高考 gāo kǎo：the national College Entrance Examination
无数 wú shù：countless; numberless; innumerable
紧张 jìn zhǎng：nervous；tense
充满 chōng mǎn：be filled with be full of
期待 qī dài：anticipate;await;expect
话题 huà tí：subject of a talk; topic of a conversation
中国大陆 zhōng guó dà lù：
选择 xuǎn zé：the Chinese mainland
资格考试 zī gé kǎo shì：qualifying exam；qualification
大多数 dà duō shù：most; the majority of
转折点 zhuǎn zhé diǎn：turning point；milestone
关系到 guān xì dào：related to; affect; have something to do with
在即 zài jí：about to; soon; be near at hand
如愿以偿 rú yuàn yǐ cháng：achieve what one wishes; have got one's wish;
旗开得胜 qí kāi dé shèng：succeed at the first try;as soon as one went into action he won a victory
金榜提名 jīn bǎng tí míng: gold placard nomination；have passed the examination
梦想成真 mèng xiǎng chéng zhēn：a dream come true


“龙”年中国话（“ lóng ” nián zhōng guó huà）

"The Gaokao“-National College Entrance Examination

In this episode, I talk about the bomb threat at Lali Esposito’s concert in Argentina, what happened, and she reacted.

Oscar Cuenta - Your daily minute of Spanish

AMENAZA DE BOMBA EN UN CONCIERTO DE LALI EN ARGENTINA 

A：这是谁的房间？
B：这是我和我丈夫的，旁边那个小的房  
      间是我女儿的。
A：你女儿的房间真漂亮！都是粉色的。
B：是啊，粉色是我女儿最喜欢的颜色。


HSK Standard Course Level 2 Audio of the textbook

Lesson 3 text 3

Grammar : Sentence Structure (S+A / S+V)
Expression : N 조심하세요! 

Speaking Practice - Beginner

2. Sentence Structure (S+A / S+V)

В этом эпизоде обсуждаем, как русскоязычные люди ласково называют своих близких. Узнайте, какими словами можно выразить нежность к любимым и семье.

In this episode, we discuss affectionate terms Russians use for their loved ones. Discover the sweet words used to show love in Russian.

Russian with Irina

Ласковые слова: как называть близких по-русски. Terms of Endearment: How Russians Address Loved Ones

In this story, an hourglass named Timer comes alive and is able to time travel. This is Part 5 of 6.  

Waking up at 5am, his most precious time of day when his genius flows like a mighty waterfall, Henry looked out his laboratory window and saw a magic moment: a baby chick was hatching from its egg. This was a sign, today Henry would complete his greatest invention. 

It looked like a simple household object, fairly inconspicuous, except for its futuristic black appearance. It had two chambers, one on the top and one on the bottom; the bottom was filled with yellow sand. They were connected by a narrow passage in which the sand flowed through. If an ordinary person had seen it, they would have believed it was an ordinary hourglass. 

But there was nothing ordinary about this hourglass. It was Henry’s latest attempt at engineering a time machine. 

Henry poured the remaining yellow sand into the top chamber and watched it fall to the bottom. He then tightly attached its cap. Taking a step back, Henry was overwhelmed with both exhilaration and trepidation. At that moment, a strong gust of wind came in through an open-window and scattered several documents across the floor. 

Henry flipped the hourglass and watched the yellow grains of sand travel through the narrow passage. As they hit the bottom, the grains changed to dark red. Henry looked out the window and saw the proud rising sun, a symbol of a new day. He watched as it slowly went back behind the mountains. He watched as the scattered documents flew up onto his desk and organized themselves as they previous were. He saw the baby chick return to its egg and the egg reassembled itself. 

Finally, the last grain of sand hit the bottom. Henry had traveled thirty minutes back in time. 

Being a Cloud

Timer the Hourglass

朋友们你们好！今天的零食是一个故事，叫做 “小猫种鱼”。
听起来有点儿怪怪的，对吧？你们是不是很好奇呢？我们一起边吃边学吧！

编著：张丽萍

从前有一只小懒猫，他很喜欢吃鱼，但是他不喜欢和妈妈一起去钓鱼。
小猫对妈妈说：“钓鱼太累了，要是不用钓鱼也能有很多很多的鱼就好了”。

小猫经常去附近的农场玩儿。
春天的时候，小猫看见农民把花生种进地里。秋天的时候，农民收了很多花生。
春天的时候，小猫看见农民把玉米种进地里。秋天的时候，农民收了很多玉米。
春天的时候，小猫看见农民把土豆种进地里。秋天的时候，农民收了很多很多的土豆。

