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Listen to this beautiful children's story by Daniela from Austria. This children’s story, about teaching children to invest for the future, published by Foord Asset Management, is beautifully read. Daniela has a lovely accent, her pronunciation is excellent and she reads this story with compassion and her stresses are all perfect.

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More than Enough, read by Daniela from Austria

In this first lesson you will learn everything about Italian greetings: enjoy this bit of Italian feeling now.

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How to greet in Italian - 3 minutes Italian

"In this episode we are going to learn a Real Chinese Conversation【Treat friend to a meal】. 
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Step 1: Listen and catch the words you know already, have a guess about the content.
Step 2: Check the script to learn one by one. 
Step 3: Listen and repeat after it.
Step 4: Practice until you can perform the dialogue. 
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A: 你这两天有空吗？
nǐ zhè liǎng tiān yǒu kòng ma ？
Are you free for the next few days?
B: 明天不太忙。怎么啦？
míng tiān bú tài máng 。 zěn me la ？
I'm not too busy tomorrow. What's up?
A: 好久没跟你见面了，我请你吃个饭吧。
hǎo jiǔ méi gēn nǐ jiàn miàn le ， wǒ qǐng nǐ chī gè fàn ba 。
I haven't seen you for a while. Let me treat you to dinner.
B: 哇，有人请吃饭，我当然要去啦。
wa， yǒu rén qǐng chī fàn ， wǒ dāng rán yào qù la 。
Wow, someone's treating me to dinner, of course I'm going.
A: 有什么想吃的吗？
yǒu shén me xiǎng chī de ma ？
What do you want to eat?
B: 我都可以，你定吧。
wǒ dōu kě yǐ ， nǐ dìng ba 。
Anything will be OK for me. You are the boss.
A: 那就去吃火锅吧。
nà jiù qù chī huǒ guō ba 。
Then let's go to eat hot pot.
B: 可以啊，我这几天刚好想吃。
kě yǐ a ， wǒ zhè jǐ tiān gāng hǎo xiǎng chī 。
Sure, I happedn to be craving it these days.
A: 那明天晚上7点左右在你们公司附近那家四川火锅店见。
nà míng tiān wǎn shàng qī diǎn zuǒ yòu zài nǐ men gōng sī fù jìn nà jiā sì chuān huǒ guō diàn jiàn 。
See you tomorrow night around 7:00 at that Sichuan hot pot restaurant near your company.
B: 行，你到了给我发信息。
xíng ， nǐ dào le gěi wǒ fā xìn xī 。
Okay, send me a message when you get there.
A: 好，那明天见啦。
hǎo ， nà míng tiān jiàn la 。
Okay, see you tomorrow.

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请朋友吃饭  Treat friend to a meal （Beginner）

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Christmas... New Year... The Spring Festival... Valentine's Day... With so many festivals approaching, the gift-giving season has officially arrived. In this episode, Karen and Baiwei chatted about gift-giving etiquette including regifting, returning gifts and writing wishlists! 

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