Want to learn 5 common idioms that can be used in both business and ordinary life? Nicole will introduce them to you so clearly and  simply that you can use them in your conversation immediately!

5 Weekly Idioms 

This podcast is aimed at intermediate to advanced students who are interested in seeing life through the eyes of an online English teacher living in Cape Town, South Africa.  

The real life of an English teacher in Cape Town

This podcast is for those who enjoy listening to short stories. I will explain some vocabulary at the end of each episode and then you can listen again.... and again (if you  like)!

Stories to Stimulate!

No episódio de hoje, vamos falar sobre aquela confusão mental que muita gente sente ao misturar uma língua que já domina com outra que ainda está aprendendo.
Se isso já aconteceu com você, saiba que é super comum (eu também já passei por isso!) . Vou compartilhar um pouco da minha experiência pessoal e comentar algo bem interessante que li sobre o tema.

Praia e Dolce Vita

Tudo bem misturar idiomas enquanto você aprende?

练习1
（1）桌子上：水、笔、纸
（2）车里：爸爸、妈妈、女儿
（3）椅子下：孩子
（4）椅子上：小狗

练习2
（1）你想喝点儿什么？茶  还是  咖啡？
（2）这条   裤子  一点儿也不贵，买吧。
（3）我每个周末都在家看电视  或者  听音乐，不工作。
（4）你穿昨天新买的那件  衬衫  吧。
（5）我不喜欢南方，太热了，不  舒服  。

（6）A: 我们看过这个电影，你  记得  是什么时候吗？
B: 去年8月。
（7）A: 你跟我一起出去走走吧。
B: 我现在  只  想睡觉。
（8）A: 饭菜做好了吗？
B: 做好了，已经  放  饭桌上了。
（9）A: 您慢走，路上  小心  点儿。
B: 谢谢你，再见。
（10）A: 上个周末你去哪儿了？
B: 我跟朋友去  爬山  了。

HSK3   第3课  1 桌子上放着很多饮料

很多人小时候，都被家里的长辈批评、贬低过。
Many people were criticized and belittled by their family elders when they were little.
最近中国的互联网上流行一种很有趣的视频。
Recently, a kind of interesting video has become popular on the internet in China.
在视频中，父母们会说出自己小时候，被长辈打击和否定的那些话。
In these videos, adults share the hurtful and negative words their elders said to them in childhood.
然后让自己的孩子说下一句。
Then they ask their own children to say the next sentence.
孩子们说出的话，都特别温柔和包容，和父母小时候听到的话完全不一样。
What the children say is very gentle and tolerant, completely different from what their parents heard when they were young.
比如这句：如果你再哭，就出去，别回来了。
For example: If you cry again, go outside and don’t come back.
孩子们说出的是：如果你再哭，我就抱抱你。
The children reply: If you cry again, I will give you a hug.
从这件事能看得出来，现在的年轻人都在努力做更好的父母。
It can be seen from this that young people nowadays are trying their best to be better parents.
他们不让自己的孩子再听到这样的话。
They don’t want their children to hear such words again.
还有不少人，会和外国朋友一起做这个互动。
Many people also do this interaction with their foreign friends.
有些人发现虽然出生在不同的国家，但他们听到过一模一样的话。
Some people find that although they were born in different countries, they have heard exactly the same words.
你小的时候有没有经历过这样的打压式教育呢？
Did you ever experience such Suppressive parenting when you were young?

长辈（zhǎng bèi）- elder
批评（pī píng）- criticize
贬低（biǎn dī）- belittle
互联网（hù lián wǎng）- internet
流行（liú xíng）- popular
打击（dǎ jī）- hurt
否定（fǒu dìng）- deny
温柔（wēn róu）- gentle
包容（bāo róng）- tolerant
互动（hù dòng）- interaction
一模一样（yī mú yī yàng）- exactly the same

Orange Chinese Corner - Chinese Hot Topics 中文热点

What’s happening lately in Chinese——Suppressive parenting.

These words should be added onto your vocabulary list! These can be used when writing emails, communicating with people, travelling, studying etc.

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Vi racconto perché, dove e come ho studiato la lingua russa. 



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IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 1 - Neighbours. Question 1.

How well do you know the people who live next door to you?

Linking words. To begin with. In addition.

Relevant vocabulary: close family friends, relationship, dear to us, intimate, visit often, great person, across, house, lives, adjacent to my house.

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