Learn Mandarin from a short story.
You can also watch the video about this story here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO1RxSj8q30&t=15s

Learn Mandarin with Mandy

E02 小蝌蚪找妈妈【Little Tadpoles Looking for their mommy】

 ¿Sientes ñáñaras? Chance y sea ansiedad!
Escúchanos a Cami y a mí platicar brevísimamente sobre este trastorno psicológico.


Mucho que decir

La Ansiedad🎧

Today, in the “Serbian to go” podcast, you will hear 3 WAYS TO BE POLITE in Serbian. 🤗
Some of them you may know, but listen to the end to check your knowledge.👨‍🎓
Срећно учење! / Srećno učenje!📚
See you in class!👋


SERBIAN TO GO

3 НАЧИНА да будеш љубазан/на на српском – 3 WAYS to be polite in Serbian (All levels)

General rules for how and when we use the article "the".

English Syndicate

"The" article - General rules

Examples of a range of more advanced, more formal, or more descriptive words and phrases that you can use as an alternative for "good"

Never at a Loss for Words

Episode 2 - Synonyms for good

In this episode, we talk about the pleasure we get from hearing stories, and I share with you a beautiful tale about the joy that comes from helping others. Listen now, and then read the (shortened) transcript below to check your understanding.

This story takes place in a hospital, many years ago. And there was a room where there were two men, both seriously ill. One of those men was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour a day to drain the fluids from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only window. The other man had to spend of all his time lying flat on his back. He couldn’t see anything, except the ceiling.

The men talked for hours on end. They spoke about their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, where they’d been on vacation, and the things they’d learned in their lives. And every afternoon, when the man in the bed next to the window, could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the wonderful things he could see outside the window.

The man in the other bed would live for those one-hour periods when his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and the colour of the outside world. The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake, the man had said. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Lovers walked arm in arm amid flowers of every colour of the rainbow. Grand old trees graced the landscape, and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance. As the man by the window described all of this in exquisite detail, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine the picturesque scene.......... 

If you'd like to read the rest of the transcript, send me a message on italki and I will gladly send you a copy. Or better still, book a lesson with me now, so that I can help you on your English learning journey. 

Learn English with Cambridge David

The one about storytelling

有一天，他劝我用心地画一副漂亮的图画，好叫我家乡的孩子们对这件事有一个深刻的印象。
And one day he said to me: You ought to make a beautiful drawing, so that the children where you live can see exactly how all this is.
他还对我说：如果将来有一天他们出外旅行，这对他们是很有用的。
That would be very useful to them if they were to travel some day.
有时候，人们把自己的工作推到以后去做，并没有什么妨害，
Sometimes," he added, "there is no harm in putting off a piece of work until another day.
但要遇到拔猴面包树苗这种事，那就非造成大灾难不可。
But when it is a matter of baobabs, that always means a catastrophe.
我遇到过一个星球，上面住着一个懒家伙，他放过了三棵小树苗…
I knew a planet that was inhabited by a lazy man. He neglected three little bushes...
于是，根据小王子的说明，我把这个星球画了下来。
So, as the little prince described it to me, I have made a drawing of that planet.
我从来不大愿意以道学家的口吻来说话，
I do not much like to take the tone of a moralist.
可是猴面包树的危险，大家都不大了解，对迷失在小行星上的人来说，危险性非常之大，

But the danger of the baobabs is so little understood, and such considerable risks would be run by anyone who might get lost on an asteroid,
因此这一回，我贸然打破了我的这种不喜欢教训人的惯例。
that for once I am breaking through my reserve.
我说：“孩子们，要当心那些猴面包树呀！”
"Children," I say plainly, "watch out for the baobabs!"
为了叫我的朋友们警惕这种危险——他们同我一样长期以来和这种危险接触，却没有意识到它的危险性
My friends, like myself, have been skirting this danger for a long time, with-out ever knowing it;
我花了很大的功夫画了这副画。
and so it is for them that I have worked so hard over this drawing.
我提出的这个教训意义是很重大的，花点功夫是很值得的。
The lesson which I pass on by this means is worth all the trouble it has cost me.
你们也许要问，“为什么这本书中别的画都没有这副画那么壮观呢？”
Perhaps you will ask me, "Why is there no other drawing in this book as magnificent and impressive as this drawing of the baobabs?"
回答很简单。
The reply is simple.
别的画我也曾经试图画得好些，却没成功。
I have tried. But with the others I have not been successful.
而当我画猴面包树时，有一种急切的心情在激励着我。
When I made the drawing of the baobabs I was carried beyond myself by the inspiring force of urgent necessity.

小王子-The Little Prince-Read in Chinese

小王子第十三章：警惕危险

こんにちは！
Japanese daily life podcast のAtsushiです。
このPodcastは、日本語を楽しく勉強しているみなさんに向けたPodcastです。


今日は旅行の準備について話します。前にも話しましたが、ぼくは妻と2人でトルコへ行きます。3か月行きます！

それで、準備もほとんど終わったので、この準備について話そうと思います。

ぼくはミニマリストです、たぶん。
ものは少ない方がいいです。
ものが多いのは好きじゃないです。

ものが少ないと良いことがたくさんあります。
管理すること、ものが減ります。
ものを探す時間が減ります。
何を買うか考える時間が減ります。
ものが多いことのストレスが減ります。

ということで、ものが少ない生活が好きです。
これはミニマリストかな？


さて、旅行の準備に話を移しましょう。

今回、ぼくの荷物はできるだけリュック1つにまとめたいと思っていました。
大きく分けて、
服
ガジェット系
ボディメンテナンス系
だけ、だと思います。

服はいろいろありますが、
アウター3着
インナーダウン1着
Tシャツ5着
ボトム、パンツ2着
ショートパンツ2着
インナー上下4枚ずつ
ぐらい。

ガジェット系もいろいろありますが、
タブレット
AirPods
モバイルバッテリー
デジカメーデジタルカメラ
変換プラグ
ぐらいかな。

あとはボディメンテナンス系。
ヒゲソリ
バリカンとハサミー自分で髪を切ります
化粧水、乳液、ヘアワックス
薬(塗り薬、飲み薬)

細かいものはもう少しありますが、
だいたいこんな感じですね。

これで、約1年ぐらいのいろんな国を移動しながら海外生活をします。もちろん、オンラインレッスンもします！

不安なこともありますが、ワクワクしてる気持ちが強いです！本当に楽しみです。

来週からはトルコからPodcastを取りますので、楽しみにしていてくださいね！


ということで、今日はこれで終わります。

こんなぼくと一緒に話したい！と思った方はぜひ、オンラインレッスンでお話しましょう！

italkiでお待ちしています！

今回も最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！
ではまた！
