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Orange Chinese Corner - Chinese Hot Topics 中文热点

Students of English will hear some examples of how to use relative clauses to answer the question above - a common question type from Part 3 of the IELTS speaking test.

Try to answer the question yourself, using relative clauses, and send me your response.

IELTS-style speaking questions

IELTS Part 3: "Should parents teach their children to save money?" (Relative Clauses)

Master the American /r/ sound! Learn the difference between retroflex and bunched /r/, common challenges, and tips to improve your pronunciation for clearer, more natural speech.

 Pronunciation and Accent Reduction with a Focus on North American English

Key Consonants:  The American R

Io e Caro ci facciamo una chiacchierata riguardo i detti o modi di dire. Lei mi insegna alcuni detti in spagnolo che si utilizzano in Argentina e io le insegno alcuni detti italiani.

The Italian Miscellaneous Podcast🖐 

Italian Ciao (Tinos e Tanos) Detti e refranes

啊，是星星吗？ Ah! You mean the stars? 对了，就是星星。 Yes, that's it. The stars. 你要拿这五亿星星做什么？ And what do you do with Five-hundred millions of stars? 五亿一百六十二万七百三十一颗星星。 Five-hundred-and-one million, six-hundred-twenty-two thousand, seven-hundred-thirty-one. 我是严肃的人，我是非常精确的。 I am concerned with matters of consequence: I am accurate. 你拿这些星星做什么？ And what do you do with these stars? 我要它做什么？ What do I do with them? 是呀 Yes. 什么也不做。它们都是属于我的。 Nothing. I own them. 星星是属于你的？ You own the stars? 是的。 Yes. 可是我已经见到过一个国王，他… But I have already seen a king who... 国王并不占有，他们只是进行‘统治’。这不是一码事。 Kings do not own, they reign over. It is a very different matter. 你拥有这许多星星有什么用？ And what good does it do you to own the stars? 它可以使我变得富有。 It does me the good of making me rich. 变富有了你想干什么？ And what good does it do you to be rich? 富了就可以去买别的星星，如果有人发现了别的星星的话。 It makes it possible for me to buy more stars, if any are ever discovered. 小王子自言自语地说：“这个人想问题有点象那个酒鬼一样。” "This man," the little prince said to himself, "reasons a little like my poortippler..."

小王子-The Little Prince-Read in Chinese

小王子第三十章：拥有星星

哄堂大笑[hōng táng dà xiào]：roar/house/big/laugh；The people of the whole house burst out [into] laughter.
唐朝 táng cháo：Tang Dynasty.
冯相 féng xiàng: the name of a person
官员 guān yuán：Government official
靴子 xuē zi：boots
同僚 tóng liáo：associate;colleague;fellow-officials
惊奇 jīng qí：wonder; be surprised



乐读中文 (Lè Dú Zhōngwén) - "Joyful Chinese Stories"

哄堂大笑[hōng táng dà xiào]

Reading a book in Japanese ''The Music Box Planet'' #13
You can practice shadowing, and repeating with this reading and the text below. Besides, it's helpful to study Kanji. 😊 

📚My lessons: https://www.italki.com/ja/teacher/6185061


　「まあ、カンパネラ。眠れないの？」
カンパネラは 肩で息をしながら こたえます。
    「『好き』でしか人はつながることができないと思っていた。」
    「どうしたの、カンパネラ？」
    「空中帝国では、いまも争いがおこっている。ヨナヨナのいう とおりだ。
       それぞれの『好き』がちがうから争いがおこるんだ。
       なん年たっても、ずっとそのくりかえし。
       でもぼくらには『好き』という感情を捨てることはできない」
     「..........」
     「そして、空中帝国と『森』のあいだにある溝は、それよりももっと深い。
        このままでは世界はずっとバラバラのままだ。だけど.....」

カンパネラはヨナヨナをまっすぐに見すえていいました。
      「見つけたんだよ、ヨナヨナ」
      「.....見つけた？」
      「いや、もうすでに、ずっとずっとまえからあったんだ！」
      「なにがあったの？」
      「世界をつなぐ魔法だよ」


【Kanji】

眠れない　　ねむれない　G1verb ねむる
肩　　　　　かた
息　　　　　いき
好き　　　　すき
思っていた　おもっていた　G1verb おもう
争い　　　　あらそい
年　　　　　ねん
感情　　　　かんじょう
捨てる　　　すてる　G2verb 
溝　　　　　みぞ
深い　　　　ふかい
見すえて　　みすえて　G2verb みすえる



朗読クラブ📚Reading to Japanese language learners 

朗読：『オルゴールワールド』#13  にしのあきひろ著

another short episode focussing on useful vocabulary to use when talking about books.

IELTS Vocab

IELTS Vocabulary - Books

Listen to me read a short news article on the topic of marriage, divorce and the UK law, as part of my Conversational English course