This week I will be focussing on New Year’s traditions.
By the time you listen to this podcast, the new year will be behind you. How did you celebrate the solar new year? Join me in this brief foray into the new year’s traditions we celebrate in our home.

Philosophical Friday

New Year’s episode of Philosophical Friday

Un poco de práctica antes de arrancar con mi tarea principal en portugués.

Reflotando mi tercera lengua (¡o intentándolo!) | Aprendé PORTUGUÉS solo ESCUCHANDO | INTERMEDIO

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A newlywed couple (named Silver and Ravine) goes to a themed hotel suite and finds out it wasn't what they expected.

Vocabulary:
honeymoon: vacation that newlyweds go on
quake: to shake or tremble
organ: a large musical instrument with pipes and keyboards
organ: a group of tissues inside the body, for example- heart, lungs
suite: a luxury room in a hotel
 

Learn English with Stories

Story: The Honeymoon- part 1

❓Qual è il libro che ti ha colpito di più nella vita?
❓Hai un autore preferito?
❓Preferisci leggere libri cartacei o ebook?
❓Hai un genere letterario preferito?
 
🙋🏼‍♀️ Queste sono alcune delle domande legate al cibo alle quali risponderò in questo episodio.

🎧 Buon ascolto!

⬇️ VOCABOLARIO ⬇️

Giornata impegnativa – Busy day

Romanzi Sdolcinati – Sappy novels

Stravolgere le mie routine – Disrupting my routines

Rileggere qualche spezzetto di un libro – Reread a few passages of a book

Libri cartacei o eBook – Printed books or eBooks

Risveglio delle coscienze – Awakening of consciousness

Implicazioni – Implications

Logiche di profitto – Profit-driven logic

Alleanze industriali – Industrial alliances

Rinuncia – Renunciation / Sacrifice (depending on context)

A mio avviso, vale molto di più della comodità momentanea. – In my opinion, it’s worth much more than temporary convenience.

Riprendere il piacere della lettura – Rediscover the pleasure of reading

Scomodità – Discomfort

Lettrice accanita – Avid reader (female)

Ad ogni modo – Anyway / In any case

Punti salienti – Key points / Highlights

Romanzi – Novels

Saggi – Essays / Non-fiction books (depending on context)

Libri motivazionali – Motivational books

Crescita personale – Personal growth

Libro che ti ha colpito di più – The book that impacted you the most


Puro Parlare

25. Le mie abitudini di lettura

Alam n’yo ba kung paano ginugugol ng elepante ang oras nito?

Learn Tagalog with Teacher Regina

Elepante

Intermediate Chinese Listening

Intermediate Chinese Listening：哪吒的故事 The story of Nezha

Beginner Chinese Listening：冰淇淋 Ice Cream

Beginner Chinese Listening

June and Yuli have a talk about Chinese Blind Date, this episode is part 4: Can we trust what the matchmaker says, you will learn how to say 【objective,tend to】 ect. (This is casual talk so there're some repetition and unnecessary words, which is also very natural authentic dialogue.)
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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.
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June：还有就是一般相亲的时候我们是有通过中间人去介绍，可能这个人是你的亲戚，对吧？也可能是你父母的朋友，中国叫做媒婆或者媒人嘛。你觉得媒人说的话都是真的吗，或者是你觉得百分之多少是可以相信的？
Yuli：因为我就经历过那一个相亲的对象，那个是我小叔他的朋友的儿子，所以他们说的还算挺客观的吧。就是介绍了一下他的学历、他的工作、他的年龄，还有家里的情况，就是这些。还是蛮客观的，就没有太夸大的成分。网上有一些段子（看到）都会说，如果说这个人很老实，可能是一般，潜台词就是可能也不帅。
June：我觉得很多人会谎报，有的是会谎报身高，有的是会谎报年龄。
Yuli：年龄也会谎报吗？是报大还是报小？
June：对，看情况。这边也有报大，也有报小。相亲可能女方她的年龄，在二十七八岁，基本上如果相成功了就会想要结婚了，对吧。所以她会倾向于找一个比较成熟稳重，那如果像你刚刚说的有的人可能大学在读的时候就去相亲了，但是那个时候才20岁左右吧，20到22岁。那女生可能会觉得偏小，然后有的人就会谎报说，噢这个男生已经25岁了。所以就是因为你报太小的话，可能他就一开始就不想见面，就不给机会了，对不对？那谎报年龄也有报偏小一点的，但可能就是大家都是觉得，因为在中国好像大部分的时候是30岁好像是一个界限，特别是对女生而言。所以有的人会觉得，差一两岁，差不多可能如果31， 32，有的可能会报30岁这样子。就是（先）觉得要有一个见面的机会。
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中间人	/	zhōng jiān rén	/	middleman
媒婆	/	méi pó	/	matchmaker
客观	/	kè guān	/	objective
夸大	/	kuā dà	/	exaggerated
段子	/	duàn zi	/	joke
老实	/	lǎo shí	/	honest,decent
潜台词	/	qián tái cí	/	subtext
谎报	/	huǎng bào	/	lie about sth.
倾向	/	qīng xiàng	/	tend to
成熟稳重	/	chéng shú wěn zhòng	/	mature and steady
偏小	/	piān xiǎo	/	on the small side
界限	/	jiè xiàn	/	dividing line

Daily Chinese With Yuli

Two Chinese girls talking about "Can we trust what the matchmaker says? 媒人说的话可信吗？"（Intermediate level）

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KggpAhxNOzH3LAvyVuw_qofRiW3Pvb0o/view?usp=drivesdk