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Do you prefer baths or showers?
There are so many different ways to get our body(s?) clean. The most common ones are to take a bath or have a shower. So, do you have a preference? Why is that?
For me, I prefer showers {for/ based on} three reasons.
First one, it's cleaner. Taking a shower uses running water, while baths use dead water. If I was in a really dirty situation, steeping myself into a tub of water just doesn't really seem helpful. By showering, I can flush the dirtiness away from my body without having to encounter them again. Has the thought ever occurred to you, that where you're wondering "Wait, did I just use foot-washing water to wash my face?". See where I'm going?
Second one, it's quicker. I don't actually have a bathtub in my bathroom, but I take it that it costs a while filling a tub full with water, and so does empty it. And I'm just not a lover of waiting on such trivial things.
Last one, it's more friendly to our environment. As a man (no offense to women), I just don't believe it will take more than a tub of water for me to do a shower. Although in where I live, the amount of water resources never seems to be a problem, it's always good to reduce the usage; if not for posterity, then for my water bills.
So, these are the reasons why I prefer showers rather than baths. But of course, enjoying yourself with a Jacuzzi while relaxing to sweep off today's tiredness is another thing. Either way, remember to wash yourself when necessary.
Aug. 23, 2025
Aug. 23, 2025
Aug. 23, 2025
La stabilità
Secondo me è essenziale avere stabilità in questo contesto economico.
La certezza di un posto di lavoro e una routine regolare possono migliorare la salute mentale. Conosco troppe persone che stanno ancora cercando lavoro senza riuscire a trovarlo.
Sono stata fortunata a poter fare domanda per un altro progetto all’interno dell’azienda, però questo non significa che non mi sia impegnata al massimo.
Ho superato vari colloqui, ho iniziato un tirocinio retribuito, ho sostenuto tanti test e ho sempre mostrato interesse.
Mio papà sta ancora cercando un nuovo posto di lavoro ed è rimasto deluso, perché quando si ha una certa età nessuno sembra interessato ad assumere.
Spero che le cose vadano meglio per lui, soprattutto perché non accetta la mia offerta di aiuto.
Aug. 23, 2025
GeoGuessr
Gestern war ein wunderschöner Tag. Zuerst habe ich einen Freund getroffen, und wir haben mit unseren Fahrräder anderthalb Stunden gefahren. Danach habe ich ein paar Stunden Deutsch geübt und einen anderen Freund angeruft, mit dem wir noch zwei Stunden zusammen GeoGuessr gezockt haben. Die Idee vom Spiel bester darin, dass man sich an einem zufälligen Ort auf Google Maps befindet und soll in einer beschränkten Zeit mit der Hilfe von Kennzeichen, der Sprache auf Schildern und einfach Glück es herausfinden, wo man ist. Wer näher das Zeichen stellt, der gewinnt die Runde. Die Anzahl der Runden hängt von den Einstellungen ab. Dieses mal hat der Freund gewinnt, aber ich war nicht weit vom Sieg! Zum Abschluss des Tages den Sonnenuntergang beobachtend fuhr ich mit dem Fahrrad und genoss den Abend.
Aug. 23, 2025
Aug. 23, 2025
Listening
Many people struggle to understand a new language because they take the first step incorrectly.
Their method is to read subtitles of videos, focusing on sentences and looking up words.
This is called the "visual-first approach".
However, English is an auditory-dominant language.
The correct order should be to first listen to the original audio without subtitles.
Write down what you hear, then compare it with the transcript to analyze your mistakes.
Listen repeatedly until you can form a clear picture in your mind.
Aug. 23, 2025
Aug. 23, 2025
Neuer Stil
Ab morgen schreibe ich hoffentlich jeden Tag eine neue Geschichte. Sie werden nicht realistisch sein, weil sie aus meiner Fantasie und meinen Träumen kommen. Einige davon habe ich sie schon auf Englisch geschrieben, aber die meisten haben mindestens einen Tod, und ich werde sie vielleicht nicht posten? Sogar damit sind die Themen nicht düster.
Aug. 23, 2025
Aug. 23, 2025
My Daughter-In-Law's Transfer Back to My City
This morning, I went to the 38th junior high school of my city with my wife. My daughter-in-law is going to work in this school from now on.
In 2015, my daughter-in-law was enrolled in a junior high school in the countryside via the public institution enrollment exam. That school is about forty kilometers from her home.
While she was working in that school, I tried several times to transfer her to a school in the city via my relationship, but I failed.
The leader in charge of the administration area that her school belongs to told me that there was no way for her to be transferred into schools in the city, unless she passes the examination for transfer of rural teachers to urban areas.
I told her what that leader said. She then took the exam one or twice. Unfortunately, she failed.
In August this year, she took the exam one more time, and she reached the lowest score requirement. Yesterday, she finally ended up choosing the 38th junior high school of my city.
From now on, I don't need to worry about any issues for my son's family. My son and my daughter-in-law both work in public institutions, which means they have stable jobs and not bad incomes. As for apartments and cars, I have already bought some for them.
