李子柒（短视频创作者） Lǐ Zǐqī ，1990年出生于四川 ，中国内地美食短视频创作者。
Li Ziqi (vlogger): Chinese video blogger, entrepreneur, and Internet celebrity.She is known for creating food and handicraft preparation videos in her hometown of rural Pingwu County.
Her YouTube channel has more than 3 billion views and 17 million subscribers.

script: 
大家好，我是李子柒。感谢大家一直以来的喜爱和陪伴，希望大家能够开心！健康平安，然后中文学习也都顺顺利利。
其实很感恩，也很意外，有这么多人能够喜欢我的视频。也没有想到我的视频会引起这么多的共鸣。觉得特别幸运。可能也是因为吃货无国界，对吧。毕竟我的视频里面有很多的美食。整个社会，很多人其实是特别浮躁的，他的生活压力很大，工作压力很大，那我希望他们在忙碌一天之后打开看到我的视频的时候，他是轻松的，美好的，对，能给他减轻一些焦虑和压力感的东西，这样多好。

yā lì
压力     n. pressure； stress
gōngzuò yā lì 
工作压力   Working Pressure
shēnghuó yā lì
生活压力   Stress in life
jiǎn qīng yā lì
减轻压力relieve stress


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

08.李子柒：希望我的视频能减轻大家的焦虑和压力Li Ziqi :Hope my videos can relieve some of your anxiety and stress

Question:
1) 中国人喜欢去哪里旅游？
2）泰国怎么样？
3）你去过泰国吗？

文本：
       很多中国人喜欢去泰国旅游。从中国去泰国你可以坐火车，也可以坐飞机。为什么这么多人喜欢泰国呢？很多人去了都不想回来。
      泰国很漂亮， 那里天气和水都很好。那里有很多水果，很好吃很便宜。住在那里也不贵。那里的人们很友好，喜欢帮助人，还有很多美女和帅哥。


Merry's Channel（HSK 二）

HSK 二   去泰国旅游

Some Japanese words are not completely translatable into English, and the word 「よろしく」is one of them. Listen to learn how we use this commonly used word in Japan so you can get one step closer to being fluent in Japanese.

Two Wise Monkeys Japanese Podcast

Ep.1 「よろしく」/ Student Life in Japan

今回は日本でよく使われている美容室/びようしつAPPの使い方についてお話しています。

日本に長く住む人はもちろん、髪の毛を切りますが、なかなか美容室に行くのは勇気がいりますよね💦

そんな人に役立てればいいな！

注目ワード：頻度/整髪料/お連れの方

Nihongo_Hanaso（N3+）

N3+日本で髪を切る！

 As we have known that ‘个gè’ the most general measure word; used for people, round objects, abstract things, such as questions / ideas, etc.

‘只zhī’ is for animal and one of certain pair things; piece or item.

We’ll learn more measure words from a song. Before our reading,  let’s familiar with the number counting as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10
And then upgrade to the unit of count to hundred ‘百bǎi’,  then to  thousand ‘千qiān’,  to ten thousand ‘万wàn’, and a hundred million is ‘亿yì’.
                          
    
 Liàng cí gē
  量    词  歌

yì tóu niú ，liǎng pǐ mǎ ，
一  头  牛，    两   匹 马，
One cow, two horses,

sān tiáo xiǎo yú ，sì zhī xiā ，
三    条   小 鱼，   四 只 虾，
Three little fish, four shrimp,

wǔ běn shū ， liù zhī bǐ ，
五   本   书，    六 支 笔，
Five books, six pens,

qī kē guǒ shù ，bā duǒ huā ，
七 棵 果  树，     八  朵 花，
Seven fruit trees, eight flowers,

jiǔ jià fēi jī ，shí liàng chē ，
九 架 飞机， 十 辆  车，
Nine planes, ten cars,

bǎi kuài shí tou ，qiān lì shā ，
百   块   石  头，    千   粒 沙，
A hundred stones, a thousand grains of sand,

wàn piàn shù yè huá lā lā ，
万   片  树  叶 哗 啦 啦，
Thousands of leaves clatter,

yì kē xīng xing màn tiān sǎ 。
亿 颗  星  星  漫   天  撒。
A hundred million stars scattered all over the sky.


