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Listening Supplement

Listening Supplement

por Shioda Study Room

Aprendizaje de idiomas

Temporada 2

St. Valentine’s Day in Japan: Unwrapping the Origins of Chocolate Giving

The practice of chocolate giving began around the 1950s or early 1960s when confectionery companies in Japan started promoting the idea of women giving chocolates to men on Valentine’s Day. This marketing strategy boosted chocolate sales during a period that was traditionally not associated with gift-giving.

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As air travel gets cheaper, more and more people are visiting famous sites aroundthe world. Although this increase in tourism brings economic benefits to the areas around these sites, tourists also cause unexpected problems. In particular, some famous works of art are being affected.

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The sense of smell is an important tool for animals that live together in groups. Dogs and wolves, for example, use smell to communicate with their families and with other groups. In a similar way, smell is important for humans.

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Over the past 20 years, more and more individuals have been buying locally produced food because it is better for both people's health and the environment.

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Thousands of years ago in Australia, people traveled long distances without getting lost. Aboriginal people had a special way to help them travel. They used songs to describe the mountains, rivers, and rocks that people would see while they were traveling.

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Dog sledding is one of the toughest sports in the world. A driver stands on a sled and guides a team of dogs that pulls the sled through the snow. Both the driver and the dogs must be very strong in order to compete.

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TeamworkMark is a high school student. Every year, his school holds a festival. For this year's festival, Mark's class wanted to do a dance performance. Mark suggested that they dance to jazz music, which he likes. At first, most of his classmates (did not agree with) him.

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Nearly three-quarters of the world's maple syrup is produced in the Canadian province of Quebec, and the industry contributes hundreds of millions of dollars to the province's economy every year. Producers there are legally required to join the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers and to obey its regulations.

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Around AD 550, the Ancient Pueblo people, or Ancients Puebloans, first settled the highlands of Mesa Verde in the US state of Colorado. Because of its high altitude, Mesa Verde received more rainfall than the surrounding lowlands, which were often affected by long droughts.

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Some researches found that providing a pleasant educational setting can improve children’s progress in reading, writing, and math by up to 16% in a year. Factors such as amount of daylight, temperature, and indoor air quality were found to have the greatest effect.

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