This episode gives some background to Part One and compares the sleepy diver to the American Dream idea of career management.

Expect the Unexpected

Time Part Two American Dream

Write please how you learn Russian. What is your way to memorize words? 
Напишите, пожалуйста, как вы изучаете русский язык. Как вы запоминаете слова?

Russian with Natasha

You can do it! Вы можете выучить русский язык !

*V-(으)려고 : A connective ending used when one has an intention or desire of doing a certain act. / ex) 대학교에 가려고 열심히 공부해요. 안경을 찾으려고 불을 켰어요.                                 *N전에/후에 :  before/after  /  ex) 1년 전에 한국에서 여행을 했어요. 저는 수업 후에 복습해요.  

Speaking Practice - Beginner

10. V-(으)려고, N전에/후에

¿Conoces estas palabras? ¿Son femeninas o masculinas? ¿Las usas? Te explico un poco más en el podcast.

Curiosidades sobre el español y su cultura

Peli, pelu, bici, tele y foto

How long do you want a movie to last? When do you start looking at your watch and wonder when you can leave the darkness of the cinema?

Or maybe it doesn't matter because you watch everything on streaming services, and you can pause anytime you like.

But according to a survey from the US, the perfect movie length is 92 minutes — about the same as a soccer match.

A polling company called Talker Research asked 2,000 people how long movies should be.

Only about 2% said they thought movies should be longer than two and a half hours, while just 15% want to watch a movie that's more than two hours long.

Movies like Dodgeball, Kung Fu Panda and Toy Story 2 are all about 92 minutes long.

But data suggests that the most popular movies are getting longer and longer.

A website called What to Watch found that the average length of the most successful movies has increased from 110 minutes in 1981 to 141 minutes in 2022.

The Guardian reports that nine out of the top 10 most successful films of all time are longer than two hours. Three of them are longer than three hours.

However, some say it's not the length of the film that's important, but how good it is.

There are really long films that feel much shorter because they're so interesting, and there are shorter movies that you wish would just end fast!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Survey Reveals the Perfect Movie Length

Today’s episode is “冬の家族物語 (fuyu no kazoku monogatari)《Winter Family Tale》.
I created a story about spending time with family in Japan during December and January.
This episode is JLPT-N5 level.

I created a quiz on this episode.
After listening, please take the quiz!

Please use this audio for listening and shadowing practices.

☆Words
電気毛布（でんきもうふ）：electric blanket
雪合戦（ゆきがっせん）：snowball fight
雪（ゆき）だるま：snowman
お腹（なか）が空（す）く：hungry
温（あたた）かい：warm
かぼちゃ：pumpkin
準備（じゅんび）：preparation
飾（かざ）る：decorate
サンタさん：Santa Claus
人形（にんぎょう）：doll
楽（たの）しみにする：look forward to
イチゴ：strawberry
冬休（ふゆやす）み：winter vacation
温泉（おんせん）：hot spring
卓球（たっきゅう）：table tennis
神社（じんじゃ）：shrine

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

☆Quiz for this episode
https://www.italki.com/quiz/set/17990?utm_source=copylink_share&utm_medium=share_content&utm_campaign=share_quiz

Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#47 Short story / 冬の家族物語《Winter Family Tale》/ storytelling // N5 Level / Japanese listening

Therapeutic English for your life. How to succeed in life and how to stay happy. 

We tend to have lots of thoughts and ideas about things but what's the quality of those thoughts?

Are they supporting us or destroyng us?

Do we know what they are ?

What if we'll ( for once ) become aware of what's in your mind and realize ( finally ) what is the real reason why we stumble from time to time.

Will that be of assistance?

This podcast will help you to explore what's in your mind so you may never need a coach or a psychologist as you'll know what you are creating.

Use it and May The Force Be With You :)

The Habits of Highly Effective English Communicators

Therapeutic English for your life. How to succeed in life and how to stay happy. 

こんばんは！Atsushiです。
今回も慣用句シリーズでいきます。

今日は肩を使った慣用句です。
今日も3つ話します。

① 肩の荷が下りる ーかたのにがおりる
これは、責任などから解放されて、気持ちが楽になる、という意味です。
例えば、
ーこの大役が終わって肩の荷が下りた。
ーこの仕事をやめて、ようやく肩の荷が下りた。
などと使います。


② 肩を落とす ーかたをおとす
これは、がっかりすること、を指す意味です。
例えば、
ー大切な試験に落ちた彼は、大きく肩を落とした。
ー彼はずっと好きだった彼女に振られ、大きく肩を落とした。
などと使います。

③ 肩を持つ ーかたをもつ
これは、対立している人の一方の味方をすること、などの意味です。
例えば、
ーそうやっていつもあの人の肩を持って！とか、
ーあの部長はいつも彼の肩を持つよね。
とか、言います。



肩は責任、期待のようなイメージとして捉えられていることが多いです。他の国ではどうなんでしょうか。気になりますね。

ということで、いかがだったでしょうか。
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！




Atsushi のJapanese podcast (travel/news /文法・漢字・語彙/Osaka/Hokkaido/🇹🇷🇬🇪🇦🇲🇪🇸🇵🇹)

#108 肩を使った慣用句、について

Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17gxy9GKIHUbIDKpFoEvPVFFSm9VHD1QQ/view?usp=drivesdk