Reading of the short story "A Beleza Total" ("The Total Beauty") by the Brazilian modernist writer and poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade. 

In this episode, we work on textual interpretation and vocabulary, with the indication of tenses for some of the verbs contained in the text.

Practice your listening and (why not) your reading as well by grabbing a copy of this modernist text (easily found on Google) while listening to this special episode.

Verb tenses mentioned in the vocabulary section: 

* Pretérito Perfeito
* Pretérito Imperfeito
* Pretérito-mais-que-perfeito

Target audience: Portuguese Students from B1 Level 
Length: ~6 minutes

Music used in the podcast
Song: Brazilian Sunsets, by Ketsa
Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/
Free to use with attribution

Braziliant

Reading "A Beleza Total", by Carlos Drummond de Andrade

Video on YouTube
Каждое время года чудесно по-своему, и у каждого есть своя прелесть и свои особенности. 
Мы подготовили для вас 4 подкаста о временах года. В первой части мы поговорим о весне. Весна – самое прекрасное время года! Весной пробуждается не только природа, но и люди. Это время радости, хорошего настроения и любви.
Website: http://www.russianincontext.com/

russian in context

Podcast 8. Seasons. Spring. Part 1! (subtitles in 10 languages) Времена года. Весна. Часть первая

If you get sick, you need to see the doctor and take medicine.
Doctor 医生
You need to see the doctor.你需要去看医生。
Medicine: 药
My doctor gave me some fever medicine. 我的医生给了我一些退烧药。
Take medicine: 吃药
I feel much better after I took medicine. 吃完药我感觉好了很多。
we’ll talk about Vaccine in the next show. If you have any question ,feel free to message me or we can discuss it in our class.Thanks for listening. If you like my podcast ,you can follow it. I’ll see you next time.我们下次节目再见。


Talk to Cara in Chinese

7.吃药Useful expressions of take medicine 

1) Translate new words using a dictionary:

Cuadros –
Moreno –
Novia –
Rizado –
Preocuparse –
Presentar –

2) Answer the questions:

¿Cómo es la novia de Alex?
¿Cómo es Alex?
¿A quién conoce el chico en esta fiesta?
Y tú, ¿Tienes muchos amigos? ¿Te gusta conocer a gente nueva?

3) Read the transcript: 

En una fiesta:
–        ¿Conoces a esa chica?
–        ¿Cuál? ¿Esa morena con el pelo rizado?
–        No, la de al lado, la rubia alta del vestido rojo.
–        Sí, es Isa. No la conozco muy bien pero parece muy simpática. Es la novia de Alex.
–        ¿Quién es Alex?
–        Allí está. Ese moreno con gafas y barba, el de la camiseta de cuadros.
–        Pfff, en esta fiesta no conozco a casi nadie…
–        No te preocupes, ahora te los voy a presentar. 

Método Tati

At the party

If you're in a coffee shop in China, how to order one?

Everyday-Chinese

I want a cup of coffee

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Asian Heritage Month 

ɡēnɡ léi shì ɡǔ shí hòu wèi ɡuó yǒu mínɡ de shè jiàn nénɡ shǒu。  
更羸是古时候魏国有名的射箭能手。
yǒu yì tiān，ɡēnɡ léi ɡēn wèi wánɡ dào jiāo wài dǎ liè。 
有一天，更羸跟魏王到郊外打猎。
yì zhī dà yàn cónɡ yuǎn chù màn màn de fēi lái， 
一只大雁从远处慢慢地飞来，
biān fēi biān mínɡ。 
边飞边鸣。
ɡēnɡ léi zǐ xì kàn le kàn， 
更羸仔细看了看，
zhǐ zhe dà yàn duì wèi wánɡ shuō： 
指着大雁对魏王说：
“dà wánɡ，wǒ bú yònɡ jiàn， 
“大王，我不用箭，
zhǐ yào lā yí xià ɡōnɡ， 
只要拉一下弓，
zhè zhī dà yàn jiù nénɡ diào xià lái。” 
这只大雁就能掉下来。” 
wèi wánɡ bù xiānɡ xìn。 
魏王不相信。
ɡēnɡ léi shuō：“qǐnɡ rànɡ wǒ shì yí xià。” 
更羸说：“请让我试一下。”
ɡēnɡ léi bìnɡ bù qǔ jiàn， 
更羸并不取箭，
tā zuǒ shǒu ná ɡōnɡ，yòu shǒu lā xián， 
他左手拿弓，右手拉弦，
zhǐ tīnɡ dé“bēnɡ”de yì shēnɡ xiǎnɡ， 
只听得“嘣”的一声响，
nà zhī dà yàn zhǐ wǎnɡ shànɡ fēi， 
那只大雁只往上飞，
pāi le liǎnɡ xià chì bǎnɡ， 
拍了两下翅膀，
hū rán cónɡ bàn kōnɡ lǐ zhí diào xià lái。
忽然从半空里直掉下来。  
wèi wánɡ kàn le，dà chī yì jīnɡ。 
魏王看了，大吃一惊。  
ɡēnɡ léi jiě shì shuō：“zhè zhǐ niǎo fēi dé màn， 
更羸解释说：“这只鸟飞得慢，
jiào de shēnɡ yīn hěn bēi cǎn。 
叫的声音很悲惨。
fēi dé màn，yīn wéi tā shòu ɡuò jiàn shānɡ，shānɡ kǒu méi yǒu hǎo； 
飞得慢，因为它受过箭伤，伤口没有好；
jiào de bēi cǎn，yīn wéi tā lí kāi tónɡ bàn，dé bú dào bānɡ zhù。 
叫得悲惨，因为它离开同伴，得不到帮助。
tā yì tīnɡ dào xián xiǎnɡ，xīn lǐ hěn hài pà， 
它一听到弦响，心里很害怕，
jiù pīn mìnɡ wǎnɡ ɡāo chù fēi。 
就拼命往高处飞。
tā yì shǐ jìn，shānɡ kǒu yòu liè kāi le，jiù diào xià lái le。”
它一使劲，伤口又裂开了，就掉下来了。”

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日本の小学生の必需品ランドセルについての話です。ラン活をみなさんは知っていますか？

日本語でおしゃべり　podcast for Japanese learners

＃20 ランドセルの話

JIM: Who’s the tall woman next to Barbara?

CHARLES: That’s her friend Mary. Didn’t you meet her at Steve’s party?

JIM: No, I wasn’t at Steve’s party.

CHARLES: Oh! Then let me introduce you to her now. Mary, this is my friend Jim.

MARY: Hi, Jim. Nice to meet you.

JIM: You, too. Would you like a drink?

MARY: Sure, let’s go get one.