成语作为古人智慧的结晶、汉语言中的精华，以其言近旨远、形象生动的独有特点，传承了中华五千年丰富的历史文化。而成语典故更是集深厚的历史底蕴与强烈的文学色彩于一体，其内涵深刻，妙趣无穷，真实地保留下一段段传奇往事和历史遗痕。此播客内容面对中级以上的汉语学习者。

中华成语典故

Simon Fowler: So what do you think you will have to eat?

Eduardo Gonzales: I know you said the barbecue is good and it does look fantastic, but I see they also have curry here.

Simon Fowler: Yes, they do. It’s really good. You see there are 12 different kinds. The one at the bottom is very mild and as they go up, they get more and more spicy. The one at the top - well, phew! It’s really tasty, but a little too hot for me. There’s a lot of garlic in it, so if you choose that, you need to be brave. And you may not be popular on the plane home tomorrow (laughs).

Eduardo Gonzales: (Laughs) I do like a strong curry though. What I do is I order a dish of yogurt to go with it. It’s nice and thick and cool so if I feel it’s too spicy, I can eat some or add it to my curry to cool it down.

Simon Fowler: That’s a really good idea. I might try that in future.

Eduardo Gonzales: I also like the sound of the cheeseburger, but at the same time, I could have a good cheeseburger in a lot of places.

Simon Fowler: Oh, it’s really special here though. They bake the burgers for a little which makes them taste really good, and then they fry them quickly in olive oil. There are a lot of restaurants where they just put it in the microwave and it tastes terrible.

Eduardo Gonzales: The only thing I used a microwave for is heating up my coffee when I have left it too long. I don’t think you should ever use one for food.

Simon Fowler: Well, here comes the waitress, so it’s decision time.

English Conversation/Dialogue

Eating Out

❥ In this podcast, Melo reads from The Aesop for Children found for free online at: https://www.read.gov/aesop/001.html
❥ Listen and learn the moral of each story.
❥ Practice listening and/or reading comprehension by answering the quiz questions.
❥ Today's fable is called “The Owl & the Grasshopper” and can be found here:
https://www.read.gov/aesop/010.html
❥The moral of today’s fable is: 
“Flattery is not a proof of true admiration. Do not let flattery throw you off your guard against an enemy.”

❥ 在这个播客中，梅洛朗读了《儿童伊索》，可在网上免费找到：https://www.read.gov/aesop/001.html
❥聆听并学习每个故事的寓意。
❥ 通过回答问答问题练习听力和/或阅读理解。
❥ 今天的寓言叫"猫头鹰和蚱蜢"，可以在这里找到：
https://www.read.gov/aesop/010.html
❥今天的寓言故事的寓意是： 
"阿谀奉承不是真正钦佩的证明。不要让奉承使你失去对敌人的警惕。"

Life Lessons from Aesop's Fables

Episode 9: The Owl & the Grasshopper

In a competitive global market, a clear professional profile is your most valuable asset. This episode of The Global Professional Podcast provides the blueprint. Learn how to conduct a full inventory of your experience and accomplishments, make an honest assessment of your strengths and weaknesses, and build an actionable roadmap to achieve your career goals. Stop guessing and start defining your future.

The Global Professional Podcast

Episode 130 - 

Have you been promoted at work for your great ideas? 

While we all have good ideas, sadly, most of them never see the light of day. People keep their ideas to themselves for many reasons. Perhaps they don’t like speaking up in meetings or feel overburdened by work and don’t want to invite more work. Maybe they’ve brought up ideas at work before, and others didn’t seem interested or even discouraged them. After all, most people don’t recognize the potential of an idea at first.

But of course, we all benefit from good ideas. In the workplace, they can lead to the creation of entirely new products and services, an easier way to do something, time saved, or countless other benefits.

Tune in to this episode of the Express to Impress podcast to find out how to present ideas successfully.  You’ll advance your career in no time! 

Episode originally published January 22, 2021.

Express to Impress

How to Present Ideas Successfully

大家好，this is Chinese teacher Cara, welcome to my Channel. Today we’ll talk about the sentence that Tyler Swift announces her engagement.🧨

你的 英语老师 和 体育老师 要结婚了。（nǐ de Yīngyǔ lǎoshī hé Tǐyù lǎoshī yào jiéhūn le.）
Your English Teacher and Your Gym Teacher Are Getting Married.

KEY WORDS：
👉结婚 jiéhūn 👰🏻‍♀️ get married
📑Sentence structure: 要…了（yào…le.）indicate something is going to happen. 
eg:1）要结婚了👰🏻‍♀️yào jiéhūn le. 2）要下雨了yào xià yǔ le.(It's about to rain.)
 👉老师 lǎoshī， teacher
英语老师 Yīngyǔ lǎoshī  ，English teacher
体育老师 Tǐyù lǎoshī，Gym teacher

👉求婚💐 qiú hūn,Propose
👉订婚 dìng hūn,get engaged /engagement
👉向 someone求婚(xiàng....qiú hūn) ，propose to sb. 

他决定向她求婚。💐Tā juédìng xiàng tā qiú hūn。
He decided to propose to his girlfriend. 

他们上个月订婚了。Tāmen shàng gè yuè dìng hūn le。
They got engaged last month.

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Talk to Cara in Chinese

16.结婚系列：Your English Teacher and Your Gym Teacher Are Getting Married🧨

No 1. Fever 发烧 [fā shāo] 
eg：I had a fever: 我发烧了。
I had a fever and it lasted for three days. 我连续发烧了3天。

No 2: Sore, ache  疼[téng]
eg： My throat is sore: 我嗓子疼。wǒ sǎng zi téng。

No.3 Sore and pain酸痛[suān tòng]
eg: I feel pain and sore all over my body: 我浑身酸痛。wǒ hún shēn suān tòng。

No4. cough 咳嗽 [ké sou] 
eg: He was coughing all night. 
他一整个晚上都在咳嗽。tā yī zhěng gè wǎn shang dōu zài ké sou。

No 5：headache 头痛【tóu tòng】
eg: I‘ve got a headache. 我头痛。

No 6：Lose my sense of taste: 失去味觉shī qù wèi jué
I lost my sense of taste. 我失去了味觉。

we’ll talk about COVID test in the next show. If you have any question ,feel free to message me or we can talk about it in our class.Thanks for listening. If you like my podcast ,you can follow it. I look forward to see you in the next show.

5.谈论症状useful expressions of symptoms 

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Thinking out loud in Japanese

すんでいるところ

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