Have you ever wondered what different kinds of celebrations are celebrated at the end of the year in different cultures? In honour of our German heritage we celebrate Heilig Abend and new this year, the Rauhnächte. In honour of our North American heritage we celebrate Christmas. And in the tradition of a Celtic past we celebrate the Feast of Lights at Winter Solstice.

Philosophical Friday

Holiday Special. Today I’d like to share with you some end-of-year traditions we celebrate in our home which is a mixture of three cultures.

Here we continue the story, the day after. See how much you understand compared to the first chapter and see if its getting more difficult or not. 

Beginner book Dutch A1-A2

Chapter 6 Page 1 - Ontbijt 

Calypse makes Odyssea an interesting offer.

Transcript: https://saracasalino-books.weebly.com/blog/the-adventures-of-odyssea-ch-4-calypse

Learn English with Stories

The Adventures of Odyssea: Ch 4.5 - Calypse

What's your name?
How old are you?
Where are you from?
 آماده‌ای؟ 
آماده ام!
 سلام
سلام 
اسم شما چیه؟
 اسم من صوفیا است. اسم شما چیه؟
 اسم من شکیبا است خوشوقتم. 
من هم همین‌طور
 صوفیا چند سالته؟
 من بیست سالمه
تو چند سالته شکیبا؟
 من بیست و دو سالمه. اهل کجایی؟
 من اهل تهران هستم و تو چی؟
 من اهل یزدم. صوفیا جان ببخشید من باید برم. خوشحال شدم از آشناییت.
 من هم همین‌طور
 می‌بینمت
می‌بینمت
. تا پادکست بعدی... خدانگهدار

Persian with Shakiba (beginners-Intermediate)

What's your name? اسمت چیه؟

中文小课堂

我的一天

Давайте восклицать

Давайте восклицать, друг другом восхищаться.
Высокопарных слов не стоит опасаться.
Давайте говорить друг другу комплименты —
ведь это все любви счастливые моменты.
Давайте горевать и плакать откровенно
то вместе, то поврозь, а то попеременно.
Не нужно придавать значения злословью —
поскольку грусть всегда соседствует с любовью.
Давайте понимать друг друга с полуслова,
чтоб, ошибившись раз, не ошибиться снова.
Давайте жить, во всем друг другу потакая, —
тем более что жизнь короткая такая.

Нескучные истории - Not boring stories

Булат Окуджава. "Давайте восклицать"

In this episode we are going to learn 【Sickness】in Chinese. 
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As a beginner, there're some vocabularies that you didn't learn before, and native speaker's speed seems too fast to understand. But don't worry, let's do it step by step. 
1st time: listen and catch the words you know already, have a guess about the content.
2nd time: look at the text to check if you guessed it right. 
3rd time: listen one more time, repeat after it.
4th time: practice until you can speak as the normal speed without looking at the text. 
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我生病了，身体很不舒服。
wǒ shēng bìng le ， shēn tǐ hěn bù shū fú 。
I got sick,(body) was not feeling very well.
我头痛、咳嗽，全身没有力气。
wǒ tóu tòng 、 ké sòu ， quán shēn méi yǒu lì qì 。
I had a headache, a cough, and no energy in my body.
我和老板请假，去医院看病。
wǒ hé lǎo bǎn qǐng jià ， qù yī yuàn kàn bìng 。
I took leave from work with my boss and went to the hospital.
护士给我量体温，37度8。
hù shì gěi wǒ liáng tǐ wēn ，sān shí qī dù bā。
The nurse took my temperature, 37.8 °C.
医生说我感冒了，给我开了感冒药。
yī shēng shuō wǒ gǎn mào le ， gěi wǒ kāi le gǎn mào yào 。
The doctor said I had a cold and gave me some medicine for the cold.
一天三次，饭后吃。
yī tiān sān cì ， fàn hòu chī 。
Three times a day, take after meals.
医生告诉我要多喝水，按时吃药，好好休息。
yī shēng gào sù wǒ yào duō hē shuǐ ， àn shí chī yào ， hǎo hǎo xiū xī 。
The doctor told me to drink more water, take the medicine on time and rest well.
健康最重要，以后我要多锻炼身体。
jiàn kāng zuì zhòng yào ， yǐ hòu wǒ yào duō duàn liàn shēn tǐ 。
Health is the most important thing, I should exercise more in the future.

Yuli's Chinese Channel

生病 Sickness （Beginner）

My catchphrase, "Peace On... Or Peace Off" explained.
The origin of the peace sign and the Up Yours gesture.

The Social Evolutionary

What's Up With the Two Fingers?

I'll read 'the very hungry caterpillar' by Eric Carle in this episode. You will listen to the life cycle of a caterpillar turning into a butterfly, and also the day of the week, fruits, and counting to five.

'아주 배고픈 애벌레'는 무엇을 먹었을까요? 

Key vocabulary
알 egg
애벌래 caterpillar
일요일 Sunday
배가 고프다 to be hungry
월요일 Monday
사과 한 개 one apple
화요일 Tuesday
배 두 개 two pears
수요일 Wendsday 
자두 세 개 three plums
목요일 Thursday
딸기 네 개 four strawberries
금요일 Friday
오렌지 다섯 개 five apples 
수박 watermelon
배가 아프다 to have a stomache
번데기 cacoon
나비 butterfly
