Have you ever thought why the Dead Sea in Jordan is called "dead"?
In this episode, we talk about some surprising and some other logical reasons!

Share in the comments if you have visited the Dead Sea, used any of its health products or plan on visiting!

5-minute English Tea Time

ep10. The Dead Sea:  Why "Dead"?

Bedside Italian

Bedside Italian #43 - Un famoso detto italiano

speaker: 
马云 mǎyún 阿里巴巴集团创始人
Jack Ma: co-founder and former executive chairman of Alibaba Group 
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script: 
马老师，您好！据我所知，马老师最开始的时候是作为一名老师。但是是在那个时候，你看到你身上什么样的东西？然后让你决定你你想要创业，然后在那个时候呢，你眼中的成功是什么状态？
马：所以我在想啊，我所有教学生的东西，都是我自己书本上学来的。所以我那时候做一个决定呢，为了当一个很好的老师，我就想到社会上花十年时间办一个企业，然后再回学校去教书。我相信我会更受学生欢迎，这是我单纯的想法。第二，我也在证明一件事，假如马云能够成功中国80%的年轻人都能成功。没法学习比尔盖茨，没法学习李嘉诚，他们太大，太强，你也不知道该怎么学了。如果你刚开始做小店，开小饭馆，你的榜样就是你们斜对面那个小饭馆。他们为什么门口排那么多队，而我们家就是服务员比客户多？他是你的榜样，榜样是一点一滴地学上去。但是我知道那时候有一点是肯定的——我失败的概率很大。即使我失败了，我回到大学教那些失败的经历，我还是最好的老师。

chuàng yè
创业    v.to create ones own career
yǒu le yìxiē gōngzuò jīngyànyǐhòu, tā jiù kāishǐ zìjǐchuàngyèle.
有了一些工作经验以后，他开始自己创业。
chū chuànggōngsī
初创公司   n.startups 
Jīnnián tāmen tóuzīle liǎng jiā yǒu qiánlì de chūchuàng gōngsī.
今年他们投资了两家有潜力的初创公司。
They invested in two promising startups this year.
翻译translation:
Q:Hello, Mr. Ma! As far as I know, you started as a teacher. May I ask what made you decide to change and create your own business? And then, what was a success in your opinion?

Ma: I realized that all the things I taught are coming from books. Then I made a decision. I was going to spend ten years building a business and then go back to school to teach. I believe that I will be more popular with students, this is my initial idea. Second, I am trying to prove one thing, if Jack Ma can succeed, 80% of young people in China can succeed. You shouldn't take Bill Gates or Li Ka-Shing as your role model, they are legendary entrepreneurs, and you can’t copy the way they succeed. If you are just starting to open a store or a restaurant, your example is the restaurants across the street. Why do they have so long queues at the door, while there are more waiters than customers in our restaurant? They are the ones you need to learn from bit by bit. But I knew one thing for sure at that moment - I will probably fail. Even if I failed, I can go back to college and share these failures with my students, I was still the best teacher.


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

09.马云：从教师到企业家  Jack Ma : From a teacher to an entrepreneur.

Une révolution commerciale_dictée_transcription

UNE RÉVOLUTION COMMERCIALE 

Dictée

Les villes constituent un centre d’échanges très important. Vers les années mille, le grand commerce se limitait au trafic de produits de luxe réservés à une minorité de riches. Mais en l’espace de trois siècles, du 11e au 13e, les matières premières, les produits alimentaires et les objets fabriqués apparaissent sur le marché et deviennent indispensables à des groupes sociaux plus larges, tels que, par exemple, la bourgeoisie urbaine. On parle alors d'une révolution commerciale. 

Les produits agricoles (principalement le vin et les céréales) et artisanaux (le plus souvent textiles) sont échangés dans des foires locales, puis acheminés vers des foires plus importantes.

Les foires se multiplient dans certaines régions françaises animées par le commerce international : la Flandre, l’Île-de-France, la Champagne. Toutes ces activités artisanales et commerciales s'organisent petit à petit au sein des corporations.