My daughter-in-law's transfer back to my city is a big event for my family, and I am planning to treat her to a great meal in the best restaurant in my city.
Aug. 23, 2025
An Electronic Dictionary: A Formidable Ally 電子辞書は友達
They might think electronic dictionaries are only for high school students, but as an English learner, I use mine ardently.
I started using it again because the online dictionary I had relied on began bombarding me with ads, which slowed me down and irritated me. Eventually, I gave up and looked for another option. That’s when I remembered I still had an electronic dictionary I hadn’t touched for years. I wasn’t sure if it would work, but after replacing the batteries, it turned out to be perfectly fine.
It’s been a great tool for quickly checking meanings and pronunciations, and it even provides plenty of example sentences. Another feature I love is that it keeps a record of the words I’ve looked up.
There was also an unexpected bonus: it includes a Japanese dictionary. Even though I’m a native Japanese speaker, there are words I know but can’t explain clearly, or kanji I recognize but can’t write, such as “傀儡 (puppet)” and “灌漑 (irrigation).”
I’m glad that a tool I had forgotten about is now back in use. For language learners, a user-friendly dictionary is truly a formidable ally
Aug. 23, 2025
Voice Acters (137)
I'm a big fan of the anime Demon Slayer, so I like the voice acters, too.
I often watch YouTube videos where the Demon Slayer voice acters show up.
Voice acters usually plays a lot of characters in different series.
I found out that the voice acter plays the character named Genya from "Demon Slayer" and Himmel from "Frieren Beyond Journeys end."
I was surprised when I found out because the two characters are completely different types.
Aug. 23, 2025
Kinder
Ich kann es jetzt nicht sagen, ob ich definitiv Kinder in meinem Leben wollen werde, aber ich verstehe warum Manche sie wollen. Ich hätte ganz gerne erwachsene Kinder und Enkelkinder, die ich als Rentner besuchen könnte. Und ich verbringe ganz gern Zeit mit Babys und jungen Kindern. Aber ich weiß es nicht, ob ich Kinder 18 Jahren großziehen wollen würde. Ich will in meinem Leben viel Reisen und vielleicht von Ort zu Ort (oder Land zu Land) umziehen, also weiß ich es nicht, ob mein idealer Lebensstil gut für Kinder wäre. Es ist aber natürlich möglich, dass ich mich später entscheide an einem Ort zu bleiben, eine Familie zu beginnen, Kinder großzuziehen, usw. Ich glaube ich wäre als ein alter Mann froh wenn ich Kinder und Enkelkinder hätte, und würde ganz gerne zeit mit ihnen verbringen. Und ich mache mir andererseits Sorgen, dass ohne Kinder wäre ich ganz einsam als ein alter Mann, da das ein schweres Problem in unserer Gesellschaft ist.
Aug. 23, 2025
Duschen
Ich dusche viel lieber als zu baden, aber ab und zu bade ich gerne. Duschen ist tatsächlich eine meiner Lieblingsaktivitäten am abend nach einem langen Tag. Ich bin beruflich Komponist, und die Dusche finde ich oft der perfekte Ort, um über ein Stück oder ein musikalisches Problem nachzudenken. Ich bade normalerweise nur wenn ich krank bin.
Aug. 23, 2025
Las Leyendas
"Las Leyendas" are a couple of stories involving supernatural entities, often with a cultural background. There are a variety of scenarios such as dealings with the devil, a widow's ghost or evil goblins. This kind of plot is what got me hooked as a child.
Nowadays I barely remember some of these stories, there is no chance of hearing about them anywhere.
Aug. 23, 2025
Motivation im Alltag und Umgang mit Rückschlägen
Im Alltag motiviere ich mich besonders, wenn ich ein Text in meinem Tagebuch schreibe, weil ich meine Gedanken und meine Gefühle schreiben kann. Heute bin ich aufgeregt, weil ich morgen mit meiner Familie nach Florida reisen werde. Das wird mein erstes Mal, seit zehn Jahren werde ich in Florida sein. Wenn ich nach Florida reise, werde ich allein oder mit meiner Familie am Schwimmbad oder am Strand schwimmen. Außerdem werde ich zwei Themenparks in Orlando gehen. Ich weiß, dass ich viele Achterbahnen und Wasserfahrten machen werde. Vielleicht würde ich in einige Achterbahnen mit meinem Vater fahren, weil es auch Achterbahnen liebt.
Wenn ich einigen Rückschlägen habe, würde ich in meinem Tagebuch schreiben, da es einfacher ist, meine Gedanken zu verarbeiten. Ich kann meine Gefühle ohne Urteil anderer Leute. Hier schreibe ich über meinen Tag, um mich ruhiger zu fühlen. Übrigens kann ich über meinen Plänen denken, besonders wenn ich mich auf Stellen bewerbe.
Aug. 23, 2025
How easy is it for you to meet new people where you live?
I was looking for C1 speaking questions to practice a little bit and I found this.
