《红玫瑰与白玫瑰》张爱玲

也许每一个男子全都有过这样的两个女人，至少两个。娶了红玫瑰，久而久之，红的变了墙上的一抹蚊子血，白的还是床前明月光；娶了白玫瑰，白的便是衣服上沾的一粒饭黏子，红的却是心口上一颗朱砂痣。

Chilling Chinese 

红玫瑰与白玫瑰

💬 Some people say, "Good things should be shared." But shouldn’t we first ask: Good for whom? 🤷


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4-Year-Old Signs Book Deal to Publish Poems
A 4-year-old boy from the UK has signed a book deal to publish his collection of poems.

Nadim Shamma-Sourgen was discovered by poet and teacher Kate Clanchy, who won the 2020 Orwell Prize for political writing. Clanchy knew Shamma-Sourgen's mother, who teaches the study of poetry at the University of Reading.

Clanchy began sharing Shamma-Sourgen's poems on Twitter, where they became popular with her followers. Speaking to The Guardian, Clanchy said that she didn't share them because they were like an adult's poems, but because they were so much like a child's way of thinking.

The young poet has now signed a book deal with Walker Books, a children's book company, making him one of the youngest writers to get a book deal.

According to Guinness World Records, Dorothy Straight from the US is the youngest female to publish a book. She wrote a book in 1962 when she was 4 years old. It was published in 1964.

The youngest male writer is Thanuwana Serasinghe from Sri Lanka, who wrote a book when he was 4 years and 9 months old. It was published nine days before his 5th birthday.

In an interview with Sky News, Shamma-Sourgen's mother said that he's still learning to read and write, so he speaks his poems out loud and she writes them down for him.

"I like writing poems especially about nature. I feel happy that my poems will be in a book," Shamma-Sourgen told The Guardian. As well as nature, Shamma-Sourgen's poems talk about things like love, being lonely and bugs in his garden.

The book of poems will be published in summer 2021.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

4-Year-Old Signs Book Deal to Publish Poems

nǐ mèi mei jǐ suì ？ 
你 妹  妹  几 岁  ？ How old is your sister?

nǐ chī jǐ ɡè jī dàn ？ 
你 吃  几 个 鸡 蛋  ？ How many eggs do you eat?

xué xiào yǒu duō shǎo ɡè xué shenɡ ？ 
学  校   有  多  少   个 学  生    ？ How many students are there in the school?

zhuō zi shànɡ yǒu jǐ bēi niú nǎi ？ 
桌   子 上    有  几 杯  牛  奶  ？ How many glasses of milk are there on the table?

JOJO CHINESE

How many/How much：几 VS 多少

Pronouns are a big issue for me in English, but not in Thai. Why is that? Let's find out together in this episode and do some quizzes on how some of the pronouns are spelt!
คำสรรพนามเป็นปัญหาใหญ่ของเค้กในภาษาอังกฤษ แต่ไม่มีปัญหาเลยในภาษาไทย ทำไมน้าาาา มาหาคำตอบพร้อมกันในอีพีนี้ และทำควิซว่า คำสรรพนามบางคำสะกดยังไงในภาษาไทยนะคะ

TalkaCake

คำสรรพนามในภาษาไทย Pronouns in Thai

・東北地方の方言「はかはか」の紹介
・オノマトペの一種「はかはか」の意味と使用例
・彼女と初めてのデートの前は「はかはか」する！？
・少し走った後などにも使える
・まとめ　東北の広い地域で使われています

Nihongo tokidoki Inaka hougen with Megumi Na

「あーはかはかした」When do you use this phrase in Tohoku area?

"I want to learn English."  This is the wrong goal!

Some people say that choosing the wrong goals can lead to self-sabotage.

When it comes to learning English (as it's the wrong goal in 90% of cases for my adult achievers), it leads to: A) lack of confidence (at some point in speaking); B) continuous self-doubt (on various levels). C) Never really experiencing delight and self-satisfaction about your progress.

Can you relate to any of the things I wrote above? Almost certainly, you can; some can confirm all three aspects.

Please listen to my words of love and care in this deep 10-minute heart-to-heart podcast from me to you as a gift to learn to finally choose the right goal for you and therefore to choose the right steps to follow to achieve this goal.

To have freedom, confidence, excitement, and the progress you'll be making from listening to this podcast onwards!!!

Much love and care,
Your personal coach and a challenger
Anatoly

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"I want to learn English" - This is the wrong goal!

안녕하세요? 
한국어 강사 세이디예요. 저는 오늘 북카페에 갔어요. 저는 북카페에 가는 것을 좋아해요. 오늘은 아메리카노를 한 잔 시켰어요. 그리고 자리를 잡고 앉았어요.  어떤 사람은 책을 읽고, 어떤 사람은 공부를 했어요. 저는 동영상을 편집하고 책을 읽었어요. 여러분도 북카페에 가는 것을 좋아하나요? 

* 새로운 표현*

북카페: book cafe, 书吧
시키다 : to order, 点餐
자리를 잡다: to take up one's seat, 找座位
앉다 : to sit down, 坐
어떤 사람(들)： some people,  有(些)人
동영상을 편집하다 :  to edit a video, 编辑视频
verb stem + 는 것을 좋아하다: to like to do sth 
예) 영화를 보는 것을 좋아해요. I like to watch movies.我喜欢看电影。
     요리하는 것을 좋아해요. I like to cook. 我喜欢做菜。
     노래하는 것을 좋아해요. I like to sing 我喜欢唱歌。