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Each week I read an interesting news article from the BBC. Listen along to the words and pronunciation and I will also share with you the link to the story so that you can read along as well.

The Breaking News Podcast

Each week I read an interesting news article from the BBC. Listen along to the words and pronunciation and I will also share with you the link to the story so that you can read along as well.

This week's news article can be found here:
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-62960828

Grand Theft Auto VI footage leaked after hack, developer Rockstar confirms

speaker: 董卿Dǒng Qīng 中国主持人，曾于2005年到2017年连续13年主持中央电视台的春节联欢晚会。
Chinese television host.From 2005 to 2017, she has hosted the annual CCTV New Year's Gala.

script:枪响之后没有赢家，伤害与被伤害有时候也是对立统一的关系。伤害他人有时候也意味着在毁灭自己，即便你占尽了优势也不可能是为所欲为的，然后你就可以接着说你想到的平衡的问题，一切都在追求一种平衡，健康在于平衡，发展在于平衡，对抗有时候也是一种平衡，对不对？所以如果你想到了这个之后，你就最后就不仅仅是人和熊的关系了，人和自然的关系，人和自我的关系，人和世界的关系。 

平衡  píng héng  
关系  guān xi 
翻译: There are no winners in a gun fight. To hurt or to be hurt are not always mutually exclusive. Sometimes hurting others causes more damage to yourself，despite being in an advanteous position, you can't act recklessly, this leads us to the topic of balance. There needs to be balance in life. Balance in heath, balance in development, even balance in conflict, right? When you come to realise this, you will recognise that it doesn't just refer to the relationship between man and animals, but also to the relationships between man and nature, man and himself, and man and the world around him.


One Minute Chinese—— Celebrity speeches & interviews with Chinese & English script

02. 董卿：枪响之后没有赢家。DongQing: There are no winners in a gun fight.

Sharp your listening skills.
This short episode is for upper-intermediate, advanced and super advanced levels.

Catch the missing words:

Así se ve Ciudad Mayacoba en Playa del Carmen. Ciudad ___________ es una comunidad planeada en el norte de Playa del Carmen, diseñada para ofrecer calidad de vida y un __________ en armonía con la naturaleza. Cuenta con tres accesos controlados y una __________  de primer nivel, en la cual encontrarás 27 kilómetros de __________,  24 kilómetros de __________,  10 hectáreas de parques, áreas infantiles comerciales y un parque __________,   cruces de __________  y 134 hectáreas de conservación natural.
Además, dentro de la comunidad encuentras escuelas, comercios y espacios __________,  todo sin salir del residencial. Y si decides ir a la playa o al centro, estás a sólo 15 minutos en automóvil. Y te digo un secreto, justo en el acceso de la comunidad se construirá un centro comercial que __________  de servicios a todo el área sur de la ciudad.
Si buscas invertir en calidad de vida, Ciudad Mayacoba es el lugar ideal.


Mucho que decir

Mayakobá , Playa del Carmen, México

Vamos a escuchar las ejemplos del verbo SER y sus usos más importantes.

Natural Spanish Fluency

9/100 SER 🧑‍🦰 Los 100 verbos más importantes en español

一个会讲一点中文的老外在水果摊上问老板：“苹果怎么卖？”
老板说：“每斤(美金)5块”。
老外掏出10美金说：“我要两个苹果”然后嘀咕道：“中国的东西一点儿也不便宜，比我国家的还贵。
 
A foreigner who could speak a little Chinese asked the boss at a fruit stall, "how do you sell apples?"
The boss said, "5 yuan per catty ."
The foreigner took out $10 and said, "I want two apples." then he muttered, "Chinese things are not cheap at all. They are more expensive than my country's.

Měi jīn 每斤：every catty       Měi jīn美金： USD

开心一刻 Jokes

每斤5块 měi jīn wǔ kuài

When there’s been a miscommunication, we must spell it out to make our message crystal clear.

Tune in this week to learn how to use Spell (it) Out, Crystal Clear, and three other idioms and phrases in English. This episode is part two of How to Write a Winning Resume by Adding Measurable Achievements. Using idioms and phrases will make you sound more natural in English. As always, you’ll get some homework at the end so you can continue to improve your English communication skills.

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Episode originally published June 17, 2021

Original theme music by Lucas Knutter

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