小猫想：要是秋天我也能收到好多好多的鱼就好了，我就不用去钓鱼了。
于是，小猫找了一些小鱼，小心地把小鱼种进地里。
小猫等啊等，一个月，两个月，三个月过去了，小猫想：秋天的时候，我一定会收到很多很多的鱼。

故事到这儿就结束了！你们觉得，秋天的时候，  小猫会有很多鱼吗？

词语：

种 [zhòng] to plant; to grow; to cultivate
怪怪 [guài guài] strange, odd
好奇 [hào qí] inquisitive; curious; inquisitiveness; curiosity
编著 [biān zhù] to compile; to write
从前 [cóng qián] previously; formerly; once upon a time
钓鱼 [diào yú] to fish (with line and hook); to dupe
农场 [nóng chǎng] farm
农民 [nóng mín] peasant; farmer
花生 [huā shēng] peanut; groundnut 
收 [shōu] to receive; to accept; to collect
玉米 [yù mǐ] corn; maize
土豆 [tǔ dòu] potato 
要是 [yào shi] (coll.) if
于是 [yú shì] thereupon; as a result
结束 [jié shù] termination; to finish; to end; to conclude; to close



解馋小零食

2022年12月28号 - 小猫种鱼 (Elementary)

안녕하세요. Hello~
한국어 듣기 수업 시작해요. Let's start with the Korean listening class.
선생님 읽어요.  I read it.
잘 들으세요. Please listen well.

I posted the sentences on my blog. 
https://blog.naver.com/laramcraft/222900466976
https://youtu.be/KiNqQ18mpQ8

The basics are important.
It is also good to check the basics of 한글 Hangeul before this listening class.
1-1. Korean alphabet - Vowels 모음 - What is Hangeul?
https://youtu.be/0YzhJ9p2lcs
2-1. Korean alphabet - Consonants 자음 -what are the consonants 자음?
https://youtu.be/lckgvQ_vreA
3-1. Korean alphabet - Final Consonants 받침 - What are the final consonants 받침?
https://youtu.be/sLlFmG30fNI

This is a class to listen to Korean conversational sentences.
In this voice recording for listening, 
After reading many sentences in Korean conversations sentences, 
Check out how much you understand the sentences with a voice recording. 
Never look at the sentences when listening to the voice recording. 
And Listen to the sentence repeatedly until you hear it completely. 

You are listening to the Sejong Korean conversation. (세종학당)
There are four books in total. (Korean conversation, 1, 2, 3, 4.)
It consists of 1st and 2nd courses for beginners and 1st and 2nd courses for intermediate.
Each course is conducted in 14 units. (2 grammar - for each unit.) 
This listening class you are taking is Korean Conversation 2. (Beginner 2) 
Please listen carefully.

Korean Listening Class 한국어 문장 듣기 - Korean teacher, Grace

Korean Conversation 2 - Lesson 9. Part 1 -을 때/-ㄹ 때,  Part 2 -을게요/-ㄹ 게요  (Beginner 2)

こんにちは！Atsushiです。
今日の天気は晴れ。
気温は23℃です。

天気が良いので少しだけ暑く感じます。

今日はコロケーションについて。
コロケーションという言葉を聞いたことがありますか？
日本語訳で調べると連語れんご、と出てきますが、
要は言葉の自然な組み合わせのことを言います。

英語だと、
fast food をquick foodとは言いませんね。
wash laundryではなく、do laundry 
strong rainではなく、heavy rain 
など言うようです。

日本語はというと、
例えば、
ご飯を食べる
飯を食う

と言いますが、これを
ご飯を食う
とか
飯を食べる
とはほとんど言いません。

知らない間に覚えたものだと、
かぜをひく
傘をさす

なども同じコロケーションですね。
かぜになる
かさをする
間違ってはいませんが、もしかすると、日本人は少し違和感があるかもしれません。

他にも、
約束をやぶる
影響を与える、及ばす
攻撃を受ける

などがあります。

私のpodcastの26で服を着る表現について話しましたが、
これもコロケーションの１つです。
興味がわく、あ、これもコロケーションですね。
興味が出る、とか興味が上がる、とは言いません。

興味がわいた方は、ぜひ26のpodcastも聴いてきてください！

ということで今日も最後まで聴いていただき、ありがとうございます！
ではまた！



