What's the difference?

Famous VS Notorious

      duì bu qǐ 
A：对不起！
     méi ɡuān xi
B：没  关  系！


HSK Standard Course Level 1 Audio of the textbook

Lesson 1 text 3

一个会讲一点中文的老外在水果摊上问老板：“苹果怎么卖？”
老板说：“每斤(美金)5块”。
老外掏出10美金说：“我要两个苹果”然后嘀咕道：“中国的东西一点儿也不便宜，比我国家的还贵。
 
A foreigner who could speak a little Chinese asked the boss at a fruit stall, "how do you sell apples?"
The boss said, "5 yuan per catty ."
The foreigner took out $10 and said, "I want two apples." then he muttered, "Chinese things are not cheap at all. They are more expensive than my country's.

Měi jīn 每斤：every catty       Měi jīn美金： USD

开心一刻 Jokes

每斤5块 měi jīn wǔ kuài

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Arabic for life

الشوارع العربية

Spanish is a very international language, there are more that twenty Hispanic countries, each of them with dozens of different accents and dialects. In this episode I would like to discuss what accent or dialect is the best for a Spanish student (in case there is actually one).

THOUGHTS IN ANDALUSIAN SPANISH

El mejor ACENTO para APRENDER ESPAÑOL

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
〈#138〉11月22日火曜日　天気/くもり　気温/6℃ 

・雪は好きですか？
・最近とうとう雪が降りました
・みぞれが降った
・北海道の人は雪が好きではない
・寒いのが苦手
・スノーボード、スキー
・外は寒いけど、建物の中は東京などより暖かい
・喜ぶのは、犬と子どもだけです。
・雪かきをしないといけない

［単語］
みぞれ…雨と雪の間くらいのもの
スノーボード/すのーぼーど…冬のスポーツ
スキー/すきー…冬のスポーツ
雪かき/ゆきかき…雪を掃除すること。かたづけること。
苦手/にがて…きらい

レッスン待ってます♪

北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#138〉11月22日火曜日　冬が来た！雪！寒いよ‼

赤毛の女が カンパネラに ちかよります。
「あなたは、どうして私のこどものころを しっているの？」
「そのころの キミを ずっと見ていたからさ。」
「どこから？」
「空から」
カンパネラは 空中帝国を さしていいました。
「ぼくは、空から来たカンパネラだ。」

赤毛の女の名は『ヨナヨナ』といいました。
カンパネラは ヨナヨナに 空中帝国の存在を つたえました。
『森』の人間たちは、空に人間が住んでいるなんて、古い いいつたえだと思っていたようです。
ながい時間が、おたがいの存在を 消してしまったのでしょう。
「キミたちの からだは、『森』に住んでいても、なんともないのかい？」
「おかしなことをいうわね、カンパネラ。人は森と ともに生きるものよ」
「ぼくの世界ではそうじゃない」
「空中帝国には森はないの？」
「あるけど、それは殺菌された人工の森さ。空中帝国に住むぼくたちの からだでは、
　自然の森で暮らすことはできない」
ふたりは、おたがいが暮らす世界のことを話しあいました。
そのうちに、カンパネラもヨナヨナも おなじことを思うようになります。
’’どうして、人間の世界が ふたつに わかれたんだろう？’’

朗読クラブ📚Reading to Japanese language learners 

朗読：『オルゴールワールド』#7 にしのあきひろ著

Saudi Arabia scored a big win in its campaign to attract major sports events to the kingdom when it was formally named as the 2034 men's soccer World Cup host on December 11.

For the last year, there hasn't been too much doubt that Saudi Arabia would be confirmed as host, as the only other contender — Australia — had withdrawn from the contest to host the World Cup.

Awarding the tournament to Saudi Arabia has been seen as controversial by some soccer observers.

That's mostly because of the country's human rights record. Some have said that Saudi Arabia is using sports to divert attention from social or environmental problems, something that's known as sportswashing.

Saudi Arabia has denied this is the case.

The World Cup may be a number of years away but there are a lot of questions that need to be answered about the tournament, from where games will be played to how workers' rights will be protected.

Saudi Arabia aims to host all 104 games, though there has been speculation that some games could be played in neighboring or nearby countries.

Currently, 15 stadiums have been proposed, although eight are still on paper. They include a 92,000-seat venue planned in Riyadh and another near the capital that's set to be on top of a 200-meter cliff.

The timing may also be an issue. The tournament may have to be moved from the traditional period of June and July to the cooler months of November and December.

This also happened for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, although it wasn't a move that was popular among European soccer clubs, who had their domestic seasons interrupted.

The question of workers' rights was also discussed before and during the competition in Qatar. Saudi Arabia has promised to reform and enforce labor laws, and fully respect migrant workers, but some human rights groups are skeptical.

In the meantime, there are still World Cups in 2026 and 2030 to think about!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Saudi Arabia Confirmed as 2034 World Cup Host

여자친구 정말 예쁘다, 너보다 훨씬 어려 보여.
你女朋友真漂亮，长得比你年轻多了。  

정말? 그런데 나보다 나이가 많아. 
真的吗？可是她比我大。 

뭐라고? 연상연하 커플이네. 
什么？你们是姐弟恋啊。 

爱情哪有什么限制，喜欢就好。  
사랑에 제한이 어디 있어, 좋으면 된 거지.

* 연상연하 커플 姐弟恋 
* 어리다 年轻
* 사랑, 애정 爱情
* 제한 限制