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New Year's Resolution

从 cóng...到dào：from...to...
地域 dì yù:  region ; area 
广阔 guǎng kuò:  broad ; wide
丰富 fēng fù：rich；abundant
主食 zhǔ shí：staple food ; principal food
各式各样 gè shì gè yàng：all kinds of ; all sorts of
大年三十 dà nián sān shí：the Chinese new year's eve
饺子 jiǎo zi：Dumplings
尤其 yóu qí：especially
民间 mín jiān： folk；among the people
包 bāo：wrap
煮 zhǔ ：boil
围坐 wéi zuò：sitting around
更岁交子 gēng suì jiāo zǐ：The transition between the old and new years is alternated at around 12 o'clock, indicating that the new year has arrived
寓意 yù yì：implied meaning; moral



Journey on the Tip of the Tongue“舌尖上的中国话”

The staple foods for Chinese~中国人的主食[zhōng guó rén de zhǔ shí]

Text：
老师：这个星期有什么安排？
lǎoshī：zhège xīngqī yǒu shénme ānpái ？
Teacher: What are your plans for this week?

学生xuésheng：今天我想去附近逛逛。 jīntiān wǒ xiǎng qù fùjìn guàngguang,
         Student:     I want wander around nearby today.
            明天早上我去“天安门”广场。míngtiān zǎoshang wǒ qù “ tiān ān mén ” guǎngchǎng.
            I will go to Tiananmen SquareTomorrow morning.
            星期二去颐和园、星期三去故宫。xīng qī èr qù yí hé yuán、xīng qī sān qù gù gōng.
            I will go to the Summer Palace on Tuesday and the Forbidden City on Wednesday.
            星期四我想去北京胡同儿逛逛。xīngqīsì wǒ xiǎng qù Běijīng hútòngr guàngguang.
            I want to go for a stroll in Beijing's Hutongs on Thursday.
            星期五我想去尝尝“北京烤鸭”。xīngqīwǔ wǒxiǎng qù chángchang “ Běijīng kǎoyā ”.
            I want to try 'Beijing Roast Duck' on Friday

老师：太好了，那星期六、星期日呢？
lǎoshī： tàihǎo le，nà xīngqī liù、 xīngqī rì ne ？
Teacher: Great, what about Saturday and Sunday?

学生：星期六我要去长城，星期日就在酒店休息。
xuésheng：xīngqī liù wǒ yào qù cháng chéng,xīngqī rì jiù zài jiǔdiàn xiūxi.
Student: I'm going to the Great Wall on Saturday and will take a rest at the hotel on Sunday.

老师：很棒，祝你玩得开心！
lǎoshī：hěn bàng，zhù nǐ wánde kāixīn ！
Teacher: Wonderful, have fun!

New words：
安排 ān pái：plan；arrange （in details）
星期 xīng qī：week + 一 yī～Monday、二 èr~Tuesday、三 sān~Wednesday、四 sì~Thursday、五 wǔ ~Friday、六 liù~Saturday、**日 rì~Sunday
今天 jīn tiān：today
明天 míng tiān：yesterday
附近 fù jìn：nearby；close to

逛逛guàngguang：go for a walk；wander around 
尝尝chángchang：try；taste
p.s：In Chinese,verbs can be reduplicated to indicate that they happen briefly or "a little bit." 

广场 guǎng chǎng：square
想 xiǎng：think；would like to（just an idea）
要 yào：will；want（strong will or idea and want to make it）
就 jiù：just or then（ 就 jiù + Verb Phrase）
休息 xiūxi：rest；take a rest

Welcome to visit China ”欢迎来中国!“

L5 日程安排[rì chénɡ ān pái]～Arranging daily activities

日本の大学入試システムについてお話ししています😊

Nihongo Hiyori | Japanese Podcast

[EP088]日本の大学受験 | University Entrance Exams in Japan

Cosa significa accordare il participio passato? E con cosa deve concordare? Scoprilo nel podcast.

ItaliAnto (L'italiano con Antonella)

Accordo del participio passato

置（お）きます→置く  
ねます→ねる　
たべます→たべる
おしえます→おしえる
かけます→かける
おします→おす
起きます→起きる　
しります→しる
はらいます→ はらう
ぬぎます→ぬぐ
きます→きる
よびます→よぶ
べんきょうします→べんきょうする　
すわります→すわる 


ようへい先生　　N4,N5チャンネル

みんなの日本語18課　dictionary verb　辞書刑動詞

Nausico is upset when his mother arranges a marriage for him.

https://saracasalino-books.weebly.com/blog/the-adventures-of-odyssea-ch-5-nausico

Learn English with Stories

The Adventures of Odyssea: Ch 5.3 - Nausico

TikTok has announced it will block young users on the social networking platform from using certain beauty filters on photographs.

The filters allow users to edit photos and do things like make people's skin look clearer, their eyes a little bigger or their lips a little fuller.

Some filters also allow users to change their skin color, and it can be hard to see when a photograph has been edited in this way.

People under the age of 18 will be blocked from using these filters, some of which are created by users and others that are made by the app.

TikTok announced the changes after a report by Internet Matters, a children's online safety organization. The organization found that these beauty filters could be damaging to children's mental health because they put young people under pressure to look a certain way.

This can damage children's self-esteem and cause anxiety, experts say.

Christine Grahn from TikTok said on LinkedIn: "If our users don't feel safe, they won't bring their true selves to TikTok and the platform just wouldn't be the same."

One TikTok user told The Guardian in 2022 that she had considered getting cosmetic surgery after a period of using beauty filters on the app.

Fun filters that allow children to add dog noses or rabbit ears to images will still be available to use.

One problem with the ban is that not all users enter their real ages when signing up to TikTok. The company said it would soon be trying out new machine learning systems that could help find out when users had entered the incorrect age.

TikTok is under pressure to stop under 13s from using the platform by giving false dates of birth.

Children's safety charities want all social media sites to do more to make the platforms safe spaces for young people.