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Intermediate Chinese Listening

In this episode, we're gonna learn a tale of a fisherman and a journalist. When you listen to this story, please take this question in your mind: why does Mr. Yang not want to donate his car? 

The Fisherman
垂钓者的故事
一个晴朗的下午, 杨先生开着车去钓鱼。
☆晴朗: sunny  ☆钓鱼: go fishing.

他把车停在了湖边。
☆湖边 by the lake.

在他准备钓鱼的时候,一个摄影师和一个记者走到了他的身边。
☆摄影师:   photographer  ☆记者:  journalist 

记者问他,“对不起, 先生。打扰您一下。”
我们是电视台的。想采访您一下, 行吗?”
☆电视台:  a television station  采访: interview 

“嗯。”
"Sure".

“您贵姓啊?”

  “姓杨。”

"噢, 杨先生, 您看着镜头。"
 ☆看镜头: look at the camera.

”嗯”。

“杨先生, 我们想问您, 如果您有一百万, 您愿意捐给那些需要帮助的人吗?
☆捐: donate

杨先生低头想了一会儿, 然后抬头看着记者说,“都捐了啊?”
☆低头: lowered his head   ☆抬头: lifted his head up 

“您看着镜头。”

“诶诶。”

 “对, 都捐了。”

  “愿意。”
  
  “您有一千万呢?”

   "愿意。”

“您有一个亿呢?”

“十个亿都行。”

“那您如果有一辆汽车, 您愿意捐给别人吗?”

杨先生看了一眼他的车, 然后对着记者摆了摆手表示不愿意。
☆摆了摆手: shook his hand

“为什么呀?”

“别的都行, 就是汽车不行。”

"您有十个亿您都愿意捐。为什么车就不行了?”

“因为我真有一辆汽车。”
 
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Café con acento

Café con acento - Entrevista a Michael 2 (Estados Unidos)

كَانْ يَامَكَانْ فْقَدِيمْ الزَّمَانْ، .
فْبْلاَدْ بْعِيدَة، خِيرْهَا اكْثَرْ مِنْ شَرّْهَا وْنْهَارْهَا أَطْوَلْ مِنْ لِيلْهَا، كَانْ قْبَلْ مَا يْصِيحْ الصَّبِيْ بِالْجُوعْ يْعَمَرْ فْمُّو، وْالفْقِيهْ قْبَلْ مَا يْنُوضْ مِنْ الْعْرَاضَة يْعَمَّرْ قْبُّو وْكُمُّو، كَانْ الْخِيرْ وْالْخْمِيرْ فِأَرْضْ السَُّلْطَانْ بَاهِي الطَّلْعَة.
وْمُولاَيْ السُّلْطَانْ، كَانْتْ عَنْدُو بِنْتْ وَحْدَانِيَّة، جْمِيلَة كَانْ إِسْمْهَا
لَلاَّ شَامَة، أَمْرْهَا مُطَاعْ وكْلَمْتْهَا مَسْمُوعَة، حِيثْ لَلاَّ شَامَة كَانْتْ مْدَلْلَة

، وَلَكِنْ كَانْتْ طَيِّبَة، إِيدِهَا تَعْطِي وْلْسَانْهَا مَا تَسْمَعْ مِنْهَا غِيرْ الْكَلْمَة الطَيِّبَة وْالْقُولْ الْحَسَنْ.
كَبْرَتْ لَلاَّ شَامَة أُو وُصْلاَتْ لِسِنْ الزّْوَاجْ، وْقَالْ مُولاَيْ السُّلْطَانْ بَاهِي الطَّلْعَة فْطُولْ الْبْلاَدْ وْعَرْضْهَا   بأن  يْكُونْ عْرِيسْ بَنْتُو غِيرْ شِي فَارِسْ مِنْ الْفُرْسَانْ أَوْ وْزِيرْ مِنْ الْعِيَانْ. وْكَانْ الإِعْلاَنْ كَافِي بَاشْ يْتْصَافُّو الْعْبَادْ قُدَّامْ الْقْصَرْ باللِّيلْ وْالنّْهَارْ، وْطَبْعاً كَانْ فِيهُمْ الكَاذِبْ وْالطَّمَّاعْ وْالأحْمَقْ وْالْخْدَّاعْ.

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حكاية نجمة لالة شامة: قصة ممتعة ومشوقة  (الجزء1)

Some people love to brag. They might brag about where they live, the money they make or how great they are at sports.

In fact, some people even brag about how busy or stressed they are.

And it's becoming quite common.

It's called "busy bragging" or "stress bragging" — and people find it just as annoying as any other bragging.

You may have heard it at your workplace, when people tell everyone about how much work they have to do, or say things like: "You have no idea of the stress I'm under."

They might be doing this to show others that they're important or working hard.

However, a study from the US found that the colleagues of stress braggers find those people less likable and less competent because of their bragging.

And colleagues were found to be less likely to help stress braggers.

The study also found that colleagues may even begin to feel stress themselves because of the effect of people stress bragging.

Study author Jessica Rodell said: "People are harming themselves by doing this thing they think is going to make them look better to their colleagues."

However, Rodell said sharing workplace stress with others is not a bad thing to do: it's only when people brag about their stress that it causes negative feelings.

"It's not the being stressed part that's a problem," she said. In fact, the study found that if your colleagues think you're stressed, they do think you're more competent.

You just can't brag about it.

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日本語の先生のTinaです。
今日は「三日坊主（みっかぼうず）」という言葉を紹介します。
どんな意味でしょうか？
Podcastを聞いて、クイズに答えましょう！
italkiでのレッスンの予約もお待ちしています♪

Tina Japa Go!

Episode 3. 三日坊主（みっかぼうず）

In this episode, I will be sharing with you some commonly used English Idioms that you can add to your daily vocabulary.
1/ Butterflies in my stomach
2/ A taste of your own medicine
3/ Cut someone some slack
4/ Get something off your chest
Enjoy! <3
