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Confusing words  (A2 - Elementary)

Confusing words - hear, listen

瑞英：阿姨您好！
阿姨：你好，瑞英你好！唉呀，你家几口人呐？
瑞英：我家里有五口人，我老公，还有两个儿子，还有小姑娘，您认识的。
阿姨：儿子大的有多大啦？
瑞英：啊，老大八周岁了。
阿姨：老二呢？
瑞英：老二六周岁。
阿姨：她，小的三四（岁）？
瑞英：小的刚刚三周岁。
阿姨：哇，那个累不累啊？
瑞英：还好，不算太累！
阿姨：三个小孩在我眼里就觉得很辛苦了！
瑞英：还好了，其实习惯了。老大他们都会互相玩儿，他们玩儿得特别好，所以基本上不
需要我怎么照顾。
阿姨：就是小的要陪一下？
瑞英：小的也其实，等到有了，有了哥哥们回来，都在一起玩儿！

Coco 的播客-----听见中国

你家有几口人？

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Introduction

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
6月24日金曜日　天気/雨　気温/18℃ 

札幌市/さっぽろし
小樽市/おたるし
・7/10大きな選挙がある
・投票すると割引がもらえる
・その割引でお店の食べ物が安く買える
・若い人にもっと選挙に行ってほしい

［単語］
選挙/せんきょ…人を選ぶこと
投票/とうひょう…選挙の方法のひとつ。今回は紙に名前を書く。
割引/わりびき…本当の値段より安くなる


北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#83〉6月24日金曜日　「選挙割」で食べ物が安くなる

原来，在小王子的星球上就象其他所有星球上一样，有好草和坏草；
Indeed, as I learned, there were on the planet where the little prince lived–as on all planets–good plants and bad plants.
因此，也就有益草的草籽和毒草的草籽，
In consequence, there were good seeds from good plants, and bad seeds from bad plants.
可是草籽是看不见的。
But seeds are invisible.
它们沉睡在泥土里，直到其中的一粒忽然想要苏醒过来
They sleep deep in the heart of the earth's darkness, until some one among them is seized with the desire to awaken.
于是它就伸展开身子，开始腼腆地朝着太阳长出一棵秀丽可爱的小嫩苗。
Then this little seed will stretch itself and begin– timidly at first–to push a charming little sprig inoffensively upward toward the sun.
如果是小萝卜或是玫瑰的嫩苗，就让它去自由地生长。
If it is only a sprout of radish or the sprig of a rose-bush, one would let it grow wherever it might wish.
如果是一棵坏苗，一旦被辨认出来，就应该马上把它拔掉。
But when it is a bad plant, one must destroy it as soon as possible, the very first instant that one recognizes it.
因为在小王子的星球上，有些非常可怕的种子
Now there were some terrible seeds on the planet that was the home of the little prince;
这就是猴面包树的种子。
and these were the seeds of the baobab.
在那里的泥土里，这种种子多得成灾。
The soil of that planet was infested with them.
而一棵猴面包树苗，假如你拔得太迟，就再也无法把它清除掉。
A baobab is something you will never, never be able to get rid of if you attend to it too late. It spreads over the entire planet.
它就会盘踞整个星球。
It bores clear through it with its roots.
它的树根能把星球钻透，如果星球很小，而猴面包树很多，它就把整个星球搞得支离破碎。
And if the planet is too small, and the baobabs are too many, they split it in pieces.
“这是个纪律问题。”小王子后来向我解释道。
"It is a question of discipline," the little prince said to me later on.
当你早上梳洗完毕以后，必须仔细地给星球梳洗，
"When you've finished your own toilet in the morning, then it is time to attend to the toilet of your planet, just so, with the greatest care.
必须规定自己按时去拔掉猴面包树苗。
You must see to it that you pull up regularly all the baobabs,
这种树苗小的时候与玫瑰苗差不多，一旦可以把它们区别开的时候，就要把它拔掉。
at the very first moment when they can be distinguished from the rosebushes which they resemble so closely in their earliest youth.
“这是一件非常乏味的工作”，小王子说，“但很容易。”


小王子-The Little Prince-Read in Chinese

小王子第十二章：好籽和坏籽

Be careful with packaging that describes food as "No Salt".
Also, an explanation of the expression "Take something with a pinch of salt".

The Social Evolutionary

What does "NO SALT" mean? No salt, right?

Parlo su come e quando ho cominciato a praticare diversi tipi di sport. Tempi verbali del indicativo: presente, imperfetto, passato prossimo. Vocabolario sullo sport. 