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LA VELADA DEL AÑO

Сегодня мы читаем статью про осеннюю хандру - почему когда дни становятся короче и мы реже видим солнце, наше настроение ухудшается и мы больше хотим спать.

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Почему осенью грустно и хочется спать?

Un regalo muy especial que me recuerda los beneficios de un abrazo largo. Hay personas y vínculos que van mucho más allá de lo que las palabras pueden expresar.

Estudios demuestran la sensación de bienestar después de un abrazo de más de 8 segundos. ¿Te gustan los abrazos?

La magia de la vida

Episodio 8: El regalo: Un abrazo para siempre 

In this Chillchat episode, Karen and Baiwei chatted about Thanksgiving traditions and gratitude, as well as sentence patterns for expressing appreciation to others.

Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

Let's Talk About Gratitude! 聊聊感恩

今天Karen和柏威聊了聊在不同的自然灾难发生的情况下，要怎么保护自己，怎么自救。播客里提到的方法不是建议！请根据自己的情况选择保护自己的最好方案。希望大家平安！

自然灾难来了，你要怎么办？What should you do in natural disasters?

This story uses words from '4000 most common English words'

Zara is dragging Bobby into the market. He is like a stubborn little boy. Her eyes are beaming with enthusiasm and his are downcast with despair. 

The market is out of this world! There are countless numbers of things Zara has never seen before. 

As the two friends walk down the street, Zara points at everything in amazement while Bobby  dismisses them as boring and ordinary. 

Arriving at a food stall, Zara wants to experience everything. “And what are these fragrant things?” 

“Those are herbs…” 

“And this spicy thing?”

“Garlic… umm, where are you from?” 

“And what about this? It looks like the roots of a plant!” 

“That’s ginger, and, yes, they are the roots. Are you from outside of China?”

Zara is overwhelmed with positive emotion and disregards Bobby’s questions. 

The two friends arrive at an animal stall. It has horses, cows, chickens and pigs for sale. Zara touches all the animals, smelling and patting them. “These creatures are beautiful!” 

But Bobby doesn’t get it. He’s never met someone so strange in his life. He’s actually starting to feel irritated by Zara’s joy.

“Look, I have to get going soon… You know, my important task. So, is there anything I can do for you?” 

Zara stuffs a sugar-coated figurine into Bobby’s mouth. “Try this!” 

Bobby reluctantly chews and a little smile appears on his face. But then it disappears and he looks annoyed.

Zara runs off down the street, touching all the lovely silks and picking up all the metal tools. 

Bobby thinks, who does she think she is?

Being a Cloud

Zara the Mayfly

Vocabulary:
to be fired- when someone loses their job
the word "nipote" in Italian has 4 meanings: nephew, niece, grandson, granddaughter
to support- to assist or help someone
to put up with- to bear with something unpleasant
Mary- woman's name
Merry- happy (used in the phrase "Merry Christmas" in the U.S.)


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