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Découvrez la vie d'Alain Delon, le plus célèbre acteur français.

French Kankan - Slow French

Alain Delon 

Hi everyone, this is Jesse, your story writer, and you’re listening to the Being a Cloud podcast. 

More teachers are waking up to the power of stories to teach languages, and on this show, I share the stories I’ve made with my italki students for you to enjoy. 

Are you an ESL student? Do you want to make a story? Book a lesson with me and let’s create one together. 

In this story, an orange named Orangutan gets an unexpected text message from his girlfriend. This is part 1 of 3.  

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Orangutan the Orange

Rain is pouring heavily onto a small town somewhere in Russia. It’s 8:15 in the morning on a cold Monday. 

Inside of a small, community-run gym, there is an angry-looking orange lifting some weights. It’s early, so no other members are in the gym. Not all the lights are turned on. The fourteen-year-old orange is alone lifting some dumbbells. 

8 – 9 – 10 – Rest… 

He takes in huge breathes to recover. He seems very driven to push his body to its limits. 

Again… 1 – 2 – 3… 

After completing his 5th set, the orange walks over to the bench press. He lays down on the bench, grabs the steel bar and lifts the 50kg weights. He’s very strong for such a young piece of fruit. 

Then, his mobile phone makes a sound. The orange completes his set, then grabs his phone from his bag. Two new messages have arrived. He opens the first one and scans the text. 

Hi, Orangutan, my dear, it’s me. I’m sorry to say, but our relationship is over. Please don’t visit me or call me anymore. You’re very strong and handsome, but you’re not polite or considerate. While I do care for you, sometimes I don’t feel safe around you…

The message stops there. It continues in the second message. But Orangutan feels so insulted and hurt by the message. He instantly deletes both of the messages, without reading the second. 

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Being a Cloud

Orangutan the Orange

In this podcast i will speak about the story of " Queen Elizabeth II. I hope you'll enjoy it. Like share & comment! Ciaaaoo!!

ITALPOP

La storia della Regina Elizabeth II - capitolo 1 - Serie grandi storie

In this episode we will talk about 【Losing weight】, you will learn how to say 【be on a diet, energy intake】 ect.
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It is recommended that you study in the following ways:
1st time: listen without looking at the text.
2nd time: look at the text and write down the new words, later look up the dictionary. 
3rd time: listen again without looking at the text.
4th time: repeat after it without looking at the text.
大家好，我是Yuli。欢迎收听我的播客。
今天想和大家聊一聊【减肥】的话题。
说起减肥，我算是个资深的减肥专家了。我从初中开始就开启我的减肥之路，试过各种方法：节食、运动、甚至是吃减肥药。直到这几年，我才开始意识到，不应该盲目减肥。我看回以前的照片，其实一点儿也不胖。按照BMI的标准，我甚至是体重偏轻。我对身材的焦虑都是受外界的声音以及一些扭曲的审美影响。现在我对身体的唯一要求就是健康，再也不把“减肥”两个字挂在嘴边了。
我经常听到身边的朋友说要减肥，不能吃太多，有的甚至晚饭都不吃。那么不吃晚饭真的能瘦吗？我们来听听专家的看法吧。
很多人呢一提起减肥啊都有很多种方法。大家说很简单啊，不就是少吃多动弹嘛，我只要少吃就可以了。单纯不吃晚餐能不能解决问题？初听很简单，说少吃一顿晚餐，那么一定就是能量减少了1/3，时间久了我自然就能够瘦下来。短期内啊，不吃晚饭确实能够减少我们的能量的摄入，但是这样的方法不能够很长久。如果您长期不吃晚饭，就有可能造成代谢率的下降。这个时候身体马上适应性地降低你的基础代谢率，而不能够起到减肥的作用。所以减肥一定是要吃动两平衡，既要适当地少吃，还要坚持积极的身体活动，才能够在保持代谢率的情况下，能够维持减重减脂的效果。
你有减肥的经历吗？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。
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资深	/	zī shēn	/	senior，veteran
节食	/	jié shí	/	be on a diet
焦虑	/	jiāo lǜ	/	anxiety
扭曲	/	niǔ qū	/	distorted
审美	/	shěn měi	/	aesthetics
把·····挂在嘴边	/	bǎ ····· guà zài zuǐ biān	/	talk about·····all the time
专家	/	zhuān jiā	/	expert
动弹	/	dòng tán	/	move
初听	/	chū tīng	/	first heard······
能量摄入	/	néng liàng shè rù	/	energy intake
代谢率下降	/	dài xiè lǜ xià jiàng	/	metabolic rate decreases
适应性地	/	shì yìng xìng de	/	adaptively
平衡	/	píng héng	/	balance
减重减脂	/	jiǎn zhòng jiǎn zhī	/	losing weight and fat

Yuli's Chinese Channel

减肥 Losing weight （Advanced level）

Konnichiwa! Welcome to Slow Japanese! In this episode, program host Akari will talk about her hobby. (She has a lot of hobbies!)
Do you have any hobbies? What are they?

Usage of Slow Japanese:
STEP 1. Listen to the episode without seeing scripts.
STEP 2. Go to mochifika.com/podcast/ and check "Key vocabularies of this episode", listen again to the episode while seeing the list.
STEP 3. Check the whole script, it'll fill the gap in your understanding.