Listening & Speaking (Mandarin)

量词歌 Liàng cí gē (A Measure words song)

Este audio-artículo nos habla de la pasión necesaria para el aprendizaje de un idioma - y de cualquier cosa en la vida -. Creo que va a serte de mucha utilidad. Lee... aprende....y juega

AUDIO-ARTÍCULOS (Nivel B2-C1)

¡Como si fuera un videojuego!

A new survey in Japan has shown that many people may be giving up on "happily ever after" when they get older than 35.

A survey by the Nippon Foundation asked 6,000 people, aged 15 to 45, about the country's falling birth rate. Among the 3,935 single participants, 46% said they want to get married, while 33% said they don't.

However, when asked if they really think they will get married, only 27% said yes, while 39% said no.

Younger people were more hopeful about marriage, with about 40% of those aged 15 to 25 thinking they will marry. But over 50% of single people aged 36 to 45 believe they won't get married, suggesting people may give up on marriage as they age.

Of the 1,313 people who said they don't want to get married, 40% said they prefer being single. Other reasons for staying single included not being able to see any benefit to marrying, and wanting to put their own life first. More than 20% didn't have a clear reason or just didn't know why.

For the 267 people who want to marry but think they won't, the top reason for thinking it won't happen is not having chances to meet potential partners, which was mentioned by 49% of these people. Others said they weren't good at getting along with people of the opposite sex, or felt financially insecure.

Where people lived also affected views on marriage. About 30% of people in central Tokyo and big cities thought they would marry, but only just over 20% of those in smaller towns and villages felt the same.

Marriages in Japan have been decreasing for years. In 2023, there were 3.9 marriages per 1,000 people in Japan — down from a high of 12 marriages per 1,000 people in 1947.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Japan's Over-35s Giving Up on Marriage

LECTURA COMPRENSIVA.

ESTE CUENTO NOS HABLA DE: El último libro. 

En una antigua biblioteca, cuyas paredes estaban cubiertas de libros polvorientos y de lomos desgastados, vivía un bibliotecario solitario. Se decía que el lugar albergaba secretos ancestrales y conocimientos prohibidos, y el bibliotecario era el único custodio de esos misterios.

Una noche, mientras ordenaba los libros, el bibliotecario encontró un tomo antiguo, cuyo lomo estaba adornado con símbolos extraños que brillaban tenuemente en la oscuridad. Intrigado, lo abrió y comenzó a leer. Las palabras eran antiguas y misteriosas, y a medida que avanzaba en la lectura, una sensación de frío se apoderó de él.

El libro hablaba de un ser oscuro que habitaba en las sombras y que se alimentaba del conocimiento humano. Si alguien leía el libro completo, liberaría al ser de su prisión y sumiría al mundo en la oscuridad eterna.

Aterrorizado, el bibliotecario intentó cerrar el libro, pero las páginas se resistían. Las palabras parecían cobrar vida y una voz susurrante le ordenó que continuara leyendo. No pudo hacer nada para detenerse.

Cuando llegó a la última página, un viento helado recorrió la biblioteca y las luces se apagaron. El bibliotecario sintió una presencia maligna a su lado y escuchó una risa macabra. Al día siguiente, la biblioteca estaba vacía y el libro había desaparecido. Los únicos rastros que quedaban eran unas extrañas marcas en las paredes y una sensación de frío que nunca desapareció.

Spanish Reading Comprehesion

The last book

在这集Chillchat里，我们聊了人类最好的朋友 - 狗。关于狗，原来我们还有这么多不知道的东西！和我们一起做这个狗狗的问答吧！