Elon Musk’s xAI is launching a $300mn share sale that values the group at $113bn, as the world’s richest man returns to his business empire and the race to develop artificial intelligence.


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Episode 11 Elon Musk’s xAI seeks $113bn valuation in $300mn share sale

How to take a taxi?  （如何乘坐出租车？）
出租车：Taxi     计价器：Taximeter       微信支付: Wechat Pay     收款码：Money receiving QR code       
发票：Invoice   司机：Driver                  乘客：Passenger

司机：你好，你去哪儿？
我：我去中央大街115号的假日酒店。
（20分钟后）
司机：你在哪儿下车？
我：在这儿停车吧！
司机：好的。
我：一共多少钱？
司机：50元。
  (我看了看计价器，确认价格。）
我：给你钱。/我用微信支付，请给我收款码。
       请给我发票。
（付款，拿到发票后）
我：谢谢，再见！
司机：再见！































































Mengmeng-蒙蒙细语

Travel Chinese (旅游中文）

This is Part Two of our conversation about life in Florida. We try to answer the following questions:

Are people in Florida friendly?
What's the best beach in Florida?
Are alligators dangerous?
What is a "Florida Man"?

At the end of the episode, I explain the following vocabulary in more detail with examples:

-grow into
-wreak havoc on
-a case in point

Brentoni's English Podcast

018 - Should You Worry About Alligators in Florida? (Part Two)

In Episode 39, we bring you versatile verbs that cover everything from holding hands to honoring values. Perfect for real-life conversations, these verbs add richness to your daily interactions!

🔹 Hold (hands) – 握住 (Wò zhù) ✋
🔹 Hold (object) – 拿住 (Ná zhù) 📦
🔹 Hold (passport, views) – 持有 (Chí yǒu) 📄
🔹 Honour – 尊重 (Zūnzhòng) 🌟
🔹 Hop – 单脚跳 (Dān jiǎo tiào) 🐇

For more practice, hop on to our resources:
📘 C(39) Vocabulary Flash Cards: Visualize and Memorize – Quick, visual reminders to help these verbs stick!
🎯 C(39) Verbs Quiz: Test Your Knowledge – See how well you’ve mastered today’s verbs and put them into action!

👉 Listen to Episode 39 now, and let’s level up your language toolkit together!

5 Verbs a Day. 每天学习五个动词。

C(39) Verbs Set: Hold (hands) Hold (object) Hold (passport, views) Honour Hop

当我还只有六岁的时候，在一本描写原始森林的名叫《真实的故事》的书中，看到了一副精彩的插画，
Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book, called True Stories from Nature, about the primeval forest.
画的是一条蟒蛇正在吞食一只大野兽。
It was a picture of a boaconstrictor in the act of swallowing an animal.
页头上就是那副画的摹本。
Here is a copy of the drawing.
这本书中写道：“这些蟒蛇把它们的猎物不加咀嚼地囫囵吞下。”
In the book it said: “Boa constrictors swallow their prey whole, without chewing it.

然后就不能再动弹了；它们就在长长的六个月的睡眠中消化这些食物。
After that they are not able to move, and they sleep through the six months that they need for digestion.

当时，我对丛林中的奇遇想得很多。
I pondered deeply, then, over the adventures of the jungle.
于是，我也用彩色铅笔画出了我的第一副图画。
And after some work with a colored pencil I succeeded in making my first drawing.
我的第一号作品。
My Drawing Number One.



它是这样的：我把我的这副杰作拿给大人看，我问他们我的画是不是叫他们害怕。
It looked like this:I showed my masterpiece to the grown-ups, and asked them whether the drawing frightened them.

他们回答我说：“一顶帽子有什么可怕的？”
But they answered: “Frighten? Why should any one be frightened by a hat?”
我画的不是帽子，
My drawing was not a picture of a hat.

是一条巨蟒在消化着一头大象。
It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant.
但由于大人们无法理解它,我做了另一个图:
But since the grown-ups were not able to understand it,I made another drawing:
于是我又把巨蟒肚子里的情况画了出来，以便让大人们能够看懂。
I drew the inside of the boa constrictor, so that the grown-ups could see it clearly.
这些大人总是需要解释。
They always need to have things explained.  
My Drawing Number Two looked like this:
大人们劝我把这些画着开着肚皮的，或者闭上肚皮的蟒蛇的图画放在一边，
The grown-ups’ response, this time, was to advise me to lay aside my drawings of boa constrictors,
还是把兴趣放在地理、历史、算术和语法上。
whether from the inside or the outside, and devote myself instead to geography, history, arithmetic and grammar.

就这样，在六岁的那年，我就放弃了当画家这一美好的职业。
That is why, at the age of six, I gave up what might have been a magnificent career as a painter.

小王子-The Little Prince-Read in Chinese

小王子第一章-当个画家

¿Escuchas español pero sientes que todo es demasiado rápido? 

La clave no está en escuchar más, sino en escuchar mejor. En este episodio descubrirás técnicas de escucha activa como las “palabras ancla”, el método en capas y el shadowing, que transformarán tu manera de entender y hablar español.

👉 Recuerda: “Don’t just hear, listen.”

Tu oído aprende primero, y después tu voz fluye con confianza.


Español No Excuses: Level-Up Your Mind, Speak Out Loud

Escucha activa el secreto para entender y hablar español con fluidez

Ouistiti et les balayeurs
Le papa de Ouistiti fait des cadres pour des tableaux. Un jour, il annonce:
- Ce matin, j'ai eu beaucoup de travail. Tant mieux! Plus j'ai de travail et plus je gagne de l'argent!
Cette réflexion rend Ouistiti songeur. Après le déjeuner, le petit singe sort dans la rue. Deux balayures nettoient le trottoir. Mais ils n'ont pas grand-chose à balayer! Ouistiti a une idée. Il court dans la cuisine, prends la poubelle et la vide sur le trottoir! Puis il dit au balayeur médusé:
- Comme ça, vous aurez plein de travail et vous gagnerez beaucoup d'argent!

Des Milliers D'histoires

Histoire 44 - Ouistiti et les balayeurs

Escucha la historia y encuentra los 5 usos del verbo ir. Comenta cuáles encontraste. Después te invito a que contestes el quizz para cambiar las frases al tiempo verbal que está en mayúsculas.
Espero que te diviertas, porque aprender debe de ser divertido. 

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