Learn Mandarin from a short story.
You can also watch the video about this story here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO1RxSj8q30&t=15s

Learn Mandarin with Mandy

E02 小蝌蚪找妈妈【Little Tadpoles Looking for their mommy】

🥳💦🌸Songkran Festival Vocabulary 🌸💦🥳

🌞 têet sà gaan sǒng graan
เทศกาลสงกรานต์
Songkran Festival

😎 sǒng náam prá
สรงน้ำพระ
Sprinkle water onto a Buddha image

🌶️rót náam dam hǔa
รดน้ำดำหัว
Pour water on the hands of revered elders and ask for blessing

🔫 dtàk bàat / sài bàat
ตักบาตร / ใส่บาตร
To offer food to the monks/ To give alms to the monks

🌷 wát
วัด
Temple

💦 prá pút tá rûup
พระพุทธรูป
Buddha statue, Buddha Image

🌼 wâi prá
ไหว้พระ
To pay respect to Buddha / To pray to the Buddha

🪷 jee dii
เจดีย์
Pagoda

🌻 bpʉʉn chìit náam
ปืนฉีดน้ำ
water gun

☀️ sàat náam
สาดน้ำ
Splash the water/Throw the water

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สงกรานต์นี้ ทุกคนมีแผนทำอะไรบ้างคะ
Do you have any plans for Songkran Festival? 😍

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Learn Thai with Pailin

🌸 Songkran Festival Vocabulary 🌸

It's a question I get over and over here on italki - how important is COMMUNICATION when you're getting ready for an important interview in English?  

The answer might surprise you.  

Let's look at some data together to understand just how important COMMUNICATION really is.  

Let's get started! 

Confident English Interview Podcast

How important is COMMUNICATION when you're getting ready for an important interview in English?

Что вы делаете с подарками,  которые вам не нравятся?
Какой самый необычный подарок вы получали?

А поговорить?!

8 Марта

You may have heard the phrase “beating a dead horse”, which refers to continuing an effort that is no longer useful. But how do you know when your study methods, goals, or mindset are the dead horse? And when should you move on?

Let’s explore how to detect when something isn’t working, how to adjust your approach, and most importantly—how to avoid wasting energy on language learning methods that will never work for you.

🐴 The Dead Horse Theory in Language Learning
The Dead Horse Theory suggests that if a strategy no longer works, stop using it. But here’s the catch—most of us don’t realize we’re on a dead horse until it’s too late.
We keep pushing through outdated learning strategies, believing that more effort will eventually yield results. We blame ourselves for not being “smart enough” or “motivated enough,” when in reality, we might just be riding the wrong horse.

Here’s where self-awareness and rational decision-making come into play. How can you tell if you’re stuck beating a dead horse in your language journey?



💃🏻111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 63 - How to apply the Dead Horse Theory in Language Learning

