When to pronounce as '二'? and when to pronounce as '两'? 
Number 2 has different pronunciations in Chinese. Let's learn how to pronounce it correctly. 
数字2的发音。

中文小课堂

2读作二还是两

A：我要去北京旅游，你觉得什么时候去最好？
B：九月去北京旅游最好。
A：为什么？
B：九月的北京天气不冷也不热。


HSK Standard Course Level 2 Audio of the textbook

Lesson 1 text 1

This episode focuses on words which can be used to replace basic English terms like SCARED and LAUGHED. 

The Amplify English Podcast

Synonyms for the word SCARED and LAUGHED

誕生日を　祝ってもらうのは嬉しいよね☺️
その逆で　祝ってあげるのも㊗️

でも一番感謝しなきゃいけない人は誰かな🤗

Japanese "Taka" it easy

誕生日は誰のため？🤰🏻💐

This episode is a demonstration and explanation of impromptu speaking.

The Global Professional Podcast

Impromptu Speaking Demonstration - Episode 121

Si te dejan plantado o plantada, no es algo agradable, te lo voy a contar hoy.

Expresiones en español

Dejar plantado a alguien

Check some points of views from native Chinese girls!
Chinese listening practice and know more about real China :)

Blabla Chinese 

01. What Kind Of Boys Do Chinese Girls Like_ 中国女生喜欢什么样的男生？

In many parts of the world, summer has kicked in, and people are really feeling the heat.

But people in one city in the Middle East may have more reason to complain about the heat than anywhere else in the world.

This place is so hot that birds fall from the sky, some streets are air-conditioned, and, allegedly, fish boil in the sea.

This is Kuwait City, the capital of Kuwait, often called the hottest city in the world.

Temperatures often get as hot as 50 degrees Celsius in the summer — and sometimes even higher. In July 2016, the temperature reached 54 degrees Celsius in the north, which is the highest temperature Kuwait has experienced.

People are rarely seen walking outside in the summer, and many residents leave the city while it's this hot.

Kuwait has always been hot, but climate change has made the summers hotter and longer.

According to the Emirates Policy Center, between 1962 and 1999 there were 18 days when the temperature in Kuwait was 50 degrees Celsius or higher. Between 2000 and 2021, the number of days was 80 — and 64 of those were between 2010 and 2021.

The country is also getting less rain than before. As a result, it's experiencing more frequent and intense dust storms.

Living in these high temperatures is not good for humans. A study by the University of Roehampton in London found that the human body has an upper temperature limit of between 40 degrees and 50 degrees before it starts to malfunction.

At higher temperatures, a person may start to experience "heat stress," which can cause things like confusion, nausea, dizziness and fainting — and can be fatal.

Some may say that Kuwait is contributing to its own problems, since it's one of the world's largest emitters per capita of carbon dioxide, and uses only fossil fuels for energy.

But things may be changing. According to the International Energy Agency, the country plans to generate at least 15% of its energy from renewable sources by 2030.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Life at 50 Degrees: Kuwait City May Be World's Hottest City

At what age do we become "old?"

This is a question a team of European researchers has been asking.

The age at which people think old age begins has moved in time, according to a new study.

Many people also like to believe they haven't yet reached old age, even as they get older.

The research team looked at data from the German Ageing Survey, which included more than 14,000 participants.

The participants were born between 1911 and 1974, and answered survey questions over a 25-year period between 1996 and 2021.

They were aged between 40 and 85 when they began answering the questions, and more participants joined the survey in time.

People were asked a lot of questions, including: "At what age would you describe someone as old?"

The researchers found that when people born in 1911 got to the age of 65, they thought old age began at 71.

But when those who were born in 1956 got to 65, they thought old age began at 74, on average.

However, the study also found that people's perceptions of old age changed as they got older.

At the age of 64, the average participant said old age began at about 75. But at the age of 74, the average participant said old age began at about 76.

Study author Markus Wettstein said he wasn't sure if this meant people had a positive or negative view of old age.

Better health care and increased life expectancy in recent years may also have affected people's perceptions, he said.