The story follows a young prince who visits various planets in space, including Earth, and addresses themes of loneliness, friendship, love, and loss. Despite its style as a children's book, The Little Prince makes observations about life, adults and human nature

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THE LITTLE PRINCE "Le Petit Prince" d'Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (French Hero and Writer) CHAPTER THREE

Security conditions in pact agreed by Trump and Starmer seen as targeting Beijing. 

China has criticised a trade deal between the UK and US that could be used to squeeze Chinese products out of British supply chains, complicating London’s efforts to rebuild relations with Beijing.

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The Short And Sweet English Learning Podcast

Episode 7, China criticises UK trade deal with US

shǒu zhū dài tù 
守株待兔
hěn jiǔ yǐ qián，yǒu ɡè nónɡ mín zài tián li ɡàn huór
很久以前，有个农民在田里干活儿。
tā lěi le，zǒu dào tián biān yì kē dà shù xià xiū xi。   
他累了，走到田边一棵大树下休息。
méi duō jiǔ，yì zhī tù zi fēi kuài de pǎo lái，
没多久，一只兔子飞快地跑来，
bù xiǎo xīn，yì tóu zhuànɡ zài dà shù shànɡ，dānɡ chǎnɡ sǐ le。
不小心，一头撞在大树上，当场死了。
zhè ɡe nónɡ mín hěn ɡāo xìnɡ，shí qǐ tù zi，
这个农民很高兴，拾起兔子，
ná huí jiā zuò le yí dào hǎo cài，měi měi de chī le yí dùn。
拿回家做了一道好菜，美美地吃了一顿。
tā xiǎnɡ：“wǒ méi huā yì diǎnr lì qì jiù kě yǐ shí dào tù zi。  
他想：“我没花一点儿力气就可以拾到兔子。
rú ɡuǒ měi tiān dōu nénɡ zhè yànɡ，nà ɡāi duō hǎo ɑ！” 
如果每天都能这样，那该多好啊！”
cónɡ cǐ yǐ hòu，tā bú zài ɡàn huór le，
从此以后，他不再干活儿了，
tiān tiān shǒu zài dà shù xià，děnɡ zhe shí tù zi。
天天守在大树下，等着拾兔子。
tā děnɡ lái děnɡ qù，jié ɡuǒ shén me yě méi yǒu děnɡ dào， 
他等来等去，结果什么也没有等到，
kě shì，tā hái shì zài yì tiān yì tiān de děnɡ xià qù…… 
可是，他还是在一天一天地等下去……

CHINESE STORY中文故事

守株待兔

In this episode you will hear what Daxin prepared for his mother for breakfast. Daxin is really very kind to his sick mother. Enjoy it. 

今天天气很好，是一个晴天。早上七点多，大新叫妈妈起床。起床以后，大新拉着妈妈到了卫生间。大新给妈妈一杯水，让妈妈刷牙。妈妈刷牙的时候，大新就给妈妈梳头。妈妈的头发大部分是白的，是短发，但是不是很短。刷完了压，梳好了头发，大新拉着妈妈来到餐厅。大新已经给妈妈卓好了早饭。大新给了妈妈一个鸡蛋。妈妈不认识鸡蛋，她说是饽饽。大新告诉她这是鸡蛋，大鸡蛋。大新还给妈妈准备了粥和红薯、馒头。大新帮着妈妈吃了早饭，然后，他自己也吃了早饭。大新的早饭和妈妈的早饭一样，看上去很简单，但是很好吃。吃了早饭，大新要带妈妈出去走一走。

