Mental Health at Christmas (with transcript)

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Mental Health at Christmas (with transcript)

Commonly used phrases, Please read after me.
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*妈妈和女儿
  打电话
 坐出租车
 吃米饭
 下雨了
 买东西
 在医院
 喝茶
 写字
 十块钱
 五本书
 太热了
 看电影 
 读书
 五点零四分



Merry's voice (HSK一）

HSK一， Commonly used phrases, Please read after me.

NATASHA: What time is it? We’re going to be late!
TONY: It’s a quarter after seven. We’re on time. Don’t panic.
NATASHA: But I thought we had to be at the restaurant by 7:30 for 
the surprise party. We’ll never make it there with all this 
evening traffic.
TONY: Sure we will. Rush hour is almost over. Anyway, the party 
starts at 8:00. But I do need help with directions. Can you 
call the restaurant and ask them where we park our car?




LANGUAGE NOTES
• It’s a quarter after seven. This phrase is one of the most common ways of stating 
this time. It means: “It’s 15 minutes past 7:00.” Another possibility here is to simply 
say: “It’s seven fifteen.” In general you can say: “It’s a quarter past the hour.” How do 
we know the time of day? Look for context clues: “evening traffic.”
• In the dialog, Natasha and Tony are going to a surprise party. They need to be on time. 
Therefore there is an element of stress and urgency. When someone is stressed for 
time you can use expressions like: Don’t worry. / Don’t stress. / We’re fine. / We will 
be on time.
• Natasha thinks the surprise party begins at 7:30. There are two different ways to 
express this time. You may say simply “seven thirty” or “half past seven.”
• Rush hour is the time of day—usually in the morning and evening—when traffic is 
heavy because of people commuting to and from their workplace by bus, by car, by 
subway, on foot, etc.

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day 5: Ask about the time

What do you do on Saturday？ Shopping？Sleeping？Watching movie？Let's learn some words through the story. -
我的星期六
昨天是星期六，上午我和爸爸、妈妈去商店买东西，我们买了衣服、菜、水果、也买了八个杯子，杯子很小很漂亮。我很喜欢。商店前面有一个宠物医院，很多人带着小狗去看医生。我的同学也在那儿，我问他，这是你的小狗吗？我的同学说“是的，它叫钱钱，它昨天和今天不吃也不喝，我希望钱钱好起来。”
下午下雨了，我和爸爸、妈妈在家里。爸爸看书，妈妈看电视，我学习汉语。我喜欢学汉语，你呢？

Wǒ de Xīngqī liù 
Zuótiān shì Xīngqī liù ， Shàngwǔ wǒ hé Bàba 、 Māma qù Shāngdiàn mǎi dōngxi。 Wǒmen mǎi le Yīfu 、 cài 、 shuǐguǒ 、 yě mǎi le bā gè bēizi ， bēi zi hěn xiǎo hěn piàoliang 。 Wǒ hěn xǐhuan 。 Shāngdiàn qiánmian yǒu yí gè Chǒngwù Yīyuàn ， hěnduō rén dàizhe xiǎogǒu qù kànYīsheng 。 Wǒ de Tóngxué yě zài nàér ， wǒ wèn tā ， zhè shì nǐ de xiǎogǒu ma ？ Wǒ de Tóngxué shuō " Shìde ， tā Zuótiān hé Jīntiān bù chī yě bù hē ， wǒ xīwàng tā hǎoqǐlái 。 " 
Xiàwǔ xiàyǔ le ， wǒ hé Bàba 、 Māma zài jiā lǐ 。 Bàba kànshū ， Māma kàndiànShì ， wǒ xuéxí Hànyǔ 。 Wǒ xǐhuan xué Hànyǔ ， nǐ ne ？


Learn Chinese through stories - HSK1  （more podcast：https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk_Q-vfEdpBJCRJviEEY0KQ）

My Saturday

专心致志[zhuān xīn zhì zhì]：focus on/heart/devote/heart；
to devote oneself heart and soul to or to give complete attention to 
eg：她专心致志地学习中文 tā zhuān xīn zhì zhì de xuéxí hànyǔ。
        爸爸专心致志地看报纸 bàba zhuān xīn zhì zhì de kàn bàozhǐ 。
鲁国 lǔ guó：Lu state in the Spring and Autumn period in Chinese history.
弈秋 yì qiū：The name of a person
围棋 wéi qí：Go;Chinese draught
高手 gāo shǒu：Past master master-hand ace
徒弟 tú dì：apprentice;disciple;pupil
棋艺 qí yì：skill
大雁 dà yàn：wild goose
丝毫 sī háo：a bit;in the least

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

专心致志[zhuān xīn zhì zhì]

Eng/gr
Is the alphabet of every culture and language an abstract one, based on agreement,
or is depicting the man's perception of the environment/ the "cosmos" around him?
What do the ΑΒΓ letters in Greek symbolize? Is there a specific object or good of man's daily life behind each letter's depiction? What is the meaning of it?
The Greek alphabet, which is the basis for the English word "alphabet," was adopted from the Phoenicians and is not directly based on a symbolic representation of objects or the cosmos for each letter, though the shapes have evolved from earlier symbolic scripts.
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Είναι το αλφάβητο κάθε πολιτισμού και κάθε γλώσσας κάτι αφηρημένο, βασισμένο σε κάποια συμφωνία/σύμβαση ή απεικονίζει την πρόσληψη του ανθρώπου για το περιβάλλον/τον κόσμο γύρω του;
Τι συμβολίζουν τα γράμματα ΑΒΓ στα Ελληνικά; Μήπως πίσω από κάποιο γράμμα βρίσκεται κάποια απεικόνιση κάποιου συγκεκριμένου αντικειμένου από την καθημερινότητα του ανθρώπου; Ποια η σημασία του;
Το ελληνικό αλφάβητο, η βάση για την αγγλική λέξη «alphabet», προέρχεται από το Φοινικικό αλφάβητο και, αν και δεν βασίζεται άμεσα σε μια συμβολική αναπαράσταση το ίδιο, τα σχήματα των γραμμάτων του αποτελούν εξέλιξη παλαιότερων συμβολικών γραφών.
Let’s find out how!
Ας μάθουμε πώς!

New words …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Abstract: αφηρημένος
Based on: βασισμένο σε
Agreement: (η) συμφωνία
Depict: αναπαριστώ, απεικονίζω
Perception: (η) πρόσληψη
Representation: (η) αναπαράσταση
Shape: (το) σχήμα
Evolve: εξελίσσομαι
Script: (η) γραφή
Find out: μαθαίνω
Let’s find out! Ας μάθουμε!



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