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English Learning for Curious Minds

晚上您得把我保护好。
At night I want you to put me under a glass globe.
你这地方太冷。
It is very cold where you live.
在这里住得不好，我原来住的那个地方。
In the place I came from.
但她没有说下去。
But she interrupted herself at that point.
她来的时候是粒种子。
She had come in the form of a seed.
她哪里见过什么别的世界。
She could not have known anything of any other worlds.
她叫人发现她是在凑一个如此不太高明的谎话，她有点羞怒，
Embarassed over having let herself be caught on the verge of such a naive untruth,
咳嗽了两三声。她的这一招是要小王子处于有过失的地位。
she coughed two or three times, in order to put the little prince in the wrong.
屏风呢？
The screen?
我这就去拿。可你刚才说的是
I was just going to look for it when you spoke to me.
于是花儿放开嗓门咳嗽了几声，依然要使小王子后悔自己的过失。
Then she forced her cough a little more so that he should suffer from remorse just the same.
尽管小王子本来诚心诚意地喜欢这朵花，可是，这一来，却使他马上对她产生了怀疑。
So the little prince, in spite of all the good will that was inseparable from his love, had soon come to doubt her.
小王子对一些无关紧要的话看得太认真，结果使自己很苦恼。
He had taken seriously words which were without importance, and it made him very unhappy.
有一天他告诉我说：“我不该听信她的话，绝不该听信那些花儿的话，”

"I ought not to have listened to her," he confided to me one day. "One never ought to listen to the flowers."
看看花，闻闻它就得了。
One should simply look at them and breathe their fragrance.
我的那朵花使我的星球芳香四溢，
Mine perfumed all my planet.
可我不会享受它。
But I did not know how to take pleasure in all her grace.
关于老虎爪子的事，本应该使我产生同情，却反而使我恼火
This tale of claws, which disturbed me so much, should only have filled my heart with tenderness and pity.
他还告诉我说：“我那时什么也不懂！”
And he continued his confidences: "The fact is that I did not know how to understand anything!"
我应该根据她的行为，而不是根据她的话来判断她。
I ought to have judged by deeds and not by words.
她使我的生活芬芳多彩，
She cast her fragrance and her radiance over me.
我真不该离开她跑出来。
I ought never to have run away from her.
我本应该猜出在她那令人爱怜的花招后面所隐藏的温情。
I ought to have guessed all the affection that lay behind her poor little strategems.
花是多么自相矛盾！
Flowers are so inconsistent!
我当时太年青，还不懂得爱她。
But I was too young to know how to love her.

小王子-The Little Prince-Read in Chinese

小王子第20章：温情

In this podcast, I will introduce different odors in Vietnamese and some key sentences when talking about smells

Learn Vietnamese with Ms. Thương

It's all about "mùi" - smells 

Learn about Denmark's lifestyle and what makes it unique. We're covering indoor living, enjoyment, health, and psychology. 
Happy learning!

New English US

English Lesson: Hygge, the Danish Way of Living (upper-intermediate)

En este cuento verás lo que le ocurrió un día a un burro que
ya no quiso andar más porque no tenía ganas.

Antes de comenzar la lectura:

1. ¿Qué le ocurre a un polo cuando lo sacamos del
congelador?

2. ¿Qué les ocurre a los cubitos de hielo
cuando los ponemos en un vaso de agua?

3. ¿Qué le ocurrió al burrito con el hielo?
Adivínalo.

 Presta atención a la lectura de tu profesora.

Era invierno, hacía mucho frío y todos los caminos
estaban helados. El asno, que estaba cansado, no se
encontraba con ganas para caminar hasta el establo.

—iEa, aquí me quedo, ya no quiero andar más —se dijo, dejándose
caer al suelo.

Un hambriento gorrioncillo fue a posarse cerca de su oreja y le dijo;

—Asno, buen amigo, ten cuidado; no estás en el camino, sino en un
lago helado.

—¡Déjame, tengo sueño! Y con un largo bostezo, se quedó dormido.
Poco a poco, el calor de su cuerpo comenzó a fundir el hielo hasta
que, de pronto, se rompió con un gran chasquido.

El asno despertó al caer al agua y empezó a pedir socorro, pero nadie
pudo ayudarlo, aunque el gorrión quiso, pero no pudo. 

Spanish Reading Comprehesion

The donkey and the ice

Shannon’s Easy English

Cats! 🐱 🐈 🐈‍⬛ 

台湾のドリンクスタンド文化について話しました。
たいわんのドリンクスタンドぶんかについてはなしました。

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台湾のドリンクスタンド文化

In this episode I talk about the famous Syrian singer Asmahan and I had an interview with a fan of her.


Real Syrian Arabic

Real Syrian Arabic Podcast Episode 6: The hopes of Asmahan- princess of tarab آمال أسمهان- أميرة الطرب

One Minute Speaking Challenge - Birthday

Here are some questions to get you thinking in English - it's the key in your spoken English development ( or any other language you are learning )!

What was the best birthday you ever had?
How old were you?
Who was there, who did you invite?
Did you have it at home? Did you cook?
or you had it in a restaurant/ cafe?
Why was it the best birthday for you?
What feelings, emotions did you experience?
What were the gifts you were given?
Which one was the best one?
Who was the most memorable person at the party?

Simple questions but it'll take you a moment to think&answer.

Have a go, challenge yourself - there are many rewards in that - including your ptomotions, raising salary - making more money.

it's one step at a time, one day at a time towards your desired future.

Don't postpone or accept and exuse from yourself.