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To Get at Something and Other American Idioms and Phrases

This is a reading from the Aozora Bunko "Raccoon and Yotaro" with some expressions changed to easy Japanese for learners of Japanese.
Vocabulary explanations are provided after the reading, so please make use of it for studying Japanese.

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青空文庫「狸と与太郎」より、日本語学習者向けに一部の表現をやさしい日本語に変えて、朗読しています。
朗読の後に語彙の解説がありますので、日本語の勉強にお役立てください。


OYASUMI にほんご

#1　Raccoon and Yotaro（Tanuki to Yotarô）

今天我们来分享一首歌《这世界那么多人》,踏着优美的旋律，我们一起来聆听吧。
Today, let's share a song "There are so many people in the world", with the beautiful melody, let's listen together.  

这世界有那么多人      
Zhè shìjiè yǒu nàme duō rén
人群里 敞着一扇门
Rén qún lǐ chǎngzhe yī shàn mén
我迷朦的眼睛里长存
Wǒ míméng de yǎnjīng lǐ cháng cún.
初见你蓝色清晨
Chū jiàn nǐ lán sè qīngchén

这世界有那么多人
Zhè shìjiè yǒu nàme duō rén
多幸运 我有个我们
Duō xìngyùn wǒ yǒu gè wǒmen
这悠长命运中的晨昏
Zhè yōucháng mìngyùn zhōng de chénhūn
常让我 望远方出神
Cháng ràng wǒ wàng yuǎnfāng chū shén

灰树叶飘转在池塘
Huī shùyè piāo zhuǎn zài chítáng
看飞机轰的一声去远乡
Kàn fēijī hōng de yī shēng qù yuǎn xiāng
光阴的长廊 脚步声叫嚷
Guāngyīn de cháng láng, jiǎo bù shēng jiào rǎng
灯一亮 无人的空荡
Dēng yī liàng wú rén de kōngdàng

晚风中闪过 几帧从前啊
Wǎn fēng zhōng shǎn guò jǐ zhēn cóngqián a
飞驰中旋转 已不见了吗
Fēichí zhōng xuánzhuǎn yǐ bù jiàn le ma
远光中走来 你一身晴朗
Yuǎn guāng zhōng zǒu lái nǐ yī shēn qínglǎng
身旁那么多人 可世界不声 不响
Shēn páng nàme duō rén kě shìjiè bù shēng bù xiǎng

笑声中浮过 几张旧模样
Xiào shēng zhōng fú guò jǐ zhāng jiù móyàng
留在梦田里 永远不散场
Liú zài mèng tián lǐ, yǒngyuǎn bù sàn chǎng
暖光中醒来 好多话要讲
Nuǎn guāng zhōng xǐng lái, hǎo duō huà yào jiǎng
世界那么多人 可是它不声 不响
Shìjiè nàme duō rén, kěshì tā bù shēng bù xiǎng

这世界有那么个人，活在我飞扬的青春
Zhè shìjiè yǒu nàme gè rén huó zài wǒ fēiyáng de qīngchūn
在泪水里浸湿过的长吻
Zài lèishuǐ lǐ jìn shī guò de cháng wěn
常让我想啊想出神
Cháng ràng wǒ xiǎng a xiǎng chū shéng



Listening & Speaking (Mandarin)

一首歌的时间 《这世间那么多人》               HSK5-HSK6

Chiacchierata con Caro senza la quale non avrei mai potuto realizzare un video di presentazione così elaborato. Vi invito a darci un'occhiata e a farci sapere cosa ne pensate. Buon ascolto e buono studio a tutti!!!!!

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Nuovo video di presentazione


Oh, je voudrais tant que tu te souviennes,
Des jours heureux quand nous étions amis,
Dans ce temps là, la vie était plus belle,
Et le soleil plus brûlant qu’aujourd’hui.
Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle,
Tu vois je n’ai pas oublié.
Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle,
Les souvenirs et les regrets aussi,
Et le vent du nord les emporte,
Dans la nuit froide de l’oubli.
Tu vois, je n’ai pas oublié,
La chanson que tu me chantais…
C’est une chanson, qui nous ressemble,
Toi qui m’aimais, moi qui t’aimais.
Nous vivions, tous les deux ensemble,
Toi qui m’aimais, moi qui t’aimais.
Et la vie sépare ceux qui s’aiment,
Tout doucement, sans faire de bruit.
Et la mer efface sur le sable,
Les pas des amants désunis.
Nous vivions, tous les deux ensemble,
Toi qui m’aimais, moi qui t’aimais.
Et la vie sépare ceux qui s’aiment,
Tout doucement, sans faire de bruit.
Et la mer efface sur le sable
Les pas des amants désunis…



Jacques Prevert is considered one of the leading French poets of the 20th century and Les Feuilles mortes is his most famous poem. “Les Feuilles mortes” literally means “Dead Leaves”. Thus the title of the poem is symbolic of the paradoxical co-existence of the past and the present. The poem is about the power of memory and it stresses how the painful experiences of the past can never be completely forgotten. The poet tells the reader that even though one does not wish to consciously remember the past, seeing certain things involuntarily reminds one of past experiences. Remembering the past brings back to the poet both joy of pleasant moments and sadness of his loss of love. Despite their separation, the poet still appreciates the value of his love in his life. The deceptively simple style of Autumn Leaves hides its subtle and profound psychological power.

French Treasures

 JacquesPrévert - Les feuilles mortes; a beautiful lesson 

Сегодня прочтем отрывок из сказки “Необыкновенные приключения Карика и Вали”, автор Ян Ларри. Это история о том, как один профессор и двое детей (их имена есть в названии - мальчик Карик и девочка Валя) стали очень маленькими и исследовали наш мир с другой стороны, так сказать. Я очень любила эту книжку в детстве.

Слова, которые объясняю в эпизоде: це́лый - весь, полный - whole; забы́ть - перестать помнить - to forget; находи́ться - быть, пребывать, иметься где-нибудь - to be, locate; склони́ться - нагнуться, опуститься - to bow down; ста́рый знако́мый - an old acquaintance; стекло́ - glass; пау́к - spider; сра́зу - немедленно, в тот же момент - at once, right away, straight; рассмотре́ть - всматриваясь, распознать, осмотреть - to descry; ко́нчик его ноги - tip of his foot; ко́готь (или когото́к) - ноготь зверя или птицы - claw; гре́бень - crest, comb; у́зел паути́ны - web node; бык - bull; разгляде́ть - то же самое, что рассмотреть - to make out; че́люсть - jaw; взду́тый - swollen; брю́хо - живот животного - belly, abdomen; охо́титься - заниматься охотой - to hunt.

Все тексты я выложила здесь: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AykLSjPt5-q6JHKDJ39-kVs12Dy8-A2EnEvN4Qc9bc0/edit?usp=sharing

Помните, что чтение по-русски углубляет ваши знания языка! Хороших вам книг, друзья!

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Отрывок из сказки “Необыкновенные приключения Карика и Вали” Ян Ларри

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