in this episode, we continue to talk about number culture. As we all know, number six and number eight are favored by Chinese people, but why? you will know the answers from this episode. I believed if you visited  the forbidden city you must noticed there are rows of nails on the gates. how many are them? let the episode tell you the answer!  

Learning Chinese culture with Miss Zhang

Number Culture（6，8，9）

Knowing Everything About Chinese Cultrue

4Where do people buy things in China?

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Escucha este podcast: ¡a mí me gustó!

Lo hice con mucho cariño para ayudarte un poco a aprender vocabulario sobre la música 

Hablar por hablar (Listening)

La musik 

Ya has hecho el Quiz El Español Jopara Paraguayo? Cómo crees que nos comunicamos aquí? Pues como verás el guaraní está siempre presente en nuestro español. Y aquí pongo a prueba si sabes alguito de mi país. En el siguiente puedes hacer un cuestionario de  5 preguntas básicas de español paraguayo y guaraní: 
https://www.italki.com/quiz/set?id=3037?utm_source=copylink_share&utm_medium=share_content&utm_campaign=share_quiz

Hazlo antes de escuchar el podcast. Las respuestas te sorprenderán!

Have you already done the Jopara Paraguayo Quiz? How do you think we communicate here? As you will see, Guarani is always present in our Spanish. And here I put to the test if you know something about my countries. In the following link, you can do a questionnaire of 5 basic questions in Paraguayan Spanish and Guarani:
https://www.italki.com/quiz/set?id=3037?utm_source=copylink_share&utm_medium=share_content&utm_campaign=share_quiz

Do this before listening to the podcast. The answers will surprise you!

Rohayhudcast! Paraguayan spanish!

Correcciones del Cuestionario Español Jopará Paraguayo 

有一天，他劝我用心地画一副漂亮的图画，好叫我家乡的孩子们对这件事有一个深刻的印象。
And one day he said to me: You ought to make a beautiful drawing, so that the children where you live can see exactly how all this is.
他还对我说：如果将来有一天他们出外旅行，这对他们是很有用的。
That would be very useful to them if they were to travel some day.
有时候，人们把自己的工作推到以后去做，并没有什么妨害，
Sometimes," he added, "there is no harm in putting off a piece of work until another day.
但要遇到拔猴面包树苗这种事，那就非造成大灾难不可。
But when it is a matter of baobabs, that always means a catastrophe.
我遇到过一个星球，上面住着一个懒家伙，他放过了三棵小树苗…
I knew a planet that was inhabited by a lazy man. He neglected three little bushes...
于是，根据小王子的说明，我把这个星球画了下来。
So, as the little prince described it to me, I have made a drawing of that planet.
我从来不大愿意以道学家的口吻来说话，
I do not much like to take the tone of a moralist.
可是猴面包树的危险，大家都不大了解，对迷失在小行星上的人来说，危险性非常之大，

But the danger of the baobabs is so little understood, and such considerable risks would be run by anyone who might get lost on an asteroid,
因此这一回，我贸然打破了我的这种不喜欢教训人的惯例。
that for once I am breaking through my reserve.
我说：“孩子们，要当心那些猴面包树呀！”
"Children," I say plainly, "watch out for the baobabs!"
为了叫我的朋友们警惕这种危险——他们同我一样长期以来和这种危险接触，却没有意识到它的危险性
My friends, like myself, have been skirting this danger for a long time, with-out ever knowing it;
我花了很大的功夫画了这副画。
and so it is for them that I have worked so hard over this drawing.
我提出的这个教训意义是很重大的，花点功夫是很值得的。
The lesson which I pass on by this means is worth all the trouble it has cost me.
你们也许要问，“为什么这本书中别的画都没有这副画那么壮观呢？”
Perhaps you will ask me, "Why is there no other drawing in this book as magnificent and impressive as this drawing of the baobabs?"
回答很简单。
The reply is simple.
别的画我也曾经试图画得好些，却没成功。
I have tried. But with the others I have not been successful.
而当我画猴面包树时，有一种急切的心情在激励着我。
When I made the drawing of the baobabs I was carried beyond myself by the inspiring force of urgent necessity.

小王子-The Little Prince-Read in Chinese

小王子第十三章：警惕危险

Have you ever been heartbroken because of a breakup?

3 mins

失恋

Swedish furniture company IKEA has opened a new store.

There's nothing strange about that. But wait a minute — the new store is inside a video game. And it's paying real people to work there!

IKEA advertised for 10 positions in a virtual store it has opened in Roblox — and got more than 178,000 applications!

Roblox is a popular online gaming platform that lets users play games and create their own.

IKEA has created The Co-Worker Game on the platform. And it needed some employees.

At the start of June, IKEA began looking for people aged 18 and over in the UK and Ireland to work as paid members of staff at the in-game store.

It said staff would help customers, and would be able to get promoted and move departments, just like in real life.

The company said it wanted to show that it does things a little differently.

Wes Davis from technology website The Verge called it a "weird" but "harmless" idea.

He said he'd never heard of other companies paying people to work in a game, but added that US company Walmart has already created a game on Roblox.

IKEA said its employees would be paid a little over $16.50 per hour during their work-from-home shifts, which is about the same as the company's other workers get paid in the UK.

The store opened on June 24. It's not clear how long the workers will be employed for, although the company said the positions would be on a "limited contract."

It also said anyone who didn't get a job could still experience the virtual store and win in-game prizes.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

IKEA Pays People Real Money to Work in Video Game

Curious about forest fires in Canada?  Amy and Curtis from The Real English Conversations Podcast uncover the mysteries of these natural phenomena. Explore their causes, impacts, and efforts to protect our precious landscapes.

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