなり寒いです。
朝、起きたら　暖房をつけます。
でも、ある海外の生徒さんに、「今日は寒いですか」ときいたら、「寒くない」と言います。
それで、気温は何度かきいたら、「－15℃です。」と言うんですね。
－15℃！　寒いでしょ！！　
こんなふうに、住んでいる場所によって　同じ気温でも、暑い、寒いの感じ方は　全く違うということですね。

Whether you feel hot or cold at the sam temperature depends on the person.　I live near Osaka.　The lowet temperature this morning was 3 degrees. It is quite cold for me.
Ｂut when asked one overseas student if it was cold todey, she replied tha it wasn't.
So I asked her what the temperature was, and she said minus 15 degrees.
-15℃！　It's really cold!
Depending on where you live, you may feel hot and cold at the same temperature in very different ways.

便利な　べんりな　convenient
気温　　きおん        air temperature
布団　ふとん            futon
暖房　だんぼう        heating
感じ方　かんじかた   way of feeling
違う　　ちがう        different
海外　　かいがい     overseas
にっこり笑(わら）って　smile cheerfully
答える　こたえる    answer
寒（さむ）くないはずがない = ぜったいに　さむいはずだ　It must be absolutely freezong.
人（ひと）によって   depending on the person
南の国　　みなみのくに  southern countries
それほどでもないです   not so much
平気な顔　へいきなかお   nonchalent look on one's face
おっしゃる  say
扇風機　せんぷうき   electric fan
がんがんに=とても　つよく　very strong
温度設定　おんどせってい    temperature setting
やっぱり   also
南北に長い　なんぼくにながい   long north-south
服装　ふくそう   attire



