Learn about the origin of Santa Claus and the magical idea behind it!
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English Syndicate

Learn English through Stories - A Santa Claus Story

"你呢？"Te comes el coco"？我现在解释给你听。

西班牙语表达

Comerse el coco.

It is almost impossible to learn a language without knowing the culture and customs. Today we talk about the famous Soviet filmmaker, Sergei Eisenstein.

RUSSIAN BRIDGE PODCAST

Culture Vultures. Советское кино: имена и фильмы... (B1+ B2)

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友美是學生，十九歲。她早上六點三十分起床，七點去學校，八點四十分上課；中午十二點下課、吃午飯；下午一點去圖書館；四點回家做飯，晚上六點吃飯，十點睡覺。友美很忙！

Modern Chinese(時代華語)B1- Reading(短文)

很快我就进一步了解了这朵花儿。
I soon learned to know this flower better.
在小王子的星球上，过去一直都生长着一些只有一层花瓣的很简单的花。
On the little prince's planet the flowers had always been very simple.
这些花非常小，一点也不占地方，从来也不会去打搅任何人。
They had only one ring of petals; they took up no room at all; they were a trouble to nobody.
她们早晨在草丛中开放，晚上就凋谢了。
One morning they would appear in the grass, and by night they would have faded peacefully away.
有一天，不知从哪里来了一颗种子，忽然一天这种子发了芽。
But one day, from a seed blown from no one knew where, a new flower had come up;
小王子特别仔细地监视着这棵与众不同的小苗：
and the little prince had watched very closely over this small sprout which was not like any other small sprouts on his planet.
这玩艺说不定是一种新的猴面包树。
It might, you see, have been a new kind of baobab.
但是，这小苗不久就不再长了，而且开始孕育着一个花朵。

The shrub soon stopped growing, and began to get ready to produce a flower.
看到在这棵苗上长出了一个很大很大的花蕾，小王子感觉到从这个花苞中一定会出现一个奇迹。
The little prince, who was present at the first appearance of a huge bud, felt at once that some sort of miraculous apparition must emerge from it.
然而这朵花藏在它那绿茵茵的房间中用了很长的时间来打扮自己。
But the flower was not satisfied to complete the preparations for her beauty in the shelter of her green chamber.
她精心选择着她将来的颜色，慢慢腾腾地妆饰着，
She chose her colours with the greatest care. she drest her slowly.
一片片地搭配着她的花瓣，
She adjusted her petals one by one.
她不愿象虞美人那样一出世就满脸皱纹。
She did not wish to go out into the world all rumpled, like the field poppies.
她要让自己带着光艳夺目的丽姿来到世间。
It was only in the full radiance of her beauty that she wished to appear.
是的，她是非常爱美的。
Oh, yes! She was a coquettish creature!
她用好些好些日子天仙般地梳妆打扮。
And her mysterious adornment lasted for days and days.

小王子-The Little Prince-Read in Chinese

小王子第18章：花苞中的奇迹

In this episode of The Streetwise English Podcast I talk about my top pet peeves. https://italki.com/teacher/1947582
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SWE 131 My Top Pet Peeves

こんにちは、あかりです。今日(きょう)のエピソードは日本の怖(こわ)い話(はなし)の歴史(れきし)についてです！

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Episode #35 - Scary stories in summer?


Did you know that some words in Spanish have no translation in English?

 This podcast we will talk about these words below: 
- Enyarde
 - Zocato
- Esa es la que te cae!
- Ajá - Porque Ajá

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