Languageworld_French B1

Une révolution commerciale_dictée

马克：丽丽，明天就要去见你的爸爸妈妈了。我准备买点儿鲜花送给阿姨，带一瓶红酒给叔叔。
Mǎkè: Lìlì, míngtiān jiù yào qù jiàn nǐ de bàba māma le。 Wǒ zhǔnbèi mǎi diǎner xiānhuā sòng gěi ā yí，dài yī píng hóngjiǔ gěi shūshu。
丽丽：不用买这些，我们一家都很喜欢吃水果，买点儿水果过去就好了。
Lìlì  :   Bùyòng mǎi zhèxiēū, wǒmen yī jiā dōu xǐhuan chī shuǐguǒ, mǎ diǎnr shuǐguǒ guòqù jiù hǎo le。
马克：就这么简单吗？跟我们那里不一样。
Mǎkè: Jiù zhème jiǎndān mā? Gēn wǒmen nàlǐ bù yīyàng。
丽丽：就是这么简单，太隆重了，他们反而觉得不自然。
Lìlì:     Jiùshì zhème jiǎndān, tài lóngzhòng le, tāmen fǎnér juéde bù zìrán。
马克：我担心这样做不礼貌呢。
Mǎkè: Wǒ dānxīn zhèyàng zuò bù lǐmào ne。
丽丽：投其所好，入乡随俗。我们也请你吃一顿家常便饭。
Lìlì:     Tóu qí suǒ hào, rù xiāng suí sú。 Wǒmen yě qǐng nǐ chī yī dùn jiā cháng biàn fàn。

Mark: Lili, I'm going to meet your mom and dad tomorrow. I'm going to buy some flowers for my aunt and a bottle of red wine for my uncle.  
Lili: There is no need to buy these. We all like fruit very much. Just buy some fruit.  
Mark: Is it that simple?  It's not like where we are.  
Lili: It's as simple as that. If they're too grand, they don't look natural.  
Mark: I'm afraid that would be rude.  
Lili: Do as the Romans do.  We'll treat you to a potluck dinner.  

Listening & Speaking (Mandarin)

马克与丽丽的对话    Dialogue between Mark and Lily      （HSK 3-4)

¡Bienvenidos a Maria & Pablo Spanish! Seguimos compartiendo con ustedes en esta serie de episodios especiales el uso de diferentes verbos en español. En este quinto episodio, vamos a darles algunas oraciones con el verbo ‘to park’, que se puede traducir en español como estacionar, parquear y cuadrar.  ¡Empecemos! 

Te invitamos a conocernos más en: 
📍 María: https://linktr.ee/spanishwithmariap  
📍 Pablo: https://linktr.ee/pabloalejos 

Maria & Pablo Spanish

19. Verbos en contexto. How to say ‘to park’ in Spanish (Part 5)

 Ideas for Learning English

Learning Grammar

En el episodio de esta semana te hablo de algunas expresiones muy comunes que usamos para comparar en español. Las expresiones de las que vamos a hablar son comparativas de igualdad y usan el verbo estar, por lo tanto todas tienen la estructura “estar como”. Y aunque en español hay muchas cosas que no tienen sentido, estas expresiones no son unas de ellas. En cuanto te explique el significado de cada una de ellas, vas a ver lo acertadas que son.

Espero que, como siempre, disfrutes el episodio. Si lo haces, no te olvides de dejar una pequeña valoración en la plataforma desde la que lo estás escuchando.

Además, no te olvides que me encanta escuchar tus opiniones, después de escucharlo pásate por mi instagram y dime qué piensas del tema de hoy, ¿habías escuchado alguna de estas compraciones antes?


Blanca to go 

135 – Estar como....Comparaciones muy acertadas en español

“饭后百步走，活到九十九”
意思是吃完饭以后要走一百步，这样可以活到九十九岁
现在人们常用这句话说明，吃饭以后要运动运动，身体才能健康