jīn tiān tiān qì hěn hǎo ， shì yī gè qíng tiān 。 zǎo shàng qī diǎn duō ， dà xīn jiào mā mā qǐ chuáng 。 qǐ chuáng yǐ hòu ， dà xīn lā zhe mā mā dào le wèi shēng jiān 。 dà xīn gěi mā mā yī bēi shuǐ ， ràng mā mā shuā yá 。 mā mā shuā yá de shí hòu ， dà xīn jiù gěi mā mā shū tóu 。 mā mā de tóu fà dà bù fèn shì bái de ， shì duǎn fà ， dàn shì bù shì hěn duǎn 。 shuā wán le yā ， shū hǎo le tóu fà ， dà xīn lā zhe mā mā lái dào cān tīng 。 dà xīn yǐ jīng gěi mā mā zhuó hǎo le zǎo fàn 。 dà xīn gěi le mā mā yī gè jī dàn 。 mā mā bù rèn shí jī dàn ， tā shuō shì bō bō 。 dà xīn gào sù tā zhè shì jī dàn ， dà jī dàn 。 dà xīn hái gěi mā mā zhǔn bèi le zhōu hé hóng shǔ 、 mán tou 。 dà xīn bāng zhe mā mā chī le zǎo fàn ， rán hòu ， tā zì jǐ yě chī le zǎo fàn 。 dà xīn de zǎo fàn hé mā mā de zǎo fàn yī yàng ， kàn shàng qù hěn jiǎn dān ， dàn shì hěn hǎo chī 。 chī le zǎo fàn ， dà xīn yào dài mā mā chū qù zǒu yī zǒu 。

Story Chinese

24#24

In this episode I have a talk with Jania Alvarez, Italki tutor from Mexico, about Jergas colombianas.

Colombia

Talking to jania about Jergas Colombianas

안녕하세요. Hello~
한국어 듣기 수업 시작해요. Let's start with the Korean listening class.
선생님 읽어요. I read it.
잘 들으세요. Please listen well.

I posted the sentences on my blog.
https://blog.naver.com/laramcraft/222734884189
https://youtu.be/eImK96sF6Yg

The basics are important.
It is also good to check the basics of 한글 Hangeul before this listening class.
1-1. Korean alphabet - Vowels 모음 - What is Hangeul?
https://youtu.be/0YzhJ9p2lcs
2-1. Korean alphabet - Consonants 자음 -What are the consonants 자음?
https://youtu.be/lckgvQ_vreA
3-1. Korean alphabet - Final Consonants 받침 - What are the final consonants 받침?
https://youtu.be/sLlFmG30fNI

This is a class to listen to Korean conversational sentences.
In this voice recording for listening,
After reading many sentences with Korean grammar in Korean conversation sentences,
Check out how much you understand the sentences with a voice recording.
Never look at the sentences when listening to the voice recording.
And listen to the sentence repeatedly until you hear it completely.

You are listening to the Sejong Korean conversation. (세종학당)
There are four books in total. (Korean conversation, 1, 2, 3, 4.)
It consists of 1st and 2nd courses for beginners and 1st and 2nd courses for intermediate.
Each course is conducted in 14 units. (2 grammar - for each unit.)
This listening class you are taking is Korean Conversation 1. (Beginner 1)
Please listen carefully.

Korean Listening Class 한국어 문장 듣기 - Korean teacher, Grace

Updated-Korean Conversation 1. (Beginner 1) - Lesson 7.  - Beginner 1  Part 1 에,  Part 2 -으세요/-세요

Dear listeners,

Today I want to share a beginner-friendly podcast. In this episode, I'll be reading a short article about Lithuania's capital, Vilnius. Following the reading, I'll pose some questions, providing you with the chance to formulate your answers. 

During the listening, you will not just learn something new about Vilnius but also practice creating questions and selecting the right grammatical cases for your responses.
I suggest turning on the subtitles for a more comfortable listening experience. Install Language Reactor to translate the Lithuanian titles into your native language.

Also, if you wish to receive the full transcript of this episode, please head to my Contribee. There you will find all the podcast's transcripts, longer format Lithuanian with Paulius recordings and more.

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If you enjoyed the episode, don't forget to follow and subscribe for future videos! Cheers.

Lithuanian with Paulius

#4 - Sveiki Atvykę į Vilnių: Welcome to Vilnius

こんにちは! Today's topic is sports. What kind of sports do you like?!
スポーツが好きですか？どんなスポーツが好きですか？
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://www.patreon.com/posts/slow-japanese-25-63570522?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copy_to_clipboard&utm_campaign=postshare

Slow Japanese

Episode #25 - Sports

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EX3xrwvYavQQflxbNLBdWnzijr4fnxIa/view?usp=drivesdk