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En este episodio, junto a Martin, profe de español de México (https://www.italki.com/teacher/5211013), les contamos un poco sobre qué tipos de transporte público existen en nuestras ciudades y algunas de sus características. ¡Info valiosa para estudiantes y turistas también!



Dale Play al Español

El transporte público

爸爸bà ba（father） 
妈妈mā ma （mother）
爷爷yé ye （grandpa）
奶奶nǎi nai（grandma）
哥哥gē ge （elder brother）
姐姐jiě jie（elder sister）
弟弟dì di (younger brother)
妹妹mèi mei（younger sister）

Q: 你家有几口人？（How many family members are there in your family?）
nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén ?
A: 我家有五口人。(There are five.)
wǒ jiā yǒu wǔ kǒu rén .

Q:你今年多大了？(How old are you?)
nǐ jīn nián duō dà le ?
 A:我今年二十岁。
wǒ jīn nián èr shí suì .


Q: 你爸爸做什么工作？(What is your dad’s job？)
nǐ bà ba zuò shén me gōng zuò ?
 A: 我爸爸是老师。（My dad is a teacher.）
wǒ bà ba shì lǎo shī .

Q:你妈妈在哪儿工作？(Where does your mom work?)
nǐ mā ma zài nǎr gōng zuò ?
A: 我妈妈在医院工作。(My mom works at hospital.)
wǒ mā ma zài yī yuàn gōng zuò.



Daily Conversation（日常对话）

8.	Talk about family（家庭情况）

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/222846057856
https://youtu.be/GrKoGZaSqGg

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 2.  Part 1 -습니다/-ㅂ 니다, 습니까?/-ㅂ 니까?, 입니다/입니까?,   Part 2 -고(2)  (Beginner 2)

建议同学们先听，如果有听不懂的地方再看文本。
 听完后，看下面的问题，你能做对吗？请把答案写下来告诉我，我会为你批改 
1）小壁虎为什么要去借尾巴？
      A.它的尾巴被蛇咬断了           B.它羡慕别人的尾巴
      C.它觉得自己的尾巴难看        D.它的尾巴被老黄牛咬断了
2）老黄牛要用尾巴干什么？
     A.走路     B.赶走苍蝇    C.保持平衡       D.抓痒
3）小燕子为什么不借尾巴给小壁虎？
      A.它不喜欢小壁虎     B.它的尾巴太大了   
     C.它也没有尾巴       D.没有尾巴它很难飞
4）根据这段话，可以知道什么？ 
    A.小壁虎没有尾巴了              B.妈妈借给小壁虎尾巴
    C.小壁虎能长出新的尾巴          D.小壁虎的尾巴可以掌握方向


文本：
小壁虎在墙角捉蚊子，一条蛇咬住了它的尾巴。小壁虎一挣，挣断尾巴逃走了。
　　没有尾巴多难看啊！小壁虎想去借一条尾巴。
　　小壁虎爬呀爬，爬到小河边。他看见小鱼在河里摇着尾巴游来游去。小壁虎说：“小鱼姐姐，您的尾巴借给我行吗？”小鱼说：“不行啊，我要用尾巴拨水呢。”小壁虎告别了小鱼，又向前爬去。
　　小壁虎爬呀爬，爬到大树上。他看见老黄牛在树下甩着尾巴吃草。小壁虎说：“黄牛伯伯，您的尾巴借给我行吗？”老黄牛说：“不行啊，我要用尾巴赶苍蝇呢。”小壁虎告别了老黄牛，又向前爬去。
　　小壁虎爬呀爬，爬到屋檐下。他看见燕子在空中摆着尾巴飞来飞去。小壁虎说：“燕子阿姨，您的尾巴借给我行吗？”燕子说：“不行啊，我飞的时候，要用尾巴掌握方向呢。”
　　小壁虎借不到尾巴，心里很难过。他爬呀爬，爬回家里找妈妈。小壁虎把借尾巴的事告诉了妈妈。妈妈笑着说：“傻孩子，你转过身子看看。”小壁虎转身一看，高兴地叫起来：“我长出一条新尾巴啦！”

   

    

Merry's voice (HSK六）

HSK 六《 小壁虎借尾巴》

I have always been an advocate of leveling up your looks but I always prefer natural beauty and skin care. Nowadays, women wear too much makeup and filters that they do not look like that in person. I believe that skin care is the best investment when it comes to looks.

FLO TALKS 

NATURAL  BEAUTY VS. ARTIFICIAL BEAUTY

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I read two texts which you can shadow with.

Teacher Joseph's Podcast

Shadowing Practice Recordings (no transcript today)

Sunday Afternoon

Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G5dnkdwizR0FIQwP6xSR9QFA_cGuq6EV/view?usp=drivesdk