For me, it's not easy to meet new people where I live. Many people think that Andaluces are really social and funny however, it isn't true at all.
In Seville, there are both normal and cool people. Meeting new guys here is not as easy as everyone think, you should hang out a lot in bars and parties to achieve it.
It must be said that when I was younger, I used to go to drinking in the streets where most of young people, who were the same age as me, hanged out. In this kind of places, I made many friends. I have no idea if this is also typical of other countries too.
Aug. 23, 2025
Minimum of five sentences with the Present simple tense
Usually I go to my workplace by car, but today I gone there by bike.
I often ride a bike during holidays.
I travelled as far as Berlin in Germany last summer. Tourists over there are not lost when they want to go somewhere in the city by bike because they can easily spot street signs at every road corner. Besides, there is a lot of bike lane all over the city so you can feel safe.
In France street signs are generally fixed on the 1st building of the street, so people have to pay more attention if they don't want to lose their way.
Thanks for reading my text! Feel free to correct any mistakes!
Aug. 22, 2025
Learning English again
I haven't studied English for 5 years and I took up this new hobbie: Using this platform everyday. However, none knows why I started doing this.
This is how it all began. I've been playing brawl stars for one year, unfortunately I'm a little bit addicted to it.
This game is based on killing another team with your own team that is made up of (formed by would be ok?) 3 of you. One of the worst things of this game are the random players who play with you, they usually play horrible and because of their lack of quality-playing (I don't think this expression is right), you always lose.
Brawl stars allows you to send friend requests to whoever you want to, so when I play with this kind of guys, I usually send these requests to insult them. The first time I tried to insult an English man, I realised how bad I was speaking in English, I had forgotten everything I knew.
It may sounds funny the way I realise that I had to bring English back in my life.
Aug. 22, 2025
El fin de semana
Debe haber una palabra que describa el sentido de acercarse a resolver un problema prolongado. No puedo pensar in ninguna pero siento que estoy por crear un sistema en la clase que pueda funcionar bastante bien y al mismo tiempo responder a las necesidades distintas de los estudiantes. Sin embargo, necesito tiempo para probarlo.
Ah, y quiero patinar este fin de semana. Y cuidar al perro que tuvo cirugía ayer. Hay mucho que hacer, pero si uso mi tiempo con cuidado, todo irá bien.
Aug. 22, 2025
Dominican Republic
Christopher Columbus arrived on the island in 1492, , and he named it Hispaniola.
After he completed his exploration of the New World, this expedition triggered a series of events that led to the birth of the Dominican Republic.
This was one of the earliest territories conquered by Spain.
The Spanish Empire designated Santo Domingo founded by Columbus and settlers as its capital.
The island was rich in precious metals and plants, which brought wealth to the empire.
European diseases virtually wiped out the native population.
Currently, the Dominican Republic is considered to be the richest country among the Caribbean islands.
Mostly due to the tourism industry, with a GDP of 114 billion US dollars.
Like many Caribbean countries, it has a tropical maritime climate with little variation in seasons except for rainfall.
The vast number of Christians are evangelicals, making up 50% of the entire country.
About 30% are Catholics and 19% are atheists.
The official language is Spanish.
Aug. 22, 2025
教科書の質問：加賀谷とおもてなし
加賀谷女将によると、「おもてなし」の精神とはどのようなものですか。下の単語を使って話しましょう。
「基本通り、お客様、要望、サビース、自分の喜び」
加賀谷女将は「おもてなしとはお客様の気持ちを理解してサビースすることです」と言っていました。お客様を求めるサービスが違うし、同じお客様でも時によってが変わることもわけし、基本通りにやっているサビースは６０点しかないので、常にお客様が考えいていることを先回りして、実現できるように策を練ります。お客様の喜びは自分の喜びにならない限り、おもてなしはできません。
あなたの国には、どのような「おもてなし」がありますか。
アメリカのサビース業では 「The customer is always right.」というフレーズがあります。レストランやホテルのスタッフは笑顔と積極的な姿勢でお客様に接します。お客様の様子をよく見たり、お客様が困っている時は「何かご用ですか」に聞いたりすることです。早いサビースも重視します。高級なホテルとリゾートでお客様がくつろぐために、色々なアメニティがあります。お客様もルームサービスを頼めます。
そういえば、高校の４年生時に、AP アメリカ政治の授業はワシントンD.C.でHiltonのホテルに泊まりました。毎朝、大きい部屋に朝ご飯が出られました。白いテーブルクロスをかけたテーブルがあって、部屋も綺麗でした。朝ご飯はシリアルを牛乳にかけただけが、僕は特別を感じました。
もし加賀谷があなたの国に進出するなら、どのようなことに気をつけるべきだと思います。どんなサービスがあるといいと思いますか。
どこに旅館の開店を選ぶのに気をつけるべきだと思います。読み物を読んだ通りのサービスがあるといいです。本文からすると、加賀谷のサービスは完璧らしいです。
Aug. 22, 2025
Aug. 22, 2025