What is “White Day” in Japan? Do you know what it is for?
日本の「ホワイトデー」ってなんの日ですか？何をする日か知っていますか？

[Intermediate-Upper level] Interesting Japanese Not Taught In Schools About Japanese business culture, Japanese habits & Osaka

What is “White Day” in Japan? Do you know what it is for? 日本の【ホワイトデー】ってなんの日ですか？何をする日か知っていますか？ 

Namasté, 
In this episode, you will learn how to pronounce the following personnel pronouns correctly. 

- म            /ma/
- तिमी        /timi/
- तपाईं       /tapaaï/
- ऊ           /u/
- उनी         /uni/
- उहाँ         /uhää/
- हामी        /haami/
- तिमीहरु   /timi-haru/
- तपाईंहरु  /tapaaï-haru/
- उनीहरु    /uni-haru/
- उहाँहरु    /uhää-haru/

Dhanyabaad ! 

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Pronunciation of personnel pronouns

14 Listening tips for your IELTS exam

    Attempt all questions – there are no penalties for incorrect answers.
    Watch out for plurals in answers. If the question requires a plural answer, a singular answer is incorrect.
    Answers appear in the order they are heard in the audio. They come quickly or with large gaps between them.
    Prepare to hear a potential answer that is not the actual answer. This is common when two people are making plans. They first agree on meeting at a certain time, but then one remembers that they cannot so they decide on a new time.
    Take care when you transfer your answers and pay attention to the word limit for your answers on your answer sheet!
    Multiple-choice answers will ask for a letter (a, b, c, d). Write the letter and not the corresponding answer.
    When asked to complete a sentence using no more than two words, and the correct answer is “leather coat,” then “a coat made of leather” is incorrect. Same goes for numbers.
    Hyphenated words (like “part-time”) are considered as one word.

    Focus on what the speaker is saying not how they say it.
    Don’t take notes in complete sentences – jot down the key points and abbreviate. You only need to write down enough to help your memory later.
    Get the habit of distinguishing between essential and non-essential information. If two people are talking about making plans for a dinner date, the important information is the date/time they finally agree upon. Other dates/times they considered become irrelevant.
    Try to guess what the speaker is going to say. Speakers, will often drop clue words or outline what they will to talk about beforehand. This gives you the ability to start your own outline to then fill in.
    Listen to the audio while reading the audio script. This will help you get a sense of how questions are spaced out, as well as learning some useful common expressions that are frequently used in listening tests.

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14 Listening tips for your IELTS exam

大家好，您正在收听中文播客《丹霞说》，我是丹霞。你们好吗？吃饭了吗？你们喜欢吃什么菜呢？
   
         星期天，我和我的好朋友白雪来到了一家餐厅吃午饭。这家餐厅很特别，有中国菜和美国菜。服务员给了我们两杯水，她问我们需要点什么菜。
        我点了米饭和两个菜，白雪点了汉堡和薯条。我问白雪，你觉得美国菜还是中国菜更好吃？她说，我都喜欢！
        吃完午饭以后，我们去喝了水果茶，水果茶很好喝，也很便宜。我们觉得太快乐了！
    
这些词语你听明白了吗？
餐厅cān tīng  restaurant
*特别tè bié  special, especially
服务员fú wù yuán  waiter/waitress
点菜diǎn cài to order
*汉堡hànbǎo hamburger
*薯条shǔ tiáo French fries
还是hái shì or(in a question)
便宜pián yí cheap
觉得jué de think, feel
快乐kuài lè happy
*更 gèng more...
*完 wán finish, be over
*以后 yǐ hòu after...



On Sunday, my good friend Bai Xue and I went to a restaurant for lunch. This restaurant is very special which has Chinese food and American food. The waiter gave us two glasses of water, and she asked what we needed. 
I ordered rice and two dishes, and Bai Xue ordered a hamburger and French fries. I asked Bai Xue, do you think American food or Chinese food is better? She said, I like them all!
After lunch, we went to have fruit tea, which was delicious and cheap. We feel so happy!

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04. 美国菜好吃还是中国菜好吃？Měiguó cài hǎo chī háishì zhōngguó cài hǎo chī? Which is better, American food or Chinese food?

Two corvesations: 

1- ¿ En que trabajas ? 

2- Vacaciones

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Learn Spanish Conversation parte 18

En este episodio hablaré sobre Brasil, información relevante sobre su cultura, su música, su comida y otros detalles. Bienvenidos.

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The survey was done in November 2022 by Nielsen Book Data. It found that in the UK, 34% of people aged between 14 and 25 used YouTube — which is known for its BookTube community — for their book ideas.

TikTok was used by 32%, and 27% went to Instagram to find out about new books.

Some reports in recent years have said that young people are reading less than ever. But according to The Guardian, people in the 14 to 25 age group bought around 61 million books in the UK in 2022.

This was 18% of all books bought.

And it's not just social media where they're finding reading recommendations.

The most common way to discover new books is by talking to friends. Forty-one percent said they do this, while 35% find out about their books by visiting bookshops.

The survey also reported that fantasy action and fantasy adventure stories are the most popular among young people.