In this episode, you will hear a real story happened last week in Texsus. Alice's car was stolen by someone. Enjoy the story.

Story Chinese

爱丽丝的车被偷了Alice's car was stolen by someone.

最近日本は暖かくなって春だな～って感じる日が多くて、桜も咲いてきたよ！みんなが住んでいるところはどうかな？そういえば、桜がどのくらい咲いているかは特別な数え方をするの知ってる？桜が咲き始めたころは「開花宣言」っていうよ。

It's getting warmer and warmer in Japan these days, and the cherry blossoms are blooming! How about where you live? Oh, by the way, did you know that there is a special way to count how much cherry blossoms are in bloom? When the cherry blossoms begin to bloom, it is called "Kaika sengen" (declaration of blooming)

今年、2022年は3月17日に福岡で「開花宣言」があって一番早かったよ。そして、その次に3月20日に東京で「開花宣言」があったんだよね。北海道は4月20日ごろに咲く予定らしいよ。毎年「さくら開花予想」っていう地図があるからググって見てみてね。

This year, 2022, Fukuoka was the first to declare the blooming of cherry blossoms on March 17. The next earliest was Tokyo, which declared the blooming of cherry blossoms on March 20. Hokkaido is scheduled to bloom around April 20. There is a map called "cherry blossom forecast" every year, so please Google it and check it out.

桜が半分くらい咲けば50％咲いているの意味になる「五分（ぶ）ざき」っていうんだよね。だいたい80％咲いたら「満開」って言ってお花見をしたりする人が多くなるよ。なんで80％は「八分ざき」じゃなくて「満開」かっていうと「今、桜は100％咲いています！」っていうともう散り始めるかららしいよ。

If half of the cherry trees are in bloom, it is called "gobu zaki," meaning that 50% of the cherry trees are in bloom. When 80% of the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, it is called "mankai," and many people go cherry blossom viewing. The reason why 80% is called "full bloom" and not "hachibu zaki(80% bloom)" is because "100% of the cherry trees are in full bloom now!" means the cherry blossoms will already begin to fall.

ちなみに「開花宣言」があったらニュースでは「さくらの便りがありました」っていうんだよね。「便り」っていうのは「手紙」って意味だよ。例えば「本日、福岡から桜の便りがありました」みたいな。だいたい「開花宣言」から1週間くらいかけて満開になっていくから、もし日本のニュースを見ることがあれば注意して見てみてね

By the way, when the "blooming of cherry blossoms" is declared, the news says "there is a "tayori" of cherry blossoms". The word "tayori" means "letter".  For example, "Today, we received "tayori" of cherry blossoms from Fukuoka". It usually takes about a week after the "bloom declaration" for the cherry blossoms to be in full bloom, so if you watch the news in Japan, pay attention to it.

ガチ日本語 - Everyday Japanese -

Ep.6 さくら...percentage??

上次发了疫情文学（1）很多朋友不禁捧腹，于是今天出了疫情文学（2）以飨读者：D


1.	于千万人之中遇到你所要遇见的人，于千万年之中，时间无涯的荒野里，没有早一步，没有晚一步。刚好赶上了，那也没有别的话好说，唯有轻轻的问一句：“哦，你也在这里排队做核酸吗？”
2.	“生活总是这么痛苦吗？还是只有疫情的时候才这样？”“总是这样”
3.	我要看的不只是绿码，还有您的48小时核酸检测报告，纳斯塔霞 菲利波夫纳“公爵说。”你是说我？我的48小时核酸检测报告？“”是的，您“，
4.	这是最好的时代，也是最坏的时代；这是一个新冠的年代，这是一个核酸的年代；这是一个封城的时期，这是一个带口罩的时期。
5.	假如你有幸生活在21世纪20年代，那么你此后一生中不论去到哪里，口罩、健康码，核酸检测都与你同在，因为疫情是一席流动的盛宴。


Chilling Chinese 

疫情文学（2）——疫情是一席流动的盛宴

Did you know the word "gazette" — as in newspaper — comes from a tiny Venetian coin? In 16th century Venice, the first printed news cost one gazzetta. The coin was probably named after the gazza, the magpie — the bird famous for collecting and spreading everything it finds. From Venice, the word traveled across Europe and never came back. This is the story of one small coin, one chatty bird, and a word the whole world borrowed to name its newspapers.

Words that Italian donated to the world

Gazzetta

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Easy Steps to Chinese Grammar 

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В этом подкасте я рассказываю историю названий дней недели. Приятного прослушивания!

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