Today we're going to explore a fascinating topic - why the word "mama" or something similar is used in different languages for mothers. As a Ukrainian host, I bring a unique perspective to this discussion.


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大家好，您正在收听中文播客《丹霞说》，我是丹霞。今天我要给你们介绍一下儿我的朋友。

我有一个好朋友，她叫夏白雪。
夏是夏天的夏，不是下雪的下。
为什么她的名字是夏白雪？因为她爸爸姓夏，但是她在冬天出生，出生那天下雪了，所以她叫夏白雪。

白雪家有四口人，她父母、她弟弟和她。她爸爸有自己的商店，她妈妈在学校工作，是英语老师，而他弟弟还是中学生，所以和爸妈住在一起。
白雪在公司上班，有时候她工作非常忙。但周末的时候，她会回家看看家人。

这些词语你听明白了吗？

夏天Xià tiān summer     
下雪xià xuě to snow            
冬天dōng tiān  winter 
名字míng zì name         
因为yīn wèi  because          
出生chū shēng to be born    
所以suǒ yǐ  so
父母fù mǔ  parent      
 商店shāng diàn shop, store  
学校xué xiào  school    
中学生zhōng xué sheng middle school student 
公司gōngsī the company       
工作gōng zuò  to work; the work    
上班shàng bān to go to work  
周末zhōu mò  weekend    
回家huí jiā 


好，现在我们再听一次！

I have a good friend whose name is Xia Baixue.

Xia is xia in summer"xia tian", not the xia in snow"xia xue".

Why is her name Xia Baixue? Because her father's surname is Xia, but she was born in winter. It snowed on the day of her birth, so her name is Xia Baixue.

There are four people in Bai Xue's family, including her parents, her younger brother and her. Her father has his own shop, her mother works in school and is an English teacher, while his brother is still a middle school student, so he lives with parents.

Bai Xue works in a company. Sometimes she is very busy. But on weekends, she will go home to visit her family.

Do you understand these words?


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”渣男“通常指异性感情中那些不负责任、不诚实、喜欢玩弄感情的男性。比如，在社交软件上与多个女性聊天，发送暧昧信息。再比如，可能会出轨，对伴侣不忠。那么可不可以说渣女，当然可以。 你遇到过渣男或者渣女吗？                                                                                                                                                                【pinyin】“zhā nán “ tōng cháng zhǐ yì xìng gǎn qíng zhōng nà xiē bù fù zé rèn 、 bù chéng shí 、 xǐ huān wán nòng gǎn qíng de nán xìng 。 bǐ rú ， zài shè jiāo ruǎn jiàn shàng yǔ duō gè nǚ xìng liáo tiān ， fā sòng ài mèi xìn xī 。 zài bǐ rú ， kě néng huì chū guǐ ， duì bàn lǚ bù zhōng 。 nà me kě bù kě yǐ shuō zhā nǚ ， dāng rán kě yǐ 。   nǐ yù dào guò zhā nán huò zhě zhā nǚ ma ？                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                              【EN】渣男Usually refers to those irresponsible, dishonest men who like to play with feelings in heterosexual relationships. For example, chatting with multiple women on social software and sending ambiguous messages. For another example, you may cheat on your partner. So can we say 渣女? Of course it's ok.Have you ever met渣男or 渣女? 

                          

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