Another two types of homophones in Chinese culture are related with folk customs and certain taboos. We often use homophone rhetoric in folk customs like birthdays and weddings. This chapter will share some interesting things in s traditional wedding and tell you some gifts should  not be given to others.

Learning Chinese culture with Miss Zhang

Homophone2

Береза
Белая береза
Под моим окном
Принакрылась снегом,
Точно серебром.
На пушистых ветках
Снежною каймой
Распустились кисти
Белой бахромой.
И стоит береза
В сонной тишине,
И горят снежинки
В золотом огне.
А заря, лениво
Обходя кругом,
Обсыпает ветки
Новым серебром.
[1913] 

Russian poetry

Сергей Есенин. Береза

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DELE and CCSE for Spanish citizenship

Welcome to DELE and CCSE for Spanish citizenship podcast

Water is the essence of life! In this episode, I speak about water and the need for it. I hope you enjoy it and learn from it. 

Food in Arabic الأَكل بِالعَرَبِيَّة

Water الماء

Hablemos de la navidad y sus orígenes y por qué no de algunas tradiciones inusuales alrededor del mundo.
¿Sabían que en Ucrania decoran el árbol de navidad con telarañas? 
¿Has golpeado a alguien para limar asperezas durante las festividades? ¿No?
Entonces no te pierdas esta nueva entrega.
En el siguiente enlace podrás encontrar el artículo del podcast, no te pierdas las imágenes de los platos navideños y de las tradiciones poco comunes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LTPYFMv_fet0bB7zTiGywA_H8DBUvsrhZtaZW9XH2YA/edit?usp=sharing

Voces Difusora

Navidad: celebraciones inusuales alrededor del mundo.

POSTAL CLERK: What can I do for you today?
CAROL: I need to mail this package to New York, please.
POSTAL CLERK: OK, let’s see how much it weighs … it’s about 
five pounds. If you send it express, it will get there 
tomorrow. Or you can send it priority and it will get 
there by Saturday.
CAROL: Saturday is fine. How much will that be?
POSTAL CLERK: $11.35 [eleven thirty-five]. Do you need anything else?
CAROL: Oh, yeah! I almost forgot. I need a book of stamps, too.
POSTAL CLERK: OK, your total comes to $20.35
[twenty dollars and thirty-five cents].


LANGUAGE NOTES
• What can I do for you today? Notice that this question starts with “What,” so the 
intonation drops at the end of the question.
• Or you can send it priority … Notice the stress on “or,” which emphasizes that there is 
another possibility.
• $11.35 ... $20.35 Notice the two different ways the postal clerk says the price. First he 
says eleven thirty-five (without the words dollars and cents), then he says twenty dollars 
and thirty-five cents.
• Oh, yeah! is an expression used here to mean “I just remembered something.” It’s often 
followed by “I almost forgot.”
• Your total comes to … is a way of saying “the cost is ….”

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day 16 : At the post office

Text One--课文一  kèwényī

jiāwén：mǎdīng，hǎojiǔbùjiàn！
mǎdīng：jiāwén，shìnǐ！nǐhǎoma？
jiāwén：hěnhǎo。xièxiè！
nǐzěnmeyàng？xuéxímángbùmáng？
mǎdīng：bùmáng。
jiāwén：nǐbàbàmāmāshēntǐhǎoma？
mǎdīng：tāmendōuhěnhǎo。
mǎdīng：nǐqùnǎér？
jiāwén：wǒhuísùshè。nǐne？
mǎdīng：wǒqùyínhánghuànqián。nǐháizhù7hàolóuma？
jiāwén：bù，xiànzàiwǒzhù12hàolóu，301fángjiān。
mǎdīng：nǐdediànhuàhàomǎshìduōshǎo？
jiāwén：82306154。yǒukòngérláiwǒsùshèwánér。
mǎdīng：hǎo。zàijiàn！
jiāwén：zàijiàn！

加文：马丁，好久不见！
马丁：加文，是你！你好吗？
加文：很好。谢谢！
           你怎么样？学习忙不忙？
马丁：不忙。
加文：你爸爸妈妈身体好吗？
马丁：他们都很好。
马丁：你去哪儿？
加文：我回宿舍。你呢？
马丁：我去银行换钱。你还住7号楼吗？
加文：不，现在我住12号楼，301房间。
马丁：你的电话号码是多少？
加文：82306154。有空儿来我宿舍玩儿。
马丁：好。再见！
加文：再见！

New Words--生(shēng)词(cí)
好(hǎo)久(jiǔ)不(bù)见(jiàn)
好(hǎo)久(jiǔ)
久(jiǔ)
见(jiàn)
忙(máng)
身(shēn)体(tǐ)
去(qù)
为(wéi)  
换(huàn)
还(hái)
住(zhù)
电(diàn)话(huà)
号(hào)码(mǎ)
空(kòng)儿(ér)
来(lái)
玩(wán)儿(ér)
再(zài)见(jiàn)

Text Two--课文二  kèwénèr

mǎdīngjīntiānyǒukòngér。tāshàngwǔqùyínhánghuànqián，huànèrbǎiměiyuánderénmínbì，xiàwǔqùchāoshìmǎidiǎnérdōngxī。
马丁今天有空儿。他上午去银行换钱，换二百美元的人民币，下午去超市买点儿东西。

New Words--生(shēng)词(cí)
百(bǎi)   
千(qiān)    
万(wàn)   
美(měi)元(yuán)    
欧(ōu)元(yuán)    
日(rì)元(yuán)    
人(rén)民(mín)币(bì)    
人(rén)民(mín)   
 币(bì)    
超(chāo)市(shì)    
买(mǎi)    
东(dōng)西(xī)   


HSK2--materials and exercises for listenning, reading and speaking

我去银行换钱  wǒqùyínhánghuànqián

The interrogative particle “呢” is used after a noun or pronoun, forming a question about the situation mentioned previously. 
The commonly used sentence pattern is “A……, B呢？” 
For example：
wǒ shì dà wèi ， nǐ ne ？ 
我 是  大 卫  ， 你 呢 ？ 
nǐ shì xué shenɡ ， tā ne ？ 
你 是  学  生    ， 她 呢 ？ 
dà wèi shì měi ɡuó rén ， tā mā mɑ ne ？ 
大 卫  是  美  国  人  ， 他 妈 妈 呢 ？ 

JOJO CHINESE

呢ne？

Richard Floyd McCoy, arrested six months after the DB Cooper hijacking, displayed striking similarities in his own hijacking, demanding $500,000 and parachutes in a manner reminiscent of Cooper. However, McCoy's escape was short-lived as the FBI found him with cash and parachutes, leading to a 45-year prison sentence. Some believe McCoy and Cooper may be the same person. Sheridan Peterson, a Boeing employee and skilled skydiver, drew suspicion due to a physical resemblance and remained a suspect until his death in 2021. Eric Ulis, an amateur sleuth, was 98% convinced of Peterson's involvement. Another suspect, Robert Rackstraw, an army veteran and helicopter pilot, became a late '70s suspect but never explicitly denied being Cooper. However, Rackstraw's age in 1971 contradicts the reported age of Cooper at the time.