Scripts and key vocabularies of this episode are here:
https://mochifika.com/podcast-script/slow-japanese-episode-4-hobby/

Slow Japanese

Episode #4 - Hobby

Dies ist eine Entspannungsreise, um den Körper und Geist zu beruhigen.

Versucht das loszulassen, das hinter euch liegt und konzentriert euch auf das, was vor euch liegt. 
Lasst Altes los. Lasst Neues zu. 
Es geht weiter.

Entspannung 

Altes geht, Neues kommt

不同 bù tóng：different ; diverse
类型 lèi xíng：kind; type;style
动作片 dòng zuò piàn：Action movies
喜剧片 xǐ jù piàn：Comedy movies
爱情片 ài qíng piàn：Romance movies 
科幻片 kē huàn piàn：Science Fiction movies 
奇幻片 或者 魔幻片 qíhuàn piàn huòzhě móhuàn piàn：Fantasy movies
动画片 dòng huà piàn：Cartoons or Animations
悬疑片 xuán yí piàn：Mystery movies
侦探片 zhēn tàn piàn：Detective movies
剧情片 jù qíng piàn：Drama movies
恐怖片 kǒng bù piàn：Horror movies
古装片 gǔ zhuāng piàn：Ancient Costume movies
音乐片 yīn yuè piàn：Musical movies
剧情片 jì lù piàn：Documentary

Key Sentence：
你 喜欢 看 什么类型 的 电影？nǐ  xǐhuan kàn shénme lèixíng de diànyǐng ？
我 喜欢 看...、...和...，你呢？wǒ xǐ huān kàn ...、... hé ...， nǐ ne ？


“龙”年中国话（“ lóng ” nián zhōng guó huà）

What kind of movies do you like？你喜欢看什么类型的电影？

In this episode we will talk about 【What sports do Chinese people like?】, you will learn how to say 【popularize,Badminton,Camping】 ect. 
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It is recommended that you study in the following ways:
Step 1: Gist listening. Listen to get the main idea. (more times if necessary)
Step 2: Check the script and learn new words. 
Step 3: Listen and imitate as much as you can then retell the story.
Step 4: Write down what you hear if you want to practise writing.
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大家好，我是Yuli。欢迎收听我的播客。
今天想和大家聊一聊【运动】的话题。
在中国，最受欢迎的运动项目包括篮球、乒乓球、羽毛球、足球和跑步等。篮球在中国尤其是年轻人中非常流行，姚明的影响力使得这项运动在中国得到了极大的推广。乒乓球是中国非常突出的运动项目，早在20世纪50年代初，中国领导人毛主席就宣布乒乓球为一项全民运动。这项运动在中国的普及程度非常高，到处可以看到乒乓球桌。羽毛球是中国的另一项全民运动，与乒乓球类似，羽毛球可以随时随地进行，只需要一副球拍。足球在中国也有很大的影响力，但是因为踢足球需要更大的场地，不是每个学校都有足球场。跑步在中国变得越来越流行，越来越多的人选择在城市的街道和乡村小路上跑步。
这几年，户外运动也流行了起来。例如徒步、登山、露营、滑雪、漂流和骑行等，受到了越来越多的人喜爱。这些活动不仅能让人们亲近大自然，还能提供一种健康的生活方式。周末参加一个一天的徒步团，在山里面徒步，呼吸新鲜空气，然后在村里面吃一顿地道的农家菜，对住在城市里的年轻人来说是很新鲜的体验。在徒步的过程中也可以跟其他人聊聊天，认识新朋友，有的年轻人甚至在徒步中遇到自己的另一半。
除此之外，去健身房锻炼身体，去瑜伽馆做瑜伽也是很多年轻人的选择。你可以选择月卡、半年卡和年卡，一般年卡是最划算的。不过经常有年轻人买了年卡以后很少去，坚持运动也是一件不容易的事啊。
没有时间去健身房或者不喜欢社交的人，也可以选择在家里做运动。一边看视频，一边跟着做动作。因此很多运动博主也收获了不少粉丝，一个视频甚至有几千万的播放量。还有一些博主直播带着大家一起运动，运动变成一种新时尚。
你最喜欢什么运动？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。
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项目/xiàng mù/Programs
乒乓球/pīng pāng qiú/Table Tennis
羽毛球/yǔ máo qiú/Badminton
尤其/yóu qí/Especially
推广/tuī guǎng/Promotion,spread
突出/tū chū/Outstanding
领导人/lǐng dǎo rén/Leaders
毛主席/máo zhǔ xí/Chairman Mao
宣布/xuān bù/Announce
普及/pǔ jí/popularize
与···类似/yǔ ··· lèi sì/Similar to 
徒步/tú bù/Hiking
露营/lù yíng/Camping
漂流/piāo liú/Rafting
农家菜/nóng jiā cài/Farm dishes
瑜伽/yú jiā/Yoga
划算/huá suàn/a good bargin
社交/shè jiāo/Socializing
博主/bó zhǔ/Blogger/youtuber
播放量/bō fàng liàng/amount of play
时尚/shí shàng/Fashion