In this episode we will talk about 【What sports do Chinese people like?】, you will learn how to say 【popularize,Badminton,Camping】 ect. 
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It is recommended that you study in the following ways:
Step 1: Gist listening. Listen to get the main idea. (more times if necessary)
Step 2: Check the script and learn new words. 
Step 3: Listen and imitate as much as you can then retell the story.
Step 4: Write down what you hear if you want to practise writing.
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大家好，我是Yuli。欢迎收听我的播客。
今天想和大家聊一聊【运动】的话题。
在中国，最受欢迎的运动项目包括篮球、乒乓球、羽毛球、足球和跑步等。篮球在中国尤其是年轻人中非常流行，姚明的影响力使得这项运动在中国得到了极大的推广。乒乓球是中国非常突出的运动项目，早在20世纪50年代初，中国领导人毛主席就宣布乒乓球为一项全民运动。这项运动在中国的普及程度非常高，到处可以看到乒乓球桌。羽毛球是中国的另一项全民运动，与乒乓球类似，羽毛球可以随时随地进行，只需要一副球拍。足球在中国也有很大的影响力，但是因为踢足球需要更大的场地，不是每个学校都有足球场。跑步在中国变得越来越流行，越来越多的人选择在城市的街道和乡村小路上跑步。
这几年，户外运动也流行了起来。例如徒步、登山、露营、滑雪、漂流和骑行等，受到了越来越多的人喜爱。这些活动不仅能让人们亲近大自然，还能提供一种健康的生活方式。周末参加一个一天的徒步团，在山里面徒步，呼吸新鲜空气，然后在村里面吃一顿地道的农家菜，对住在城市里的年轻人来说是很新鲜的体验。在徒步的过程中也可以跟其他人聊聊天，认识新朋友，有的年轻人甚至在徒步中遇到自己的另一半。
除此之外，去健身房锻炼身体，去瑜伽馆做瑜伽也是很多年轻人的选择。你可以选择月卡、半年卡和年卡，一般年卡是最划算的。不过经常有年轻人买了年卡以后很少去，坚持运动也是一件不容易的事啊。
没有时间去健身房或者不喜欢社交的人，也可以选择在家里做运动。一边看视频，一边跟着做动作。因此很多运动博主也收获了不少粉丝，一个视频甚至有几千万的播放量。还有一些博主直播带着大家一起运动，运动变成一种新时尚。
你最喜欢什么运动？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。
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项目/xiàng mù/Programs
乒乓球/pīng pāng qiú/Table Tennis
羽毛球/yǔ máo qiú/Badminton
尤其/yóu qí/Especially
推广/tuī guǎng/Promotion,spread
突出/tū chū/Outstanding
领导人/lǐng dǎo rén/Leaders
毛主席/máo zhǔ xí/Chairman Mao
宣布/xuān bù/Announce
普及/pǔ jí/popularize
与···类似/yǔ ··· lèi sì/Similar to 
徒步/tú bù/Hiking
露营/lù yíng/Camping
漂流/piāo liú/Rafting
农家菜/nóng jiā cài/Farm dishes
瑜伽/yú jiā/Yoga
划算/huá suàn/a good bargin
社交/shè jiāo/Socializing
博主/bó zhǔ/Blogger/youtuber
播放量/bō fàng liàng/amount of play
时尚/shí shàng/Fashion

Yuli's Chinese Channel

中国人喜欢什么运动？（Intermediate level）

Seguimos con la gran aventura de nuestra querida gaviota... Y Juan Salvador Gaviota se encontró así en el cielo. Pero aunque el cielo era lo máximo y mientras más practicaba sus lecciones de bondad, y mientras más trabajaba para conocer la naturaleza del amor, más deseaba volver a la Tierra. Porque, a pesar de su pasado solitario, Juan Salvador había nacido para ser instructor, y su manera de demostrar el amor era compartir algo de la verdad que había
visto, con alguna gaviota que estuviese pidiendo sólo una oportunidad de ver la verdad por sí misma. Tomó, pues, la decisión de volver...

Conversando en Español sin Miedo. Hablemos de todo un poco.

7ma entrega Juan Salvador Gaviota

你知道吗？我家旁边有一所大学。这所大学有三万个学生，两千多名老师，是这个城市最好的学校。也因为我家在大学旁边，所以吃东西、买东西都很方便。周围有很多商店和饭馆，云南菜、四川菜、广东菜……你想吃什么就有什么。这个大学后面有一座山，很有名。很多人来这儿旅游，中国人、外国人都喜欢来这里爬山。因为我很喜欢爬山，也喜欢和不同的人聊天，所以我成为了一名导游，每天都很快乐。

Beginner Chinese Listening

Beginner Chinese Listening：你知道吗？Do you know？

“A family member that I'd really love to work with in the future is my cousin John, who is a few years older than me, and now has his own successful marketing company. I’m now in my final year of studying media marketing, and John has always been there for me, anytime I needed some advice or help with my studies. I guess you could say he has been like a mentor to me.




I actually had the pleasure of working with him during my summer holidays last year, which was a really amazing experience, and I got a lot of great hands-on working experience . 




As I'm studying media marketing, John's marketing company would be a perfect fit for me to put my years of study to use. I’m especially interested in social media marketing, and would love the opportunity to specialise in this niche market. I have also discussed this with my cousin, and he is also very interested in breaking into this market in the future.




If this could happen in the future I really would be over the moon with happiness, and it would be like a dream come true. I think it would be an amazing opportunity, as well as a challenge that I would relish. I think I could learn so much from my cousin, as well as working hard to prove myself. I also think having him take me under his wing would be a great start to my working life.